What is a chickenhawk, you ask? Chickenhawk: chick·en·hawk. n. “A person who strongly supports war or other military action, yet actively avoided military service when of age.” Chickenhawks are those individuals, particularly in politics, who strongly support or advocate for war and increased military intervention even though they avoided participating in the military when they were of […]
“We must change our foreign policy from one of intervention and confrontation to cooperation and diplomacy.” ~ Ron Paul
“The neoconservative belief that war is patriotic, beneficial, manly, and necessary for human progress must be debunked.” ~ Ron Paul [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0kkteupFng[/youtube]
“When we give government the power to make medical decisions for us, we, in essence, accept that the state owns our bodies.” ~ Ron Paul
“True competition in the delivery of medical care is what is needed, not more government meddling.” ~ Ron Paul [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXQbmZxWYY[/youtube]
“We must change our foreign policy from one of interventionism and confrontation to cooperation and diplomacy.” ~ Ron Paul [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtVmis-2ugM[/youtube]
Today it was announced that banks foreclosed on 288,345 houses in the past three months, the highest amount of foreclosures in any three-month period since 2006. It’s estimated that 1.2 million homes overall will be foreclosed in 2010. Well, gee, looks like government bailouts of the financial industry have paid off! Despite hundreds of billions […]
In recent years profits have gotten a bad name from many people and politicians. Profits are said to take advantage of others, encourage greed, among a variety of other allegations. These concerns can be legitimate but often miss a crucial point. Profit represents the reward for taking a risk. You wouldn’t start a business if […]
It now appears that General Motors might accept bankruptcy as a solution, after all. New CEO Fritz Henderson says, “If it’s required, that’s what we’ll do.” Oh, great. After giving GM and Chrysler $17.4 billion in taxpayer dollars with a likely promise of more, this is an unexpected and somewhat pleasing turn of events. GM […]