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Obama vs. JFK on taxes
“By calling attention to ‘a well regulated militia’, the ’security’ of the nation, and the right of each citizen ‘to keep and bear arms’, our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny which gave rise to the Second Amendment will ever be a major danger to our nation, the Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason, I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.”
John F. Kennedy, April 1960JFK was pro-guns, cut taxes, tried to restore sound money and wanted to tell the public about the Federal Reserve. There is no way he’d even be nominated as a candidate let alone win the Presidency in 2012.
We’ve completely lost our way. Our moral compass is broken and our common sense and logic have been replaced by brand recognition and gov’t mandates. The media has become pure propaganda, schools no longer teach, votes no longer count and leaders are not the ones leading us anymore. Our money went from gold to paper and is now turning digital. It’s not even tangible anymore. We don’t even eat real food anymore.
Where are we? How did we get here and how do we get home? Are we stranded without a paddle or did we simply get complacent and stop paddling.
Did we stop and stare at the beautiful sunset for so long that the light of day disappeared and we were left in the dark? Can we rescue ourselves or is it too late?
I fear the latter but have hope for the prior. All I can do is pick up my own oar and row, but alone, I’ll only go in circles. Without others jumping in, i’ll grow tired or insane. This isn’t a task for one man but a journey for all men.
I wrote this a little while back, but it’s perfect for current events.
Jackson was opposed to centralized banking as well and he survived an attempted assassination O.O
Tom Woods already debunked the “JFK tried to end the Fed” myth. Besides, if anyone wanted to kill JFK, it was the CIA. (Google: George Bush killed JFK). It was no secret that JFK and the CIA had an on going war that even became public.
As for Honest Abe, the “Fed”, as we know it, didn’t even exist back then. Still, Lincoln was very pro-central banking. Thomas J. DiLorenzo has a great post about this very topic: Lincoln, Gold and Greenbacks. As for who killed Lincoln? It was probably one of the multiple states he had just waged war with…
It’s the age of the internet, where every single bit of information ever created or recorded by man is available with a keystroke, yet we still have so many myths flying around as facts.
- Sha
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“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” ~ J.F.K.
On his MSNBC program last night, Chris Matthews suggested Mitt Romney violated the Constitution by not showing deference to President Obama.
MATTHEWS: “You know, a couple points, I don’t think he understands the Constitution of the United States. He’s the president of the United States, you don’t say, ‘you’ll get your chance.’”
Fuck Romney. But, what are you talking about Chris?Sad that he is the “rational” member of the MSNBC staff.
Not surprising for someone who loved JFK to the point of royalty status.
Chris Matthews, rational? He almost cried in his rant following the 1st Presidential debate. I know Maddow is extreme, but she’s probably the only sane human on msNBC (that’s saying a lot).
As for JFK, I think he gets a bad rep these days from people who lean right because he’s put on a pedestal and treated as a god by those that lean left.
In reality, JFK would be considered closer to a Libertarian if he ran today and he’d probably have a better shot as the GOP candidate than as a Democrat. JFK was all for gun rights, he thought everyone should own or know how to use a gun. He was about sound money, tried to introduce an alternative to Federal Reserve notes. He was all about equal rights, generally stuck tot eh non-aggression principle. He fought a war and dealt with a few crisis situations without dropping bombs. He didn’t like the CIA and butted heads with them over their m.o.. He lowered taxes, suggesting that lower taxes gives people more capitol, more freedom and promotes economic growth. In a lot of ways, JFK was probably the best President we’ve had in the last 150 years.
“By calling attention to ‘a well regulated militia’, the ’security’ of the nation, and the right of each citizen ‘to keep and bear arms’, our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny which gave rise to the Second Amendment will ever be a major danger to our nation, the Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason, I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.”
John F. Kennedy, April 1960
JFK was pro-guns, cut taxes, tried to restore sound money and wanted to tell the public about the Federal Reserve. There is no way he’d even be nominated as a candidate let alone win the Presidency in 2012.
We’ve completely lost our way. Our moral compass is broken and our common sense and logic have been replaced by brand recognition and gov’t mandates. The media has become pure propaganda, schools no longer teach, votes no longer count and leaders are not the ones leading us anymore. Our money went from gold to paper and is now turning digital. It’s not even tangible anymore. We don’t even eat real food anymore.
Where are we? How did we get here and how do we get home? Are we stranded without a paddle or did we simply get complacent and stop paddling.
Did we stop and stare at the beautiful sunset for so long that the light of day disappeared and we were left in the dark? Can we rescue ourselves or is it too late?
I fear the latter but have hope for the prior. All I can do is pick up my own oar and row, but alone, I’ll only go in circles. Without others jumping in, i’ll grow tired or insane. This isn’t a task for one man but a journey for all men.
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Too cool for school. #JFK
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