Jim ONeill

Economic Suicide the Keynesian Way

"By a continuous process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens...and while the process impoverishes many, it actually enriches some.... The process engages all of the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner that not one man in a million can diagnose." --John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) From "Economic Consequences of the Peace" 1920 "I have always harbored an exaggerated view of my self-importance. To put it bluntly, I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes...." -- George Soros from "The Alchemy of Finance" 1987

The 28th Amendment, the Ruling Class, and Patrick Henry

"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" -- Patrick Henry (1736-1799) I've heard people compare the Obama Administration to Jimmy Carter's, Bubba Clinton's, and even Richard Nixon's. I was around for all of those administrations, and I'm here to tell you that such comparisons are, in a word, bull... nonsense. None of those other administrations can hold a candle to Obama's "Hype and Chains" regime.

A Quick Glance at November 2, and a Look Forward to 2012

Well, I can't say that I was shocked by the amount of idiocy shown in California -- it's to be expected really, but Nevada's re-embracing Harry Reid came as something of a surprise. Apparently they like foreclosures, double digit unemployment, and ObamaCare -- can't get enough of it; want more of it. Who knew?

Solving America’s Problems

I recently spent some time pondering how to solve some of the problems besetting America, and I thought that perhaps others might be interested in the solutions I came up with. So here they are:

The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy’s High-Water Mark?

"The great story here for anybody willing to find it, and write about it, and explain it, is this vast right-wing conspiracy...." -- Hillary Clinton -- January 27, 1998 "If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." -- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) A vast right-wing conspiracy? Puh-leeze. I don't think so.

Juan Williams Fired by NPR for Heresy

"I mean, look, Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous." Juan Williams on "The O'Reilly Factor" 10/20/10

America’s “Angel(s) of Death”

Evil is alive, evil is well. Evil is alive, evil is well. Now on your feet to the tower and yell, "Evil is alive, and well." -- Jakob Dylan -- "Evil is Alive," from "Seeing Things" "The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. " -- From "The Nuremberg Code" "I consider myself a modern Progressive." -- Hillary Clinton 2007

Regressive Liberal Nazis and Cognitive Dissonance

"If you live today, you breath in nihilism ... it's the gas you breathe. If I hadn't had the Church to fight it with or to tell me the necessity of fighting it, I would be the stinkingest logical positivist you ever saw right now." (Link) -- Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) Cognitive dissonance is a term that refers to the uncomfortable feeling that comes from holding two or more conflicting viewpoints. In the process of my ongoing search to discover why liberals are so remarkably, (one could even say ostentatiously), off the beam, I've come to understand that cognitive dissonance plays a large role. (Link) and (Link)

Timothy of Baghdad’s Lost Christian Empire

"In terms of the number and splendor of its churches and monasteries, its vast scholarship and dazzling spirituality, Iraq was through the late Middle Ages at least as much a cultural and spiritual heartland of Christianity as was France or Germany, or indeed Ireland." Philip Jenkins from "The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia -- and How It Died"

An Anemic “Pledge To America”

"Going to the candidates' debate. Laugh about it, shout about it, when you've got to choose. Every way you look at it, you lose." -- Paul Simon "Mrs. Robinson" While the Republican's newly unveiled "Pledge To America" is debatably better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, it's lame, anemic "platform," isn't anything to write home about. (Link)

Karl Rove: Architect of His Own Political Demise

Last night I watched Karl Rove drive the final nails into his political coffin, as he double-downed his attacks against Christine O'Donnell, on Greta Van Susteren's show "On The Record." It may be awhile before the “funeral” takes place, but the coffin is finished, no doubt.

Peace In Our Time?  I Think Not, Let’s Roll!

"I believe it is peace in our time." -- British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) Spoken on September 30, 1938, after a meeting with Germany's Adolph Hitler -- war was declared between the two nations less than a year later, and WWII got underway. (Link)

The Bill of Rights Versus the US Constitution

The Anti-Federalists passionately fought for, and won, a Bill of Rights. They believed that only if these enumerated rights were staunchly and explicitly protected would the built-in tendencies toward the consolidation of national power in the Constitution be kept in check. The problem is, of course, that the usurpations of power by the Supreme Court and Congress...have either twisted or all but erased the enumerated rights. ...We have become, willingly or unwillingly, the very worst kind of Federalists feared by the Anti-Federalists: complete dependents on an increasingly despotic federal government. --Dr. Benjamin Wiker, from "10 Books Every Conservative Must Read"

LTC Lakin and the Chain of Command

"Winston Churchill said that 'the destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits -- not animals.' And he said, 'There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.'" --Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)

What’s So Great About Heterosexuality?

"When I joined the military it was illegal to be homosexual, then it became optional. I'm getting out before Obama makes it mandatory." --GySgt Harry Berres, USMC "Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common." --Dorothy Parker Parker's comment is emblematic of the snobbish sarcasm that has historically passed for humor among liberal elites. At the same time, it's blasé dismissal of heterosexuality, is profound in its implications. Ms. Parker's comment underlines two liberal talking points:

1. heterosexuality is only considered "normal," because it has been forced upon society by a patriarchal hegemony, and
2. even if it is normal, it is mainly for the entertainment of the hoi polloi, the common folk, the bourgeoisie, the déclassé rabble.

A Conservative Little Big Tent

"I speak at Harvard and I certainly don't endorse their views. I've spoken to Democratic groups and liberal Republican groups that loooove abortion. The main thing I do is speak on college campuses, which is about the equivalent of speaking at an al-Qaida conference. ...in any event, giving a speech is not an endorsement of every position held by the people I'm speaking to." Ann Coulter

The Ground Zero Mosque, and Meaningless Oaths

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God." --Oath taken by US members of Congress, and US military officers.

RINOs, Rants, and Revolution

"The reality I have observed over and over again in welfare offices and urban classrooms across New York and elsewhere is so dissimilar from that presented in the mainstream media that I sometimes wonder whether their reporters and I occupy the same universe." -- Heather MacDonald "The Burden of Bad Ideas: How Modern Intellectuals Misshape Our Society" "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Semper Fidelis: Jerry McConnell at Guadalcanal

(Editor's Note: Today marks the 68th anniversary landing of the 1st Marines on a lonely beach at Guadalcanal in 1942, among them a courageous 18-year-old Jerry McConnell. The epic courage of Pvt. McConnell and his Marine brothers is captured here by Navy Seal UDT-21 (Underwater Demolition Team. SEAL Team Two,) fellow Canada Free Press columnist Jim O'Neill). Both troops are Patriots today in the War to Save America.) "The circle of life begins at home midst family, then sometimes it ends away from home, but still in midst of family, now called friends. They were as much my brothers as if we shared the same last name. I couldn't have loved them more." Jerry McConnell -- First Marine Division, First Marine Regiment, 3rd Battalion, K Company

One Man, Six Votes

The west is sleeping in a fragile freedom Forgotten is the price that was paid Ten thousand years of marching through a veil of tears To break a few links in these chains These things come to us by way of much pain Don't let us slip back into the dark One man, one vote -- tell them when you see them One man, one vote -- it's the only way Johnny Clegg "One Man One Vote" dailymotion.com