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The founding fathers did not constitute a government to give them things. It’s role was confined to protecting our natural rights. Rights we have inherently, not by grant of government. These rights secured, Americans had the freedom to organize their lives as they saw best. Their energies and imagination unleashed, our predecessors built the most prosperous, secure and peaceful nation in history. It was done in spite of Big Government, not because of it.
Reagan warned that “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” Our generation’s moment of decision is now. How we respond will shape forever the lives of our children and grandchildren.
It is rare that a people rise up, shoulder-to-shoulder, and stand against the dictates of a ruling class. The media and most of the political elites at the federal, state and local levels have told us, “We know better than you.”
In response, countless citizens have mobilized to tell the government, “No!”
To these Americans, we dedicate this site. Welcome.
First there was their almost-Pulitzer Prize quality, maybe-Polk Award garnering, definitely RedState awkward white guy high-fiving, exposé of Barack Obama’s Nubian ACORN Army through the clever use of disguises and carefully edited videotape.
Then Big Government Staff Ewok, Matthew Vadum, curb-stomped NBC with the devastating “Bite me, Jew boy” email discovered in a Blackberry patch in Vadum’s mom’s backyard.
And now, the Greatest Exclusive (MUST CREDIT BIG GOVERNMENT!!! OR ANDREW BREITBART WILL TWITTERBITCH ABOUT YOU FOR WEEKS) in the 1000-year history of that internety-computer next big thing that the kids all seem to be talking about:
EXCLUSIVE: Transvestites, Mao And Obama Ornaments Decorate White House Christmas Tree
Why let a holiday season come between the White House and making some political statements? The White House pegged controversial designer Simon Doonan to oversee the Christmas decorations for the White House. Mr. Doonan, who is creative director of Barney’s New York has often caused a stir with his design choices. Like his naughty yuletide window display of Margaret Thatcher as a dowdy dominatrix and Dan Quayle as a ventriloquist’s dummy. For this year’s White House, he didn’t disappoint.
I miss the Clinton-era crack pipes, condoms, and twelve priapic lords-a-leapin’ Christmas. At least, back then, it was a real American Christmas honoring American Jesus.
No. Not Tim Tebow. That other guy…
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Wow, that’s some exposay those lads have cooked up.
I’ve spent time with Hedda Lettuce. She must be over the moon that she’s on a Xmas tree ornament at the White House. But since the White House trees are donated — and the ornaments are designed, constructed and hung by volunteers — why is a site devoted to the Evils of Big Government even spending a moment’s time on this issue? No government funds were harmed in the commission of these travesties, after all.
It is rare that a people rise up, shoulder-to-shoulder, and stand against the dictates of a ruling class.
Yes, it is. Wake me when it finally happens in my lifetime.
Pffft. Mike Flynn is a piker.
My money is on this
loose cannonwell-informed young man.Good catch: he’s dynamite waiting to go off! I was particularly impressed by this part of his bio: Tom weekly appears on San Diego’s KCBQ 1170 w/ Mark Larson at 7:35 am…
I daily appear – even if I’m feeling weekly.
Whoa. Mickeleen Og Flynn sure has him some delusions of grandeur.
He says the government’s role is confined to “protecting our natural rights.” Hmm, let’s get out our copy of the US Constitution and read right here in Article 1 … What’s this? The Congress has the power to borrow money? Crap! And regulate commerce between the US and between the states? And what’s this about setting up post offices? WAIT! HOLY CRAP! Congress is supposed to provide for the “GENERAL WELFARE”?!?!?!?
OH DAMN! The founding fathers were SOCIALISTICAL WELFARE BUMS!
Mike Flynn is going to have to move to a different country. You know, one that’s like his imaginary vision of what the US should be,where he gets to be king of the world because he’s like that Galt guy and everyone else is just so stupid they don’t even know he’s so smart. I think there’s a wonderful, magical door to that place in his mother’s basement.
“My money is on this
loose cannonwell-informed young man.”Philip Michael Thomas had a son?
“The founding fathers did not constitute a government to give them things. It’s role was confined to protecting our natural rights.”
You know, like the ability to treat other humans as chattel, making sure the poor don’t get any say in things and the right to evict the current inhabitants from land because we have guns and an army and they don’t. Pretty sure all of that was right there in Locke!
So, I’m getting ready for work this morning and watching the clown show called Morning Joe.
Scarborough offers the perfect anecdote from Pensacola, Fla., for what’s wrong with our world under the Kenyan-Indonesian darkie who is our president and the tax-loving fags that are Democrats in Congress:
Joe’s local bagel shop owner (he couldn’t find a taxi driver, I guess) tells Joe that he wants to expand his thriving bagel-shop business, but he’s hesitant to expand cuz he’s worried about what his costs will be to provide healthcare to all his employees. Joe tells us that if only the hoity-toity elites in NEW YORK CITY and WASHINGTON, D.C., understood the problems business owners faced in REAL AMERICA, his friend would be opening bagel shops all over the Redneck Riviera.
See, if there’s one thing you fucking elite New Yorkers are clueless about, it’s running a fucking bagel shop…
Sorry, but no one gets to build their business on the backs of others. If you want to build a business that will thrive then you need to make sure that healthcare is provided and your employees are earning a livable wage. I am not working my ass off so you and yours can have a good life while me and mine are struggling to get by.
@anonymap:
OH DAMN! The founding fathers were SOCIALISTICAL WELFARE BUMS!
Brilliant!
Mike Flynn is going to have to move to a different country.
If only…
Hey, if we had single payer healthcare, then the bagel shop owner wouldn’t have to worry about it!
I’m no fan, especially, of big government. But while I don’t want government to be big enough to monitor my every move and spy on my every communication, torture people, or imprison people indefinitely without due process, I would like it to be just big enough to make sure that big capitalism is too small to do any of those things, either.
American Colonies, 1776. France, 1789. Russia, 1918. China, 1949. Cuba, 1959.
I don’t think the Doonan guy made that ornament. That looks to me like one of the ornaments made by schoolchildren as reported on the Daily Show.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-16-2009/obama-s-socialist-christmas-ornament-program
The segment shows them doing the decoupage, though I don’t see that Warhol-esque Mao on the clip. Watch the whole thing, the funniest line is at the very end.
So I think NOT made by the controversial, naughty, S&M designer. Also.
Their slaves being excepted, of course. But they did get a ham hock for Christmas.
And then he quotes Reagan, who expanded the budget (and of course the deficit) enormously.
More bad news for wannabe journamalist/supersleuth Breitbart:
Via Media Matters via Politico.
A fine choice. Here is another, Sue “Woman of the Century” Louden.
That is impressive, teacher of young children to television pretty-face stenographer to right wing political hack to.. well, what could be next? Bidnesswoman!
Because every good right wing Galter work-your-way up capitalist knows, the natural ladder to being succssful in the world of high stakes gambling is grade school teacher, to TV pretty face, then…presto! Casino president! She worked her way up, honest!
I believe it’s the same path Benjamin Franklin took in his life to make this country what it is today. Except different.
Joe’s local bagel shop owner (he couldn’t find a taxi driver, I guess) tells Joe that he wants to expand his thriving bagel-shop business, but he’s hesitant to expand cuz he’s worried about what his costs will be to provide healthcare to all his employees.
It took me a while to figure out why people driving Daihatsu Charades and ’87 Ford Fiestas would turn out to vigorously protest higher taxes on the wealthy. Then I realized that every one of these chumps believes that he or she would be a Big Shot if only the government would get out of their way and thus allow them to Make a Killing selling atonal apples and amplified heat.
The founding fathers did not constitute a government to give them things. It’s role was confined to protecting our natural rights.
How come we don’t write shit like that? How come we don’t have a series of liars and idiots who say anything they want? Something like:
“The founding fathers didn’t believe in ‘corporations.’ Through their mighty sinews and inexhaustible freedom of liberty, they consecrated a union of separate entities into the greatest and best nation in the history of the world of Earth. Now so-called ‘conservatives’ want to un-do that noble history and drag us back into the 15th century, to a world in which the wealthy few owned and operated the oppressed many.
We at Big Web Site stand athwart that movement. We invite you to stand athwart with us.”
Something like that?
He was talking about that natural law called “Might makes right.”
And the thing is, Joe Scarborough knows this is a bullshit, one-off anecdote from some slapdick bagelmaker in Pensacola. The guy’s selling bagels and coffee in the Florida panhandle — REAL AMERICA!! — and he’s bitching about the cost of doing business, just like MOST buisiness people constantly bitch about how rough their lives are as they spend every waking momement chasing the American Dream of being a rich asshole.
He’s got problems?! You can get a bagel and cuppa on every block in New York City. And the folks who run their bagel shops in Manhatt-elite-istan, have the same freaking bothers that Joe’s buddy has. Labor, expenses, taxes, fees, lisences… Only that’s not REAL America to Joe Scarborough.
Apparently big cities are not real America, and maybe the folks schlepping bagels in NYC get some sort of break that Joe’s buddy in Pensacola is not getting.
I think ACORN is behind it. Also.
The founding fathers did not constitute a government to give them things. It’s role was confined to protecting our natural rights.
Shouldn’t you oughta have someone proofread your mission statement for grammatical errors?
Well, Cuba was technically in my lifetime, but I was only 1 at the time. Still waiting for the American Ruling Class to feel the brunt of the People’s Justice.
Me, too. Unfortunately, I suspect our great grandchildren will still be waiting at our ages.
Atonal apples?
Man, the shit I miss out on living in Ohio.
Pressed rat and warthog have closed down their shop.
They didn’t want to; twas all they had got.
Selling atonal apples, amplified heat,
And pressed rat’s collection of dog legs and feet.
“Pressed Rat and Warthog” lyrics, Cream.
It was the silliest thing that I could think of.
Here are your atonal apples
http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Apples-Electronic-Music-Synthesizer/dp/B000025QZI
be we only have Canned Heat. (Linky thing doesn’t seem to work.)