Category Archives: Freedom

How Are Guns Like The Internet? (Both Empower Citizens)

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Jack Curtis

Not long ago, Microsoft exemplified business evil in the E.U; it was American, technically ahead and Europe had nothing to compete with it. Now that unfortunate place is occupied by Google It has too much of the search business and it … Continue reading →

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Recycling Thomas Jefferson?

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Jack Curtis

Politicians wishing to be put by the voters into charge of the U.S. government generally offer bribes to buy the needed votes. They hide the otherwise obvious fact  that those same voters will have to pay for the promised benefits … Continue reading →

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Quacking Networks And Dynastic Ducks Doing Business Together

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Jack Curtis

Talking heads seem excited over something called: “Duck Dynasty.” Apparently, the duckiest dynast, one Phil Robertson (who appears to need to stand closer to his razor) has (gasp!) expressed fundamentalist Christian views–bad enough– concerning homosexuality, putting him beyond the pale. … Continue reading →

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Words We’re Taught To Fear…

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Jack Curtis

“Them’s fighting words, stranger!” appeared in many Westerns; all knew what was going on. Someone was trying to manipulate another. Words are the incarnation of thoughts; by controlling their meanings, politicians aim to control the thoughts they represent. During the … Continue reading →

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Who Comes So Softly, On Little Cat Feet…

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Jack Curtis

Our media joyously ran baying after one of America’s most successful businesses: McDonalds. Screaming gleefully that a Big Mac price increase of only 68 cents would support paying its many minimum-wage and other workers double what they’re getting, the anti-capitalist … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With And Without, Churches

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Jack Curtis

  American sociopolitical leaders have decided the country should abandon its Judeo-Christian history in favor of atheism for the convenience of government. The Obama Administration is attacking Jewish and Christian, especially Catholic, institutions along populist lines to implement that policy. … Continue reading →

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Who Will Watch The Watchers?

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Jack Curtis

The old Romans wrote the book ahead of us on a lot of subjects; their famous: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” that, translated from their Latin, provided the title of this piece being a case in point.  The recent (and short-lived) … Continue reading →

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The NDAA 2014 and a Jailed Teen to Think About

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Jack Curtis

We wrote yesterday about the NDAA 2014, the annual update on government defense spending. We wrote about the Act’s standing provision authorizing the President to order the military to secretly or publicly seize and indefinitely imprison Americans and others without … Continue reading →

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The ‘National Defense Against American Citizens’ Act 2014

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Jack Curtis

The NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) handed the President the power to employ the military in arresting and imprisoning indefinitely anyone he decided was a threat. No charges, no due process and no notice to anyone. No review, either. The … Continue reading →

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Tell Me What You Eat…(And I’ll Tell You If I’ll Allow It!)

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Jack Curtis

“What are we having for dinner…mother?” used to amuse kids with its implications of cannibalism but it wasn’t taken seriously. Tales of chocolate-covered ants from Mexico bothered few; purchase was voluntary and examples, scarce. Some folks, especially with Great Depression … Continue reading →

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