Comments for The American Freedom Network

Comment on Tolerance or Freedom? by ssgconway

ssgconway — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:39:47 +0000

The Allegan, MI Police Chief overreacted. This should not happen. I am fortunate to live in a Michigan county (Eaton) with a pro-liberty Sheriff. Since the Sheriff is typically the only lawman whose name appears on the ballot, and since that office is the original Anglo-American law enforcement position, we ought to work to secure for Sheriffs the greatest share of law-enforcement responsibility as possible, since they answer directly to us. No union or screen of regulations, boards, etc., stands between us and the ballot box, so we ought to work to keep our local law enforcement as answerable to us as possible.

Comment on The Reason for this Season by doc_retro

doc_retro — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:06:27 +0000

This is the kind of reminder that, while a trusim, still needs to be given, as we’re immersed in the white noise of a culture doing its’ best to ignore the Almighty while living in His creation all the while.

Comment on Become American by Nik

Nik — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:11:25 +0000

Quoting the originator of systematic statism (Roosevelt was a piker but the originator) is dangerous. But even HE had the right idea of BECOMING American rather than maintaining foreign culture

Comment on Occupy some Sense by ssgconway

ssgconway — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:43:27 +0000

As fat as OWS is concerned, they oppose the bailouts, TARP, etc. The two OWSers I spoke with were a VFW member (Vietnam era) and an employed 20-something man who came to camp out & show support. They oppose the folks with pull (rich, usually) using their influence to loot the Treasury. I can’t argue with that part of their platform. We have enough in common that a tactical alliance may be possible on some issues.

Comment on Occupy some Sense by ssgconway

ssgconway — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:41:03 +0000

OOps! That was meant for the last post, not this one. Mea culpa!

Comment on Occupy some Sense by ssgconway

ssgconway — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:40:05 +0000

It’s dangerous to quote Wilson, our worst President. He no doubt had a vision of ‘America’ that we would not care for. Public over parochial education, militarist nationalism, and a belief that the government is the engine of social good (as outlined in Herbert Croly’s “The Promise of American Life”) could be the meaning behind those superficially fine-sounding phrases.
A word to the wise…

Comment on Collectivist Shell Games with Language by ssgconway

ssgconway — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:30:49 +0000

Maybe someone should ask Blitzer how much he gives to charity. I would be surprised if his tax return reflects even 1% of his large income to charity. His type is only generous with other people’s money. I’d have to answer by saying that I’d make Blitzer pay, since he believes in collectivism.
Ron Paul schooled them again. I look forward to a surprise to the upside in Iowa and New hampshire that no one will be able to ignore. (I also hope that he has his own mechanic check out every plane he gets on…)

Comment on Do they REALLY not know or… by Fred

Fred — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:35:33 +0000

We just “made up” the Federalist papers of course because some think anyone not leftist or collectivist doesn’t have any facts. Just because they say so!

Comment on Who starts the wars? by ssgconway

ssgconway — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:00:35 +0000

Valid points all, but i do have some fairly minor quibbles:
1.) WW1 was opposed by many Midwestern republicans, such as Sen. George Norris of Nebraska (he’s in “Profiles In Courage”) and Progressive Republicans like Sen. Hiram “Bloc of One” Johnson.
2.) WW II had lots of opposition (“America First” with Gerald Ford and Charles Lindburgh) until Dec. 7th; that said, the Germans didn’t attack us, only the Japanese. (Hitler wanted no part of a war with us screwing up his plans for conquering Europe.)
3.) Gulf War: Congress was in Democrat hands until the 1994 elections, so they were responsible for voting to support the use of force.
4.) The GOP had Congress when Clinton bombed Serbia, et al, as they had both houses from 1995 to 2001.
5.) Democrats mostly supported the war in Iraq; I cite Kerry, Biden and Hillary as prime examples.
6.) The peace activists disappeared once President Obama took over. they are non-existent now that we’re in Libya and Yemen. Only libertarian and Old Right types are to be found opposing these new wars. (I do know of one activist on the left who is morally consistent in opposing these wars as he did previous ones, but he’s a rarity. Most, like Cindy Sheehan, appear to have been partisans only.)
The moral of the story could well be that only the so-called ‘fringes’ of either party oppose wars now, and that the real party, The Establishment, is always in favor of war, no matter which of its’ factions is in power.

Comment on Political Divorce Agreement by DPhilpot

DPhilpot — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:47:30 +0000

So true.