As of now, we still have a firm hold on the legal structure of our liberties, which is, of course, The Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution.  The people in Washington frequently find this annoying, as well they should.  The Constitution was specifically designed to annoy the central government.  It is critical, however, that the people, and particularly our legislators, understand this.  As it is proclaimed at the Alamo Monument, "Freedom isn't free!"  There is a price, and historically that price has been paid more often in blood than in cash.  This idea is frequently labeled "extremist" by the Left, and it may indeed be so, but this nation was founded by extremists, and what we may be thankful for at this Thanksgiving holiday is the fact that extremists made this country " the last, best hope of earth."

Cooper's Commentaries 11/99

Consider the following input:

        "Iron is like the nearly useless boy who can grow into a productive man of steel only if he first returns to the furnace and rids himself of harmful contaminants, acquires the properly proportioned elements of strength, and is refined by disciplined application of pressure, heat and work."  (This from Brian Bennett.)

It appears that first one must get the carbon out of raw iron, and then put it back in, in proper amounts.

Cooper's Commentaries 8/99

"In order to deter our enemies, America needs forces that are recruited, trained, and directed to do not social services, not international welfare, not peacekeeping, not drug interdiction, but to rain fire and destruction on our enemies if they break the peace and seek to attack us and our close allies.  The armed services are not just another branch of the civil service.

John Lehman - Our Military Condition, American Spectator, 10-98

Ann Coulter on Pro Choice

"On account of policies promoted by Democrats, you can't 'choose' how to spend almost fully one half of your own money, or whom you will employ or do business with, or to whom you may rent your extra bedroom, or how many peanuts you may grow, or what school your children will attend, or how many gallons of water you can have in your toilet, or what to do with your land if there's a puddle on it and it is designated a federal 'wetland.' The one narrow aspect of your life you may 'choose' is whether to rip a little baby apart. Orwell couldn't have done better, though he might have titled abortion mills 'Ministries of Love.'"

Ann Coulter, Human Events 7/16/99, pg. 6

Today, values are substituted for virtues, personality for character, pragmatism for honor. . . Today, as William Kilpatrick has written, words such as "guilt," "shame," "chastity," "reticence," "modesty," "courtesy," "honor," "trust" and the qualities they enshrine have fallen into desuetude.

Donald J. Drew,  Human Events 1-22-99, pp. 22

Thomas Sowell, who is one of our favorite commentators, points out three things that make the collectivists uneasy.  These are cars, guns and home schooling, all of which grant to the individual a degree of independence of action which terrifies the champions of the super state.  Cars, guns and home schooling reduce the need for the statism so prized by the socialists.  They do not wish you freedom to move around.  They do not wish you to be able to protect yourself.  And they do not wish you to decide what your children should be taught. Such things reduce the power of the state over the citizen.  If you know any Democrats you might make that point to them.

Jeff Cooper, Commentaries, 9-98

"Day by day, case by case, the Supreme Court is busy designing a constitution for a country I do not recognize."

   - Supreme Court Justice Antoni Scallia

´´Cheer up, comrades, and savor the benefits of almost removing Bill: ... The feminists have impaled themselves with their Clinton defense. ... The left is now long on Bill Clinton. Once their votes save him, Senate Democrats may want to hire a chaperone because the next scandal is on their credit card. They´ll be the ones who kept him around to do it again. This means 21 months of nightmares and cold
sweats.´´

--Wall Street Journal´s Paul Gigot

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