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Assaults on Liberty Have Always Been Relentless and Come From Every Side
The Declaration of Independence states the reason America was created, to secure the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Such a vision was one for which volunteers were willing to fight and die to attain. No revolution in human history has been voluntarily fought for the purpose of becoming pawns on a statist chessboard.
Once we became a nation, it should have become apparent that the ideals of our country’s designers were not in accord with the goals of country’s administration. Our political history since the revolution has largely been not only a tug of war between waring parties but a battle against the Constitution itself. The Constitution, being a document that limited government, was seen by the power hungry politicians as an obstruction that could only be incrementally dismantled by Supreme Court rulings or Courts that turned a blind eye to tyrannical legislation or executive orders. The entire history of American politics has been about the transfer of wealth from the private sector to control by politicians.
Let’s briefly look back at the major liberty-bashing events in America’s history. Primarily, they were the results of actions taken by Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt and Joe Biden.
Lincoln ended the notion that states that were unserved or exploited by the federal government could not secede. Prior to that many states, mainly in the north, had secession conventions. In the end, these states agreed that the benefits of being a part of the US outweighed the disadvantages and chose not to secede. But the notion that they had a choice was universally accepted until 1861. Of course the founders approved of secession as America itself exists by having seceded from England.
Woodrow Wilson wildly expanded government with the institution of the Federal Reserve, which allowed money to be printed out of thin air, then borrowed by the government. Controls on political spending were out the window. Also under Wilson, the income tax was established as was several other policies were initiated that transferred wealth from citizens to the control of politicians.
Franklin Roosevelt expanded government wildly through the New Deal and, in doing so, turned an economic downturn into a decade-long Depression. An army of regulatory bodies emerged in the New Deal and that only meant the destruction of freedom among the people. Never forget, whenever a regulation is born, an option dies. FDR also attempted to back the Court in order to completely demolish all restrictions on the power of government.
Joe Biden may be worst of all. Not only did he borrow trillions of “new money” for the Federal Reserve, which has caused inflationary chaos throughout the nation, his lockdowns mandatory injection proclamation turned the Bill of Rights on its ear. Biden acted on the premise that citizens are subjects of the state and not individual entities free to exercise liberty and pursue happiness as the Constitution guarantees. Bans on assembly and the practice of religion were just proclaimed, the Constitution be damned.
These big moves by politicians may have been the watershed events in our history but a relentless barrage of assaults on liberty have come from every quarter of modern society. Consider the following:
Many California communities and others are banning natural gas, forcing everyone to go all-electric. California plans to ban gasoline-powered cars and hybrids in 2035, forcing everyone desiring mobility in to an EV. This in a state where electrical outages are routine already. I have experience 4 outages of 3 hours or more this year, which has provoked me to buy a full house generator. The automobile, which used to be a fantastic instrument of freedom is about to be government controlled in every aspect. But it is not just how you power your vehicle. It used to be that folks could do repair work on their own cars. But no more. You need microchips and computer analysis. In new cars, the steering wheel is not directly (but rather virtually) connected to the wheels. Same with the brakes. All can be operated by third parties. This was further illustrated when BMW began charging subscription fees to get warmed seats. Bottom line: people will be dependent on the government for both energy and travel.
There is also reason to believe the government is operating a campaign to prevent children from the ability to critically think. With the institution of the Department of Education and the demise of PTA (parental hand in governance). We have all witnessed schools morph into indoctrination centers. Beyond that, we had the confusing new math, in an attempt to change the logical basis of math. (If A = B, and B = C, then A = C). We also see the continual dismantling of what words mean. This serves to confuse conversations where one party may define the word differently than the other. Vaccine used to universally mean an immunization that provided immunity. Now, it does not. Woman used to universally mean a human with a womb. Now, it does not. Recession used universally to mean 2 quarters of negative growth. Now, it does not. Insurrection used to universally mean … You get the picture.
Instead of thinking for ourselves, Big Tech and government are deploying a full-court press to demand group-think. Trust the experts (the state) or be labeled a domestic terrorist. These “experts" use models that tell us what the future will be. See how well they worked with COVID? What a genius that little Fauci midget turned out to be! But, don’t expect such accuracy with the climate change models since numerous imponderables are involved. Just trust them and censor any verbiage to the contrary. We used to burn such folks at the stake as witches. Today, they seem to make up the ruling class hard drive.
Bad ideas and Disinformation Can Be Rebutted But Truth Must Be Censored
Informed Americans used to be able to trust elections. Most voting was in person and mail-in ballots had to be requested and verified. Today, none of that is true. We are told to trust the system. It is impartial as the FBI (Comey) or the IRS (Lois Lerner). And, any attempt to tighten up the system is labeled, “Jim Crow 2.0).
Censorship is being widely utilized to prevent the public from being informed. Remember when over 50 former U.S. intelligence officials previously dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop as Russian disinformation just before the 2020 election? And remember how all of the skepticism about the COVID vaccine were censored by YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and the other government-bidding toadies. The founders designed that in America the people were the sovereigns. After 239 years of termites eating away at the foundation of our liberty, we have been reduced to human mushrooms: kept in the dark and feed manure.
Libertarians and conservatives with libertarian tendencies offer the greatest threat to the relentless march of statist control at the expense of citizens. Progressives and those who are apolitical but dependent on government are revered allies. That may explain why the Biden administration has allowed 4.9 million illegal aliens to enter the U.S. illegally since January 2021, including 900,000 who slipped in completely undetected. Just like new money devalues old money. New dependents devalue the political voice/power of the productive.
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Those of us who wrap our brains around the big picture must sometimes search for a light in the tunnel. Perhaps, we can take solace in two realities. 1. No one knows the future. We could not have predicted in 1980 what society would devolve into by 2022. Now, 74 percent of us understand the country is going in the wrong direction. Only 26 percent seem unaware that mice die in mousetraps because they don’t understand why the cheese is free. If this properly translates in the mid-terms, perhaps the calvary will arrive to thwart our demise until a major correction can be made in 2024. 2. Appreciate all of the government waste that has occurred over COVID and in Ukraine. Take solace from the words of Milton Friedman, “If government spent the money they collect efficiently, we would already be slaves.”
August 26, 2022
LibertyPen.com has been in operation since 2006, chronicling the fragile state of liberty. It provided a daily list of links to news stories that illustrate the mission. The site was published using a Google product. Now Google censors have decided that certain categories of information should not be accessible for public consideration.
Three categories of news were wiped clean. First to go was “Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption”, links illustrating shady actions and practices among the ruling class. Next was, “Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery”, a list of links regarding Woke and nonsensical contentions, such as women can have penises or vaccines are not meant to provide immunity. Then went, “The Government is Not Us”, a list of tyrannical assaults against the people’s “Constitutionally insured” individual liberties.
As a result, LibertyPen.com will post future news links at Libertypen.substack.com.
August 25, 2022
fromTheCensorsAtGoogle: "As you may know, our Community Guidelines describe the boundaries for what we allow-- and don't allow-- on Blogger. Your post titled "POLITICS & OTHER OFFICIAL ACTS OF CORRUPTION" was flagged to us for review. We have determined that it violates our guidelines."
👉 If this does not illustrate how Big Tech is in the tank for the statist propaganda, nothing will.
Indoctrination and CensorshipfromAmericanThinker: No one outside the ruling class would want any part of the lefts socialist national agenda, so they must lie to have any success.
fromAlexBerenson/Substack: If you have the choice of taking an mRNA jab or the anti-viral medicine Paxlovid, take Paxlovid every time, a new study suggests.
fromMises: The strength of the green movement is predicated on the belief that warming is a deleterious activity that must be abated at all costs. But this is a false proposition that fails to consider the ameliorative effects.
fromJonathanTurley: Government officials leak new details on the Mar-a-Lago raid while continuing to oppose disclosures in court.
The Government is Not UsfromWashingtonExaminer: The United States is facing the prospect of a major, long-term immigration headache due to the Biden administration's resettling of more than a quarter of a million unaccompanied children who came across the border from Mexico.
The Government is Not UsAugust 23, 2022
fromAmericanGreatness: Our elites are now viewed with the disdain they have earned on their own merits.
The Government is Not Us
fromLibertarianInstitute: The brilliant people in the Biden administration and the U.S. Congress have decided that one thing America really needs is an Internal Revenue Service (!) fortified by 87,000 more employees and 80 billion more dollars so it can help reduce the inflation that currently menaces us.
Regulation NationfromWashingtonTimes: Does it concern you that a group of Democrats holding power is now defining all Republicans as being “right-wing extremists” and a “threat to American democracy?”
The Government is Not UsfromReason: “School choice would help families escape classroom battles by leaving the battleground.
Political Correctness and Other NitwitteryfromLegalInsurrection: “There is No Climate Emergency”. “There is no cause for panic and alarm. We strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy proposed for 2050."
Political Correctness and Other NitwitteryfromCreators: But the real issue is the ones who aren't dead from the COVID-19 vaccine but are injured and/or disabled. They'll be vulnerable to pain, misery and poverty for the rest of their lives.
Indoctrination and CensorshipAugust 22, 2022
fromRealClearInvestigations: The FBI division overseeing the investigation of former President Trump's handling of classified material at his Mar-a-Lago residence is also a focus of Special Counsel John Durham's investigation of the bureau's alleged abuses of power and political bias during its years-long Russiagate probe of Trump.
The Government is Not Us
fromFederalist: Can the FBI be trusted? A Federalist analysis of agency lies over the last decade is an unequivocal no.
The Government is Not UsfromAmericanMind: Whitmer fednapping exposes moral rot of FBI. The Government is Not Us
from1945: Many Americans are turning to firearm ownership to protect themselves.
Individual Liberty: America's First PrinciplefromReason: New court documents show that the FBI planned for months to seize and forfeit property found inside safe deposit boxes in an L.A. raid under the pretext of doing an inventory.
Police State AmericafromFoxBusiness: Inflation rose 8.5% in July, remains near its highest level in 4 decades.
August 21, 2022
fromReason: Many Americans do not enjoy being reminded of the fact that a country that began as a tax revolt against England now has a federal agency with some 81,600 employees dedicated to confiscating the maximum amount of income from its citizens allowable by (very confusing) law, under threat of potential imprisonment.
Indoctrination and Censorship
fromSpiked: Freedom of speech must include the freedom to question climate-change policy. It’s never a good sign when a government launches a policy and instantly decrees that criticism of that policy is not allowed. It’s happening in the US right now.
Indoctrination and CensorshipfromMoonbattery: John Wayne became an icon by emblematizing the rugged individualism that made America great. This is why he must be canceled. However, Wayne remains such a cultural giant that despite their efforts Democrats have not even managed to change the name of John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. A disgraceful event from Hollywood history may give them the pretext they need.
Political Correctness and Other NitwitteryfromAmericanThinker: Courageous journalist Sharyl Attkisson testifies to a congressional hearing about the depths to which the FBI has sunk in its attempts to discredit one of its most effective critics.
The Government is Not UsfromDailyMail: Males, however, are required to use feminine pronouns.The policy states in no uncertain terms that male students using he/him pronouns are not allowed.
Political Correctness and Other NitwitteryfromFoxNews: Abortion giant Planned Parenthood plans to outspend the unborn big-time.
Politics and Other Official Acts of CorruptionAugust 20, 2022
fromAmericanGreatness: If the FBI can selectively leak portions of the affidavit agents used to justify the search of Mar-a-Lago, then why should it be allowed to conceal the rest of the affidavit?
Police State America
fromPlebity: Today’s left serves rather than challenges power. Leftist analysis of capitalism, which once centered around class, has been rejected in favor of identity politics. Speech is conflated with violence, and punishment is swift for those who use words deemed to cause harm or offense.
Indoctrination and CensorshipfromReason: Why should we believe that this boondoggle will produce better results than hundreds of other corporate welfare programs?
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free MarketfromHotAir: Virtue signals are fine when the messages don’t cost anything. The easiest way to tell when that signal starts to fail is to watch politicians flounder as the costs start to rise and voters demand relief.
Political Correctness and Other NitwitteryfromBrownstoneInstitute: Don’t be fooled by any appearance of contrition on the part of the CDC. They still have a legal appeal in process that would put a mask back on your face when traveling.
fromAmericanSpectator: He is still popping off after his stupendous act of partisan hackery.
Politics and Other Official Acts of CorruptionAugust 19, 2022
fromAmericanGreatness: Those who warn most of some mythical civil war are those most likely to incite one.
fromWallStreetJournal: Politicians and trial lawyers are sticking up companies across the pharmaceutical supply chain like Bonnie and Clyde.
fromEricPetersAutos: Are you grateful that a gallon of gas only costs about twice what it cost two years ago (when it actually cost less, in terms of what it cost to buy, when adjusted for 9.5 percent inflation) rather than nearly three times as much? The Biden Thing hopes you will be – in the manner of being grateful to the mobster who only breaks one leg rather than both. Inflation Nation
fromReason: Perceptions that the national police agency is at war with half of the population have eroded its standing, while Biden administration plans to super-size the tax-collection agency further sour public perceptions.
IRS whistleblower: ‘billionaires … laughing’ as Biden plan targets working, middle class with audits
fromBreitbart: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that at least $20 billion will be taken from working and middle class Americans earning less than $400,000 a year as a result of the increased IRS audits.
fromAmericanThinker: Thanks to the BLM effect, Griner may have lost her sense that there will be negative repercussions when a Black person commits a criminal act. And in carrying that mindset to Russia, she turned herself into a perfect pawn for Putin.
August 18, 2022
fromRutherfordInstitute: “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.” — President Harry S. Truman
fromCreators: The public should be frightened that Democrats are passing new legislation to weaponize the already abusive Internal Revenue Service.
fromEricPetersAuto: They will be replaced by more “eco-friendly” electric cars – air-fingers-quotation marks to emphasize the lie of the thing, since there is nothing “eco friendly” about replacing a 500 pound V8 engine – as in the Charger and Challenger – with a 1,000-plus pounds of environmentally hazardous materials that consume a gratuitously excessive amount of power – in the form electricity that is generated almost entirely by burning hydrocarbon fuels, just like a V8 engine.
fromWashingtonFreeBeacon: Perhaps, when we know all the facts, we will find that the FBI raid on Trump’s Florida home was justified. Until then, we reserve our right to question the integrity of the federal law enforcement officials who have demonstrated their willingness to behave like political hacks and abuse the power with which they are entrusted to punish their political opponents.
fromReason: If all of the ballot initiatives succeed, pot will be legal in 25 states.
fromTheNationalPulse: COVID-19 lockdowns could be responsible for claiming 20 times more lives than they were advertised to save, according to a new analysis published in the International Journal of Environmental Research.
August 17, 2022
fromAmericanGreatness: Is the attorney general disingenuous or simply naïve?
fromTownhall: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky) is calling for the repeal of the Espionage Act, arguing the act has been “abused from the beginning to jail dissenters of WWI.” In a tweet, Paul said it is “long past time to repeal this egregious affront to the 1st Amendment.”
fromSashaStone/Substack: To watch our Department of Justice raid a former president’s home months before the midterms, where the Democrats were expected to do very badly, looks suspect to anyone.
fromWallStreetJournal: Democrats spent last week swearing that only high earners would be squeezed under their plan to beef up the Internal Revenue Service. It took only a few days for the CBO to put that narrative to rest. A quick analysis from the budget scorer confirms that the audit expansion will ensnare the middle class.
fromMises: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the US was 9.1 percent in June. Taking into account that the government lies about inflation, it is better to consider Shadow Government Statistics’ CPI (based on the 1980s CPI methodology), which was (as of July 13) about 17 percent.
fromJonathanTurley: We still do not have sufficient information to judge the basis for the raid or the prospects for prosecution despite the often breathless coverage. The affidavit remains key to ending this speculation and quelling conspiracy theories. That is why Attorney General Merrick Garland should call for its unsealing.
August 16, 2022
Democrats don't trust 'the police,' but they do trust the FBI, provided it is targeting Donald Trump
fromReason: As the response to the Mar-a-Lago raid illustrates, Republicans are inconsistent in the other direction.
fromTheGuardian: Inflation is the top challenge facing small businesses this year, according to a report issued by the National Federation of Independent Businesses this past month, with a whopping 91% admitting that rising prices are having either a “substantial” or “moderate” impact on their companies.
fromRealClearPolitics: Nothing symbolizes the decline of the American republic better than the weaponization of justice that we saw last week when the FBI raided the home of former President Trump. And nothing better represents the divide that now exists between Democrats and Republicans than the fact that some people still have faith in the FBI.
fromZeroHedge: Though progressives routinely express horror over that idea that the federal government profits from student loans, a new analysis by the government's own watchdog finds taxpayers will lose $197 billion on loans made over the past 25 years.
fromFox11: Of course, the program is marketed as a benefit to children.
fromHotAir: First shots are now difficult to get and second shots will be banned in September.
August 15, 2022
fromZeroHedge: The false information was conveyed in responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for the results of surveillance, and after the CDC claimed COVID-19 vaccines are being monitored “by the most intense safety monitoring efforts in U.S. history.”
fromGatestoneInstitute: The investigative reporting by these two organizations [the New York Times and the Washington Post] was so thorough and groundbreaking it turned up things that were not even there.
fromLibertarianInstitute: There were plenty of dubious factors that could have tipped the scales for a Biden victory, including machinations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. They have a long history of abuse.
fromNationAndState: Just one more example of how the attack dog media from the Trump administration has morphed into the lapdog media for Biden and the Deep State.
fromAdvancingTime: This bill is another case of a slight majority -- all consisting of Democratic Party toadies -- shaping society and transferring wealth through subsidies and edicts from high.
fromPolitico: Donald Trump has more than $100 million in his political war chest. But he has something even more valuable — an active FBI investigation against him.
August 14, 2022
fromRealClearPolitics: The FBI is dissolving before our eyes into a rogue security service akin to those in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Take the FBI's deliberately asymmetrical application of the law. This week the bureau surprise-raided the home of former President Donald Trump -- an historical first.
fromIAINews: Given the relentless onslaught of pandemics, incessant political buffoonery, climate change, discrimination, exploitation, and generalized torment, in the wise words of Audre Lorde, “what depraved monster could possibly be always happy?”
fromElGatoMalo: The government has changed in a manner the framers did not anticipate. we have become a government not with a weak executive but with an exceedingly powerful one.
fromZeroHedge: The World Economic Forum (WEF) has been pushing hard for a 'cashless society' in a post-pandemic world, though physical money has made a comeback in at least one European country as consumers increasingly use notes and coins to help them balance household budgets amid an inflationary storm.
fromTownhall: Asked whether the “FBI raid on President Trump” increased motivation to vote in the 2022 midterm elections, 70 percent of likely general election voters said yes. Among Republicans, 83.3 percent said the raid motivated them to turn out on Election Day, while 71.7 percent of independent voters said the same.
fromAmericanGreatness: If the Mar-a-Lago raid proves anything, it is that the establishment still fears Donald Trump. What might the political class do yet to preserve its power?
August 13, 2022
fromMises: "Sooner or later, other people will be in power, and since the elites have shown no restraint in pursuing Trump and his allies, one can be sure that no one else will show restraint, either."
fromNYPost: A former New York Times opinion page editor alleges that her bosses refused to run an op-ed submitted by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) without first getting approval from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
The Government is Not UsfromTheHill: Spending $800 billion more will continue to drive up inflation, pushing it toward 10 percent. The Democrats are already hemorrhaging Black and Hispanic voters from their core base. This will accelerate it, along with other middle-class Americans.
Politics and Other Official Acts of CorruptionfromLibertyPen/YouTube: Excerpts from Senate Judiciary Committee testimony on Aug 3, 2022. The pertinent testimony of FBI Director Christopher Wray regarding the politicization of the FBI.
The Government is Not UsfromCATO: Warrantless surveillance may be novel for technology and media companies, but it is nothing new when it comes to the government’s surveillance of Americans’ financial activity.
Government is Watching Every Move You MakefromNYPost: A former New York Times opinion page editor alleges that her bosses refused to run an op-ed submitted by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) without first getting approval from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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