Showing posts with label totalitarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label totalitarian. Show all posts
Victoria Jackson: "Thought Police" Ban All Words
The fundamentals of tyranny. Seattle is considering banning the words “brown bag” and “citizen” because the words offend black people and illegals. Daniel Greenfield responds, “When Seattle one day gets around to banning all words, because language is inherently offensive to the illiterate, and everyone is reduced to communicating ... MOREStella Morabito: The Dynamics Of Tyranny
I am he as you are he and you are me and ... Before George Orwell wrote 1984, there was Yevgeny Zamyatin's We. If you're not acquainted with Zamyatin's novel, you will find it an extraordinary study on the dynamics of tyranny. Zamyatin, a Russian, wrote We around 1921. It was immediately banned by the Soviet censorship board, but ... MOREBen O'Neill: Internet Fascism And The Surveillance State
It's not about keeping us safe. What is the purpose of telecommunication and internet surveillance? The NSA presents its surveillance operations as being directed toward security issues, claiming that the programs are needed to counter terrorist attacks. Bald assertions of plots foiled are intended to bolster this claim. However, ... MORE
An Egyptian Explains Their Situation To Americans
from Bret Baier's blog. "In a Nutshell... A lot of my dear American friends sill ask me what on earth really happened in egypt, for their benefit, and anyone else on earth genuinely trying to make heads or tails of us "crazy Egyptians" ; here's exactly what happened in egypt over the past 12 months, but expressed in 'American" terms... ... MOREPhyllis Chester: The Crisis Of Individualism
A death knell for free thought? Suddenly, the price of speaking one’s mind has gotten very high. You may agree on every issue save one; dare to share your independent or dissident view—and you might shut down the conversation or lose all your friends. Since this kind of censorship and self-censorship has been going on for some ... MORE
Obama's Scandals Reveal The True Face Of Government
by Steven Greenhut. The Obama administration has gotten itself into a fix between its contradictory stories about the Benghazi incident, reports of the IRS targeting conservative groups, and the Justice Department’s grabbing of phone records from AP reporters. There are few things more fun to watch than arrogant political leaders -- folks ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: What If Nanny Is A Thug?
A hypothetical reality. What if a dictator in America used the force of law to tell you what to eat? What if the same dictator told you what to drink? What if the dictator told you the sizes of the containers in which you could purchase a lawful beverage? What if the dictator just made up the rules according to his own personal taste? What if the product ... MOREDeportation Case Has Chilling Effect On Homeschooling
by Bryana Johnson. In 1938, the practice of homeschooling was outlawed in Germany by Adolf Hitler and the infamous Third Reich. It was a rough period in German history, as thousands of young people were being pried from their parents’ direction and authority and drafted into the Hitler Youth program, where they were supposed to be ... MOREThomas Sowell - Shepherds And Sheep
Sheep are easily led astray. John Stuart Mill's classic essay "On Liberty" gives reasons why some
people should not be taking over other people's decisions about their
own lives. But Professor Cass Sunstein of Harvard has given reasons to
the contrary. He cites research showing "that people make a lot of
mistakes, and that those mistakes can prove ... MOREJeff Berwick: Is America A Police State Yet?
There are ways to measure. Wendy McElroy writes: If you need to ask the question,
then the answer is “yes”. But that is a glib response and I do not
feel glib about America's slide through the nine rings of political
hell. A police state is generally defined as a totalitarian government that
exerts extreme and pervasive social, political and economic control
over ... MORE
Dr. Randy Short: Obama Even More Fascistic Than Bush
U.S. being pushed toward a police state. President Barack Obama has been following the path of attacking civil liberties and pushing the U.S. towards totalitarianism, says Randy Short, a member of Dignity, Human Rights and Peace organization in Baltimore. “The cybersecurity bill that President Obama seems to want to pass without submitting ... MOREThomas Sowell: Random Thoughts On The Passing Scene
Observations on life as it is. When I was growing up, an older member of the family used to say, "What you don't know would make a big book." Now that I am an older member of the family, I would say to anyone, "What you don't know would fill more books than the Encyclopedia Britannica." At least half of our society's troubles ... MORE
Ilana Freedman: Chavez, Castro and Putin Agree: Obama!
In the birds of a feather department .... The latest [dictator] to publicly announce his support for the
commander-in-chief’s reelection bid was Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, who
this week assured he’d vote for Obama if he were from the United States.
The America-bashing strongman made the announcement on state-owned
television, saying “Obama is a ... MOREThomas Sowell: Socialist Or Fascist?
It is not quite accurate to call Obama a socialist. It bothers me a little when conservatives call Barack Obama a "socialist." He certainly is an enemy of the free market, and wants politicians and bureaucrats to make the fundamental decisions about the economy. But that does not mean that he wants government ownership of the means of production ... MOREScott Holleran Movies: The Hunger Games
A LibertyPen movie recommendation. In mythology, Diana was a huntress who set upon the woods with bow and arrows, precision in her aim and a desire to protect youth and life. Essentially, The Hunger Games, based on the book by Suzanne Collins and the third highest-grossing movie debut ever, is a version of Diana’s story. It is not fast and flashy. It is slow ... MORE
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