This will not be a popular post, so let’s clear the air first.
No I am not a ‘crazy liberal’ protester, unless by crazy you mean parent of a teenager and by liberal you mean Jeffersonian to the core!
No I do not, nor have I ever supported either the war in Iraq or Afghanistan. No I [...]

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As we watch and wait to see exactly what health care “reform” will finally eek its way out of the hallowed halls of government we can be sure that whatever the final result the government will have its hands all over it.
Will we see another big and useless bureaucracy? Probably.
Will we lose the freedom of [...]

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As government encroachment gains momentum and you and I watch our liberties and money go out the window I believe a moment of thoughtful insight into what our nation once was and what it could once again be is appropriate.
We were…founded as a Democratic Republic, a representational form of democracy.
We were… founded on the notion [...]

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Have you heard of the Safelink program? It has recently been featured on channel 8 news and it has some people up in arms.
Safelink is related to the Lifeline program which was created by the FCC in 1984 to provide home phone service to low income households (read welfare recipients) at low or no cost [...]

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Earlier in the year there was a piece of political satire floating around the bloggernacle, that the White House had plans to rewrite the oath enlistees into the military take and have them swear allegiance to the office of the president instead of the constitution…it went something like this.
“Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is extremely [...]

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(Editor’s Note: Welcome classicalliberal, a regular on the comments sections — this is his/her first post on monroerising.com)
My 15 year old and I were recently discussing the subjects he has been studying in school in “Global Studies” (remember when that was called History, American History or something of the sort?) and he began relating to [...]

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