Common Folk Using Common Sense

“I don’t want to scare anyone but I am considering investing in barbed wire and guns, things are not looking good and rates are heading higher.” – Anthony Fry, senior managing director at Evercore Partners, discussing America’s current economic situation. http://www.cnbc.com/id/37549417 Anthony FrySpread The Word:

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FDR was emboldened by his 1936 landslide reelection to expand his agenda and consolidate his control of government. Obama was emboldened by his 2008 landslide election to expand his agenda and consolidate his control of government. Prior to Tuesday night, the largest midterm shift against the party in power was in 1938, and it effectively [...]

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Years ago I found the blog “mAss Backwards“. mAss Backwards was run by a freedom-lover called Bruce, and it was a daily stop in my reading journeys. The title of the blog was a play on the concept of his home state of Massachusetts being completely backwards in regard to freedom. Like me, Bruce “started [...]

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This poor blog as been running on auto-pilot recently. I’ve been spending a great deal of time with my local candidates and elections. We The People starts in the local community and spreads all the way to Washington, not the other way around. So here I sit the day after a historic election. I should [...]

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In Europe the people have historically been content with being ruled subjects. Not here. This government has abused its tax authority, usurped unconstitutional governing and financial powers, created massive budgets, then bought constituencies and distributed privileges to its allies. This government has created a new class, a new aristocracy. We must take America back. There [...]

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This is the Hope And Change 67 million people voted for in November 2008. In less than 30 days will you allow those 67 million votes to go un-answered? Do you want Socialism for your children and grandchildren? We The People can take this country back, but only if you vote … and bring a [...]

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Found at Newsbusters: * In January 2007 before the Democrats took over Congress, unemployment was 4.6 percent; now it’s 9.6 percent. * In January 2007 there were 7.1 million unemployed people in America; now there are 14.9 million. * In January 2007 the median home price was $210,600; today it’s $179,300. * In January 2007 [...]

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Taken from Macleans: U.S. unemployment rate is around 10%. One in 10 homeowners are behind on their mortgage payments. Home sales are at record lows. Ohio’s Ashtabula County sheriff department was cut again to 49 people and just one squad car for a county of 1,900 sq. km. The state of Michigan has converted at [...]

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From Mark Nestmann at Preserving Your Privacy & Wealth: Do you question authority? Fail to accept conventional wisdom? Lose your temper when you hear a politician make a promise that you know he or she can’t keep? If so, you may be mentally ill, according to the most recent revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical [...]

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From an editorial in the Union Leader: In the 1980s, fewer than a third of Americans received some sort of government benefits. That figure has risen to about 50 percent, At the same time, 45 percent of Americans pay no federal income taxes. If these trends are not reversed, we will soon reach a point [...]

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September 17th, 1787, the day when our Founding Fathers signed the Constitution. And if any one factor can explain why our republic has endured and thrived for 223 years, it is this unique charter, which outlines the form of government best designed to safeguard “life, liberty and pursuit of happiness,” as the Declaration puts it. [...]

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Via CBS New York: George Grier said he had to use his rifle on Sunday night to stop what he thought was going to be an invasion of his Uniondale home by a gang he thought might have been the vicious “MS-13.” He said the whole deal happened as he was about to drive his [...]

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Starting in 2011 (next year folks) your W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are given by your employer. You will be required to pay taxes on a large sum of money that you have never seen before. Take your 2009 tax form [...]

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One in six Americans are now receiving government aid. More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid. Close to 10 million receive unemployment insurance. More than 40 million people get food stamps. More than 4.4 million people are on welfare. With this many people receiving taxpayer dollars, is there any possibility of real economic reform? [...]

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