Liberty Relearned

Independence Day, 2022 may have come and gone, but we can still celebrate #AmericanPrideMonth throughout the month of July.  American Exceptionalism is too great to just dedicate a single day, or a single long weekend to. 

In the shadow of the Dobbs v Jackson ruling overturning Roe v Wade, comes another critical SCOTUS ruling-- West Virginia v EPA. 

Despite Democrats howling about the 'death of democracy', these recent SCOTUS rulings will not men the death of democracy, quite the contrary, as this article from the Daily Signal points out.  

From the article: 

"The implications of West Virginia v. EPA will be discussed and debated for a long time to come. Regardless of those discussions, it’s already clear that in addition to rejecting unauthorized EPA overreach, the Supreme Court has helped to protect the voice of the American people and restore the nation’s republican form of government."

Contrary to what some have said, the Dobbs and West Virginia rulings are victories, not defeats for our democracy and our republic.  They put these matters into the hands of the legislatures and the people where they can be debated and voted on.  What's that thing called?  You know-- where people get a say on how important issues are handled? Oh, yeah, it's called DEMOCRACY. 

Until next time, 

Stay happy, healthy, and free! 

The United States of America became a country in 1776 and the Declaration of Independence was its establishing document. Historians can quibble whether the nation's birthday is on July 2nd, or July 4th, or even August 2nd when most of many of the delegates signed it. The USA was not founded in 1619, and its establishing document was not the Mayflower Compact or the Jamestown Charter. It has one Declaration of Independence, and therefore only one Independence Day, celebrated on each 4th of July. Now that that's out of the way...

How, with all the current division and by what right do we celebrate America's birthday? Yes, the country is divided-- as much as it's ever been since the end of the Civil War. We must note that those who drive the division are not aligned with the Founders vision for our country. Their political philosophies of socialism, fascism and the authoritarian style that come with them are foreign to these shores. They are not truly for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They may claim they are for these things but in reality, are for: death, subservience, and the pursuit of pleasure and power. Freedom of speech, assembly, and religion all have come under assault from the Left in recent years. America was founded as, and remains nominally, a free market-capitalist country. The Left has pressed and sadly, achieved a level of statism approaching economic fascism, causing supply shortages, rampant inflation, and an energy crisis. Yet despite this, America remains the greatest country the world has ever seen. Our Constitution has so far proven as a bulwark from the worst of the Left's progressive polices, even on occasion, rolling back their excesses. The Founders, in their genius, made it hard for tyranny to take root in our nation due to the U.S. Constitution. This document should be considered a landmark human achievement.

Many opponents to the concepts that America was formed upon use several recent Supreme Court rulings that checked the power they seek as examples of how our democracy is being destroyed. They are mistaken. Only a fool would for instance, claim that a ruling (Dobbs v Jackson) that removes a critical issue, abortion, from the sphere of unelected officials and remands it back to the states, where citizens are once again free to vote on it, would call such a ruling a “failure” of democracy. Another ruling which curtails the power of unelected officials in the EPA and other government agencies and forces these issues to be dealt with by the legislative branch or the states is a victory, not a defeat for democracy. Other recent rulings reaffirming 1st and 2nd Amendment rights serve to strengthen the wall between us and subjugation known as the Constitution.

We may not like the state of our government, our leaders, or the direction that the country is currently moving in but still, It's OK to love America.

Popular Pro-abortion arguments and why they fail.

By now, you know that Roe v. Wade has been overturned and the abortion question has been remanded back to the states.  There has been predictably, an explosion of posting both pro and against abortion. Here are some of pro-abortion arguments, talking points, and myths you may have heard.  I'll be addressing these and others in the podcast:

Economic Fascism is Fascism

When people think of the word “fascism” they think of groups of jackbooted thugs, running around, kicking down doors and rounding up enemies of the state.  They think of book burning, and a mad dictator whipping up his sycophants into a frenzy to terrorize the public.  That is indeed a major part of it.  State sponsored violence is a component of fascism, but the mistake people make is assuming it's the only part.  There is another, less spoken of expression of fascism-- one not as dramatic, but every bit as much a scourge on society in the final analysis.  The economic component of fascism was ends to which the violence, and terror were but a means. The point of the marches, pogroms, and demagoguery was to establish an economic system totally under the heal of the ruling party, the state.  The economic control in turn was the means to achieving the ultimate goal of all the state's power centralized in the person of a supreme dictator who spoke for and personified the State.

From La Dottrina del Fascismo, by Giovanni Gentile and Benito Mussolini:

“We have constituted a Corporative and Fascist state, the state of national society, a State which concentrates, controls, harmonizes and tempers the interests of all social classes, which are thereby protected in equal measure. Whereas, during the years of demo-liberal regime, labour looked with diffidence upon the state, was, in fact, outside the State and against the state, and considered the state an enemy of every day and every hour, there is not one working Italian today who does not seek a place in his Corporation or federation, who does not wish to be a living atom of that great, immense, living organization which is the national Corporate State of Fascism. (On the Fourth Anniversary of the March on Rome, October 28, 1926, in Discorsi del 1926, Milano, Alpes, 1927, p. 340).”

From The Economic Foundations of Fascism, by Paul Einzig, (Fascism fanboy, British economist,1897–1973) in 1934:

“Anyone who wishes to keep himself up to date should know that, besides being a political movement, Fascism is essentially an economic system-- a compromise between pure individualistic Capitalism and complete State control.”

Einzig again:

It is only by combining the desire of economic interests to cooperate with the guidance of the central authority that planning can be made to succeed.”

“Clearly, the will to build a better society does exist. We must use it to secure the Great Reset that we so badly need. That will require stronger and more effective governments, though this does not imply an ideological push for bigger ones. And it will demand private-sector engagement every step of the way.” – Klaus Schwab, Now is the time for a 'great reset'

The new war against armed citizens

In the wake of several high-profile mass shootings, and chronic gun-violence in cities like Chicago and Philadelphia, both Biden and Trudeau are calling for a raft of new anti-gun legislation.

President Biden wants Congress to pass “common sense” gun legislation.  He says it won't infringe on 2nd Amendment rights.  Huh? A June 3rd Article in Fox News outlines his plans.

Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has predictably jumped on the anti-gun bandwagon.  Though the recent mass shootings did not occur in his country, he nonetheless has proposed legislation that would “freeze” gun sales in Canada.  A recent article in Breitbart, Justin Trudeau Moves to Ban Purchase and Sale of Handguns in Canada, gives the details.

Funny, these leaders are talking about having fewer guns, but not fewer mass-murderers.  It's almost as if they were trying to solve a problem other than the legions of psychopaths our upside-down secular society has produced that commit these heinous crimes.

Biden's latest anti-gun rhetoric makes sense, the midterm elections are coming up and the Democrats have no accomplishments to run on.  Trudeau's anti-gun proposals are curiously timed and may be more telling of what the ultimate goals of both leaders is.  To understand what they're ultimate goals are, one merely needs to ask:  What plans for their respective countries do they have that can only be done, or more easily be done, with a disarmed citizenry?  Trudeau and other leaders of Commonwealth countries, namely Australia and New Zealand have already shown their hand during the pandemic.  They want a more authoritarian form of government.  They want to implement a form of 21st Century Eco-fascism.  Ditto, our President, though it's more his party than him who expect to benefit.

Disarming the citizenry has never produced a safer nation.  Quite the opposite, it enables forms of tyranny.  Disarming a population has never ended with the people of that nations being freer. Never. Once. Ever.

Further reading:  When a Population is Disarmed:  A Brief History of Tyranny, American Gun News 2017

The saying “All gave some; some gave all,” is attributed to Korean War veteran and Purple Heart recipient, Howard William Osterkamp. It was true for the Korean War, and all the wars Americans fought in before and since. This Memorial Day, we honor those who gave all. They all gave their lives for their country, and we enjoy what freedom we have because of them. Even today, some give all, and all who enjoy their freedom should honor their sacrifice by giving some. Especially today, we see Ukrainians and others give their lives for their countries. Most of us in America and Europe are not called to give of themselves to such an extreme degree. We saw over the last two years how quickly we can lose our freedoms and slip into authoritarianism. Though we probably won't be asked to give all as many are, we can, and should join SGT Osterkamp in giving some. Volunteering as first responders, to the military, giving to refugees, supporting life, serving on school boards, at church, standing for freedoms in ways great and small. Because some gave all, all must give some.

Happy Memorial Day! 

Stay happy, healthy, and free.  

-JP Mac

Replacement vs. Displacement

Dinesh D'Souza has a great new movie out about alleged ballot trafficking in during the 2020 election called 2000 Mules. In the film he talks to members of the voter integrity watchdog group True the Vote.  TTV used the technology of geotracking, tracking someone's movements though their cellphones.  TTV alleges that people called "mules" were paid to deliver harvested votes to drop boxes in various places, an act called vote trafficking, which is illegal. Vote trafficking is different than voter fraud in that fraud entails an element of deception.  Vote or ballot trafficking is the hiring of a person or persons to deliver ballots from one place to the ballot drop boxes.  Even in places where ballot harvesting is legal, (collecting votes not one's own, usually from a large number of people) it is illegal to pay someone to do it or to pay them to stuff the ballot in a drop box.  

An AP article entitled:  FACT FOCUS: Gaping holes in the claim of 2K ballot ‘mules’ Ali Swenson claims to poke holes in the 2000 Mules account of things.  Does it really?  The 'holes' read more as rationalizations than facts that debunk any of the movie's claims.  One of the more ridiculous 'holes' claimed is that people started wearing gloves when they dropped off ballots, not to keep their fingerprints off the ballots or drop boxes, but to keep their hands warm.  Do most people you know wear surgical gloves to keep their hands warm? We're supposed to buy that excuse?  Any why by the way, were many of the people shown deliver handfuls of ballots in the middle of the night?  Are we supposed to believe that someone in one case, had an entire backpack full of ballots that were legally obtained by voters who couldn't deliver them themselves? 

In summary, go see the movie, you can stream it or buy the DVD.  Buy it, watch it, and invite some friends.  It's too late unfortunately, to affect the outcome of the 2020 election, but we have an very important election coming up in the fall of 22, and another in 24.  It's critical that we put pressure on our elected leaders to be on the lookout for signs of vote trafficking schemes.  Either eliminate drop boxes altogether or at the very least, have them video surveilled 24/7 for the entire election season. We must have faith in our elections restored to everyone.  

Also, there was this little incident-- a draft of a Supreme Court ruling, which if it stands, would overturn Roe v. Wade and remand abortion laws back to the states.  Wherever you fall on the issue of pro-life or pro-choice, you should be alarmed that a SCOTUS decision, for the first time in our history, was leaked.  It was apparently leaked for partisan purposes.  We cannot allow Justices to be intimidated into voting one way or another. Leaking decisions is not acceptable, period.