With the Supreme Court taking on two different same sex marriage cases, two seemingly related yet in this case opposing American concepts are clashing: The right to free association and individual liberty, and the right to practice one’s religion. The Supreme Court will take on the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8, which bans same sex marriage in California. However, the | Read More »
As you sit there, weak and weary Pondering your life (so dreary!), Remember you’re secure and safe And no matter how this life may chafe, Someone standing upon a hill, A tower or foxhole pays your bill. Our freedom comes at precious cost Of sweat and blood and lives we’ve lost. So as you read these token words Consider what your freedom girds: Life, liberty | Read More »
(h/t THE right scoop) I had the opportunity to attend the Douglas County (GA) Tea Party, but opted to not go. Douglas County is on the opposite side of traffic-burdened Atlanta from me, and the event started just one hour after work. Today, I found out that I should have braved I-285’s daunting traffic corridor. At the end, I’d have been treated to this:
While I had been thinking about something like this for several weeks, the document that follows was very much inspired by Nessa’s diary of a few days ago. I’m not declaring it to be the official RedState Resolves (I’m fairly certain that Erick Erickson and the rest of the Mods would have something to say about that!). This is intended as my statement of Grievances | Read More »
Author’s note: When using the term “liberal” or any derivative thereof, it is a reference to modern colloquialism, not to the traditional definition of “liberal,” which is in fact what we now call “conservative.” – – – In law, they use Latin quite a bit. We recognize some of them easily: pro bono, en loco parentis, per se, and non sequitur among them. It is | Read More »
With the massive success of the Tea Parties (and the predictable backlash from the liberal media), why stop now? At present, the “Tax Day Tea Party Numbers” thread (combined with my totals in the 247-250th comments this AM) has 222 sites with more than 410,000 participants. On a Wednesday. On a day when many people have to work. Could this be even bigger, even harder | Read More »
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