Arrogant government

By: John Hayward  |  May 20th at 04:58 PM  | 

The proper attitude of government towards its citizens is humility.  The State kneels before the people who invest it with terrible authority.  The Declaration of Independence and Constitution are full of language that illustrates this relationship, but you don’t have to look back that far, because American politicians constantly cloak themselves in the language of humility.  They always talk about how honored they are to receive | Read More »

The Impudence Of The DC Aristocracy

By: Dave Poff (haystack) (Diary)  |  August 5th at 11:00 AM  | 

For wholly different reasons, I suggest you first have a reading (if you haven’t already) of Erick’s piece this morning about the Elites vs. “we, the People.” It sets the stage nicely for a review of several other little tidbits of news in recent days. First, we have Harry Reid being praised for slicing through GOP resistance to a State aid bill (with the help | Read More »