Posted on 03/03/2010 by Gil Jones
(this was originally thought of as a speech for the Highland Lakes Toastmasters Club on March 2, 2010 — more on that below)
It’s the day after election day for the party primaries in Texas and hopefully everyone got out to vote for the candidate of their choice. With early voting available it has become even [...]
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Posted on 01/07/2010 by Gil Jones
Healthcare “reform” is not your job. Raising an army and protecting the country — and its inherent sovereignty — IS your job.
In none of the enumerated powers (Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution) do we find anything about regulating not only the healthcare industry but, as you are attempting, the individual healthcare choices [...]
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Posted on 08/30/2009 by Gil Jones
My view is that NOTHING is wrong in America — not in the REAL America.
It’s the politics in Washington that is trampling on the Constitution, spending us into the poor house, and padding the pockets of special interests that’s wrong. The following is a piece from Glenn Beck that lays it out pretty nicely. There [...]
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Posted on 03/31/2009 by Gil Jones
Ronald Reagan
Address on Behalf of Senator Barry Goldwater
Rendezvous with Destiny
October 27, 1964
On the evening of 27 October 1964, Ronald Reagan delivered a nation-wide paid political telecast on behalf of the presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwater. His presentation was so forceful and engaging that Reagan, hitherto little considered a political figure, became overnight a political force [...]
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Posted on 03/15/2009 by Gil Jones
As the top 2% makes less money, which is now occurring, then the 80% slice of tax generation will decline. What would be done then — raise taxes? A bit of math will demonstrate that once the top tier is earning substantially less income, then even at a 100% tax rate the federal budget will not be funded. Exactly where that cross-over point is, I don’t claim to know. But what I do know is that we’re headed that direction — a direction which is a recipe for disaster.
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Posted on 01/09/2009 by Gil Jones
The insanity of it all — to think the government (speaking mainly of the federal government) either (1) should regulate us to the extent it does or (2) can take care of all of our needs. More on our “entitlement” state in another piece.
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Posted on 01/08/2009 by Gil Jones
This is a constitutional matter, not just a choice or matter of preference. The issue is fundamental to our personal liberties. It’s all too easy to blast a now-unpopular politician, but the same principle applies to the ordinary citizen accused of a wrong-doing.
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