How Socialism Ruined My Country

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Published by PragerU on Mar 30, 2017

Is Bernie Sanders right?
Are people living under socialism better off?
Brazil is a good case study. Felipe Moura Brasil, a journalist and Veja magazine columnist, explains how his country has fared under socialism.

Many American millennials seem to be drawn to socialism.
They came out in big numbers for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential primaries. They rail against capitalism on their college campuses. They wear Che Guevara t-shirts to signal their socialist virtue.

I know a lot about socialism. I live in Rio de Janeiro and I work throughout Brazil as a journalist for a popular magazine.

In the early 2000s, Brazil’s economy was growing rapidly.

The government had enacted economic and monetary reforms and divested holdings in some state-run companies, giving the private sector more room to breathe.

Inflation—a chronic problem in Brazil—was dramatically reduced.

Foreign investors poured into the country, eager to catch a portion of our expanding economy.

The future seemed promising.

But today, our economy is in shambles, unemployment and debt are massive and powerful politicians are being investigated for involvement in the largest scandals of fraud and corruption in the country’s history.

What happened?

In 2002, a socialist politician named Lula da Silva ran for the presidency. He was a socialist, but painted himself as a modern, cool kind of socialist. He would be the politician who would heal national divisions and unite everyone. He even had a nickname, “Lulinha paz e amor”, which means “Little Lula peace and love” in Portuguese.

But the old message about the need for income redistribution to decrease inequality was still there. The media, academic elite and celebrities assured Brazilians that by transferring the money from the rich to the poor, the poor could finally be richer.

But the only ones who really got rich were Lula and his corporate and political friends.

It only got worse under his successor, Dilma Rousseff.

The socialists increased government spending, deficits, and debt. They called it a stimulus.

They increased the minimum wage and the benefits of social programs. They called it social justice.

They increased the salaries and retirement benefits of the civil service. They called it investing in the future.

They handed out thousands of jobs in the government and state-owned companies as favors to their political allies. And they called it good governance.

It worked for a while. Socialism always works at the beginning.

But government spending just kept going up and then Lula’s socialist paradise fell apart, and the economy fell with it.

The outcome: from 2008 to 2015, government spending grew nearly four times as fast as tax revenue.

The economy shrank 3.8 percent in 2015, the worst result in 25 years.

That same year, a World Bank survey found Brazil’s economy to be one of the world’s worst. Out of 189 countries, we were the 16th hardest place to open a business, the 60th most difficult nation in which to register property, and the 12th most complex place to pay taxes.

Economically and morally, the almost 15 years of socialist policies have greatly harmed Brazil. We also remain among the world’s leaders in murder and robbery, and we rank near the bottom of industrialized nations in terms of education and health care.

JPFO – Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership

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Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO) is a group dedicated to the preservation of gun rights in the United States and “to encourage Americans to understand and defend all of the Bill of Rights for everyone”. The group was founded by former firearms dealer Aaron S. Zelman in 1989.
The JPFO interprets the Second Amendment as recognizing a pre-existing natural right of individuals to keep and bear arms. It is based in Hartford, Wisconsin.

JPFO takes the position that an armed citizenry is the population’s last line of defense against tyranny by their own government. The organization is noted for producing materials (bumper stickers, posters, billboards, booklets, videos, etc.) with messages that equate gun control with totalitarianism. The most famous of these are the “All in favor of Gun Control raise your right hand” materials, which features a drawing of Hitler giving a Nazi salute.
The organization also attempts to prove that genocide is linked to gun control, by showing that most countries where a genocide has taken place had gun control first.

Members do not have to be Jewish. The only membership requirement is that you be a “law-abiding citizen,” by “obeying the Bill of Rights.”

JPFO’s political positions

The JPFO is probably most noted for its claim that parts of the text of the Gun Control Act of 1968 were translated from Nazi legislation.
The German Weapons Law, which existed before the Nazis came to power in 1933, was altered on 18 March 1938 by the Nazi Government.
The JPFO’s claim is based in part on the fact that the 1968 GCA introduces the “sporting purpose” test to distinguish different types of weapons, similar to the “sporting purpose” test that existed in the German law in question.
Senator Thomas Dodd was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials and had reviewed copies of the Nazi Germany firearms laws, and in 1968 requested translations of these from the Library of Congress.

Bernard Harcourt, professor at the University of Chicago Law School, in discussing this fundamental proposition advanced by the JPFO, notes, “On January 13th, 1919, the Reichstag enacted legislation requiring surrender of all guns to the government. This law, as well as the August 7, 1920, Law on the Disarmament of the People passed in light of the Versailles Treaty, remained in effect until 1928, when the German parliament enacted the Law on Firearms and Ammunition (April 12, 1928) a law which relaxed gun restrictions and put into effect a strict firearm licensing scheme.”  Harcourt continued, “To be sure, the Nazis were intent on killing Jewish persons and used the gun laws and regulations to further the genocide”, but he concluded that the firearms laws were not central to implementing the Holocaust.

Attorney and author Stephen Halbrook, in his law article “Nazi Firearms Law and the Disarming of the German Jews”, asserts that German arms laws were extremely lax, and even under the 1920 “Law on the Disarmament of the People”, only items such as grenades and machineguns were banned and small arms such as rifles and pistols remained in common use. Valery Polozov, a former advisor to the committee on national security in the Russian Duma, claims in his book “Firearms in Civil Society” that Germany did not in fact have comprehensive gun control legislation up until 1928, which created the legal framework later built upon by the Nazis. Halbrook did clarify in the first sentences of his article that, “Gun control laws are depicted as benign and historically progressive. However, German firearm laws and hysteria created against Jewish firearm owners played a major role in laying the groundwork for the eradication of German Jewry in the Holocaust.”

All credits to: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Left vs Right – How Big Should Government Be?

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Originally Published by PragerU on Dec 14, 2015

How big should the government be? And what is its proper role in the daily lives of Americans? The Left and Right have opposite answers.

Molon labe – Come and Take

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Molon labe (Greek: μολὼν λαβέ molṑn labé), meaning “come and take [them]”, is a classical expression of defiance.
According to Plutarch, Xerxes, king of Persia, demanded that the Spartans surrender their weapons and King Leonidas I responded with this phrase. It is an exemplary use of a laconic phrase.

History
The phrase was reportedly the defiant response of King Leonidas I of Sparta to Xerxes I of Persia when Xerxes demanded that the Greeks lay down their arms and surrender.
This was at the onset of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC). Instead, the Greeks held Thermopylae for three days.
Although the Greek contingent was defeated, they inflicted serious damage on the Persian army. Most importantly, this delayed the Persians’ progress to Athens, providing sufficient time for the city’s evacuation to the island of Salamis.
Though a tactical defeat, Thermopylae served as a strategic and moral victory, inspiring the Greek forces to crush the Persians at the Battle of Salamis later the same year and the Battle of Plataea one year later.

The source for this quotation is Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica 51.11, found among the Moralia, a collection of works attributed to Plutarch, famous for his Parallel Lives.

Modern use
Molon labe has been repeated by many later generals and politicians to express an army’s or nation’s determination not to surrender.
The motto ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ is on the emblem of the Greek First Army Corps and the Cypriot Second Infantry Division, and is also the motto of United States Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT).
The expression “Come and take it” was a slogan in the Texas Revolution.

Molon labe has been used once again in Greek history, on 3 March 1957, during a battle in Cyprus between members of the EOKA organization and the British Army.
After someone had betrayed his location, the British forces surrounded the hideout of the second-in-command of EOKA, Grigoris Afxentiou, near the Machairas Monastery. Inside the hideout were Afxentiou and four of his followers. Realizing he was outnumbered, Afxentiou ordered them to surrender themselves while he barricaded himself for a fight to the death.
The British asked Afxentiou to come out and surrender. He replied with the phrase Molon labe, imitating the ancient Spartans.
Unable to get him out, and after sustaining casualties, the British set fire to the hideout, and he was burnt alive. The British buried his body in the yard of the central jail of Lefkosia, where it lies today.

Currently In the United States
The original Greek phrase and its English translation are often heard from pro-Second Amendment citizens as a defense of the right to keep and bear arms.
It began to appear on web sites in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
In the Second Amendment or firearms freedom context, the phrase expresses the notion the person uttering the phrase is a strong believer in these ideals and will not surrender their firearms to anyone, especially to governmental authority.
In college football, the Michigan State Spartans football team wore alternate jerseys featuring the phrase in their 2011 rivalry game with the Michigan Wolverines.

American Revolutionary War
Sunbury, Georgia, is now a ghost town, though in the past it was active as a port, located east of Hinesville. Fort Morris was constructed in Sunbury by the authority of the Continental Congress. A contingent of British soldiers attempted to take the fort on November 25, 1778. The American contingent at Fort Morris was led by Colonel John McIntosh (c. 1748-1826). The Americans numbered only 127 Continental soldiers plus militiamen and local citizens. The fort itself was crudely constructed and could not have withstood any concerted attack.

The British commander, Colonel Fuser, demanded Fort Morris’ surrender through a written note to the American rebels. Though clearly outnumbered (he had only about 200 men plus artillery), Colonel McIntosh’s defiant written response to the British demand included the following line: “As to surrendering the fort, receive this laconic reply: COME AND TAKE IT!”. The British declined to attack, in large part due to their lack of intelligence regarding other forces in the area. Colonel Fuser believed a recent skirmish in the area, combined with Colonel McIntosh’s bravado, might have reflected reinforcements and so the British withdrew.

The British returned in January 1779 with a larger force. They later conquered and controlled nearly all of Georgia for the next few years. Col. McIntosh’s defiance was one successful and heroic event which inspired the patriots as the War moved to the Carolinas and then north.

The Fort Morris Historical Marker is on Martin Road, Midway, Georgia. It is located at the visitor center for the Fort Morris Historic Site. The center is located off Fort Morris Road, at the end of the Colonels Island Highway (Georgia Route 38). The marker memorializes the battle and notes the “Come and Take It!” response.

In recognition of his valor of defending Fort Morris in Sunbury, McIntosh was awarded a sword by the Georgia Legislature with the words “Come and Take It” engraved on the blade.[4] McIntosh later served in the War of 1812 as an American General, still protecting the Georgia coast. He served honorably, receiving honors from the City of Savannah for his service.

Texas Revolution
In early January 1831, Green DeWitt wrote to Ramón Músquiz, the top political official of Bexar, and requested armament for defense of the colony of Gonzales.
This request was granted by delivery of a small used cannon. The small bronze cannon was received by the colony and signed for on March 10, 1831, by James Tumlinson, Jr. The swivel cannon was mounted to a blockhouse in Gonzales and later was the object of Texas pride.
At the minor skirmish known as the Battle of Gonzales—the first battle of the Texas Revolution against Mexico—a small group of Texians successfully resisted the Mexican forces who had orders from Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea to seize their cannon.
As a symbol of defiance, the Texians had fashioned a flag containing the phrase “come and take it” along with a black star and an image of the cannon that they had received four years earlier from Mexican officials.
This was the same message that was sent to the Mexican government when they told the Texians to return the cannon; lack of compliance with the initial demands led to the failed attempt by the Mexican military to forcefully take back the cannon.

Replicas of the original flag can be seen in the Texas State Capitol, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, the Sam Houston State University CJ Center, the University of Texas at El Paso Library, the Marine Military Academy headquarters building, the Hockaday School Hoblitzelle Auditorium, and in Perkins Library at Duke University.

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Krauthammer Calls For The Arrest Of Obama

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Krauthammer Calls For The Arrest Of Barack Obama
By N. I.  January 6, 2017

Charles Krauthammer is one of the most respected conservative political commentators and thinkers. Check out what he said concerning the Iranian ransom situation!

He said in relation to the $400 million payment we made to Iran for releasing prisoners: “They had to print the money here, ship it over to Switzerland, turn it into Swiss Francs and Euros, and then ship it over to Iran.”

“If a private company had done this, this is called money laundering. The CEO would be in jail right now.”

Krauthammer was reacting to a Wall Street Journal report saying that the Justice Department objected to the State Department’s decision to do this.

“Of course, the Justice Department objected,” Krauthammer said. “It was illegal.”

Some of the comments to the original posting on Facebook.

William Penick ·

Paris, Tennessee
He should be arrested for many things including treason and inciting riots. The money laundrying is small compared io some of his shenanagins. The prisoner swap was so very wrong, and calling Bergdahl a hero; how dellusional can one person be?
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Charlene Cook ·

Paul Mitchell the school Orlando
I agree
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Catherine Welch ·

Owner at Self-Employed
I agree. President Obama should be arrested & tried.
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Barbara Swisher ·

Owner at Self-Employed
Obama gave Iran in August 2016 $400Million. And in 09/07/2016 Obama gave Iran $1.3 Billion of our taxpayers money! WHY??? GIVE “OUR” ENEMY Money???
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Betty Balthrop ·

Fullerton Union High School
I don’t think Bergdahl was a hero but according to obama yes. Where is Bergdahl today?
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Nancy Haupt

Catherine Welch He has a list a mile long of treasonous actions.
Like · Reply · 5 · Feb 20, 2017 6:55pm
Daurice Cummings ·

Executive Director at Agape Home Healthcare
Barbara Swisher B/c Obama is our enemy.
Like · Reply · 2 · Feb 20, 2017 7:43pm
William Penick ·

Paris, Tennessee
Betty Balthrop He is being court marshaled, but I doubt he will be sentence the way
he should. He should face a firing squad.
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Betty Balthrop ·

Fullerton Union High School
William Penick Could obama have pardoned him under these circumstances of court marshal or does it have to go back to the military? I agree firing squad…
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Scott Smith

Just another day of Obama committing Treason. Go chuck. ALL the media and ALL politician’s in Washington DC will say, nothing to see here move along. ( Jedi mind trick) it’s a lie and they ALL know it.
Like · Reply · 68 · Jan 7, 2017 10:05am
Stephen Winstead ·

Works at U.S. Government
He committed Treason, if an average American would have done this they would be in a federal prison !
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Helen Garcia ·

Bakersfield College
obama has no fear of breaking the law. I often wonder how he gets away with it? who’s protecting him?
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Clarence Ewasiuk ·

Calgary, Alberta
yes…..who IS protecting him and Kerry and Clinton.
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Fred Young ·

Works at Retired
Clarence Ewasiuk The corrupt CIA, FBI, NSA, DOJ, MEDIA, and STUPID VOTERS.
Like · Reply · 47 · Jan 13, 2017 1:31am
Carol Chisumvii ·

Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Start with Soros, and maybe a few other rich old while men he prostituted himself out to.
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David Ray ·

Tucson, Arizona
I’m sick and tired of more of the same wishfull thinking we’ve seen for eight years now at the eleventh hour. It’s more than to late and he’s gotten away wit everything Donald Trump is now entitled to get away with, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander anthat’s really why Democrats are afraid of him , not so much when it’s their candidate but it gives them chils when it’s the ” other guy” lions and tigers and bears oh my !
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William Penick ·

Paris, Tennessee
I hope he pays the price, I could not believe the American people actually elected him once because of his color, but to do it again just shows how brain dead many people are.
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Carmen H. Ramirez ·

EMT
William Penick There is the question as to how he got there in the first place. He has been famously called a post turtle. someone put him there. he doesnt belong there but he is and needs to be removed.
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William Penick ·

Paris, Tennessee
Carmen H. Ramirez Soros
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Joan Hopson ·

Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
William Penick Especially when he wasn’t even a citizen of this country. He really pulled the wool over America’s eyes and is probably laughing about it now.
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Joseph Cannestra

William Penick , agree! Keep in mind the godless and the ignorant voted this guy in, and those who still know right from wrong unlike the current election sat on their comfort zone complaining about Obama but not voting, after seeing the DISASTER THE community organizer brought on our country, they United with the rest of us and got rid of the cesspool! It should be noted that 81% of evangelicals VOTED in this election I believe the most ever,in the last eight years 39 million evangelicals did not vote!!
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Roger Andes ·

Technology Consultant at Intellinet Corporation
Awesome point
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Roger Andes ·

Technology Consultant at Intellinet Corporation
I’m an atheist and my ignorance is arguable, but I didn’t vote, one time, for President Obama
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Carol Chisumvii ·

Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Trump is taking polls on these “druthers,” you can vote for whether to prosecute someone for this crime, and you can say how you feel about such prosecution. Or lack of. He has such accounts on Facebook and Twitter.
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Karen McNeilly ·

Justice Dept Clerk at Town of Tonawanda
William Penick I agree wholeheartedly. But I also have to admit I wasn’t all that thrilled by his opponents either. And for the record, I feel the same way about Hillary voters. To take a proven criminal (based on grand theft from the WH back when Billy left office, of like $200,000. in furnishings) and allow her to run not once, but twice for office, and morons who would vote for her and nearly get her elected, after even MORE criminal activities had been revealed, mainly just because the’s a female….that’s GOT to be the dumbest reason EVER to vote someone into ANY important position!!!!
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William Penick ·

Paris, Tennessee
Karen McNeilly I agree with you on all points.
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Greg Evans ·

Owner/Principal at GECS, LLC
Sorry to say… We need to prosecute Mr. Obama for Treason and that goes for any complicit staff members as well. The United States does not pay ransom or do money laundering to apease despots.
Like · Reply · 10 · Jan 9, 2017 10:50am
Ellen Madera ·

New Mexico State University
Looks like we do, Greg, with “O” at the helm. Or at least, we did!
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Jerry Anton ·

Woodstown, New Jersey
The Obama administration has no respect for any law and wen it comes to helping out anyone involved with Islam then all bets are off.
Like · Reply · 4 · Jan 13, 2017 8:25am
Mike Young ·

Works at Tenth Amendment Center
If the Justice Department objected to giving Iran the Money so much, because of the illegalities of this, no matter who was POTUS at the time, they should have ordered the arrest of Obama by the U.S. Marshal Service themselves for his illegal activities, the very fact that they did not order his arrest of Obama, and knew about his activities of sending the money to Swisserland then converting the money into Euros, then making the ransom payments which is Money Laundering makes the Justice Department including the AG herself just as Guilty of Money Laundering as Obama because they knew he did this and failed to order his arrest by the U.S. Marshal’s Serviceand stop him themselves. If someone knows of a crime, and fails to inform the authorities about it, that action makes the them (the Justice Depart including the AG herself) just as guilty as the perpetrater of the crime meaning Obama.
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Andy Erasmus ·

Works at Retired
You people are delusional. Substitute “Trump” for “Obama” in the comments below, and you might just have something. You’re worshiping a false idol in Trump, who IS guilty of treason, virtually handing the keys to the country to Vladimir Putin. Sedition, pure and simple. You’ll see. Your orange saviour will be impeached before the year is out. “Believe me!”. Bunch of ignorant Sheep, especially the Christofascists trying to impose their version of Sharia Law on a country where “Christians” are an ever-shrinking minority. Keep your religion to yourself!
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Thomas Meadows ·

Keyport High School
Andy,Please go back to you safeplace,change your diaper and find you pacifier.You will feel MUCH better
Like · Reply · 1 · Feb 20, 2017 1:52pm
Andy Erasmus ·

Works at Retired
Thomas Meadows … Thank you for the advice, if anyone knows about sucking, it’s you. Trump’s waiting for your purty mouth, Thomas Meadows: servicing Donald Trump since 2015. When he’s in jail, will you get conjugal visits, or do you just move on to his greasy eldest son? Have a nice day �
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Richard Watson ·

Olympic College
What an ignorant bone head! Get your head out of the sand,listen to info wars and open your ears you poor delusional dweeb
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Ronald Nordquist

Arrest Obama. THrow hi, in prison! Can it be done or are our court systems so rigged that the attempt will absolve him and then he’ll become a folk hero among the low-lifes in the country.
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Anthony J. Mandile ·

Nashua, New Hampshire
He is already a folk hero….no no, SAINT among the low-lifes in the country.
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DeLila Flick

He is responsible for all the trouble this country has had .It was knot on this dame mess before he took office yes there was some problems but knot like now . He is doing all this now to take down Trump if he gets away with this you better believe there well be even more trouble then I pray to God that this country can stop all the crap and let Trump do what he said he would do give him a chance
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Martin Buckley ·

President at ENRG Consulting
Shades of Hitler. Tell lies, say your intelligence arms are bad, disloyal and publicly and privately berate and change for your own hacks, imprison your political dissidents (by the way the money was owed to Iran and we held it hostage under our economic sanctions, so it was theirs) and act like anyone against you like McCain within his own party is a traitor. Wake up. I am not against conservatives, but ignorant self righteous people are drinking all the kool aid.
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Jerry Woody ·

Modesto Jr. College
What I and millions of American Citizens want to know is why does Barrack Hussain (Barry Soeter) and Bill and Hillary, and George Soros continue to get a free ride to do as they please and thumb their noses at the rest of US. Their continued violations of the Laws of the United States are continously pointed out to the rest of us yet no one seems to have the courage to do anything about it. What will it take for someone to finally bring them to justice to answer for all their crimes?
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Jaime Jaime Donis ·

President at Tabacalera Jaime J Jaime SA Cubanissimo Cigars
I do not know what they are waiting to arrest, Huseim Obama and Killary Klinton Korrupt. Apart from traitors, are leading the conspiracy against President Donald J Trump and hold and pay Muslim and Communist agitators who protest, beat unhappy, destroy and steal. Prison and deportation for all, to remove the residence or citizenship.
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Theresa Ellen Bashford ·

North East Surry Collage of Technology
It’s proven reading this that Americans are dumb, or is it ok to steal money that does not belong to you. Oh yes you are American and international law does not apply to you, you are above International law, no wonder a lot of the world hates America.

America is a county of thieves, stole the county from the native Indians (give it back), they could run it better and have more integrity.

It was Iran’s money not America’s and the agreement to return it pre dated the matter of the release of American citizens.

History will prove Obama as one of the great presidents , well if America survives Trump and his lies , I personally think the county is finished just hope he does not destroy the world in the process.

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Regressive Left

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Published on Feb 6, 2017

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report used to be a big progressive. He even had a show with The Young Turks! But now he’s not a progressive. He has left the left. Why? Dave Rubin shares his story.

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Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor4 hours ago
Oh snap. When guys like Dave Rubin are joining up with Prager, you know the Left is losing. It’s game over.

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Joan Robinson

Joan Robinson7 minutes ago
My head hurts. Why are people using the word leftist to describe those people? The Democratic Party, first off, did that TO a leftist. The people that went along with the corrupt, out of touch candidate the Democrats chose don’t give a damn about the poor and don’t want to radically change policies that have increased inequality, de-industrialization, private debt, decades of stagnating wages, etc. The Democrats have moved to the right of where they used to be on economic issues and are corrupted by the rich and corporate money. A leftist opposes that. What Rubin is talking about has NOTHING to do with economics. I am on the left because of my views on economic issues and issues of power, and him critiquing annoying, relatively well-off PC “progressives” has nothing to do with economics. We have lowered taxes on the rich and corporations, deregulated finance, weakened unions, have multiple free trade deals, have cut, privatized or outright eliminated programs that the poor depended on (and Democrats helped to do that). The country is crumbling, all of that has been disastrous. What do the people Rubin is talking about have to say about that? Dick. I know this from personal experience. They haven’t challenged the Democrats while they have moved to the right on economic issues. I don’t quite understand what Rubin sees as “the left”, but it doesn’t describe me. I agree with some of his critiques, but try to get most of those people to discuss economic issues in depth. You’ll find that most of them haven’t put tons of thought into it or they’ll have platitudes. They are often relatively well off and don’t really focus on economic issues. I do, and that’s what makes me a leftist.
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legofreak446

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DAS RITE!

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Grumpy Stormtrooper

Grumpy Stormtrooper4 hours ago
I’m I’m a leftist and I really can’t disagree, this made me question how I identify myself politically.

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Joan Robinson

Joan Robinson27 minutes ago
Okay, so what he is saying regarding the PC crowd has merit. What exactly does that have to do with economic issues or issues of class? Does some of the PC crowd being annoying and close minded change the fact that we have moved to the right on economic issues since Reagan and that a majority of the country is clearly worse off? When you say you are a leftist, what does the word mean? Some closed minded PC people don’t change the actual impact of “conservative” or right wing economics. It seems, since the Democrats and social democratic, labor and socialist parties in the developed world have moved to the right in recent decades, and since they no longer propose economic alternatives or an alternative economic vision, that people call themselves leftist without economics being the center of their political identity. It’s odd in the extreme. Some libertarians take “progressive” stances on foreign policy, drug laws, women’s rights and all that, but they aren’t on the left because of their stances on economic issues. I often find that those people are more libertarian than leftist and I wonder if they care that much about the actual record of the economic policies we have put in place since Reagan. If they are unmoved by the fact that we have lowered taxes on the rich (income taxes, estates, dividends, capital gains) and corporations, we have deregulated finance and put in place financial de-regulation, that unions are far weaker, and the country is clearly worse off, maybe they were never on the left. I agree with a number of his critiques, but his critiques have nothing to do with economics.
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zdrux

zdrux20 minutes ago
I think a lot of people might have issue with admitting something like “I’m a racist right now?!” .. perhaps it’s easier to simply disagree with the left and become a moral and logical person. No even need to agree with right, just admit that censorship and intimidation is morally wrong and you can no longer be a member of such ideology.
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Vjorp

Vjorp4 hours ago
I like this guy.

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shade01977

shade019772 hours ago
One of the best interviewers on YouTube. No loaded questions. No judgements. Just good, open rapport.

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Fast RN

Fast RN1 hour ago
The human shrug. I do not give a dam who he loves! Rubin is a good MAN! Your right Daves program is awesome!

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shawnski001

shawnski0014 hours ago
At some point, I would like progressives to tell me exactly what they are “progressing” to.

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ashken79

ashken7914 minutes ago
To a cliff.

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Occam's Stubble

Occam’s Stubble11 minutes ago
Loading conservatives on boxcars and taking them to the camps.

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Peter T

Peter T4 hours ago
When hippies like Dave Rubin realize that all of a sudden they’re not far enough left to call themselves left… That’s how you know modern liberals are extremists.

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Jay Ferguson

Jay Ferguson1 hour ago
Liberals used to be all about freedom, which is why Rubin calls himself a ‘classic liberal’; it’s what he’s still about. Nowadays, however, liberals and the whole left side of the spectrum seem to be all about liberating people from the constitution, their money, and their common sense.

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PaiNExoTiC

PaiNExoTiC41 minutes ago
Neither side is about true freedom. Libertarianism is about freedom. Both sides have their dictatorship traits.

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Chris Kopke

Chris Kopke6 hours ago
the way the left has been acting since Trump won the presidency, I don’t really know how anyone could be a liberal I mean you have antifa which is basically the new Nazi party you have the left assaulting attacking and beating Trump supporters you have them violating free speech and sending assassination threats to supporters and the president. Winston Churchill said the next fascists will say they’re anti-fascist and hopefully the new president and America will realize that and end this awful reign
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Lauri Gibbens

Lauri Gibbens16 minutes ago
cybertec69 yes I know you’re right about that cybertech unfortunately the KKK has been tied to the alt-right for years and while it maybe Democrat in origin it’s been blamed on conservatives and labeled alt-right by liberals

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Lauri Gibbens

Lauri Gibbens15 minutes ago
Chris Kopke no I didn’t know that any links you can share

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Constantine

Constantine4 hours ago
Finally a PERFECT PragerU video. Flawless.

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D. Emery Bunn

D. Emery Bunn1 hour ago
Well, “hates the poor” is a behavior, not an identity. 😉

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Jukebox Jones

Jukebox Jones47 minutes ago
The part about trigger warnings wasn’t really flawless. There’s nothing wrong with giving a heads up on upsetting content. However, moves to get upsetting content removed from syllabuses isn’t progressive at all.
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Huỳnh Thiên Trung

Huỳnh Thiên Trung4 hours ago
Gold medal goes to the most offended lol

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Limerickman

Limerickman1 hour ago (edited)
+Steve True A Democrat gets offends when a Republican made a joke, that the Democrat mother never took her abortion pills when she had was pregnant with the Democrat, as she mixed them up with pain killers (baby is a pain and Killers), hoping to rid of her unwanted baby and then calls the baby “special” when it was born. Years later, the Child comes of age and asks “Who is my daddy?” She does not know who is the father is as she was too drunk and high at the time, so she replies “Daddy Government”.
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Hang Hill

Hang Hill3 minutes ago
All the others get participation trophies !

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TheD†uned

TheD†uned4 hours ago
the left have drowned in their own hypocrisy

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ric b

ric b2 hours ago
The Democrats have drowned in their own hypocricy, not the Left.

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legofreak446

legofreak4464 minutes ago
The Left will cannibalize itself in the next round of the Elections

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greencar500

greencar5004 hours ago
Glad I happened to be awake at 4 am for this

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Tomorrow We Live

Tomorrow We Live3 hours ago
greencar500 It’s 12 where I am

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Peace John

Peace John3 hours ago
Tomorrow We Live its 12:54 …. we are in the same time line

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Madcatthing 123

Madcatthing 1234 hours ago (edited)
Dave is awesome. If you haven’t seen his show, he is an example of a great host. He is objective and never Forces his opinion on viewers even if he disagrees. That gives the guests the opportunity to shine and explain themselves very clearly. Check out his channel!

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CalcuNi1256

CalcuNi12561 hour ago
Jay Ferguson LOL

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J Black

J Black4 hours ago
WAKE UP LIBTARDS

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rymic72

rymic724 hours ago
Try using the term regressive instead of libtard.

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Jay Ferguson

Jay Ferguson1 hour ago
To be fair, name calling has one the left the elections for how many years? Trump didn’t exactly win the GOP nomination by playing by the right’s rules. He ran as a leftist candidate espousing more conservative values. The left’s tactics have won just about everything over the last decade – it’s their policies that s*ck. I don’t agree with the tactics, but it wouldn’t do anyone justice to ignore what w*rks.
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ln murthy

ln murthy4 hours ago
Yes today, defending liberal values has become conservative position

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Hang Hill

Hang Hill2 minutes ago
And antifa acts like the KKK. What a time to be alive !

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legofreak446

legofreak4463 seconds ago
Liberal values were almost always on the right, like how Republicans were the ones giving minorities and women the rights to vote and civil liberties.

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Antonio Inostros

Antonio Inostros6 hours ago
shar this everywhere.

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Daryl Paul

Daryl Paul4 hours ago
Antonio Inostros aye

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Daniel H

Daniel H2 hours ago
will do matey

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DEEPAK JOSEPH

DEEPAK JOSEPH4 hours ago
someone help us make some videos about left in India…we too have this problem….

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DEEPAK JOSEPH

DEEPAK JOSEPH29 minutes ago
Adhiraj Gupte did u like what I wrote…it is happening right now in Columbia with FARC .. and in different stages in Indian states of Bengal,Kerala and Tripura… Tripura is lost forever..but somehow it is not messed up (may be killed all opponents forever)…it’s a scenario which shows current Russian style of communism…rest is barbaric horde communism in rest of the states. I think Indian government knows it both BJP and Congress didn’t make any deal but made them surrender…if a deal was made they would have used it as I said earlier to expand their party into tribal areas.
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DEEPAK JOSEPH

DEEPAK JOSEPH26 minutes ago
@c30f$p@d3z totally true

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Matko Živčić

Matko Živčić4 hours ago
yep, long story short, im atheist who found himself becoming a conservative, it was a long road, but i finally feel im going in the right direction.

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Jerriel O Millier

Jerriel O Millier1 hour ago
Fast RN .. yes i guess most of us do believe in God, thankfully, but its not like the tent isnt big enough.

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Psoas

Psoas34 minutes ago
Same with me, but I went more to a libertarian point of view

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Ronnie Hopper

Ronnie Hopper5 hours ago
liberals you have failed, the war of ideology and now you’re going to lose the culture War

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mnpopeye

mnpopeye7 hours ago
Outrage has replaced honesty.

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Steve True

Steve True3 hours ago
mnpopeye says fake university

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Derek Knickerbocker

Derek Knickerbocker4 hours ago (edited)
as someone who’s on the left and has been on the left all their life I find it a little hard to say I agree with just about everything in this video

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Derek Knickerbocker

Derek Knickerbocker3 hours ago
Steve True I don’t have all day, you know it’s hard to have a conversation if you’re the one doing all the talking

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Amanda Ramalho

Amanda Ramalho2 hours ago
I used to vote for the left too. But not anymore.

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Daryl Paul

Daryl Paul4 hours ago
0.23 you mean The Young Turds…

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Chris Willsden

Chris Willsden8 minutes ago
NecroDancer He’s an absolute joke.  The whole show is.

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NecroDancer

NecroDancer7 minutes ago
+Chris Willsden It probably wouldn’t be so bad if Cenk and that other woman weren’t there.

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US helped craft anti-Israel Security Council resolution

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By Gary Willig, 25/12/16 20:19

PM spokesman says Israel has “ironclad information” Obama Administration helped craft anti-Israel UN resolution.

The Israeli government has publicly accused the Obama Administration of having helped develop and push for the UN Security Council resolution condemning any and all Jewish presence over the 1949 armistice lines.

David Keyes, the spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, made the accusation on Fox News’ “America’s News HQ” program, claiming that Israel had “ironclad information” that the Obama Administration not only allowed the resolution to pass by going against the longtime US policy of vetoing one-sided resolutions against Israel, but took part in crafting the resolution and pushed for its passage.

“We have rather ironclad information from sources in both the Arab world and internationally that this was a deliberate push by the United States and in fact they helped create the resolution in the first place.” Keyes said.

The Prime Minister warned government ministers earlier that President Obama could cause further harm to Israel before he leaves office on January 20.

Army Radio broadcaster Erel Segal today reminded listeners that Obama began his presidency with a visit to Cairo, avoiding a stop in nearby Israel. While in Cairo, he spoke of Israel’s existence being a result of WWII’s genocide of the Jews, exactly as the Arab world does, thereby making the Jewish state an alien entity with no roots in the Holy Land.

 

 

 

The true nature of the Regressive Leftist

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Published on Nov 10, 2016

Fuck off to North Korea, you democracy-hating clowns.

 Eric Allen Bell
REGRESSIVE LEFTIES: Your hatred, violence, entitlement and ignorance are why Donald Trump won. Rioting to reverse the outcome of Democratic elections, is just the type of moronic thinking that our Constitution is in place to protect us from. Sure, you are unique, just like everyone. And all you delicate little snowflakes will end up on history’s blooper reel. The pendulum has swung the other way, at last. The cultural mess you have made of this country – radical feminism, white guilt, the envy class living off the hard work of others, safe spaces, political correctness, generations of emasculated men, illegal aliens, Islamo-enthusiasm – this will all be cleaned up, as we drain the swamp and make America great again.

Do you understand what the Electoral College is?

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Published on May 18, 2015

Do you understand what the Electoral College is? Or how it works? Or why America uses it to elect its presidents instead of just using a straight popular vote? Author, lawyer and Electoral College expert Tara Ross does, and she explains that to understand the Electoral College is to understand American democracy. Donate today to PragerU: http://l.prageru.com/2eB2p0h

REPUBLIC vs. DEMOCRACY

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands,
one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

SUMMARY
In the Pledge of Allegiance we all pledge allegiance to our Republic, not to a democracy. “Republic” is the proper description of our government, not “democracy.” I invite you to join me in raising public awareness regarding that distinction.A republic and a democracy are identical in every aspect except one. In a republic the sovereignty is in each individual person. In a democracy the sovereignty is in the group.

Republic. That form of government in which the powers of sovereignty are vested in the people and are exercised by the people, either directly, or through representatives chosen by the people, to whome those powers are specially delegated. [NOTE: The word “people” may be either plural or singular. In a republic the group only has advisory powers; the sovereign individual is free to reject the majority group-think. USA/exception: if 100% of a jury convicts, then the individual loses sovereignty and is subject to group-think as in a democracy.]

Democracy. That form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens directly or indirectly through a system of representation, as distinguished from a monarchy, aristocracy, or oligarchy. [NOTE: In a pure democracy, 51% beats 49%. In other words, the minority has no rights. The minority only has those privileges granted by the dictatorship of the majority.]

The distinction between our Republic and a democracy is not an idle one. It has great legal significance.The Constitution guarantees to every state a Republican form of government (Art. 4, Sec. 4). No state may join the United States unless it is a Republic. Our Republic is one dedicated to “liberty and justice for all.” Minority individual rights are the priority. The people have natural rights instead of civil rights. The people are protected by the Bill of Rights from the majority. One vote in a jury can stop all of the majority from depriving any one of the people of his rights; this would not be so if the United States were a democracy. (see People’s rights vs Citizens’ rights)

In a pure democracy 51 beats 49[%]. In a democracy there is no such thing as a significant minority: there are no minority rights except civil rights (privileges) granted by a condescending majority. Only five of the U.S. Constitution’s first ten amendments apply to Citizens of the United States. Simply stated, a democracy is a dictatorship of the majority. Socrates was executed by a democracy: though he harmed no one, the majority found him intolerable.

SOME DICTIONARY DEFINITIONSGovernment. ….the government is but an agency of the state, distinguished as it must be in accurate thought from its scheme and machinery of government. ….In a colloquial sense, the United States or its representatives, considered as the prosecutor in a criminal action; as in the phrase, “the government objects to the witness.” [Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, p. 625]

Government; Republican government. One in which the powers of sovereignty are vested in the people and are exercised by the people, either directly, or through representatives chosen by the people, to whome those powers are specially delegated. In re Duncan, 139 U.S. 449, 11 S.Ct. 573, 35 L.Ed. 219; Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. (21 Wall.) 162, 22 L.Ed. 627. [Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, p. 626]

Democracy. That form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens directly or indirectly through a system of representation, as distinguished from a monarchy, aristocracy, or oligarchy. Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, pp. 388-389.

Note: Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, can be found in any law library and most law offices.

EXAMPLE
Democratic Form of Government: An environmental organization proposes a bill for the ballot that every individual should reduce his water household usage by 25%. To assure that this goal is met, the government, or private sector, will monitor every individual’s household water consumption rate. If an individual does not meet the goal, his first offense is $500 fine. Second offense is $750 fine and 30 days community service. Third offense is $1,500 fine and 30 days imprisonment. Fourth offense is $1,750 fine and 90 days imprisonment. Fifth offense is a felony (1-year imprisonment) and $2,000 fine.

The people argue this environmental issue back and forth. They argue the pros and cons of the issue. This great debate is held at town hall meetings. Strong opinions are on both sides of the matter. One side preaches, “It is for the common good!” The other side rebuttals, “This is control and not freedom, and lost of choice!” Election day occurs. The people go to the ballot box to settle the problem. The majority won by a vote of 51% whereas the minority lost with a vote of 49%. The minority is ignored. The majority celebrates while the minority jeers in disappointment. Since the majority won, the bill goes in effect. As a result of the majority winning, every individual must reduce his household water usage by 25%. For the reason that the majority has mandatory powers in a democracy. Those who wish to go against the collective (whole body politic) will be punished accordingly. The minority has neither voice nor rights to refuse to accept the dictatorial majority. Everything is mandatory in a democracy. This brings dictatorship and lividity to the realm.

Republican Form of Government: An environmental organization proposes a bill for the ballot that every individual should reduce his water household usage by 25%. To assure that this goal is met, the government, or private sector, will monitor every individual’s household water consumption rate. If an individual does not meet the goal, his first offense is $500 fine. Second offense is $750 fine and 30 days community service. Third offense is $1,500 fine and 30 days imprisonment. Fourth offense is $1,750 fine and 90 days imprisonment. Fifth offense is a felony (1-year imprisonment) and $2,000 fine.

The people argue this environmental issue back and forth. They argue the pros and cons of the issue. This great debate is held at town hall meetings. Strong opinions are on both sides of the matter. One side preaches, “It is for the common good!” The other side rebuttals, “This is control and not freedom, and lost of choice!” Election day occurs. The people go to the ballot box to settle the problem. The majority won by a vote of 51% whereas the minority lost with a vote of 49%. The minority may have lost, but not all is gone. The majority celebrates while the minority jeers in disappointment. Since the majority won, the bill goes in effect. As a result of the majority winning, it is advisory that every individual reduce his household water usage by 25%. For the reason that the majority has advisory powers in a republic. Bearing in mind that each individual is equally sovereign in a republic, he is free to reject the majority. He may choose to follow the majority and subject himself to the rule, or he may choose not to follow the majority and not subject himself to the rule. The minority has a voice and rights to refuse to accept the majority. Everything is advisory in a republic. This brings liberty and peace to the realm.

COMMENTSNotice that in a Democracy, the sovereignty is in the whole body of the free citizens. The sovereignty is not divided to smaller units such as individual citizens. To solve a problem, only the whole body politic is authorized to act. Also, being citizens, individuals have duties and obligations to the government. The government’s only obligations to the citizens are those legislatively pre-defined for it by the whole body politic.

In a Republic, the sovereignty resides in the people themselves, whether one or many. In a Republic, one may act on his own or through his representatives as he chooses to solve a problem. Further, the people have no obligation to the government; instead, the government being hired by the people, is obliged to its owner, the people.

The people own the government agencies. The government agencies own the citizens. In the United States we have a three-tiered cast system consisting of people —> government agencies —> and citizens.

The people did “ordain and establish this Constitution,” not for themselves, but “for the United States of America.” In delegating powers to the government agencies the people gave up none of their own. (See Preamble of U.S. Constitution). This adoption of this concept is why the U.S. has been called the “Great Experiment in self government.” The People govern themselves, while their agents (government agencies) perform tasks listed in the Preamble for the benefit of the People. The experiment is to answer the question, “Can self-governing people coexist and prevail over government agencies that have no authority over the People?”

The citizens of the United States are totally subject to the laws of the United States (See 14th Amendment of U.S. Constitution). NOTE: U.S. citizenship did not exist until July 28, 1868.

Actually, the United States is a mixture of the two systems of government (Republican under Common Law, and democratic under statutory law). The People enjoy their God-given natural rights in the Republic. In a democracy, the Citizens enjoy only government granted privileges (also known as civil rights).

There was a great political division between two major philosophers, Hobbes and Locke. Hobbes was on the side of government. He believed that sovereignty was vested in the state. Locke was on the side of the People. He believed that the fountain of sovereignty was the People of the state. Statists prefer Hobbes. Populists choose Locke. In California, the Government Code sides with Locke. Sections 11120 and 54950 both say, “The people of this State do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them.” The preambles of the U.S. and California Constitutions also affirm the choice of Locke by the People.

It is my hope that the U.S. will always remain a Republic, because I value individual freedom.

Thomas Jefferson said that liberty and ignorance cannot coexist.* Will you help to preserve minority rights by fulfilling the promise in the Pledge of Allegiance to support the Republic? Will you help by raising public awareness of the difference between the Republic and a democracy?