Lanterns of Liberty

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A Return To Ten: One Horse, Five Wagons

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 by Guy Hardy

Amendment 14 - Citizenship Rights.

It is shocking to see this amendment referred to thus, when there is so much more involved in it. To say that the Fourteenth Amendment is "about Citizenship Rights" is to reject the work of the whole Constitution in its original form, and to ignore the latter 3/5ths of the whole amendment: punitive measures against statesmen from Confederate states; passive punishment against the citizens of the Confederate states; and a key to unlock the demon of legislati...

The State of The Economy

Posted by Guy Hardy, Sunday, June 19, 2011

June

In book 1 (chapter 5) of Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations", it is mentioned that, "...rents which have been reserved in corn have reserved their value much better than those which have been reserved in money - even where the denomination of the coin has not been altered". This is, presumably, because coin can (and, historically, had been) adulterated, shaved, and otherwise had its value diminished for the purpose of making more precious metal available for the use of the powers that be. There w...

Isaac

Posted by Guy Hardy, Saturday, April 30, 2011

June

Fine work with the cross referencing.

I would advise caution in interpretive comparisons. It is an easy thing to become trapped in cleverness, trapped in pride. That is the mistake Muhammad made in annexing the Jewish and Christian scriptures and faiths; when it became necessary to allow his new converts to have their own way (violently overthrowing their hated enemies with the supposed sanction of both God and of antiquity), his cleverness got the best of him and his pride refused to allow...

A Brief Word on Education

Posted by Guy Hardy, Tuesday, June 14, 2011

June

"No Child Left Behind"... with our "Safe Schools Czar" roaming the hallowed halls, it really IS "No Child's Behind Left Alone".

This idiotic policy does little more than spend millions on awards for embracing mediocrity, while teaching our kids - our FUTURE! - that it is alright to LET someone else win, to throw the fight, to reach the top without merit. It is raising a generation (no, two or three, now) of Americans who actually believe that being the best is not as important as helping the...