Quote of the Day: “The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.” – Frédéric Bastiat At Downsize DC we’ve started capitalizing The State. We believe The State is like a cancer. It is the greatest source of misery on our planet. No artificial force, no [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
The following essay is presented as an educational service of the Downsize DC Foundation … By Jim Babka, Perry Willis, and James Wilson On Monday, August 15, billionaire Warren Buffett argued in an op-ed for the The New York Times that his taxes should be raised. He claimed that giving the Federal State more of [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
Quote of the Day: “What I’m not going to be doing is using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws.” Barack Obama, Oregon Mail Tribune, March 22, 2008 On June 23, Barney Frank and Ron Paul introduced a bill that would end federal prohibition of marijuana and would let the states decide for [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
Quote of the Day: “In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.” — Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) Source: “An Inquiry into the Principles of the Good Society,” 1937 We’ve previously updated both the “Read the Bills Act” and the “One Subject [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
This was sent by a reader and WOW what a great find. I found this very interesting and the first time I have seen statistics that we can believe in. It is not politically motivated as you will see when you get through the first 10% (for you Obama fans) These are statistics that show [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
The choice is yours for you and your family. Either you stand by and do nothing while small farms, farmers markets, and local business have to continue and further submit to non-farming minded folks in Washington, DC, -or- you can take the time to educate your neighbors, family, and friends while sending a note to [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
The last two weeks have been very busy with the events and protest and plannings the last two weeks. Here are a couple of highlights of the happenings at Beach Banter. The Carolina Patriots held a meet and greet event on April 13. Various candidates from Horry County, District 1, and the State made it [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
More and more people want to repeal the recently passed healthcare bill. Rasmussen reports a 4-point rise in the last three weeks, bringing the number of Americans who want repeal to a whopping 58%. We think we are witnessing a fundamental change in the way Americans interact with their government. In years gone by citizens [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
Notice the pattern . . . * Politicians burden our economy with laws, regulations, taxes, and debt, but then . . . * When the economy turns sour, it’s never the fault of the laws, regulations, taxes, and debt, but instead . . . * Always an excuse for more laws, regulations, taxes, and debt [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
Quote of the Day: “Courage is grace under pressure.” — Ernest Hemingway Well, we as a nation weren’t very graceful after 9-11. Our reaction led us to . . . * Trash our Constitution and our Bill of Rights * A bungled invasion of Afghanistan * And a completely unnecessary war and occupation in Iraq [Click here to continue reading the full article...]
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Tucson, Arizona September 15, 2001
Cochran Family in the first white strip - left side bottom
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