Libertarian Possibilities under Obama by Jacob G. Hornberger November 5, 2008 Not surprisingly, conservatives are depressed and despondent over the election of Barack Obama to the presidency. But as I wrote yesterday, the Republicans deserved to lose. For the last 7 years, they have plunged our country into darkness, oppression, injustice, and tyranny, seizing on the 9/11 attacks to centralize federal power, suspend the civil ...
They Deserve to Lose by Jacob G. Hornberger November 4, 2008 If the Democrats win the presidency, it will not be because they deserve to win but because the Republicans deserve to lose. When it comes to domestic policy, there really isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between Barack Obama and John McCain. As a liberal and as a conservative, they share a common commitment to ...
Pre-Election Angst for the Serfs by Jacob G. Hornberger November 3, 2008 It’s kinda fun watching Republicans and Democrats suffering so much angst over whether John McCain or Barack Obama will be elected president. Part of people’s anxiety, I suspect, is rooted in the realization that the candidate from the other party will have access to the trillions of dollars in tax loot to dispense to his ...
Hornberger’s Blog, November 2008 by Jacob G. Hornberger November 1, 2008 Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Guns and Ammo Deter Tyranny by Jacob G. Hornberger You may have noticed the many articles detailing the big run-up in the sale of guns and ammunition since the November elections. Apparently gun owners are concerned that President-elect Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will enact bans on semi-automatic weapons and ammo. Of course, that begs the question: ...
Drug-War Violence Is Spreading to Texas by Jacob G. Hornberger October 31, 2008 According to the Associated Press, South Texans might soon be experiencing the same type of drug-war violence that people on the Mexican side of the border have been experiencing. As most everyone knows, the drug war has produced unbelievable violence in Mexico, especially along the border. Murder, kidnapping, beheading, and torture have become routine. ...
No Habeas Corpus in Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger October 30, 2008 The U.S. government’s incarceration of 17,000 Iraqis without charges confirms why the Framers included the guarantee of habeas corpus within the Constitution. While the Framers used the Constitution to call the federal government into existence, they recognized an important fact — that the greatest threat to the rights and freedoms of the American people was ...
The Market Redistributes Wealth by Jacob G. Hornberger October 29, 2008 Given all the political talk about socialism and the redistribution of wealth, we would be remiss if we didn’t notice how effective the market process is in redistributing wealth. The rationale for the progressive income tax and the estate tax is that such taxes provide the federal government with the means to ...
What About Syria’s and Pakistan’s Sovereignty? by Jacob G. Hornberger October 28, 2008 President Bush has been making a big hullabaloo over the fact that the Iraqi regime has not signed on to an agreement that would authorize U.S. forces to remain in Iraq after December 31. Bush says that if an agreement is not signed between him and the Iraqi government, he will cease military operations ...
Interventionism, Not Muslims, Is the Problem by Jacob G. Hornberger October 27, 2008 One of the popular post-9/11 sentiments has been the one that holds that Muslims are bent on conquering the world. The notion is that Muslims hate Christianity and Western freedom and values and that such hatred is rooted in the Koran and stretches back centuries. Thus, the United States has been drawn, reluctantly, into ...
The Pentagon’s Bizarre “Judicial” System by Jacob G. Hornberger October 24, 2008 The Pentagon’s legal response to Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld’s crisis of conscience shows, once again, what a farce the “judicial proceeding” is that it has established at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Vandeveld, a military prosecutor and a devout Catholic, came to the realization that he could no longer participate in the Pentagon’s system, partly because ...
Becoming Desperate in Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger October 23, 2008 It seems that President Bush’s wish to enter into an agreement with Iraqi officials to extend the U.S. occupation of Iraq is reaching a point of desperation. After all, for years Bush has steadfastly opposed a fixed timetable for Iraq. Yet, in his quest to achieve an occupation agreement with Iraq, guess what he has ...
What about the Sanctity of Mortgage Contracts? by Jacob G. Hornberger October 22, 2008 Among the solutions for dealing with the mortgage crisis is a government-imposed moratorium on foreclosures. Lost in all the discussion is the principle of sanctity of contracts. When two sides voluntarily enter into a contract for a loan, then they should be expected to comply with its terms. That’s what a contract is all about. ...
