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That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him […]

First in a series of six videos released by the American Conservative Party

Go here, and read this article, all the way to the end. Especially if you’ve ever listened to a co-worker blathering on about hope and change, and thought, “no, I don’t want to start an argument or stand out…”
Implicit in the Left’s continuous attempts to exaggerate Obama’s perceived support is the belief that “a […]

So, James Taranto wrote in the WSJ’s Best of the Web that…
TNR’s John Judis tracked down Jerry Kellman, who in 1985 “hired Obama to organize residents of Chicago’s South Side.” Kellman describes a conversation the two “community organizers” had at a conference on “social justice” in October 1987:
“[Obama] wanted to […]

Bob Krumm wants to keep Fred Thompson in the race. So do I. A whopping 5 states with only 5% of the delegates have voted so far, and the media is trying to talk him right out of the race. Dammit, I haven’t voted yet, you bastards! So he hasn’t […]

For quite some time now, I’ve had a post that I’ve worked on, off-and-on, trying to articulate my core beliefs within the context of Jacksonian principles. I haven’t succeeded in outlining those beliefs in a fashion that I consider acceptable yet, but Arnold Kling has come along with an article on TCS in which […]

Instapundit links to an article at The Economist, pointing out that the margin of victory in some Democratic wins was less than the number of votes obtained by the Libertarian Party. Unfortunately, it then veers off into the “conventional wisdom” that any Republican voting for the Libertarian Party is just shooting themselves in […]

Already done with my civic duty. I can definately say that my choices were very simple. Since I wrote off the Republicans and despise the Democrats, my choice for every race was simple: I voted a straight Libertarian ticket. They’re not the Jacksonian party, but they’ll do until we get one. […]

Just got a call asking me to support my Representative for re-election to Congress. “He has worked tirelessly for Senior Citizens…” blah blah blah.
I interrupted, “But he has not worked tirelessly on behalf of those who believe Kelo v. New London was decided incorrectly. I wrote him in regards to that issue and […]

The prior article in this informal series was, in some ways, out of order, and it originally carried the same title that this one now does, as I changed directions on the fly, but didn’t catch the details. I discussed the general anger at both parties, but concentrated on the anger of the electorate with the Republican Party. In doing so, I referred time and again to a belief structure known as Jacksonianism. And while I’ve provided the links, not everyone wants to read a scholarly article of the length that Walter Russel Meade wrote. Nor does everyone have the time to read the nearly as lengthy (but thought provoking) writings of the first person to tell the two parties to take a flying leap. So, briefly, what makes a person a Jacksonian, then?

(Edit: Oops! Originally posted with the wrong title, drawn from the next article in this series.)
I have, since reading Meade’s magazine article distilling Divine Providence, in which he discusses the Jacksonian tradition, wanted a political party based on the principles espoused by that tradition, and none other. Up until a month ago, I settled […]

And all this time he had us thinking he was so smart he was just looking dumb to make folks misunderestimate him. I began to wonder about his sanity as far back as the Miers nomination. Now… nope, lets face it, he was just plain stupid. Well, he’s just pissed off another […]

And illegal immigration, pork, half-assing the War on Islamofacism, pork, creating another huge bureaucracy, more pork, nearly blowing the SCOTUS picks, and, oh, probably a dozen other little things that don’t quite come up to the level of major grievance, such as not prosecuting seditionists. (As much as I’d like to, […]