Posted on November 4, 2023 by
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“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation.”
James Madison
Ask any politician, political commentator, or cable talking-head about the greatest threats facing America and you will predictably hear China, Russia, Iran, …
Posted on July 20, 2021 by
Dick .
“Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.”
D. H. Lawrence
An imperative to the health and survivability of a democracy are both open, free and fair elections and public faith …
Posted on July 20, 2021 by
Dick .
“Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority.”
Ayn Rand
While there is no explicit language in the Constitution guarantying “right to vote”, President Lyndon Johnson recognized it as one of our nation’s most cherished liberties, “This …
Posted on September 23, 2020 by
Dick .
In James McGinnis’s article, “How Long Will PA Voter Count Take?” he quotes long-time legislator Gene DeGirolamo, “We’ve got to be able to give the people some sense of the results on election night.” and “If we don’t, in my opinion, this could create a constitutional crisis.” The genesis of …
Posted on August 3, 2020 by
Dick .
“The problem with US elections isn’t that people are voting more than once, it is too many people are voting less than once!”
The goals of the 2020 election must be two-fold:
To provide the unhindered and easily accessible opportunity for every citizen to vote in the upcoming presidential, Congressional and local …
Posted on October 27, 2016 by
Dick .
“Those who expect to reap the benefits of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
Thomas Paine
The report Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence’s charter plane ran off the runway at LaGuardia raises the spector of the death or incapacitating medical problem happening to a presidential candidate or their running mate …