The Coinage Act of 1792

The Coinage Act of 1792 is the enactment of the laws that support the United States Constitution. It has been amended and added to, but it is still the controlling legal law for our currency and coin. It was even the basis of a great part of the prosecution of von Nothaus. (aside: after reading the text of the jury verdict of von Nothaus's trail in Statesville, NC, I am no longer so certain that the Gov't was being tyrannical. Not sure they were right, but not certain) But that is not why I am writing this. I have discovered that § 19 of the Act authorizes the death penalty for government officials who debase the currency. Wouldn't that be a sensation! Just one trial of a Secretary of the Treasury. We would need to win, of course. But even if he were given clemency instead of actually killed, it would still put the fear of the Lord in the next Secretary.

In Defense of the Ground Zero Mosque

Contrary to what the Political Correctness Police would have us believe, there is no right not to be offended.

I am sorry, but it is so. There is, however, a right to the free practice of religion. Of course they can build. There is also a right to free speech. You can stand outside with a protest sign or build a billboard across the street saying "Jesus Saves". These are parts of the strength of America.

So, maybe, this might be better ...

On one side of the mosque build a synagogue. On the other build a Christian church, preferably a Pentecostal variety of some kind.

And my personal favorites, on the other side of the street, with flashing neon and chase lights a spectacular topless (bottomless?) club. And with smoke a-blowing, a TastyPig Bar-B-Que.

Like I said, in America, no one has the right not to be offended.

No point in building a gay bar, though, some things don't offend the Moslems.

Voltaire must have been a Libertarian, not a Liberal

At least if you believe Evelyn Beatrice Hall, writing under the pseudonym of Stephen G Tallentyre in The Friends of Voltaire (1906). She paraphrased his sentiment as:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

This is not what I observe in Liberals, Progressives and Socialists. There the philosophy seems to be:

I disapprove of what you say, I will make sure no one hears you say it.

Mostly they hate Glenn Beck because the free speech he uses is their own words.

As goes Fox, goes all free speech.

Obsolete Concepts

Independence
Freedom
Liberty
Equality under the law
Responsibility
Cause and Effect
Self Motivation
Entrepreneurship
Industriousness
Hard Work

and finally, especially when it comes to elections and politics, Honesty.


Welcome to 21st Century America.
Congratulations Mr. Obama, you may not have brought us change, but you cemented it in place.