SnakeRiverLib

As we honor the dead tomorrow on Memorial Day, I wanted to write in regards freedoms that are on the brink. The first amendment guarantees right to practice religion, of which I have often written.  While it does not allow the US Congress to establish a religion (like the Church of England), it does not prohibit states from supporting, through collection of taxes, various denominations. Does that surprised?  Shouldn't be.  It also allows for the free exercise of religion.  That is the first right guaranteed by the first amendment, followed by speech, press, the right to PEACEABLY assemble, and the right to petition the government for the redress of grievances. While I feel that Edward Snowden should be punished for revealing government secrets, I find it odd that the head of the NSA, who perjured himself before Congress, by saying that such a program didn't exist, until it was found out that it did, has had no charges against him, and was not forced to resign. ...

Obvious statement, but not the way one might think. We all know that the Ku Klux Klan, (KKK, or the Klan) is a hideous organization that was started after the Civil War by former Confederate soldiers and officers.  It was a terror organization that was once recognized as the armed militant arm of the Democratic Party (yes the same party).  They advocated a return to slavery, and fought against the civil rights of blacks.  Lynchings, poll taxes, Jim Crow laws, and racism were their forte.  Why do I say the Klan had it wrong?  (Speaking only from their point of view, which is NOT mine) I have often pointed to statistics by the NYC department of health regarding births, abortions, etc.  I have stated that half of all black pregnancies end in abortion.  Reading the latest, NYC reports that there were 1,488 black abortions for every 1,000 black births.  Over half.  Factor in that of those that survive pregnancy, 75 percent are born into singl...

So, a new political blog for a release valve for my thoughts.  By lib, of course, I mean Libertarian.  I am tired of the "bipartisan" nature of our politics.  Really at this point, with a few exceptions, the Republicans have ceased to be the party of small government, and are now the party of not as big of government as the Democrats.  I want to make this a short intro, but a very important message that I wish that those Republicans in DC that still care about the small government premise would hear. Anyone that has listened to Rush Limbaugh knows that he preaches that "Conservatism wins, every time is it on the ballot".  This is a very true statement.  The Republicans have run since Ronald Reagan, who was honest about his beliefs, Bush 41, who campaigned in '88 as a 3rd Reagan term.  He lost in '92 to Clinton because he lost his way, if it ever was his to begin with.  Dole in '96.  Bush 43 ran and won the electoral college (the only electi...