Welfare Country

by:  Diane Benjamin Collecting money from government has turned millions of people into government slaves.  Government is NOT being compassionate, they did it on purpose.  The population must look to government to solve their problems or government is unnecessary.  What better way to establish job security than having peons beg at your feet just to […]

What we have forgotten:

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. Thomas Jefferson Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government […]

What Thomas Jefferson learned from the Muslim book of jihad

By Ted Sampley U.S. Veteran Dispatch January 2007 Democrat Keith Ellison is now officially the first Muslim United States congressman. True to his pledge, he placed his hand on the Quran, the Muslim book of jihad and pledged his allegiance to the United States during his ceremonial swearing-in. Capitol Hill staff said Ellison’s swearing-in photo […]

Tyranny or Vote?

Only 20% of Bloomington-Normal cares enough to vote in local elections. Local elections are far more important than national elections. Normal:  How does it feel to be buried in debt?  How far does the “If we build it they will come” theory work? CIRA is a beautiful complex, but is it now pretty worthless since […]