Miscellany: 2/28/14

Quote of the Day
Knowledge is power.
Thomas Hobbes

Pro-Liberty Thought of the Day

Image of the Day

Via Economic Freedom

 Let me suggest (for free) that any fish able to survive its predators is a good swimmer....

Want to Bet What James Madison Would Say About ObamaCare and Dodd N Frankenstein?

The Burkman Indecency Act: THUMBS DOWN!

This piece of legislative swill, which attempts to ban the NFL from hiring openly gay players, has zero chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House, and I seriously doubt Speaker Boehner wants to bring up a bill that tells private businesses whom they can hire based on what people do outside the workplace--it would be, at best, polarizing within his own caucus and gain nearly unanimous opposition from House Dems. It would be unconstitutional, a gross violation of economic liberty, one which would undergo strict scrutiny under Footnote 4, being an openly discriminatory policy. (In fact, there's boilerplate in the bill draft that recognizes this might happen.) HT Don Boudreaux of Cafe Hayek whom penned one of his signature letters on the topic.

In Solidarity With the Pro-Liberty Patriots in Venezuela



Facebook Corner

Via LFC

Of course, Statists would require all lightbulb changers to be licensed and join their local electrician union. And the Leader would issue an executive order that all future lightbulbs sold must come with a lifetime replacement guarantee.

(Justin Amash). It's time to end the Ex-Im corporate welfare bank. I have a bill to do just that: http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2263.
Why would you keep a government agency that actually makes the public money when you can privatize it to benefit the 1%. That is the republican way.
Let's respond more directly to the "progressive" troll. Quick, which government guarantees come without exposing taxpayers to risk? The GSE's made boatloads of money (along with AIG and the car companies) before taxpayers were forced to bail them out. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. It is also basically a subsidy for international sales of huge domestically-based vendors (like aircraft manufacturers). What government guarantee program is adequately funded? College loans? Flood insurance? Pension programs? The private sector, with greater expertise and skin in the game, can do it better, more efficiently, and faster.

Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Michael Ramirez via Townhall

Musical Interlude: My iPod Shuffle Series

Guns 'N Roses, "Sweet Child O Mine".