Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody is watching.
Mark Twain
Tweet of the Day
I'm not doing a rerun (re: first), but somehow this tweet touched a nerve and has been retweeted and liked/favorited more (my highest engagement rate) than any other tweet I've done to date (over 750) and my second highest impressions ever (as of noon today; my most popular was one about Kerry last month). I was as mad as a hornet at Rand Paul when I wrote that and had to choose my words very carefully.
First, I am a proponent of open borders or its variant open/liberalized immigration, and this is actually a dominant position among libertarians: This is best understood in terms of imports, say, cocoa beans, traditionally a Central American crop. Under the principles of free trade, a chocolate producer like Hershey would have no impediments (there is insufficient domestic production). The same type of consideration applies to another factor of production, such as migrant farm labor. More generally, we have a right to travel/migrate. Otherwise, living within US borders would be a type of prison. (Of course, we recognize these rights within the US; South Carolina doesn't assess a tariff on California avocados, and I don't need a passport to visit my relatives in Texas.) So when Rand Paul targets open borders, he's directly challenging an orthodox libertarian position--and using it as a pejorative in an attempt to appeal to the anti-immigrants, which deeply offends those of us who thought he had returned to his libertarian roots in the last debate.
Second, the idea that not changing the status quo for refugee processing to an even more restrictive process is open borders is absurd; the existing process is already heavily regulated, and the fact is that none of the nearly 1M recent refugees have been associated with domestic terrorism. Targeting the victims of the Syrian civil war to even more delays and red tape is ethically reprehensible.
Rand Paul's response to the defeat of his anti-refugee amendment as a win for "open borders" is disingenuous. https://t.co/F1ohHrgq2L
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 5, 2015
The blasphemy of invoking the name of God in the deployment or use of weapons of war goes beyond any one faith. pic.twitter.com/p2OGQQr4XK
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 5, 2015
God mourns the wrongful death of all people. Political whores who cite God for their own designs blaspheme. God needs no help or weapons.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 6, 2015
When Obama calls for more gun control,note that this does not benefit the disarmed populace but the ruling class with its monopoly of force.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 6, 2015
Illinois has deferred paying $80M in lottery winnings. What's not being deferred? Lawmaker and public employee pay. https://t.co/XUVxfI72B9
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 6, 2015
She's the welfare queen, 'favorable' ruling can be seen; she can dance, she could cry, having the time of her life. https://t.co/3GvDidd7aC
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 6, 2015
I dislike @realDonaldTrump for the same reason I despise Obama: they are snake oil salesmen who seek to expand the imperial Presidency.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 6, 2015
Note to the @realDonaldTrump cultists: All politicians lie. Obama didn't stop the oceans from rising or heal the planet. Neither can Trump.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 6, 2015
Why are public schools failing despite the money thrown at them? Deregulate schools; hold administrators accountable.https://t.co/br1mWbeen6
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 6, 2015
Notice how leftist politicians want to break up "too big" banks,but who bails out "too big to fail" government? Public policy leads to both.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 6, 2015
Ever notice how "progressive" politicians cause government failures, and their response is to build bigger government: double or nothing.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 6, 2015
Remember when the Pentagon was buying $640 toilet seats, $7,600 coffee makers, and $436 hammers? Inspiration for ER's charging $30/aspirin?
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 6, 2015
The "progressive" answer to a big leaky government bucket is a bigger leaky bucket. The private sector would never tolerate a leaky bucket.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) December 6, 2015
Image of the Day |
| via LFC |
The Welfare Queen
Political Cartoon
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| Courtesy of Gary Varvel via Townhall |
Coldplay, "Christmas Lights"
The Good Samaritan
Taxpayer as Good Samaritan? Not so much . . .~ Randy England
Posted by Catholic Libertarians on Tuesday, June 30, 2015
The End Does Not Justify the Means, Including "Progressive" Policy
Romans 3:8
Ayn Rand is not enough. My take on the state's monopoly to initiate violence: Do moral ends justify immoral means? ~ Randy England
Posted by Catholic Libertarians on Saturday, December 5, 2015
