Federal purse strings garrote for States

Posted on 2022-06-04 by TPOL Nathan

Note: We don’t often get an opportunity to make comments regarding events right in South Dakota, though that State is our home base for The Price of Liberty, but today is an exception!

Federal purse strings have been used for a long time. Why? Because they are effective: the States have become vitally addicted to federal money. Money stolen from American taxpayers – including their own – and from future Americans. Again, including their own people and businesses. And as a result, the States are committing suicide with the active help of DC. Both DC’s and local politicians’ hands are on the strings, pulling, pulling, pulling.

The latest example is found in an article on the Washington Times. As part of the FedGov effort (and of its current “official” controllers) effort to transform the States into a woke utopia, the Feds are pushing “gender equality” and other nonsense regarding transgender, transexual, cross-dressing, and other perversions. One way they are doing this is that old tried and true tactic: federal purse strings.

Literally, the FedGov is now playing the role of the grade-school bully who steals the younger child’s lunch money!

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The cowardice in school (and other) shootings

Posted on 2022-06-02 by TPOL Nathan

As we discussed last week, the Uvalde school killings are the latest in a
long and growing string of school invasions in which school and police
responses were – to put it tactfully – suboptimal. And as TPOL has already
stated – evidence of cowardice on the part of both “law enforcement”
officers and school administrators and teachers.

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What do our holidays mean to us?

Posted on 2022-06-01 by TPOL Nathan

On Monday the 30th, Americans observed Memorial Day. Later this new month of June, Americans will “observe” the newest federal holiday, “Juneteenth.” Next month, July, most Americans will “celebrate” the Fourth of July – and some will observe Independence Day on the 4th (and for some of us, the 2nd) of July. Each of these is supposed to have some national significance – and each has a REAL significance.

Let’s take a quick look, from the point of view of a lover of liberty.

Is there a connection between liberty – personal freedom – and holidays?

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Worship the State – NOT

Posted on 2022-05-31 by TPOL Nathan

A man who generally has good points in his commentary, and whom I will NOT embarrass by identifying him publicly, recently published a generally good opinion piece.

Sadly, he ended it with this: “Bad economic decisions cost lives around the world. Society works better when people make decisions for themselves. Democrat voters created this hardship. Fortunately the US has options that many poor countries don’t have. We can elect better politicians.. maybe.”

It is obvious to readers of The Price of Liberty that this writer has not correctly understood our situation here in the States and the world today. But we all can fall into this sort of trap.

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Do you like to eat?

Posted on 2022-05-30 by TPOL Nathan

I am sure most people reading this commentary would agree, even if reluctantly. And even those people who don’t really like to eat do NOT seem to be able to drop this addiction. We humans are so weak and so addicted to so many things, right?

So anything that might interfere with our opportunity to eat can be considered a bad thing, right?

Old scene of starvation

Of course, it is a matter not just of “enough” to eat but having the right thing to eat. Anyone who knows even a little bit about nutrition knows that going out into the lawn and eating grass and dandelions is NOT a good way to grow old. We need such things as protein, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins! Grass and dandelions are as full of “empty calories” as the worst that Mars or Hershey can make and sell us.

Now, I am sure that some of our readers are vegetarians, and even vegans. You choose NOT to eat animal bits, or even animal products (like milk, cheese, etc.). Hey, that is fine. If that is your choice, more power to you. You are free (or should be) to eat what you want.

BUT…

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Why do we have cowards in uniform? (and others)

Posted on 2022-05-29 by TPOL Nathan

It appears, according to some reports, that not ALL the cops in Uvalde this week were total cowards: some of them (or so we are being told) were willing to risk their lives and entered the school building to rescue their own children – while other children were dying. (And obviously, the Border Patrol – whether a single Patrolmen or a special team – finally demonstrated SOME courage and finally – AFTER MORE THAN AN HOUR – were willing to attack and kill an 18-year-old insane killer.)

Personally, for someone in their supposed line of work, I still consider them cowardly. Yes, they should value their own families more highly than the lives of strangers or even friends, but that does not mean they should not risk their lives for others – and that is supposedly what they take an oath to do.

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Corrupt business, society, and political correctness

Posted on 2022-05-27 by TPOL Nathan

Ah, brand names, naming rights, forbidden words, and other such fun things!

In a society where the powers that be (economic and political) conspire on this and that, the society becomes (in some eyes, at least) stranger and stranger. And despite the obvious dangers of such things, we have to smile at the results – if not outright laugh.

But there is a serious reason to be concerned.

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Cowards in uniforms

Posted on 2022-05-26 by TPOL Nathan

Publisher’s note: Workload, sickness, and other factors caused an unexpected and unwanted gap in publishing. Hopefully, TPOL will be back on schedule now for the rest of May. We will seek to have more, shorter commentaries and look forward to your visits, your comments, and your feedback! Thanks for reading!

Gurkha security troopers in Singapore – NOT the cowards we are discussing, but an utter contrast to what we are condemning in this commentary.

Political correctness in 2022 means several things: people – especially innocent people – die needlessly. Matters like diversity, tolerance (and affirmation) supersede essential character traits like courage and competence. Political leaders seek excuses to tolerate and excuse idiots who do horrible things and let even more horrible things happen. Worse, cowardice trumps courage.

The recent insane massacre in Uvalde, Texas is just the latest incident demonstrating this. I was again reminded of the day my wife’s mother died, 22 years ago, the same day two murderers attacked Columbine High School in Colorado. (No, she was not one of the Columbine victims – she died while watching the news of the massacre.)

Sadly, cowards in uniform are enabled by cowards NOT in uniform.

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Ukraine continues to win – the propaganda war

Posted on 2022-05-21 by TPOL Nathan

Although the mass surrender of Ukrainian troops from beneath the steel mill in Mariopol continues, with 1730 troops giving up to Russian forces (according to Russian sources as reported in the Irish Times but apparently confirmed by various others), the West continues to believe that Russia is losing.

That may not, of course, be the case. But most westerners believe it, courtesy of Kiev’s propaganda war, aided by London, DC, and of course New York and Hollywood.

Indeed, the mainstream media so far seems to be ignoring (well, not reporting) that the Azovstal plant’s defenders are surrendering in large numbers. (Although the BBC did state a few days ago that Russian forces have in essence defeated the Ukrainians in the city. And Fox News just published a story about 2 PM EST on Saturday that Russian forces had apparently taken the plant and were claiming total control and victory.) And the alternative media also seems to be ignoring this: World Net Daily, The Blaze, Breitbart and others reported nothing in the past 48 hours.

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Genocide in the 21st Century

Posted on 2022-05-20 by TPOL Nathan

It’s all fun and games until it is YOUR kind of people that start getting processed.

The Twentieth Century is often considered to be THE Century of Genocide. But it seems that that revered, ancient tradition is far from dead as we near the end of the first quarter of the Twenty-first Century.

The charge is flung freely. By the entire diamond grid of political factions and positions.

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