Reasonable Nuts: Whatever happened to Baby Refrain?

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Reasonable Nuts of Yore:
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in the people's minds." -- Samuel Adams, one of the original Reasonable Nuts
"I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive."
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." -- Thomas Jefferson, quite Reasonable at times, always a Nut.
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials."
"To disarm the people (is) the best and most effectual way to enslave them..." -- George Mason, unalienable rights nut
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Reasonable Nuts of Today:
"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics." -- Thomas Sowell
"Most people who read 'The Communist Manifesto' probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked a day in their lives, and who nevertheless spoke boldly in the name of 'the workers'." -- Thomas Sowell
"The purpose of an open mind is to close it, on particular subjects. If you never do â you've simply abdicated the responsibility to think" -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
"I would rather be governed by the first 2000 names in the Boston phone book than by the faculty of Harvard University". -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
"We might think of dollars as being 'certificates of performance.' The better I serve my fellow man, and the higher the value he places on that service, the more certificates of performance he gives me. The more certificates I earn, the greater my claim on the goods my fellow man produces. That's the morality of the market. In order for one to have a claim on what his fellow man produces, he must first serve him. Contrast that moral standard to Congress' standing offer, 'Vote for me and I'll take what your fellow man produces and give it to you.'" -- Walter E. Williams
"Creating false distinctions between human rights and property rights plays into the hands of Democrat and Republican Party socialists who seek to control our lives. If we buy into the notion that somehow property rights are less important, or are in conflict with, human or civil rights, we give the socialists a freer hand to attack our property." -- Walter E. Williams

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Monday, October 10, 2005

Whatever happened to Baby Refrain?

Perhaps you, like me, recall the 1994 blockbuster, "The Contract With America" and its stars, Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey. Well, both formerly bright stars have now dwindled to a far-off twinkle and have been replaced with Stepford Congressmen who will reach for your pocket (actually, your credit card in specific) whenever there's not enough hubbub to keep them in the news. Remember this gem from the aforementioned "Contract"?

The Fiscal Responsibility Act

An amendment to the Constitution that would require a balanced budget, unless sanctioned by a 3/5 vote in both Houses of Congress (H.J.Res.1, passed by the US House 279-152, 1/4/95; rejected by the US Senate 65-35, 3/2/95), and provide the President with a line-item veto (H.R.2, passed by the US House 294-134, 2/6/95).

And how about this one?

The Citizen Legislature Act

An amendment to the Constitution that would have imposed 12-year term limits on members of the US Congress (i.e. six terms for Representatives, two terms for Senators). H.J.Res.73 rejected by the US House 227-204 (a constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority not a simple majority), 3/29/95; RC #277

This one - defeated, of course - would perhaps be part of the reason we have the spendthrifts in congress we do.

- a couple of sidenotes:

It would seem Gingrich has been angling himself for some time toward the possibily of running for President. Forget it, sir. While I respect your thinking and your ability to effectively communicate those thoughts, I have no respect for your inability to connect that profound thinking to reality in your personal life. Witness: your 3 marriages and the sordid details therein. A better idea would be to cast a protege who shares your thinking, but can follow through personally. There are no second acts in American lives.
I went to the premier of "Independence Day" in Fairfax, VA with a group of friends in summer 1996. Strolling in after we had been seated for a bit was none other than Congressman Dick Armey. To no avail, I tried to garner his expressions when the White House and Capitol were destroyed by the green "death ray". Small world, no?

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