Roanoke Tea Party

As we learn more about the IRS and Benghazi scandals (amongst others) we come back to a fundamental difference between supporters of government programs and those that espouse liberty.

Liberals believe government is the solution to your problems. Lovers of Liberty see government as a necessary evil and should be minimized whenever possible. Because government will always look to expand their power at the expense of your liberty.

This isn’t a new battle, as overreach by the government goes back to the birth of the nation. Below is an article by Judge Napolitano detailing why limited government is really the answer.

It should come as no surprise that President Obama told Ohio State students at graduation ceremonies recently that they should not question authority and they should reject the calls of those who do. He argued that “our brave, creative, unique experiment in self-rule” has been so successful that trusting the government is the same as trusting ourselves; hence, challenging the government is the same as challenging ourselves. And he blasted those who incessantly warn of government tyranny.

Yet, mistrust of government is as old as America itself. America was born out of mistrust of government. Read the rest here.

Below is an article on the IRS Protests, written by our VP Greg Honeycutt. They were scheduled in many places today. We provided links to the ones that were scheduled, but you may have noticed there was none scheduled here in Roanoke. Now we have written a good deal on this topic. See here, and here. I keep asking the question: what is Congress going to do about this; other than bluster?

Greg expands upon that point nicely below; I only wished I had written it…I wish Greg would write more. Chip

See The Whole Board. It’s a chess term. It means look at all the possible outcomes of certain moves before you make them, in order to anticipate your opponent. Feeling very much like a pawn lately has made me think about chess terminology. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…