http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com Promoting and Discussing Patriotism and Liberty Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:40:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was listening this morning to a story on NPR about rising unemployment when an interesting thought struck me. The story was talking about the negative feedback loop of rising unemployment leading to lower housing prices and more economic uncertainty. These factors then dampen consumer spending and keep unemployment high ... http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2009/economic-recovery/ I had never before read Lincoln's House Divided Speech. Considering that it came in the very early days of the Republican party it could have been applied to or derived from the split between the Republicans and the Whigs and not simply the nation as a whole. Here is the ... http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2009/lincolns-house-divided-speech/ I remember learning about The Monroe Doctrine in history classes - mostly about the interpretation of it called Manifest Destiny. I found it enlightening to review some background surrounding this speech to Congress. In Wikipedia the doctrine is summed up like so: President Monroe claimed the United States of America, although ... http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2009/the-monroe-doctrine/ When I first heard about the military coup in Honduras I noticed some reference to the extra-constitutional activities of the ousted president and the attempts by their legislative and judicial branches to check his actions. Soon however I noticed a shift in the news coverage as a party line began ... http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2009/news-on-the-honduran-coup/ At a time when we have two senators and one senate candidate from our one party state all trying to insert politics into college football (and all three claim to be conservatives - go figure) it seems appropriate to use a football analogy to describe the dangers of having one-party ... http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2009/political-football/ When I read about the results of the Utah Democratic party chairman's race I had an interesting thought pop into my head. (Although this article originally ran in the Salt Lake Tribune I am linking to a copy at UtahAmicus because tribune articles eventually expire and disappear.) First, some background. The ... http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2009/inside-politics/ DownsizeDC has a post entitled Complexity, Simplified that promises to make our national issue with health care reform understandable. And they deliver on that promise. They say more than this, but it all boils down to these few statements: But we think the complexity can be simplified to two simple questions: For ... http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2009/the-healthcare-issue-simplified/ Francis Scott Key witnessed a battle in 1814 during the War of 1812 as a captive on a British naval ship. He was so inspired by what he witnessed that he wrote the Star Spangled Banner which was eventually be adopted as our national anthem. Today the song is often sung ... http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2009/the-star-spangled-banner/ After five presidential elections in which the second choice for president became the vice president, the nation decided to alter the presidential elections with the Twelfth Amendment. Prior to this amendment it was common for the president and the vice president to stand in opposition to each other as the ... http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2009/constitutional-amendment-12/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="160" caption="By wallyg"][/caption] I have always had great respect for George Washington, but in the cannon of political doctrine his Farewell Address should be considered equal to the doctrine of the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament and the prophecy in the book of Revelation in the ... http://www.Pursuit-of-Liberty.com/2009/george-washingtons-farewell-address/