Should There Be a Law Forcing Physical Exercise?

From Dr. Walter Williams:

During winter months, I work out 10 minutes on the treadmill and lift weights at seven stations four mornings a week. Over the years, during the spring through fall months, I racked up about 2,000 miles on my road bike. This level of exercise helps account for why, at 73 years, I'm in such good health and physical fitness. So my question to you is whether you think regular exercise is a good idea. I think the answer is definitely yes, if nothing other than its beneficial effects on health care costs. Since exercise is a good idea, would you support a congressional mandate that all Americans engage in regular exercise?

The notion that government should require citizens to do whatever is 'for their own good' in the name of 'promoting the general welfare' is a common argument among statists.

But is this kind of government intrusion really what we want? Is this what the Founders envisioned?

Be sure to read the entirety of Williams' excellent essay here.

Williams: 'The Hell With Our Constitution'

One of the foremost economists in the country, Dr. Walter E. Williams of George Mason University, has an important observation to make concerning the Obama-Democrat economic package Congress just approved--'the hell with our Constitution.'

In his latest riveting syndicated column, Williams demonstrates that this is precisely the attitude of most Americans, most of the members of Congress and the Courts, and certainly the current President.

In fact, Williams shows that this total disrespect for the law of the land, the U.S. Constitution, actually began in the late 1930s and then over time grew into this travesty of the law in which we find ourselves today under the present Administration and Congress.

America today depicts something much, much worse than a mere 'disrespect' for the Constitution. It shows an outright contempt.

Read the article for Dr. Williams' timely words concerning what's happening to our country.

'Ignorance Reigns Supreme'

In a stunning syndicated op-ed on just how thoroughly American citizens have been dumbed down by our sorry educational system, Dr. Walter Williams points to the disheartening survey that shows less than 50% of Americans can name the 3 branches of government.

It only gets worse from there.

Only 27% know that the Bill of Rights prohibits the U.S. from establishing an official religion of the state.

The literacy level of Americans when it comes to civics is remarkably poor. 71% failed the civics test.

Based on a review of these stats, along with data from a few other surveys, Williams makes this dire assessment:

With limited thinking abilities and knowledge of our heritage, we Americans set ourselves up as easy prey for charlatans, hustlers and quacks. If we don't know the constitutional limits placed on Congress and the White House, politicians can do just about anything they wish to control our lives, from deciding what kind of light bulbs we can use to whether the government can take over our health care system or bailout failing businesses. We just think Congress can do anything upon which they can get a majority vote.

Read the whole thing and ponder over it carefully. We need to do some serious revamping of our educational system from top to bottom, even if it means laying to rest government-run schools.

Socialism--Evil Concealed by Money

My favorite intellectual, the great Dr. Walter Williams, economist extraordinaire and professor of economics at George Mason University, has written one of the most important pieces on Socialism one could ever hope to find.

As a system that is inherently evil, Socialism conceals its sinister objectives and methods with money.

To get our minds stirred to actually think, Dr. Williams entices us with this nifty item:

Evil acts can be given an aura of moral legitimacy by noble-sounding socialistic expressions such as spreading the wealth, income redistribution or caring for the less fortunate. Let's think about socialism.

Imagine there's an elderly widow down the street from you. She has neither the strength to mow her lawn nor enough money to hire someone to do it. Here's my question to you that I'm almost afraid for the answer: Would you support a government mandate that forces one of your neighbors to mow the lady's lawn each week? If he failed to follow the government orders, would you approve of some kind of punishment ranging from house arrest and fines to imprisonment?

Read the entire article HERE. Ponder over it slowly, and let it sink in. Let your children and grandchildren read it. Send it to as many as you can think of.

America needs to be reminded of the greatness and superiority of our free enterprise system and the inherent evil embodied by Socialism, which passes itself off as 'right' and 'moral' by its supposed concern for 'helping the unfortunate.'

Taking from one group of citizens to give to another group of citizens is robbery, and the last time I checked, robbery is a crime.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 8/21/07

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Graphics and images courtesy of A Human Right.

Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Snow Flakes in Hell announces the good news that The Bitch Girls won't be leaving the blogosphere after all. A new Bitch Girl has stepped forward to help Bitter Bitch. Her name is Legal Bitch, and she is a first year law student:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1328

Bitter Bitch explains it all here:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7295

Bitter also comments on the fact that politicians in both Parties are pro-gun in Kentucky due to the residents of the state:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7300

Legal Bitch offers her very first post on The Bitch Girls blog, and it's a good one entitled, 'Abigail Alliance--A Right to Life Denied':
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7302

Alphecca comments on the fact that the Canadian government runs an anti-gun group...not surprising in a country that started down the slippery slope with socialized medicine:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=356

Say Uncle gives us an update on the Boston Globe straw purchase:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/08/20/boston_globe_straw_purchase_update/

The McCarville Report has information on a study that proves the premise of Dr. John Lott's famous book, 'More Guns, Less Crime':
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/08/study-finds-more-guns-less-crime.html

The Buckeye Firearms Association posts this article on the Parker case which is now known as the 'Heller Case,' i.e., the D.C. gun law appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court:
http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3906.html

Blonde Sagacity shows more proof that CAIR has strong ties to terrorism. As we have stated many times before, CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations) is actually a terrorist front organization:
http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/2007/08/cair-more-proof-of-terror-ties.html

Our favorite intellectual, Dr. Walter Williams, writes that the environmentalist movement has proven to be deadly for countless Americans:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/07/deadlyenvironmentalists.htm

Nicki at The Liberty Zone gave us a chuckle with this post that takes a look at a sign in the window of a business which said, 'We would rather do business with 1000 Al Qaeda terrorists than with one single American':
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-post.html

Red's Trading Post has the final results of his poll on what to do about the BATFE:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/08/poll-results-abolish-atf.html

The War on Guns provides helpful info on the next step toward making the August 28 'buy some ammo' day a great success:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/08/next-steps-toward-aug-28.html

Blogonomicon says that he has sent a letter to the editor of his local newspaper to promote the Aug. 28 national exercise your rights day:
http://blogonomicon.eponym.com/blog/_archives/2007/8/20/3171003.html

A Keyboard and a .45 posts this interesting piece on the fact that school shootings have forced a change in tactics:
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/08/school-shootings-force-change-in.html