COMMON SENSE – 2017
“Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain.” – John Adams Thomas Paine was born in 1737 in Britain. His first thirty seven years of life were...
View ArticleCOMMON SENSE – 2017 (PART TWO)
In Part One of this article I explored Thomas Paine’s critical role in the creation of our nation. His Common Sense pamphlets inspired the common people to uncommon acts of courage and heroic feats of...
View ArticleQUOTE OF THE DAY
“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his...
View ArticleTHIS DAY IN HISTORY – Samuel Adams writes that the confederation is not dead,...
Via History.com From Philadelphia, Samuel Adams writes to his friend Colonel James Warren that the idea of a confederation, or loose political union, among the colonies “is not dead, but sleepeth. To...
View ArticleDEMORALIZED, DEPRESSED, DETACHED & DEFIANT
I’ve now been running The Burning Platform blog for over ten years. It’s been over eleven years since I wrote my first article – Why We Need Ron Paul – in May 2008 during the Republican primaries. I...
View ArticleWHAT WOULD COOL HAND LUKE & VIRGIL HILTS DO?
“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me...
View ArticleBOILING POINT
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” ― H.L. Mencken After writing a particularly depressing article where I come to a...
View ArticleFOURTH TURNING DETONATION (PART TWO)
In Part One of this article, I discussed the dramatic events that shaped 2020 and will continue to have a major influence on the direction of this Fourth Turning moving forward. The immense power of...
View ArticleTHE DELTA SCAM
“This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.” ― George Orwell, Animal Farm “There are three types of lies — lies, damn lies,...
View ArticleQUOTES OF THE DAY
“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.” Bruce Coville “When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob,...
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