On Jan. 12, 1904, Henry Ford set a land-speed record of 91.37 mph on the frozen surface of Lake St. Clair in Michigan, driving a four-wheel vehicle, dubbed the “999,” with a wooden chassis but no body or hood. Ford’s record was broken within a month, but the publicity from Ford’s achievement was valuable to the auto pioneer, who had incorporated the Ford Motor Company the previous year.
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
On January 11, 1571, the freedom of religion was granted to Austrian nobility.
What does a South Dakota physician have in common with an Egyptian political activist? Persecution by their respective governments.
Yes, it can happen here, folks.
Click on over to Townhall, and come back here for a little extra medicine.
We are beginning our library, starting out with the obvious entry, Tom Paine’s “Common Sense.” Right now we have this book available for you in HTML, on this website. Soon we will produce PDF and ePub editions as well. Happy reading!
On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense.
People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.
Thomas Paine
COMMON SENSE
— published anonymously on Jan. 10, 1776
Open Yale Courses: A lecture by Dr. Joanne Freeman, Professor of History at Yale University. [45 min]
Discovery Channel: A segment about Thomas Paine [3 min]
Liberty’s Kids – “Common Sense” [22 min]
Episode 12: “James, Sarah and Henri meet Thomas Paine and learn of his belief that the common man can rule himself.”
(This is animated and great for kids. Paul liked it, too. )
The late Christopher Hitchens lectures on Tom Paine [60 min]
YouTube: Common Sense by Thomas Paine Sparked the American Revolution
By Constitution Man [10 min]
The Most Valuable Englishman Ever – Part 1 [60 min]
By Kenneth Griffith
And finally, why not read Common Sense for yourself? Indeed, you can read it on this site! Click here.
On January 9, 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to be admitted to the United States under the new Constitution. Connecticut was one of the first nine states of the original union, under the Articles of Confederation, to accept the Constitution, and thus officially ratify it. All 13 original states had ratified that new compact, officially, by May 29, 1790. The first state to be added to the original 13 was Vermont, in 1791.
According to Vice President Joe Biden, the debate is over. Health care, by which he means medical assistance, is a basic right — to be obtained through government, and made effective by the Affordable Care Act — not a “privilege.”
By “right” he means “something others are forced to provide,” in this case by taxes, regulations, and the full panoply of U.S. law. Today’s “liberals” like to use the word “privilege” to mean anything obtained without direct government assistance. And therein lies a huge problem.
In his first weekly address of the year, Biden touted how great the ACA, “Obamacare,” is. How affordable it is for families, for everyone! It’s a panacea, though Biden didn’t use the word.
Actually, he didn’t say that we have a right medical care. He said we have a right to health “insurance,” which we’re forced to purchase — and for which many are subsidized, too.
How far does he go with this?
“An awful lot of people who didn’t think they could or would find quality, affordable health insurance are actually able to get assistance from the government to help them pay for their health care plans at a cheaper rate,” he earnestly intoned. “A family of four with an income of around $95,000, they can still get a subsidy to lower their health care premiums.”
You can see where the problem is. If a household making $95,000 per annum can receive subsidies, who’s paying for all this?
Perhaps you.
Can you see why Obamacare’s a prescription for financial disaster?
This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.