Posts Tagged ‘Liberalism’

The Ideas of Liberty…

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 in Conservatism, History, Libertarianism, Media, Politics
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Check it out if you’re interested in stimulating your ideas in liberty.

Enjoy.

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The Evolution of Liberalism

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 in Axis of Idiots, Politics
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Good one over at JD’s place:

The evolution of liberalism…

J. D. Pendry

I just returned from a two-week trip to Korea. My jets are still lagging, which might explain why I was wide-awake at 0300. If my jet lag runs its typical course, I should be sleeping soundly somewhere mid-sermon.

Korea is an interesting place and an interesting lesson. My history there goes back to 1972 when I was an Army Private in I Corps stationed at Camp Red Cloud in Uijongbu, Korea. Uijongbu is just down the road a piece from communist North Korea and the world’s most heavily fortified and defended border along the 38th latitudinal parallel north, which if your curious about such things also passes through Wild Wonderful West Virginia where I sit this early Sunday morning. Although today’s average public school product probably could not tell you this, the Korean War never ended officially. There exists only a cease-fire. In 1972, dirt streets and roads were common to many areas. Most Koreans had neither a telephone nor a car. Women wading through the flooded paddies mostly planted rice by hand. In the countryside, thatched roofs were common and many rural areas still had no electricity.

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