Tag Archives: Leviathan

Common Core Celebrating Obedience to the Collective

Posted on November 1, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Yet another example of political propagandizing under the umbrella of the “Common Core” curricula now declares that everyone must obey the dictates of the government, especially when the “well-being” of the collective trump the freedom of the individual: This is … Continue reading →

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When Bureaucrats Condemning Innocent People to Death is Considered Praiseworthy

Posted on October 31, 2013 by The Political Hat

     An Canadian court in Ontario ruled that doctors can not withhold treatment from a patient if the patient’s family does not want it.  However, the court ruled that a quasi-judicial board of bureaucrats can overrule the family!  Canada has Death … Continue reading →

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America Has Been Warned

Posted on October 30, 2013 by The Political Hat

     M.E.P. Daniel Hannan spoke at the Free Market forum at Hillsdale College speaks about the economic idiocy and bureaucratic overreach of the European Union, and warns America that it is on the same path.      Alas, that warning was ignored last … Continue reading →

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Common Core: Creating the NEW Soviet Person

Posted on October 30, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The 1987 miniseries Amerika depicted life in the United States after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union.  A scene, near the end, depicts a young American boy in a Komsomol style uniform wax poetically about the wonders of … Continue reading →

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Paid To Kill; Paid To Die

Posted on October 29, 2013 by The Political Hat

     “Free” healthcare provided by the government ex nihilo is touted as a fundamental human right by the Left.  But TANSTAAFL — There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lobotomy, so as to speak…      Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is … Continue reading →

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Vice Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness

Posted on October 28, 2013 by The Political Hat

     In the role playing game Paranoia, set in the future where an insane all-powerful computer runs a domed city, fun and happiness are mandatory.  In the game, one player can be assigned the mandatory bonus duty of being the Happiness … Continue reading →

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Socialized Healthcare: Rodents Eating Your Face

Posted on October 28, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The quality of socialized medicine is yet again demonstrated in Canada: “A patient immobilized in bed, waking up to find mice eating her face. “It has the makings of a health-care horror story — Friends of Medicare says the night-time … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Halloween Horror

Posted on October 26, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Aaaaaaggghhh!      Don’t answer the door! Don’t answer the door!

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Public School Collecting Political Information on Parents… Through Their Children

Posted on October 26, 2013 by The Political Hat

     A public school in Colorado handed out assignments to students that collected information about the students’ political beliefs… as well as the beliefs of their parents.      The questions had a subtle bent that painted the “liberal” side in a good … Continue reading →

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California vs. The 2nd Amendment

Posted on October 25, 2013 by The Political Hat

     A California Court of Appeals has declared that the 2nd Amendment doesn’t apply to semi-automatic firearms, like an “AK” platform.      The court states in part: “We construe Heller as standing for the proposition that the right secured by the Second … Continue reading →

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