Voice from the Commonwealth Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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Praise for Voice
"A smart fellow...I do like, recommend and learn from Barbera's blog." -Roger L. Simon
"Your blog is bullshit"- anonymous angry French reader.
"Today's hangover is horrible... France is being pointed at, with a jabbing finger, as a source of shame among democracies." - From an editorial in Liberation. How is a functioning democratic election shameful? Robert Mugabes 'victorious' election was a shame. Maybe those who are 'shocked' and 'shamed' should look at the root causes of why people would feel desperate enough to vote for LePen.
Rather than analyse the reasons for the upset, Left-leaning papers and politicians in Europe are lamenting the working democratic process. Rather than addrees the issues, it seems they would just be happier to not give people the chance to use their vote to make a statement.
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