I had always thought of this image of flag on the Kos website as a Labor or Revolution type flag. I don't know why really, maybe it is because Kos, to me, has been a resistance to the normal website-a place to read real news or alternative news or thoughts.
Regardless, I was rather stunned when I saw a tweet that lead to the WSJ website and there was 'the flag' with an article written by Charles Koch!!
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Bahahaha!! ... Charles Koch in @WSJOpinion: I'm Fighting to Restore a Free Society http://bit.ly/...
Full link:
http://online.wsj.com/...l
Opinion
Koch: I'm Fighting to Restore a Free Society
Instead of welcoming free debate, collectivists engage in character assassination.
By Charles G. Koch
Updated April 2, 2014 7:47 p.m. ET
I have devoted most of my life to understanding the principles that enable people to improve their lives. It is those principlesâthe principles of a free societyâthat have shaped my life, my family, our company and America itself.
Unfortunately, the fundamental concepts of dignity, respect, equality before the law and personal freedom are under attack by the nation's own government. That's why, if we want to restore a free society and create greater well-being and opportunity for all Americans, we have no choice but to fight for those principles. I have been doing so for more than 50 years, primarily through educational efforts. It was only in the past decade that I realized the need to also engage in the political process.
http://si.wsj.net/...
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A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value. In a truly free society, any business that disrespects its customers will fail, and deserves to do so. The same should be true of any government that disrespects its citizens. The central belief and fatal conceit of the current administration is that you are incapable of running your own life, but those in power are capable of running it for you. This is the essence of big government and collectivism.
More than 200 years ago, Thomas Jefferson warned that this could happen. "The natural progress of things," Jefferson wrote, "is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." He knew that no government could possibly run citizens' lives for the better. The more government tries to control, the greater the disaster, as shown by the current health-care debacle. Collectivists (those who stand for government control of the means of production and how people live their lives) promise heaven but deliver hell. For them, the promised end justifies the means........
I just had to write a note about this image being on a KOCH opinion article!!
BTW--this is my first journal--more like a fleeting thought.
PS: I tried to transfer the image of the flag but was unable to. Sorry
