Category: freedom
Gleaning The Wrong Lesson From Minsky
May 3rd, 2008In his May 2nd, 2008 New York Times article "Determining Who gets to Ride the LifeBoat", Floyd Norris discusses this issue of mortgage "bailouts" and economic downward spirals. Many have acknowledged that the question of "who is worth helping" is a tho… more »
Anti-Fed Poster
April 26th, 2008Here is a video of me explaining my home-made anti-Fed poster at the April 15, 2008 "Grannie Warriors" Ron Paul rally in DC.
The poster puts the anti-Fed movement in historical context: in fact, the United States had two central banks before the Fed:… more »
America Supports Ron Paul: A Report On Today's Rally In Greenville, SC
July 22nd, 2007Today was transformative for me.
Not because I met Ron Paul in the flesh for the first time -- though that did happen, at the campaign rally in Greenville, South Carolina. I even shook his hand, and suggested he quiz Fed Chairman Bernanke on how exac… more »
Slapping Down "The Entire GOP Establishment"
July 18th, 2007Ok, you think this is going to be about Ron Paul, right?
Well, it's not! Hah!
Well, it kinda is, but only in a round-about way, and that actually bodes well for our beloved "Dr. No". From the article:
... are Americans merely frustrated wi… more »
Hysterical Hatchet Hannity (vs. Ron Paul)
May 16th, 2007One simply has to see to believe Sean Hannity's attack on Ron Paul subsequent to the second Republican candidate debate last night. Regardless of your view on whether the US government's foreign policy was a significant contributing factor to 9/11, re… more »
USPS Issues Stamps Worth More Than US Currency
May 13th, 2007Monday the US Postal Service will release it's "forever stamps" -- stamps that will always buy the same amount of postal services, no matter what the current cost is, in dollars/cents. This change is of course coincident with raising the first-class pos… more »
"Who Likes Dead Good Guys?"
April 21st, 2007"People who trample on the Second Amendment, that's who."
Wise words from Ted Nugent, in response to a really horrid gun control essay crapped out by Tom Plate after the VT massacre. I've already written one reaction to the incident, but in riposte t… more »
Imagine If Only The Insane Students Were Armed
April 17th, 2007Today's tragedy -- nay, massacre -- is particularly real for me, as I was a student at Virginia Tech for six years, until about four years ago. While I don't know anyone still there who was directly harmed, I can actually visualize the places where the… more »
US Mint Criminalizes Melting Pennies and Nickels
December 14th, 2006The big news for today is that a new crime has been created -- by the US Mint of all places. It is now illegal to melt those pennies and nickels in your pocket, which, thanks to inflation, are now worth more as their constituent base metals than as leg… more »
Minneapolis "Zombies" Sue Over Bogus Homeland Security Arrest
December 12th, 2006A few months ago a bunch of hipsters in Minneapolis dressed up like zombies and went out dancing. Bizarre? Sure. Quirky? Definitely. But also harmless.
The response? Arrested by the police on suspicion of being terrorists.
Yeah, you read that… more »
Planes, Trains, and Authoritarianism
November 24th, 2006What would a modern American holiday season be without the large-scale and Draconian abuse of average, mild-mannered citizens in transit?
Sadly, it would probably be unAmerican. In that vein, here's a blood-boiling tale of a baggage-handler who foun… more »
Something Fishy Still Going On With Vote Counting
November 21st, 2006As expected by a number of observers, the even-more-widespread use of electronic, audit-free voting machines in the elections of earlier this month has led to widespread irregularities. This article points out that there was a statistically huge correct… more »
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