Archive for the Freedom Discussions Category
Leon Panetta’s explicitly authoritarian decree
by Glenn Greenwald, Salon CBS News‘ Scott Pelley appears to be one of the very few American journalists bothered by, or even interested in, the fact that President Obama has asserted and exercised the power to target U.S. citizens for execution-by-CIA without a shred of due process and far from
They Stole His Money, Her Money & Mine Too
by Doug Herman, STR Just before the holidays, I walked into my local Wells Fargo bank to cash a small birthday check one of my sisters gave to me. Imagine my surprise when the teller informed me my small savings account was closed. I told her she was mistaken, and asked her to please check again;
Newt Gingrich? Really?
by Chuck Baldwin Last weekend, Republican voters in South Carolina picked the candidate they want to be the GOP standard bearer for the November elections: Newt Gingrich. Newt Gingrich? Really? What did I miss? Or better, what did Republican voters in South Carolina miss? What is not lost to v
Obama Administration “Rigging” US Census By Counting Illegal Aliens
by Chuck Baldwin The Barack Obama administration is quietly in the process of rigging use of the US Census of 2010, which deliberately counted millions of illegal aliens, for the purpose of restructuring the apportionment of the US House of Representatives. Accordingly, as candidates for Governor
Santorum: State Murder as a "Moral Enterprise"
“God did not just give us rights,” pontificated His High Holiness Rick Santorum during a January 17 campaign stop in Lexington, South Carolina. “He gave us a moral code by which to exercise them. See, that’s what Ron Paul sort of leaves out. He leaves out [that the] rights and respon
The US Government Is Bankrupt
by Doug Casey, LRC Everyone knows that the US government is bankrupt and has been for many years. But I thought it might be instructive to see what its current cash-flow situation actually is. At least insofar as it's possible to get a clear picture. As you know, the so-called Super Committee
First NDAA; Now Enemy Expatriation Act
by Chuck Baldwin On the heels of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), otherwise known as the “Indefinite Detention Act,” comes another draconian bill designed to give the federal government the power to turn American citizens into enemies of the state for virtually any reason it dee
New Bill Known As Enemy Expatriation Act Would Allow Government To Strip Citizenship Without Conviction
by Stephen D. Foster, Jr, AddictingInfo First, Congress considered the National Defense Authorization Act, sections of which gave the President the authority to use the military to arrest and indefinitely detain Americans without trial or charge. The language was revised because of strong condemn
Job Creators, Internet Architects and Security Experts Hate SOPA
from WashingtonsBlog I noted last month that SOPA would destroy jobs and the economy. As Digital Trends points out: The list of SOPA opponents also includes 425 venture capitalists and entrepreneurs — i.e. job creators. The editorial boards of The New York Times and Los Angeles Times a
The Government vs. the Web
by Nicole Ferraro, IE As we continue to analyze online trends and project what the future holds, we see two major, opposing forces at play. There is an almost electric movement among the world's citizens to come together and thrive online, and there's an equally compelling force among governments
Neo-con right-wing hit piece against Ron Paul that’s so silly it could have been from The Onion
by Michael W. Dean The other day this article called “Drugs, Guns and Madness in the Ron Paul Revolution” came out on the inaccurately named neo-con blog, “Accuracy in Media.” It’s so stunningly stupid, you must read it. An Excerpt: Ron Paul didn’t do as well as the media thought he
When the Right to Resist Becomes the "Duty to Submit"
Anne Dekins was a loud-mouthed party girl -- or at least, that's what the arrest warrant suggested. Whatever she may have done in the past, Miss Dekins was quietly minding her own business when Officer Samuel Bray found her on the street and began to haul her away. Dekins wasn’t inclined











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