Archive for the Freedom Discussions Category
Flushing the Constitution
Mili Note: Not that the Constitution wasn't already stuffed down the crapper hole already. At most, Obamacare pulled the handle, but I think the water was already swirling before that... by Jon Hall, 10AC “I will — listen now — I will cut taxes — cut taxes — for 95 percent of all w
Beck, Racism And the Theory of Christian Inferiority
by Gordon Duff, VT There is a certain absurdity for a group only remotely related to Christianity calling for a “revival of the Christian faith” in a New York rally, led by “Cowboy Jesus” freak Glenn Beck. Beck, whose claimed religious beliefs are based on Mormonism, an offshoot of Chri
Hatching Bigger Government
by Steve Chapman, RealClearPolitics There have been a lot of unsurprising news stories lately. Rod Blagojevich going on TV. Tiger Woods and his wife divorcing. The economy racing along like an elderly tortoise. And the Food and Drug Administration saying the salmonella outbreak proves the agency
Corny Capitalism
by Matt Purple, LRC Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency issued another one of those announcements read exclusively by government bureaucrats and green policy wonks. The EPA decided to delay a decision to increase the concentration of ethanol legal in gasoline from 10% to 15%. S
Your Secession Reading List
Mili Note: Because of this post and Gadget42's commentary in sending it to me, Kenneth Royce's (aka Boston T. Party) Hologram of Liberty is worth noting. My own review of which is featured in the Militant Reviews section of the site now. This book, more than any other, changed my view of Constitut
A Tea Party Foreign Policy
by Rep Ron Paul, FP As one who is opposed to centralization, I am wary of attempts to turn a grassroots movement against big government like the Tea Party into an adjunct of the Republican Party. I find it even more worrisome when I see those who willingly participated in the most egregious exces
Are Americans Really Different?
by Timothy Baldwin, LDL Americans have historically prided themselves in being different from all other nations of the earth. Stemming from our independent lives and station from Great Britain–even while being politically subject to it–the foundation of America rested upon the ideal of indepe
Why People Believe Government Is Here to Help Us
by Paul Bonneau, StR The tenacity of the meme, that government is here to help us and protect us, is hard to understand. All evidence throughout history points in the opposite direction--that government is here to prey on us, and that if there is anything we need protection from, it is our own go
ACLU Report: Spying on Free Speech Nearly at Cold War Level
by Ms. Smith, NetworkWorld The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) releasednumerous reports of increased government spying on American citizens. Once upon an unhappy time, U.S. law enforcement agencies, from the FBI to local police, had a history of political spying during the Cold War. The ACL
The Evolution of Revolution
by Attorney Timothy Baldwin, LDL In recent years throughout the States of America, there has been what is referred to as the State Nullification Movement. This movement is based upon the concepts expressed in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799, drafted and advocated by foun
Demagoguing the Mosque
by Rep. Ron Paul, LRC Is the controversy over building a mosque near ground zero a grand distraction or a grand opportunity? Or is it, once again, grandiose demagoguery? It has been said, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.” Are we not overly preoccupied with this controversy, now being used
Got a blog that makes no money? The city wants $300, thank you very much.
Mili Note: Wow, Philly must have been the setting for Atlas Shrugged all along! by Valerie Rubinsky, Philadelphia City Paper For the past three years, Marilyn Bess has operated MS Philly Organic, a small, low-traffic blog that features occasional posts about green living, out of her Manayunk
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