Archive for the Freedom Discussions Category
The Real Meaning of the Second Amendment
by Blackdak22, C4L There has been a new ruling on the right to keep and bear arms. It was this past week in a supreme court case, McDonald v. Chicago, involving a suit filed against a gun ban law in Chicago. The court ruled by a slim 5-4 decision that their last ruling against a federal gun ban
The Confidence Game
by Bob Therina, C4L Today, people often think of the "con" part of con-man as coming from the word convict. That's unfortunate because, it actually comes from the word "confidence," as in confidence game. The con-man would gain his victim's confidence by acting as though he were on his side and l
A Modest Solution
by Butler Shaffer, LRC "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." ~ Albert Einstein Governments in America – at both the state and federal level – are in an escalating state of bankruptcy. Politicians, media hacks, and academicians propose the ki
When Do States Tell Feds to Piss Off?
by USWeapon, SUFA I was reading an article this evening about the fact that the Governors of several states getting together to ask the federal government for help financially, even if it means that we increase the national debt to do so. It got me thinking about how we have gotten to this point,
Taxation is Theft, and Theft Cannot Be “Reformed”
by Alex R. Knight, III, C4SS Ryan Ellis of Americans for Tax Reform recently outlined an outrageous — if somewhat predictable — reality that will begin on January 1, 2011: A host of existing federal tax rates will increase, and a myriad of brand new Obamacare related taxes will also go in
Sheriff revokes license of gun owner and son for writing letter to the editor critical of sheriff
from Sioux City Journal PRIMGHAR, Iowa -- U.S. District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett has ordered Osceola County Sheriff Douglas L. Weber to issue a gun permit to a resident and to complete a college-level course involving the First Amendment. Bennett’s written decision on Wednesday involves t
Contempt of State – An Indispensable Virtue
by Karen Kwiatowski, LRC by Karen Kwiatowski, LRC Adrian Lamo, former hacker and inadvertent state stooge, says he is not sorry for reporting heroic Army Specialist Bradley Manning to the feds. He believes, "I put the interest of many against the interest of one." Beyond the unrecogn
The Disaster of Government-Run Businesses
by Jim Powell, C4L Barack Obama defied experience everywhere when he stubbornly claimed he could make a government-run health program work. The standard practice of any government-run business is to provide favored interest groups with something for nothing, forcing other people to pay for it, an
Internet Censorship: A Litmus Test for Freedom
By Michael Kleen As the sole bastion of total freedom on the planet, a place where the unfettered exchange of information and ideas can take place over thousands of miles virtually instantaneously, it didn’t take long for the Internet to come under attack. A global map of Internet censorship is
Water theft and the beginning of the end of independent and family cattle ranching
by Marti Oakley, PPJ Reports are coming in from across the country, mostly from the 14 Western States where cattle ranching is a way of life, of water being diverted to other areas or regions and natural waterways being altered to allow the collection of water to be sold on the commodities market
Military Spying and Torture Continues Under Obama: CIFA’s Nine (Corrupt) Lives
by Tom Burghardt, BLN Despite promises to the contrary, the Obama administration has consolidated, evenexpanded privacy- and civil liberties killing programs launched by the Bush government. From warrantless spying and driftnet surveillance to the indefinite detention and torture of foreign s
ATM Salvation
by George F. Smith, LRC Would you buy a gold bar from a vending machine? If the ATM were located in a secure area, and the bars carried an acceptable premium over the current spot price and could be purchased in units as small as one gram or as large as an ounce, would you consider swapping your
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