I’ve been thinking about this for a while – and it occurs to me that a great many of the illegal immigrants (so-called) in this country are not immigrants, but migrants. I remember as I was a youngster, my parents and grandparents referred occasionally to the “migrant” workers who worked in the Orange groves near [...]

Warbs asks “Why did I vote for you?” to the president and the republican party in general. Why indeed, when they seem to be busily engaging in an orgy of self congratulation, cluelessness and fiscal excess not seen since Roman times. an extended quotation: “Let’s run down the laundry list of what Bush has done [...]

I’ve never been a proponent of The War on Drugs™. For quite some time, a decade probably, I’ve been actively opposed to The War on Drugs. I’ve long believed that it is horribly corrosive of our individual rights and liberties, destructive to the relationship between the government and the citizens and creates an incredibly powerful, [...]

I just finished reading Impostor, Bruce Bartlett’s book slamming President Bush for failing to live up to anything resembling conservatism. When I first heard about the book, I worried a bit whether Bartlett was just breaking ranks to sell books. If you’re worried about the same, don’t be. Bartlett’s ire for Bush comes through loud [...]

Welcome to the New Orleans municipal elections liveblogging. Normally, most people wouldn’t care about the elections in the city of New Orleans. However, that changed on August 29, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. That, combined with the incompetance of the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Orleans Parish Leeve Board, led to [...]

Man Wins Case After Firing Over Confederate Flag When I saw the headline, I was expecting my diatribe to take a different route. I thought he was fired from a private employer for the issue, and expected to launch into a private-property, I-can-hire-and-fire-who-I-want-because-that’s-freedom rant. But it appears all is well. A man who was fired [...]

Hard to believe, but we’ve reached the 41st Carnival of Liberty, which is hosted this week at Left Brain Female. Thanks to Kay for hosting and all the contributors for participating. Next week’s Carnival of Liberty will be hosted at Peter Porcupine, who also hosted in February, so get those submissions in ! If you’d [...]

Before the amendment was passed allowing the income tax, Richard Byrd said: “A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every man’s business; the eye of the federal inspector will be in every man’s counting house…. The law will of necessity have inquisical features, it will provide penalties, it will create complicated [...]

Ronald Reagan had a way of asking important questions in ways that people understood. Here’s three on the government’s power to tax. Are you entitled to the fruits of your labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend? Clearly George W. Bush has not listening to the Reagan/Goldwater wing [...]

Carnival of Liberty 40 is up at Homeland Stupidity. As always, we’ve had a great selection of contributions this time around and Mike did a great job hosting. Go check it out. Technorati Tags: Carnival of Liberty , Life Liberty Property

I checked out Perry’s site the other day, and ran across this post on Wal-Mart. It looks like Wal-Mart is opening its doors again in New Orleans, while Congress is still pointing fingers. It got me thinking: why is it that we see for-profit businesses flocking to the area, while FEMA is still trying to [...]

The 39th edition of the Carnival of Liberty is up at the new home of Below The Beltway. Next week’s Carnival of Liberty will be hosted at Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity, so get those submissions in soon. Technorati Tags: Carnival of Liberty , Life Liberty Property

This week, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney struck a Capital Hill Police Officer after she was stopped from going metal detectors in a House office building that she did not work in. Yesterday, the Capital Hill Police planned to issue an arrest warrant for McKinney. McKinney then had a press conference where she claimed the police officer [...]