Archive for April, 2009
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Unlike cockroaches, there is one sort of vermin which scurries into the open when light is shined upon them: anti-gun nuts. Every time there is some gun-related tragedy or some nutball starts shooting at innocent folks, there’s always some new call to ban guns, or at least make them more difficult to obtain. Here’s the [...]
Continue reading Second Amendment outrage du Jour
Posted in Activism, Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Keep and Bear Arms, Media | 12 Comments »
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009
From the newly formed Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus:
Continue reading New Tea Party YouTube
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009
The parent company of the Boston Globe newspaper, the New York Times; has threatened to shut the Globe down if they cannot get at least $20 million in savings out of the paper for next year. [The story] quoted an unnamed person saying that in the meeting, management said that without the concessions, The Globe [...]
Continue reading The Trouble With Boston
Posted in Economics, Look About, Politics, Unions | 1 Comment »
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
News came out this week of a deeply troubling new bill from Sens. Jay Rockerfeller (D – WV) and Olympia Snowe (R – ME): The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow the president to shut down private Internet networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to [...]
Continue reading Government and Cyber-Security
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Saturday, April 4th, 2009
This is the amount a jury awarded the America hating professor, Ward Churchill in his civil rights lawsuit against The University of Colorado. Despite charges of academic misconduct “deliberate and repeated plagiarism, falsification, and fabrication” Churchill and his legal team turned his dismissal from CU into a First Amendment free speech issue. Maybe I don’t [...]
Continue reading $1.00
Posted in Constitution, Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Education, Federalism, Free Speech, Freedom of Association, General, Individual Rights, The Bill Of Rights, Theory and Ideas | 3 Comments »
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
From the mouth of the President of the United States: As first reported by Politico’s Eamon Javers, and confirmed by ABC News with industry sources, some bankers gave explanations for the industry’s high salaries, such as “competing for talent on an international market.” But, President Obama cut them off. “My administration is the only thing [...]
Continue reading Quote Of The Day: The Arrogance Of Power Edition
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
You can’t help but appreciate this: One of Russia’s most famous statues of Vladimir Lenin has been bombed, leaving the Bolshevik revolutionary with a gaping hole in his rear. The bronze statue, in the city of St Petersburg, was badly damaged before dawn on Wednesday, when the blast blew a hole in Lenin’s coat. No-one [...]
Continue reading Lenin Gets It In The End
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
It’s bound to set off yet another political fight, but the Iowa Supreme Court today declared that state’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional: DES MOINES — Iowa became the first state in the Midwest to approve same-sex marriage on Friday, after the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously decided that a 1998 law limiting marriage to a [...]
Continue reading Iowa Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Posted in Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Free Speech, Freedom of Association, Individual Rights, Legal, Police Watch, Politics, Privacy, The Bill Of Rights, The Surveillance State | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
As you may already know, there will be nationwide protests on April 15th, Tax Day, to protest spending and tax hikes by the Obama Administration. These protests, referred to as Tea Parties, have taken place nearly every week since Friday, February 27th (yours truly attended the Atlanta Tea Party and was interviewed by Neil Cavuto [...]
Continue reading On Tea Parties and Republican hypocrisy
Posted in Economics | 40 Comments »
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
This just landed in my inbox: Friend – In just 24 hours, Congress will begin voting on President Obama’s budget. It’s a big test not only for President Obama, but for our entire movement. Taking just a few minutes to call Congress now could make a major impact on this crucial vote. Will you call [...]
Continue reading Obama’s April Fool’s Joke
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Our prison system, holding nearly 25% of the worlds reported prisoners, may seem like an April fool’s joke but certainly is not a laughing matter. I’m in the early stages of writing a post in response to Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-VA) recent article in Parade entitled: Why We Must Fix Our Prisons. Sen. Webb is [...]
Continue reading Open Thread Question of the Day: How Can We Fix Our Prisons?
Posted in Activism, Blog Discussions, Crime and Punishment, Criminal Justice Reform, Culture, Democrats, Economics, Freedom, General, Human Rights, Legal, Liberty, Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Open Thread, Politics, Security, Strategies For Advancing Liberty, The Nanny State, The War on Drugs, Theory and Ideas | 9 Comments »