Monday, April 13
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Mike Powers is the guest editor today. |
"Words do have meaning. Indifference to that fact can be, and with respect to the coming economic debacle, will be, catastrophic. And all because we allow our politicians and bankers to use words like 'money' and 'dollar' without any reference to a monetary standard." Column by Paul Hein.
Carl
Watner provides a moral and logical argument that taxation is theft.
Taxation
with Misrepresentation
“If
the politicians were serious about protecting the taxpayers, they’d leave us
the hell alone.” By Sheldon
Richman.
Obama
Loves Bush’s Executive Power Grabs
Now
that he’s in charge. By Alan
Bock.
Why
interventionists and free marketers cannot see eye to eye.
By Barry A. Liebling.
(video)
Tax facts to make your head explode.
Are
We ‘Good Job!’-ing Our Kids to Pieces?
“Educators
and child development experts say the self-esteem movement of the 1980s did
kids a disservice and adults should resist over praising.”
U.S.
Citizens Held as Illegal Immigrants
“In
a drive to crack down on illegal immigrants, the
U.S.
Soldiers Caught in Iraq Bribery Scandal
“The
Justice Department has secured more than three dozen bribery-related
convictions in the awarding of reconstruction contracts in Iraq and
Afghanistan.”
Cop
Assaults Deaf Man in Traffic Stop
Police
department ‘punishes’ offending cop by giving him a two-day unpaid
vacation.
Climate
Bill Could Trigger Lawsuit Landslide
“Self-proclaimed
victims of global warming… would be able to sue the federal government or
private businesses over greenhouse gas emissions under a little-noticed
provision slipped into the House climate bill.”
The insanity continues.
Seven
(Crazy) Civilian Uses for Nuclear Bombs
A
photo blog.