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From The “What the Hell Is Going On Here” Department
By Michael Gaddy
OpEds Editor

U.S. Army documents, not available to the public, report that as of mid-September 2003, US taxpayers have paid more than $300,000,000 to Halliburton/Kellogg, Brown and Root to IMPORT gasoline into oil rich Iraq.

Was it not the Bush administration that told us some months ago that the oil resources in Iraq would be used to pay part of the expenses for this war? Why are we importing oil into Iraq and why is the company we are buying it from the same company VP Dick Cheney was CEO of before the 2000 election? Or could it be he is still in their employ? (Read the rest here)

Some Bush administration officials and advisors are hankering for another war. To judge from the saber rattling and rumblings coming out of the White House, the next target could be Iran. But invading Iran would be an act of folly that would make the invasion of Iraq look almost prudent by comparison.

Almost no one alleges that Iran poses any threat to the security of the United States. There are no allegations that Iranian naval forces could seize Boston harbor, or that Iranian paratroopers could descend upon Miami, or that an Iranian army could surge across the Rio Grande. Instead, the case against Iran is based almost entirely on distant hypotheticals — and on the notion that the United States needs to completely dominate the Middle East. (Read the rest here)

The Road From Statism to Anarchy
By ZooT_aLLures
Technical Editor

Let me introduce myself, one of the founders of The Price of Liberty.org. I thought that my story might inspire others who are struggling with the questions of "left" vs. "right" and wondering what else there could be that makes more sense.

So, just who is this guy with the strange name and questionable writing style? Just who is ZooT_aLLures?

I wasn't raised in a freedom minded environment, but rather in the ghettos of a big city in the upper Midwest.
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Special Features
Forum Discussion Topic:
Consent of the governed, have you given yours?
By suijurisfreeman

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (Declaration of Independence) states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

This "Declaration of Independence" was the 13 Colonies justification to the world as to why they were no longer under the lawful authority of England. That being the case, and the statement that "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, how then is that consent obtained from each individual in this country today? Have you given your consent?

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