12/03/08

On Wasted Votes
By Michael Gaddy

With less than a week to go before we have what may very well turn out to be a tumultuous election, most Americans still do not see that the only hope for a return to anything like this country was designed to be, is a vote for a third party candidate. Many still believe the answer lies in picking evil, albeit the lesser of the two.

Anthony Gregory most accurately describes the two major party candidates .

"The choice couldn't be clearer. On the one hand we have a man who believes strongly in aggressive preemptive war, the police state policies of the Patriot Act, healthcare socialism, continuing the Social Security scam, the welfare state, "reasonable" gun laws, trade protectionism, the War on Drugs, deficit spending, high taxes, and an omnipotent imperial executive branch. (Read the rest here)

Girlie-Man, Next Leader Of The Free World?
By Carey Roberts

Blame it on Arnold Schwarzenegger if you must, but a lot of people are questioning the macho-meter of Democrats in general, and Senator Kerry in particular.

It started back in July when the Democrat-controlled state legislature stalled the vote on a critical budget bill. The partisan foot-dragging prompted Gov. Schwarzenegger to chide the legislators for being “girlie-men.”

Despite howls of protest, Schwarzenegger refused to apologize. Then he repeated the charge in early August, this time tagging candidate John Kerry with the emasculating moniker. (Read the rest here)

Blame Government for the Vaccine Shortage
By Sheldon Richman

We now know that when the government tries to suppress the production of a drug, say, heroin, supplies nevertheless remain plentiful. Yet when the government tries to guarantee production of a drug, say, flu vaccine, supplies can run short, endangering the people most vulnerable to disease. That’s government for you.

The government, especially the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), interferes throughout the vaccine production and distribution process, inflating costs with bureaucratic regulation. The FDA essentially regulates vaccine manufacturing. As Arthur Foulkes wrote in the March 2003 issue of The Freeman magazine, the agency’s powers “allow the FDA to dictate even minor details of vaccine making (such as record keeping, lighting, and labeling) and force manufacturers to constantly invest in the ‘latest technology’ to keep up with FDA-determined industry standards. Worse, the FDA can change [the rules] without warning.” (Read the rest here)

How To Win, The Easy Way
By Ed Henry

• Want to win the War on Drugs? Stop buying them. Besides, the more money spent on illegal drugs, the lotto, or at casinos, the more the federal government figures you could pay in additional taxes. Throw vacations in there too. And remember that the national debt is also a tax. A tax that Bush ran up a record trillion dollars in the last year and a half.

• Want to win the War on Terror? Pull our military out of the more than 725 bases we've set up in 70 percent of the world. Bring the troops home and have them guard our borders. Give up the dreams of Empire and the New World Odor. It didn't happen overnight. Start watching where your hard earned money goes. How would you feel if the Russians or the Chinese had military bases across the U.S.? Soldiers are not diplomats. (Read the rest here)

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