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May
19, 2008 As our economy continues to smell worse and worse, Congress sounds more and more foolish and people are panicking all over, as the first too stories relate. It has been a long, warm week, and hopefully everyone is ready for the last six months of this 2008 election season so we can start the 2012 season! Economic
news: Speculation, panic, and government can be held to blame for 90% of this – China for the other 10%. Locally, prices are hitting $4.45 for diesel and $3.90 for unleaded regular. And it is NOT the oil producers, at least not US oil producers, that are getting this money: crude was actually selling FOB the refinery in Wyoming, for all of $50 a barrel according to http://www.wyopipeline.com. Can you say highway robbery? Mama's Note: As the stories below demonstrate, the whole problem is very complex and, in the end, we are all going to lose big from our long term trust in government to manage things. (Read the rest here)
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Ask ten people what Memorial Day is about and you’ll probably receive ten different responses. Mentioned are claims of "recognizing those who have served and fallen in defense or service to their country," "identifying patriots who unselfishly answered the call," and "acknowledging the heroes of battle." A common theme encountered in the discussion is remembrance. But, what else should be remembered? Are there not other aspects of war that need remembering? Remember the architects of perpetual conflict, the schemers and tacticians who design the strategy, chart the acts of aggression, and lay the blueprints for other’s destruction. (Read the rest here) Open
Letter to Bob Barr: Some Questions Mr.
Barr, Paul's
Paulestinians vs. Bush's False Flaggers "We should remember that Iran, like Iraq, is a third-world nation without a significant military. Nothing in history hints that she is likely to invade a neighboring country, let alone do anything to America or Israel. I'm concerned, however, that a contrived Gulf of Tonkin-type incident may occur to gain popular support for an attack on Iran. ... Mr. Speaker, let's hope I'm wrong about this one." -- Rep. Ron Paul speech to US House, Jan.1, 2007 I have to hand it to Dr. Paul's hard-core "Paulestinian" adherents, at least half of whom, by my rough estimate, understand the ways of the wicked world much better than the misled masses following the other presidential candidates. Among them it's common knowledge that a "false flag" attack is one carried out against the people of a nation by their own government, then blamed on a bogeyman. Of course, as Dr. Paul noted above, there are variations of the false flag technique -- like the faked Gulf of Tonkin attack that the Johnson administration used to press the nation into the Vietnam War. (Read the rest here)
States
to ban mind-destroying "book" scourge Hardknoxville, Tennesseesaw - Police and teachers haven't noticed large numbers of kids getting hooked on the allegedly dangerous hallucinogenic material known in street parlance as "book," and federal drug agents say that few people are currently using it. But that hasn't dissuaded Tennesseesawen lawmakers and political opportunists in five other states from seeking to outlaw the substance.
The great fear, of course, is that excessive use of "book" can turn otherwise successfully soccerized youngsters away from group mentality lives and into maladjusted geeks, nerds or, even worse, individualists. (Read the rest here) The
Journalist's Guide to Gun Violence Coverage Guns are a sad fact of life in American culture and are a major topic in modern journalism. A good Journalist has a duty to get involved and make a difference in this important societal debate. By following certain guidelines, the concerned Journalist can be assured of having the maximum impact on this shameful problem. The first principle to remember is that subtle use of terminology can covertly influence the reader. Adjectives should be chosen for maximum anti-gun effect. When describing a gun, attach terms like "automatic," "semi-automatic," "large caliber," "deadly," "high powered," or "powerful." Almost any gun can be described by one or more of these terms. More than two guns should be called an "arsenal." (Read the rest here)
McCain
Lampoons the Gender Wage Gap Myth Last month Senator McCain was campaigning in the hard-scrabble coal fields of Kentucky. He commented that if women want to overcome the gender wage gap, they would need more "education and training." And knowing that Women's Studies grads might not realize that coal mining is the economic mainstay of the region, McCain then deadpanned, "traditionally, women have not gone into that line of work." But the Funny-Fems reflexively insist the culprit is sex discrimination, not women exercising the right to choose their preferred work. So when they heard Senator McCain's comments, they flew into a purple-passion rage. Within days MoveOn rolled out its propaganda machine, making the claim that "Study after study has shown that women are paid less than men for the same work." (Read the rest here) The
Unintended Consequences of Good Intentions War, as has been said so many times, is Hell. So many people die or are maimed for life, families are torn asunder, immeasurable property damage, as well as ever-lasting hate between cultures that takes generations to heal. Is it not noble, a good intention, to want to find a way to bring an end to the madness? So many in the world suffer from hunger, starvation, disease, pestilence, government abuse and civil unrest. As humans, we have a powerful urge to want to ease the pain of the sufferers. How could this good intention, be a bad thing? (Read the rest here) External
Articles Americans today are drowning in an ocean of lies. Virtually everything they think they know -- about history, about economics, about the Constitution and the law, about a hundred other things -- is wrong. The shameful truth about the National Rifle Association, for example, is that there seems to be some kind of mutually beneficial -- symbiotic -- relationship between that group, which would like you to believe it was created to protect the Second Amendment right of the people to keep and bear arms, and the agency that enforces federal gun laws, the notorious Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Neither could exist without the other to prop it up. (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.) Real
"Threat" Is To Industrial Civilization Goosed by an environmentalist lawsuit seeking a decision by Thursday, the Interior Department Wednesday declared the polar bear a “threatened species,” saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice caused by global warming. The department certainly couldn’t say it was because polar bear numbers are down. Both the Edinburgh Scotsman and the London Telegraph report there are some 25,000 polar bears in the wild and their numbers are growing explosively - an increase of between 15 and 25 per cent over the past decade. “We’re seeing an increase in bears that’s really unprecedented, and in places where we’re seeing a decrease in the population it’s from hunting, not from climate change,” Canadian polar bear expert Mitch Taylor told the Scotsman in 2005. “In the Davis Strait area, a 140,000-square kilometer region, the polar bear population has grown from 850 in the mid-1980s to 2,100 today,” added the Telegraph, last year. (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.)
From The Archives Many people seem to think that elections are a manifestation of individuals' aggregate political power. Voting gives individuals a say in the government they live under. Electoral political power, in this view, is the primary vehicle by which individuals wield political power over the politicians they elect, and the legislative process the politicians then undertake. The clamor for elections in countries ruled by tyrannical leaders is a compelling demonstration of the enduring strength of these beliefs. The disappointment when elections are found -- or simply suspected -- to be tampered with reflects individuals' desires to exercise greater control over their lives. Thus, the outcries of Venezuelans or protests by Belarussians -- or even Americans' suspicions -- aren't surprising. They wuz robbed! Except that Ken Livingstone's famous quotation -- If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it -- is spot on. (Read the rest here) The
Independent Institute Last week’s anniversary of the fall of Saigon, April 30, 1975, and the final U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, ending the longest war of the last century, prompts some historical reflection—for example, the poignant photograph of people being plucked off that famous Saigon rooftop in April 1975, juxtaposed against the completion in Baghdad of the largest U.S. embassy ever. In January 1973, the Paris agreement on Vietnam was concluded, providing for the withdrawal of American troops, and soon a cease-fire agreement was signed. Although the war’s end was imminent—this is not clear today with Iraq—the CIA’s Air America operation continued, and actually had its greatest losses in the two years following the decision to terminate the company. (Read the rest here)
The
Future of Freedom Foundation How many times will people be fooled by a presidential contender’s claim that he is a “new kind of politician”? Sen. Barack Obama has made this the centerpiece of his campaign. He strives to hold himself above the partisan fray and talks about “changing Washington.” As a result, some people look on Obama as a savior who needs to be given a chance to deliver us from the muck of gutter partisanship. His promise is nothing if not extravagant. “We want a politics that reflects our core decency,” Obama says. A politics that reflects decency would seem as likely as a square circle, but let’s give the man his say. In the speech that launched his campaign last year, he staked out his niche, acknowledging that we have heard all this before: (Read the rest here)
From The Ludwig von Mises Institute The US government has no business providing disaster relief to Myanmar, food relief to poor countries, or humanitarian aid of any kind. The purpose of government is supposed to be to protect the lives, liberties, and properties of the people who form it. The fact that all governments eventually deviate from their stated purpose is irrelevant. And besides, there is a calculation problem here. How much aid should the US government provide? What type of aid should be given? What strings, if any, should be attached to the aid supplied? How long should aid be maintained? Even worse is the use of the military to provide foreign-aid services. The purpose of the military is to defend the country from attack or invasion, not to deliver food and spread good will and cheer. Yes, it would be better if the US military delivered bread and butter instead of bombs and bullets, but that is not the issue. (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.)
Tracy
Ingle: Another Drug War Outrage Here's the Arkansas Times piece, which I'd encourage you to read in full. And here's a follow-up interview with North Little Rock Police Chief Danny Bradley about SWAT tactics. Please send any SWAT stories you find!
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