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July 20, 2009


Libertarian Commentary on The News 12 - 19 July
By Nathan A. Barton © 2009


Congress in Action - Theft by Government
House Democrats Will Seek Massive $540 Billion Tax Increase; Announcement Came Late Friday Afternoon
CNSNews.com

Despite a still-lagging U.S. economy and rising unemployment rate, House Democrats announced late Friday that they will seek a massive increase in federal income taxes to help pay for the national health-care reform proposal that President Obama is urging Congress to enact this summer. House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) revealed late Friday afternoon that House Democrats will seek to increase income taxes by $540 billion.

Whew!  Fortunately, I remembered that the First Citizen promised us time and time again that the poor and the middle class won't have to pay more taxes under him, so it is absolutely certain that he will veto this.  I assume (and hope) that he will also support a challenger to Mr. Rangel to unseat him and let him move down to his rental property in Jamaica.  Yeah, right... (Read the rest here)


The McNair Affair: Don’t Call it ‘Domestic Violence’
By Carey Roberts

A July 6 article in the New York Times conjectured the incident may have been a “double homicide or part of a murder-suicide.” But no mention of domestic violence.

A July 8 story from ESPN relied on artful phrasing to sidestep the dreaded “DV” words. Police “waited for further tests and the revelations about Kazemi’s personal problems before concluding that she pulled the trigger,” ESPN explained.

Excuse me, but what do revelations about someone’s personal life have to do with figuring out whether she pulled the trigger?

By the following day, the rehabilitation of Ms. Kazemi had shifted into high gear. An article in the Washington Post was crafted to evoke the reader’s sympathy, informing us she was “increasingly tormented by a rush of personal problems” and “her life was falling apart.” (Read the rest here)

 

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National Gun Rights Examiner
ATF to Tennessee: We're above your law
by David Codrea

From Tennessee Firearms Association:

The ATF - as expected - has issued a letter in which it disregards the 10th Amendment restrictions on federal power (as seems to be the trend since the late 1930) and has notified Tennessee’s federal firearms dealers that the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act is meaningless. Essentially, ATF is saying to the state of Tennessee that the 10th Amendment no longer exists.

We expected such from a tyranny that no longer lives within the bounds of its express authority…

Here's the law in question--duly passed and signed into law by the representatives of the people: (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.)

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Don't Let Them Disarm You
by Chuck Baldwin

Home is the one place where most of us feel safe and protected. Even those who have a keen sense of self-defense feel free to let their guard down at home. And, sadly, most people do not possess a keen sense of self-defense. Most people have the deluded opinion that law enforcement will protect them. But even law enforcement professionals will tell you it is not their job to protect citizens; it is their job to apprehend and bring those who have committed crimes to justice. In other words, after you are dead, the cops will try to catch the guys who killed you.

It is time that people wake up to the fact that the responsibility of self-defense rests with each individual citizen. We are all vulnerable to attack – even in our homes! For this reason, our federal Constitution and most (if not all) State constitutions recognize the Natural Law right of people to keep and bear arms. (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.)

  Albuquerque Libertarian Examiner
Does taxation improve civilization?
By Kent McManigal

Does the act of theft known as "taxation" make civilization better, or does it damage it?  There have been claims made in the past, as well as claims made now, that civilization "needs taxation" in order to be "helped" by government to become better than it otherwise would be.  Some people probably even confuse "government" with "civilization", but I'll let that pass for now.  Historically, coming from the pinhead who claimed there was no right to falsely shout "Fire!" in a crowded theater, comes the "gem": "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization."  Hardly.  Civilization is what we manage to create in spite of taxes. (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.)


Anchorage Libertarian Examiner
Those naughty Hondurans
By Kevin Wilmeth

In an article in this week's issue of The Libertarian Enterprise, Russell Longcore argues that the recent, ah, replacement of the head executive in Honduras, cannot properly be called a coup d'etat, as that term implies the overthrow of a legitimate government, and Manual Zelaya was rather conspicuously violating his country's constitution.  (Put aside, for the moment, that the term "legitimate government" is an inherent oxymoron.  The only government that is "legitimate" to every one ot its citizens is self-government.) (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.)



Dallas Libertarian Examiner
MPP smoking too much of its own stash

By Garry Reed

What are these people doing?

Why are they throwing themselves at the feet of a grotesque, morbidly obese behemoth that gobbles up everything within its reach and begging it, "Please, take me!"

These people are the Marijuana Policy Project, an organization that envisions "a nation where marijuana is legally regulated."

The fat slob is the state of California, still looking for the next orgy of food to gorge itself on even though it's already bloated and bankrupt. (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.)




Features From The Last Issue

Libertarian Commentary on The News (July/13/09)
By Nathan A. Barton © 2009

50 Ways To Leave Leviathan
by The Hunter   

Countering No Rights Zones
By Sunni Maravillosa

National Gun Rights Examiner
Report and small arms survey mask anti-gun agenda
by David Codrea

External Articles
Preparing for civil unrest
By Claire Wolfe

  Albuquerque Libertarian Examiner
Dislike of cops does not equal love of thugs
By Kent McManigal

Anchorage Libertarian Examiner
Dehumanizing the world, one word at a time
By Kevin Wilmeth

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