February 2012
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“To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed, opposed; but not to the genuine...”
– Thomas Jefferson
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“But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God....”
– Thomas Jefferson
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“If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the...”
– Somerset Maugham
“The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of...”
– Ayn Rand (via baseballlibertarian)
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Rick Santorum talks economy, controversy, and... →
Glenn Beck had the (un)pleasure of sitting down with Rick Santorum, and discussing the issues. They spoke, briefly, about The Fed. Please see the video (click on the Title) for the details.
It is becoming increasingly clear that Santorum knows nothing of what he speaks. He, like Milton Friedman, justifies a fiat currency. What I find interesting, is how he unspecifically dances around the details...
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“For instance, take dating, marriage and family.
In any reasonably free...”
– Stefan Molyneux (via coeus)
Evil Teabagger: How Government Hurts The Poor →
laliberty:
Just a few quick examples, as to elaborate on this question:
Minimum wage laws ostensibly exist to offer poorer workers better pay, but tend to leave the lower-skilled workers unemployed instead. 1
Tariffs and tough anti-immigration laws purportedly protect American…
—Reblogged by Elle.
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Math Matters →
baseballlibertarian:
thesepostsarenotcoercive:
baseballlibertarian:
by Walter Williams
If one manages to graduate from high school without the rudiments of algebra, geometry and trigonometry, there are certain relatively high-paying careers probably off-limits for life – such as careers in architecture, chemistry, computer...
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Ignored 911 Call Turns Fatal In Berkeley; Police... →
BERKELEY (KCBS) — Berkeley Police acknowledge they didn’t immediately respond to a call in the hills that would eventually result in a homicide this past Saturday.
Officers were preparing for an Occupy protest headed to UC Berkeley from Oakland and said it didn’t appear to be an emergency.
Neighbors in the area of Grizzly Peak Blvd. and Park Gate Road said that the police response to the call...
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Ron Paul Is A Nut?
By Jerry Titus
Ron Paul is a nut? …For those of you who refer to Ron Paul as a “nut” or “loon”, remember this-He has never voted to raise taxes. He has never voted for an unbalanced budget. He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership. He has never voted to raise congressional pay. He has never taken a government-paid junket. He has never voted to...
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Private Employment Has Recouped Only Three-Eighths... →
baseballlibertarian:
But things are getting better, right big government central planning statists?
Private employment drives an economy. Until those recover the economy will never recover. We will see lost decades after decades like Japan has seen recently. Until we let the free market run free we won’t see any recovery.
As the most widely reported rate of unemployment (U-3) has fallen...
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I keep seeing that women spend $600 or so a year...
baseballlibertarian:
If contraceptives are a right and women should get them for free I just have one question.
Since I have the right to bear arms, where is my free gun?
I spend way more than $600 a year on fire arms. Since it is a right, shouldn’t I get one for free?
There is a big difference between free hand outs and out right banning something. No one running wants to ban...
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The Myths of Reaganomics →
Government Spending:
Sophisticated economists say that these absolute numbers are an unfair comparison, that we should compare federal spending in these two years as percentage of gross national product. But this strikes me as unfair in the opposite direction, because the greater the amount of inflation generated by the federal government, the higher will be the GNP. We might then be...
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10 "fun" facts about drones →
baseballlibertarian:
And the slide to the complete police state slips even closer.
1. There could be 30,000 drones overhead in the U.S. by 2020, reports the Washington Times.
2. Reaper drones’ “unblinking stare” can currently take in a 4 kilometer by 4 kilometer area — about the size of Fairfax — but that will soon be expanded, said Air Force Lieutenant General Larry James, to a 10...
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Pessimism Among US Spies on Afghan War →
baseballlibertarian:
Another lost war and another example of the failings of an internationalism foreign policy.
Time to cut our loses and bring all the troops home.
Whenever the US military leadership talks about the decade-long occupation of Afghanistan, it sounds as though all is going swimmingly. Sure, there’s the occasional colonel who starts speaking out of turn about how bad things...
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“It has been my experience that when dealing with females, you need to treat them...”
– Rick Santorum
The ladies’ gentleman we can all get behind, right?
—Shared by Elle.
(via citizens-concerned)
This quote is fake and is taken from a parody website. As much as I dislike Santorum I have to ask that people stop reblogging false and misleading information. If true can someone provide...
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“It has been my experience that when dealing with females, you need to treat them...”
– Rick Santorum
The ladies’ gentleman we can all get behind, right?
—Shared by Elle.
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EU Threatens Tiny Switzerland Over Low Taxes →
In Switzerland, cantonal governments close to voters set their own tax policies. The resulting competition between the more than two dozen cantons fosters a business-friendly environment of low taxes, minimal government interference, and widespread prosperity. That is one important reason why international businesses flock to Switzerland in droves. The Swiss model works so well that even as the...
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Pentagon wants $3 billion for the War in Iraq that... →
The American public has been told that the Iraq War is a thing of the past. Even still, the US Department of Defense is asking the federal government for almost $3 billion for “activities” in a country that they shouldn’t be in.
The last US troops were supposedly withdrawn from Iraq just before 2012 began, but after years of a war that abruptly ended this past December, the Pentagon still wants...
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President Obama's 'Housing Bill of Rights' →
Before Julius Caesar was killed at the hands of his fellow senators, there was the murder of Tiberius. In Tiberius’ day, every Roman citizen who owned land had to serve in the army. Conscription could be long, so many soldiers had to leave their farms in the hands of their wives and children to serve. Often, a soldier’s family couldn’t keep the farm running in his absence, and so were forced to...
Employment Rate for Young Adults Lowest in 60... →
evilteabagger:
thisisnotnews:
evilteabagger:
Thank you, minimum wage (among other things).
Are you young and looking for work? You’re in good company.
Just 54 percent of Americans ages 18 to 24 currently have jobs, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. That’s the lowest employment rate for this age group since the government began keeping track in 1948. And...
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“Even in the unlikely event that the balanced budget amendment should ever pass,...”
– Murray Rothbard
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Truth, Lies and Afghanistan →
When it comes to deciding what matters are worth plunging our nation into war and which are not, our senior leaders owe it to the nation and to the uniformed members to be candid — graphically, if necessary — in telling them what’s at stake and how expensive potential success is likely to be. U.S. citizens and their elected representatives can decide if the risk to blood and treasure is worth...
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“Some day I want to see Saturday Night Live broadcast from the moon”
– Newt Gingrich