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RSSMix.com Mix ID 250183RSSMixhttp://www.rssmix.com/This feed was created by mixing existing feeds from various sources.en-gb Thurs3http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52985.htmlFri, 12 Mar 2010 09:53:42 -0500The three best-read: Paul Farrell on the collapse of the American empire; Doug Casey on surviving financial apocalypse; and Ron Paul on the Schumer-Graham totalitarian id cards.fd110d7edfcc22aace6e945f5d87af7b The Southern Avenger: Why 'The Hurt Locker' Hurtshttp://www.dailypaul.com/node/128707<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7P38BxXmVb0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7P38BxXmVb0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P38BxXmVb0&feature=sub" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P38BxXmVb0&feature=sub">http://www.youtube.com/wa...</a><span class="read-more"><a href="/node/128707"><strong><br>Read more...</strong></a></span></p>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:38:05 -0500cd34a1b4a9c04cd66d0cd95b59a487a1 C4L@CPAC 2010: Tom Woodshttp://www.dailypaul.com/node/128705<p>Posted by Matt Hawes from C4L</p><p>Campaign for Liberty's Kevin Brett interviews historian and author Tom Woods during CPAC 2010.</p><p>The interview covers topics such as the tea parties, the political climate, the nullification movement, how Tom came to hold his beliefs, and the Ron Paul effect.</p><object width="425" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yv59mFGmIdI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yv59mFGmIdI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="340"></embed></object><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv59mFGmIdI" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv59mFGmIdI">http://www.youtube.com/wa...</a><span class="read-more"><a href="/node/128705"><strong><br>Read more...</strong></a></span></p>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:17:09 -0500fc29028a06e94b876437b609d20cd36d Dr. Ron Paul in Strong Support of Kucinich's Afghanistan Resolutionhttp://www.dailypaul.com/node/128544<object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/422uTaGxY8o&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/422uTaGxY8o&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:11:58 -0500e61ecce3b6983d6c7b41c3cb39d8b0ad NO to McCain/Lieberman/Scott Brown's S. 3081 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act !!http://www.dailypaul.com/node/128481<p>Previously posted on the <a href="http://dailypaul.com/node/128408">Daily Paul</a>, via the <a href="http://smargus.com/2010/03/sen-john-mccain-authors-bill-to-detain-americans-indefintely-without-trial/">Smoking Argus</a>, <a href="http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=234992">Ron Paul Forums</a> and the <a href="http://digg.com/d31L5Xw">New American</a>. S. 3081 outlines the process by which <b>Americans may be held indefinitely, without notice of their Miranda Rights, and without ever being charged with a crime.</b> </p><p><strong>SPONSOR</strong>: <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/300071_John_McCain" target="_blank">Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)</a></p><p><strong>CO-SPONSOR(S) 9<br /> </strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/412384" target="_blank">Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/300021" target="_blank">Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/300055" target="_blank">Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) </a></li><li><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/412380" target="_blank">Sen. George LeMieux (R-FL)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/300067" target="_blank">Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/300088" target="_blank">Sen. Jefferson Sessions (R-AL)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/400546" target="_blank">Sen. John Thune (R-SD)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/400432" target="_blank">Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/show/400432" target="_blank">Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)</a></li></ul><p>Please start calling your Senators today to vigorously oppose this bill, and <b>spread the word</b>. There is a complete corporate news blackout on this.<span class="read-more"><a href="/node/128481"><strong><br>Read more...</strong></a></span></p>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:11:22 -05006473547be809f4c453debb06928ae87a A Defeat for Big Pharma?http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52975.htmlFri, 12 Mar 2010 08:52:12 -0500Neocon John McCain is no longer willing to do the bidding of Big Pharma and the FDA, in attacking dietary supplement freedom, at least while he is in a primary fight.dbf9c03950d949496422163871d08eb3 Felix Ortiz Represents Government in Actionhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52973.htmlFri, 12 Mar 2010 08:49:47 -0500Assemblyman Ortiz really cut to the chase with the salt ban bill he introduced in New York. The bill is blunt:“3 S 399-BBB. PROHIBITION ON SALT; RESTAURANTS. 1. NO OWNER OR OPERATOROF A RESTAURANT IN THIS STATE SHALL USE SALT IN ANY FORM IN THE PREPARATION OF ANY FOOD FOR CONSUMPTION BY CUSTOMERS OF SUCH [...]5cf01c8b532a05e1f19fdbb8677fbf13 A Love Letter from AIPAC to the U.S. Congresshttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52953.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 21:18:49 -0500It seems like the United States isn’t paying enough attention to the republic’s first stateIsrael. So Israel’s main mouthpiece in the capital, AIPAC, has sent out a form letter to their puppets in Congress to step up sanctions against the war-mongering (at least in Israel’s paranoid imagination) Iranians. The Israelis AIPAC seems particularly upset that [...]fa0ffc83ec9dbf5ef8c7548850f7e48f 75 Years of Funny Moneyhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/75-years-of-funny-money.htmlMartin Masse on official counterfeiters in Canada.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -050038adb0172f98f24e093b8e92130f5a5b End Daylight Saving Timehttp://www.lewrockwell.com/pr/end-daylight-saving-time2.htmlStop the mad government messing with our clocks, says Sheila Danzig.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -05009e77121dca9b33cbf4d39586788fea12 Prepare for the Worsthttp://www.lewrockwell.com/celente/celente25.1.htmlGerald Celente on terrorism, food shortages, economic breakdown in 2012.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -0500dd9331f4fc5f5e7a75c3c7e310f41d63 The Tropical Magic Potionhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/health-benefits-coconut-oil.htmlThe amazing health benefits of coconut oil.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -0500debaa47a0acc65b7396f0373d7e2c0f2 Elvis Presley's 2008 Passporthttp://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/elvis-passport.htmlSo much for federal document security. Article by Mark Nestmann.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -0500afe54770b9fadc119d223b0d5e3d742a The National Worker ID Cardhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/national-worker-id-card.htmlRobert Wenzel on an evil instrument of control.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -0500a258d16816801e8223c732479319c401 Czars to Serfshttp://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w135.htmlShut up and pay up. Article by Will Grigg.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -050005acbe117155d8dab21b32f667484d66 French Bread Poisoned With LSDhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/french-bread-lsd.htmlAnother CIA "experiment."Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -0500ce70a3a04f32f5838603104e86d218a9 Nullifying Federal Tyrannyhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/wilson/wilson33.1.htmlClyde Wilson on Jefferson and the real American heritage.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -0500bb11788dd45bcf7aa083e616d6783fad Killing Productive Jobshttp://www.lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff77.1.htmlTo create Soviet ones. Peter Schiff on the state.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -0500057c60406fd0a1c17003699ba43f83c1 Ron Paul Is Righthttp://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block152.htmlAnd "The Economist" and the Fed are wrong, says Walter Block.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -05000ee0b7a2cae6ae8f1fa01e03a52b17ff Your 'Servants' Live Better Than Youhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/fed-pay-beats-private-industry.htmlThat's because they're your masters.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:40 -0500531df190d3d6edbe916e78e8309c8ef5 Ron Paul on Bloomberg 3/11/10: Giving Fed More Power `Makes No Sense'http://www.dailypaul.com/node/128666<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/44EOmmkx3u8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/44EOmmkx3u8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44EOmmkx3u8" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44EOmmkx3u8">http://www.youtube.com/wa...</a></p>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:12:45 -05004fdf15d20fc543c922c5e08b0fb5845b A sign of things to come?<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>In a <em>Politico</em> piece out today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute's John Berlau and Jonathan Moore point to the bailout and subsequent practices of AIG as an example of what a public option in health care could look like in the marketplace.</p> <blockquote> <p>Since September 2008, the government has infused billions into an insurer that provides coverage for cars, homes and business assets. Once this insurer got government funding, it began slashing premiums for many of the insurance policies it sells. Its private-sector competitors have cried foul, but new customers keep signing up.</p> <p>Chances are that most readers have heard of this insurer - just not referred to as a "public option." Rather, it is known by its initials: AIG.</p> <p>Though the primary argument for the government to pour more than $180 billion into American International Group's coffers was to save the financial system from the company's bad mortgage bets, the infusions have given the company an advantage over its rivals in its daily businesses....</p> <p>AIG cut premiums by 34 percent, for example, to underbid three other firms and win renewal of a policy with the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Journal reported. It pried away a rival's contract covering the city-owned airport in Mesa, Ariz., by bidding about 30 percent less. The company assuaged concerns about safety and soundness by pointing directly to the government infusion that, it says, "strengthens [AIG's] capital positions."...</p> <p>The Government Accountability Office and the insurance department of Pennsylvania are investigating whether the company has been charging inadequate amounts for the risks involved in its policies since it received bailout money.....</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34211.html#ixzz0huhvbAIh" target="_blank">Read the rest</a></p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33443Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:29:28 -0500320f126fafeff25b0e3e9f51efbe0250 The Thin Blue Whine, Pittsburgh Editionhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52938.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 18:14:02 -0500Pittsburgh, which is under a state of emergency in anticipation of weekend flooding, might witness an outbreak of the “Blue Flu,” an epidemic of militant petulance resulting in a mass “sick-out” by police.As has been the case elsewhere, the Pittsburgh plague is an acute reaction by tax-engorged union police to what they consider an intolerable [...]ac81c2b61b545fa1987fd10553ab7526 Ron Paul on Bloomberghttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52939.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 17:41:54 -0500(Thanks to Travis Holte)746cf5c4374ba1a865664196bb18ac85 Ruling Blocks One Option for ObamaCare<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>Read the <em>Roll Call</em> piece on the Senate parliamentarian's ruling <a href="http://cdn.rollcall.com/media/44110-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33440Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:23:19 -0500640e1c77107f5cb5f4c39ab7bf1661fd Letter To Ron Paulhttp://www.dailypaul.com/node/128656<p>Dear Ron Paul</p><p>First of all Thank you for more than 30 years of your life you placed in this struggle for freedom.</p><p>I compose this letter as a poet and a member of the rEVOLution.</p><p>My heart asks you Ron Paul to help us.</p><p>We have several hundred of Liberty oriented candidates running for all levels of high office - they need your help.</p><p>Some days ago you appeared on Judge Napolitano show the very same day Jake Towne also was on this show...</p><p>Jake Towne is a pure Liberty candidate for whom I am working as a volunteer.<span class="read-more"><a href="/node/128656"><strong><br>Read more...</strong></a></span></p>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:02:05 -05009979c8b58f6c96b2af3a9091565dc7f8 H.R 4759 REPEAL NAFTA!http://www.dailypaul.com/node/128522<p>I see Ron Paul has already signed on to this bill.</p><p>Call your congresscritters today and ask them to please co-sponsor this bill.</p><p>As a factory worker in Ohio I will tell you first hand that NAFTA has been a total disaster for American small and mid sizes industry.</p><p><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4759/show">HR4759 - Full Text at Open Congress.org</a></p><p>111th CONGRESS, 2d Session</p><p><b>H. R. 4759</b></p><p>To provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement.<span class="read-more"><a href="/node/128522"><strong><br>Read more...</strong></a></span></p>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:41:20 -050085d400659ae633622c89107d484fbfcd The Stimulus Bill: One Year Later<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>On <em>Freedom Watch</em>, Judge Andrew Napolitano interviews The Independent Institute's Dr. Robert Higgs concerning how government intervention prolongs economic crises.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="350" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Ij7l2KVwPE" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Ij7l2KVwPE"></embed> </object> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ij7l2KVwPE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ij7l2KVwPE</a></p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33425Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:36:08 -05002a0517224284d4e0c27ca362e8a323a6 Defending the Free Market of Food<p>By Andrew Ward</p><p>Yesterday, I joined Deborah Stockton, President of the National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association (<a href="http://nicfa.com/">NICFA</a>), and Joel Salatin, author of the wildly popular "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Want-Do-Illegal-Stories/dp/0963810952">Everything I Want to Do is Illegal</a>," in lobbying our senators to vote against S.510, the so-called "Food Safety Modernization Act."</p> <p>We were not alone.  Many other consumers and producers of local foods spoke with their representatives about the dangers and consequences of granting the FDA even more power over the food "industry," which would undoubtedly put an unfair burden on the suppliers of  arguably the most healthy food in America.</p> <p>S.510 gives sweeping new powers to the inefficient FDA to invade local farms if they have "reason to believe" a food-borne illness exists, and quarantine or shut the farm down.  An FDA agent could decide that raw milk, for instance, was "adulterated" or "misbranded," and that therefore the farm should be shut down.  On top of that, the bill would also apply strict internationalist standards, which include the slaughterhouse-destroying HAACP and International Plant Protection Convention's burdensome "Pest Free" standard, to small farms.  In short, it's the Patriot Act of Foods, and will bring unabsorbable regulations to small restaurants, farmers, and individual producers of food. </p> <p>The belief from Congress seems to be that everyone involved with food needs to be regulated by the government in order to reduce the risk of mass amounts of people getting sick.  What they don't seem to understand is that the farmer to consumer system is already regulated by a market that thrives on reputation instead of a rubber stamp by government bureaucrats.  If there is ever an issue with the food, the consumer goes directly to the intermediary or farmer, and the problem is resolved.  The suppliers are held accountable by their clientele who are naturally in a position of power. </p> <p>Contrast this kind of decentralized, consumer-driven regulation with the political FDA monopoly, which tends to let barely-tested drugs and foods through, while barring potential life-saving products from entry into the larger market.  In the government's monopolized system of regulation there isn't substantial accountability, and producers of harmful products and foods have less incentive to ensure that what they are supplying to the public is safe.</p> <p>Well, the Utopian mindset of Congress-persons was certainly on display yesterday, but progress was made to convince many well-meaning statists that their laws were at best ineffective, and at worst destructive to localities.  A reception full of delicious restaurant-prepared local and farmer food was held after the hours of lobbying, and Congressman Ron Paul was kind enough to speak to the large crowd of activists and congressional staffers about liberty and health freedom.  It was overall a very productive lobbying day, and many minds were open to alternatives to government regulation as the answer to our health and safety woes.</p> <p>Despite existing corporatist laws on the books that make it difficult for small time growers and suppliers of food to survive, the market for unsterilized, unpasteurized, organic farmer food is skyrocketing.  From the looks of it, this "well-intended" piece of legislation is aimed at crippling these grassroots markets to the delight of giant international food conglomerates.  So even if you are not (yet) a producer or consumer of these foods, please take the time to <strong><a href="/congress.php">contact your senators</a> </strong>and tell them to oppose S.510, the anti-farmer, anti-locality Food Sterlization Act.</p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33435Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:16:33 -050016fc88d1bac4bc0306c1206d6df44eee C4L Activities on Health Care Reform<p>By brandonwbarrios</p><p><strong>True reform of our Health Care Industry while respecting constitutional government, free markets and individual liberty.</strong></p> <p>If you had the opportunity to watch the health care summit, there were a few noteworthy suggestions made by the Republican side.  One or two were liked, most were dismissed, and none of the suggestions have been adopted in the current bill or discussed further.</p> <p>For example, a suggestion was made to allow health insurance competition across state lines.  This suggestion was dismissed by President Obama as favoring more basic, inexpensive insurance plans.  These plans would attract more business.  In other words, a considerable amount of Americans would find enough value in basic, inexpensive plans that they'd choose to actually purchase insurance instead of foregoing health insurance altogether.</p> <p>What can be derived from President Obama's dismissal is that providing inexpensive insurance plans to the most amount of Americans is not the goal for this health care reform bill.  Special interests hold priority over allowing meaningful competition amongst private insurers.  This competition, as noted at the health care summit by President Obama himself, would lead to more customers buying the more basic, inexpensive plans.</p> <p>Apparently, that the customers make this decision of their own volition is what the administration has a problem with.  This type of thinking hardly respects an individual's economic liberty.</p> <p>In the case we haven't made it obvious enough, our Campaign for Liberty office is currently working on a major petition push.  This petition represents and voices our supporters' opposition to governmental take over of the health care industry.</p> <p>A petition can be filled out here:<a title="Petition" href="http://www.chooseliberty.org/hcaudio2.aspx?pid=s01"> Keep Government from taking over Health Care Petition</a></p> <p><strong>Campaign for Liberty does not stop there, however.</strong></p> <p>Our office is advocating on behalf of three pieces of health care reform legislation at the federal level.  This legislation seeks to improve the health care industry while respecting free markets, constitutional government, and individual liberty.  </p> <p>One of the pieces of legislation aims to circumvent the federal government's attempt to force mandate the purchase of insurance upon all citizens or otherwise pay a hefty fine/fee/penalty/tax.  This will be achieved by making law the individual's liberty to make economic decisions for themselves- stating the federal government cannot force a citizen's purchase of health insurance.</p> <p>Another piece of legislation pushes for the allowance of health insurance competition across state lines.  In a normal operating market, these insurers must compete for customers through the offering of better products at cheaper prices.  Currently, the special favors granted to health care insurers by government have allowed the industry to overlook the foundation of a private business- to offer a product or service of value in order to attract customers.</p> <p>Information on this very important legislation can be found on our website:<a title="C4L Operation Health Freedom" href="http://www.operationhealthfreedom.com"> C4L's Operation Health Freedom</a></p> <p>Nationwide, we are witnessing the advancement of state level legislation that follows our federal level legislation.  There is state level legislation just passed by Virginia's General Assembly and soon to be signed by the Governor that aims to nullify possible federal legislation mandating the forced purchase of health insurance upon its residents.</p> <p>Lawmakers from 44 states have introduced measures warning Congress to respect the states' rights and dozens of other resolutions opposing federal legislation on issues that include gun control, state commerce and health care.</p> <p>These are very important precedents being set state by state by concerned citizens.  The Campaign for Liberty office fights on many of these fronts.  There are many legislative efforts currently being undertaken by C4L, and your support is critical to seeing them through.</p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33430Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:13:20 -0500d425340df4c460144100f0686d9c8509 Kansas City to Close Nearly Half Its Schools<p>By Matt Holdridge</p><p>From the <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/us/11kansascity.html">New York Times</a></em>:</p> <p> <blockquote> <p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Board of Education voted Wednesday night to close almost half of the city’s public schools, accepting a sweeping and contentious plan to shrink the system in the face of dwindling enrollment, budget cuts and a $50 million deficit.</p> <p>In a 5-to-4 vote, the members endorsed the Right-Size plan, proposed by the schools superintendent, John Covington, to close 28 of the city’s 61 schools and cut 700 of 3,000 jobs, including those of 285 teachers. The closings are expected to save $50 million, erasing the deficit from the $300 million budget.</p> </blockquote> <p>What's your opinion on this news? </p> </p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33438Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:11:54 -05005b7068b03673c6858a7f528f3119a0f5 Another Jacobin History Lessonhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52924.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 13:15:54 -0500All-war supporter Jacoby, who forbids questions that inquire into possible U.S. imperial interests in the Middle East (or calls them nasty names), declares once more the Mission Accomplished in Iraq. Apparently, its not a parody.I wonder why Mr. Jacoby never mentions the Christians whose communities in Iraq have been obliterated by the war, and who [...]8497b4ced41c5c42bef9d9218b0a2f68 Rawles on C2C Tonighthttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52918.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:35:12 -0500Writes John Wesley Rawles:I will be interviewed by George Noory tonight (Thursday, March 11th) at 10 p.m. Pacific Time on the Coast-to Coast AM show. The syndicated show is heard on more than 520 AM stations as well as XM/Sirius Channel 165. This interview will be about my book, How to Survive the End of [...]02e5ae7ed93e57a692e13784addcfc70 Before and After Finding LRChttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52915.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:30:29 -0500Writes a very nice Canadian friend:Before and after finding LRC: “Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.” Khalil Gibran (18831931)6e9101e432785af97c2772938f731ef4 Steve Dore's new song and video for the biggest Freedom Rally in the SE United States!http://www.dailypaul.com/node/128622<object width="425" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vIjqYze4UBA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vIjqYze4UBA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="340"></embed></object><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIjqYze4UBA" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIjqYze4UBA">http://www.youtube.com/wa...</a></p><p>Info for donations will be here soon... Thank you! Greenville, SC, Freedom Rally, April 17th, Center of Town<span class="read-more"><a href="/node/128622"><strong><br>Read more...</strong></a></span></p>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:01:16 -05004a39746324e249be406c1d55067fc3e6 "Rewards" for health care vote<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>Via the <em>Washington Post</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>At the same time, Obama intends to lobby wavering House Democrats to vote for a Senate version of the legislation and to support the subsequent reconciliation process, which Republicans have characterized as an unjustified use of majority power. Among the rewards Obama is ready to offer, White House officials said, are election-year visits to competitive congressional districts, where a presidential appearance can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds....</p> </blockquote> <p>And just for fun:</p> <blockquote> <p>"I don't believe we should give either the government or the insurance companies more control over health care in America," Obama said. "I want to give you more control over health care in America."...</p> </blockquote> <p>Riiiiight.</p> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/10/AR2010031001417.html?hpid=news-col-blog&sid=ST2010031001756" target="_blank">Read the rest.</a> (Thanks to N.S.)</p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33428Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:14:19 -0500d9390b5ce07c4aa609430a498a2433b4 C4L@CPAC 2010: Tom Woods<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>Campaign for Liberty's Kevin Brett interviews historian and author Tom Woods during CPAC 2010.</p> <p>The interview covers topics such as the tea parties, the political climate, the nullification movement, how Tom came to hold his beliefs, and the Ron Paul effect.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="350" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yv59mFGmIdI" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yv59mFGmIdI"></embed> </object> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv59mFGmIdI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv59mFGmIdI</a></p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33426Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:16:39 -0500aa8174fd4d444878c18fa10a5dd6f54f "War vs. Conservatism"<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>Kudos to Congressman John Duncan for an excellent speech yesterday on our never-ending wars during Wednesday's debate on the resolution to end the war in Afghanistan.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="350" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fMnj8yd8dqA" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fMnj8yd8dqA"></embed> </object> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMnj8yd8dqA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMnj8yd8dqA</a></p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33423Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:27:22 -0500cb401f1c515e147d34e607ec898bc09b C4L@CPAC 2010: Judge Napolitano<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>During our activities at this year's CPAC, C4L's Kevin Brett interviewed several of our speakers.</p> <p>This interview with Judge Andrew Napolitano covers nullification, secession, the current political climate, Ron Paul's influence, and more.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="350" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eY1QtmFpP3I" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eY1QtmFpP3I"></embed> </object> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY1QtmFpP3I" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY1QtmFpP3I</a></p> <p> </p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33362Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:26:48 -0500aae3540fb0e307760d3ce1e19fd4e077 A Saving Phrase in Afghanistanhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52907.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 11:00:25 -0500Eric Margolis writes to Fred Reed:When confronting crowds of heavily-armed, angry tribesmen, I have often found that, `Salaam, my brothers, please to lower your lovely weapons. I write for Lew Rockwell.com!’ always works and gets me lots of kisses and hugs from burly, bearded tribesmen.UPDATE from Butler Shaffer:I wonder what kind of response these words [...]bf94482b7a8b0ccd81d991be31dc8d93 TODAY 3-11 in the US Court of Appeals - Historic Bailout Trial!http://www.dailypaul.com/node/128572<p><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/g68PgcypCwI%2Em4v" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="350" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></p><p>EMERGENCY ALERT - Historic Bailout Trial 3/11/10 with opening arguments by Bob Schulz of the We the People Foundation will commence tomorrow. All patriots are needed to attend to witness and document this case. The constitutionality of the robbery of the Treasury of the United States by the criminal Wall Street Bankers hangs in the balance. SPREAD THE WORD! </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ry6-1L2Xxs" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ry6-1L2Xxs">http://www.youtube.com/wa...</a><br /><a href="http://realityreport.blip.tv/file/3328111/" title="http://realityreport.blip.tv/file/3328111/">http://realityreport.blip...</a><span class="read-more"><a href="/node/128572"><strong><br>Read more...</strong></a></span></p>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:50:41 -0500f7289ca81784b311bc115e47decff238 Our Unelected Representativeshttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52904.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 10:47:13 -0500I’ve been getting a ton of mail regarding the support of Catholic bishops for health care “reform.” Apparently, a lot of Catholics didn’t know about the billions of taxpayer dollars the bishops receive a year, and how that money might influence the left-wing agenda of the bishops conference (why is its headquarters located in Washington, [...]ec3e8466f7fe473e09730704af7bd2f3 Answers Sought from Ben Bernanke<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank has written a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke asking him to "fully investigate" possible incidents of Fed wrongdoing during the 1970s and 1980s.  Congressman Paul raised concerns about these incidents during a recent Committee hearing.</p> <blockquote> <p>"During your Humphrey-Hawkins testimony before this Committee last week, Representative Ron Paul raised questions about inappropriate political interference with the Federal Reserve System resulting in hidden transfers of resources to facilitate crimes during the Watergate scandal in the 1970s, and to Iraq for weapons purchases during the 1980s.  These are serious allegations and must be fully investigated.  I expect that you will do so promptly, and share the results of your investigation with Congress."</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.house.gov/paul/FedLetter.pdf" target="_blank">Read the rest.</a></p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33422Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:27:18 -05001edc6e38c90055c13f01af0b34e4c5d7 Wed3http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52896.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 09:52:07 -0500The three best-read were:Ron Paul’s foreward to Judge Napolitano’s book; Roy Barnes Jesse Ventura unscripted; and Roger Nusbaum Jim Rogers watches the whole world.c8fca06a3e5d9270dbe235e03d248595 Robert Auerbach: Stop the Federal Reserve From Shredding Its Recordshttp://www.dailypaul.com/node/128604<p>Should the policymaking committee of the most powerful peacetime entity in the United States government be allowed to destroy their source records? The Federal Open Market Committee of the nation's central bank, an intricate part of the United States government may be continuing to destroy its source records, a policy it began in 1995 with an unrecorded vote -no fingerprints - conducted by then Chairman Alan Greenspan.</p><p>Continue:</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-auerbach/stop-the-federal-reserve_b_385328.html">Stop the Federal Reserve From Shredding Its Records</a><span class="read-more"><a href="/node/128604"><strong><br>Read more...</strong></a></span></p>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:42:41 -0500f3a26791ad7a5327eacca0c0daf71f95 Keeping the Masses Sick, Fat, and Happyhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52886.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 06:35:38 -0500Here’s an interesting post on food subsidies from 2007.When the House of Representatives debated the bill in July, PCRM, along with many other health and public interest groups, supported the Fairness in Farm and Food Policy Amendment, which was offered by Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ). This amendment would have limited government [...]6569133ef4d012e9b8f005470b4c1070 Kucinich and Paul Confront the Criminals in Congresshttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52877.htmlThu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:58 -0500Part 1: Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) launches the first salvo:Part 2: Ron Paul (R-TX) launches the second salvo:[Thanks to Jesse Stewart]d07ff081e47b66b38dccf456e2bbe42b Will New York City Rub Salt in the Wound?http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52866.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 23:49:06 -0500First, the Nazi York City government banned all smoking in private establishments. Then, it banned the use of trans fats in restaurant-prepared foods. Most probably it will impose a tax on sugared soft drinks. And now (drum roll, please) one of the Nazis has proposed a BAN ON THE USE OF SALT in preparing restaurant [...]e53d86711d0b00e25b331d2bbdeb8b68 We Cant Let Romney Beat the Judgehttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52863.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:24 -0500Writes Bill Cooke:Right after reading this, I bought Judge Napolitano’s book through your site. We can’t let that Neo-Con Romney beat our Judge!05db9396778b9d6a5e58a985e74dfc00 Hollywood Glorifies War, Part MCMXLVIIIhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52854.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 18:46:54 -0500Writes David Kramer:Here’s the trailer for The Hurt Locker. I now have even less of an interest in seeing this movie. I’d rather read a book (as usual).9bd6ab278bffc5f80f08c43932eccfb6 Iraq War a Success?<p>By Anthony Gregory</p><p>This has become the mainstream consensus, <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/03/10/friedman/index.html">as Glenn Greenwald explains</a>, and much of it has to do with a Democratic "peace" president in the White House. Americans used to be impatient about this war going on and on, but now it looks like much of the country is resigned to it.</p> <p>By the way, <a href="http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=5273">I'm blogging this from a plane</a>, a good reminder that just as we all get used to government folly, we also get used to market wonders and come to take them for granted.</p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33407Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:27:14 -0500e74c32ebec550d635fc825c148140c2b Ron Paul on the Totalitarian ID Schemehttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52851.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 15:31:48 -0500(Thanks to Travis Holte)UPDATE from Vadim Antonov:The real threat of national ID cards is that they constitute the government’s permission for gainful employment.If the government issues them, the government also has power to take them away just like they have the power to take away or deny renewal of driver licenses.Eventually this power will [...]d9da9320e2bb499428f1d0c80b6d3f3b House Debates War in Afghanistan<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>The House is currently in the midst of a three hour debate over H Con. Res. 248, which would require President Obama to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan within 30 days of the resolution's passage by Congress or no later than the end of 2010.</p> <p><a href="http://cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx" target="_blank">Watch live here.</a></p> <p><strong>Update</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="350" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/422uTaGxY8o" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/422uTaGxY8o"></embed> </object> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422uTaGxY8o" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422uTaGxY8o</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Update #2</strong>: The bill failed 65-356.  <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll098.xml" target="_blank">See the roll call.</a></p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33400Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:03:25 -050022b7be843f0485a65ee8d16e60f7aadc Census Lawhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52847.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 13:56:46 -0500I pass this along letter on the census for your information, only. I do not counsel anyone to break the law. Of course, I’m not real sure of what the law is. A direct and literal reading of the U.S. Constitution it seems to me, a non lawyer, is clear as to what the law [...]d35e9bb6249afc17a75fbe11b86ba323 Heroic Icelandershttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52841.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 13:14:40 -050093% of Icelandic voters said no to a big-bank bailout. “If only Americans could vote on such issues,” says Ron Holland. This is a reminder of why Murray Rothbard liked Ross Perot’s idea of such a populist system here, and why the New Republic compared Perot to Hitler. Indeed, there was an Old Right proposal [...]cca32f5c9bfcdbbae82fe0a87df71cf4 Great Vanhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52835.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 12:55:56 -05000a288c24dfce8d335889f3a729e256d3 Medical records hit the web without consent in Britain<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>Via the UK's <em>Telegraph</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Those who do not wish to have their details on the £11 billion computer system are supposed to be able to opt out by informing health authorities.</p> <p>But doctors have accused the Government of rushing the project through, meaning that patients have had their details uploaded to the database before they have had a chance to object....</p> <p>At present 1.29 million people have had their details placed on the system. A further 8.9 million records are due to be added by June. By the end of next year, the NHS hopes to have more than 50 million uploaded.</p> <p>The "summary" records contain basic medical information including illnesses, vaccination history, and could include medication patients have been given. Ages and addresses are also included....</p> </blockquote> <p>I'm sure the British people received the exact same assurances from their government that their records and privacy would not be abused.  Let's keep this story handy to show to people as the health care debate continues to rage on in the U.S.</p> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7408379/Patients-medical-records-go-online-without-consent.html" target="_blank">Read the rest.</a></p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33394Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:56:00 -0500014ca01a274973c03cbdeaeaab731d48 Stop the Federal Reserve From Shredding Its Records<p>By Matt Holdridge</p><p>Robert Auerbach, a professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and author of the book "Deception and Abuse at the Fed" recently wrote an article on the <em>Huffington Post</em> outlining The Federal Open Market Committee at the Fed and their ability to destroy source records. </p> <p>In the article:</p> <blockquote> <p>Should the policymaking committee of the most powerful peacetime entity in the United States government be allowed to destroy their source records? The Federal Open Market Committee of the nation's central bank, an intricate part of the United States government may be continuing to destroy its source records, a policy it began in 1995 with an unrecorded vote -no fingerprints - conducted by then Chairman Alan Greenspan.</p> <p>...The FOMC controls the nation's money supply, targets short term interest rates and since 1962 took it upon themselves to bypass the Congressional appropriations process and loan money to foreign governments. I have described [in Deception and Abuse at the Fed] how the FOMC mislead the Congress in 1962 when they began this activity...</p> </blockquote> <p>Read the rest <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-auerbach/stop-the-federal-reserve_b_385328.html">here</a>.</p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33392Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:47:38 -05003998fd244944b19ea42f2e331dfeb9ff Re: Americas Newest Crisis: Walmart Cuts Price on Black Barbie Dollhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52821.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 11:27:59 -0500Bill, it’s even worse than you describe. Not only can the (apparently fragile) black psyche be attacked by Walmart’s pricing of a doll, but the white psyche too. One could arguewere he irredeemably statist and weak-mindedthat Walmart, by pricing black Barbies at a lower price point than white Barbies, is actually discriminating against [...]e8f24eb204af9b5ad66f151eaa267458 Your Amazon Purchaseshttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52816.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 11:15:18 -0500A friend asks what non-book Amazon products are most popular among LRCers. Here are a few:Miles of Paracord, in every color:Magnesium/firesteel fire starters;Emergency thermal blamketsDon’t Tread on Me flags;And the most popular health item vitamin D3 5000.The three best-selling books last week:Andrew Napolitano’s Lies of Government Told Us: Myth Power and Deception [...]d755747e75126aaf1946a614694f4241 Ron Paul Interview<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>Dr. Paul is scheduled to appear on Fox News' <em>America Live</em> with Megyn Kelly at 1 pm eastern to talk about national id cards.</p> <p><strong>Update</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="350" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UjjTenSDTGM" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UjjTenSDTGM"></embed> </object> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjjTenSDTGM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjjTenSDTGM</a></p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33390Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:45:26 -050098c25c4656ff7df9a5b690749fb20f00 Put Schiff and Blumenthal in a Cagehttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52814.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 10:46:26 -0500Connecticut politics needs MMA, says Don Pesci: a debate cage match between Peter Schiff and Richard Blumenthal.9ab20f5469f2602298b526a6b96731f5 Obama now targeting recreational fishing?<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>Seriously?  Is there not one area left in which this adminstration is not willing to make people angry?</p> <p>Via <em>ESPN</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing some of the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters....</p> </blockquote> <p>And just take a guess on how plans are being made to implement this...</p> <blockquote> <p>Consequently, unless anglers speak up and convince their Congressional representatives to stop this bureaucratic freight train, it appears that the task force will issue a final report for "marine spatial planning" by late March, with President Barack Obama then issuing an Executive Order to implement its recommendations - whatever they may be....</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/saltwater/news/story?id=4975762" target="_blank">Read the rest.</a></p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33386Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:58:00 -05006ce355f34fe7358b989fd2180d042112 Agent Orange Murderhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/52809.htmlWed, 10 Mar 2010 09:39:59 -0500Writes Steve Candidus:It seems that many of our fellow countrymen dont much care about killing, starving, maiming, or even torturing people as long as they Arent like us. To this end our American invention of Agent Orange has been killing Asians for more than 70 yearsFrom Nicholson Bakers marvelous book:EZRA KRAUS, a botanist from the [...]34df8805140d273c2838e48b0c27d309 Immigration Debate Renews ID Card Plans<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>Via <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Under the potentially controversial plan still taking shape in the Senate, all legal U.S. workers, including citizens and immigrants, would be issued an ID card with embedded information, such as fingerprints, to tie the card to the worker....</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703954904575110124037066854.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird" target="_blank">Read the rest.</a></p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33364Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:54:08 -05002c9d66a28771437f9a590166f066f126 McCain and Lieberman Strike Again<p>By Matt Holdridge</p><p>From the <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/03/a-detention-bill-you-ought-to-read-more-carefully/37116/">Atlantic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Why is the national security community treating the "<span>Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010," </span>introduced by Sens. John McCain and Joseph Lieberman on Thursday as a standard proposal, as a simple response to the administration's choices in the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing attempt? A <em>close reading of the bill suggests it would allow the U.S. military to detain U.S. citizens without trial indefinitely in the U.S. based on suspected activity</em>. <a href="http://assets.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/politics/ARM10090.pdf">Read the bill here</a>, and then read the summarized points after the jump.</p> <p>According to the summary, <span>the bill sets out a comprehensive policy for the detention, interrogation and trial of suspected enemy belligerents who are believed to have engaged in hostilities against the United States by requiring these individuals to be held in military custody, interrogated for their intelligence value and not provided with a Miranda warning.</span></p> </blockquote> <p><span>The post goes on.</span></p> <blockquote> <p><em>There is no distinction between U.S. persons--visa holders or citizens--and non-U.S. persons.</em>)<em><br /></em><br />It would require these "belligerents" to be coded as "high-value detainee[s]" to be held in military custody and interrogated for their intelligence value by a High-Value Detainee Interrogation Team established by the president. (<em>The H.I.G., of course, was established to bring a sophisticated interrogation capacity to the </em>federal <em>justice system.</em>)<em> </em></p> </blockquote> <p>This begs the question, what is a "belligerent" and how loose will this definition become with time? </p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33354Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:21:41 -05006556937bd5727fd7ad3dbff69bea1580 "Fed Audit Bitterly Opposed By Treasury"<p>By Matt Hawes</p><p>Sounds like all the more reason to keep pushing.</p> <p><em>The Huffington Post's </em>Ryan Grim reports:</p> <blockquote> <p>Secretary Tim Geithner, Assistant Treasury Secretary Alan Krueger and Gene Sperling, a counselor to the secretary, held a briefing Monday with new media reporters and financial bloggers during which they discussed the Fed audit and other topics. Under the briefing's ground rules, the officials could be paraphrased but not quoted, and the paraphrase could not be connected to a specific official....</p> </blockquote> <p>That's leadership!</p> <blockquote> <p>Asked whether he supports the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/fed-beaten-bill-to-audit_n_364546.html" target="_blank">House-passed measure</a> to open the Fed to an audit, which was cosponsored by Reps. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) and Ron Paul (R-Texas), a senior Treasury official said he is intensely opposed to it.</p> <p>The official said the measure would undermine the independence of monetary policy and could restrict the ability of the Fed to act in times of crisis. He said that the GAO already has audit authority and that the chairman routinely testifies before Congress....</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/fed-audit-bitterly-oppose_n_490872.html" target="_blank">Read the rest.</a></p>http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=33355Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:21:30 -05003c2b2c98c084688114a74f04c6095724