Freedom Watch 07-29-2009 Part VI Discussion on the Government and the Economy

In this segment Judge Andrew Napolitano, Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack, author Tom Mullen and Professor Walter Block discuss the negative effects of government intervention on the economy.

Freedom Watch 07-29-2009 Part V Discussion on the Federalism

In this segment Judge Andrew Napolitano, Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack and author Tom Mullen finish their discussion about the confrontation between Henry Gates and Sgt. James Crowley.

They also discuss state sovereignty (federalism) and how important it is.

Walter Block joins the discussion about the assault on our liberties.

Freedom Watch 07-29-2009 Part IV Discussion on the Gates - Crowley Affair

In this segment Judge Andrew Napolitano, Peter Schiff and Andrew Schiff finish their discussion about Peter Schiff's possible run against Dodd and the difficulties of getting the Republican nomination to run against Dodd.

Next Judge Andrew Napolitano, Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack and author Tom Mullen discuss the confrontation between Henry Gates and Sgt. James Crowley. They all agree that Crowley overstepped his powers. They point that there was absolutely no grounds to arrest Gates. Sheriff Mack says "disorderly conduct" charge is one that is almost always misused by police. They use it when they want to show who is boss.

Freedom Watch 07-29-2009 Part III Discussion on the Corrupt Chris Dodd

In this segment Judge Andrew Napolitano, Peter Schiff and Andrew Schiff finish their discussion about Congressman Alan Grayson's (Democrat - Florida) questioning of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben (Satan's Spawn) Bernanke on the $500 Billion of loans to foreigners.

They next discuss the sweetheart deal given to the very corrupt Senator Chris Dodd by Countrywide Mortgage. The sweetheart deal was worth about $75,000 to Dodd, according to an analysis by Portfolio magazine.

They also discuss Peter Schiff's possible run against Dodd and the difficulties of getting the Republican nomination to run against Dodd.

Freedom Watch 07-29-2009 Part II

In this segment Judge Andrew Napolitano, Peter Schiff and Andrew Schiff discuss Congressman Alan Grayson (Democrat - Florida) questioning of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben (Satan's Spawn) Bernanke on the $500 Billion of loans to foreigners.

When Grayson asks Bernanke which financial institutions received this money, Bernanke answered: I don't know.

Freedom Watch 07-29-2009 Part I

Part I

Ron Paul discusses the corruption and ill effects of the Federal Reserve, especially Goldman Sachs.

Protecting Canada from Beer Drinkers and Those With Dangerous Views.

The Motorhome Diaries crew were refused entry into Canada last Friday (7/24/09). Initially they were detained because they were suspected of espousing "dangerous views". Eventually the reason given was the pending charges in Jones County Mississippi for possession of beer in a dry county.



An excerpt from the post at Motorhome Diaries:

3:50pm? – Pete was asked to step up to the counter by border bureaucrat #17225. There, he was told that they wanted to determine better what he and Jason were about. He was questioned about his former business card, which listed “Crasher-in-Chief” as his title. Border bureaucrat told Pete that they were trying to determine if the views he and Jason espoused were “dangerous” and that her job was to “protect Canada.” Pete explained the mission of MHD – that they advocated a peaceful evolution. He explained that MHD was an almost real-time documentary that documented and shared stories of people advancing the freedom movement, both to give them props and also to motivate others. He touched on the impact of their meetups – connecting freedom-oriented activists and was told that that may be needed in the United States but those in Canada were quite happy. Pete explained that they had plans to meet folks in three towns and attend the Liberty Summer Seminar, so there were obviously some people in Canada pushing for more individual freedom and responsibility rather than the force that is government. He was told that some people can’t handle freedom, that “regulations are needed” to protect them. Pete questioned the double-standard of the use of cameras at the border checkpoint and inside the building and the ability of border bureaucrats to carry firearms when both were denied to him and others. The conversation continued along these lines.

» 4:00pm – Jason was led to the Interrogation Room #127 by border bureaucrat #17252, a large man who ran his hands up and down Jason’s body including his bathing suit area. But according to Canada his rights were not being violated.

» 4:10pm – Pete was also led into Interrogation Room #127 by border bureaucrat #17252. Once inside the room he was ordered to turn around and face the wall, interlace his fingers and place them on his head. He was instructed to take one step away from the wall, bend his left knee and look left while the male border bureaucrat placed his leg in-between Pete’s legs and held his fingers/hands with one hand while searching/patting/groping Pete with his other hand. This procedure was repeated to the right as well. Pete was then asked again about the pills and and about firearms on-board. Pete repeated the same info re: the pills and stated that there were no firearms nor ammunition in the vehicle.

------------- Three and half hours later -----------

» 7:45pm – Pete was instructed to accompany the same border bureaucrats to Interrogation Room #127. There, it was explained to him by border bureaucrat #17225 that there are two reasons why they can deny people entry into Canada: due to goods that are prohibited/deemed hazardous and due to immigration reasons. Pete was told that early on the border bureaucrats believed they would deny him and Jason entry due to the former reason, but that after searching for Motorhome Diaries online and they found it was “not as heinous as we thought at the beginning.” Pete was told that “We [the border bureaucrats] were given reasons to go further [hold Pete and Jason and continue the investigation].” Border bureaucrat specifically mentioned the “flyer that talked about escape” [one of the topics covered by an Alliance for the Libertarian Left pamphlet] and the “anarchist signs.” The border bureaucrat then explained that, per the immigration rationale, Pete was being detained due to 36.2.c of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which notes that entry can be denied due to “committing an act outside Canada that is an offence [sic] in the place where it was committed and that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an indictable offence [sic] under an Act of Parliament.” The acts that were referenced came from a FBI print-out (ID #MS05956188) that noted that Pete had been charged in Jones County Mississippi for possession of beer in a dry county. On that document (which Pete was shown but not allowed to keep) that lone offense was listed as the charge. There was one statute cited. Yet in the remarks both this charge and “possession of firearms across state lines” was noted. Pete pointed out that there was only one statute listed, which obviously wasn’t applicable to two charges, underscoring his point that he was only charged with one thing – the possession of beer in a dry county. Pete further explained that, while deputies of the Jones County Sheriff’s Department had threatened to involve the ATF in the case due to his firearms but that he was never charged for them, and that he had could prove as much by getting the Appearance Bond out of MARV that he received when he was released from the Jones County Adult Detention Facility. Border bureaucrat #17225 responded that she was going by what the FBI printout noted. Pete encouraged her to call the Jones County Adult Detention Facility (who’s number was listed on the sheet) but #17225 declined. Pete noted that he had only been charged, not convicted and noted that the burden was on the State to prove him guilty. He was told “No. The burden for this is on your shoulders.” Pete was told that if he is found guilty in Jones County then after five years pass after the end of that sentence he can petition the consulate for permission to enter Canada or he could wait ten years (if it’s the only accusation during those ten years) and it would be expunged. The border bureaucrat #17225 noted that in her previous conversation with Jason she had been told that some friends of friends knew some people in Canadian government and that if and when Pete and Jason attempted to cross the border again it would help their chances to have an invitation from such people. Pete was also told that if he and Jason had a different image - “If you wore a tie” – they likely wouldn’t’ have been questioned/investigated so heavily. Pete was presented with a document that had been printed out. It cited “Paragraph 42(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.” Border bureaucrat #17258 had signed under the statement that read “I am allowing you to withdraw your application to enter Canada and to leave Canada without delay.” Pete was told that he could sign under the statement “I hereby voluntarily withdraw my application to enter Canada and agree to leave Canada without delay.” He asked what the punishment for refusal to sign was and was informed that it would be noted in his file but would not increase any other penalties. Pete refused to sign.

The Motorhome Diaries crew were detained for over six hours. Read the entire entry here.

He Has An Umbrella! Tase Him.

Another story of excessive force used by police from the UK Guardian:

Officers who used pepper spray and a Taser to remove a man from a store bathroom found out only later he was deaf and mentally disabled and didn't understand they wanted him to open the door, police said today.

A spokesman for the Mobile, Alabama police department said the officers' actions were justified because the man was armed with a potential weapon: an umbrella. But relatives of Antonio Love, 37, have asked for a formal investigation and said they plan to sue both the police and the store.

"I want justice," Love's mother, Phyllis Love, said today.

The woman said her son hears only faintly, has the mental capacity of a 10-year-old and didn't realise that it was the police who were trying enter the bathroom.

Antonio Love, in a written statement and in a television interview given in sign language about the confrontation, said he had a badly upset stomach on Friday and went into a Dollar General store to use the restroom.

Police spokesman Christopher Levy said today store workers called police complaining that a man had been in the bathroom for more than an hour with the door locked. Officers knocked on the door and identified themselves, but the person didn't respond. Officers used a tire iron to open the door, but the man pushed back to keep it shut. Officers sprayed pepper spray through a crack trying to subdue the man, Levy said. They shot the man with a Taser when they finally got inside, he said.

Instead of replacing deadly force, the taser has become the first "tool" used by police in any situation. Rather than using common sense or any rational judgement police tase away and ask questions later.

Cyber Tsarism

Russia Today's Dina Gusovsky interviews cyber crime expert Berin Szoka of the Center for Internet Freedom. Szoka says giving the government control of Internet security will lead to a restriction of Internet civil liberties. Szoka says the government should secure its own networks and leave the security of private networks to the owners of the networks.

Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski: Obama's Foreign Policy is Not a Change

Russia Today's Alyona Minkovski interviews retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski. Kwiatkowski says that Barack Obama's foreign policy is a continuation of the old ways set by ex-president George W. Bush.



More on Kwiatkowski from Wikipedia:

Karen U. Kwiatkowski (born 24 September 1960) is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel whose assignments included duties as a Pentagon desk officer and a variety of roles for the National Security Agency. Since retiring, she has become a noted critic of the U.S. government's involvement in Iraq. Kwiatkowski is primarily known for her insider essays which denounce a corrupting political influence on the course of military intelligence leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Lt. Col. Kwiatkowski has an MA in Government from Harvard University and an MS in Science Management from the University of Alaska. She has a PhD in World Politics from The Catholic University of America; her thesis was on overt and covert war in Angola, A Case Study of the Implementation of the Reagan Doctrine. She has also published two books about U.S. policy towards Africa: African Crisis Response Initiative: Past Present and Future (US Army Peacekeeping Institute, 2000) and Expeditionary Air Operations in Africa: Challenges and Solutions (Air University Press, 2001).

Her most comprehensive writings on the subject of a corrupting influence of the Pentagon on intelligence analysis leading up to the Iraq War appeared in a series of articles in The American Conservative magazine in December 2003 and in a March 2004 article on Salon.com. In the latter piece ("The New Pentagon Papers") she wrote:

"I witnessed neoconservative agenda bearers within OSP usurp measured and carefully considered assessments, and through suppression and distortion of intelligence analysis promulgate what were in fact falsehoods to both Congress and the executive office of the president."

Kwiatkowski described how a clique of officers led by retired Navy Captain Bill Luti, assistant secretary of defense for NESA and former aide to Dick Cheney when the latter was Secretary of Defense, took control of military intelligence and how the "Office of Special Plans" (OSP) grew and eventually turned into a censorship and disinformation organism controlling the NESA.

Bidens Bloopers Complicating Relations with Russia

From Russia Today:

The US Vice Presidents harsh statements about Russia are his own, not a preplanned move by the White House, says political analyst Ivan Eland.

Children to be Used to Test Swine Flu Vaccine?

From Russia Today:

Around 12,000 US children, some of them as young as 3 years old, are reportedly going to receive untested shots of a swine flu vaccine, says investigative journalist Wayne Madsen.

Increasing Involvement of Females in Liberty Movement

Dave Ridley explores the increasing involvement of females in the Free State Project.

Metrodome Next? How About Metrodome Take It or Build Your Own

In the perfect example of Bastiat's "What is Seen and What is Not Seen" the Minnesota Vikings and the Metropolitan Sports Commission continue their push for a new taxpayer funded stadium. The reasons given for the stadium are the seen reasons of tax revenues and jobs. The stadium supporters of course ignore the tax revenues and jobs that would be generated if the taxpayers pockets weren't picked to support the rich owner and his rich players.

From the St. Paul Pioneer Press:

With the economy in the tank and state government awash in red ink, a new home for the Minnesota Vikings will be a hard sell at the Legislature in 2010.

So Roy Terwilliger wants to change the conversation.

"It's not about a new Vikings stadium. It's much bigger than that," the chairman of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Commission said in an interview last week. The Vikings open training camp on Thursday.

"It's more about how we make certain that we have a year-round, multipurpose stadium for the entire state of Minnesota for years to come and do it in an economical way," Terwilliger said.

So the commission is pushing to rebuild the Dome into a new, $954 million retractable-roof stadium on the current downtown Minneapolis site.

"We're calling it 'Metrodome Next,' " Terwilliger said.

Vikings owner Zygi Wilf has offered to foot $250 million of the bill, leaving taxpayers, one way or another, to pay the rest.


More importantly, Terwilliger said, the commission will intensify its efforts to inform the public about the benefits of a new stadium. If the public backs a stadium, he said, their elected officials will follow.

A public relations effort has been under way since 2007. Terwilliger said the commission has presented its case at public hearings in 17 outstate cities, and he has given speeches to more than 75 civic and business organizations.

Among the benefits he cites are that professional sports in the Metrodome, which was built without any state funding, had generated $246 million in tax revenue through 2008, including $234 million to the state, according to an analysis funded by the commission. The Vikings were the largest source of that tax revenue, generating $126 million.

The analysis also projected a new stadium would produce 13,400 jobs, including 8,000 construction jobs.

"Once people are acquainted with all the facts, then it becomes a case of how do we solve the problem," Terwilliger said.

What is the US fighting for in Afghanistan?

Alyona Minkovski of Russia Today interviews Jeff Dressler of the Institute for the Study of War about America's eight year old war in Afghanistan. Minkovski mentions a couple of times that Afghanistan is known as the "Graveyard of Empires." Will it be the graveyard of the American Empire?

America's Foreign Policy:No Change Under Obama

The insider revolving door and the wars continue under Barack "No Change" Obama.

Staind: Stimulate This!

I really don't know anything about the music group Stained, but they are coming to Rochester, Minnesota. In the Rochester Post Bulletin the following quotes are from lead singer Aaron Lewis:

I kind of came up with the idea of this tour by seeing what was going on in this country, and how basically what our esteemed president is doing at the moment is bailing out irresponsible corporations for their business actions and empowering the people that are already taking out of the system without putting into the system and lining a bunch of pockets of friends. And it really didn't do anything for the average American who really needed the help.

Government already has more control than what they're supposed to have as per the original document that created it all, that has created something that up and until pretty recently was the envy of the entire world.

Mr. Lewis certainly sees through the Obama Administration's bull.

Aaron Lewis talking the Constitution:


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Here they are performing "Right Here":

Reason TV on why the Obama Honeymoon is Over

Reason TV comments on why the Obama honeymoon is over:

It's been a difficult week for President Barack Obama, who has been criss-crossing the country trying to sell his messy health care legislation against a backdrop of headlines about his "honeymoon" being over. As Reason Editor in Chief Matt Welch and Reason TV/Online Editor Nick Gillespie explain in this Reason TV video, the president has only himself to blame, for breaking campaign promises, jacking up spending, and governing in atmosphere of perpetual crisis.

Peter Schiff on Global Markets

In his latest videoblog Peter Schiff comments on recent developments in global markets versus the US market.

Schiff says that real banks, those that lend money to businesses and people, are continuing to perform poorly. The banks that are doing well are the investments banks run like hedge funds, who have been infused with cheap federal money and are buying stocks. The government also uses these investment banks, which are owned by their cronies, to sell its massive new debt, generating fees for their friends at Goldman Sachs, et al.

Schiff says that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be dismantled and the government needs to get out of the business of guaranteeing mortgages. Schiff says the lesson of the failure of Fannie and Freddie is that the government is incompetent.

Iraq's Black Gold

Al Jazeera reports on the disappointing oil field auction in Iraq:

When the US invaded Iraq in 2003, many accused it of wanting to get its hands on Iraqi oil. Last month that chance came - by means of open bidding - when Iraq held an auction to allow foreign companies to help develop eight oil and gas fields. But seven of the eight failed to attract bids favourable enough to meet Iraq's tough conditions and no bids were accepted from US firms. Iraq gets almost 90 per cent of its revenue from oil exports, so why is the Iraqi government not doing more to develop the country's oil reserves and why are US companies not getting in on the act?

Corrupt Politicians? No!!! You Must Be Kidding

How can this be? Politicians arrested for corruption in New Jersey. But I thought only businessmen were greedy and that politicians worked for us. That is why we don't need to fear a big powerful government, because politicians and government employees aren't subject the temptations of the average person.

Inspector General for the Federal Reserve: I Don't Know Who Got the $9 Trillion in Credit

Representative Alan Grayson (Democrat - Florida) asks the Federal Reserve Inspector General about the trillions of dollars lent or spent by the Federal Reserve and where it went, and the trillions of off balance sheet obligations. Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman responds that the IG does not know and is not tracking where this money went.




From Bloomberg:

The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing would raise the government’s commitment to solving the financial crisis to $9.7 trillion, enough to pay off more than 90 percent of the nation’s home mortgages.

The Federal Reserve, Treasury Department and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have lent or spent almost $3 trillion over the past two years and pledged up to $5.7 trillion more. The Senate is to vote this week on an economic-stimulus measure of at least $780 billion. It would need to be reconciled with an $819 billion plan the House approved last month.

Only the stimulus bill to be approved this week, the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program passed four months ago and $168 billion in tax cuts and rebates enacted in 2008 have been voted on by lawmakers. The remaining $8 trillion is in lending programs and guarantees, almost all under the Fed and FDIC. Recipients’ names have not been disclosed.

“We’ve seen money go out the back door of this government unlike any time in the history of our country,” Senator Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, said on the Senate floor Feb. 3. “Nobody knows what went out of the Federal Reserve Board, to whom and for what purpose. How much from the FDIC? How much from TARP? When? Why?”

Federal Reserve Chairman: I Don't Know Where the $500 Billion Went

Congressman Alan Grayson (Democrat - Florida) questions Federal Reserve Chairman Ben (Satan's Spawn) Bernanke on the $500 Billion of loans to foreigners (or 'central liquidity swaps' in Federal Reserve-ese').

Which financial institutions received this money? Bernanke's answer: I don't know.

To Be Fully Human You Have to be Free

When at the beautiful headquarters of the Foundation for Economic Education Pete Eyre of Motorhome Diaries sat down with president Larry Reed, one of the most effective communicators of liberty around today. In this video Reed touches on what led him to the ideas of liberty and his plans for FEE.

Jewish-Arab Peace Song

My previous post spotlighted Zionist terrorism that you never hear about in the discussion of the Arab Israeli conflict. Here is video that shows another item little discussed in the American mainstream media: Jews and Arabs working together for peace.



Regarding this video:

In this song, Jewish-Israeli and Palestinian singers and musicians joined together to perform the Hebrew-Arabic song "Hevenu Shalom Aleinu" (We Brought Peace Upon Us) - "Ma Ana Ajmal Min Salam" (There is Nothing More Beautiful Than Peace). Sung in both Hebrew and Arabic, this Middle Eastern, Sepharadic-style, jazzy and inspiring song challenges us to rise above the propaganda, renounce hatred, violence and ideas of supremacy, and "rock the boat" until Israelis and Palestinians understand there is only one path to security and peace, and that is through sharing the land as equals and upholding the human rights of all inhabitants of the Holy Land.

This song is dedicated to the thousands of ordinary people around the world, including many Jews, who are helping to promote human rights, equality and justice.




PERFORMERS (in order of appearance):
Israeli Jews:
Leah Shabat
Shlomo Gronich
Zehavah Ben
Eli Luzon

Palestinians:
Sahmir Shukri
Nivine Jaabri
Elias Julianos
Lubna Salame

TRANSLITERATION OF SONG
(Hebrew)
yesh beneynu hiburim
she'horeynu lo halmu
yesh beneynu diburim
she'ad koh lo nishme'u.

anahnu kan bishvil koolam
anahnu gesher ve'soolam
bishvil mi she'holem
bishvil mi she'halam.

ve'od be'hayeynu
ve'od be'yameynu
nashir be'koleynu:

HEVENU SHALOM ALEINU...

(Arabic)
idak lou yib'a idi
imanak wil'ahlam
minamar dinya jdidi
danya mahbi wa'salam

wilama 'niya titsafa
kool inas biyib'ku nas
minsir eylet hub
eyli tishrab min kas.

min kas i'salam
min kas i'salam
kas i'salam:

MA ANA AJMAL MIN SALAM...

(Hebrew)
ken, horeynu kvar akhlu
boser ad etmol shilshom
akh shineynu titpal'u
lo tikhena od hayom.

(Arabic)
sawiyeh minwahed al'kaloob
sawiyeh minawer al'kool
ma awlad i'salam
ma awlad al-ahlam

(Arabic and Hebrew)
min kas i'salam ve'od be'hayeynu
min kas i'salam ve'od be'yameynu
kas i'salam nashir be'koleynu

Hevenu Shalom Aleinu...
Ma Ana Ajmal Min Salam...

Terrorists Bomb the King David Hotel in Jerusalem

Terrorists bomb the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. The death toll of 91, includes 28 British citizens, 17 Jews and 41 Arabs.

Conservatives Avoid the Empire Question

Jack Hunter explores the hypocrisy of today's so called conservatives in supporting the American Empire.

A Good, Not a Right

Texas Congressman Ron Paul comments on Universal Healthcare:

Healthcare is a Good, Not a Right

Political philosopher Richard Weaver famously and correctly stated that ideas have consequences. Take for example ideas about rights versus goods. Natural law states that people have rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. A good is something you work for and earn. It might be a need, like food, but more “goods” seem to be becoming “rights” in our culture, and this has troubling consequences. It might seem harmless enough to decide that people have a right to things like education, employment, housing or healthcare. But if we look a little further into the consequences, we can see that the workings of the community and economy are thrown wildly off balance when people accept those ideas.

First of all, other people must pay for things like healthcare. Those people have bills to pay and families to support, just as you do. If there is a “right” to healthcare, you must force the providers of those goods, or others, to serve you.
Obviously, if healthcare providers were suddenly considered outright slaves to healthcare consumers, our medical schools would quickly empty. As the government continues to convince us that healthcare is a right instead of a good, it also very generously agrees to step in as middle man. Politicians can be very good at making it sound as if healthcare will be free for everybody. Nothing could be further from the truth. The administration doesn’t want you to think too much about how hospitals will be funded, or how you will somehow get something for nothing in the healthcare arena. We are asked to just trust the politicians. Somehow it will all work out.
Universal Healthcare never quite works out the way the people are led to believe before implementing it. Citizens in countries with nationalized healthcare never would have accepted this system had they known upfront about the rationing of care and the long lines.

As bureaucrats take over medicine, costs go up and quality goes down because doctors spend more and more of their time on paperwork and less time helping patients. As costs skyrocket, as they always do when inefficient bureaucrats take the reins, government will need to confiscate more and more money from an already foundering economy to somehow pay the bills. As we have seen many times, the more money and power that government has, the more power it will abuse. The frightening aspect of all this is that cutting costs, which they will inevitably do, could very well mean denying vital services. And since participation will be mandatory, no legal alternatives will be available.

The government will be paying the bills, forcing doctors and hospitals to dance more and more to the government’s tune. Having to subject our health to this bureaucratic insanity and mismanagement is possibly the biggest danger we face. The great irony is that in turning the good of healthcare into a right, your life and liberty are put in jeopardy.

Instead of further removing healthcare from the market, we should return to a true free market in healthcare, one that empowers individuals, not bureaucrats, with control of healthcare dollars. My bill HR 1495 the Comprehensive Healthcare Reform Act provides tax credits and medical savings accounts designed to do just that.

Bernanke Speaks: What, me worry?

Here is Federal Reserve Chairman Ben "Satan's Spawn" Bernanke making predictions on the economy from 2005 to 2007. Doesn't it give you a warm feeling to know this man is suppose to lead us out of the economic problems he didn't forsee, but had a hand in creatng.

Democrats, Republicans is There Any Difference?

Democrats and Republicans are members of the same party, the big government, pro war party. They are all basically neocons.

Tom Palmer: What is Seen and What is Not Seen

Motorhome Diaries talks with Tom Palmer of the Atlas Network and the Cato Institute. Tom talks about his path to his libertarian views and his recent activities.

Palmer concludes by saying this is the moment to fight against statism and for liberty.

New Hampshire Troopers Stick Up for Freedom of the Press

A change of pace here, in this video the cops are shown sticking up for individual liberty.

Goldman Sachs Scum. They are Criminals

Financial analyst Max Keiser says that "Goldman Sachs are scum." He says that they are stealing everyday from the American taxpayer and are a bigger terrorist than Osama bin Laden.

Part I:



Part II:

Peter Schiff Talks About His Father Irwin Schiff

Motorhome Diaries interviewed Peter Schiff about his Father Irwin Schiff:

While driving through Darien, CT MHD stopped by to visit Peter Schiff at Euro Pacific Capital, his brokerage firm. Schiff is well known for making correct predictions about the failing economy which credits with his knowledge in Austrian economics. During this interview he spoke at length about his father Irwin Schiff who led a tax resistance movement before he was put in a cage by the federal government. Pete Schiff is currently considering running for the Senate in Connecticut against Chris Dodd.

Mandatory Vaccinations?

The Policies That Hank Paulson Put In Place Have Been Continued By This Administration

In discussing the ongoing secrecy of the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve, Democrat Alan Grayson states he has lined 100 Democrat Congressmen To Support Dr Ron Paul's Audit The Fed Bill"

Why I Am A Libertarian

Two people explain why they are libertarians.

Rhonda Jackson:




Michael Cousins

Tom Woods: Most Government Agencies Should Be Eliminated

Mises Senior Fellow Tom Woods Jr. was interviewed by Motorhomes Diaries. This is part two of the interview. Woods goes into detail about what a true free market entails and states that most government agencies should be eliminated.

Tom Woods: Abolish the Federal Reserve

Mises Senior Fellow Tom Woods Jr. was interviewed by Motorhomes Diaries. Woods explains the massive distortions to market signals caused by the existence and unaccountability of the Federal Reserve. Woods makes a the case for abolishing the Federal Reserve using historical examples and economic reasoning.

Motorhome Diaries Interviews Tarrin Lupo

Tarrin Lupo of lclreport tells Pete Eyre of Motorhome Diaries how he arrived at the ideas of liberty and what he does to introduce them to others. His enthusiasm and entrepreneurship are qualities critical to any pro-freedom activist and hopefully his story helps motivate others to stand up for their rights as well.

Battered Voter Syndrome

Tarrin Lupo presents the rarely seen 2000 Presidential campaign ads of the late great Harry Browne, the Libertarian Party candidate for President in 1996 and 2000.

Naomi Wolf : Obama No Better Than Bush

In an interview you'd never likely see in the mainstream American media, Naomi Wolf tell Russia Today's Marina Portnaya that she sees a continuing fascist trend under the Obama Administration. Wolf says that Obama is ignoring the rule of law. The only real change from Bush is that Obama has made symbolic gestures of improving things. But the reality is that nothing has changed, the Patriot Act continues, as does the Military Commissions Act.

Federal Reserve: Independence or Secrecy?

Texas Congressman Ron Paul comments on the latest developments in regards to the Federal Reserve Transparency Act ( HR 1207):

Fed Independence or Fed Secrecy?

Last week I was very pleased that hearings were held on the independence of the Federal Reserve system. My bill HR 1207, known as the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, was discussed at length, as well as the general question of whether or not the Federal Reserve should continue to operate independently.

The public is demanding transparency in government like never before. A majority of the House has cosponsored HR 1207. Yet, Senator Jim DeMint’s heroic efforts to attach it to another piece of legislation elicited intense opposition by the Senate leadership.

The hearings on Capitol Hill provided us with a great deal of information about the types of arguments that will be levied against meaningful transparency and how the secretive central bankers will defend the status quo that is so beneficial to them.
Claims are made that auditing the Fed would compromise its independence. However, by independence, they really mean secrecy. The Fed clearly cherishes its vast power to create and spend trillions of dollars, diluting the value of every other dollar in circulation, making deals with other central banks, and bailing out cronies, all to the detriment of the taxpayer, and to the enrichment of themselves. I am happy to challenge this type of “independence”.

They claim the Fed is endowed with special intellectual abilities with which to control the market and that central bankers magically know what the market needs. We should just trust them. This is patently ridiculous. The market is a complex and intricate thing. No one knows what the market needs other than the market itself. It sends signals, such as prices, that should be reacted to and respected, not thwarted and controlled. Bankers are not all-knowing and cannot ignore the rules of supply and demand. They might act as if they are, but their manipulation of the market just ends up throwing it wildly off balance, which gives us the boom and bust cycles.

They claim the Fed must remain apolitical. No organization is apolitical that relies on the President to appoint the Chairman. In fact, it is subject to the worst sort of politics – power to create trillions of dollars and affect the value of every dollar in the country without the accountability of direct elections or meaningful oversight! The Fed typically enacts monetary policy that is favorable to particular administrations close to elections, to the detriment of long term considerations. They do this partly because of the political appointee process for the Chairmanship.

The only accountability the Federal Reserve has is ultimately to Congress, which granted its charter and can revoke it at any time. It is Congress’s constitutional duty to protect the value of the money, and they have abdicated this responsibility for far too long. This was the issue that got me involved in politics 35 years ago. It is very encouraging to finally see the issue getting some needed exposure and traction. It is regrettable that it took a crisis of this magnitude to get a serious debate on this issue.

Agricultural Perspective on Hemp

Canada grows over 12,000 acres of industrial hemp, but because of the power mad, lunatic drug warriors in the United States, industrial hemp has been illegal in this country for years.

From VoteHemp:

Controversial Crop is the story of the quest to re-establish industrial hemp farming in the United States. Told from an agricultural perspective, the show has profiles of prospective farmers, agricultural experts, researchers, processors, and retailers as well as clear information about the crop. From Episode 315 of America's Heartland, a production of KVIE TV-6 in Sacramento, California. - December 4, 2007

But How Will We Know How Scared We Are Suppose To Be?

Our saviors in the Obama Administration are going to set up a committee to study whether to scrap Homeland Stupidity's color-coded terrorism alert system. Great, a committee to study whether to scrap a ridiculous, totally ignored and useless system. How about scrapping the Patriot Act? But of course that is not going to happen because the Obama Administration would lose some power if it did and the whole point of running the government is to accumulate more power.

From Newsweek:

The Obama administration next week is expected to create an official committee to consider modifying or even abolishing the widely ridiculed color-coded terrorism alert system introduced by the Bush administration after the 9/11 attacks.

Current and former government officials, who asked for anonymity when discussing nonpublic information, told NEWSWEEK that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will appoint a "task force" made up of national, state, and local government experts, possibly including governors and mayors, to examine whether the color-coded system has outlived its usefulness. Bush administration officials who developed and oversaw the system may also play a role. The committee is likely to solicit comments about the alert system from industries affected by it, including airlines and companies that make or ship hazardous materials. The committee will have 60 days to examine the system and draw up recommendations on its future.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Should Stay Out of Politics

Judge Andrew Napolitano says that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has broken the unwritten rule that judges should stay out of politics. Ginsbug has come out publicly in support of Sotomayor's nomination for the Supreme Court.



Personally, while I think Napolitano is correct in what he states, I think we long ago passed the idea that judges are above politics.

Gaza's Beaches Polluted With Sewage

A report on the contaminated beaches in Gaza from Al Jazeera:

Going to the beach in the Gaza Strip is the only recreational area available for local inhabitants, but most are severely polluted with sewage water.

People in Gaza largely blame the problem on Israel's crippling two-year embargo of the Strip.

But they continue to brave the poisoned stretch of coastline for their "fun in the sun".

Al Jazeera's Ashraf Al-Amritti reports.

Political Infidelity

Jack Hunter explores the relative unimportance of philandering politicians.

Lysander Spooner: Vices Are Not Crimes

Motorhome Diaries visits the the grave of abolitionist Lysander Spooner in Boston:

Free Minds Gather in Las Vegas

Russia Today visits Freedomfest in Las Vegas and interviews Adam Kokesh, Steve Forbes and Peter Schiff about the big government policies of the Obama Administration.

Sunshine

Another Friday Night musical interlude. Tonight it is two versions of the song Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards. A protest song against the Vietnam war, the lyrics to me, also express the libertarian idea of it is my life and no one else has the right to tell me how to run it. Especially the corrupt power seeking politicians in Washington. DC.

From Wikipedia:

"Sunshine" is a country folk war protest song from 1971 by Jonathan Edwards, released as the first single from his debut album Jonathan Edwards. The single reached Billboard #4 and earned a gold record.

Sunshine was not originally planned for release, but when an engineer accidentally erased the master of a track called "Please Find Me" near the end of sessions for the album Jonathan Edwards, Sunshine was used to fill the hole.

It was released as a single and the positive energy and message of the song seemed just what the nation needed at that moment. Sunshine caught fire first on Boston radio, then nationwide, hitting #4 on the Billboard pop chart on January 15, 1972 and earning a gold record. Here's Edwards' take on its success: "It was just at the time of the Vietnam War and Nixon. It was looking bad out there. That song meant a lot to a lot of people during that time--especially me."

First the original song:



A more recent version with Edwards talking about the song:



The lyrics:

Sunshine go away today
I don't feel much like dancing'
Some man's gone, he's tried to run my life
He don't know what he's asking'

When he tells me I'd better get in line
I can't hear what he's saying
When I grow up I'm going to make it mine
These ain't dues I been paying'

How much does it cost, I'll buy it
The time is all we've lost, I'll try it
And he can't even run his own life
I'll be damned if he'll run mine, Sunshine

Sunshine go away today
I don't feel much like dancing'
Some man's gone he's tried to run my life
He don't know what he's asking'

Working starts to make me wonder where
The fruits of what I do are going
He says in love and war all is fair
But he's got cards he ain't showing'

How much does it cost, I'll buy it
The time is all we've lost, I'll try it
And he can't even run his own life
I'll be damned if he'll run mine, Sunshine

Sunshine come on back another day
I promise you I'll be singing'
This old world, she's gonna turn around
Brand new bells will be ringing'

Vice Chair of Federal Reserve Kohn Grilled

Texas Congressman Ron Paul grills Vice Chair of Federal Reserve Donald Kohn over the secrecy of the Federal Reserve.

Dump the PASS Act (S. 1261)

From Downsize DC:

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Quote of the Day: "Security is mostly superstition." -- Helen Keller

Subject: Don't let them pass the PASS Act

The American people have rejected the REAL ID Act, and the national ID card it would create. The politicians claim they can fix REAL ID by replacing it with something called the PASS ID, to be enacted by the PASS Act, S. 1261.

The PASS Act is a fraud. PASS ID is REAL ID by another name. Jim Harper at the Cato Institute has done a fabulous job of dissecting all the frauds involved in the PASS Act. If you care about the details then we highly recommend that you read his short analysis.


We're going to focus on just one detail here. One fear about REAL ID is that you would need it to have a job, or do anything really. But what if you were denied a REAL ID because of mistaken information or some bureaucratic blunder? Think, for instance, of all the non-terrorists who have ended up on the terrorist watch list. In that case...

You would become a non-person.

To address this concern the PASS Act would enable you to access and change your own personal information. Sounds good, right, but think again...

What you can access to change, others can access to steal.

In fact, a terrorist could probably do it, and maybe even get a PASS ID with which to commit a terrorist act using your identity.

In other words, a REAL ID, or a PASS ID, which we supposedly need in order to protect us from terrorism, could actually become a tool for terrorists.

This is what happens when politicians and bureaucrats try to devise vast, complex, top-down schemes to protect us from every conceivable danger and problem. Such ambitions are utopian and ultimately harmful.

We agree with the late great Helen Keller, who again provides our quote of the day (we have used this one before, and we'll use it again): "Security is mostly superstition."

It's a simple fact -- the world is full of dangers, and we'll never be rid of them all. We must focus our efforts to protect ourselves on the things that really matter. Some dangers are significant, but most are not. We assert that...

The danger posed by terrorism is probably temporary and extremely insignificant compared to other risks we face daily, like lightening strikes, automobile accidents. and warring drug gangs. By contrast...


Huge, and permanent, dangers are posed by centralized, government databases and national ID cards. Any such scheme will ensnare all of us in endless complications, many of which we cannot now imagine.

Tell your congressional employees to repeal the REAL ID Act and reject the PASS Act.

Use your personal comments to point out that the drive for an electronic national ID system is inherently contradictory, because measures to protect citizens from being harmed by the system will make it easier for terrorists to exploit the system, while attempts to protect the system from terrorists will end up harming innocent citizens.

To exceed the 43,290 messages we sent last month we need to send at least 1,874 messages today. You can send your message at DownsizeDC.org's "Repeal REAL ID" campaign page.


Please also Digg this message on our blog, so more people will see it and take action.

If this issue really concerns you, please also consider taking extra action through our "I Am Not Afraid" campaign.

DeMint Exposes the Hypocrisy of Democratic Leadership in Regards to the Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve

Senator Jim DeMint (Republican-South Carolina) was blocked by Senate Democrat Leadership from having a vote on his amendment to audit the Federal Reserve, based on a bill authored by Congressman Ron Paul (Republican-Texas) in the House, H.R. 1207, and Senator Bernie Sanders (Democrat-Vermont) in the Senate, S. 604.

Here DeMint explains why the Federal Reserve needs to be audited and points out the hypocrisy of the Democrat leadership in barring the amendment.

Senate Leadership Blocks Audit of Federal Reserve

On Monday the leadership of the Senate blocked an amendment to a Senate bill that would have required an audit of the Federal Reserve.

From the Campaign for Liberty:

Earlier today, the first shot in our battle to pass Audit the Fed through the U.S. Senate was fired on the Senate floor by Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina.

Senator DeMint, who has a well-deserved reputation for taking the battle to the other side in the Senate, once again proved why he is such a valuable ally in our fight to bring transparency and accountability to the Federal Reserve.

A little while ago, the Senate voted to pass HR 2918, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act. This $3 billion bill contains, among many other things, provisions for GAO audits on certain agencies.

Seizing on a chance to take quick action to bring Audit the Fed up for a vote, and with the GAO provisions in mind, Senator DeMint attached the full text of S 604, the Senate version of Ron Paul's Audit the Fed bill, to HR 2918 as Senate Amendment 1367 before it was considered for final passage.

However, Senate Democrats refused to even allow a vote on the amendment! That's right. The internationalist, Fed-loving elite in the Senate used a parliamentary tactic to shut down DeMint's amendment.

After Senator DeMint brought Audit the Fed to the floor, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska raised a "point of order" to prevent a vote, claiming that the amendment violated Senate Rule 16 by "legislating" on an appropriations bill. The Senate president agreed, and the amendment was shot down.

Senator DeMint did not back down, though, and directly challenged Senate leadership by pointing out the other GAO audits contained in the bill. As Senator DeMint listed them off, the Senate president was forced to agree with Senator DeMint that each one he described, all of which would be left in for final passage, also violated Senate Rule 16.

Which tells us at least one thing: the problem wasn't with "legislating" on the bill or violating Senate Rules (which is commonly done). Shooting down the amendment was about preventing a thorough audit of the Federal Reserve for the first time in its history!

Senate leadership is hoping this issue will just fade away so they can get on to what they deem to be more "important" business, like dictating what kind of healthcare plan you and I can carry or passing destructive Cap-and-Tax legislation.

But the American people deserve answers on what the Fed has done with trillions of our tax dollars and what they are committing us and future generations to as part of their secret deals with foreign central banks and governments.

The leadership decided today to turn their backs on transparency, but our fight is just beginning.

As Senator DeMint made clear on the floor, the Audit the Fed bill has wide bipartisan support. He rightly warned the Senate that even if they delay today, they WILL have to deal with the issue on the floor.

It is up to you and me to back up Senator DeMint's words by making sure the momentum continues to build and the bill comes up for a final vote.

The rejection of the Audit amendment is just the first battle in our war. Now is the time to really put the pressure on the U.S. Senate to Audit the Fed!

Senator DeMint fired the opening salvo and showcased the hypocrisy of the Senate for allowing other GAO audits to be included in the bill while refusing to even allow a vote on Fed transparency.

Again, we're just getting started. Senator DeMint will keep fighting to pass Audit the Fed on its own or as an amendment, and we need to continue putting pressure on our senators to do everything in their power to achieve a floor vote!

Click here to sign our online petition. And visit our Audit the Fed action page for contact information to call, write, and fax your senators and urge them to support S 604 and to push for a final vote.

Together, we will finish this fight to Audit the Fed!


In Liberty,

John Tate

President

Adam Kokesh Officially Announces Candidacy

Adam Kokesh has official announced his bid for the congressional seat in New Mexico's Third Congressional District.

Press release from the Kokesh Campaign:

SANTA FE, NM- July 6, 2009 - Peace & Liberty activist and Iraq war veteran, Adam Kokesh, announces bid for congressional seat in New Mexico's Third Congressional District as announcement brings in over $25,000 in a single day despite servers being overwhelmed and crashing. Signs spring up all over the district urging people to join the "Kokesh r3VOLution."

Adam Kokesh announced at the event, "Celebrate American r3VOLution" that he would seek a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kokesh referenced Thomas Paine's "The Crisis" as he announced, "'These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country . . . Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered.' So began the great American tradition of winter soldiering. I have decided that for myself, the greatest way to continue that tradition is to run for Congress to represent New Mexico's Third Congressional District."

Frank Martin, a local author, indicated, "This is the most important moment in my personal life . . . a critical mass of willingness and defiance has occurred. Widespread civil disobedience is underway." He continued, "People en masse are doing the one thing that government cannot survive - they are refusing to serve the state."

During Kokesh's event, various speakers described what they were already doing to support the campaign. There was even a demonstration of the campaign's iPhone application, the first of its kind, due to be released in a couple of weeks, with a Blackberry version soon to follow. With the wide array of talented, enthusiastic, volunteers already committed 17 months out that are involved in this race, it appears to be one to watch as we approach the 2010 elections.

The Transformation of Congressman Walter Jones

Congressman Walter Jones of North Carolina describes to Adam Kokesh his regret for voting for the Iraq War.

The Growing Freedom and Liberty Movement

A montage of photos of Freedom and Liberty activists set to Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Ron Paul Comments on the Fourth of July

From Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty:

On this day 233 years ago, our Founding Fathers stood up to the most powerful nation on earth and declared to the world that all men are created with rights that cannot justifiably be taken away by any government.

Putting their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor on the line, they persevered in a hard-fought Revolution to create an experiment in liberty unlike any other in history.

Though they would be outraged by how far the federal government has drifted from their vision, I am confident they would be proud of our growing movement to reclaim the Republic they sacrificed so much to leave us.

Today, we can commemorate their courage, celebrate their achievements, and rededicate ourselves to ensuring the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.

With our own Revolution headed by the "Champion of the Constitution," we are re-declaring to the world our commitment to the ideas that made this nation great. In his latest C4L video, Congressman Ron Paul passes along his best wishes for a happy Fourth of July.

We Should Reflect on the Meaning of Independence Day

Here is a commentary I wrote that was published in the Rochester Post Bulletin on June 29, 2007. I have posted it on my blog the last two years, but I think it is worth repeating (I did update the number of years from last year):

This Fourth of July as we go about our activities with family and friends, we all should take some time to reflect upon the true significance of the holiday. Yes, it is a celebration of our country's Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, but it is much more than that. It is a celebration of an idea that was revolutionary then and unfortunately is still considered revolutionary by many today.

The Declaration of Independence boldly states: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness -- That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government ..."

This revolutionary declaration is the foundation of American political thought and has inspired millions around the world in the 233 years since Thomas Jefferson wrote it. The common view at the time was that rights were granted by the government to the people. Instead, Jefferson declared there is a higher law, "unalienable Rights," that every human has by their mere existence. Government only has those powers granted to it by the people, to protect these natural rights.

Unfortunately today it seems that many have rejected Jefferson's declaration and have returned to the antiquated idea of government supremacy. They define patriotism as supporting the government. Most disheartening of all are the discussions about the Constitution.

Political commentators, major party politicians and Supreme Court nominees talk about our "constitutional rights," as if the government were granting us our rights through the Constitution.

Nothing could be farther from the truth. In the Constitution, the founders again make it abundantly clear that all power comes from the people. The Constitution is a document where the people have granted the government certain limited powers: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Further, the Ninth Amendment declares: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." Because so many Americans have forgotten the fundamental idea behind the founding of this Country, today we have people willing to abandon our basic liberties, giving the government the power to do anything it wants.

They falsely assume that invasions of liberty and privacy will not affect them, though history has shown otherwise. Too many today are willing to abandon freedom for the illusion of security.

Benjamin Franklin said: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

This Fourth of July please take time out from the celebrations to reflect on the founders' vision for America.

Back to the Grass Roots

Another Friday Night musical break. This time one of my favorite groups from the late 60', early 70's, the Grass Roots. You don't hear too much of them nowadays, but you should. Here are a few of their classic songs:


Midnight Confessions




Midnight Confessions lyrics:

The sound of your footsteps
Telling me that you're near
Your soft gentle motion, baby
Brings out the need in me that no-one can hear, except

In my midnight confessions
When I tell all the world that I love you
In my midnight confessions
When I say all the things that I want to
I love you

But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
I'm wasting my time

Staggering through the daytime
Your image on my mind
Passing so close beside you baby
Sometimes the feelings are so hard to hide, except

In my midnight confessions
When I tell all the world that I love you
In my midnight confessions
When I say all the things that I want to
I love you

But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
I'm wasting my time

In my midnight confessions
When I tell all the world that I love you
Na na-na na na na na-na
Na na-na na na na na-na

Temptation Eyes



Temptation Eyes lyrics:

She's got something that moves my soul
And she knows I'd love to love her
But she lets me down every time
Can't make her mine she's no-one's lover
Tonight with me she'll be so inviting
I want her all for myself

Temptation eyes looking through my-my-my soul
Temptation eyes, you got to love me
Got to love me tonight

Her wild-eyed innocence is just a game
But just the same my head is spinnin'
She's got a way to keep me on her side
It's just a ride that's never ending
Tonight with me she'll be so exciting
I want her all for myself

Temptation eyes looking through my-my-my soul
Temptation eyes, you got to love me
Got to love me tonight

Tonight with me she'll be so exciting
I want her all for myself

Temptation eyes looking through my-my-my soul
Temptation eyes, you got to love me
Got to love me tonight

Sooner or Later



Sooner or Later lyrics:

Sooner or later, love is gonna get ya
Sooner or later, girl you got to give in
Sooner or later, love is gonna let ya
Sooner or later, love is gonna win

Its just a matter of time
Before you make up your mind
To give all that love that you've been hiding
Its just a question of when
I've told you time and again
I'll get all the love you've been denying

Sooner or later, love is gonna get ya
Sooner or later, girl you got to give in
Sooner or later, love is gonna let ya
Sooner or later, love is gonna win

You say you'll never be mine
But darling they'll come a time
I'll taste all that love that you've been hiding
Its just a question of time
Before you make up your mind
And give all that love you've been denying

You've been looking for love
In all the wrong places
You've been looking for love
All the wrong faces
Gotta get ya girl
On this illusion
Gonna save your heart
From all this confusion

Sooner or later, love is gonna get ya
Sooner or later, girl you got to give in
Sooner or later, love is gonna let ya
Sooner or later, love is gonna win

Love is gonna win

Its just a matter of time
Before you make up your mind
And give all the love that you've been hiding
Its just a question of when
Told you time and again
I'll get all the love you've been denying

Sooner or later, love is gonna get ya
Sooner or later, girl you got to give in
Sooner or later, love is gonna let ya
Sooner or later, love is gonna win

Sooner or later, love is gonna get ya
Sooner or later, girl you got to give in
Sooner or later, love is gonna let ya
Sooner or later, love is gonna win

Medley: I'd Wait a Million Years, Midnight Confessions, Live for Today, Temptation Eyes

The Adam Kokesh Revolution

Some of the same people behind the Ron Paul Revolution idea are now supporting Adam Kokesh's campaign for Congress.

No One Could Be This Stupid

Tom Woods, author of Meltdown, appeared on Brian and the Judge to discuss the "stimulus plans" and all the other government takeovers of the economy. Woods calls it a Red Bull Stimulus, because it doesn't really stimulate the economy, it just uses up what little energy that remains in the economy.

Woods believes many of the politicians know this, but they just care about the near term and getting reelected. Woods says he gets many calls when he appears on talk shows from people who ask if the politicians are trying to destroy the economy on purpose because "no one could be this stupid."

Education Spending Facts

We are constantly told by the education establishment that they need more money. We hear about "cuts", not keeping up with inflation and so on. We are told if we spent more things would improve.

Well according to the data kept by the US Department of Education those claims are out and out lies. Spending per pupil increased by almost 350% from 1961 to 2004. Inflation and capital costs have been taken out. So per pupil expenditures are not increasing because of inflation or building, but because more is being spent in the day to day operatons.

From the U.S. Department of Education:


Question:
How much money does the United States spend on public elementary and secondary schools?

Response:


School districts had total expenditures of approximately $528.7 billion in fiscal year 2006, including about $449.6 billion in current expenditures for public elementary and secondary education. Of the remaining expenditures, $57.4 billion was spent on capital outlay, $14.3 billion on interest payments on debt, and $7.4 billion on other programs (programs such as community services and adult education, which are not a part of public elementary and secondary education).

After adjustment for inflation, current expenditures per student in fall enrollment in public schools rose during the 1980s, remained stable during the first part of the 1990s, and rose again after 1992–93. There was an increase of 37 percent from 1980–81 to 1990–91; an increase of less than 1 percent from 1990–91 to 1994–95 (which resulted from small decreases at the beginning of this period, followed by small increases after 1992–93); and an increase of 25 percent from 1994–95 to 2005–06. In 2005–06, current expenditures per student in fall enrollment were $9,154 in unadjusted dollars.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2009). Digest of Education Statistics, 2008 (NCES 2009-020), Chapter 2 and Table 179.

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	Current Spending Per Pupil
School Year	in Constant 2006-07 Dollars
1961-621	$2,670
1970-71	4,328
1980-81	5,438
1985-86	6,527
1990-91	7,472
1995-96	7,517
1996-97	7,609
1997-98	7,811
1998-99	8,074
1999-2000	8,335
2000-01	8,604
2001-02	8,853
2002-03	9,017
2003-04	9,116
2004-05	9,266

Republicans Make Republicans Look Bad

Jack Hunter looks at the hypocrisy involved in the Mark Sanford affair. Hunter points out that those Republicans who immediately denounced Sanford for his affair seem to have no problems with the likes of Rudy "911" Giuliani or Newt Gingrich and their multiple marital indiscretions. Sanford's affair was merely an excuse to go after a non-neocon Republican.