The New Hampshire Liberty Forum closed Sunday morning but the fun didn’t end until later in the afternoon. Over 350 liberty lovers converged on Concord to learn more about New Hampshire, the Free State Project, and activism already underway to begin to restore freedom in at least one state.
Archives: February 2007
IRS asked to burden online auction sites
Posted: February 27, 2007 5:11 am
The so-called taxpayer advocate of the Internal Revenue Service, who is supposed to tell the government what concerns taxpayers, has called instead for the IRS to require online auction sites such as eBay to report sellers’ activities.
The government employee identity threat
Posted: February 26, 2007 7:49 pm
When it comes to your personal information, threats are everywhere. But the biggest threat to your personal information might just be from your local government employees.
Ron Paul grassroots support proved
Posted: February 25, 2007 8:26 pm
Updated: February 26, 2007 2:55 pm
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) drew a crowd of 150 supporters to Pembroke, N.H., late Saturday night to support his potential bid for the Republican Presidential nomination.
The fundraising reception, organized by a supporter and held at a private home, raised over $14,000 for Paul’s campaign.
Badnarik answers charge of abandoning party
Posted: February 25, 2007 5:36 pm
It’s been said that a definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. This charge could certainly be levied at the Libertarian Party, many of whom want to keep doing the same things that fail to get them elected.
Notes from the New Hampshire Liberty Forum
Posted: February 24, 2007 5:12 pm
If you care about freedom, the place to be this weekend was the New Hampshire Liberty Forum.
Libertarian Badnarik endorses Ron Paul
Posted: February 23, 2007 7:51 pm
Michael Badnarik, the 2004 Libertarian Party candidate for President of the United States, has endorsed Republican Congressman Ron Paul (Texas) for President.
Bomb or not?
Posted: February 23, 2007 4:29 pm
Police these days are seeing bombs everywhere, even though there really aren’t any actual bombs. It’s clear that they need help.
DHS isn’t protecting your personal information
Posted: February 22, 2007 1:47 pm
The Department of Homeland Security isn’t sufficiently protecting personally identifiable information on its computer systems, though it is making progress, according to an inspector general’s report.
Don’t trust the government with your privacy?
Posted: February 21, 2007 8:11 pm
People don’t trust the federal government to protect their privacy, according to a recent survey. As if anyone is actually surprised.
Justice Department terrorism statistics wrong
Posted: February 21, 2007 2:46 pm
Most of the terrorism statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice are inaccurate, with prosecutors routinely counting as terrorism cases those with no known links to terrorism, according to an inspector general’s report.
Police chiefs: We need heavier weapons
Posted: February 21, 2007 8:40 am
Police departments across the country are feeling the need to upgrade their forces’ weaponry with military grade firearms.
Gone home to New Hampshire
Posted: February 20, 2007 12:18 pm
The government took a three-day weekend, and therefore, so did I. Monday was a great day, with hardly a bureaucrat or thug to be seen. I only wish they’d take more three-day weekends.
Don’t give the government your identity
Posted: February 17, 2007 10:15 pm
Your most private personal information is not truly safe anywhere except in your own head. Several examples this week show that it’s certainly not safe with the government.
DHS will share threat information after all
Posted: February 16, 2007 10:14 pm
The Department of Homeland Security had previously objected to having state and local participants in a group meant to send them relevant and useful threat information, saying it would cause “unnecessary confusion.” But state and local governments have long complained that DHS doesn’t share information with them in a timely manner, nor does it always share the information that they need.
TSA wants 2,000 more ID checkers
Posted: February 15, 2007 7:01 pm
The Transportation Security Administration wants to hire 1,300 people, and divert 700 more from actual airport screening duties, to look for fake IDs.
FEMA goes on hiring spree
Posted: February 14, 2007 9:21 pm
The chronically understaffed Federal Emergency Management Agency is going all-out to try to fill vacant positions and reach its long-sought goal of being at 90% staffing level.
The TSA loves you
Posted: February 14, 2007 2:40 pm
Updated: February 14, 2007 10:00 pm
(Update 2: TSA’s web site was not hacked after all. See below.)
Don’t you just love the men and women at the Transportation Security Administration?
FBI still losing laptops, weapons
Posted: February 13, 2007 1:56 pm
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has lost or had stolen 160 laptops in four years, including 10 with sensitive or classified information, and one containing personal information on FBI employees, according to a report released Monday by the Department of Justice inspector general. In addition, 160 weapons were lost or stolen from the FBI in that same time period, and FBI employees didn’t always follow proper procedures in reporting the losses.
Your identity, lost and found
Posted: February 11, 2007 8:56 pm
Updated: February 12, 2007 12:22 pm
“We’re being warned on television about people going through your identity documents and so forth,” Bevan Bullock, a British pensioner, told the BBC. “The government are now giving them out willy-nilly.”
Why “homeland security” doesn’t secure
Posted: February 10, 2007 11:47 pm
Why do so many people — especially the high-ranking government officials we’re told to trust — continue to get security so horribly wrong?
One security expert thinks the problem may lie in our genes.
Congress: We’re bored, can we go home now?
Posted: February 8, 2007 5:42 pm
Ever had a job where you had to sit at your desk for hours, waiting on the clock, even when there was absolutely no work to be done? That, it seems, is what the Democrats have done to Congress. One Representative was heard to quip, “We’re cramming two days of work into five days.”
GAO: Lawyers stonewall Homeland Security oversight
Posted: February 8, 2007 6:09 am
Updated: February 8, 2007 9:20 pm
The Government Accountability Office, which investigates waste, fraud and abuse in federal government agencies, reported Tuesday that its attempts to audit and investigate the Department of Homeland Security have been frustrated by the department’s lawyers.
“I’m listening, I swear!”
Posted: February 7, 2007 12:06 pm
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) would like me to know that, agree or disagree, he’s always listening. Though, one of these days, I’d like to receive something from a Member of Congress which isn’t clearly a prepared form letter.
Thieves target government records for identity theft
Posted: February 7, 2007 8:26 am
We learned over the last week that hackers and thieves have made off with thousands of individuals’ most sensitive personal information from government and government-related sources.
Conservatives to scrap UK ID cards
Posted: February 6, 2007 3:39 pm
The Conservative party in Britain will scrap Tony Blair’s planned compulsory ID card scheme if it wins the next election, according to a statement by Shadow Home Secretary David Davis.
What does writing your Congressman accomplish?
Posted: February 6, 2007 11:24 am
Do you ever get the feeling the government isn’t listening? If you’ve ever written your Member of Congress, you just might get the idea that while they’re “keeping your views in mind,” they really don’t care what you think.
Global warming, where are you?
Posted: February 5, 2007 1:43 pm
Updated: February 5, 2007 3:23 pm
We interrupt your regularly scheduled stupidity for a weather report, sponsored by Socialist Scientists for the Prevention of Climate Change by Any Means Necessary.
Feds to take DNA from everyone at arrest
Posted: February 5, 2007 8:59 am
You no longer have to be convicted of a federal crime in order for the U.S. government to take your DNA. Under the provisions of a little-known law passed a year ago, the Department of Justice will take DNA from anyone who is even arrested on federal charges.
EU proposes “genocide denial” law
Posted: February 4, 2007 7:51 pm
Under a European Union directive tabled this week, anyone found denying or even questioning the official history of the Holocaust or recent conflicts in Africa and the Balkans could be punished with up to three years in jail.
We’re the Government — and You’re Not
Posted: February 4, 2007 7:41 am
In today’s complex society it’s more important than ever that all Americans understand how to be good, patriotic citizens. Obey these simple rules and the government will let you live your life without too much harassment.
Will Ron Paul announce in New Hampshire?
Posted: February 3, 2007 5:10 pm
Updated: February 4, 2007 7:08 am
Liberty lovers in ever-increasing numbers are lining up to support a Presidential bid by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). Later this month Paul will give a speech at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum, and many are speculating that he may officially announce his candidacy.
DHS wants local, state officials in the dark on threats
Posted: February 3, 2007 4:53 pm
We already know that the Department of Homeland Security just doesn’t want to play well with others. In this case, others are state and local governments. DHS also doesn’t want to share, and what it doesn’t want to share is critical threat information.
Skip a parent-teacher meeting, get a fine
Posted: February 3, 2007 6:27 am
The Texas State Legislature has introduced a bill that will fine parents $500 if they miss or choose not to attend a meeting with their child’s teacher.
Mooninite attack on Boston fails
Posted: February 1, 2007 10:58 am
Updated: February 1, 2007 1:11 pm
On Wednesday, an Earth crybaby whose brain is messed up spotted Ignignokt and Err in Boston — and called the police.
Homeland Security “bottom of the federal barrel”
Posted: February 1, 2007 8:30 am
The Department of Homeland Security really sucks to work for. That’s not just my opinion, though. It’s the opinion of DHS employees.
