The House Financial Services Committee voted Thursday to add Rep. Ron Paul’s broadly supported proposal to audit the Federal Reserve to a larger banking reform package.
Author Archives: Michael Hampton
Audit the Fed moves forward in House
Posted: November 19, 2009 10:55 pm
Updated: November 19, 2009 11:14 pm
Poor canal maintenance led to Katrina flooding
Posted: November 19, 2009 1:53 am
The flooding which nearly wiped the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish, La., off the map after Hurricane Katrina was caused by the Army Corps of Engineers failing to maintain a navigation channel through the city, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Suicide epidemic hits Chicago bureaucrats
Posted: November 17, 2009 2:48 pm
Chicago, long one of the most corrupt cities in America, has seen three of its government bureaucrats commit suicide in recent memory, the latest being the president of its school board.
Gay newspaper network shut down
Posted: November 17, 2009 1:29 am
On Monday, the Washington Blade and several other gay newspapers were shut down after the Small Business Administration, which had put them in receivership, was unable to sell them.
Do newspapers need government bailouts?
Posted: November 12, 2009 4:43 pm
New Hampshire’s guarantee of a $250,000 line of credit for a local newspaper freshly emerged from bankruptcy is raising fresh questions about whether media outlets which receive government assistance can remain independent, and whether government should offer such assistance at all.
Should parents be licensed to have children?
Posted: November 10, 2009 7:01 pm
Raising a child is probably the most important thing a person will ever do in life. Yet we constantly hear stories of child abuse and neglect.
Prosecutors: We can frame you with impunity
Posted: November 5, 2009 1:39 am
Updated: November 5, 2009 2:22 am
Prosecutors trying to put you in prison for a crime you didn’t commit can fabricate evidence, coerce witnesses into lying on the stand, and enjoy absolute immunity. They cannot go to prison. They cannot even be sued. They aren’t even likely to get so much as a reprimand from the bar association or from their bosses, even after publicly admitting to framing you.
FBI database error results in firing
Posted: October 31, 2009 6:45 pm
An error in a national criminal record database cost Eschol Amelia Studnitz her job.
One Nation, Under Surveillance
Posted: October 21, 2009 12:12 am
Updated: October 21, 2009 3:37 am
What have you got to hide? The answer may shock you: If you’re like most Americans, you have far more than you realize that you need to be hiding, and not doing so may be putting you and your family in grave danger.
Overdraft protection practices draw ire, legislation
Posted: September 30, 2009 10:25 pm
Your bank balance is running low, but you use your debit card around town to make a few small purchases — say, a coffee at Starbucks, a couple of movie tickets, and some screws at the hardware store. When you get home you find out you have actually overdrawn your account and your bank has charged you $30 overdraft fees on each of those small purchases. Complaining to the bank gets you nowhere. What do you do?
Ga. pastor shot and killed in botched drug raid
Posted: September 4, 2009 2:46 pm
Police officers dressed as gangbangers shot and killed a northeast Georgia pastor Tuesday as he was trying to drive away from a convenience store.
Cash for Slackers: Federal government needs 600,000
Posted: September 3, 2009 1:20 pm
The federal government needs to hire 600,000 people over the next three years, including 273,000 for “mission-critical” positions, according to a survey released Thursday by a statist think tank.
Democrats’ health care pep rallies confuse, mislead
Posted: September 2, 2009 5:12 pm
Many Americans who still support Democratic health care proposals have no idea what would actually happen to health care should they pass, according to the New York Times, but are turning out in support on an 11-city bus tour anyway.
Energy Department still wasting energy
Posted: August 27, 2009 10:52 pm
You could power 9,800 homes for a year on the energy that the U.S. Department of Energy is wasting by not using setback thermostats in its facilities, many of which already have them installed.
You’re still alive, no thanks to government
Posted: August 26, 2009 9:32 pm
A five year old e-mail forward purporting to describe a “Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican” is making the rounds again this week. The e-mail, originally published at Michael Moore’s web site, is a fictional account of Joe the Republican, who supposedly derives numerous benefits from “liberals” who have interfered in his life using government in ways he never saw or understood, ostensibly in order to make him safer, healthier and happier.
VA mistakenly tells veterans they have Lou Gehrig’s disease
Posted: August 25, 2009 11:39 am
An Iraq war veteran once told me he thought his Veterans Administration doctor was trying to kill him. It seems the latest VA cost-saving trick is to try to frighten veterans to death.
Stefan Molyneux: The “Against Me” Argument
Posted: August 23, 2009 10:48 pm
Arguments from pragmatism fail to convince because people refuse to believe studies and statistics, and arguments from principle fail because they are too abstract for people to grasp. How, then, does one argue for liberty?
Civil unrest grips U.S.
Posted: August 10, 2009 10:09 am
The debate over health care reform has turned violent in the last week as protesters on both sides of the issue clashed in cities across the country, revealing a long-simmering civil unrest.
Bombs smuggled into federal buildings
Posted: July 9, 2009 1:25 pm
For less than $150 you can buy all the parts necessary to construct an improvised explosive device that can be carried undetected into virtually any federal building in the country, thanks in large part to security weaknesses with the Federal Protective Service, the agency charged with protecting those buildings.
Congress raised your credit card costs
Posted: July 6, 2009 10:34 pm
If you have a credit card, you’ve almost certainly just received, or are about to receive, a notice that your rates, fees and minimum payments are going up. For this you can thank Congress.
Independence Day
Posted: July 4, 2009 11:59 pm
Updated: July 5, 2009 12:26 am
It has become clear to even the least astute observer that the United States is in decline and has been so for some time now. Despite the hollow promises of the government’s talking heads, however, worse is yet to come. What is to become of the United States of America? Will the beacon of liberty, already dangerously dim, be finally extinguished?
Report Public Corruption
Posted: July 1, 2009 12:01 am
Many of you reading this are government employees yourselves. Are you aware of wrongdoing within your agency or department? Have you tried to report it through established channels such as an inspector general and gotten absolutely nowhere — or gotten fired, or worse? Now a new option is open to you.
Homeland Security profiles conservatives, libertarians as “right-wing extremists”
Posted: April 14, 2009 7:20 pm
Did you buy extra ammunition after Barack Obama was elected President, and are you still concerned that he might ban your guns? Are you concerned that the economic crisis could devolve into a depression, or worse? Do you think the federal government has overstepped its authority under the Constitution? If so, the government thinks you’re a right-wing extremist and a potential terrorist threat.
TSA compromised covert airport security testing
Posted: April 13, 2009 10:10 pm
The Transportation Security Administration compromised security testing of airport security screeners at as many as 11 airports by sending out an e-mail about the tests and failing to report the compromise, according to a report released Friday by the Department of Homeland Security inspector general.
Dick Heller and Dane von Breichenruchardt: How to Regain a Freedom
Posted: April 8, 2009 8:13 pm
Dick Heller, who thinks of himself as “just a regular guy,” became part of history June 26, 2008, when the Supreme Court ruled in his favor in the landmark Second Amendment case which bears his name. Heller and the lead attorney on his legal team, Dane von Breichenruchardt, tell the story of how they won and what legal challenges they will bring next.
CBP officer sues DHS over immigration raid
Posted: April 8, 2009 1:07 pm
Last July, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted a raid of a home allegedly looking for a fugitive alien. Instead, they found a Customs and Border Protection officer.
What do you need from Homeland Stupidity?
Posted: April 6, 2009 3:48 pm
Those of us who criticize the government have no end of material to work with. There’s far more stupidity in government than I’ll ever have time to publish, let alone write about myself. Yet I believe that we who criticize should also offer solutions to the problems we point out, and moreover, that when those solutions improve the state of things, that we should act to implement them. As part of this, I want to hear from you about what you want to see Homeland Stupidity do.
Angela Keaton: Libertarian Single Issue Organizing and Coalition Building
Posted: April 6, 2009 12:42 pm
Updated: April 6, 2009 2:08 pm
“When my goal is to get something on the table, to have my issue actually be resolved,” says Angela Keaton, “all they really need to know is: war bad, peace good.”
Great Depression II
Posted: April 3, 2009 9:46 pm
Updated: April 3, 2009 11:02 pm
To those of you who are facing layoffs, foreclosure, or worse, help can’t come fast enough. But so far all you’ve been offered is a measly $400 tax rebate and vague promises about how the bailouts and the stimulus package will create more jobs and get the economy moving again. And of course, you’re doubtful. You’re right to be.
Dick Heller: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Supreme Court
Posted: April 2, 2009 3:27 pm
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:38 pm
For Dick Heller, the battle to reclaim Second Amendment rights from the District of Columbia was over 30 years in the making, and it isn’t over yet.
John Taylor Gatto: Walkabout London: An Unscientific Look at Open-Source Education
Posted: April 1, 2009 1:50 pm
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:37 pm
So many of the world’s billionaires and other great achievers, past and present, never graduated from high school, or never even went to school at all, that one begins to wonder if there’s a pattern here. Could removing your children from public school entirely be a key to their future success?
Lisa Snell: Competition is Revolutionizing Public Schools
Posted: March 31, 2009 11:51 am
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:36 pm
When I think of public schools, the first thing that comes to mind now is the high school principal who was removed from his position and escorted from the building by police because he wanted his teachers to use lesson plans. Everyone knows public schools are broken. Can they be fixed?
Boston T. Party: The Future of the Second Amendment Post-Heller
Posted: March 29, 2009 3:16 pm
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:35 pm
The June 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court decision was hailed as a victory by advocates of gun rights. It was also hailed as a victory by advocates of gun control. Who is right to claim victory? And what legal challenges do gun owners face in the future?
Marc Stevens: Delusions
Posted: March 26, 2009 3:30 pm
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:32 pm
If you consider yourself a citizen of the United States of America, or of any other country, you should not watch this video until you have mentally prepared yourself to have everything you believe in challenged. You have been warned.
Mary Ruwart: Deadly Secrets Behind Soaring Pharmaceutical Prices
Posted: March 25, 2009 2:42 pm
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:29 pm
Dr. Mary Ruwart is a quiet heroine of the liberty movement. In addition to being author of one of the most widely cited books on liberty, she is also a pharmaceutical industry insider, and at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum, she told exactly why prescription drugs (and health care generally) are expensive and difficult to access, and how many people have died because of it.
Glen Jacobs: Why Liberty is Inevitable
Posted: March 25, 2009 2:42 pm
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:28 pm
If you’ve ever seen professional wrestler Glen Jacobs at his day job, you may be quite surprised to hear him speak when he’s not at work.
Ethan Nadelmann: Ending Drug Prohibition
Posted: March 19, 2009 10:59 pm
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:27 pm
When alcohol was prohibited in the United States, it didn’t take long for people to recognize it as a universally bad idea. Yet the same is true of the prohibition of other drugs, and for the same reasons. A popular slogan at the time was, “Save Our Children: Stamp Out Prohibition.” Perhaps we should bring it back, because the war on drugs certainly is endangering our children.
Gary Franchi: Activism, Networking and Media in the Digital Age
Posted: March 18, 2009 1:23 pm
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:26 pm
As virtually everyone is aware, the Internet has changed the way people do business and how they live their lives. It has also changed the way people do activism.
David Nolan: Libertarian Strategy and Tactics in the Age of Obama
Posted: March 17, 2009 12:10 pm
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:18 pm
“Most people do not value liberty,” says Libertarian Party founder David Nolan, “at least not as much as we do.” What does this mean for those who wish to spread the message of freedom?
Alan Schaeffer: Alliance for the Separation of School and State
Posted: March 14, 2009 1:11 pm
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:24 pm
Separate school and state? But how will children get an education unless the government gives it to them?
New Hampshire Liberty Forum 2009
Posted: March 12, 2009 4:42 pm
Updated: April 5, 2009 2:22 pm
What happens when 500 activists for freedom converge on the same hotel in one of the freest places left in this country?
Surveillance Self-Defense
Posted: March 8, 2009 8:46 pm
You haven’t done anything wrong, so why should you worry about surveillance? It was Cardinal Richelieu who said, “If you give me six lines written by the most honest man, I will find something in them to hang him.” The United States doesn’t hang innocent people any more, but it certainly does imprison them by the millions, and occasionally does kill them.
The Million Dollar Washers
Posted: February 27, 2009 1:22 pm
The U.S. military paid just under $1 million for two 19 cent flat washers. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Government employees who despise you
Posted: January 5, 2009 1:43 am
A fundamental change occurs in the psyche of most people who work for the government. They begin to develop a superiority complex. After a while, they begin to believe they can do whatever they want to anyone who isn’t part of their exclusive club. And to an extent, they’re right: they have all the guns, after all. Here are a few examples of government employees showing their disdain for the ordinary people whose money they live on.
Securing the homeland, one liberty at a time
Posted: December 18, 2008 9:03 pm
Updated: December 18, 2008 11:19 pm
It’s that time again, time for outgoing government bureaucrats to make room for fresh new faces and to say goodbye. Today, outgoing Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff said goodbye to the country in a video. Of course, the government can’t seem to do anything right, and now we can add making simple videos to that list.
Illinois governor arrested for corruption
Posted: December 12, 2008 12:51 pm
Updated: December 12, 2008 2:06 pm
Illinois governor Milorad “Rod” Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested Tuesday on federal corruption charges, for allegedly attempting to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat, and trying to have Chicago Tribune editorial board members fired.
Radio host jailed over couch
Posted: November 14, 2008 6:39 pm
Updated: November 14, 2008 11:51 pm
Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Ian Freeman will spend 100 days in jail because he questioned the legitimacy of a system which would penalize him for having a couch in his yard and conduct his trial in secret.
Homeland Stupidity Voters’ Guide
Posted: November 3, 2008 11:01 pm
With there being less than a hair’s difference between presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain, many Americans are going to wake up today still undecided on which to vote for, the giant douche or the turd sandwich. Today I want to share with you how I think you should approach the polls on this Election Day, 2008.
I.O.U.S.A.: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.
Posted: September 29, 2008 12:01 am
Updated: September 29, 2008 12:20 am
We’ve all heard the real economic news by now, or worse, experienced it. You’ve gone to the bank to find it closed, or you’ve gotten laid off, or you’re just feeling the pinch in your wallet as money grows ever tighter. You need to understand how and why it happened if you’re going to get yourself out of this economic mess, because surely you’ve figured out by now that your so-called leaders in Washington aren’t going to do it; they seem hell-bent on making things even worse for you.
Secret bailouts coming?
Posted: September 26, 2008 2:58 pm
Updated: September 26, 2008 7:37 pm
It’s bad enough that the federal government wants to spend trillions of dollars of your children’s money to bail out financial institutions that should be allowed to collapse for the good of the economy. But under the terms of the proposed bailout plan, the government will be able to rescue bad banks in secret.
Spammer in the federal government?
Posted: September 23, 2008 9:25 am
I get more spam than most, and I just hit the Junk button for most of it. But when spam comes in with my real name attached, then I give the spammer a few minutes of extra attention. Usually this results in their web hosting and advertising accounts being canceled.
Toward a Department of Bailouts
Posted: September 22, 2008 11:45 am
Last week the world of finance was rocked hard as the policies of the Federal Reserve and the U.S. government finally came home to roost, with one major investment bank going under and many more in dire straits and being bought up at fire-sale prices.
The blogger’s energy tax
Posted: August 31, 2008 6:21 pm
There’s just too much information on the Internet these days, and it’s killing the poor old newspaper. That’s why we need a tax on information technology to reduce the flow of information, according to one proposal.
Why do you need an ID?
Posted: August 26, 2008 1:38 am
Would anyone fly again if they knew the government’s security procedures weren’t intended to make people safe, but only to make them feel safe?
Would you?
“Scheduled Departure” crashes, burns
Posted: August 25, 2008 1:34 am
A three-week trial program where illegal immigrants could voluntarily leave the country without being arrested has ended with only eight people signing up.
I.O.U.S.A.
Posted: August 22, 2008 3:31 am
Updated: August 22, 2008 4:12 am
Americans should be marching on D.C. by the millions with pitchforks in hand in protest of what the government has done to the economy and the nothing it plans to do about it. Yet they aren’t, primarily because they don’t understand the problem.
Spy shoes: RFID to be embedded directly into clothing
Posted: August 14, 2008 7:05 pm
Protesters gathered Wednesday afternoon at the opening of the RFID in Fashion conference in New York City to urge clothing manufacturers and retailers not to embed tracking chips into articles of clothing.
DHS official gets death threats over shock bracelet letter
Posted: August 8, 2008 9:01 pm
Perhaps the webmaster at Lamperd Less Lethal needs an electric shock.
Illegal immigrants, please go away
Posted: August 4, 2008 8:27 pm
The federal government has tried almost everything in its various bids to get undocumented immigrants out of the country. Now it’s trying something simple and unusual: just asking them to please leave.
The TSA Follies
Posted: August 2, 2008 8:00 pm
Updated: August 3, 2008 4:36 pm
“Your safety is our priority,” the Transportation Security Administration web site tells us. So how does the TSA explain these four ways it’s keeping air travelers unsafe?
“Our national security system is broken”
Posted: August 1, 2008 6:01 pm
A congressionally mandated study released Wednesday found that the U.S. national security system is outdated and needs major restructuring.
New Orleans to kick people out of travel trailers
Posted: July 19, 2008 2:34 pm
New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin announced that the city would begin citing residents who did not vacate the FEMA trailers in which they have been living.
Why the global financial system is about to collapse
Posted: July 8, 2008 11:39 pm
The global financial system is about to collapse because the U.S. dollar is about to collapse. The U.S. dollar is about to collapse because of a simple economic fact that no one has the power to change or conceal.
Independence Day
Posted: July 6, 2008 8:57 pm
On July 4 I woke up in Pennsylvania, in a mansion which had served as a station on the Underground Railroad, that network of people and places which helped slaves escape their bondage before and during the Civil War. And I thought that, with the replacement of yesterday’s chattel slavery with today’s universal bondage, it may be time for a new Underground Railroad.
Electric shock for air passengers?
Posted: July 4, 2008 9:26 am
Updated: July 9, 2008 2:25 pm
You check in at the airline ticket counter. But instead of a boarding pass, you get shackled with an electronic bracelet which tracks your every move, contains all your personal information, and can shock you senseless. This vision of the future of air security is being floated around the Department of Homeland Security’s research and development office.
Low morale at TSA leads to distraction, attrition
Posted: July 1, 2008 6:34 pm
Transportation Security Administration employees have a hard time getting their workplace concerns addressed, despite several agency initiatives, contributing to low morale and one in six screeners quitting their jobs each year, and potentially threatening airline security.
Government: the man-made disaster
Posted: June 30, 2008 12:41 am
We finally know why the federal government prevented Wal-Mart from delivering water to Hurricane Katrina victims: it was free.
Second Amendment right partially upheld
Posted: June 26, 2008 3:29 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that the individual right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment was nevertheless open to regulation, restriction, licensing and registration, just like the First Amendment.
Obama: Bad for the environment and your wallet
Posted: June 23, 2008 8:33 pm
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama not only wants to raise the price of your gas, he wants to raise the price of your food. Not to mention tax you to death for the privilege.
AAMVA to build REAL ID verification hub
Posted: June 22, 2008 2:27 pm
Updated: June 22, 2008 3:04 pm
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators received a no-bid contract worth millions of dollars to implement a “verification hub” connecting state and federal databases under the REAL ID program.
“Strike teams” invade Iowa flood victims’ homes
Posted: June 18, 2008 6:55 pm
So far the federal government has done little to respond to the historic floods in eastern Iowa which are among the worst in recorded history. In order to maintain tyranny in the flooded areas, local governments have had to step up to meet the challenge.
PorcFest 2008 wrap-up
Posted: June 16, 2008 3:11 pm
Updated: June 16, 2008 4:15 pm
If you missed the fifth annual Porcupine Freedom Festival in Gilford, N.H., last week, make plans now to attend the next one.
Porcupine Freedom Festival
Posted: June 12, 2008 5:10 pm
Updated: June 12, 2008 5:33 pm
The only place on the planet can you find hundreds of liberty loving activists who are actually doing something to advance the cause of freedom is right here in Gilford, N.H., at the fifth annual Porcupine Freedom Festival.
FEMA: Don’t rely on us after flood
Posted: June 11, 2008 2:27 pm
Indiana residents affected by Saturday’s flooding shouldn’t expect assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency any time soon, and perhaps not at all.
Bush: Federal contractors’ employees need permission to work
Posted: June 10, 2008 4:44 pm
President George W. Bush on Friday signed an executive order requiring federal contractors to verify the employment eligibility status of federal contractors and subcontractors.
Protected infrastructure: Ramblin Express casino shuttle
Posted: May 31, 2008 11:51 am
It’s May again, that time of year when the Department of Homeland Security hands out millions of dollars of your hard-earned money to whoever it wants for the strangest of reasons, or none at all, in the name of “infrastructure protection.” Today’s stupid spending: $184,415 for a casino shuttle.
A Global Struggle for Security and Progress
Posted: May 28, 2008 8:15 am
The war on terror could be recast as “A Global Struggle for Security and Progress,” according to an internal Department of Homeland Security memo.
The Revolution: A Manifesto
Posted: May 26, 2008 5:05 pm
If “Truth is treason in the empire of lies,” as Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) writes in his new book, The Revolution: A Manifesto, then Paul has certainly committed treason by laying out the truth of the precarious state of the United States in 2008.
Does FEMA need more power?
Posted: May 18, 2008 12:07 pm
When the next hurricane threatens to strike, how will you get the news? For that matter, will you survive? Some want to give the Federal Emergency Management Agency even more authority over disaster response than it already has, even while it struggles to modernize the country’s emergency alert system.
The TSA Follies
Posted: May 15, 2008 8:59 pm
Ostensibly the Transportation Security Administration exists to keep Americans safe when they fly. In reality it’s a bureaucratic nightmare which never should have been created in the first place. Consider what the TSA has done to pilots and air marshals to put you at risk.
TSA rules led to pilot’s gun firing in flight
Posted: April 12, 2008 7:41 am
Transportation Security Administration rules are to blame for the conditions leading up to an accidental discharge of a U.S. Airways pilot’s pistol during landing, say airline pilots familiar with the program.
Government employees misuse purchase cards
Posted: April 9, 2008 5:49 pm
Federal government employees spent millions of dollars of taxpayer money using their government purchase cards to pay for questionable items such as Internet dating services, Brooks Brothers suits, expensive steak dinners, personalized iPods, computers, and more, and much of the expensive electronic equipment has been lost or stolen, according to Congressional investigators.
New Hampshire gets REAL ID extension
Posted: March 29, 2008 8:01 pm
The Department of Homeland Security has granted an extension to New Hampshire for compliance with the provisions of the federal REAL ID program.
State rep just says no to common sense
Posted: February 15, 2008 1:28 pm
The New Hampshire state representative who made headlines last year when he e-mailed a constituent suggesting that he snitch out his marijuana-smoking friends is at it again.
FBI, CIA recruiting among terrorist sympathizers?
Posted: February 10, 2008 1:28 am
Are you an American terrorist sympathizer but don’t know how to strike back at the Great Satan? Afraid of getting arrested while your plot to blow up something or other is still half-baked? You don’t have to worry anymore. Now, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency want to hire you.
Live free or don’t
Posted: January 9, 2008 6:15 am
I’m suffering from mixed feelings about the New Hampshire primary results. There was only one candidate truly worth voting for on Tuesday, who truly exemplifies the Live Free or Die spirit. Then again, the Old Man of the Mountain is gone, and perhaps that Live Free or Die spirit fell with him.
New Hampshire Liberty Forum wrap-up
Posted: January 8, 2008 6:58 pm
The 2008 New Hampshire Liberty Forum, for me, was three action-packed, fun-filled days of meeting great people, hearing some of the best speakers anywhere, and partying hard late into the nights.
Barry Cooper: Sue the police
Posted: January 8, 2008 8:46 am
Barry Cooper is one of the most controversial people in the anti-prohibition movement. The release of his 2006 DVD, Never Get Busted Again, got him kicked out of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and led many to call him a sellout, or worse.
Death to fiat money
Posted: January 6, 2008 10:14 am
Updated: January 6, 2008 11:24 am
Bernard von NotHaus remains undaunted after a federal raid on his Liberty Dollar business in which his means of production and inventory were seized along with tons of precious metal owned by thousands of individual Americans.
Sticking it to the statists
Posted: January 5, 2008 3:57 pm
The opening ceremony of the 2008 New Hampshire Liberty Forum was likely the most important presentation of the entire conference, and yet less than half the attendees were present. That it was held at 9:30 am might have something to do with that.
New Hampshire Liberty Forum, Thursday
Posted: January 5, 2008 11:44 am
Updated: January 5, 2008 7:37 pm
Thursday afternoon I arrived at the Crowne Plaza Hotel here in Nashua, N.H., to attend this year’s New Hampshire Liberty Forum. And I would have posted this yesterday morning, if it weren’t for Comcast.
John McCain at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum?
Posted: January 4, 2008 6:08 pm
So far at this year’s New Hampshire Liberty Forum I’ve learned that perhaps John McCain isn’t such a strong supporter of the Second Amendment after all.
Welcome USA TODAY readers
Posted: January 3, 2008 3:18 am
Why did I say that Ron Paul’s foreign policy is the only way to end terrorism?
TSA among most unpopular federal agencies
Posted: January 2, 2008 8:24 am
Santa brought Kip Hawley coal this year, because he’s been a very naughty boy.
The Market for Liberty
Posted: December 31, 2007 5:30 am
Economics isn’t merely a dry, boring study of money. It is, boiled down to its essence, a study of human nature: how people interact and trade with each other. Since this obviously involves money, there is no shortage of people who want some of that money for themselves, when they haven’t earned it. And the chief ways in which they take that money are to confuse people and to establish governments.
FEMA trailer formaldehyde testing to begin
Posted: December 18, 2007 5:40 pm
More than a year after displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina first said that formaldehyde in government-issued travel trailers was making them sick, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has arranged for air quality testing to begin this week.
Ron Paul’s $6.3 million tea party
Posted: December 17, 2007 4:50 am
A blizzard which dropped eight inches of snow on Boston Sunday didn’t stop over 700 people from packing into Faneuil Hall to hear speeches about Dr. Ron Paul. And nothing could stop 61,000 supporters of Paul’s presidential campaign from dropping a record-breaking $6.3 million into his campaign coffers.
TSA can’t find real bombs either
Posted: November 25, 2007 6:34 pm
The excuse we hear from the Transportation Security Administration when yet another report comes out finding that its screeners miss the majority of simulated bomb components that testers attempt to bring through airport checkpoints is that the tests are designed to be difficult and nobody would be able to get away with it if they were real bomb components.
Yet investigators with no insider knowledge were able to smuggle real bomb components, sufficient to assemble powerful improvised explosive devices based on liquid explosives, past the TSA at 19 separate airports, according to a report released November 15.
Double or Nothing: Money Bomb November 26 and December 3
Posted: November 20, 2007 3:00 pm
For the last two weeks I’ve been telling everyone that Ron Paul needs money sooner, rather than later, since the campaign has to pay for advertising in advance and it takes several weeks from the time the money is spent to get ads on the air.
Today the campaign sent out an email confirming and reiterating this point. This is it, in full:
Mukasey’s Homeland Security Court
Posted: November 8, 2007 12:06 am
One of the requirements for a totalitarian police state is a system of kangaroo courts, star chambers which operate in secret and in parallel to the existing judicial system to convict political prisoners of pretended crimes against the state, which could never survive in the regular courts. And former judge Michael Mukasey, nominee for U.S. Attorney General to replace Alberto Gonzales, has proposed that the United States adopt such a system of courts.
