Fear and Loathing in Kansas City

Health Care Reform

The health care debate is still in full force, and while there is strong support and opposition to the reform being proposed in Washington, we can all agree that health care costs are a burden on a large portion of American families.

Libertarian View On What Obama Has Done Right

Anti-statist free market Libertarian view on what Obama has done right so far in office. There are many opposing political views to the current administration. This is an opposing view showing areas of support for the President.

Inflation is Theft (and you are getting ripped off)

Over the past century, inflation has taken root in peoples' minds as an inevitable fact of life. Inflation is seen as a monetary phenomenon that must be kept in check and controlled as part of managing the economy, a task that should be left to the experts.

Government & Phillip Morris Corporatism at it's finest

Everyone seems to be looking the other way as Big Tobacco uses Government regulation for profit.

A case against government Part 1: Police State

Flaws in the concept of the necessity and function of Police.

A case against government Part 2: Immigration

Small Government, Free Markets & Immigration. Are freedoms determined by birth alone? The issue of immigration is based on biases, and prejudices no matter how subtle. This is not to call pro-state controlled immigration advocates "racist" but mostly unaware and misinformed.

Health Care: A Real Solution

The solution Republicans & Democrats will not look at, with no expansion of corporatism. Free Markets? Health Care For all? And as real solutions are out there both sides throw insults.

Even Canadians Are Waking Up . . .

Health Care, is a new debate opening up in Canada?

The First Shot? the coming debtors revolt?...

Is this the shot to be heard round the world in the coming debtor revolt? Even as the new hope Obama asks you to go deeper into banker debt, an angry new kind of debtor emerges, and here she is.

5 Ways to Prepare For: The Dawning of a new Age!

Oh happy day. The future has come and I feel a bright and shinny tomorrow. The Federal Government is here to serve us. What a relief. For a minute there I was scared they would make me have to be responsible for myself, provide for myself and fend for myself.

Contextualizing the Exhortation for Female Submission and Propriety

The women's movement of modernity has successfully made strides towards gender equality; women in post-modern America increasingly enjoy the liberties and social status once granted almost exclusively to men.

Senate Set for Lame-Duck Votes on Unemployment and Big-Three Bailout

This has been a week of back-and-forth between President-elect Barack Obama, President Bush and Democratic leaders in Congress over bailing out the auto industry and passing an economic stimulus package, but a way forward seems to have finally emerged.

Health Care Reform is On

In a sign that a major health care reform is coming in 2009, on Wednesday Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee and one of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate, released a healthcare reform blueprint that goes even further than  …

2008 Commandant's Marine Corps Birthday Ball

General James T.

Happy Birthday

On this November 10th I wish to send a happy birthday to all my fellow Marines out there. Semper Fi

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Barr Says 'This is Just the Beginning'

"This is just the beginning of the new Libertarian Party," says Bob Barr, the 2008 Libertarian Party nominee for president.

The Moral Hazard of Regulation

Since the bailout bill passed, I have been frequently disturbed to hear "experts" wrongly blaming the free market for our recent economic problems and calling for more regulation. In fact, further regulation can only make things worse.

I Voted Today

I woke up an hour early and walked around the block to St. Anthony Catholic Church this is the voting location in Kansas City Missouri for ward 11 precinct 9. I got there about a half hour early and already a dozen free citizens stood on the street waiting for the polls to open.

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Goldman Sachs ready to hand out £7bn salary and bonus package... after its £6bn bail-out

Goldman Sachs is on course to pay its top City bankers multimillion-pound bonuses - despite asking the U.S. government for an emergency bail-out. The struggling Wall Street bank has set aside £7billion for salaries and 2008 year-end bonuses, it emerged yesterday.

Too Big To Fail?

In the midst of highly unpopular bailouts of Wall Street, many justifications have been given about why Washington feels the need to act. Some claim that capitalism and the free market are to blame, but we have not had capitalism.

On ballots this Nov: More Muslim American women

Many things have changed for Muslim Americans in the seven years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: Interrogations from FBI and immigration officials. Additional screenings from airport security. The feeling of being targeted by the contentious Patriot Act.

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Cloture Votes In Congress: Filibusters Gone Wild

If you follow Congress at all, you've probably heard that in the last two years Democrats, even though they hold the majority, haven't been able to get much passed the Republican Minority in the Senate.

Spending the Economy into Oblivion

With news this week that Congress is poised to consider a new stimulus package, I am forced to again ask a question that seems silly in Washington: How will we pay for this?

Congress Funded by D.C. Interests

If campaign contributions buy favors from lawmakers, almost every member of Congress owes a lot more to special interests in Washington, D.C. than they do to their constituents.

Sen. Stevens Convicted on All Counts

U.S. Senator Ted Stevens was convicted of all seven felony charges of failing to report gifts from a company in his home state of Alaska, a possibly fatal blow to the career of the Senate's longest-serving Republican.

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  • Health Care Reform

    The health care debate is still in full force, and while there is strong support and opposition to the reform being proposed in Washington, we can all agree that health care costs are a burden on a large portion of American families.

  • Libertarian View On What Obama Has Done Right

    Anti-statist free market Libertarian view on what Obama has done right so far in office. There are many opposing political views to the current administration. This is an opposing view showing areas of support for the President.

  • Inflation is Theft (and you are getting ripped off)

    Over the past century, inflation has taken root in peoples' minds as an inevitable fact of life. Inflation is seen as a monetary phenomenon that must be kept in check and controlled as part of managing the economy, a task that should be left to the experts.

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    A homeowner says a Phoenix police officer shot him six times in the back during a 911 home-invasion call, and the 911 tape recorded the officer's partner saying, "That's all right. Don't worry about it. I got your back. ...

  • Government & Phillip Morris Corporatism at it's finest

    Everyone seems to be looking the other way as Big Tobacco uses Government regulation for profit.

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