Dennis Kucinich had his day on the House floor today. The debate on his doomed bill to demand that Obama remove our troops from Afghanistan was full of the usual suspects making their usual arguments. I can’t help but wonder, if George Bush were still president, would there have been more than 60 votes of support from Democrats?
Ron Paul took his five minutes to continue his lifelong demonstration called, “How to follow the Constitution”.
Country-crashing Afghanistan on the House floor
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PATRIOT Act Backdoor Extension Passes Congress
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“Give us all your liberties, and we will keep you safe.” – Intentions of the United States Congress under the USA PATRIOT Act, 2001-2010
Originally published February 28, 2010 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/patriot-act-backdoor-extension-passes-congress-1
[Thanks to LS for preparing the below video.]
The Dangers of “Wartime Powers”
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A few weeks ago at CPAC, a Friday panel was assembled to answer the question: “Does security trump freedom?” Among the panelists were Robert “Skip” Ash, who teaches a course on “national security law” at Regent University, and also serves at the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) as their Senior Litigation Counsel for National Security Law.
Read more »Obama to Bush: My Month Beats Your Year
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...when it comes to federal deficit spending that is, with
February's coming in at $220 billion vs. a yearly deficit for 2007
of $161 billion. This is 14 percent higher than the previous
monthly record deficit, set just last February.
Whatever Happened to Free Trade?
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With the tedious details of healthcare "reform" and
tickle-fighting fantasists sucking up all of the media oxygen, it
takes someone like James Pethokoukis, the most informative
Greek-American since Dimetrios Synodinos, to remind us
that President Obama is neglecting (or purposefully ignoring) a
hugely important issue:
free trade.
New at Reason: Anthony Randazzo on the Myth of the Recovery
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From our April issue, Anthony Randazzo explains
why the White House's claims that the economy is on the mend don't
add up. View this article.
Atlantic Yards Opponent Daniel Goldstein: "I actually don’t feel like I live in New York City or a free country anymore.”
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Atlantic Yards Report
brings word of the latest ordeal suffered by Brooklyn homeowner
Daniel Goldstein as developer Bruce Ratner and his partners in the
state government move forward with their plans to build a
basketball stadium on top of Goldstein’s home:
Independent Review of U.N. Climate Panel Set
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Climategate and
glaciergate
have set off a firestorm of criticism against the
less-than-transparent Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change.
Bowing to public pressure, the IPCC is now seeking an independent
review of it procedures by the InterAcademy Council. The IAC is the
umbrella organization for various national academies of science
from countries around the world.
You Might Die in Your Toyota. It Happens.
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A great
post from Robert Wright at the New York Times about
why the disproportionate attention paid to Toyota recalls is
worrisome and innumerate:
Gun Control After McDonald
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By David RittgersI recently appeared on the Patt Morrison Show in southern California opposite Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in a segment that begs the question of what gun control laws will look like if the Supreme Court incorporates the Second Amendment with the McDonald v. Chicago case. The audio of the program is here, but the issue merits a more detailed discussion than I could get into on the radio.
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