What follows is my entry into the 2011 edition of the Foundation for Economic Education's Eugene S. Thorpe Writing Competition.  

According to an e-mail I received on March 7, 2012

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The following was originally posted as a guest post on Heather's Harmony, a travel blog.  Go there for interesting insights into a person planning to escape from the United States.

Enjoy these Friday funnies!!

A few people from the stewart/colbert rally letting the reporter know that they dont think President Obama is a KEYNESIAN.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBrHkxqNT7s

Pep

From antiwar.com news:

"President Obama’s deployment of 100 US combat forces to Uganda and surrounding areas has shocked many as highly unusual and even downright bizarre. But while ground troops in Africa are a comparatively rare occurrence, the decision follows a very familiar path of dominant US foreign policy."

A few more invasions and Obama can redeem his Risk cards for new units!

Pep

Ceres is the most recent installment of the Ngu family saga.  The Ngu's were spawned by human Martian settlers, who clashed with United Nations forces sent from Earth to quash dissent.  The Ngu's went on to settle other worlds.  It helps a bit if you have a cursory knowledge of the solar system's geography, as Smith's creative universe extends from planet Earth, to the dwarf planets of Pallas and Ceres (in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter).

On July 3rd, the day before the holiday commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims our God-given inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), without input of the public, and in the convenient cover of a distracted public and claiming the authority of the disingenuously named "Food Safety Modernization Act" (FSMA), has usurped a key component of our health - the right to use supplements. The FDA did this by issuing new guidelines for the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) that call for a New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) protocol. The NDI would essentially ban supplements.

Almost every day, the government reveals themselves to be the gangsters that they are. In this case, the US Department of Agriculture demands over $90,000 to "settle" $4 Million in fines against a backyard rabbitry. Since I don't have much time to write, I'll let the blogs speak for themselves:

http://biggovernment.com/bmccarty/2011/05/20/family-facing-4-million-in-fines-for-selling-bunnies/

http://bobmccarty.com/2011/05/19/usda-stands-behind-hare-raising-fine/

I've had an illuminating evening.  I've gone all over town with my children by myself (three different stores with some amazingly great kids who handled the excursion amazingly well).  We all work together to get what we want.  We even offered gold as payment (see interactive map)

As a foodie, this really gores my ox! Cheesemakers are being persecuted to the point of financial ruin by the unconstitutional, fascist FDA on ridiculous charges. The first article is a synopsis from one of my favourite blogs; the second is a podcast.   

http://www.foodrenegade.com/artisan-cheese-under-attack/

http://www.1150kknw.com/podcast/media/IMT-01-26-11.mp3

According to a sad piece in the WSJ, state legislators passed 31,000 laws in 2010.

We now have 31,000 less freedoms than we did this time last year...

Wow. My own blog on the Liberty Conspiracy. I feel so special. :) I have a blog on the same site as the two whom I've learned so much from, The Bald is Beautiful Brothers, Gardner Goldsmith and Citizen X. Judging by the weather outside, snowing and hailing at 33 degrees here in El Paso, Texas, and now I have a blog...it would seem Hell truly hath frozen over.

Ron Paul has announced that he will be Chairman of the Subcommittee for Monetary Policy. He is expected to continue his mission of challenging the legitimacy of the Federal Reserve in an effort to have it abolished. Look forward to a series of Congressional hearings with an unleashed Paul grilling Bernanke and company. Be sure to visit the links for more information!

Liberty & Vigilance!

Pep

"Hater," by David Moody was selected as freedombookclub.com's Book of the Month for October 2010.  It was recommended to the club by participant and horror novelist Wayne Simmons.

Just got in and found these stories on Yahoo.... Osama presses for longer school years I don't have time to get started on how the education industry is a racket and how children are spoiled and overprotected... If Osama has his way, as one observer pointed out, he would destroy the vacation industry and vast regions of the US. The Northern part of this state heavily relies on travel. How is this to be paid for? With federal grants with strings attached? Children need free time to recharge, develop and grow. Free time and imagination are essential to both children and adults! Do we really want to be like Japan and Germany, the examples given in the article?

Boy, was I surprised today to find a donation solicitation from Joe Arpaio.  Arpaio is running to be re-elected as sheriff of Maricopa country (Phoenix), Arizona.  I live in Tennessee.

Sheriff Joe's letter chronicled his battles against illegal immigrants, Mexican drug cartels, and ultra-left Obama radicals who claim that the good sheriff is a Nazi.

I think I am going to vomit now....

http://www.fastcompany.com/1683302/iris-scanners-create-the-most-secure-city-in-the-world-welcomes-big-brother?partner=yahoobuzz

Iris Scanners Create the Most Secure City in the World. Welcome, Big Brother