Reuters is reporting that "researchers" at Oxford University want the UK to impose a "fat tax" on foods rich in lipids. Of course, their rationale for the proposal is that such a tax would "save" many lives and save lots of money for their socialized medical system.

So would the abolition of the automobile.

But, the proponents might say, the car is "necessary", while lipid-rich foods are not.

While this point is historically unfounded (people once used horses and buggies; cars are simply more efficient, not necessary for survival), we understand the silly argument. So let's look at serving size per body weight and expenditure of calories per day. If the UK government is interested in surveying what people have the capability of eating, then deciding what is or is not "good for them", they must also look at the quantity of that food, right? Certainly one cannot argue that one french fry a day is hazardous to one's health. At what level does it become hazardous, and if one is four-foot, ten inches, and 100 pounds, can one only eat a few greasy foods per week, versus someone who is 6'-5", and 250?

As many Conspirators know, the Bush Administration originally denied that it was conducting warrentless wiretaps on US citizens. Then it was revealed that the administration was doing just that, and Alberto Gonzales claimed that such actions were proper because "Congress gave the President wide discretion when it granted him the power to use the military in 2002."

Well, since the Congress never declared War, one ought to question that. And people did.

Gonzales then claimed that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of the 1970's gave them permission to conduct such wiretaps, as long as there was a foreigner on one end of the line.

The Washington Post reports that the FDA is delaying the release of a new treatment for prostate cancer, in order to protect us from our own choices.

For those who are unaware, the FDA has killed -- through inaction -- more people than it has saved. It is unconstitutional AND deadly. What a way to live!

Here is the piece:

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FDA Delay In Cancer Therapy Is Attacked

By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, July 6, 2007; Page A01

Oncologists do not usually need bodyguards when they present scientific data at a medical symposium.

But when Howard I. Scher of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Maha Hussain of the University of Michigan spoke at a recent meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, they were in fear for their safety.

The list of detractors continues to grow.

(No we don't need to mention Al Gore's son, Al Gore Jr. the Third, AKA "Mini-me". That story is left to you to consider. But we can only think that perhaps, if Al and Flipper had just gotten those "indecent content" labels on CDs a few months earlier, the young man might have been saved from the influence of EVIL music!)

Here is the story form the AP. Best line, Roger Daltry, of The Who: "The last thing the planet needs is a rock concert.":
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Rock group Arctic Monkeys have become the latest music industry stars to question whether the performers taking part in Live Earth on Saturday are suitable climate change activists.

According to the AP, Microsoft Corporation, based in Washington state, has been forced to move part of its operations to Canada, where the company can get freer access to high-tech labor. The key word there is "freer", for the reason the company must move is that the current US immigration policies are too restrictive, and do not allow Microsoft to hire the skilled laborers it needs, from anywhere in the world.

In a free nation, no government tells any private businessman whom he can and cannot hire. In a free nation, no politician tells consumers they must pay MORE for products, whether they choose to or not, because the politician prefers one kind of laborer over another. In a free country, people would be able to choose for themselves, and would not subsume their neighbors' preferences beneath their own.

In Honor of Those Who Gave Their Lives and Fortunes...

Here is the Text of the Declaration of Independence:

Declaration of Independence

(Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776)
The Unanimous Declaration
of the Thirteen United States of America

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

It is one of the greatest ever made; perfect for the sentiment of Al Gore's upcoming Live Earth mess... PLEASE WATCH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q3SNDKx6WI

And please offer comments if interested...

Late Friday, June 29, the members of the US Supreme Court decided that they would hear new claims for habeas corpus hearings from so-called 'detainees' being held in the (also so-called) "War" on Terror.

As conspirators know, the US Congress never declared War after 9-11, despite what Sean Hannity might say to El G on the radio, and as a result, the Bush Administration thought it could dodge treating prisoners as prisoners of war. But since there was no formal declaration of War, those captured are supposed to be tried under US criminal code, which would mean affording them habeas hearings (presentation of the evidence in a court). The Bush Administration argued last year, in the Hamdan case, that to allow habeas for 'enemy combatants' could jeopardize revealing covert operations, which is a possibility, but not a strong one. Bush wanted 'detainees' tried in 'military tribunals' of his branch's making, which, again, was patently unconstitutional, since only the Congress can set up the court system between the state courts nd the US Supreme Court (see Articles One, Two and Three of the US Constitution). In their Hamdan ruling the Court disagreed with Bush on the creation of the Military Tribunals and on not affording habeas. But then, the US Congress passed the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which would allow for Bush's military tribunals and would stop future calls for habeas from going to the Supreme Court.

As expected, the NH House voted to pass HB 927.

Many thanks to everyone who fought this bill. Since the Republican Party leadership is now useless and feckless in defending individual liberty, it will be up to us to begin the work to expand the number of people who believe in our principles. This will take a massive effort in the media.

We will discuss this in more detail soon.

While we adhere to the principle that taxation is not morally supportable, and that taxation is legalized theft, we also recognize the importance of keeping politicians to their words, and every state representative and senator, as well as the Governor and the Executive Counselors swear an oath to uphold the NH Constitution. Far be it from us to point out that the NH Constitution does NOT specify a "right" to a state-funded "adequate education". In fact, it reserves to the TOWNS the power to make education decisions and finance them.

Today, fellow Conspirators and others from numerous pro-liberty, free-market organizations gathered on the State House steps to show their opposition to HB 927, which will take away this local control of education policy and hand it to the politicians in Concord.

The vote is tomorrow. We hope you can join us at 9 am! There is a strong chance that this noxious and anti-constitutional legislation could pass...

Here are some points to remember:

In the wording of HB 927, there is a mandated curriculum of seven subjects that MUST be taught, including 'information technology', plus mandated kindergarten. The conspiracy has it on good word that the Senators who put this together intentionally shoved mandates into it to jack up the price of an 'adequate' education, so that the towns, when they see the price tag, will start clamoring for 'relief', and you know where the leftists are going to take that.

Excellent piece, please read when you have the opportunity.

http://news.com.com/Work+bill+would+create+new+ID+database/2100-1028_3-6...

That’s SENATOR to you, little internet listener.

That’s SENATOR to you, little internet listener.

That’s SENATOR to you, little internet listener.

At 11 am on June 25, the US Supreme Court handed John "Mr. Free Speech" McCain a nice drubbing on his patently unconstitutional McCain-Feingold campaign finance law.

The issue dealt with whether a Wisconsin organization could criticize politicians sixty days prior to an election. The court ruled in its favor. McCain said the ruling was "regrettable". Cute.

The Founding Fathers would have put him on trial.

Here is the text of the report, from the AP;
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By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 45 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court loosened restrictions Monday on corporate- and union-funded television ads that air close to elections, weakening a key provision of a landmark campaign finance law.

A nice change of pace from the day to day political battles...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped down today, June 24, handing the reins of power (too much, BTW), to Labour (see Brits? we did the LaboUr thing for ye!) Party leader Gordon Brown.

Here is the piece, from the Associated Press:

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By ROB HARRIS
Associated Press Writer
MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- Gordon Brown, Britain's next prime minister, on Sunday promised a foreign policy that recognizes that defeating terrorism is as much a struggle of ideas as a military battle - a lesson he said was drawn from Iraq.

As he took control of the governing Labour Party from Tony Blair, Brown said Britain would "learn lessons that need to be learned."

Anderson Cooper and his staff recently took on Congress, which, in a recent poll, stands at only 14% approval among likely voters.
Cooper and the "360" team decided to check on Nancy Pelosi's claim that the Democrat Congress would be the most transparent and open ever when it came to revealing "earmarks", i.e. padding in the budget for special "projects" that bring tax money to favored districts and help Congressmen and Congresswomen get reelected.

For three days, Cooper and his staff called all 435 members of Congress to ask them if they would be willing to tell their audience exactly what "earmarks" they had added to the budget. Of those 435, only 31 agreed to offer the information!

In a blow to the primacy of private property, NH Governor John "Gosh, We're Bi-partisan!" Lynch yesterday signed into law a ban on smoking in all private restaurants and bars.

"I'm a fascist," he said... Just kidding. But technically speaking, what he has done IS fascistic, in the strict political definition. It also buys into the Marxist idea that the owners of the means of production EXPLOIT workers, which is baseless and false. Business people do not force anyone to work for them, and to have government step in to "protect workers" from the conditions which they VOLUNTARILY accept as part of their jobs is something Marx would have loved.