As we have mentioned, this is exactly what has happened in many US states that have already instituted these kinds of mandates on insurance companies. The politicians tell the people who started the businesses (and those who have already gotten policies based on the risks the insurance companies accept) -- they announce  that the way the companies do business isn't "acceptable". Then the politicians break the Constitution to "regulate" (ie push around and tell how to do business) the companies and the people who have already gotten policies with them.

But don't chalk it up to them actually reading the Interstate Commerce Clause with a modicum of honesty. It was dropped because they didn't have the votes. And remember, this is another of the "GENIUS" proposals from Congressman Henry Waxman, the same man who proposed a Congressional "investigation" into the prices of boxed breakfast cereals!

Catch Lucky! Those charms need to be regulated by the politicians!

Here's the piece on the net neutrality item.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100930/D9IHUT9O0.html

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Even with all the incredibly galling things Congress does, this one is so openly brazen, it's jaw-dropping.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0910/Byrds_family_will_receive...

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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?

Oh, yes, don't forget, voting changes everything. Government will stop growing, stop invading privacy, stop stealing, stop coercing -- just vote and change.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/09/government-seeks

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Yeah, this will really help stop terrorist attacks against innocent US citizens.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-soldier-describes-thrill-kill-innocent-...

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This is the first phase of so-called "reform". IN the linked piece, notice how the report opens with an anecdote, a sad story about a family who has a child with hemophelia and has reached the total limit for their insurance pay-outs. The reporter then gushes about how, under the "new health care reform law" the family won't, as the mother says, "have to worry about that."

Yep! The penultimate Repairman Jack Novel is OUT! Take a look-see! And remember, the NYT "bestsellers" list is compiled using a strange, mystical algorythm in which its not just numbers, but numbers in the FIRST TWO WEEKS that determine whether something is listed. If you order these now, you help cement a better position for the books!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076532282X/ref=s9_newr_gw_ir04?pf_rd_m=...

And try this on for size. Stephen Jones does great work compiling the best in the horror field!

In addition to this piece, we will soon dicscuss in audio a recent "interview" (if you can call such a suck-up session an "interview") by a Wall Street Joural opinion writer and a congressman, in which the congressman states that the Republicans would not want to repeal the "good" parts of this wholly unconsitutional law. For example, he says, our great Republican saviors would hate to repeals the mandate that requires insurance companies to include children in adult plans at rates ordered by the government. Oh, no, we'd hate to actually let people be free of state commands. Of course, just a few minutes later, the same politician tells the interviewer that he's very much a booster of "free markets". Interesting bi-polar frission happening there, huh.............

Ahh, don't you just love the sweet smell of hypocrasy in the morning? It smells of... Hypocrasy!

Sorry, couldn't help but mangle "Deer Hunter", I mean, "Apocalypse Now"...

http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/watercooler/index.php?blogid=667

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Yeah, statists criticized us libertarians because we suggested people get gold as a hedge against inflation.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-14/yen-rises-to-15-year-high-on-sp...

Gold may moderate a bit in the next quarter, but then, the real price increased of goods will be seen, thanks to the inflation the feds have pushed for years, and the gold prices will skyrocket. Silver is also a good investment, even now. In two years, their prices will be much, much higher.

This could be a mega-breakthrough.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13207947.htm

Good thing it's coming before medicine gets completely politicized. Not much time left...

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http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/09/13/kevin-mccarthy-obituary-body-snatchers...

The man who knew they were coming.

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Yeah, there's this nagging little thing called the "Contract Clause"? It's nutty! It prohibits any town or state government from interfering in private contract.

Wouldn't it be great if the proscription were actually applied more often?

Wouldn't it be great if there were NO gubment to interfere at all?

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20100910_Federal_appeals_court_strikes_down_Hazleton_s_immigration_ordinances.html

Take a look at the story!

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Anymore?

How about, since it's bloody application?

What gives, Fidel? Getting buyers remorse almost sixty years later?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_fidel_cast...

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People might finally be waking up to the reality that the US is monetizing the debt and will pay back with worthless money. Get gold. ASAP.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/39075951

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These guys never seem to learn that taking money away from individuals to choose how they would like to spend it means that such a move is an AUTOMATIC loss in productivity, and hence, negative for real economic growth. Add to it the fact that this is money that is coming by way of taxing AND borrowing from future taxpayers, and you have yourself the enslavement of your kids.

Nice, huh?

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100906/D9I2DUV01.html

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Again, the unresolved problem of government and IP management comes to the fore. Check out our audio library for a great series of shows on this topic!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_hi_te/eu_germany_youtube_1

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Just take a look at this piece. Deapite the nonsense spouted about how much "faith" people have in Bernanke (um, he had the smallest margin of support for any fed chair EVER), the piece DOES cover all the new ways in which Bernanke can manipulate and mess with the market. Not good.

And not much different than early Nazi Germany.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-02/bernanke-meets-buffett-in-new-role-conceived-to-protect-markets.html

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They say that employers HIRED X, but they GOT RID of X+Y!

Incredible. But then again, what should one expect? The major nets have always been driven by the political prejudices of those working at them. Any pretense to "objective" journalism is a sham. After all, the people who work at the networks and major news agencies are PEOPLE, and are incapable of being "objective". We are all subjective creatures.

If viewers and readers would stop imagining that the news people were somehow blessed with oracle-like wisdom, we'd all be a lot better off.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38988367/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy

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