You gotta see this, from an Obama rally (uh, sorry, they called it a "Town Hall")...

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/04/27/obama_town_hall_stacke...

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This is an interesting case for those who concentrate on the wording of the US Constitution.

California's legislature passes a law banning the sale of "violent" (how does one define that?) video games to minors. But many speak out, saying there are First Amendment issues at stake here.

There are, and there are also issues pertaining to the Contract Clause.

Here's the lowdown. The plaintiffs pushing against the ban (which was never executed by the state, the suit was brought early on after the bill was passed0, anyway, the plaintiffs cite the First Amendment. But, as we have noted often, the First Amendment only pertains to CONGRESS making no law abridging the freedom of speech. States could have and did have speech codes.

In a nation -- and perhaps a world -- where it is viewed as the place of government to intercede in private matters where there may be disputes about what some parties consider "fair", this kind of thing is a given. In a world where private affairs are just that, affairs between consenting individuals, the argument that "discrimination" needs to be fixed by government bills or court proceedings is unfounded. Why... Unless there is breach of contract or fraud, the parties are free to work with or not work with each other. How a business treats employees -- of both sexes -- will reflect on that company, thus having an effect on the kinds of people who work there. More skilled people will not work there, thus harming the company.

At what point do people start wondering if they're living in a fascist nation?

There is no private transaction that is not open to scrutiny by the feds, despite the fact that the feds aren't given the power to do it, and have no power over immigration except in the first thirteen states (a close reading of the Constitution spells out this fact.)

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/25/feds-push-to-seize-restau...

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Did you hear Gard's conversation with Ellen Datlow, the great anthology editor?

Well, you can find her work here! Buy some, and drink deep the great stories!

Here are the "Best Horror of the Year" anthologies, so far... http://www.amazon.com/Best-Horror-Year-Ellen-Datlow/dp/1597801615/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272053069&sr=1-4 and http://www.amazon.com/Best-Horror-Year-2/dp/1597801739/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272053277&sr=1-1

Doctor Evening Keeps Going Strong! THE MANGO KID CONTINUES TO ROCK!

Get the song!

http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-mp3-canadian-rockers-danko-jones

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This is the first sign... Along with it we will see a supposed "recovery' for a few quarters... Watch out.

If anyone wondered why foreigners won't buy US Treasury Bills, they will, in a year or so, really, REALLY understand why...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Wholesale-prices-rise-in-apf-299827519.html?x=0&.v=4

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It would seem that the Sixtenth Amendment doesn't really allow taxation on the value of the goods, so that would be out. It also seems that the taxing power granted in Article one would have to be uniform, so it's a stretch to think that they could come up with some VAT that would operate in such a manner...

We'll see... One thing is certain, it will be less recognized by the public than the income tax, and will grow and grow...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100421/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_tax

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This ties in to the whole "social justice" nonsense, and also reveals how the EPA is going to work with the "Boys and Girls Clubs of America" to propagandize kids all over the US. The EPA Head says, "we've seen this kind of thing done before..." Yeah, in Nazi Germany. It was called Hitler Youth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rb37Vr3uCI&feature=player_embedded

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... While the article is good, it misses two major points:

1. The US Constitution does not allow the federal gubment to regulate businesses in this way.

2. Beyond the way the Constitution stipulates the politicians operate or do not operate, there is the moral question of "the state" in the first place. Who can claim moral authority over the peaceful monetary exchanges of others?

Take a look, but be ready to avert your eyes!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870444830457519630370779086...

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Expect to see more of this Fascism now that the government has taken over healthcare. The war on salt is based on lies. The body naturaly regulates salt absorbtion. The relationship between salt and heart disease is spurious and many bureaucrats have advanced their careers by fraudulently exaggerating the connection between salt and heart disease. Could not salt difficiencies cause serious health problems as well as cause food to spoil sooner (unless replaced with other preservatives)?

 Report: FDA should FORCE rollback in salty foods

http://www.examiner.com/a-2587190~Report__FDA_should_force_rollback_in_salty_foods.html

The final quote is interesting. The statist and anti-individualist believes that when the "founders" wrote the Constitution, they thought they put an end to "political violence". Whey, then, were they so adamant that no government in any state or the federal government be able to stop people from keeping and bearing arms?

Strange, huh? Oh, and then there are all those pesky quotes from people like Mr. Jefferson, who explained that people would be wise to watch out for the tendency of politicians to aggrandize power to themselves, at the expense of individual liberty. Hmmmmmmm......

Dot. Dot. Dot. (As they'd say at Homestarrunner.com!)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36635695/ns/politics-washington_post

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But... But... The politicians passed that massive health fascism bill, and what about all that stimulus $? You mean employers are even more uncertain about the future? You mean they might actually worry that the government is going to regulate them more, cost them more and make it a potential financial DANGER to hire any new employees?

NO way!

Anyone read Robert Higgs in the past TWENTY years? It's called "Regime Uncertainty", and it happens every time gubment starts imposing new regulations on business..........

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=adEmhO3rPqa8

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Ewwwww, what a shock!!!!! How can this be?

At least Google and Yahoo are fighting it.

But what happened to the plaintive wails of Rachel Maddow and so-called "civil libertarians"?

(Sound of tumbleweed... Crickets chirp a melody...)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20002423-38.html

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So, all those people in favor of "privacy"... How does one address the gubment snooping into what people earn, and then taking huge portions of it to give to others long after they've used up the "unemployment insurance (ie taxes) they've had stolen from THEM while THEY worked?

To quote Dennis Moore:

"This redistribution of wealth thing is trickier than I thought!"

Indeed. But the politicians don't feel the impact.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-04-15-unemployment-benefits...

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Check out these reports, collected from USA Today since December of 2009. Nothing like expanding government in sheer numbers and in expense, especially during a time when the productive private sector is being squeezed more and more...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-12-10-federal-pay-salaries_...

and

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-04-federal-pay_N.htm

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Just as in the US, the so-called "ethicists" have it wrong. This is not cloning, and it doesn't present a situation where there are "three parents". It simply replaces mitochondria. Um, duh?

Meanwhile, the deaths and pain caused by such birth defects will continue until the law is changed. In the US, the FDA causes similar problems by delaying medical devices and drugs that could save peoples' lives. It has been far more destructive than protective.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63D3OB20100414

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Amazing. But what is even more astounding is that the poll included Ron Paul. That is significant. The pop media is not dismissing him any longer.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/elect...

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Funny, the Boston.com (ie the Boston Globe) writer includes the description of the two opthamologists as the "aggressors" in this situation. This is how anyone who is trying to stop the aggression of government is depicted. All one need ask the reporter and politician is this: "Who is initiating action against the other? And in what form"

The answer, of course, is that Barney Frank is the aggressor, through his push to coerce and manipulate the doctors and insurance companies and tax payers. The doctors on the plane are REACTING to action he has taken.

But, of course, they're the aggressors.

How strange... The state orders the insurance companies to accept anyone with preexisting conditions, regardless of the extra financial burden and risk they pose to the company.. Then they set up small fines for people who don't buy insurance... THEN the insurance companies tell the gov that they NEED TO INCREASE RATES BECAUSE THEIR COSTS ARE RISING, buuuut he won't LET them... Sound like a harbinger of things to come nationally?

Check it out, Homestar!

http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/04/mass_rejects_re.html

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