Is anyone surprised by this new report?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090316/ts_nm/us_usa_torture_redcross

Lest they say it can't be done...I visited the Alamo this weekend.  And donated.

He's acting surprised people are pissed off about the bonuses?

And, of course, he doesn't have the capacity to discuss the free market principles being tested in these cases, from so many different directions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/us/politics/17obama.html

http://news.scotsman.com/uk/39Chocolate-tax39-to-fight-obesity.5068796.jp

Though doctors in Scotland have rejected this it doesn't mean the politicans will

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAzIZaAVmtc&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W876oOpQSXg&feature=channel_page

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-texas-profiling_wittm...

The following is discussion about the post titled:
Obama Pledges to Phase Out Troops in Iraq
Feel free to add your own comments!

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705288093,00.html

Excerpt:

9 Orem lights, 900 new jobs?

How many workers does it take to install a light in Orem?

One hundred.

At least that was the number city officials submitted in a survey to Congress by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

In a story posted on live leak, something I thought would only apply to FEDERAL lands shocked the hell out of me.  The concept of the federal government seizing private property to secure the debt of the government, to of all groups, the Chinese Government.  I guess I'll eventually, I'll learn that government can NEVER stoop too low.

Can I get that drop from Jack Palance, saying "This is really classy!" Gard?

http://digg.com/world_news/Feds_grant_eminent_domain_as_collateral_to_Ch...

I saw a couple of stories about Rand Paul considering whether or not to run for U.S. Senate in 2010.

This one is an AP wire feed: http://www.14wfie.com/global/story.asp?s=9914862

This has a video interview of Rand: http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/40458097.html

I  would have abreviated Kentucky, he's an opthamologist, not a proctologist.

Rally in support of HCR6

Fri, 2009-02-13 21:08 — Denis Goddard

If the govt didn't own the roads, this would be a less tricky issue.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29406078/?GT1=43001

Congratulations Gardner on the milestone of 10,000 subscribers!

In honor of this milestone, I have submitted the latest podcast from the Liberty Conspiracy to a couple of news aggregate sites,

Here it is on digg.com: http://digg.com/arts_culture/Liberty_Conspiracy_Podcast_Celebrates_10K_S...

and on the upstart news aggregator libertypile.com

http://www.libertypile.com/items/Liberty_Conspiracy_Podcast_Celebrates_1...

It is my hope that you all will send shouts to your individual network on digg in celebration of this achievement, and pile on if you are so inclined.  This will bring even more people into the conspiracy.

The following is discussion about the post titled:
House Dems propose ANOTHER Spending Bill, for $410 Billion!
Feel free to add your own comments!

The following is discussion about the post titled:
Obama Promises to Halve Budget DEFICIT, Not Budget...
Feel free to add your own comments!

I'm not sure what is worse: Having the TSA put their hands all over you in a "pat down" or having unseen TSA agents viewing distorted nude scans of you.

Here is a link to what the photos look like.

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-36433-3.html#backToArticle...

Info on how passengers are reacting to the first uses of the scanners. Nobody seemed even slightly outraged by this, which to me is more disturbing than the machine itself.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-02-19-airport-scanners_N.htm

What if someone under the age of consent passed through the machine??? Will they slap the TSA agents with child pornography charges?

http://ridleyreport.com/video/2009/feb/browns_charged_returned_nh_says_s...

This just in: Tax resisters Dr. Elaine Brown and her husband Ed have been transported back to New Hampshire from their various Federal Detention Facilities, to face trial on.... get this... ELEVEN more "criminal" charges, stemming from their 2007 conviction on federal tax evasion, and subsequent 8 month stand-off.

I don't know what bothers me more - that Greenspan supports the nationalization of US banks, or that he's referred to as "the high priest of laissez-faire capitalism."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/633ab364-fd5e-11dd-a103-000077b07658.html

The US government may have to nationalise some banks on a temporary basis to fix the financial system and restore the flow of credit, Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman has told the Financial Times. In an interview with the FT, Mr Greenspan, who for decades was regarded as the high priest of laissez faire capitalism, said that nationalisation could be the least bad option.

I'm looking for something I saw on FoxBusiness -  think it was Monday - on the cost of the stimulus bill, and the current budget.

It was a breakdown of the cost to individual taxpayers, broken down:

- Cost per individual

- Broken down by tax bracket

Both of these were figured as:

- Cost if being paid by taxpayer today in lump sum

- Cost if payed like mortgage, over time

This is totally disgusting.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/02/15/time_for_a_m...

"At stake is the basic question of what we will allow people to say and do online, whether it's on a message board, a Craigslist ad, or a YouTube video - and who gets to set the rules governing what's OK and what's not. As the Web grows increasingly interactive, the system of informal and formal rules that determines appropriate behavior is only beginning to emerge, and thinkers on both sides of the debate agree that courts can go a long way toward shaping it. The argument over what to do about online speech, in other words, is an argument over whether the Web's unruly nature is something to be celebrated or tamed."