Geniuses, aren't they?

Wait for the news about this new crop of foreclosures to hit the pop media. Oh, wait. We almost forgot that they will barely cover such a story because they are politically motivated to make statism look good...

Take a looksee:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOVERNMENT_HOME_RENTALS?SITE=A...

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So, here's the first piece of news. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two poisonous creations of the US gubment that buy property-related debt instruments and offer loans to people and businesses to buy homes and start businesses, have also been downgraded by S&P, but, as expected, they are not increasing their own rates for loans. Why?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/What-the-debt-downgrades-mean-cnnm-3836355023.html?x=0
 
...Because Fannie and Freddie are driven by POLITICAL incentives, not financial.They are always backed by the US government.

Not like free market economicst haven't been saying this would happen or anything. Naw.

http://news.yahoo.com/p-downgrades-us-credit-rating-080422314.html

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As free market economists have BEEN SAYING FOREVER...:)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/gold/867868...

The feds are trying to put out their fire with gasoline.

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The owners of this PRIVATE company that doesn't do INTERSTATE COMMERCE (and even if it did, it wouldn't fall under the original meaning of the Constitutions "interstate commerce clause") are being charged with CONSPIRACY!

You think, as fellow Conspirator, Furb, mentioned off air, that we ought to send them some Liberty Conspiracy shirts or show up at their trial wearing some, handing them out to help "ward off the chill"? :)

http://www.infowars.com/raw-food-raid-armed-agents-bust-raw-milk-cheese-...

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So get this. The budget prior to these supposed "cuts" was going to rise 8% on average per year for the next TEN years. Forget the fact that each Congress is only supposed to pass spending bills that apply to its term, and forget that the supposed "cuts" were back-loaded until ten years down the line. The budget will still go up 6% a year, COMPOUNDED, and they call that a "DECREASE", a "CUT"?

Meanwhile, taxes will be raised through elimination of certain "loopholes". So the government spends MORE and takes MORE.

Anyone think the politicians have "sacrificed"?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEBT_SHOWDOWN_HOUSE_VOTE?SITE=...

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So, what happens if you get approached by a "chatty" government cronie/thug/molester/porn-screener/"dutiful-employee" and you respond by asking him to tell you where he derives the constitutional authority to break the 4th Amendment? Is that considered trouble?

How about if you just keep your Ipod playing as he talks to you?

How about you pretend you're hard of hearing, just to piss him off?

Chances are, you're gonna have a problem.

So, since the US Constitution only gives Congress the power to set up rules regarding NATURALIZATION, where, exactly, does this agency derive its power?

Guess it doesn't matter. Gotta stop those evil foreign people.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/ICE-Raids-University-of-Northern...

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We'd like to tell you to "enjoy", but the subject isn't something that lends itself to enjoyment. Nonetheless, enjoy Sheldon's great insight and clarity!!!

http://fff.org/comment/com1107q.asp

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They hinge their decision on the word "reasonable", which is refered to in the Constitution, in the 4th Amendment, in which it is written:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

But note the way the Reuters Editors framed the headline to soften the blow...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/21/us-usa-economy-idUSTRE7662I420...

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When an agent of the gubment does it, people can send in a postcard to express their "opinions" about the treatment. When a private individual turns the tables and does it to a TSA thug, she gets charged with sexual assault. It seems clear who holds the power, doesn't it?

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpps/news/woman-arrested-for-groping-tsa-agent-07...

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So not only is the federal gubment inuating itself between you and the private air carrier you'd like to hire to fly you, then giving you the false option of being groped or scanned, it also takes things from people just like thieves, and re-sells them, undercutting legitimate businesses.

Incredible.

http://www.statesman.com/life/where-have-all-the-snow-globes-gone-to-154...

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Good piece. Not only is this a way to waste money, it's a way to "show people who's got the power'.

Anyone recall the French practice of tossing shoes into machines? This might be something to consider here.

http://www.infowars.com/tsa-security-exercise-covers-3-states-5000-miles...

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Mmm... take a listen to our latest pod on "trade deficits" and you'll hear a good overview of many of the factors that the government inspired to create this flooded housing market.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/43395857

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A very good article from der Spiegel online. Hand it to your friends in the left-wing "privacy and peace" sphere, and see how they respond.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,768344,00.html

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Is anyone surprised?

The doors are closing on this argument even being brougt up.

Brown shirts, anyone?

http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/14/tsa-blocks-private-airport-screeners/

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Very telling. Power. Power. Power.

Warrants? Not in many cases. It's just a matter of expressing the "wrong" opinions too much. Enjoy that "change" from the criminal Bushies.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/activists-cry-foul-over-fbi-probe...

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Hey, fans of the current Prez: Remember when you thought he was going to "change" things so much from the Bush Admin?

Would you like to be consistent and consider the idea that gubment, in the abstract, is designe dto INVADE your rights and urtail them, not protect them? This insight about the nature of gubment tends to lead people away from the idolitry of politicians and point them more in the direction of free association and free markets, for gubment is insulated from competition. Free markets are not.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/51992858-68/agents-fbi-search-bureau....

Enjoy your privacy!

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This is surprising and encouraging. Kissenger has been part of some of the bloodiest invasions in the 20th century, and the Swiss politicians asking for his arrest also oppose the IMF, World Bank and the EU. Amazing.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/bilderberg-2011-day-3-interviews-with-activi...

Scroll down for the article, and then visit this link for the interview in audio/video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iSSrCTFmUc

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