... he says Byrd was "trying to get elected"...

Nice, huh? http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/07/02/clinton_defends_byrds_...

By the way, Billy C, so was Hitler. Ass.

The unemployment rate is actually much higher, since many of the unemployed have stopped filing for benefits.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-jobs-report-20100703,0,3397439.story?track=rss

So, how's that "recovery" going, Geithner?

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As the people who wrote the rules for the operation of the US government would have observed, any government constraints on the ownership of firearms is unconstitutional.

Now, we all know that the Constitution hasn't fared well in holding back the intrusions of government into the lives of individuals, and even though this ruling looks to uphold the tradition of the writers of the document, it's another example of how contemporary figures shave the explicit wording of the Founders to fit their own political/ideological agendas.

Once more (twice in two weeks) we see the centralized bureaucracy not only screwing things up, but NOT responding in a proper or timely fashion (wouldn't those be the same? Yeah.) Something to ponder: In addition to the fact that the US Constitution does not grant the federal gubment the power to regulate air travel, and the fact that a private paradigm -- run on the interests of the consumers, the air carriers, and their insurance companies (without which they would be unable to take to the skies) -- one can consider a simple question...

... And as that oh-so-honest and freedom-oriented guy Chris Dodd says (ya know, Chris one of 'em who said Fannie and Freddie weren't in any trouble), as Chris says, "no one will know how it works" until it's in place.

Classy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/25/AR201006...

It's rumored that as he and many others left the Senate chambers, Dodd turned to Barney Frank and said, "Smell that? I love the smell of fascism in the morning!"

So, the tax breaks expired at the end of April, and May saw a 33% drop. So, what does that tell people who say that taxes aren't important, that taxes don't effect behavior, that taxes don't effect economic outcomes?

And what does it tell people about the state of the economy, this "economic recovery" that Ben Bernanke and TIMMY kept telling us about -- you know, the one that was "right on track"?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/New-home-sales-plunge-33-pct-apf-171877315...

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In his ruling, he notes something that occurred with the IPCC's report on supposed "an made climate change", the final report excised opinions that would not support the conclusion which the politicians wanted to reach.

Here's the story:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/22/judge-halts-obamas-oil-d...

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... there will be reprisals.

But remember, this power the feds want to be able to shut down portions of the web would only be used it "terrorists" shut... down... portions of. Hmmm...

Read on MacDuff! See what the proposal could be used to do?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365393,00.asp

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Gee, why would insurance companies suddenly raise their premiums prior to being forced to take people with preexisting conditions?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37839860/ns/politics-the_new_york_times

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You knew this was coming. Even if they end up NOT regulating prices and services, the bureaucrats have set up a perfect game for the politicians to garner lots of money from lobbyists, haven't they?

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6231b0b8-7a70-11df-9cd7-00144feabdc0.html

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Note that in the piece it mentions the blueberry crop that has had people flocking to pick for years... Note also how the piece fails to mention the fact that most children choose to work in the fields, and that, especially in the cases of migrant workers, their options back home are relatively WORSE, which is why they take the opportunity to work for farmers in the US. Some might say that the US farmers are "exploiting" the migrant workers, but that is a fallacy. In most cases, the profit margins for the farmers is very slim, because the PRODUCTS don't fetch beyond a certain level of remuneration from the consumer. The consumer is unwilling to pay beyond a certain level of price, and will choose another option once that threshold is reached.

This e-mail arrived in many boxes today. Think about acting on the message from the Campaign for Liberty to stop this bill.

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But remember, we must sacrifice for the good of the many.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37735021/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/?GT1=...

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But, but, we've been told over and over that small groups of invididuals, and towns CAN'T possibly handle their own problems. That's how all the FEMA and flood insurance and Natural Disaster Aid got started, by telling people they had to rely on the big, unwieldy and bureaucratic federal gubment for salvation. You mean, it's actually SLOW to repond, and doesn't have the immediate information on hand the way local people handling a problem in their own back yards? WOAH!

Bob-e-FLAY!

http://www.thedestinlog.com/news/pass-30005-nwfdn-command-plans.html

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MSN reported this as a "confrontation with" two reporters, rather than an ASSAULT ON a reporter. Strange, huh?

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7496362

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Spotted this last night, only get to flag it for you this morning.

One wonders what the politicians will concoct now as a rationale for keeping tax-funded soldiers fighting in this foreign land.

Certainly, we'll hear that the minerals have to be "managed" properly, and that they can't be allowed to "fall into the wrong hands".

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html?pagewanted=...

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It's always a pleasure to read the great work of Sheldon Richman.

Check it out!

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/tgif/government-drilling-oil/

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Gee, strange that the politicians (and hack rags like "Newsweek") had been telling us the 'economy was in a recovery'. ('Newsweek' used the term 'amazing'.)

And then, just yesterday, people like Bernanke and other DC gimboids were saying that there might be a need for MORE bogus stimulus activity! You think they were aware of the bad numbers that were about to be released, but wanted to look like they were prescient? Noooo! No way!

Do those jokers actually think all American citizens are so stupid they can't see through their rhetoric?

Here's the report. Gee, what a surprise! And, of course, the politicians will only make it worse in the long run if they add more counterfeit money to the system.

If you don't own gold or silver now, you had better get some. Then start looking for a new country in which to live. Things are going to go from bad to worse.

And as a substantive note. Did anyone see Ben Bernanke's comic performance in Congresss yesterday? After MONTHS of telling Americans the falsehood that "the recovery is right on track", he now has the gall to say that the "nations risks entering a sustained period of lagging economic indicators", and that the Congress might want to pump MORE bogus money into the economy.

Seeing him there had to make any person with even a remote understanding of free market economics laugh with a sad sort of humor... Here is the news from today, and the dummies at MSNBC.