Thanks to Number Two, the Conspiracy would like to offer for your perusal the comments of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, member of the Senate Commerce Committee (better known at the "Anti-commerce Committee"). As a member of the committee, Senator Stevens is charged (though not constitutionally) with regulating the nation to death.

This he does with aplomb and striking enthusiasm, despite his glaring lack of knowledge about the things he wants to regulate. Case in point, the internet. Ted and his pals in DC are looking into the interest of businesses to provide upgraded levels of internet service for added fees. Since Ted does not seem to believe that people can be free to use their money to get something better, because it might make others feel inadequate, he is against letting businesses offer things like faster service, video news, and music options for a bit more. Equality means the equal sharing of misery, not equal treatment under the law.

Thanks to Number Two, the Conspiracy would like to offer for your perusal the comments of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, member of the Senate Commerce Committee (better known at the "Anti-commerce Committee"). As a member of the committee, Senator Stevens is charged (though not constitutionally) with regulating the nation to death.

This he does with aplomb and striking enthusiasm, despite his glaring lack of knowledge about the things he wants to regulate. Case in point, the internet. Ted and his pals in DC are looking into the interest of businesses to provide upgraded levels of internet service for added fees. Since Ted does not seem to believe that people can be free to use their money to get something better, because it might make others feel inadequate, he is against letting businesses offer things like faster service, video news, and music options for a bit more. Equality means the equal sharing of misery, not equal treatment under the law.

Many thanks to Mr. Lewis.

For more information, go to www.cei.org and read this: http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1194410.php

On Monday, June 26, the Supreme Court took on the case of "Massachusetts v US Environmental Protection Agency".

At question in the case is whether or not the EPA can regulate CO2 emissions as it regulates emissions termed "pollutants". For more details, see this excellent piece in the Orange County Register:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1194410.php

You may also want to listen to this conversation between Gardner Goldsmith and Marlo Lewis, of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (www.CEI.org). Marlo is one of the most outstanding individuals on the subject of environmental policy, and he has much to say!

Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media

A Conspiracy First! Andru Volinski, the lead attorney behind the lawsuits that have wrought havoc in NH for over a decade, that have pitted town against town in a never-ending cycle of large-scale plunder and redistribution of wealth, hung up the phone on Gardner Goldsmith Friday, June 24.

The subject was whether the government can define what is an "adequate" education, and whether adequacy is, by its nature, a subjective term.

Andru was... reluctant to address the reality of it. (Smile)

Can we get the suit Extra Crunchy, please?

http://www.cspinet.org/new/200606121.html

Concluding our conversation with Mr. Fletcher, formerly of Tran Africa and the AFLCIO.

The issue of immigration bubbles under the surface, as Congressmen and Senators find it impossible to agree on a new "immigration reform" bill.

While the politicians may think people are not watching them closely, such a view would be sadly mistaken. Bill Fletcher and Gardner Goldsmith discussed the view of the pro-union, "progressive" side in this debate. This is part one of two of this fascinating conversation.

For more information, see this story:

http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=4634

The Institute for Justice is the premiere free-market, pro-constitution legal organization of its kind. The staff works with great diligence to combat encroachments into our liberties. Most recently, the IJ picked up the case of Zerobrokerfees.com, a Massachusetts internet company that lists photos of peoples' homes for sale. The company is being accused of breaking the NH real estate licensing laws, and the IJ is going to take on the NH attorney general and Real Estate Commission on First Amendment grounds.

The economics of backward thinking, thanks to the AMA.

On Wednesday, June 14, Iain Murray, of the Competiteive Enterprise Institute, joined Gardner Goldsmith to discuss the move by the AMA to tax soda.

There have been may such "small" things pro-government activists have tried to do to make others change their peaceful behavior. They smack of elitism and arrogance.

Gardner Goldsmith joined his audience in seeing the absurdity of the "soda tax".

On Tuesday, June 13, the AMA announced that it would soon vote on adopting a policy to work for a 1 Cent per can (what size can?) tax on sweet sodas.

"Against the Grain" welcomed Iain Murray, of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (www.CEI.org), to discuss the implicaitons of this possibility, and the philosophy behind it. This segment introduces the topic.

After FOUR long, hard years, Americans finally got to see an interview with Tipper Gore. he sagacity, her honesty, her inventive genius is still blindingly apparent.

We must thank the people of "Good Morning America" for their diligence in reporting. Truly remarkable work.

Real Frank Zappa Book

Sheik Yerbouti

On Monday, June 12, Robert Redford appeared at the "Hinkley Hilton" in Washington DC, where the "Take Back America" Convention was beginning. Sponsored by the Campaign for America's Future, the Convention is a showpiece for the "progressive" left.

Mr. Redford appeared to promote awareness about man-made global warming, and to push for "alternatives" to oil.

His thinking is a bit muddled.

The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air about Global Warming

Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media

Picking up from his conversation with Karen Testerman, of Cornerstone Policy Research, Gard offers the radio producer's perspective on the "Marriage Amendment", and the arguments offered in favor of it.

Gardner and Karen Testerman continue their conversation about the "Marriage Amendment".

Look soon for Gardner's piece on the Senate actions. Go to the Ludwig von Mises Institute, www.mises.org.

"Against the Grain" welcomed Karen Testerman, of Cornerstone Policy Research (www.nhcornerstone.org) to discuss the vote in the US Senate on the "Marriage Amendment", and to chat about President Bush's statements on the issue.

The conversation became... Animated.

In a desperate attempt to recapture his "conservative base" (when Bush was ever conservative, one wonders), Jorge Bush will speak next week on the Senate's move to amend the US Constitution in favor of marriage betwen "one man and one woman".

The question remains: Why should this be the purview of government?

The second consideration: If this is being done to legally support the "optimal environment in which to raise a child", what happens to the sub-optimal?

And overall, what is happening to the Republican Party?

Bastiat's "The Law" (Occasional Paper, 123)