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Congress whining about War
CNN has an article titled, War Powers Act needs fixing, bipartisan panel says. To quote the article, The United States needs a new law requiring that the president consult with Congress before going to war, a blue-ribbon panel led by two former secretaries of state said Tuesday. I may be wrong, but doesn’t that law […]
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Wells Fargo Corporate Spam Encourages Universal Health Care
I got an email from Wells Fargo Small Business with the first bullet, Reforming Health Care Reform. It was all it could be. Socialist whining, over and over. It is a 10-point policy by the National Federation of Independent Business. The first bullet is Universal healthcare. I am not sure if the National Federation of […]
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Safety Regulations for Pedicabs
AZ Central has an article regarding new safety regulations approved to regulate the pedicab business, predominately found in down town Phoenix, typically around sporting events, concerts, and fairs. That’s right. Our local government has solved all other problems, that they need to regulate pedicabs. As it turns out, we as a society are too foolish […]
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Gun Control to go before US Supreme Court
The BBC has an article regarding the gun control case to be presented to the US Supreme Court. The case is focused on a DC security agent that wants to carry a gun at home, with his argument that if its ok to carry at work, why not at home? The pro gun-control advocates (read […]
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Day Care at High School?
The Boston Herald has a story on the alleged pregnancy pact in Boston. The thing that bothers me the most is the day care center on site. Seriously? Boston tax dollars spent on day care for high schoolers? That scares me.
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Anti Trust – Taking Profitable Companies’ money and Giving it to Losing Companies since 1933
The New York Times has an article describing the anti-trust lawsuit between Mastercard and American Express. Mastercard was found to be too successful on the order of $1.8 billion. Thats right. Mastercard was too good at what it was doing for its consumers, providing low rates to use its network to vendors like restaurants and […]
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Florida to buy chunk of Everglades from sugar firm
Reuters has an article discussing how the State of Florida is buying a portion of the Everglades from a private sugar cane company. To summarize, the people of Florida are being held at gun point to buy land from a local, long time business that they, themselves are unwilling to buy themselves. Don’t believe me? […]
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US Supreme Court To Hear AT&T Access Fee Appeal
InformationWeek has an article regarding AT&T’s anti-trust lawsuit. The idea of anti-trust laws date back to Andrew Carnegie and his steel empire. However, just because they are old, does not make them any more realistic or better for consumers. From the article, “The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear an antitrust case involving AT&T […]
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Book Review – The Revolution, A Manifesto
The Revolution – A Manifesto, by Ron Paul was, bar far the best book I have read since I read Unintended Consequences. It outlines in detail the problems with our bloated, and unconstitutional, federal government. It describes how our foreign policy, monetary policy, and domestic policy are all intertwined and are easily analogous to a […]
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Movie Review – Hotel Rwanda
I finally was able to watch the movie, Hotel Rwanda, this weekend. I have seen the documentary footage a year ago. Overall, the film was very well done. It had a great plot, plausible characters, and a strong tie to politics and freedoms. I found the movie thought provoking especially in terms of international interventionalism, […]