Category: United States government
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Chuck Baldwin for President. Maybe.
My friend Leslie Carbone has endorsed Chuck Baldwin for president. I’d been decided on Bob Barr for some time, but Leslie’s got me thinking.
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Nothing works
By Alan Cobb, Americans For Prosperity — Kansas. From The Topeka Capital-Journal, Saturday, November 01, 2008 On Oct. 1, Congress did nothing. And we at Americans for Prosperity — Kansas applaud it. By not acting to renew it, lawmakers allowed the ban on offshore drilling and oil shale recovery to expire. This first step, albeit…
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What We’re Learning About Ourselves
“Soon this depressing campaign will be over, and we can reflect on what we learned from our two-month introduction to Sarah Palin. Clearly, it is more than we would have ever wished to know about ourselves.” “First, there turns out to be no standard of objectivity in contemporary journalism. … Second, there does not seem…
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John Stossel’s Politically Incorrect Guide to Politics
Be sure to view all four parts. It’s very good. Click here for part one.
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1,000 to Protest Attack on Free-Market Principles at U.S. Capitol
I am one of these people! Amidst Market Unrest, Americans for Prosperity Gathers Citizens to Protest Big-Government Power Grab WASHINGTON ? About 1,000 citizens will gather in front of the U.S. Capitol on Friday to participate in a free-market call to arms by the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP). Amidst market uncertainty, and just…
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Booted from White House Conference Call
My friend Leslie Carbone was Booted from White House Conference Call. By the way, Leslie is the author of Slaying Leviathan: The Moral Case for Tax Reform, which will be published in May 2009. I can’t wait.
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Kansas Blog Roundup for September 12, 2008
There won’t be a Kansas blog roundup today. I’m in Scottsdale, Arizona attending the State Policy Network conference. We’ve been busy from dawn to way late at night, and there just hasn’t been time.
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Letter to Justice Anthony Kennedy
From my friend Karl Peterjohn. 16 June 2008 Mr. Anthony Kennedy US Supreme Court 1 First St., NE Washington, DC 20543 Dear Sir: I am writing concerning your most recent decision empowering terrorists captured on the battlefield in the U.S. court system. This edict granting habeas corpus rights to Islamic Jihadists will stain you and…
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Is Boeing tanker “victory” good for America?
A Wall Street Journal editorial argued that calls on Capitol Hill for “patriotism” in defense procurement are misguided.
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A Mess of John McCain’s Own Making
Kimberly A. Strassel of the Wall Street Journal explains a mess of John McCain’s own making, and which confirms to me that he is not suited to be President of the United States: McCain’s Campaign Finance Revelation. “The Arizonan may not yet fully understand that money is speech.” writes Ms. Strassel
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Earmarks and pork thoroughly established
In a letter printed in the February 22, 2008 Wichita Eagle, Sedgwick County Commission Chairman Tom Winters, along with Wichita State University President Don Beggs, praised some Kansas congressmen for being “very effective Washington advocates for south-central Kansas.” What the congressmen — Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, and Kansas Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts –…
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More Kansans for Ron Paul
The people know much better how to spend their money than the government. — Ron Paul