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Cain implosion may help Ron Paul in Iowa and New Hampshire
Post Date: 2011-12-05 00:06:13 by A K A Stone
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The biggest news of the weekend in Presidential politics is the decision by businessman Herman Cain to suspend his campaign over allegations of marital infidelity. When the allegations against Cain started rolling out, his poll numbers dropped precipitiously. According to the most recent polls in New Hampshire and Iowa, Cain is receiving single-digit support, down from the high twenties just a few weeks ago.
Congressman Ron Paul is enjoying a trend in Iowa and New Hampshire that is moving in the other direction.
According to a new poll conducted by the Des Moines Register, Paul is now in second place behind Newt Gingrich. The latest New Hampshire polls (see above link) have Paul a ...
The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah!
Post Date: 2011-12-03 10:07:28 by mininggold
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The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah! I have long argued that the impact of the Affordable Care Act is not nearly as big of a deal as opponents would have you believe. At the end of the day, the law is – in the main – little more than a successful effort to put an end to some of the more egregious health insurer abuses while creating an environment that should bring more Americans into programs that will give them at least some of the health care coverage they need. There is, however, one notable exception – and it’s one that should have a long lasting and powerful impact on the future of health care in our country. That would be the provision of ...
How Long Would It Take to Change the American Government Back to What it Was?
Post Date: 2011-12-02 18:28:40 by CZ82
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How Long Would It Take to Change the American Government Back to What it Was? With the country going to heck and being run by a Marxist Muslim, many people are calling for change, and not the kind that Obama promised in 2008. Ron Paul, Rick Perry and several other Republican candidates have talked about making some sweeping changes to try to get the country back in control, but are these changes realistic and enough to get the job done? Sadly to say, I don’t believe that it’s possible to correct everything overnight. The current state of liberal socialism-communism-fascism has taken over 100 years to accomplish. Plans were set in place around 1900 and they estimated then ...
Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part IV – The Journey into a Libertarian Past
Post Date: 2011-12-02 11:12:39 by lucysmom
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This is the fourth installment of a six-part interview. For the previous parts, see Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Red indicates exact quotes from Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s 2001 book “Democracy: The God That Failed.”
ANDREW: The GLOs in your future libertarian society will be continuations of GLOs that exist now – basically large corporations and high net worth individuals. And the modern GLOs are continuations of GLOs that existed in the past.
CODE NAME CAIN: True – GLOs have a long and proud history.
ANDREW: In our society and in the past, both GLOs and regular governments have certain legal rights.
CNC: That’s right. But the legal rights of the governments are all completely ...
Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part III – Regulation
Post Date: 2011-12-01 10:40:21 by lucysmom
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Red indicates exact quotes from Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s 2001 book “Democracy: The God That Failed.”
ANDREW: Let’s imagine that a future libertarian society has been established, and security and justice are provided by competing insurance companies. What will happen if two different people, covered by two different security GLOs, disagree about what their rights are?
CODE NAME CAIN: The two people would find an independent arbitrator that would be the unanimous choice of both parties [251].
ANDREW: Suppose that one of the two parties is stronger, and so will likely outlast the other in a direct conflict. Wouldn’t that party prefer to refuse all arbitration and, during the delay, ...
Don’t call me African-American
Post Date: 2011-12-01 07:20:00 by CZ82
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Don’t call me African-American Written on November 30, 2011 by Ann-Marie Murrell This past summer I spent an entire day with PJTV’s AlfonZo Rachel at his Macho Sauce Productions studios. AlfonZo has some amazing upcoming projects including an appearance in the new movie Runaway Slave which will be opening in January. Since Barack Obama took office in 2008, his administration has seemingly been trying to create huge race/class divisions between Conservatives and liberals. Almost daily someone in the media comes out swinging their race card, trying to vilify Conservatives and/or the Tea Party. For years, AlfonZo Rachel has been creating brilliant mini history lessons via his ...
ONCE YOU GO CONSERVATIVE BLACK, YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR BACK
Post Date: 2011-11-30 18:30:40 by A K A Stone
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With the mainstream media giddily reporting on an alleged affair involving Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, how long can it be before they break the news that their 2004 vice presidential candidate conceived a "love child" with his mistress, Rielle Hunter? The left is trying to destroy Cain with a miasma of hazy accusations leveled by three troubled women. Considered individually, the accusations are utterly unbelievable. They are even less credible taken together. This is how liberals destroy a man, out of nothing. After the first round of baseless accusations against Cain, an endless stream of pundits rolled out the cliche -- as if it were the height of ...
"I was born intelligent, education ruined me."
Post Date: 2011-11-30 17:55:26 by CZ82
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Who made this statement on November 30, 1835 "I was born intelligent, education ruined me."
Poster Comment:Hint: He was a famous author....
Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part I –The Vision
Post Date: 2011-11-29 21:39:07 by lucysmom
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Recently journalist Philip Pilkington has interviewed authors with unconventional perspectives on economic issues, including Satyajit Das and David Graeber. I thought it would be fun to interview someone too – but the man I interviewed uses a pseudonym. This is a six-part series.
ANDREW: Some people say that you represent a fringe view, and so interviewing you is a waste of time.
CODE NAME CAIN: If people obsessed with inside-the-Beltway conventional wisdom underestimate libertarians, so much the better.
ANDREW: Can you give any evidence that your ideas are taken seriously?
CNC: Well, people used to think that the financial crisis was caused by antisocial behavior in the finance ...
Does anyone else...
Post Date: 2011-11-28 12:28:33 by A K A Stone
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Does anyone else find it ironic that Americans spend the most money on new things the day after they say they're grateful for what they already have?
A Russian Perspective
Post Date: 2011-11-27 12:45:51 by A K A Stone
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30second lesson Medvedev is mistaking! Big MISTAK with U.S! Russia don't have to give proper warning to America just nucke first Albania then England and then ask "WHO is NEXT Mother Fucker"Then you see tails between legs! THEN WHO IS GOING TO START 3WW? NOBODY! 30secon lesson is over and out! Ivan Ilic · Top Commenter · Union T.University N.J Start from Albanija to Poland England Romanians all the mother fuckers gone I 15 minuts! THEN"WHO IS NEXT MOTHER FUCKER"It will be Peace and uder ware full of sheat! Medvedev shoot don't Talk! that is a rule of the gunslinger! THEY itching to die! Ivan Ilic · Top Commenter · Union T.University ...
RUSSIA: USA treats Russians as Indians whose interests can be ignored
Post Date: 2011-11-27 12:33:34 by A K A Stone
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US and NATO officials were disappointed with Dmitry Medvedev's recent harsh statements about Russia's intention to pull out from the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was one of the first to respond to Medvedev's statements. "The suggestion that deployment of missiles in the areas neighboring the alliance is an appropriate response ... is very disappointing. NATO's missile defense system [is] designed to defend against threats from outside Europe. Not designed to alter balance of deterrence," Rasmussen wrote via Twitter. "Cooperation, not confrontation, is the way ahead," he added. Also read: Russia and USA ...
Why Occupy Wall Street Is No Tea Party
Post Date: 2011-11-21 01:48:31 by A K A Stone
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As the Occupy Wall Street movement attempts to establish a firm foothold in American society, veterans of left-wing organizing, including former Obama administration czar Van Jones, are urging this fledgling movement to run candidates for office, following the Tea Party model of transforming a grassroots movement into a powerful electoral force. After all, what good is storming local bank branches and blocking Americans from going to work if you don't send representatives to Congress who share your core values and goals? But the prospect of OWS emerging as a viable political force is a pipe dream, akin to similar aspirations held by OWS's ideological predecessors, the 1960s ...
Why Do Catholics Keep Funding the Radical Left?
Post Date: 2011-11-21 01:46:58 by A K A Stone
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Every November, including this one, American Catholics -- who constitute approximately 25% of the U.S. population -- are asked to contribute to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). The Catholic faithful have been told that their donations will go to fight poverty. Little do most of them realize what their money will actually fund. CCHD is the brainchild of Saul Alinsky, the "father of community organizing." Alinsky (1909-1972) had numerous connections in the Catholic community of his native Chicago, some of them nearly as radical as he was. He helped start CCHD in 1969. Unfortunately, the benevolent-sounding term "community organizing" has a very ...
Libya: Media blackout, why?
Post Date: 2011-11-21 01:45:06 by A K A Stone
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Has anyone noticed the virtual silence on Libya among western news agencies? If Libya was today quiet, and without any conflict, we could believe the Lies on Sky and friends incorporated that a dictator had been toppled and his enraptured people freed, living now in peace, preparing for democracy. But this is not the case... What I am about to say comes as no surprise at all for those of us who know Libya, know Colonel Gaddafi and who warned NATO about the monumental mistake being made before the invasion began, as indeed was the case before Iraq in this column back in 2003. NATO, however, in its greed, just does not learn. As the IAEA invents lies about Iran, and includes in its team ...
Epic Failure: The Supercommittee Was A Super Joke
Post Date: 2011-11-21 01:16:52 by A K A Stone
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Does anyone need any additional evidence that our political system is completely broken? The bipartisan congressional supercommittee that was given two months to come up with at least $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts over the next decade has failed to reach an agreement. It is an epic failure and a national embarrassment. The truth is that they never even came close to an agreement. In fact, as you will read below, the two sides on the panel have been barely even talking to each other. In the end, the supercommittee was a super joke. Meanwhile, the U.S. national debt has passed the 15 trillion dollar mark and we are facing trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see. We are heading ...
BENTLEY: Don’t feed the lazy
Post Date: 2011-11-21 01:13:20 by A K A Stone
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With the Tea Party, the issues were clear. Government was too big, taxed too much and needed to rein in its out-of-control spending. Its message was a clarion call for limited government coupled with fiscal responsibility. At rallies that had the flavor of church picnics, people gathered to address their concerns, bagged their trash and returned to their jobs and homes to continue to lobby their government through constitutional channels. No such clarity can be found in the encampments that mark the Occupy Wall Street rallies, which occupy little of Wall Street but litter cities across America, creating dangerous environments and showcases of human degradation. The protesters rail ...
You had 65+ years to build a nest egg. [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-11-20 19:22:02 by A K A Stone
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You had 65+ years to build a nest egg. Why didn’t you? You spent, and borrowed, and spent, and borrowed, and now you want the rest of us to pay for your generations’ binge. Cry me a river. You want all sorts of “senior discounts” and “senior benefits” and “senior protections”. The way I see it, you’ve got more experience, so you shouldn’t be scammed so easily. You’ve had more time to save and learn to budget, but you didn’t. The working generation is already paying too much for your folly. baseballguy2001 TH3 is right on the money. Who says it’s up to us younger folks to finance the older folks who didn’t save and ...
Republican candidates gather for 'family issues' hatefest forum
Post Date: 2011-11-19 18:38:04 by The Blue Cat
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Oh look. The non-Mormon Republican candidates are having themselves a little "forum" (read: hatefest) on family values: The forum’s goal is to allow Iowans an opportunity to further vet the candidates on matters related to the family. “This is not a debate,” said Bob Vander Plaats, President and CEO of The FAMiLY LEADER. “Our purpose is simply to learn about their worldviews and to listen to their hearts on key family issues. The discussion will allow us to see a more personal side of the candidates.” Interestingly, neither Mitt Romney nor Jon Huntsman will be participating in this discussion. Maybe Mormons aren't welcome? Or maybe they both think ...
Is Israel Bluffing? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-11-18 16:11:13 by A K A Stone
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The world press is assuring us that Israel will strike Iran by Christmas. Hedging their bets, a bit, some proclaim: early in the New Year. Now, while I am all for an Israeli strike on Iran to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities, I am troubled by all the extremely public saber rattling. It isn’t like the Israeli military to make a public show of military preparations for a raid. Having read and consulted Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” on numerous occasions, I can see the importance of keeping the enemy guessing and off balance by playing the world’s media like a Stradivarius. First class militaries, the world over, know one of the greatest weapons they have at ...
When Manly Virtue Died
Post Date: 2011-11-18 16:04:28 by A K A Stone
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These are difficult and perilous times for boys. A distorted culture has robbed them of virtue to measure themselves against. The good once associated with masculinity in a patriarchal society has been tossed out with the bad. This, alas, is the era of feminist ascendency. Manhood is more easily mocked, satirized and derided, or exposed for its villainy, exploitation and criminality, than held up as an ideal for boys to aspire to. We've always had rogues, rascals and villains, but until now we've also had a baseline, a common denominator, of what it means to be a man. Male-female cultural distinctions, once blurred, now are disappearing. That was a touching moment when Gloria ...
PPP: #Occupy makes voters nostalgic for Tea Party
Post Date: 2011-11-16 18:12:23 by A K A Stone
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Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm that has been correct with most of its election surveys this year, has a new survey that indicates the Occupy movement is grating on people. Surprisingly, after two months of Occupiers defiling public spaces across America, voters are suddenly more fond of tea partiers than of occupiers. Even better, Tea Party favorables are up ten points from a month ago among independent voters. The Occupy Wall Street movement is not wearing well with voters across the country. Only 33% now say that they are supportive of its goals, compared to 45% who say they oppose them. That represents an 11 point shift in the wrong direction for the movement's support ...
A K A Stones question of the day 11/13/2011
Post Date: 2011-11-13 11:22:12 by A K A Stone
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If you are a leader of a nation. You are not democratically elected. Are you automatically a dictator?
Here's the 100 dollar question.
Post Date: 2011-11-12 19:00:58 by A K A Stone
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When are people going to wake up to the fact that Sandusky, is part of a pedophilic ring, and is part of an elite club that can rape children, and get away with it for decades? Sandusky isn't alone in this. He's not just one guy. He's responsible for pimping out young men to other pedophiles and rapists. He's raped a 10 year old boy in front of a coach, who didn't do his goddamned moral duty by calling the police. You are looking at one of the heads to a child rapist hydra. It's why that prosecutor disappeared some years ago when investigating Sandusky. I would bet money that Sandusky, if tortured, and drugged would give a list of names of other co-conspirators that ...
Most “Occupy” Protesters HAVE Jobs … Unemployment Much Lower Than In Tea Party
Post Date: 2011-11-11 11:32:10 by lucysmom
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Unemployment Much Lower Among Occupy Protesters Than Tea Party One of the mindless attacks on Occupy protesters is that they are lazy and should “go get a job”. In fact, most Occupy protesters have jobs. For example, Scott Olsen – the Marine veteran peacefully protesting in Oakland who was shot in the head with a projectile by riot police – had a very good day job, but was so dedicated that he went to the protests after work: Scott Olsen, 24, joined the protests as he worked his day job as a network engineer and left his apartment each night to sleep alongside protesters in San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., Keith Shannon said. *** Olsen, who is originally from ...
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