December 2011
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Obama’s Approval Numbers Sink Below Carter’s →
talkstraight:
President Obama’s slow ride down Gallup’s daily presidential job approval index has finally passed below Jimmy Carter, earning Obama the worst job approval rating of any president at this stage of his term in modern political history.
Since March, Obama’s job approval rating has hovered above Carter’s, considered among the 20th century’s worst presidents, but today Obama’s...
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Talk Straight: Obama Administration Seals Court... →
conservativebrew:
talkstraight:
On December 14, 2010 in Peck Canyon, northwest of Nogales, Arizona, Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was shot dead by a group of illegal border entrants who refused commands to drop their weapons after they were confronted by US agents. The illegals murdered Terry with a gun connected to a…
Most transparent administration…EVER!
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Does Obama Know the Difference between Great... →
conservativebrew:
From article:
It is gratifying to see President Barack Obama condemn the disgraceful storming of the British Embassy in Tehran by thugs acting at the behest of the Iranian regime. After all, Obama has been notoriously slow in the past to criticise the brutal actions of the Iranian government after initially extending the hand of friendship to it. But did he really need to make...
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November 2011
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“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years...”
– Milton Friedman
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NYT: Tea Party Just Like The KKK →
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Imagine a political movement created in a moment of terrible anxiety, its origins shrouded in a peculiar combination of manipulation and grass-roots mobilization, its ranks dominated by Christian conservatives and self-proclaimed patriots, its agenda driven by its members’ fervent embrace of nationalism, nativism and moral regeneration, with more than a whiff of racism wafting...
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“The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be...”
– John Locke, A Treatise Concerning Civil Government (via cerebralicious)
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“Liberty is the most precious possession of all mankind. Food and water are...”
– Victor Hugo
Here, the French novelist and author of Les Misérables (1862) eloquently expresses what we’d today call the deontological libertarian argument: freedom for freedom’s sake.
(via whakahekeheke)
Politico: Cutting and pasting to the Constitution →
uniteordie:
This is pathetic… the basic premise is that anyone who endorses a strict interpretation of the Constitution is basically a hypocrite if they propose an amendment to change it.
Seems to me these things would go hand in hand as amendments as a means of altering the document are expressly laid out within it…
By the time they get around to talking about Ron Paul, the defender of the...
5 Muslim Girls Beat Jewish Classmate – Call Her... →
talkstraight:
Five Muslim Moroccan girls in Belgium beat a 13-year-old classmate, called her a “dirty Jew” and told her to “return to your country.”
The girl, Oceane Sluijzer, has filed a complaint with police after the anti-Semitic attack at a sports training center. The attackers were identified and questioned by police.
Jewish legislator Viviane Teitelbaum of Brussels denounced the ...
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“If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at...”
– Jacob Hornberger
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Conservative Brew: On Michelle Obama and Jill... →
conservativebrew:
“I’ve thought about this. Why would people boo the first lady? The media can’t believe it. But I can. People don’t like be told they’re lousy parents, and Mrs. Obama has done that. People resent Mrs. Obama’s bizarre need to tell us what to eat and how much to exercise. She also has, let’s not…
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“The minimum wage says: you have no right to offer less for your services than...”
– Jeffrey Tucker (via riverofliberty
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“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to...”
– Thomas Jefferson (via a-petro-manifesto)
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FDA Working to Ban E-Cigarettes →
evilteabagger:
“The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health.”
That’s what the Food and Drug Administration tells us on its website.
My intuition makes me grateful that the FDA is there to protect me—to make sure that every drug is proven both safe and effective—but “protection” kills people.
Last week, I discussed how the FDA kills by keeping useful medical devices off the...
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BREAKING NEWS: Bipartisan Amendment Calls for... →
hipsterlibertarian:
From the Senate press release:
Ten years after the start of the war in Afghanistan, more than one hundred thousand American troops remain in that nation, providing military and security assistance to the Afghanistan government. A bipartisan group of senators today offered an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill to urge the president to accelerate the timetable...
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To Increase Jobs, Increase Economic Freedom →
America became the wealthiest country because for most of our history we have followed the basic principles of economic freedom: property rights, freedom to trade internationally, minimal governmental regulation of business, sound money, relatively low taxes, the rule of law, entrepreneurship, freedom to fail, and voluntary exchange.
The success of economic freedom in increasing human...
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“I’m more against private property, this [iPad 2] is personal property.”
– #OWS protester on the Daily Show. (via misesman)
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“The “Occupy” movement, whether displaying itself on Wall Street or...”
– Frank Miller
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“Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to...”
– Marvin Simkin
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“One of Obama’s great gifts is the ability to say things that are absolutely...”
– Thomas Sowell
(via a-petro-manifesto)
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Unite or Die: CBS Attempts To Silence Ron Paul At... →
uniteordie:
At the CBS/National Journal debate tonight, once again mainstream media demonstrated that it does not know how to conduct a fair debate. It was also quite strange to have a 90-minute debate in which only the first 60 minutes of it was televised. The last 30 minutes was only streamed online and…
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RICK PERRY SAYS FOREIGN AID IN HIS ADMINISTRATION... →
thegayrepublican:
Republican candidates for president on the debate stage in South Carolina Saturday agreed that addressing the out-of-control national debt is essential for national security. At one point Texas Governor Rick Perry spoke of how his administration would grant foreign aid, with every country starting at “zero dollars:”
Nigerian Jihadist Group Boko Haram Killed 130... →
talkstraight:
They stormed this town in Yobe state, northern Nigeria like a swarm of bees, and at the end of their four-hour rampage, some 150 people had been killed — at least 130 of them Christians, according to church sources.
Hundreds of people are still missing, and the destruction included the bombing of at least 10 church buildings.
More than 200 members of the Islamic extremist Boko...
Gay TV Star Assaulted for being associated with... →
talkstraight:
A cast member of the gay reality TV show “A-List Dallas” tells The Daily Caller that he was punched to the ground and bloodied Friday night by someone vandalizing his car because he’s a gay conservative associated with commentator Ann Coulter.
Taylor Garrett, a Republican consultant in Texas who stars in the reality series on the channel LOGO TV, said in an interview that he was...
Hawaiian Island, Tired of Waiting for the... →
evilteabagger:
Thank you applewilkes for sending me this article:
Their livelihood was being threatened, and they were tired of waiting for government help, so business owners and residents on Hawaii’s Kauai island pulled together and completed a $4 million repair job to a state park — for free.
Polihale State Park has been closed since severe flooding destroyed an access road to the park and...
Obama snubs Congress for overseas trip →
talkstraight:
President Barack Obama left on a nine-day trip Friday just as the deficit-cutting supercommittee stumbles into its critical final phase and lawmakers race to avert a government shutdown.
And neither Congress nor the White House really seem to care.
It’s the latest sign that the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, once locked in a co-dependent relationship, are officially in the...
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Gallup Poll: Republicans attend church more than... →
conservativebrew:
From article:
The poll shows that 40 percent of Republicans say they attend church weekly. While 21 percent say they attend nearly weekly or monthly, and 38 percent say they rarely go to church.
Meanwhile of their political counterparts polled, only 27 percent of Democrats who say they go to church every week, 20 percent say they go monthly and 52 percent of Democrats say...
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Holder blocking 11 of 12 witnesses that House... →
talkstraight:
Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said Thursday that Attorney General Eric Holder is continuing to stonewall congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious. This time, Holder is refusing to provide 11 of the 12 witnesses Grassley and House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa have requested be made available for interviews.
“We have requested 12...
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SoCal street cart vendors splattered with blood... →
conservativebrew:
From article:
…Coffee cart owner Linda Jenson and hot dog cart operators Letty and Pete Soto said they initially provided free food and drink to demonstrators, but when they stopped, the protesters became violent…
…And according to one city councilman, bodily fluids were used in the attacks.
“Both carts have had items stolen, have had their covers vandalized with markings...
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