Archives for: January 2008
Time Vindicates the "Kooks" January 31, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 31, 2008
British commentator Peter Hitchens, an unabashed patriot and unflinching enemy of the European Union, has had it with self-described ?Euro-skeptics.?
Such people, Hitchens notes, ?fritter away… more »
The Unsustainable Warfare State* January 30, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 30, 2008
The biggest threat to our national independence may be our overgrown military establishment. The huge sums required to pay for it have to be borrowed from foreign powers ? including potential enemies… more »
Where Informants Rule January 29, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 29, 2008
The defining trait of a prison is the fact that those within it cannot leave without the permission of their keepers. Bear that in mind as we examine new federal policies regarding international travel… more »
The Walls Go Up January 28, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 28, 2008
Geneva France, a 22-year-old single mother, met Jerrell Bray in October 2005. When Bray asked Geneva out, she firmly declined the invitation. A few weeks later she was in jail.
Bray, a drug dealer w… more »
These "Invaders" Don't Come from Mexico January 25, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 25, 2008
The border town of Eagle, Texas has long absorbed the costs of illegal immigration. Now it is learning that the federal solution to that problem might be even worse.
A US District Judge, acting on a r… more »
Zimbabwe's Hyperinflation: A Glimpse of Our Future January 24, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 24, 2008
Economist Bill Bonner notes that ?The long-term value of all paper currencies is zero.? This is because paper money not backed by gold or silver has no innate value. As such currencies inflate, they… more »
The ADL Agrees With Hitler About Gun Control January 23, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 23, 2008
The Anti-Defamation League has filed a friend of the court brief in the Supreme Court case District of Columbia v. Heller. That case deals with a Washington, DC police officer who is permitted to carry… more »
The Fatal Foolishness of the Iraq War January 22, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 22, 2008
History professor Andrew Bacevich of Boston University is a Vietnam veteran and West Point Graduate whose only son was killed serving in Iraq. He describes how the much-vaunted ?surge? in Iraq has had… more »
Neo-Nazi Provocateur on the FBI Payroll January 21, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 21, 2008
Until recently, New Jersey resident Hal Turner was host of an Internet radio program notorious for its unstinting promotion of white supremacy and incitements to murder and other criminal violence.
In… more »
The Private Sector Takes the Rap January 18, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 18, 2008
Mel Kay of California's Golden State Fence Company was threatened with a prison term for employing illegal immigrants. That term may have been spent inside a prison fence his company erected. That's jus… more »
President as Peripatetic Potentate January 17, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 17, 2008
If the United States of America is a republic, rather than an empire, why does the president travel in a fashion suitable to an Oriental potentate?
For his recent trip to Israel, President Bush broug… more »
Sibel Edmonds and Nuclear Treason January 16, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 16, 2008
Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds warns that the threat of nuclear terrorism against a US city is genuine ? and if it happens, our own government will be largely to blame.
Edmonds was recruited… more »
Dragged Down by the Decrepit Dollar January 15, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 15, 2008
The relentless decline in the dollar's value is dragging down the American standard of living.
According to a study by the Oxford Economics group, Great Britain has caught and surpassed the United St… more »
The Nanny State Turns Nazi December 14, 2007
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
December 14, 2007
Ten-year-old John Shiflett of New Castle, Colorado, fell and hit his head while trying to grab the door of a moving car. His father Tom Shiflett, a former Army medic, knew how to care for his son's pa… more »
USA: World Leaders in Government Surveillance January 4, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 4, 2008
While our government has been busy promoting democracy abroad, it has created a framework for an all-encompassing surveillance society at home. That is the key finding in a recent study produced by Priv… more »
When Robbers Wear Badges January 3, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 3, 2008
When his home was invaded two armed robbers last June, Ohio resident Luther Ricks was able to retrieve his gun and kill one of the assailants before they could make off with his family's life savings.… more »
Berzerkers in Blue? January 2, 2008
by Will
Will Grigg's Liberty Minute
January 2, 2008
When the most recent class of the Idaho Police Officer Standards and Training Academy graduated last December 14, the official program contained the class's self-selected slogan: ?Don't suffer from PTS… more »