Archives for: February 2009

En Route to Military Rule?* February 27, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 27, 2009 Until forced to change its plans because of public outcry, a National Guard unit from Carroll, Iowa planned to hold a four-day training exercise in civilian disarmament in the nearby town of Arcadi… more »

It Just Keeps Getting Sicker February 26, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 26, 2009 New and infuriating details continue to be revealed in the case of Ethiopian-born British resident Binyam Mohammed, who was kidnapped by the CIA, tortured at the hands of CIA-trained foreign interro… more »

Eric Holder: Shut Up! February 25, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 25, 2009 It?s likely that millions of Americans were surprised, puzzled, and offended when Eric Holder, the nation?s first black Attorney General, who was appointed to that post by the nation?s first bl… more »

The Thuggish Racket Called "Community Organizing" February 24, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 24, 2009 Prior to his career in electoral politics, President Obama was famously employed as a ?community organizer.? For those still puzzled over what a community organizer does, the example of the group… more »

Predatory Government February 23, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 23, 2009 During the 1990s federal enforcement agencies accused banks and other lending institutions discriminating against minorities who applied for mortgage loans. By the end of the decade, a concerted… more »

They Always Make Things Worse February 20, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 20, 2009 In a severe recession, thrift stores are among the few businesses that flourish. Consumers eager to save every penny will eschew boutiques and shopping malls in favor of second-hand, consignment, and… more »

Who Does What to Whom February 19, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 19, 2009 During his February 11 radio broadcast, Rush Limbaugh warned the Democrats that their expansion of government power and spending was ?creating a monster that you will not be able to control foreve… more »

Attack of the Zombie Banks! February 18, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 18, 2009 In the early 1990s, as Japan suffered a severe economic collapse, Washington dispatched a team of high-ranking economic analysts to Tokyo. Their advice was to permit the market to work the bad assets… more »

Stimulating the Police State February 17, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 17, 2009 Embedded in the $797 billion pork-barrel measure that we?re told to call a ?stimulus package? can be found billions of dollars to expand the infrastructure of our emerging police state. Bil… more »

The Politics of Plunder* February 16, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 16, 2009 In Genesis we read about a war among the evil kings of the ?Cities of the Plain? in which Lot, Abram?s kinsman, was taken captive. Abram mounted an armed rescue of Lot, and in the process he… more »

The Price of Empire February 13, 2008

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 13, 2008 It has been nearly twenty years since the Berlin Wall was breached and the Soviet Empire began its terminal collapse. The economic costs Moscow?s global empire proved to be unsustainable. Rathe… more »

Socialism and Hubris February 12, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 12, 2009 Newsweek?s February 16 cover story triumphantly announces: ?We Are All Socialists Now.? According to the publication: ?Whether we want to admit it or not ? the America of 2009 is moving t… more »

A new addition to the Grigg family

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The Gangster State* February 11, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 11, 2009 Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohammed is one of the few detainees grateful to be confined at Guantanamo Bay. Gitmo holds few horrors for Mohammed after the unspeakable torture he suffered elsewhere at the h… more »

Stop Buying Federal Debt! February 10, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 10, 2009 With the federal government preparing to run up trillion-dollar annual budget deficits, the foreign creditors who have propped up Washington appear to be surfeited on its bad debt. Piling new tri… more »

One Century of Foolishness is Enough Feburary 9, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute Feburary 9, 2009 Exactly a century ago today, Congress passed the Opium Exclusion Act, the Opium Exclusion Act, thereby inaugurating the war on drugs. That campaign, which for 13 years included alcohol prohibition, h… more »

The Widening Gyre February 6, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 6, 2009 The state of California has the world?s eighth-largest economy. It is broke. Unlike the Federal Government, however, California cannot print its own fiat currency. As former Treasury Department… more »

When Cops Confiscate Cameras* February 5, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 5, 2009 Recently in Oakland, California, a police officer named Johannes Mehserle shot and killed Oscar Grant while the unresisting young man was lying handcuffed, face-down on the floor, surrounded by police… more »

Abortion as Black Genocide February 4, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 4, 2009 A generation ago, some of the most militant black activists condemned the detestable practice of government-abetted child slaughter as a form of lethal racism. In 1970, for example, the leadership… more »

Hypocrisy and the White House Thermostat February 3, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 3, 2009 Speaking to a rapturous campaign audience in Oregon last year, then-Senator Obama notoriously berated fellow Americans for our environmentally irresponsible extravagance. "We can't drive our SUVs a… more »

The TSA's Dubious Mind-Readers February 2, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 2, 2009 In recent years the Super Bowl has been a launching pad for high-profile advertising campaigns. Among the organizations using this year?s Super Bowl for promotional purposes was the federal Tra… more »