Archives for: March 2009

The Most Dangerous Gang March 27, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 27, 2009 16-year-old Juan Vasquez shouldn?t have been drinking alcohol or carrying crack cocaine the night of April 18, 2008. But being beaten nearly to death by police is a disproportionate penalty for his b… more »

Liars in Blue March 26, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 26, 2009 After a fight broke out at a Ft. Lauderdale hotel last December 5, 22-year-old Joshua Ortiz, from a nearby elevator, saw some of his friends being manhandled by armored riot police. Ortiz yelled at th… more »

AIG and your 1040* March 25, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 25, 2009 Rolling Stone investigative writer Matt Taibbi has dissected the collapse of the mammoth insurance and investment company AIG. Following the $165 billion federal bailout of AIG, the public was out… more »

Criminalizing Compassion March 24, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 24, 2009 In the Book of Matthew we read Jesus? admonition to feed the hungry as if we were serving Christ Himself. British legal scholar William Blackstone, who greatly influenced our Founding Fathers, ins… more »

Bring Back Constitutional Currency! March 23, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 23, 2009 Montana?s state motto, which it adopted in 1865, is ?Oro y plata,? a Spanish phrase meaning ?gold and silver.? Appropriately, Montana?s state legislature is considering a measure that woul… more »

Where "Change" is Needed March 20, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 20, 2009 Former Vice President Dick Cheney insists that President Obama has repudiated the policies of the Bush administration and put U.S. national security at risk. Yet the changes imposed by Mr. Obama are sty… more »

Plutocratic Socialism March 19, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 19, 2009 In late February, the insurance and financial services company AIG handed the Treasury Department what amounted to a $30 billion stickup note. AIG, which had already received more than $130 billion… more »

The "007 Standard" March 18, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 18, 2009 Several years ago, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi, who shot and killed Vicky Weaver during the 1992 standoff at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, could not be prosecuted for homi… more »

Repealing the Freedom to Travel March 17, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 17, 2009 Our British cousins across the Atlantic tragically tend to be about six months to a year ahead of the curve in terms of repudiating our shared legacy of liberty protected by law. The March 14 London… more »

Yet Another Citizen-Terrorist Checklist* March 16, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 16, 2009 Ten years ago, the FBI, with the help of several left-wing advocacy groups, compiled a report entitled ?Project Megiddo.? That document was intended to guide law enforcement efforts to identify po… more »

All Home Invaders Are Created Equal* March 13, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 13, 2009 When innocent citizens are the subject of a paramilitary police raid at the wrong address, are they required to submit to what amounts to a criminal assault under the color of state authority? Justi… more »

NEVER Trust the Police March 12, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 12, 2009 For more than a decade, Tim Masters of Ft. Collins, Colorado was pursued for a hideous murder he didn?t commit. He was eventually convicted without so much as a molecule of physical evidence to co… more »

Due Process Even for the Demonically Depraved March 11, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 11, 2009 Few if any crimes are more hideous than the sexual abuse of children. Those who commit such offenses should be punished with appropriate severity. There is a danger, however, in permitting our desire to… more »

"Collateral Damage" on the Home Front March 10, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 10, 2009 Last December, the pilot of a Marine Corps fighter jet bailed out of his plane over the outskirts of San Diego. The crippled jet, which had lost both engines, plummeted into a residential neighborhood,… more »

Terrorist Etiquette? March 9, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 9, 2009 Canadian citizen Desiderio Fortunato is an individual who expects to be treated with respect by the people commonly called ?public servants.? Fortunato routinely crosses the US-Canadian border. W… more »

Why Not Try Freedom? March 6, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 6, 2009 In a recent interview with CNN Arizona state attorney general Terry Goddard became the first public official of note to suggest that that legalizing marijuana might relieve some of the violence that is… more »

Is Thrift Un-Patriotic? March 5, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 5, 2009 During a recent segment of CNBC?s ?Fast Money? program, correspondent Dylan Ratigan repeatedly assailed those who have taken their money out of the stock market and invested in precious metals.… more »

The Only Thing America Still Produces.... March 4, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 4, 2009 In the year 2000, the cost of the entire federal budget was $1.8 trillion. This year, according to the Obama administration?s budget, the federal deficit will be almost exactly that amount. Since l… more »

A "Global New Deal" March 3, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 3, 2009 It appears that the political class is strangely giddy about the same economic catastrophe that has left hundreds of millions anxious, alarmed, and frightened about the future. British Prime Ministe… more »

An Atrocity in Seattle March 2, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 2, 2009 Last November Deputy Paul Schene of Washington?s King County Sheriff's Department was videotaped beating a 15-year-old girl in a holding cell. As the door to her cell was being closed, the girl was… more »