Archives for: April 2009

Court-assigned Religion? April 30, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 30, 2009 Three years ago, Arizona resident Richard Franco and his wife of thirteen years filed for divorce. Although Franco is an active Mormon, he agreed that the children ? a son, now 14, and a ten-year-… more »

The Wages of Torture April 29,2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 29,2009 Defenders of the CIA?s program of interrogating terrorist suspects through torture insist that it was necessary to protect America from a second wave of attacks. Interrogators from both the militar… more »

Panic and Pandemic April 28, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 28, 2009 Thirty-three years ago, the federal government predicted that an outbreak of swine flu would kill as many as a million Americans. The administration of President Gerald Ford decided to carry out a cra… more »

Why Don't We Just Burn Our Money? April 27, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 27, 2009 Dr. Gregory Mankiw served as chairman of President George W. Bush?s Council of Economic Advisors. In a recent New York Times column, Mankiw offered the patently insane suggestion that the Federal Rese… more »

Police Chief, or Crime Lord? April 24, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 24, 2009 In August of last year, Milwaukee resident Brad Krause was charged with disorderly conduct for openly carrying a sidearm on his own property. This followed a complaint from Krause?s neighbor. Krause… more »

The Patriot "Menace" April 23, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 23, 2009 Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security distributed a nine-page security assessment of ?right-wing extremism? to law enforcement bodies nation-wide. The document was prepared by the d… more »

Torture the Little Children?* April 22, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 22, 2009 In December 2005, John Yoo, the Bush administration Justice Department official who wrote several key memos defending the legality of torture, was asked in a debate if the president could legally order… more »

It's Spelled A-S-S-A-U-L-T April 21, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 21, 2009 Whenever the media reports an incident of unnecessary and illegal police violence against an innocent citizen, the word ?assault? is never used to describe it. Instead, it's always described as a ?… more »

More Tales from the "Constitution-Free Zone" April 20, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 20, 2009 Steven Anderson, a Baptist pastor from Phoenix , was headed home from San Diego on April 14 when he ran into a Border Patrol checkpoint 100 miles north of the Mexican border. Despite the fact that he… more »

Is It A Crime to Criticize the Police? April 17, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 17, 2009 Is it a form of illegal ?harassment? to criticize your local law enforcement agency? According to the Phoenix Police Department, Jeff Pataky allegedly committed that offense by maintaining a website… more »

Self-Serving "Public Service" April 16, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 16, 2009 Sir Thomas More observed that "Men desire authority for its own sake that they may ? command and control other men, and live un-commanded and uncontrolled themselves." Although some people genuinel… more »

Taxation: The Theft of Life* April 15, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 15, 2009 This year, as occasionally happens, Resurrection Sunday and Tax Day fell just a few days apart. Easter celebrates the triumph of the ultimate life-giver ? our Lord and Savior. Tax Day, by way of contr… more »

The Lawlessness of our Ruling Class April 14, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 14, 2009 Although Mark Twain famously described Congress as America?s only ?native criminal class,? even he might have been amazed by the lawlessness recently displayed by Maryland?s state legislature.… more »

Piracy and Imperialism April 13, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 13, 2009 Following the dramatic rescue of American cargo ship captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates, American military advisors may soon be dispatched to help Somalia?s government develop its own coast… more »

Debt: A Weapon of Self-Destruction April 10, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 10, 2009 In his famous 1838 Lyceum Address, Abraham Lincoln declared that the mightiest foreign army imaginable ?could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial o… more »

"Economic Stimulus" the Nazi Way April 9, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 9, 2009 In the early years of the Great Depression, most rulers subscribed to the Keynesian doctrine that radically increased government spending leads to economic recovery. The New York Times, reviewing that hi… more »

Nothing Theoretical about This Conspiracy* April 8, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 8, 2009 Last week?s G-20 summit in London laid the foundation for a global fiat currency. According to Point 19 of the joint G-20 communique, signatories ? including the Obama administration ? agree ?… more »

The Obama Doctrine April 7, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 7, 2009 Under the so-called Brezhnev Doctrine, the rulers of the Soviet Union claimed the right to use force to preserve the international gains made by international socialism. The Obama administration, buil… more »

Bleeding the Middle Class Dry April 6, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 6, 2009 Since last September, the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve have spent, lent, or issued loan guarantees totaling $12.98 trillion. Last year?s Gross Domestic Product ? the combined value of all… more »

(More) Lessons in Totalitarianism April 3, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 3, 2009 Police from several departments swarmed Wethersfeld High School in Connecticut on March 26 to conduct a drug sweep. Every locker, classroom, and car was searched, without a warrant or probable cause.… more »

A Shooting in Austin April 2, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 2, 2009 On the night of March 11, 2007, David Lozano of Austin, Texas received a phone call from a violent man with whom his wife had an affair. So when he later heard a knock at the door, Lozano loudly chamber… more »

Down With People!* April 1, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 1, 2009 Nina Fedoroff has been the chief science advisor to the Secretary of State since 2007. One purpose of the State Department is to identify potential threats to our country and deal with them through di… more »

Incarceration by Quota March 31, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 31, 2009 Ernesto Guillen stopped for coffee at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Baltimore on his way to Johns Hopkins Hospital to visit his 4-year-old son, who was being treated for leukemia. He found himself amo… more »

Want Some Fries With Your Socialism? March 30, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute March 30, 2009 It?s no exaggeration to say that a shift manager at the typical fast food restaurant has more business acumen and practical managerial skill than Barack Obama. Yet he now presumes to make top-level co… more »