Archives for: June 2009

The American Gulag: A Case Study June 30, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 30, 2009 Will Foster suffers from degenerative arthritis, a highly painful condition he treats through the medical use of marijuana. He was arrested in Oklahoma in 1993 on drug charges, then eventually paroled to… more »

If They Don't Read, We Shouldn't Obey* June 29, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 29, 2009 What is the purpose of having a Congress if that body insists on passing huge, imponderably complicated pieces of legislation that congressmen haven?t even had a chance to read? Last week?s so-cal… more »

A Cop's "Right" to Rampage June 26, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 26, 2009 Off-duty Pittsburgh police officer Paul Abel was headed home from a bar last June 28 when someone reached through his car window and slugged him. Abel, who was drunk at the time, drove off in pursuit of… more »

Taxation and Other Tyranny June 25, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 25, 2009 As James Madison explained in Federalist Paper number 10, the federated design of our republic encourages economic competition. Each state government can either prosper or suffer depending on the wisdom… more »

End This Injustice: Free Peltier June 24, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 24, 2009 Even though the release of imprisoned American Indian Movement leader Leonard Peltier has long been a leftist cause célèbre, it?s an idea worthy of support from all concerned about due process.… more »

Let Iran Decide Its Own Destiny June 23, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 23, 2009 Twenty years after the dramatic and heart-rending events in China?s Tiananmen Square, a similar drama is playing out in the streets of Tehran as hundreds of thousands protest what they are convinced w… more »

The Crime that is the Iraq War June 22, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 22, 2009 An official British inquiry has churned up new disclosures regarding the Bush administration?s efforts to create a pretext for war with Iraq. The London Observer reports that a five-page memo writt… more »

Zoning Tyrants Attack Christian Home Church June 19, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 19, 2009 Along with his wife Suzanne, Michael Salman of Phoenix, Arizona holds regular church services and sponsors missionaries to Syria and other Middle Eastern countries. On June 11, the Salmans? home w… more »

The Torture Rationale Falls Apart June 18, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 18, 2009 In 2002, George W. Bush described Abu Zubaida, who was seized in Pakistan and detained at Guantanamo Bay, as the third-ranking member of al-Qaeda and the terrorist network?s ?chief of operations.?… more »

Sotomayor's Indifference to Justice June 17, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 17, 2009 Vice President Joe Biden recently told representatives of police organizations that because of Sonia Sotomayor?s ?life-long commitment to law enforcement? they could be confident that she ?has y… more »

Reining In Police Abuse: A First Step June 16, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 16, 2009 The public is increasingly exposed to scenes of unnecessary violence perpetrated against innocent people by police. Many of those incidents are the product of a mind-set in which anything other than… more »

Round Up the Usual "Hate" Suspects June 15, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 15, 2009 For some people of a leftist political persuasion, practically any kind of political speech with which they disagree is to be considered ?hate speech.? Typical of such people is Bonnie Erbe, a com… more »

Indict the Fed -- Leave the Liberty Dollar Alone!

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 12, 2009 Until its assets were stolen in a November 2007 federal raid, the Liberty Dollar organization provided privately minted gold and silver coins for use in voluntary transactions. The organizers hoped such… more »

The Murderous Doctrine of Collective Guilt June 11, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 11, 2009 The shooting that took place yesterday at the Holocaust Museum provided a tragic, tangible display of the murderous consequences of the notion of collective guilt. James W. von Brunn, the suspect in t… more »

Sotomayor: A Full-Service Authoritarian September 10, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 10, 2009 Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama?s nominee to the Supreme Court, appears to be a hybrid authoritarian, combining liberal support for regulation and redistribution with the ?law and order? inst… more »

Brutal Honesty About Obama from the Left June 9, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 9, 2009 While Barack Obama?s conservative detractors are legion, his most acute critics include self-designated progressive commentators, one of whom has called for his resignation. Commentator Ted Rall, is… more »

Tased and Confused June 8, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 8, 2009 Last August, Niagara Falls County Judge Sara Sperrazza issued an order that Ryan Smith submit to a DNA test to see if he was involved in a pair of armed robberies. Smith gave the sample, but it was sent t… more »

Obama's Callow Commissar June 5, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 5, 2009 In Communist regimes, powerful positions are assigned entirely on the basis of political reliability rather than subject competence. The case of 31-year-old Obama administration functionary Brian Deese… more »

One Cop's Peculiar Sideline June 4, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 4, 2009 Following a May 13 high-speed chase on the California Interstate, El Monte Police Officer George Fierro was videotaped kicking a prone and unresisting suspect in the head. The suspect, 23-year-old Ric… more »

Clearly, The Government Is Insane* June 3, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 3, 2009 A 12-year-old boy was arrested and detained at Denver International Airport on suspicion of carrying an explosive device. The object in question was described as ?a homemade device similar to a flar… more »

The Obama Road to Socialism June 2, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 2, 2009 The Obama administration?s plan for dismantling bankrupt General Motors suggests that America is quickly sinking into a Third World morass of socialist corruption. Investigative reporter Greg Palast… more »

Acts of Murder June 1, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute June 1, 2009 While there is much to lament over the murder of Kansas abortionist George Tiller, the end of his career is not on that list. Tiller was one of a handful of people in this country willing to commit a f… more »

"Shotgunning" the Fourth Amendment May 29, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 29, 2009 In December 2006, Concepcion Curbelo was stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint near Rodeo, New Mexico. She was arrested on drug charges and detained for two hours along with her minor children. When Co… more »

Sotomayor vs. Property Rights May 28, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 28, 2009 The nomination of federal judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has been enthusiastically applauded by those who believe that such appointments should advance the cause of racial and sexual diversity… more »

The Foolishness of Tolerating Torture May 27, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 27, 2009 Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, who served as a Navy SEAL during the Vietnam War, underwent the process of controlled drowning commonly called ?waterboarding? as part of his training. He stat… more »