Archives for: December 2009

One Little Victory December 29, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 29, 2009 In the summer of 2005, Carl Bryan of Coronado, California, a 21-year-old man with mental and emotional problems, was pulled over by a police officer for a seat belt violation. A visibly agitated… more »

How The Government Profits from Terrorism December 28, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 28, 2009 Only two things prevented Nigerian terrorist suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from destroying Northwest Airlines flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas Day. The first was a failed detonator. The seco… more »

Repeal the License to Steal! December 23, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 23, 2009 The institutionalized larceny called ?civil asset forfeiture? represents a complete repudiation of central constitutional principles. Through forfeiture, police can literally steal money and othe… more »

Beijing vs. the UN December 22, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 22, 2009 If the human race is spared the horrors of a UN-supervised global eco-dictatorship, we may have Communist China to thank. The agreement created at the recent UN Copenhagen Summit on climate chang… more »

The Triumph of a Totalitarian Idea December 21, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 21, 2009 In the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that black people were not ?persons? and thus not entitled to the protections of the Constitution. That assumption has… more »

Portents of Martial Law? December 18, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 18, 2009 Buckeye, Arizona is a town of 35,000 with a severely depressed economy. In 2007, the last year for which statistics were available, there were 51 violent crimes committed in Buckeye, with aggravated… more »

Beware the Eco-Jihad December 17, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 17, 2009 For decades, Former New Zealand Prime Minister Mike Moore has been in the vanguard of the international left. He is the former vice-president of the International Union of Socialist Youth and served… more »

Self-Serving "Public Servants" December 16, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 16, 2009 During an economic downturn, private businesses cut costs through layoffs, pay freezes, and even pay cuts where necessary. Government, which unlike private business produces nothing and engages in… more »

An Instrument of Dictatorship December 15, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 15, 2009 The RAND Corporation has released a study entitled A Stability Police Force for the United States: Justification and Creating U.S. Capabilities. The RAND study, which was conducted for the U.S. A… more »

Border Totalitarianism December 14, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 14, 2009 On December 8, Dr. Peter Watts, a Hugo-nominated science fiction author, was headed home to Toronto when the car he was driving was randomly selected for a search at the Canadian border. After he… more »

Children as a Rationed Commodity? December 11, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 11, 2009 Eco-socialists have devised a system called ?cap-and-trade,? in which businesses are required to buy permits to cover so-called greenhouse emissions, with the option of selling permits they don?… more »

The Border Patrol Gestapo Goes Domestic December 10, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 10, 2009 Iris Cooper of Patagonia, Arizona was driving to school at the Pima Medical Institute in Tucson when she realized that she had forgotten her books. About two miles away from a Border Patrol check… more »

Why Do We Tolerate the IRS? December 9, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 9, 2009 It?s been difficult for Seattle resident Rachel Porcaro, a single mother who makes about $18,000 a year cutting hair, to provide for herself and her two sons. Things did not improve when the domesti… more »

Oregon's Eco-Jihad against Small Business December 8, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 8, 2009 Oregon?s official unemployment rate is over eleven percent, and the state ranks sixth in the nation for bankruptcies. Thanks to Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, things will soon get much worse… more »

The Bailout Czar Bails Out December 7 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 7 2009 Neel Kashkari went to Washington in 2006 as a 35-year-old assistant to then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. A little more than a year later, Kashkari was in charge of bailout stricken investment bank… more »

More Ambitious than God? December 4, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 4, 2009 How many laws are really necessary? The Bible says that God gave ancient Israel Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai. Because of transgression God mandated the Mosaic Law, which contained roughly 600 law… more »

The Tax-Feeders Look Out for Their Own December 3, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 3, 2009 The much-heralded economic ?stimulus? package is an undisguised boon to what the Washington Post calls ?the government-contractor nexus that is metropolitan Washington [D.C.]? Thanks to imm… more »

War: The Ultimate Government "Stimulus" Program December 2, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 2, 2009 Legendary Swiss investor Marc Faber earned the nickname ?Dr. Doom? for his negative view of Washington?s management of the U.S. economy. As Faber?s dismal predictions are being fulfilled arou… more »

In Defense of Tiger Woods December 1, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 1, 2009 Whatever precipitated the bizarre automobile accident in which Tiger Woods was injured, this much is certain: Mr. Woods is doing the right thing in refusing to discuss the matter with either the media… more »

Taking Refuge in the "Shadow Economy" November 27, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 27, 2009 Wherever taxation and regulation become onerous, a black market or ?shadow economy? will take root and flourish. In fact, the size of a so-called shadow economy is a telling indication of the siz… more »

End the Fed: A Crucial Victory November 26, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 26, 2009 Congressman Ron Paul has long warned the public about the consequences of government debt and inflation. He has also been one of the most outspoken and capable critics of the banking cartel called th… more »

Conservatives vs. the Constitution November 25, 2009

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute November 25, 2009 The Justice Department?s decision to try accused 9-11 Mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four accomplices in a federal civilian court, rather than a military tribunal, has provoked fierce critici… more »