Archives for: February 2010

A Revolutionary Moment Approaches February 26, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 26, 2010 According to a study published by the Pew Center, state governments are $1 trillion short of the funds necessary to cover benefits promised to their employees. In some cities, such as Tracey, Cal… more »

A "Duty" to Turn in Anti-Government Relatives? February 25, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 25, 2010 Joseph Stack?s murder-suicide attack on an IRS office building in Austin, Texas was an act of irrational criminal violence. A lawsuit filed against Stack?s family by the widow of his victim, IRS… more »

Dispossession by Decree February 24, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 24, 2010 Much like serfs who were permitted to live on land owned by a feudal lord who could evict them at his pleasure, residents of the western United States can be dispossessed at the arbitrary whim of a d… more »

Round Up the Usual Suspects February 23, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 23, 2010 People who reside in and around San Antonio have been warned that another ?Warrant Roundup? has been scheduled for early March. Police will fan out to execute some 300,000 outstanding warrants,… more »

A Presidential "Right" to Commit Mass Murder February 22, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 22, 2010 No reasonably well-informed person should be surprised to learn that the doctrine of unaccountable presidential power set out during the Bush administration includes the supposed authority to engage… more »

When Criminals are Crime Victims February 19, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 19, 2010 The incurable anger and despair that prompted Joseph Stack to fly his private plane into an IRS office building in Austin, Texas grew from a small but critical change in the tax code enacted in 1986.… more »

When It's a "Crime" to Ask, "Why?" February 18, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 18, 2010 Atlanta resident Minnie Carey was peaceably assembled with three of her friends on a sidewalk outside a convenience store when a cop car pulled up beside them. ?Move it,? grunted police offic… more »

Afghanistan: An Avoidable War February 17, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 17, 2010 The ongoing siege of Marja in Afghanistan?s Helmand Province is the largest military engagement of a war that has now consumed more than eight years. As the assault on the Taliban stronghold contin… more »

Working Overtime at the Fear Factory February 16, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 16, 2010 Since 1995, fewer than 3,300 Americans have been killed by terrorists. Roughly the same number of Americans lost their lives in 2008 as a result of fires, and more that 34,000 perished in automobile… more »

Must I Love My Muslim Neighbor? February 15, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 15, 2010 An unemployed truck driver from East Nashville was stunned to seehateful graffiti smeared across the walls of a local house of worship. ?When I saw it, I just broke down crying,? said the truc… more »

Open Season on Gun Owners February 12, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 12, 2010 Gregory D. Girard of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, believes that martial law ? including paramilitary raids by police to confiscate legally owned private firearms ? will soon descend upon… more »

Gotta Keep the Tax-Feeders Happy February 11, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 11, 2010 During a recent press conference, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, straining to create a moment of pseudo-Reaganesque folksiness, told a story about his pet pig and pony working together to… more »

The Government's War on Everything February 10, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 10, 2010 In the mid-1960s, the government ruling us declared war on poverty. Today, after a trillion dollars has been spent, we have a self-replicating welfare underclass. In the early 1970s, that same go… more »

Debasing the Currency: The Terminal Phase February 9, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 9, 2010 For as long as governments have issued currency, rulers have debased it. One common method was coin-clipping ? that is, snipping of pieces from coins that pass through a ruler?s hands, thereby… more »

Can We Call it "Torture" Now? February 8, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 8, 2010 Joshua Tabor, a 27-year-old soldier stationed in Tacoma, Washington, was seen wandering through a neighborhood on January 31 wearing a Kevlar helmet and threatening to break windows. After police… more »

When Gun-Grabbers Attack February 4, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 24, 2010 Toronto resident Joe Fiorito was startled to find two police officers on his doorstep. They weren?t there to investigate a crime; they had come to confiscate his .20 gauge shotgun. Last March,… more »

Want to Look "Presidential"? Go Kill a Bunch of People! February 3, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 3, 2010 Near the end of Shakespeare?s two-part play King Henry IV, the dying monarch offers some advice to his son Prince Hal, the future King Henry V: ?Be it thy course to busy giddy minds with foreign q… more »

The Imperial Route to National Oblivion February 2, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 2, 2010 According to the New York Times, the Obama administration?s budget projections present ?a picture of a nation that like many American homeowners simply cannot get above water.? The budget… more »

Lending the Terrorists a Hand February 1, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 1, 2010 As is the case with many other unsuccessful terrorist plots, the attempted Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit is looking like an incident co-produced by the government that… more »