Archives for: September 2010

Obama's Not-So-Great Commission September 30, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 30, 2010 In a September 27 conference call, President Barack Obama and several advisors, including the head of the White House Office of Faith-Based Programs, sought to enlist religious leaders as evangelist… more »

The FBI: The Bureau of Fibbers, Bullies, and Informants September 28, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 28, 2010 It takes a remarkable gift for dishonesty to cheat on an open-book test. Glenn Fine, Inspector General for the Justice Department, reports that a significant number of FBI agents ? including seve… more »

Murder by Decree and the "State Secrets Privilege September 27, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 27, 2010 Barack Obama claims the authority to order the summary execution of Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen currently residing in Yemen. Awlaki is accused of playing a role in inciting the attempted bombing… more »

A mpathy Note for a Bully in Blue September 24, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 24, 2010 In August 2005, a 62-year-old, wheelchair-bound Chicago resident named Randle Miles was taken to the hospital to be treated for a stab wound. For reasons that remain unclear, Chicago Police office… more »

The Federal Bureau of Incitement Strikes Again September 23, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 23, 2010 Lebanese-born U.S. resident Sami Samir Hassoun was arrested nearly Chicago?s Wrigley Field on September 19. The supposed would-be bomber had a device that was actually a harmless dummy provided to… more »

Economic Recovery -- By Decree? September 22, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 22, 2010 Idolatry is the besetting sin of the human condition. One of its most common forms is self-worship, and delusions of godhood are a common affliction for politicians and academics on intimate terms w… more »

A Nation of Snitches September 21, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 21, 2010 New York City attorney Stuart Meissner was born too late to be an economic commissar in the former Soviet Union or Communist East Germany. Meissner offers his services to anonymous informants se… more »

Feed the Parasites First! September 20, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 20, 2010 The imposition of the withholding tax during World War II turned private employers into tax farmers for the state. The British Government is considering a proposal that would eliminate the tax-farmi… more »

Building a Federal Army of Occupation September 17, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 17, 2010 The Department of Homeland Security, working through Idaho State University and a quasi-private entity called the Government Training Institute, recently completed the first national training cours… more »

U.S. Embraces What Cuba Rejects September 16, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 16, 2010 In a recent interview with a writer for The Atlantic magazine, Fidel Castro admitted ? after four decades of tyranny and the slaughter of tens of thousands ? that Cuba?s socialist economic mod… more »

State Terrorism in Michigan September 14, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 14, 2010 Sal Agro, a 67-year-old man from Lake Orion, Michigan, died of a heart attack on September 2. His death was almost certainly a belated result of his experience a week earlier. Agro ran a facili… more »

The World Is Not Enough September 13, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 13, 2010 It?s tempting to describe a recent essay by economic analyst Kevin D.Williamson as a ?reality check,? but the problem is that if it were a check of any kind, it would bounce. Williamson po… more »

Anti-Christian Intolerance in the Middle East September 10, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minutes September 10, 2010 Two years ago, religious zealots in the Middle East collected hundreds of copies of the New Testament and burned them in a public square. This was done with the support and involvement of local civ… more »

Canyon County's Lawless Prosecutor September 9, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 9, 2010 John Bujak, County Prosecutor for Idaho?s Canyon County, doesn?t have much use for the law. In October 2009, Bujak ?instructed? local law enforcement officers to ?target? people who… more »

Should We Burn the Koran, or Share the Bible? September 8, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 8, 2010 Terry Jones, who presides over a small congregation in Gainesville, Florida called the Dove World Outreach Center, has a peculiar genius for self-promotion. His proposed ?International Burn a… more »

Don't Wait for Permission to Panic September 7, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 7, 2010 As H.L. Mencken pointed out decades ago, governments prosper through the manipulation of panic. Rulers are always adept at manufacturing or exaggerating problems and crises. The other half of tha… more »

Welfare and Human Bondage September 6, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 6, 2010 What the government subsidizes, it controls. This principle applies not only to institutions, but also to individuals. One possible future is foreshadowed in San Diego, California, where under a… more »

Hasn't Afghanistan Suffered Enough? September 3, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 3, 2010 Following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, Washington dispatched advisors to set up a banking system modeled after our own. Thus it shouldn?t surprise us to see that Afghanistan is in the middle o… more »

James Lee: Environmentalist in a Hurry September 2, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 2, 2010 ?The planet does not need humans.? This assertion, embedded in a manifesto published by the late James Lee, is a tidy summation of the biocentric worldview that inspires radical environmentalis… more »

Lebanon's "Ground Zero" Synagogue September 1, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 1, 2010 Beirut was once called the ?Paris of the Mediterranean.? After 35 years of foreign invasions and intermittent civil war, Beirut now conjures images of bloodshed and tragedy. An Arab-ruled coun… more »