Archives for: January 2011

The Blessing of Government Bankruptcy January 21, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 21, 2011 Serious discussions are underway on Capitol Hill about the creation of a national agency to manage the impending bankruptcy of municipal and state governments. Predictably, the chief concern here is… more »

Of Pots and Kettles January 20, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 20, 2011 On January 19, President Barack Obama took a brief break from his administration?s assault on what remains of the Bill of Rights to contemplate the sins of the Chinese government. Obama met in the… more »

Power: The Deadliest Addiction January 19, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 19, 2011 Now that he?s no longer California?s governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger can admit to suffering from a powerful, personality-distorting addiction: In an interview with an Austrian publication, the f… more »

Just Call Him "Saddam Hannity" January 18 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 18 2011 In a July 1990 diplomatic cable recently publicized by the WikiLeaks whistleblower group, then-U.S. ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie described a now infamous meeting with Saddam Hussein in which she t… more »

The State's "Compassion" Cartel January 14 2011

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Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 14 2011 The epistle to the Galatians teaches us that God?s Law is summarized by the commandment, ?Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.? The same chapter lists many of the virtues displayed by those who a… more »

If You Can't Say Something Nice.... January 13 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 13 2011 The problem with contemporary politics is not that the tenor of discourse is crude and vitriolic. Rather, it is that people focus their hostilities at each other rather than at the apparatus of officia… more »

The Madness of Meth Prohibition January 12 2011

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Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 12 2011 Since 2005, over-the-counter cold remedies containing pseudoephedrine have been treated as a controlled substance. Pharmacies are required to limit customers to no more than 3.6 grams a day, supposedly to… more »

How About FOLLOWING The Constitution, Not Just READING It? January 11 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 11 2011 Prompted by a vicious criminal assault in which a federal judge and five others were murdered, and a congresswoman and more than a dozen others were wounded, New York Republican Representative Peter Ki… more »

The Myth of Sanctified Violence January 10, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 10, 2011 In the immediate aftermath of the horrific Safeway massacre in Tucson, Arizona ? which left federal Judge John Roll dead, and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded -- House Speaker J… more »

Why Strip Clubs are More Respectable than Airports January 7 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 7 2011 The management of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport intends to file a protest with Texas state liquor regulators over the opening of Rick?s Cabaret, a strip club that will be built near the… more »

Punished for Refusing to Participate in a Crime January 6, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 6, 2011 In 1997, Bert Sacks traveled to Baghdad carrying medicine for Iraqi hospitals. At the time, as then-Secretary of State Madeline Albright acknowledged, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children were dyi… more »

From Terrorist Bagman to Homeland Security Overlord January 5, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 5, 2011 New York Congressman Peter King spent decades raising money on behalf of the Irish Republican Army, one of the world?s most violent terrorist organizations. Some of the money he raised went to p… more »

Police Insubordination in Las Vegas January 4, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 4, 2011 Last December 11, a Las Vegas resident was killed during a traffic stop when police used a Taser on him. Rather than complying with new regulations governing official inquests, the police involved in t… more »

Don't Raise the Debt Ceiling! January 3, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute January 3, 2011 The government ruling us has an annual budget deficit of $1.3 trillion, and a debt ceiling of $14.3 trillion. Just a few weeks from now, the incoming Congress is expected to raise the debt ceiling, whi… more »

Why Ask Permission from Slaves? December 31, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 31, 2010 At every opportunity, the Regime is aggressively violating our most elemental personal freedoms. The most obvious example is the widespread use of pornographically explicit X-Ray scanners and publ… more »

A "Bad Shoot" Claims Two Lives December 30, 2010

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute December 30, 2010 Erich Strausbaugh of Kenosha, Wisconsin, killed himself in late October. The married 34-year-old father of two was a police officer who was reportedly still dealing with the aftermath of a 2004 tr… more »