Archives for: February 2012
There's Good and Bad in Wyoming's "Jericho" Bill
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 29, 2012
A recent television program called ?Jericho? depicted life in America following a catastrophic nuclear attack on 23 major cities. In this post-apocalyptic setting, the former united States broke up i… more »
Sent to Prison For Possession of NOTHING? It May Happen in Ohio
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 28, 2012
The War on Drugs has long been a war over nothing. Since 1971, more than a trillion dollars have been spent, millions have been imprisoned, and the Bill of Rights has been effectively destroyed. For all… more »
The Afghan Riots Aren't Just About Burning Korans
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 27, 2012
The recent eruption of anti-American violence in Afghanistan wasn?t just a reaction to disclosures that U.S. military personnel had burned copies of the Koran.
One protester, Maruf Hotak, told the New… more »
Psychiatry: The Regime's Official Priesthood of Conformity
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 23, 2012
In pagan antiquity and the medieval era, absolute rulers allied themselves with religious leaders who preached submission. In the 20th Century, the Soviet regime, which dictated atheism as official dogma… more »
The Police Didn't Catch the Burglar, But They May Imprison the Citizen Who Did
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 22, 2012
On February 19, Dennis Fleming of Farmington, New Hampshire discovered that his home had been robbed. Spying a suspicious-looking man with a backpack, Fleming grabbed his handgun and strode off in pursui… more »
When the Police Chief is the Local Drug Lord
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 20, 2012
Constable Fred Walker of Texas?s Shelby County allegedly ordered the illegal bugging of municipal officials in the village of Tenaha, which has been at the center of a multi-million-dollar drug ass… more »
Be Content With What The State Lets You Keep, Comrade
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 17, 2012
What portion of the money we earn or inherit do we deserve to keep? The only morally defensible answer is: All of it. We do have moral responsibilities to honor contracts, pay honest prices for goods and… more »
Want to be World Bank President? Help Start a War
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 16, 2012
Hillary Clinton is reportedly seeking appointment as president of the World Bank. She would replace Robert Zoellick, who had served as George W. Bush?s trade representative.
Zoellick was appointed in… more »
You're Free To Ignore the Cops -- And They're Free to Ignore Your Rights
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 15, 2012
Christopher Randle and a female friend were in a parked car with the engine running when a police officer tapped on the driver?s side window. When Randle opened the door, the officer spied two open bee… more »
Peter Doan Van Vuon: Property Rights Hero
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 13, 2012
Austin, Texas resident Scott Henson, a legal affairs writer, was walking home from the roller rink with his 5-year-old granddaughter on February 10 when they were approached by a deputy constable. The offi… more »
You're Never Safe When Cops Are Around
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 13, 2012
Austin, Texas resident Scott Henson, a legal affairs writer, was walking home from the roller rink with his 5-year-old granddaughter on February 10 when they were approached by a deputy constable. The of… more »
A Felon in a Police Uniform
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 10, 2012
Texas criminal statutes define the crime of ?assault? as the act of intentionally threatening another person with imminent bodily injury. Aggravated assault occurs when the offender ?uses or exhibi… more »
Don't Bother the Police with your "Constitutional Bullsh*t"
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 9, 2012
Washington, D.C. resident Matthew Corrigan, an Army Reservist, was depressed and having difficulty sleeping. He called a number the thought was the Military Emotional Support Hotline. While speaking with… more »
"Don't Resist, Motherf***er!" Nevada's "Finest" Assault Helpless Diabetic
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 8, 2012
Last October 29, Henderson, Nevada resident Adam Greene was driving to work at about 4:30 a.m. when his blood sugar plummeted and he went into insulin shock. After he stopped at an intersection, a police… more »
Totalitarian Hall Monitors Abound
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 7, 2012
Mark and Amy Denicore of Waterford, Virginia face a March 14 criminal trial because their three schoolchildren have accumulated roughly thirty tardy slips. The couple was arraigned on February 6 before Ju… more »
Buy Sudafed in Alabama, Go to Prison
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 6, 2012
Diane Avera, a grandmother from Mississippi, faces a year in prison in Alabama for the supposed crime of buying a box of Sudafed. She was arrested in Demopolis, Alabama after a clerk at the local CVS phar… more »
Mercy is for the Strong; Stern "Justice" is for the Weak
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 3, 2012
Shannon Jones, a former judge in Tennessee?s Crockett County who pleaded guilty last fall to federal drug charges, was given the most lenient sentence imaginable ? six months in prison, three years of… more »
Is Your Body Federal Property?
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 2, 2012
Taking the collectivist logic of prohibition and food regulation to its logical conclusion, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claims that adult stem cells are federally regulated drugs. In principle,… more »
Prohibitionists: Determined to "Protect" Us to Death
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
February 1, 2012
Before March 2011, the manufacture, sale, and possession of a form of incense called ?Spice? was legal in the State of Idaho. Then the legislature, always eager to expand the power of the government a… more »