Archives for: February 2013

Our Laws Make those of Medieval England Seem Reasonable

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 27 2013 40-year-old Orlando, Florida resident Anthony Brasfield was with his girlfriend in the parking lot of a motel when he released a handful of helium-filled, heart-shaped balloons into the air. A Florida Hig… more »

The UN's Incompetence is its Only Saving Grace

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute Even when it is not directly abetting genocide ? as it did in Cambodia and Rwanda ? the United Nations manages to abet the needless, tragic death of thousands of people.  Over the past decade, thousands of Haitians ha… more »

Idaho State Senator Chuck Winder: Full-Spectrum Police State Enthusiast

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 25, 2013 In a recent commentary we reviewed state Senator Chuck Winder?s role in promoting two legislative resolutions seeking greater federal government in prosecuting the unconstitutional and counter-producti… more »

The Gulag Takes Over the Gridiron

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 23, 2013 In recent decades, professional sports franchises have increasingly relied on the sale of corporate ?naming rights? ? in addition to various kinds of government subsidies -- to pay for sports stadi… more »

Idaho State Senator Chuck Winder, Prohibitionist Pharisee

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 21, 2013 Idaho?s Republican leadership is often at odds with the federal government. So it would seem out of character for Republicans in the state legislature to be petitioning the Feds for more intervention i… more »

Police Are Trained to Kill Pregnant Women and Children

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 20, 2013 The public is taught to assume that police are trained protect the helpless. The truth is that they are trained to put ?officer safety? above every other consideration. This is illustrated by a line… more »

Drug Use is Stupid, but the War on Drugs is Crazy

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 19 2013 Laura Benson of Union County, Illinoiswas alarmed when a party of heavily armed police officers swarmed the family?s rural farm property early on February 13. Her alarm turned to puzzlement when the off… more »

Cops Carry Guns to Commit Aggression, not to Protect the Public

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 18 2013 Speaking in support of a ban on private ownership of so-called assault weapons, Emeryville, California Police Chief Ken James condemned what he called the ?myth? that a gun can be used as a defensive… more »

EEEK! A Student with a Shovel! Summon the Gestapo!

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 15, 2013 Classrooms in Meridian, Idaho went into full ?prison mode? after a student brought a folding shovel to Heritage Middle School, prompting the school?s ?resource officer? to call for a full lockd… more »

Give Drone Jockeys the "Blowback Ribbon"

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 14, 2013 They work out of air-conditioned offices in the United States. They do not face enemy fire, and usually go home to their families every night. They operate joysticks, rather than pulling triggers. Yet dr… more »

"Legalizing" Child Murder Didn't Make it "Safe" for the Mother

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 12, 2013 For nearly half a century, even before the Supreme Court?s Roe vs. Wade decision, the abortion lobby has propagated the myth that legalized abortion is necessary in order to prevent women from dying at… more »

Institutionalizing Drone Murder

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 11, 2013 Two years ago, the Obama administration was denying the existence of a ?kill list? containingU.S.citizens. Since then, it has executed at least three Americans ? one of them a 16-year-old boy. Now… more »

Disarm the People, Unleash the Drones: The Feinstein Agenda

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 7, 2013 John Brennan, the official nominated to become the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, presided over the secretive White House panel that selected individuals for targeted killings. Hundreds… more »

Making Kids into Thought Criminals in the name of "Zero Tolerance"

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 6, 2013 During recess at Mary Blair Elementary School in Loveland, Colorado, second-grader Alex Evans was suspended for playing a game in which he pretended to throw an imaginary grenade into a box containing wha… more »

Looking For Trouble? Quote What Jesus Said about War and Peace

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 5, 2013 Reacting to the untimely death of retired Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, former Republican Congressman Ron Paul posted a Twitter message lamenting that ?He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.? Dr.… more »

"Gun Control" Means More State-Licensed Gun Violence

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute February 4, 2013 Barack Obama paid a brief visit to Minneapolis today to rally support for his administration?s proposals to restrict private firearms ownership. Significantly, he didn?t address the public; instead, h… more »