Archives for: October 2013

Scratch a Progressive, find a Fascist

by Will

Liberty Minute October 21 2013 After Congress enacted Obamacare, a legal challenge was filed that wound up before the Supreme Court. In his ruling upholding Obamacare, Chief Justice John Roberts effectively re-wrote the legislation by defining the indi… more »

"Expert" Legal Advice -- from a Mob Lawyer

by Will

Liberty Minute October 18 2013 Videographer Gavin Seim was recording a traffic stop in Boise when Officer Lori Sperry approached him and ordered him to move. Seim was at least twenty-five yards away from the traffic stop, and he had done nothing to int… more »

Cyber-Stalkers in Uniform

by Will

Liberty Minute October 17 2013 As young people enter the anonymous and immersive world of social media, too many of them indulge in abusive behavior commonly called ?cyber-bullying.? Others fall prey to manipulation by adult predators posing as ado… more »

The Regime's Punitive Politburo

by Will

Liberty Minute October 16 2013 In Washington, D.C., a city abounding in ominous bureaucratic acronyms, the agency known as the OFAC ? the Office of Foreign Assets Control ? is both largely unknown, and utterly terrifying. Headquartered in a build… more »

No Country for Old Men

by Will

Liberty Minute October 15 2013 Last June 27, 80-year-old Eugene Mallory woke up to find armed men in his home in Littlerock, California. The elderly man?s glasses were on the nightstand beside him. His handgun was also within easy reach. After the… more »

Drone Victims Have No Right to Complain

by Will

Liberty Minute October 14 2013 Pakistani citizen Rafiq ur Rehman watched as his mother was blown apart by a drone-fired missile. He and his two children were severely wounded. Rehman was invited by Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson to offer t… more »

Meet Donald Miller, "Un-Person"

by Will

Liberty Minute October 11 2013 In the totalitarian lexicon invented by George Orwell, there is no more frightening term than ?un-person.? That expression described a living human being of whom the State took no official notice, and who had no right… more »

The Lust to Dominate and the Language of War

by Will

LibertyMinute October 10 2013 Self-appointed leftist ?watchdogs? have condemned what they call ?eliminationist? speech on the part of conservatives. That term supposedly describes the variety of political rhetoric intended not merely to discred… more »

The Lust to Dominate and the Language of War

by Will

Liberty Minute October 10 2013 Self-appointed leftist ?watchdogs? have condemned what they call ?eliminationist? speech on the part of conservatives. That term supposedly describes the variety of political rhetoric intended not merely to discre… more »

Violence and Cruelty: What the Regime Deems "Essential"

by Will

LibertyMinute October 7 2013 Immediately after the horrific January 2011 shooting in Tucson that left eleven dead and severely wounded former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik ? a Democrat ? laid part of the blame at… more »

We May be "Sheep," but Cops Aren't Good Shepherds

by Will

Liberty Minute for October 8 2013 Referring to a recent incident in which an Oregon traffic stop led to a shootout in which the driver died, a police officer opined: ?If sheep continue to disobey orders we will have much more of this.? He also refe… more »

Sheriff Dupnik Defends his Death Squad

by Will

LibertyMinute October 7 2013 Immediately after the horrific January 2011 shooting in Tucson that left eleven dead and severely wounded former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik ? a Democrat ? laid part of the blam… more »

We're All Iraqis Now

by Will

LibertyMinute October 4 2013 U.S.soldiers manning traffic checkpoints in Baghdadoperated under rules of engagement permitting them to shoot any vehicle whose driver didn?t immediately comply with orders. The predictable result was that scores or hun… more »

A Killer of a "Joke"

by Will

Liberty Minute October 3 2013 A US citizen who jokes about assassinating the president or any other prominent official can expect to receive a visit from the Secret Service or the FBI. Even if the statement was an ill-advised act of whimsy, rather than… more »

Impasse: Both Sides Crave Power, Rather than Liberty

by Will

LibertyMinute October 2 2013 The ongoing federal shutdown is neither catastrophic nor unprecedented. Similar budget impasses have occurred on more than a dozen occasions in relatively recent history, and they didn?t precipitate widespread hardship or… more »

A License to Commit Aggression

by Will

LibertyMinute October 1 2013 Two men claiming to be police officers broke into the home of a Houston police officer. The resident opened fire on the invaders, driving them away but suffering a minor gunshot wound in the process. On average, more than… more »