Archive for June 26th, 2010

by Gonzalo Lira ZeroHedge.com 06/25/2010 But with yesterday’s Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project decision (No. 08-1498, also 09-89) of the Supreme Court, coupled with last week’s Arar v. Ashcroft denial of certiorari (No. 09-923), the case for claiming that the U.S. is a fascist police-state just got a whole lot stronger. First of all,... »

by Gary North LewRockwell.com The mark of political sovereignty is legal immunity from failure. For example, the government of the United States cannot be sued without its consent. It is above the law. It must consent to expose itself to the possibility of failure in a court. In school, we are taught about an... »

by Thomas J. DiLorenzo LewRockwell.com “Every economy has its contradictions …. What counts is results, and there can be no doubt that the Soviet planning system has been a powerful engine for economic growth.” ~ Paul Samuelson, Economics, 1985 edition “Contrary to what many skeptics had earlier believed, the Soviet economy is proof that... »

by Scott Lazarowitz LewRockwell.com America will soon be celebrating Independence Day, a reminder of how the American Founders became independent from British rule and unshackled their serfdom. But given the U.S. government’s growth in its size and intrusiveness, just how independent are Americans now? When Friedrich Hayek wrote The Road to Serfdom, I don’t... »

By Michael Moriarty June 26, 2010 NewsWithViews.com Many still refuse to believe that murder is murder. Even those who are willing to admit that abortion does end a human life, defend Roe V. Wade by saying that abortion, like alcoholism, cannot be stopped by Prohibition. Hmmm … Alcoholism is only terminal for the alcoholic,... »

By Greg Evensen June 26, 2010 NewsWithViews.com It has been a while since I wrote an editorial. I have been engaged in the business of teaching my fellow patriots to have a plan and to get one now. With what has happened across America politically as the cowards and sell-outs celebrated their latest freedom... »

Lawmakers guide Dodd-Frank bill for Wall Street reform into homestretch By David Cho, Jia Lynn Yang and Brady Dennis Washington Post.com Saturday, June 26, 2010 Nearly two years after tremors on Wall Street set off a historic economic downturn, congressional leaders greenlighted a bill early Friday that would leave the financial industry largely intact... »

Economist.com Jun 24th 2010 “THE longer you look at it, the worse it smells.” That is how Mitch Daniels, the governor of Indiana, recently described America’s new health-reform law to an audience in Washington, DC. His opinion matters, and not just because he is a likely Republican contender for the presidential race in 2012.... »

Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961 H-Net.org Public Papers of the Presidents, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960, p. 1035- 1040 My fellow Americans: Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in traditional and solemn ceremony, the authority of... »

By: John Browne Senior Market Strategist, Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. GoldSeek.com Friday, 25 June 2010 The global financial crisis is playing out like a slow-moving, highly predicable stage play. In the current scene, Western governments are caught between the demands of entitled welfare beneficiaries and the anxiety of bondholders who fear they will be... »