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Heroes and Their Tazers: theCL Report

Published on 2013-05-15 12:51:49

Robert Murphy vs Paul Krugman Debate Only Half Of College Grads Work Jobs That Require A Degree Colleges Soak Poor Students to Funnel Aid to Rich Democrat economy: It will take nine more years to return to the prerecession employment level HSBC Signa

Highway Robbery

Published on 2013-05-14 15:02:37

Criminal asset forfeiture laws provide local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies the power to seize and keep property as a punitive measure against a defender after a criminal conviction. Civil asset forfeiture laws provide law enforcement a

Left, Right, and Reality: theCL Report

Published on 2013-05-13 16:54:37

Thoughts on the Electronic Printing Press The College Bubble Is Finally Bursting Every President His Bubble – And Its Aftermath The Fed Knows It's Created Another Bubble and Is Managing Down Expectations Is Ben Bernanke A Beached Whale? Sorry, We

An Internet Sales Tax with Leslie Bibb

Published on 2013-05-12 22:29:01

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "Despite the stump rhetoric, the political class is not interested in fostering a vibrant commercial life to help you and me get by in this world. Instead, it is interested in extracting as much revenue as possible from the existi

Submission Training: theCL Report

Published on 2013-05-07 12:16:41

The Obamacare Nightmare Will Officially Start October 1 ObamaCare: Unenforceable, Unmanageable Obama Care — Economy Can't Survive It California, There We Go (Right Down the Drain) The Reality-Is-Perception Gap The Return of the Worldwide Crack

Obama on Drugs with Mila Kunis

Published on 2013-05-06 11:48:11

It's Rule 5 Sunday Monday! "Drug prohibition is a burden on taxpayers. It is a burden on government budgets. It is a burden on the criminal justice system. It is a burden on the health care system. The economic crisis has intensified the pain from al

The Origin of Gun Control in America

Published on 2013-05-02 11:51:15

Gun control is not a new idea in America. H/T - Gary North The Origin of Gun Control in America is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentThe Origin of Gun Control in America is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Uncle Sam’s Message For You

Published on 2013-04-30 12:21:27

Denmark Repeals Fat, Beer & Soda Taxes What You Need to do with Your Bonds, Right Now SERIOUS: Swiss Bank Refuses To Give Client His Gold Jim Grant: Bullish on Gold Halfway through earnings season, revenues are falling short Two Stories About Google

“Stop and Frisk” with Yvonne Strahovski

Published on 2013-04-29 11:51:27

It's Rule 5 Sunday Monday! "This isn't to say that stop-and-frisk doesn't have its place. It could be an invaluable tool for protecting New Yorkers and Americans in general — provided cops use it correctly. But they'll need to move their gangs of r

theCL Report: Big Brother Knows All

Published on 2013-04-23 12:23:27

The Decline of Self-Employment and Small Business A Banker on the Fears of the Fed Get Ready for the 29 ½ Hour Work Week Abnormality Reigns We're #1 … In Fear, Stress, Anger, Divorce, Obesity, Anti-Depressants, Etc. The Recovery That Never Happene

Take It Off! [Rule 5]

Published on 2013-04-21 09:14:42

Rule 5 with The Donnas!

theCL Report: So You Trust The Government, Eh?

Published on 2013-04-18 21:19:47

So You Trust The Government Eh? 'No Doubt, Pensions Are Screwed' The Role Disability Insurance is Playing in Discouraging People from Working If Cyprus is the Bellwether, then Canada is the Red Flag Muniland Disclosure Problem; Philadelphia's Closed-

theCL Report: Some folks never learn

Published on 2013-04-16 13:07:25

Maryland Governor Taxes Rain Jim Rogers: "I Suspect They'll Take The Pension Plans Next" Your Tax Dollars at Work: Welfare for (Wealthy) Allies Edition 100 Years Old & Still Killing Us: America Was Much Better Off Before The Income Tax Crony Economis

America Needs Radical Change

Published on 2013-04-16 10:04:06

A peek into your future … if America chooses to "stay the course." You slam on the brakes, but it is too late. You hit the deer and lose control of your car, which runs off the road, flips, and, in spite of your seatbelt, you die in the crash. Your

A Giant Ponzi Scheme

Published on 2013-04-15 22:45:43

"There is no way that a deficit doesn't become a tax increase sometime down the road. We are burying the next generation in debt. They will have to service it." — David Stockman H/T - Stockman on the Greatest Bond Bubble A Giant Ponzi Scheme i

Sound Money with Raquel Welch

Published on 2013-04-15 11:32:39

More retro Rule 5 Sunday Monday! "[Sound Money] is the system that government does not want us to have, because it provides no special favors for enhancing state power. Sound money shackles the government to the will of the people and not vice versa.

theCL Report: Available for Lease

Published on 2013-04-11 09:05:46

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." Obama's Chained-Price Index Will Chain Middle Class Retirees The Secret FDIC Proposal That Puts Your Savings At Risk Deposit Taxes: Should We Prepare? Does the Fed Think Old People Are Really th

The War On Terror

Published on 2013-04-10 13:50:06

… is a war on you. H/T - Vox Day. The War On Terror is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentThe War On Terror is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

The Libertarian, The Conservative, and The State

Published on 2013-04-10 01:42:23

For whatever reasons, conservatives are apparently launching a preemptive war on libertarians. Last week we looked at AlfonZo Rachel's wild and unhinged attack. This week we'll focus on an important misunderstanding. Conservative or libertarian? Con

theCL Report: Show Me The Way, Big Brother

Published on 2013-04-08 12:15:50

Caterpillar, US Cellular announce hundreds of layoffs As economy flails, debtors' prisons thrive Unemployment "falls" to 7.6%, meanwhile Obamaville now boasts a population of 90 million Obama proposes limiting 'wealthy' IRAs … Don't think your 401k

“Ersatz Capitalism” with Jane Birkin

Published on 2013-04-07 12:16:49

It's retro Rule 5 Sunday! "If the monetary central planners have been trying to create jobs through the roundabout method of "wealth effects," they ought to be profoundly embarrassed by their incompetence. The only thing that has happened on the job-

Guns are not the problem, people are.

Published on 2013-04-05 08:35:50

Guns Save Lives Today, virtually the entire law-abiding population of Britain is disarmed — and gun crimes are vastly more common. Gun control laws make crime a safer occupation when victims are unarmed. The gun control crusade today is like the Pr

Scaredy-Cat Nation

Published on 2013-04-04 12:34:41

A lame April Fool's joke went horribly wrong in Florida … Florida DJs May Face Felony for April Fools' Water Joke Florida country radio morning-show hosts Val St. John and Scott Fish … told their listeners that "dihydrogen monoxide" was coming ou

theCL Report: The Official Counterfeiter

Published on 2013-04-03 23:38:58

"3% Down" Mortgages: They're Back! NBER Reports That The Housing Bubble Was Government's Fault It's Probably Nothing…. State-Wrecked: The Corruption of Capitalism in America That Fax Machine Must Have Had Some Kind of Impact! Austrians Don't Blow B

theCL Report: Run for the Hills!

Published on 2013-04-01 13:01:15

'Run for the Hills' Now, I'm Doing It: Jim Rogers David Stockman: We've Been Lied To, Robbed, and Misled Where did all that sweet stimulus money go? Expect these eight steps from the government's playbook Texas VAT Bill Would Threaten State's Prosper

“Planning and Democracy” with Shirley Manson

Published on 2013-03-31 22:51:51

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "It may sound shocking to some, but modern-day America compares "favorably" to fascist Germany of the 1930s with regard to the degree to which the state interferes with and controls economic activity. Our Totalitarian Regulatory

Why Everybody Hates Republicans Part 1

Published on 2013-03-30 14:49:22

Is the Republican Party in a world of hurt? You bet they are. The Republican National Committee itself admits people tend to think the party of "stuffy old men" is "narrow minded," and "out of touch." I agree. And the escalating hatred of the conserv

Petty Tyrants and Busybodies Working Overtime

Published on 2013-03-30 11:43:39

Reason samples some the latest absurdities of busybody lawmakers who "make it their business to mind your business." Petty Tyrants and Busybodies Working Overtime is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentPetty Tyrants and Busybodies Working Overt

Government is a Weapon

Published on 2013-03-28 18:18:26

Tony Liberté Government is a Weapon is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentGovernment is a Weapon is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

The Truth about the Collapse of the Soviet Union

Published on 2013-03-28 14:35:35

This is a fascinating lecture about the collapse of the Soviet Union by Robert Wenzel at the Austrian Economics Research Conference (March 21, 2013). The idea that the Reagan defense buildup somehow spent the Soviet Union into collapse is a legend o

theCL Report: Liars and Thieves

Published on 2013-03-27 21:02:44

To Get By, Americans Increasingly Work Off the Books US Already Inflicts 'Deposit Taxes In Disguise' Is the Dow Jones really at all time highs? Have The Russians Already Quietly Withdrawn All Their Cash From Cyprus? University Of Michigan Paying Defe

Nullification with Jordana Brewster

Published on 2013-03-24 12:09:33

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "[T]he voters of Colorado and Washington have placed themselves and their states on equal legal footing with both national and international governments. This is important, because, if thanks to nullification, governments have to

theCL Report: Worse than Detroit

Published on 2013-03-23 12:32:06

Detroit — Preview of the American Collapse 51 Years of Democrat Leadership: Donors Fund Purchase of Detroit EMS Units & Police Cars Who's afraid of a little bit of inflation? Bingo! Governments Lie About Inflation Pension fund seizure & capital

Bambi [Rule 5]

Published on 2013-03-21 15:26:09

Rule 5 with some old school Prince.Bambi [Rule 5] is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Our American Dream

Published on 2013-03-20 23:34:07

Dissing Krugman: Argentina Turns To Gold As Inflation Tops 26% Krugman's Very Serious proposal: "spend money now, borrow, print, and then tax the rich (even higher) in the future and stick it to business. We'll all get rich!" Fraudulent Guarantees; F

Dennis Prager’s War on Drugs

Published on 2013-03-20 14:13:34

In a recent article for National Review, Dennis Prager illustrates (unintentionally) why the conservative/GOP coalition is struggling to survive. Marijuana: A Gift of the Left to America's Youth Denver television station CBS4 reports that Colorado ha

theCL Report: Fooling Ourselves

Published on 2013-03-18 11:22:36

U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) Introduces Unsound Dollar Act Is Greenspan Sealing the Market's Fate? Are We Looking At Massive Bank Runs In Europe on Monday Morning? Let's Stop Fooling Ourselves: Americans Can't Afford the Future Welfare costs rapid

Against Student Aid with Heidi Cortez

Published on 2013-03-17 12:46:50

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "Skyrocketing tuition, high default rates, and pathetic graduation rates — to name a few — are all byproducts of a system that incentivizes inefficiency, largess, and misguided decisions. Oddly, while many students aren't lega

Your Friend, the Federal Government

Published on 2013-03-16 11:16:36

An unfortunate byproduct of democracy is the conflation of the State with society. Attendant to this problem is the prevalent use of the collective pronoun "we": "We are the government," "we are at war," "we owe it to ourselves" … are all just lies

theCL Report: Master Provocateurs

Published on 2013-03-12 12:48:29

Staring Armageddon In The Face But Hiding It With Official Lies Jim Rogers: We're Wiping Out the Savings Class Globally, to Terrible Consequence Complacency At An All-Time High 17,000 page application required and 5 to 7 years for review: Why are the

The War on Liberty, 11 Years Later

Published on 2013-03-11 16:14:58

Holder v. Paul has finally brought 'Battlefield America' into the spotlight. Eric Holder: Drone strikes against Americans on U.S. soil are legal Attorney General Eric Holder can imagine a scenario in which it would be constitutional to carry out a dr

The Higher-Education Bubble with Rachel Blanchard

Published on 2013-03-10 11:34:03

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "Like the housing bubble, the education bubble is about security and insurance against the future. Both whisper a seductive promise into the ears of worried Americans: Do this and you will be safe." The Higher-Education Bubble Ha

The State is My Shepherd

Published on 2013-03-08 08:20:50

A psalm of Collectivism (New International Version). The State is My Shepherd is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentThe State is My Shepherd is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Ron Paul’s AR-15

Published on 2013-03-07 10:32:00

Ron Paul (way back in 1989) on the 2nd amendment. Enjoy! "If we sacrifice our liberty in the pursuit of safety, we'll lose our safety and our liberty." Ron Paul’s AR-15 is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentRon Paul’s AR-15 is a po

theCL Report: Let Them Eat Trinkets

Published on 2013-03-06 12:43:50

"Dow Jones high on Fed steroids." Average new-car loan a record 65 months in fourth quarter Consumer Spending in U.S. Climbs Even as Taxes Hurt Incomes One Quarter of US Has More Card Debt Than Savings Middle class suffers 'worst decade in modern his

theCL Report: Trickle Down Stagnation

Published on 2013-03-04 16:10:32

The Missing Recovery Let's Shed a Tear for Under-Appreciated Bureaucrats It's Always The Best Time To Buy Why Central States/Banks Inflate Asset Bubbles, and Why They Implode The Age of the Permanent Intern Trickle Down Stagnation Obama's Choice for

The War on Work with Vanessa Marcil

Published on 2013-03-03 14:21:34

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "Minimum wage, then, is hardly the innocent idea its supporters suspect it to be. Like all other forms of market intervention, it is hijacked by those with evil intent — those who seek to use the violence of the law to serve

theCL Report: Grasping at Shadows

Published on 2013-02-28 14:37:55

If sequestration kicks in … The Massive Debt Problem Beyond Sequestration Higher Minimum Wages Pentagon Frets Billions in Sequester Cuts But Wastes $1.5 Trillion on Non-Working Fighter Jet Enough To Make You Sick Bill Gross: "Irrational Exuberance

The Washington Monument Syndrome

Published on 2013-02-27 11:20:39

If Congress doesn't "do something" by Friday (March 1), a whopping $85 billion in budget cuts will automatically go into effect. The scare word is "sequestration." The way politicians and their lap dog media are whining, one would be forgiven for thi

theCL Report: Unnatural Disaster

Published on 2013-02-26 11:56:41

The Federal Reserve and the Tiger by the Tail Trade protectionism looms next as central banks exhaust QE Why is Wal-Mart worried? Payroll tax could cut consumer spending. ObamaCare: The Neutron Bomb That Will Decimate Employment Obamacare's Pre-Exist

Sequestration 2013

Published on 2013-02-25 14:20:48

The sequester, a handful of "cuts" to federal spending, is set to go into effect this Friday (March 1), and it's causing a lot of panic in both the media and Washington, D.C. "Hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk." The sky will surely fall! The

Can’t You Hear Me Knocking [Rule 5]

Published on 2013-02-24 21:57:01

Rolling Stones Can't You Hear Me Knocking (Sticky Fingers)

The “Leadership” Cult

Published on 2013-02-21 21:41:27

How many times have you heard conservatives demand "leadership?" The problem is, politicians shouldn't be idolized. There is a tendency to build up … Republican politicians, invest them with all sorts of qualities that they may or may not possess,

Peter Schiff vs. Stuart Varney

Published on 2013-02-21 10:08:18

Pushing tired, old mainstream economic opinion (which was incredibly, uncannily wrong, and still is), Stuart Varney gets schooled by Peter Schiff (who actually understands economics) on the FOX Business channel.

The Blind Leading the Blind

Published on 2013-02-20 17:50:12

As the following paragraph, rewritten by Battlefield USA, so aptly illustrates, Americans are their own worst enemies. But what will they replace them with? More tyrannies. Governments reflect their peoples. If 1 billion Muslims 300 million Americans

theCL Report: Too much time on their hands

Published on 2013-02-20 13:59:42

The Federal Reserve's First Century Fractional-Reserve Banking Inherently Inflationary America is Ready to Audit the Fed NJ Dems pave the way to enshrining a minimum wage in our State Constitution Mythology of the Minimum Wage Obama: Cutting Washingt

theCL Report: Blowing Bubbles

Published on 2013-02-18 16:26:50

Zombienomics The Fed Is Blowing More Bubbles Obama turns focus to destroying economy Alan Greenspan is Baaack (and as always, ignoring the elephant in the room) Taxes, much like elections, have consequences 2 1/2 years ago Barack Obama promised Jim C

The Education Bubble with Charlize Theron

Published on 2013-02-17 11:14:17

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "Whether the student-loan industry is run by the American government or by subsidized lending institutions, the business model is flawed and will continue to force prices upward regardless of whether it makes economic sense." The

Default: Student Loans and Conservatives

Published on 2013-02-15 15:44:27

It's not exactlly a secret that conservatives aren't popular with millennials. Indirectly, the following video explains why. The student loan fiasco is a serious problem that the left takes seriously. Too many conservatives, on the other hand, simp

Embracing the Führerprinzip

Published on 2013-02-15 13:28:58

Hitler's crown jurist, Carl Schmitt, argued the executive was free of any constitutional, legislative, and moral restraints, because a powerful executive was imperative during times of crisis. For Schmitt, the basis of political rule boils down to th

theCL Report: Mugged By Reality

Published on 2013-02-14 14:40:27

Federal Reserve Governor: Unemployment is Really at 14.4% Retail sales growth slows as higher taxes kick in Failing Project Head Start Needs No More Funding How to Wreck an Economy Why Jim Rogers Is Hoarding Gold and Silver CFR Wants to Tax Oil Becau

theCL Report: ‘The Americans’

Published on 2013-02-11 14:04:54

Messing with the Bull Facing the True Cause of Our Economic Problems The Fed's Old Tricks in New Times The U.S. Economy Is Now Dangerously Detached From Reality Waging War on Work CBO - the coming raid on social security Is Illinois a Bigger Default

Mainstream Fallacies with Piper Perabo

Published on 2013-02-10 11:17:30

Google disabled my AdSense account because of my Rule 5 posts last week, so I'm going to be making some changes. This post, for example, isn't nearly so risqué as I've posted before. Get the full details (later this evening) here: Rule 5 Update. Any

theCL Report: Supermen, We Think Not

Published on 2013-02-08 16:33:12

Supreme Court Rules: Social Security is NOT a Binding Contract An economy built on an illusion is hardly a sound structure Investing In a World of Make Believe Jim Rogers Joins Bill Gross Warning on Treasuries CBO: 7,000,000 people will lose their jo

Homeland Military Invasion?

Published on 2013-02-07 16:14:57

The increasingly militarized U.S. police state grows larger and evermore menacing.Homeland Military Invasion? is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Rule of Law Ignored Again

Published on 2013-02-05 13:19:41

Who Decided U.S. Megabanks Are Too Big to Jail? Banksters in Control: Dodd-Frank Helps JPMorgan Chase INCREDIBLE: Insider Explains How the Bankster Game Is Played for Huge Profits Shocking Numbers That Show The Media Is Lying To You About Unemploymen

ObamaCare: $20,000 Per Family Minimum

Published on 2013-02-05 11:10:05

According to the IRS, the cheapest health insurance plan available under ObamaCare for a family of four, will cost $20,000 per year (which they are required to pay). IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family In a final regulation issued

Rule 5 Update

Published on 2013-02-03 11:30:08

Google decided to disable my AdSense account due to "ADULT/SEXUALLY GRATIFYING" material, specifically citing my Rule 5 posts (which I've been posting for going on 4 years now). While far from being a "money-maker," AdSense does (or has anyway) cover

Photograph may not be manipulated …

Published on 2013-02-03 11:03:16

Too funny … Obama warns — warns! — the peasants not to manipulate his photo. Hilarity ensues. White House Warns: Don't Photoshop Obama Gun Pic The White House has released a picture purporting to show President Obama "skeet shooting" at

theCL Report: Our Desperate Bankrupt Nation State

Published on 2013-02-01 10:31:07

"We can print the money!" Countdown to the Collapse The Next Great(er) Recession Now Baked In The Cake? Our Desperate Bankrupt Nation Be Very Afraid When Fear Disappears From Markets Two Chess Moves Away from Capital Controls Is the Fed Hampering the

theCL Report: Official Lies

Published on 2013-01-30 14:41:49

Payroll Taxes Rise. Consumer Confidence Plummets. Congress Is Shocked. Shocked! Visualizing the Keynesian Endpoint Apparitions in the Fog Economics of Thuggery? The smell of fear... Why Employment Is Dead in the Water The rise of the non-working clas

The Republican Party of “Limited Government”

Published on 2013-01-29 15:51:55

The Republican Party wants everyone to believe they are the party of limited-government and fiscal conservatism. That's in spite of the fact that they have (quite eagerly) expanded the size, scope and cost of government every chance they've ever had.

Amazing Mind Reader

Published on 2013-01-29 13:22:04

This video has been all over the Internet, but in case you haven't seen it yet, here it is. Please take a couple minutes and watch this "amazing mind reader" reveal his "gift."

theCL Report: “the Fundamental Transformation” of America

Published on 2013-01-28 13:27:26

The parasite class keeps getting richer. And richer. At your expense. Somebody call the Waambulance!: Senators whine "No Budget, No Pay" is unfair to their family budgets They Didn't See it Coming Germany Fires a Warning Shot at the Fed Why Experts A

Pistol Grip Pump [Rule 5]

Published on 2013-01-27 11:30:41

With all the gun control flap going on these days, I thought 'Pistol Grip Pump' would be a rather fitting Rule 5 song. Rage Against The Machine 'Pistol Grip Pump' originally by Volume 10. Pistol Grip Pump

Gun Ownership is a Disease

Published on 2013-01-26 07:57:01

Here we go … The latest propaganda getting pushed by government-funded "public health experts" is, guns are "a social disease" with "sort of a contagion phenomenon." Doctors target gun violence as a social disease Is a gun like a virus, a car, toba

Girls Just Wanna Have Guns

Published on 2013-01-25 15:15:11

Somebody picked the wrong girl. Girls Just Wanna Have Guns is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentGirls Just Wanna Have Guns is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Rebels and Fedcoats

Published on 2013-01-24 10:30:19

Maggots Feasting on the Corpse of the American Dream Women, Work, and Freedom How Do You Spell Relief? P. O. R. K. Fiscal Farce, Failure, Fantasy & Fornication Money is Funny Indian Jeweler Becomes Billionaire as Gold Price Surges I don't know how in

Megalomania with Hannah Simone

Published on 2013-01-21 09:55:17

The infamous Rule 5 Sunday Monday! "All highly-developed forms of religion forbid the coveting of someone else's property. This prohibition is the foundation of peaceful cooperation. In a democracy, on the other hand, anyone can covet anybody else's

theCL Report: We’re Statists

Published on 2013-01-19 00:48:16

The Interior Secretary's $222,000 Bathroom Guantanamo Bay's $400,000 Go-Kart Track Former Presidents Reap Millions in Taxpayer Dollars The Entitlement-Crony Complex IRS Delays Tax Refunds & Start Of Filing Returns For Americans, 'Cope' Has Replaced '

“This Home Is Proudly Gun Free”

Published on 2013-01-16 14:46:57

Gun control for thee, but not for me. “This Home Is Proudly Gun Free” is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog Comment“This Home Is Proudly Gun Free” is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: War on the Young

Published on 2013-01-15 17:42:14

Inflation Since The American Revolution The War on the Young Consumers Cut Back on Toilet Paper, Pampers, Huggies From the "sucks to be you" file … In Debt, and Digging Deeper Obama and Romney both lied to the American people DISGUSTING: The Archit

Big Agriculture with Alana Blanchard

Published on 2013-01-15 09:48:50

It's infamous Rule 5 Sunday Tuesday! "[T]he government's food pyramid was not founded on science, but rather, it was based in politics and serving special interests. The food pyramid is a purely political animal developed by politicians to serve poli

theCL Report: Common Sense

Published on 2013-01-10 14:32:49

Inflation Propaganda Exposed Americans think government could harm economy: poll Inflation Propaganda Exposed "Fiscal Cliff" Vote Shows How Washington Really Works More uhh… How do you say… Spreading the wealth around Democrats Want EBT Cards Use

theCL Report: Make It Burn!

Published on 2013-01-08 12:30:24

The US Debt Crisis - How High Will It Go? It's the Spending Cliff, Stupid Retirement no more: Median net worth at lowest level since 1969 recent study finds Money for Nothin' Writing Checks for Free 2013: The Year Of The Zombie Dollar The Hidden Trut

Been Away Too Long [Rule 5]

Published on 2013-01-05 12:07:14

It's Rule 5 Saturday! No one knows me No one saves me No one loves or hates me I've been away for too long This place has a sṗecial kind of falling apart Like they put the whole thing together in the dark No one knows where the edge of the knife i

theCL Report: Year of the Snake

Published on 2013-01-02 16:21:23

The End of Cash? The Fiscal Cliff's Structural Endgame We're All Still Keynesians Now Payroll Tax Increase: Do it for the pork barrel spending! Now everybody will feel the pain of Big Government Obama: "It's the right thing to do for the country …"

theCL Report: Year of Living Dangerously

Published on 2013-01-01 10:14:17

2012 - Year of Living Dangerously How's this for an inflation rate? 1,544% since 1940 The Coming Isolation of USDollar Hoard Nickels The three legged fiscal cliff Obama Orders Pay Raise for Biden, Members of Congress, Federal Workers Social Security

Classic Liberal Year in Review: 2012

Published on 2013-01-01 09:34:26

Thank you for another great year at the Classic Liberal Blog. It was a crazy year and there are already signs of 2013 being even crazier. These politicians we send to Washington, on both the left and the right, we wouldn't trust these people with our

The Surveillance State with Ronda Rousey

Published on 2012-12-31 15:21:46

The infamous Rule 5 Sunday Monday! "The battle lines between citizens and the State are always drawn. They never go away. The State is always a threat to freedom. The State is always pushing for greater control unless the citizens push back … Growi

theCL Report: Connecting the dots

Published on 2012-12-27 11:10:28

Here Comes Higher Steak (and Hamburger) Prices! The Fed will be monetizing $85 billion worth of assets every month ($40 billion worth of Treasuries and $45 billion worth of Mortgage Backed Securities) ad infinitum No Housing Recovery in 2013, Says Ro

Merry Christmas!

Published on 2012-12-25 09:12:09

Merry Christmas! 11 Ways to Get Into the Holiday Spirit Christmas Flap Is Capitalism Ruining Christmas? Deck the Halls with Macro Follies The Economic Lessons of Bethlehem It's Time To Put the Christ Back in Christmas … and in Christianit

Gun Laws with Rosario Dawson

Published on 2012-12-23 12:43:56

Infamous Rule 5 Sunday! "Well does the State know Mao's dictum: "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." The rulers realize that the only way to retain their control over the people is to monopolize the firearms. The powers-that-be perceiv

theCL Report: Fear & Mongering in America

Published on 2012-12-22 15:32:23

$822,000 Worker Shows California Leads U.S. Pay Giveaway Explaining The U.S. Economy Via Star Wars The Entitlement Cliff Why Milk Prices Could More Than Double After January 1 Here comes the capital controls … Why Reported Inflation Seems Different

Boehner and Obama Want to Raise Your Taxes for Christmas

Published on 2012-12-21 16:07:09

Hoping to avert the "fiscal cliff" crisis they themselves created, the House of Representatives tried passing "Plan B" — the deal struck between Speaker John Boehner (R) and President Barack Obama (D) to raise your taxes by a trillion dollars. It's

theCL Report: Misery Spreads

Published on 2012-12-17 16:39:18

We Are Witnessing The Death Of Small Business In America The food stamp economic recovery Misery Spread Widely The 2 million unemployed who may hit fiscal cliff Obama's Low-Quality College Bailout Will Fuel Skyrocketing Tuition Blue Shield Of Califor

The Regulators with Samaire Armstrong

Published on 2012-12-17 15:34:31

Rule 5 Monday! "The problem with government regulation is that you cannot fine-tune the regulations: nor can you perfect the regulatory work force in such a way to make regulation work in anything but a superficial way. The truth is that regulation i

theCL Report: Death Panel Decisions

Published on 2012-12-14 13:39:05

John Williams: The Only Path Left Leads To Higher Inflation Death Panel decisions Looming Crisis: State Budgets Soon to Be Under Siege District Owes $1 Billion on $100 Million Loan We Can Ignore Reality! Lloyd Blankfein: Borrow As Much As You Can at

Cold Shot [Rule 5]

Published on 2012-12-13 14:29:13

It's Rule 5 Thursday! Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Cold Shot

The Fiscal Cliff and Raising Taxes

Published on 2012-12-12 16:45:56

We're heading toward a fiscal cliff! Are you scared? The mania surrounding the Budget Control Act's January 1 deadline is almost laughable. Especially when you realize that whatever "deal" they manage to conjure, it'll amount to nothing more than kic

What a year it’s been

Published on 2012-12-11 08:38:42

2012 in the "land of the free" … We've had kids getting micro-chipped in the public schools. Congress, the courts and the White House working in cahoots to erode our privacy rights. The Transportation Security Administration fumbling its way throug

theCL Report: Same Song, Different Verse

Published on 2012-12-10 13:04:40

Actual rate of unemployment (known as SGS) in November: 22.9% Chart Of The Day: The Real Household Net Worth As A % Of Debt Chart Michigan Legislature Passes Right to Work Law, Unions Drag out Karl Marx Playbook The era of the throw-away car. Student

Secession with Camilla Belle

Published on 2012-12-09 10:32:47

Rule 5 Saturday! "[T]he right of secession lies at the heart of our country's legitimacy. Deny it, and you must reject the American founding." Is Secession a Right? Grant defeated Lee, the Confederacy crumbled, and the idea of secession disappeared

theCL Report: Power and Control

Published on 2012-12-07 15:36:32

Hungry For The Holidays: 20 Facts About Hunger In America That Will Blow Your Mind The End of Middle Class Growth How the Rich Rule Do You Live In A Death Spiral State? Taxpayers get the bill for zombie invasion preparation Watch Your Wallet: Last Ch

Republicans Love Big Government

Published on 2012-12-06 16:06:48

One of the most widely-accepted myths in American politics is that the Republican Party champions "limited government." While it may be true that a few outliers exist in the party who support reducing the size, scope, and cost of government, the part

To Blame a Gun …

Published on 2012-12-06 10:08:12

"To blame a gun for man's decision is to foolishly attribute free will to an inanimate object." To Blame a Gun … is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentTo Blame a Gun … is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: It’s Good to be King!

Published on 2012-12-02 20:07:45

Is Fedzilla About to Pull Off a $3.5 Trillion Private Pension Heist? It's good to be king. Where The Debt Comes From, In One Chart Obama's Mouthpiece Geithner Throws Down the Gauntlet Californians Are The New Wetbacks Headed For Mexico Is This Why A

Obama’s War on Women with Elizabeth Banks

Published on 2012-12-02 11:32:29

Rule 5 Saturday! "While it is true that a wage gap between the sexes does exist, common sense and empirical evidence demonstrate that this difference is due to the various individual choices that men and women make with regard to compensation and lab

theCL Report: Soaring Debt & Microchips

Published on 2012-11-30 23:25:51

We Already Went Over the Fiscal Cliff Sinking Net Worth, Soaring Debt Government Safety Nets Are Made With Fiat Money Stocks dead, bonds deader till 2022: Pimco Establishment Screams: Avoid Fiscal Cliff and Borrow, Borrow, Borrow! The Curse of the Re

theCL Report: “No New Taxes”

Published on 2012-11-27 10:36:10

Paul Krugman Outright Calls for Printing Money and Lots of It 50 Charts From Marc Faber Is There Wisdom in the Crowd? Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn Wants Citizens to Do … Something? … About State Pension Crisis James Grant: Fiscal Cliff Another Y2K Moment

theCL Report: The Great Burning Arrives

Published on 2012-11-25 12:00:44

From Currency Debasement To Social Collapse: 4 Case Studies Jim Rogers: Higher Inflation Ahead On the Doorsteps of a Currency Crisis Bank of England: Weak growth and high inflation is the 'new normal' Ode to the Welfare State What You Need to Know Ab

Liberal Democracy with Missy Peregrym

Published on 2012-11-24 11:54:22

Rule 5 Saturday! "[D]efenders of public reason do not in fact show respect for everyone's comprehensive doctrine. It is only those deemed 'reasonable' who have to be taken into account. If you hold a comprehensive doctrine that is not 'reasonable,' t

What Is To Be Done?

Published on 2012-11-22 01:34:14

Barack Obama won re-election in a decisive electoral victory, leaving conservatives shocked and dismayed. The hand-wringing has begun: Why did Obama win? What does it mean? A common theme I've found across the interwebs goes something like this. Amer

theCL Report: Retirement Heist

Published on 2012-11-20 22:20:30

Fed tweets savers and investors: Drop Dead The Market for Squirrel Catchers Government Plans Retirement Heist, Calls it Charity Bond markets: A false sense of security Living With High Inflation Our Dust Bowl Economy A "Balanced" Approach to Fixing t

theCL Report: You Can’t Fix Stupid

Published on 2012-11-19 10:44:09

Bad Economic Omens Since The Election Homeland Security Spent $430-Million To Tune Its Radios To A New Frequency, And Failed The Spoils… "It's a tremendous privilege." Homeless Must Get a Permit in Nevada The Anatomy of a Breakdown CBO Study: Weak

Cucci Galore [Rule 5]

Published on 2012-11-18 10:37:02

It's Rule 5 Sunday! Kid Rock: Cucci Galore [Rebel Soul] "Cucci Galore" is a Cover of "Playboy Mansion" Kid Rock revealed during his interview with Meltdown on 101 WRIF that the song "Cucci Galore" is actually a cover of the song "Playboy Mansion" w

theCL Report: Old Inglorious

Published on 2012-11-17 12:28:36

WordPress.com starts taking payment in Bitcoin Everything You Need to Know about Bitcoins How a vicious circle of political greed sank a California city Banks told by Fed to test for 12% unemployment Twinkie Maker Hostess to Shut Down After Strike We

theCL Report: A Man-Made Disaster

Published on 2012-11-15 12:49:00

The fiscal cliff? Department of Energy purchased $97 million super computer to model global warming Post-Sandy: A Man-Made Disaster Price gouging? Chris Christie is already talking about raising taxes to pay for Hurricane Sandy Fiscal Stimulus or Fis

theCL Report: Fired!

Published on 2012-11-13 10:16:49

Share This Massive List Of Post-Election Firings And Layoffs With Everyone You Can When Infinite Inflation Isn't Enough Here We Go: Chief Neocon Calls for Higher Taxes The New Normal: Relying on government programs for basic needs is not poverty The

Gun Control with Ginnifer Goodwin

Published on 2012-11-11 21:39:49

Rule 5 Sunday! "With each passing decade, the United States resembles less and less the country of its founders and more and more a country such as Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia. If the trend of the last several generations continues, it is only a qu

theCL Report: Vote or Die

Published on 2012-11-06 11:36:20

The economics of disaster Self-sufficiecy = paranoia? Police Arrest Gas Buyer Cash Economy in Wake of Sandy Mounting Debt in an Unproductive Society If America Were A Corporation, It Would Be Broke-er An Iceberg Called Bernanke Carlo Ponzi, Alias Unc

Seriously, Just Don’t Vote #VRWC

Published on 2012-11-06 02:03:42

Continuing Just Don't Vote #VRWC … "Supreme Court is Another Reason to Vote Romney This November" [T]he prospect of Obama getting TWO MORE Supreme Court appointments, shifting the court even further to the left should frighten all freedom loving Am

Price Gouging with Alice Eve

Published on 2012-11-05 10:01:58

Rule 5 Monday! "If we expect customers to be able to get what they need in an emergency, when demand zooms vendors must be allowed and encouraged to increase their prices. Supplies are then more likely to be sustained, and the people who most urgentl

Just Don’t Vote #VRWC

Published on 2012-11-01 23:33:34

It's understandable not to want another four years of Barack Obama, after all, his tenure has been atrocious. Bailouts, "stimulus," money printing, cronyism, and health care fascism (just to name a few of his initiatives), are hardly the marks of a p

Stick It To Obamney

Published on 2012-10-31 22:42:46

H/T - Moral Anarchism Stick It To Obamney is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog Stick It To Obamney is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: What You Can’t Say

Published on 2012-10-31 19:08:49

Right on Schedule: The Hurricane Is an Economic Boost! Yglesias: Bastiat is Wrong, Let's Break Some Windows! Storms Create Jobs (And Stupidity Springs Eternal) Will Sandy Revive the Economy? Yeah, Right Keynesian Economics Professor Tells Hurricane V

theCL Report: Food Stamp Nation

Published on 2012-10-29 21:32:18

Merkel Calls for Massive Centrally Planned Global Finance System Math: US Spends Over $60,000 in Welfare Per Household in Poverty Friedrich Hayek on the Crisis Savings Rate Plunges To Lowest In One Year As US Consumer Once Again Tapped Out Spain retail sales decimated by VAT hike Memo to Central Banks: You're debasing more than our currency America: The Food Stamp [...]theCL Report: Food Stamp Nation is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Rule 5 Bad Reputation

Published on 2012-10-29 12:38:18

It's Rule 5 Monday! Joan Jett w/Foo Fighters: Bad Reputation

The Myth of Deregulation with Natalie Martinez

Published on 2012-10-28 10:28:44

Rule 5 Saturday! "[Corporations] have actively sought regulation, have nurtured and nourished regulation … They have done this to establish and maintain a state of oligopoly impregnable to unforeseen competition; to render their products indispensable to the consumer, and thus also themselves as exclusive providers of their products … " The Myth of Deregulation This has to be [...]The Myth of Deregulation with Natalie Martinez is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: “Frankenstorm”

Published on 2012-10-26 16:13:57

U.S. Colleges Raise Tuition 4.8% Firings Highest Since 2010 as Ford to Dow Face Slump Stocks on Verge of Significant Decline, DeMark Says SNAP: The Invisible Bread Line What Ben Bernanke Will Do When the Accelerated Price Inflation Hits Fed and ECB Smokescreens to Print Money With Bernanke On The Tight Rope, FOMC Will Expand QE3 In December Why Did The Bundesbank [...]theCL Report: “Frankenstorm” is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Obama Supporters

Published on 2012-10-26 10:51:46

Obama Supporters is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentObama Supporters is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Iraq and Afghanistan

Published on 2012-10-25 09:22:14

Ask advocates of the decision to occupy Iraq and Afghanistan after the Baathist and Taliban regimes were overthrown what their goal was. What would define winning or succeeding? How much did it cost? In dollars and in lives. And how much will continuing the occupations cost? When will they end? Someone sure of the virtue [...]Iraq and Afghanistan is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Loopholes

Published on 2012-10-24 11:26:21

Loopholes: Another Word for Freedom 'Bailouts' are a means for total subjugation Murray Rothbard on Federal Reserve Money Printing Dysfuncional, Dishonest, Insane & Intolerable Lessons from Black Monday Fiat Money Means Fiat Freedom Hayek Institute's Barbara Kolm on the Eurozone Crisis Part of The Hole Germans Are Being Asked to Fill In Vladimir Putin: The New Global Shah of Oil Newark, NJ enacts "union [...]theCL Report: Loopholes is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: (D)ear Leade(R)

Published on 2012-10-22 15:29:09

Does Government Debt Burden Our Grandkids? False prosperity through debt – 4 out of 10 Americans have less than $500. The dangers of building a consumption based nation. 'Black Monday': Could It Happen Again? Presenting All The US Debt That's Fit To Monetize What Ben Bernanke Will Do When the Accelerated Price Inflation Hits WEIMAR: Here's What We Know About [...]theCL Report: (D)ear Leade(R) is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

The Good Life with Alina Vacariu

Published on 2012-10-20 15:59:00

Rule 5 Saturday! "The Skidelskys wring their hands in horror over lavish consumer spending, but they offer little reason to think that such spending impedes living a good life. To say that an abundance of goods is not required for a good life does not suffice." How Much Is Enough? [How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good [...]The Good Life with Alina Vacariu is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Is Your ATM Slow?

Published on 2012-10-19 11:16:25

Mexico Bans Cash Another Obama Executive Order Allows Seizure of Americans' Bank Accounts Inflation by any other name – Rising rents shift the Fed bailouts onto the working class and poor Going Broke … Slowly Brookings Institute On Looming Fiscal Cliff: Little Room for Optimism Quantifornication Out-of-Control Inflation in the United States Central Banks: Reform or Abolish Despite Manipulation, Swiss Gold To Become [...]theCL Report: Is Your ATM Slow? is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: Insurrection?

Published on 2012-10-17 16:13:21

Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland A 'Vision' of the Future Insurrection? The Desperation of a Broke(n) Ruling Class Civil War? Yes, They Really Will Shoot Insurrection? What is it that our public, uh, "servants" (choke) are so worried about? I mean, the smartest people in the central planning room have everything under control, don't they? The economy is booming, "nation-building" has been [...]Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: Insurrection? is a post from: Classic Liber [..]

theCL Report: Our Government Overlords Are Here to Serve Us

Published on 2012-10-16 10:27:49

The pending 35.5 MPG fatwa To be an entrepreneur in Europe nowadays is a very dangerous business Why the Amount Taken Out for Your Payroll Tax Will Be Higher in 2013 Can Government Create Opportunity? Who Destroyed the Economy? The Case Against the Baby Boomers The surprising details on median household income and per capita wages Major North Sea Oil Discovery [...]theCL Report: Our Government Overlords Are Here to Serve Us is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Rule 5 Doom and Gloom

Published on 2012-10-15 11:27:31

It's Rule 5 Monday! The Rolling Stones: Doom And Gloom Grrr!

theCL Report: A Tinfoil Hat Might Protect You

Published on 2012-10-13 14:04:09

Embracing deflation Jim Rogers: "I have learned not to take advice from the government, especially the US government, which frequently misleads its citizens" Are Businesses Quietly Preparing for a Financial Apocalypse? "The Rich Get Richer Explained," featuring Warren Buff-ay and The Bernank Another Day, Another Green Energy Company Bankrupt Uh, Isn't this a Case of Malinvestment? I Forgot; Krugman Doesn't [...]theCL Report: A Tinfoil Hat Might Protect You is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

War on Freedom with Sarah Carter

Published on 2012-10-13 10:00:23

It's Rule 5 Saturday! "No Christian would be in favor of criminalizing all sins. Not when the Bible says that 'the thought of foolishness is sin' (Proverbs 24:9). Why, then, are some Christians so quick to applaud making some sins criminal just because the state happens to select them and not others?" The War on Drugs Is [...]War on Freedom with Sarah Carter is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Decline, Delusion, Despair

Published on 2012-10-12 11:12:44

Decline, Decay, Denial, Delusion & Despair The Greatest Thinker You've Never Read: Ludwig von Mises The Incredibly Ballooning Bailout Of Cyprus Explaining Hyperinflation About That "Expected" Drop In Participation Rate 6 Stats That Expose the Truth About the Global Economy Goldman On The Not-So-Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Fiscal Cliff Scenarios That Remain Trickle Down and Tax Cuts Contra Eco-Fanatic's, Increasing Human [...]theCL Report: Decline, Delusion, Despair is a post from: Classic Libera [..]

theCL Report: Not America Anymore

Published on 2012-10-07 23:25:28

Thanks to Paul Krugman, poor people will lose about $80,000 worth of food "Economic Patriotism" is this year's "Hope and Change" Top Bond Adviser: Massive Inflation Coming Bill Gross: Bonds Could Get Burned to a Crisp The Inflation Fairy Euro crisis sparks secession drive The Student Loan Bubble In 19 Simple Charts When it costs more to be poor – Fed and [...]theCL Report: Not America Anymore is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

The Era of Big Government is Now

Published on 2012-10-07 20:42:36

Both wings of the Statist Party - Republicans and Democrats - just love them some Big Government. Both Romney and Obama are consumed by what St. Augustine called libido dominandi (the sinful desire to dominate and bully other people). While no man could possibly be worthy of exercising the alarming powers of the modern American presidency, [...]The Era of Big Government is Now is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Pure Evil

Published on 2012-10-03 22:50:05

Mass murder as a laughing matter. Pure Evil is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentPure Evil is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Anti-Social Politics with Camila Alves

Published on 2012-09-29 14:22:04

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. ~ Murray Rothbard" 'I [...]Anti-Social Politics with Camila Alves is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

World Health Organization Wants Global Cigarette Tax

Published on 2012-09-28 15:11:47

The Nanny World Order (NWO) ups the ante in their push for total control. The World Health Organization is considering a global excise tax of up to 70 percent on cigarettes, at an upcoming November conference, reports the Washington Free Beacon. In draft guidelines published this September, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control indicated it may [...]World Health Organization Wants Global Cigarette Tax is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Animal Spirits

Published on 2012-09-28 10:08:37

Interest Rates Are Prices Free Trade Agreements Are For Suckers U.S. Postal Service takes another step toward insolvency California Screaming As 4th Muni Bankruptcy Looms in Atwater Roubini: Global Economy Faces Risks on Multiple Fronts Animal Spirits 'Aporkalypse' Toyota drops plan for widespread sales of electric car TAG, You're It Your Liberty and Your Money Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct [...]theCL Report: Animal Spirits is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

The Core of the Liberal Crap

Published on 2012-09-25 15:25:58

Typical "community spirit" claptrap. We are next treated to groaning about the rise of "Americans [who] don't see us as having basic obligations to our fellow citizens," versus those who are "public-spirited." This is the core of the liberal crap. It's using semantics to load the deck in your favor before the argument begins. If you don't [...]The Core of the Liberal Crap is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Financial Crisis and Leviathan

Published on 2012-09-25 14:12:13

Tax penalty to hit nearly 6M uninsured people The Fed Has Failed, Failed, Failed Living in the Bubble (2003) Major Insider: The Vast Majority of Global Debt Will Be Defaulted On Jim Rogers: It's Going To Get Really "Bad After The Next Election" Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Set to Explode What Is Bernanke Really Up To? Financial Crisis and Leviathan The Collapse of [...]theCL Report: Financial Crisis and Leviathan is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Anticapitalist Nonsense with Jennifer Swift

Published on 2012-09-23 12:16:58

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "The whole system in a free market operates not on a master/slave relationship but on an exchange nexus. All parties have to agree. If anyone is enslaved in this system, it is the corporation, which must slavishly try to extract money from us by giving us goods and services that we want. If they fail, they [...]Anticapitalist Nonsense with Jennifer Swift is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Amtrak Shrugged

Published on 2012-09-22 15:47:51

Amtrak Shrugged Profiting from Government Stupidity Dollar Vulnerable to a Massive Collapse Deutsche Bank: GOLD IS MONEY 10 Quotes From Financial Experts About The Effect That QE3 Will Have On Gold And Silver QE3: An All-Out Attack On The U.S. Dollar Treasury, Facebook and Google Involved in Money App Design Promotion Fifty Grand A Year for Indoctrination ... Hating on the Dollar QE Forever I [...]theCL Report: Amtrak Shrugged is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Rule 5 Gold

Published on 2012-09-21 11:23:35

It's Rule 5 Friday! Limp Bizkit: Gold Cobra

Land of the Very, Very Scared

Published on 2012-09-20 00:04:17

Why government fear tactics work. If you take a look at the 300+ comments … about my "I Won't Supervise Your Kids" class, you get a … stark look at the way we think about kids — and parents — today. Kids are never safe. Parents should never let their kids be on their own … [...]Land of the Very, Very Scared is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Beginning to See Daylight

Published on 2012-09-19 11:29:53

The Fed's 'Game' of Financial Repression The Fed is winning its war on savers, the dollar, and the American middle-class. Are You Seeing What I'm Seeing? Why Is It So Hard to Become a Cosmetologist in America? "What's the difference between the U.S. health care system and the Soviet economy under communism? Very little, it turns out." Legalized Plunder QE Lessons: [...]theCL Report: Beginning to See Daylight is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Vote for Nobody

Published on 2012-09-18 15:33:59

There is no reason whatsoever to vote in the upcoming presidential election. Seriously, who am I going to vote for? Obama? Give me a break. Romney? Don't make me laugh. Of course Ron Paul isn't even on the ballot. Nor is Gary Johnson (I live in Michigan). Just hold my nose? Not a chance in [...]Vote for Nobody is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Bernanke’s World!

Published on 2012-09-17 12:17:15

The Insatiable Taxman The Harvard Business Review on the Big Pharma Scam that is Killing People The Fed's Balance At The End Of 2013: $4 Trillion Lib's Cheer QE3 While Credit Rating Agency Downgrade US… Again. Recession 2013 Is On the Way; Here's What Jim Rogers is Doing Why QE3 Is Bad News for Savers Paradigm Collapse Faber: Fed Policy Will 'Destroy [...]theCL Report: Bernanke’s World! is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Stacy Keibler and The Darwin Economy

Published on 2012-09-16 10:58:39

It's Rule 5 Sunday!

theCL Report: Bad For Your Kids

Published on 2012-09-13 14:27:18

Abandoning My Pre-9/11 Mentality Whats with all the Libya War Talk? Ignoramus Speaks Of Second Amendment Matters Taking propaganda seriously The Cloak of 'Decency' NJ: Buckle up Your Dog & Cat or Face Fines House votes to renew controversial surveillance law Squelching Dissent Afghanistan occupation may go on and on… Slavery vs. Citizenship: What's The Difference? We must, therefore, emphasize that 'we' are not the [...]theCL Report: Bad For Your Kids is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Heil Barack!

Published on 2012-09-10 14:12:06

A financial system based on lies and deceptions cannot forever last. Your Money and the Government Rathole 55 MPG is Going to Cost Us Why isn't all this wealth redistribution alleviating poverty? Once a Student, Now Dogged by Collection Agencies The Magic Tricks of Mario Draghi The Fed Is Expected to Launch QE3 Next Week ... Which Would Help the Rich [...]theCL Report: Heil Barack! is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Keri Russell Devastates the State

Published on 2012-09-08 22:21:05

It's Rule 5 Saturday! "Organized Crime is an outstanding presentation of the main themes of DiLorenzo's career as a scholar. Anyone who values a historically informed and well-written defense of freedom will gain a great deal from reading the book and absorbing its lessons." DiLorenzo Devastates the State [Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government • By Thomas [...]Keri Russell Devastates the State is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: America’s ‘Lab Rat Economy’

Published on 2012-09-08 09:09:08

Putin stockpiling gold World's Top Hedge Fund Manager On Why You Need to Own Gold Subprime Auto Nation Calamity Economy Strikes Again, But Hope Is Back In Vogue Low Wage Sectors Add Most Jobs In The Past Year The Fed Is Officially Insane Lies and Liars and Employment Statistics The entire state of Wyoming just quit looking for work The Most Dangerous Trend Facing The [...]theCL Report: America’s ‘Lab Rat Economy’ is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Obama’s HOPE

Published on 2012-09-07 16:09:06

In yet another example of government run amok … Federal prosecutors are trying to lock Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the iconic Obama "HOPE" image, in a cage. Feds Seek Prison Time For Obama "Hope" Artist Federal prosecutors want Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the Barack Obama "Hope" poster, to serve time in prison following [...]Obama’s HOPE is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Rule 5 Monster

Published on 2012-09-06 12:24:28

It's Rule 5 Thursday! Steppenwolf: Monster H/T - Speaking of Agorism and Rock Lyrics

Romney’s Proletariat Vibe

Published on 2012-09-05 20:01:00

Too funny. National Review comes out of the closet and lets their Marxist freak flag fly. Daniel McCarthy: "Does this tell us something about how movement conservatism views the relationship between patriotism, party leadership, and the state? Da, tovarisch." David Kramer: "As usual, Hans Hoppe is right." Romney’s Proletariat Vibe is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentRomney’s Proletariat Vibe is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Government is a Parasite

Published on 2012-09-05 16:41:59

Mitt Romney as Weaponized Keynesian New Keynesian Model Rejected by ECB Economist The Decline of the Middle Class Tears for Two-Tiers Make no mistake about it, government is a parasite. Student debt crisis enters a tipping point – Delinquent student debt now reaching record levels as defaults spike Foreclosures on $1 million-plus Bergen County properties double in five years No Taxes, No [...]theCL Report: Government is a Parasite is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

How Long Will the Dollar Remain the World’s Reserve Currency?

Published on 2012-09-04 10:41:10

We frequently hear the financial press refer to the U.S. dollar as the “world’s reserve currency,” implying that our dollar will always retain its value in an ever shifting world economy. But this is a dangerous and mistaken assumption. Since August 15, 1971, when President Nixon closed the gold window and refused to pay out any [...]How Long Will the Dollar Remain the World’s Reserve Currency? is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

The Road to Totalitarianism

Published on 2012-09-03 14:57:48

In his 1956 essay The Road to Totalitarianism, economist Henry Hazlitt points out three tendencies that mark the pathway to tyranny. The pressure for a constant increase in governmental intervention, in governmental spending, and in governmental power. Increasing centralization and concentration of power in the hands of the president at the expense of the two coordinate branches [...]The Road to Totalitarianism is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: The Illusion of Choice

Published on 2012-09-03 14:18:55

Ben Bernanke Plots More Mayhem? Does Paul Krugman Want To Turn Back the Clock on Economic Theory? Are Entitlements Corrupting Us? Bain's Connection to Government Pension Funds The Inexorable Disappointment Of The Earnings 'Hope' Cycle Welfare States R.I.P. Most Economically Illiterate Journalist In History Proposes "Gold is Backed by Nothing, but US Dollar Backed by Federal Reserve" Arms Sales: Obama's Only Growth [...]theCL Report: The Illusion of Choice is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

PolitiFact Lies

Published on 2012-09-02 09:55:06

PolitiFact doesn't bother with actual "facts." Self-proclaimed "fact checker" PolitiFact ignored the most basic economic law, the law of supply and demand, in claiming that cap-and-trade legislation, which is designed to limit energy consumption and increase the price of energy from non-renewable sources, could actually result in "an average lower cost for consumers." Even the supporters [...]PolitiFact Lies is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

The Passive Voice of Tyranny with Geri Halliwell

Published on 2012-09-01 14:36:46

It's Rule 5 Saturday! "The excessive use of the passive voice … damns us to mealymouthed platitudes. We still speak about poverty and violence, but we huddle around the victims of oppression without looking straight at their oppressors." The Voice of Tyranny The reporting on a violent incident at the Occupy protests last year reveals the linguistic lengths [...]The Passive Voice of Tyranny with Geri Halliwell is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A ‘Vision’ of the Future

Published on 2012-08-31 14:27:10

I began writing this post three weeks ago, but each time I sat down to write it just kept growing longer. So I decided to break it up into a 5-part series and elaborate a bit more on each (related) topic. Enjoy! Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland A 'Vision' of the Future Insurrection? The Desperation of a Broke(n) [...]Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A ‘Vision’ of the Future is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: The Rot Runs Deep

Published on 2012-08-30 16:15:05

Nazi Economics 10 Reasons Why Austrian Economics Is Better Than Mainstream Economics OMG, Fed Economists Totally Confused about Fed Balances Our Highway To Hell Stages of The Crash How Perverse Incentives Affect Healthcare Behavior Is another Bailout in GM's Future? Student-Loan Debt Rises to $914 Billion in 2nd Quarter Governor Brown Admits the Obvious "We Have Lived Beyond Our Means" It Is Not Just [...]theCL Report: The Rot Runs Deep is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

TSA Agents Descend On Ron Paul

Published on 2012-08-29 12:35:16

Tell me this isn't pure harassment. Ron, Carol, and one of their granddaughters left the GOP snake pit yesterday afternoon, but the State was not yet through with them. At the little airport in Clearwater, 8 TSA agents descended on them and ordered them not to board their private plane. First, the pilots, the airplane, and [...]TSA Agents Descend On Ron Paul is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: 70% Fake

Published on 2012-08-28 13:54:55

What's a Geezer to Do? Too Much of a Good Thing, Continued… Deleveraging? What deleveraging? The end of higher education as a means to prosperity Ezra Klein Wants to Make Sure You Know He is a Gold Hater Get A Job: The Craigslist Experiment Hidden foreclosure rates expected to grow Sprott: We Are Staring At Chaos & Collapse In Front Of Us Why [...]theCL Report: 70% Fake is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Lessons from Ruby Ridge

Published on 2012-08-27 15:51:09

The paranoid Ruling Class run amok. What this last point really shows, however, is the bipartisan nature of out-of-control federal law enforcement. Ruby Ridge occurred under Bush I but the Clinton government conducted the whitewash. The planning for the Waco raid began under Bush I but was undertaken by Clinton and ultimately whitewashed by a Republican [...]Lessons from Ruby Ridge is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Mitt Romney Would Bring RomneyCare National

Published on 2012-08-27 15:33:27

During the 2008 primaries, Republican statist Mitt Romney said he "absolutely" supports national health care, "I've already put a plan out." If conservatives think Mitt Romney is anything other than a plastic white version of Barack Obama, they're sadly mistaken. Mitt Romney Would Bring RomneyCare National is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentMitt Romney Would Bring RomneyCare National is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

I Want To Be A Crony

Published on 2012-08-27 13:46:53

I Want To Be A Crony is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentI Want To Be A Crony is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Todd Akin, Republicans, and Abortion

Published on 2012-08-27 13:07:04

Representative Todd Akin (R-MO) most likely blew the Republicans chances for a 51-vote majority in the Senate thanks to his stupid comments (and pathetic follow-up) over "legitimate rape." Of course there's no such thing as "legitimate rape." It's just the latest sideshow at the American Political Circus: Democrats declare an imagined "Republican War on Women," [...]Todd Akin, Republicans, and Abortion is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Putin’s America

Published on 2012-08-27 09:13:45

We no longer have political parties in the American tradition: private organizations … of common concerns and dueling theories … both "major" parties are extensions of the state … And it's dangerous to criticize their stranglehold … a group of third parties … sued the state of California to allow third parties to put their [...]Putin’s America is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Democracy with Erica Durance

Published on 2012-08-26 11:18:19

It's Rule 5 Saturday! "All the freedoms that modern Americans enjoy (or used to enjoy) – private property, freedom of movement, freedom of speech, independent courts, limited powers of the rulers – were established by the Founding Fathers after the American revolution (in part building on British classical-liberal traditions). This was before the advent of democracy [...]Democracy with Erica Durance is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: “for the children”

Published on 2012-08-24 08:38:15

It Is Absolutely Amazing What Some People Are Doing To Make A Living In This Economy Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 372,000 Economy: Why U.S. Unemployment Figures Are A Complete Lie Mark Faber: Financial Survival Is About Diversification And Personal Survival Fed to Deliver More Stimulus Chicago Fed President Wants Global Money Printing "Capitalist pigs, stop complaining about Obama, he's [...]theCL Report: “for the children” is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Default America: Entitlement Albatross

Published on 2012-08-21 14:04:48

As of August 15, the US federal debt per American household amounts to $131,113.00, which doesn't even include the massive fiscal gap in unfunded liabilities! To say we're screwed is to put it mildly. It won't last forever. It can't. There will be day of reckoning. Default America: Entitlement Albatross is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentDefault America: Entitlement Albatross is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: New World Disorder

Published on 2012-08-21 12:44:06

Jim Rogers: It's Going To Get Really "Bad After The Next Election" The FED is a lunatic sorcerer. California cities face credit downgrades Chart Of The Day: Americans At Or Below 125% Of The Poverty Level The Tide Is Going Out On The Collapsing, Corrupt US Government Why Asset Forfeiture Abuse Is on the Rise Warren Buffet Bails Out of Muni [...]theCL Report: New World Disorder is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Palm Vein Scan to Pay for School Lunch

Published on 2012-08-20 15:41:58

More creepy statism courtesy of your government schools. Palm scanning causing concern among Moss Bluff Elementary parents A local elementary school is trying to implement a new program in their cafeteria. But the palm vein scanner is being met with much opposition from Moss Bluff Elementary parents. "I was very, very mad," said parent Mamie Sonnier. "Disappointed." Many parents [...]Palm Vein Scan to Pay for School Lunch is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Rule 5 Candy

Published on 2012-08-20 13:20:19

It's Rule 5 Monday! Masters Of Reality: The Candy Song

theCL Report: A ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Society

Published on 2012-08-18 13:45:45

Unemployment Up in 44 States; New York Unemployment Highest Since 1983; No Improvement Nationally Big Changes Ahead: Gold Just Became Money Again Startling Evidence That Central Banks And Wall Street Insiders Are Rapidly Preparing For Something BIG 10 Million More in Poverty Corzine is officially deemed above the law Lessons From the Corporate State What Can't Go On Is Stopping In [...]theCL Report: A ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Society is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Cheryl Tiegs ‘You Didn’t Build It’

Published on 2012-08-18 11:11:15

Rule 5 Saturday … kickin' it old school with Cheryl Tiegs! "Barack Obama's ignorant 'you didn't build it' remark did two things: First, it displayed remarkable economic ignorance; and second, it asserted exactly the opposite of the truth with regard to the role of government in the economy." Obama's 'You Didn't Build It' Canard Barack Obama recently [...]Cheryl Tiegs ‘You Didn’t Build It’ is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Grand Theft Taxpayer

Published on 2012-08-16 15:49:55

Government is by far the greediest institution the world has ever known … and always flat broke and desperately in need of money too. Government is truly a gang of crackheads writ large. Taxing everything in sight … the US taxpayer is starting to crumble under the burden. Please check out this chart. Note that there are [...]Grand Theft Taxpayer is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Snap! Crackle! Pop!

Published on 2012-08-16 11:05:28

Auto bailout cost now upped to $25 billion Scary Graph: Government Jobs Now Exceed Private Sector Goods Producing Jobs Snap! Crackle! Pop!…Goes the Student Loan Bubble! UN Wants Global Welfare State Investors Prepare for Euro Collapse Federal Reserve Economists Warn About Municipal Bond Market Jon Corzine Will Not Only Not Face Prosectuion, But May Be Launching A Hedge Fund Imminently Kangaroos, Bananas [...]theCL Report: Snap! Crackle! Pop! is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Governments Are Out Of Control

Published on 2012-08-13 11:12:06

Social Security Is Broke California Police Chief and Councilman Defend $100,000 Meter Maids Hard Times Spread for Cities Five years on, the Great Recession is turning into a life sentence Potential grows for food crisis as prices surge: U.N. Former Reagan Budget Director David Stockman: "the great unwind" Over 100 Million People in U.S. Now Receiving Some Form Of Federal Welfare After [...]theCL Report: Governments Are Out Of Control is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Government Gridlock with Alison Haislip

Published on 2012-08-12 08:38:28

It's Rule 5 Saturday! "The illusion of democracy is that by voting yes or no to certain politicians or certain laws, the people can restrain the government. But 'so long as legal plunder continues to be the main business of the legislature,' the people find themselves becoming merely the state's accomplice." In Praise of Government Gridlock In California, [...]Government Gridlock with Alison Haislip is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Cops Strip Search Mom

Published on 2012-08-09 17:57:24

Civil society cannot will not survive this. A passing cop pulled a u-turn, flashed the lights, and rolled up behind her … the cop immediately drew his weapon, pulled her from the car, and refused to explain why he pulled her over. Tarantino's two young children watched all of this unfold from inside her car. The [...]Cops Strip Search Mom is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Disinformation

Published on 2012-08-08 22:49:50

It's a Matter of Trust, Part 1 It's a Matter of Trust, Part 2 Regulation Red Herring Thomas L. Friedman: Cheap, plentiful natural gas will cause people to abandon green energy scam Big Bazooka Theory and Practice It Takes Guts To Start A Company--So How Do You Get 'Em? Retirement Suicide: Grandparents Who Co-Signed for Student Loans Economic Ignorance: The steep toll [...]theCL Report: Disinformation is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: The Role of the Sucker

Published on 2012-08-06 01:03:51

Amazon Joins Walmart in Push for Online Sales Tax The Incomparable Faith of Keynesian Investors Chinese buying of U.S. business at record pace Currency Debasement: The War Against America's Investor What Do Swiss Bonds Know That Nobody Else Does? The Risk Of Systemic Collapse Is Now Enormous The Financial Case for Borrowing Money Today Think Grand Canyon Debt, Depression...and Goldstein (Again) The Impending Collapse [...]theCL Report: The Role of the Sucker is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

“You Didn’t Build That” with Amy Smart

Published on 2012-08-04 22:47:00

It's Rule 5 Saturday! "[S]ociety and government are very different, and in many ways, 'the interests of the state and the interests of society … are directly opposed,' as Albert Jay Nock wrote." You Didn't Build That President Obama's "you didn't build that" statement to successful business owners has created a serious backlash. In rebuttal, his defenders point [...]“You Didn’t Build That” with Amy Smart is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Debt Bomb (Rule 5)

Published on 2012-08-04 10:38:23

It's Rule 5 Saturday! Dominic Frisby: Debt Bomb (The global financial crisis stripped bare …) Aw, aw baby, yeah, ooh yeah, huh, listen to this Sunday Pinup

theCL Report: Extremism normalized

Published on 2012-08-03 16:10:27

The Deflationist Argument Is Baloney "Audit the Fed" - Restore "Free Markets for Free People" Greece on brink of bankruptcy as cash reserves 'near zero' You Can't Print a Recovery Bullion is Now Being Priced for Collapse Unintended Consequences of Well-Intended Policies Another Bad Idea Brewing In California: GPS Mileage Tax Congress won't rescue Postal Service as it defaults on health care [...]theCL Report: Extremism normalized is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Essentially Bankrupt

Published on 2012-08-01 12:38:16

John Williams: The US Is Essentially Bankrupt Social Security Nonsense What (Almost) Everyone Fails to Understand About Our Economy GM Stock Hits New Low Tax Primer US Entrepreneurship Dead? If California Gets To Waste $100 Billion on High Speed Rail, Then We Want to as Well World's largest windmill blade is 246 feet in length, still only generates electricity when wind blows The [...]theCL Report: Essentially Bankrupt is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: The Polite Slave

Published on 2012-07-30 15:33:28

"What the hell are these clueless, uniformed, characters talking about?" Deflation-Depression or Hyperinflation-Depression? Sharp Decline in Earnings and Revenue Estimates; Chart Explains Four Major Waves of Earnings Growth War Of The Central Banks? Why the Fed will look past rising food prices Blowback from U.S. Role as Global Tax Cop The Economic Downturn: Non-Krugman Version High Cigarette Taxes Backfire Once Again: Illinois [...]theCL Report: The Polite Slave is a post from: Classic Liberal [..]

Month in Review: July 2012

Published on 2012-07-29 10:28:20

It's always interesting to see what people have found interesting here at the Classic Liberal Blog. At first glance I'd say people are growing more skeptical of the status quo. But then again, any random list of posts from this blog would tell the same tale. After all, I, your humble host, am highly suspicious [...]Month in Review: July 2012 is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Kills Thousands

Published on 2012-07-29 07:54:15

Does billboard comparing Obama to alleged shooter go too far? Is telling the truth now controversial? Killing by drone doesn't count? It's not murder when government does it? And let me add, there's no such thing as "collateral" when it comes to human life. Kills Thousands is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentKills Thousands is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

On Capitalism with Serinda Swan

Published on 2012-07-28 22:42:04

It's Rule 5 Saturday! "In short, the wish for socialism is a wish for unparalleled human evil. If we really understood this, no one would express casual support for it in polite company. It would be like saying, you know, there is really something to be said for malaria and typhoid and dropping atom bombs on [...]On Capitalism with Serinda Swan is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

US Military On Call to Use Force at 2012 Democratic and Republican Party Conventions

Published on 2012-07-27 23:36:32

US military now occupying American cities too. In a disturbing illustration of the creeping militarization of the day, US Northern Command has admitted that the Army will aid domestic law enforcement if called upon by the Secretary of Defense. "For operational security reasons we do not discuss the numbers of military personnel and resources that are involved," [...]US Military On Call to Use Force at 2012 Democratic and Republican Party Conventions is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Sweet Land of Liberty

Published on 2012-07-27 22:43:57

The Rise of The 1099 Economy: More Americans Are Becoming Their Own Bosses FDIC Loaned $618 Billion to Banks During Panic; Who Got How Much? Is Harry Reid The Most Hypocritical Man In The World? America's War on Poverty - a $15 Trillion Big Fail The wheels are quickly falling off the 'green energy' bandwagon Setting Paul Krugman straight about [...]theCL Report: Sweet Land of Liberty is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Rule 5 Barracuda

Published on 2012-07-27 14:37:00

It's Rule 5 Friday! Gretchen Wilson with Alice in Chains: Barracuda [Heart] Sunday Pinup

Air Force Testing Drone-Fired Lasers Over North Dakota

Published on 2012-07-26 08:19:56

Skynet is getting a new weapon. On July 26, the U.S. Air National Guard will … begin firing lasers from unmanned attack drones … over North Dakota, despite the concerns of local commercial pilots. The lasers aren't intended as weapons, as were those built on the jumbo jet operated by the Air Force in the Airborne Laser [...]Air Force Testing Drone-Fired Lasers Over North Dakota is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Obama’s Economy – and Ours

Published on 2012-07-25 10:31:34

Retirement? Surely you jest. Sorry! The lifestyle you ordered is currently out of stock. Obama doesn't think North American oil is worth the investment. The Chinese disagree. California Goes Bankrupt Poverty in United States Soars to Levels Not Seen Since Since 1960s The hindrance of global debt The Shift to a New Global Currency Alters International Relations The Obama Economy – and [...]theCL Report: Obama’s Economy – and Ours is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

End the War on Drugs

Published on 2012-07-23 22:28:44

Another good ad from Gary Johnson. Record-High 50% of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana Use. End the War on Drugs is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentEnd the War on Drugs is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: HOPE turns to FEAR

Published on 2012-07-23 15:20:05

When HOPE turns to FEAR The Quantum of Quantitative Easing Inflation is Coming! Chicago Fed: Growth in Economic Activity below trend in June Tech Sector Layoffs Surge to Three-Year High You'll Love The New Nickname They Have For The Dollar Here… Alan Blinder: Release the Trillion in Excess Reserves! Inflation, Currencies and the Likelihood of a Greater Depression Central Banks Are Doomed Calif. [...]theCL Report: HOPE turns to FEAR is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Why Aren’t Conservatives United in Defending Romney?

Published on 2012-07-23 11:36:46

My friend John asks: "Why aren't conservatives as united in defending Romney as the Democrats are in attacking him?" The answer should be obvious. But let's take a closer look … Conservatives need to stand up, speak up, and drive the narrative I'm tired of the left driving the narrative this election cycle. We have … little to [...]Why Aren’t Conservatives United in Defending Romney? is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Socialized Healthcare with Gianne Albertoni

Published on 2012-07-22 09:16:11

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "The hoped-for end result is one big government monopoly which, like all government monopolies, will operate with all the efficiency of the post office and all the charm and compassion of the IRS." Socialized Healthcare vs. The Laws of Economics The government's initial step in attempting to create a government-run healthcare monopoly has been [...]Socialized Healthcare with Gianne Albertoni is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Exploiting Colorado Gunman Tragedy

Published on 2012-07-21 12:23:55

Butler Shaffer: With the Olympics about to start, the United States team might look to members of the gun control lobby for possible track medalists. The speed with which these people got to media cameras and microphones to exploit the Colorado killings for political advantage was remarkable … None of the 2nd Amendment foes are sincere in [...]Exploiting Colorado Gunman Tragedy is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

The Bubble

Published on 2012-07-21 12:07:12

Check out the trailer for the upcoming documentary about the financial crisis. Who Caused it. Who Called it. What's Next. The Bubble is produced by Austrian economist Jesús Huerta de Soto and inspired by Thomas Woods' indispensable book "Meltdown." Coming in Fall 2012, The Bubble asks the experts who predicted the current recession, "What happened and why?" Diving [...]The Bubble is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Exploited For Political Grist

Published on 2012-07-20 16:02:34

Richard Russell - Get Rid Of Debt & Prepare For Tough Times G4S highlights the failure of crony capitalism Geithner: 'I Have Been The Most F***ing Transparent Secretary Of The Treasury In This Country's Entire F***ing History' Everything you need to know about the fiscal cliff in one post Three Converging Factors May Slash Economic Growth By 71% What Housing [...]theCL Report: Exploited For Political Grist is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Romney’s toothless attacks on ‘crony capitalism’

Published on 2012-07-19 14:59:06

Romney should be attacking Obama's cronyism. Too bad Mitt offers more of the same. [T]here's no evidence that a President Romney would do anything to stop it … he's not walking the walk … Romney thinks programs like the Solyndra one "should get smaller, simpler and more transparent" … Romney still believes government should "support" business [...]Romney’s toothless attacks on ‘crony capitalism’ is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Tyrants and Human Nature

Published on 2012-07-19 13:02:54

The American Dream Has Changed. Have You? Sales Taxes Are the Least of Their Problems Barack Obama's $2 Billion Taxpayer Paid For Crony Investment Fund How the Feds Feed the Rich Leftwing "economics" The LIBOR Bank Scandal: the idea that Barclays kept rates down for years is ludicrous Retirement Age Keeps Going Up – When Will You Retire? States Grapple With Fiscal [...]theCL Report: Tyrants and Human Nature is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Healthcare Fascism with Lyndsy Fonseca

Published on 2012-07-18 09:37:13

It's Rule 5 Wednesday! "The problems of the American healthcare system are caused entirely by the fact that the government subjects the system to massive interventions, some of which are fascist in nature, while others are socialist." American Healthcare Fascialism Some time ago I invented the phrase "fascialism" to describe the American system of political economy. Fascialism means [...]Healthcare Fascism with Lyndsy Fonseca is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Liberty Drones

Published on 2012-07-17 14:07:25

The same federal government that gave us the PATRIOT Act, Department of Heimatland Homeland Security (DHS)[1], TSA, ObamaCare and countless other atrocities, is now adding "upwards of 30,000"surveillance drones to their growing list of totalitarian gifts to our once "land of the free." What? Drones? After 19 men hijacked 4 aircraft in a suicide mission on September [...]Liberty Drones is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Electric Eye

Published on 2012-07-17 00:32:20

With all the bizarre (and paranoid) ways the government is spying on us these days, I'm reminded of this classic by Judas Priest. Up here in space I'm looking down on you. My lasers trace Everything you do. You think you've private lives Think nothing of the kind. There is no true escape I'm watching all the time. I'm made of metal My circuits gleam. I [...]Electric Eye is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

“Praise Government from whom all blessings flow.”

Published on 2012-07-16 13:40:29

Like most people of his ideological bent, Obama either cannot or will not distinguish between society — which is created through peaceful commerce and other forms of private cooperation — and the state — an anti-social artifact built on conquest, coercion, and confiscation of wealth. Government produces nothing; it is an exercise in pure consumption [...]“Praise Government from whom all blessings flow.” is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Adrift On A Sea Of Delusion

Published on 2012-07-16 11:57:28

27 Things That Every American Should Know About The National Debt Jobs Versus Net Jobs Young people: get ready to grab your ankles Another Faux Fix Middle Class? Here's What's Destroying Your Future GE takes $45 million corporate welfare to manufacture nickel-sodium batteries & United States has no active nickel mine And now, for our "special friend" ... Rudderless Society Adrift On [...]theCL Report: Adrift On A Sea Of Delusion is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Rule 5 Fuel

Published on 2012-07-15 10:00:40

It's Rule 5 Sunday! Avril Lavigne: Fuel (Metallica) Give me fuel Give me fire Give me that which I desire Oh! Sunday Pinup

theCL Report: Slipping the Noose

Published on 2012-07-14 07:37:10

Open Letter to a Politician Fractional Reserves and Economic Instability The Bubble Report from an Underwater Wasteland Obama Economics: "My job is to think about the workers. My job is to think about communities" Krugman Endorses Insanity (His Own Words) The Night Watchman The Myth of Bush the Deregulator Simon Johnson Asks the Big Question that Blows Apart His Argument The Myth of Wartime [...]theCL Report: Slipping the Noose is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

McChrystal Wants Draft Reinstated

Published on 2012-07-12 22:48:35

What a creep. General McChrystal is again calling for complete government regimentation of every American. [F]ormer US commander in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, has urged that the draft be reinstated to spread the burden of fighting and to instill a sense of shared civic duty among young Americans. The country's all-volunteer force has performed with great skill but [...]McChrystal Wants Draft Reinstated is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

UK Places Anti-Aircraft Missiles Atop Homes

Published on 2012-07-10 19:38:53

Another peek into our dystopian future … The British government confirmed Tuesday that it had placed missile batteries at six sites around London in advance of the upcoming Summer Olympics, including atop two apartment buildings where residents had previously expressed reservations about hosting the anti-aircraft weapons. In addition to the Rapier and High-Velocity missile batteries, the government [...]UK Places Anti-Aircraft Missiles Atop Homes is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

How did we come to this pass, where a man like Mitt Romney sits within striking distance of the highest office in the land?

Published on 2012-07-10 11:41:34

The conservative movement needs to find some vigilance … or a different set of beliefs. [E]nough Republicans are content to tolerate someone like Romney for various reasons. He has fully embraced the anti-Obama mood of the party, and he has proven himself willing to say absolutely anything to attack Obama, which gains him admirers for his [...]How did we come to this pass, where a man like Mitt Romney sits within striking distance of the highest office in the land? is a post from: Classic Libe [..]

VIDEO: Safety Tips for Living in the Wonderful World Of Drones

Published on 2012-07-09 15:10:25

A lot of people look at these modern marvels and see automated soulless flying death-dealers that spy on all our private lives. You can trust me when I say, those people are communists. -- Christopher McDonald Wonderful World Of Drones with Christopher McDonald from Christopher McDonald VIDEO: Safety Tips for Living [...]VIDEO: Safety Tips for Living in the Wonderful World Of Drones is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Air Force Practices Drone Targeting on Civilian Traffic Driving Close to Base

Published on 2012-07-09 15:04:36

More ghoulishness from the wonderful War on Terror … Drugs … fill in the blank. In his reporting from Holloman Air Force Base, Mark Mazzetti revealed that the Air Force practices drone targeting on civilian traffic driving close to the base. Effectively, these "training" activities mean we're using military drones inside the US to "incidentally" collect intelligence [...]Air Force Practices Drone Targeting on Civilian Traffic Driving Close to Base is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Judges!

Published on 2012-07-09 10:55:37

Crony Capitalism: The White House and Carlyle Group Edition Holman Jenkins Gets the LIBOR Scandal China Threatens With Furious Retaliation In Growing Trade Wars What If Your Daughter Ran Up Credit Card Debt of $160,000? Video: Entrepreneur trying to create zombie theme park on Detroit's abandoned streets 25 Signs The Collapse Of America Is Speeding Up As Society Rots From [...]theCL Report: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Judges! is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

One More Great Leap Forward Into Collectivism with Petra Nemcova

Published on 2012-07-08 21:54:43

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "By accepting the principles, and fighting over the details, the Loyal Opposition only succeeds in giving away the store, and doing so before the debate over the details can even get under way. Lost in an eye-glazing thicket of minutiae, the conservative critics … by being "responsible" and working within the paradigm [...]One More Great Leap Forward Into Collectivism with Petra Nemcova is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Government is the Greatest Threat to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Published on 2012-07-07 19:37:25

Sadly, even though Thomas Jefferson claimed that government's purpose was to secure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, there is no greater threat to those "unalienable" rights today, and for the past several generations at least, than government. How do you fix that? Either you stop permitting government to legally interfere with the life, liberty [...]Government is the Greatest Threat to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

War in Concord, CA

Published on 2012-07-06 23:48:02

Wake-up folks! We don't live in a free country. Concord PD to Debut New SWAT Armored Vehicle Concord Police's SWAT team will make a public debut Saturday, of "Mamba," an armored vehicle awarded to the department from a U.S. Department of Defense surplus donation program. Mamba is a bullet-proof, 11-seater "bath tub" that will provide the Special Weapons [...]War in Concord, CA is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Hot Legs! (Rule 5)

Published on 2012-07-06 11:48:40

Rule 5 Friday! Joss Stone with Rod Stewart: The Definitive Rod Stewart Sunday Pinup

The Myth of Republican Radicalism

Published on 2012-07-05 22:17:33

The idea that the Republican Party is the party of limited government is a joke. Why do so few outlets call attention to the obvious: that the GOP out of power campaigns as one thing — a party of cut-government-to-the-bone libertarians … but once in power practices a feed-the-base style of welfare politics little different from [...]The Myth of Republican Radicalism is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: The Confluence of Left and Right

Published on 2012-07-05 17:10:55

Trickle Up Economics LIBOR Scandal Nonsense The Next Imminent Bailout: Eminent Domain Financial Collapse End Game, Operation Twist Deception, Infinite QE 37 Million Americans With Student Debt They Never Had to Take On Government Motors: As GM shares near record low, taxpayer loss on bailout rises to $35 billion Welfare Loophole: Sisters Make $540,000 Babysitting Their Kids When Zero Rates Don't Work The [...]theCL Report: The Confluence of Left and Right is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

We’re All Socialists Now

Published on 2012-07-05 14:15:10

The whole "Democrat vs. Republican" charade doesn't strike at the root of the problem. It simply masks the damage instead. You might as well face it. Party partisanship amounts to nothing more than arguing "my statism is better than your statism!" Yeah, as if a right boot stamping on your face (forever) is somehow better than a [...]We’re All Socialists Now is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

National Guard Troops Conducting Door to Door “Wellness Checks” in Virginia and Ohio

Published on 2012-07-04 22:30:11

There's never a dull moment in our former "land of the free," huh? This is just straight up creepy. National Guard troops are conducting door to door "wellness checks" in areas of Virginia and Ohio following power outages due to severe heat and storms. WDTV in West Virginia reports that "The National Guard is checking to make sure [...]National Guard Troops Conducting Door to Door “Wellness Checks” in Virginia and Ohio is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Andy Griffith Explains Due Process

Published on 2012-07-04 22:10:55

Sheriff Andy Taylor refuses to use illegally obtained evidence that could help a case:

Clueless Republicans

Published on 2012-07-04 12:25:06

Talk about clueless. The party responsible for John Roberts is now running this ad …

theCL Report: While the Euro Burns

Published on 2012-07-03 10:21:10

Stunning Rise in Anti-Euro Sentiment in Italy The Coming Eurocrash Sorry, Bucko, Europe Is Still in a Death Spiral Financial Fiddling while the Euro Burns Eurozone Recession: Record Unemployment, Manufacturing Shrinks Who Destroyed the Middle Class -- Part 3 77% of JP Morgan's Net Income Comes from Government Subsidies Food inflation fears as US crop prices surge Kicking The Can Down The Road European [...]theCL Report: While the Euro Burns is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Google Shopping Pulling Results for Guns, Ammunition and Accessories

Published on 2012-07-02 09:06:09

Looks like Google has been spending way too much time with our benevolent rulers. Google sent out an email to Google Adwords customers saying that they are going to pull all Google Shopping results for guns, ammunition, gun optics and gun accessories (Shopping results, not general search results). Google Shopping Pulling Results for Guns, Ammunition and Accessories [...]Google Shopping Pulling Results for Guns, Ammunition and Accessories is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Soviet Health Care with Emanuela de Paula

Published on 2012-07-01 22:27:51

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "Socialized medical systems have not served to raise general health or living standards anywhere. In fact, both analytical reasoning and empirical evidence point to the opposite conclusion. But the dismal failure of socialized medicine to raise people's health and longevity has not affected its appeal for politicians, administrators, and their intellectual servants [...]Soviet Health Care with Emanuela de Paula is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Vote Republican?

Published on 2012-06-29 20:57:31

Vote Republican? Don't make Bob Livingston laugh. The Supreme Court ruling to uphold Obamacare strikes to the heart of an argument used by the Republican Party to accept the unconservative and unpalatable candidates … it continues to hoist as its standard bearers for President: You must vote Republican in order to ensure conservatives are appointed to [...]Vote Republican? is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

The Central Issue of Our Times

Published on 2012-06-29 20:48:15

The power to tax is the power to enslave. For what are you willing to be a slave? For what are you willing to enslave others? Pass it on. Claim it as your own. The Central Issue of Our Times is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog CommentThe Central Issue of Our Times is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Do Not Consent

Published on 2012-06-29 14:21:21

Get a job So You Think You Can Be a Hair Braider? 22 Statistics That Prove That The American Dream Is Being Systematically Destroyed Now That Mandates Are Effectively Legal, Here is The Next One Ave Maria University forced to drop student health insurance due to ObamaCare mandate $14 Billion a Year Subsidy for J.P. Morgan Chase Who Destroyed the Middle [...]theCL Report: Do Not Consent is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Shameless Political Rhetoric

Published on 2012-06-29 09:29:20

Wise words from Thomas Sowell: Nowhere is political rhetoric more shameless – or more dangerous – than in the pious names that politicians give to the legislation they pass. Perhaps the most egregious example is the so-called "Indian Child Welfare Act," which callously sacrifices the welfare of Indian children. The Obama administration introduced … the "Employee Free [...]Shameless Political Rhetoric is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Statist v. Libertarian

Published on 2012-06-29 08:52:33

When ObamaCare goes wrong, as it assuredly will, the statist will claim: [S]ince your side can't resolve everything smoothly and painlessly by tomorrow, my side should continue calling the shots. But this tired old argument "falls short in the logic department." That the freedom approach can't make everything new overnight, or even in the next few years, is [...]Statist v. Libertarian is a post from: Classic Liberal Blog

Obamacare Upheld

Published on 2012-06-28 15:53:40

With the help of Republican-appointed Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court has upheld the Orwellian-named Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), including the individual mandate. No shock at all. In a public statement, Congressman Ron Paul notes that the Supreme Court has long track record of failing to protecting liberty, "I strongly disagree with [...]Obamacare Upheld is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

“Pulling” Romney to the Right

Published on 2012-06-26 15:06:35

I completely agree! Nobody, I repeat, nobody is going to "pull" Romney to the right. To reform something, you first have to be willing to say "no." Supporting Romney on the other hand, arguably the most progressive Republican candidate of my lifetime, represents the exact opposite. Support for Romney is total submission. There is a fairly consistent [...]“Pulling” Romney to the Right is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Marx Madness

Published on 2012-06-25 23:50:47

Why liberals are winning, Part 1 Dear Graduate: I was going to get you a gift, but I donated the money to Mitt Romney instead Reason #321 why John Boehner needs to go Fast and Furious was not botched Exactly Who is Going to "Pull" Romney to the Right? Meet Your Elites: Dan Ackerson Stupidity Hurts Sweating Your Fair Share Washington's Parasitic Economy [...]theCL Report: Marx Madness is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Rule 5 Forever

Published on 2012-06-25 14:08:38

Rule 5 Monday! Kid Rock: Cocky Sunday Pinup

Speaking Truth to Power with Odette Annable

Published on 2012-06-25 08:36:23

It's Rule 5 Sunday!

Classic Liberal Blog Update

Published on 2012-06-24 10:46:24

The last couple weeks have been perhaps the longest stint I've taken away from blogging since launching 4 years ago (The Elephant in the Room). I wasn't expecting to take a leave of absence, but life is funny that way. Yeah, that's it … funny. Anyway, I've been working here and there on updating the site [...]Classic Liberal Blog Update is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Out of Order

Published on 2012-06-19 07:38:04

End This Nonsense Now! Bernanke's Solutions Are the Problem The Mad Adventures of Gasbag Gasparino History suggests capital controls could make things worse Layoffs here, layoffs there … now let's shut down a thousand smoke shops! Luckily Spain has all those green energy jobs to pull them through their economic crises How the Euro Will End Out of Order The Absurdity Continues: Fed [...]theCL Report: Out of Order is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: How To Die

Published on 2012-06-13 22:12:01

The Elite Are Attempting To Convince Us That Killing Off Our Sick Grandparents Is Cool And Trendy Mitt Romney on the Issues Your tax dollars at work: Atlantic City High School paid singer Ashanti $20K to perform Judicially Authorized Rape: The Newest Weapon in the Prohibitionist Arsenal Too Big To Fail China's economic problems EU: Capital controls for "public safety" Hatred: What [...]theCL Report: How To Die is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: When News Is Propaganda

Published on 2012-06-11 00:32:04

**Keep Decklyn in your prayers** Police Overkill The "Solution" Is Collapse The Methodical Approach to Apocalypse "The idea that we need more police is laughable. America the Police State has far too much law enforcement as it is, thank you very much." Alabama, Agenda 21, Tombstone Arizona, Spotted Owls and Acronym Hell Cry for Argentina (They took Paul Krugman's advice) Romer Puts [...]theCL Report: When News Is Propaganda is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Ron Paul Girls Battle GOP (Rule 5)

Published on 2012-06-10 11:52:38

It's Rule 5 Sunday! Hot chicks dig liberty edition. The factions within the parties who bring neither money nor power to the party, such as free-market and pro-peace groups, slavishly vote again and again for the party, naively convincing themselves that the party will do something for them if they can just win one more election. Those [...]Ron Paul Girls Battle GOP (Rule 5) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: With Freedom and Justice for Some

Published on 2012-06-08 10:57:06

The End of Cheap Everything Debt projected to reach 70 percent of the gross domestic product FBI Illegally Pirated Kim Dotcom's Data Out of New Zealand The Big Lie Ron Paul Slugs At The Fed One More Time The US Is the Biggest Currency Manipulator Judge Napolitano: "Where's the outrage?" "Multi-Stage" Nannycrat Proposals FBI Free to Ambush our Bill of Rights A Thousand Years of [...]theCL Report: With Freedom and Justice for Some is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Why Everyone Hates Republicans

Published on 2012-06-07 21:56:19

No doubt about it, President Obama is terrible. He's surrounded by creeps too. One would think that Romney would be blowing him away in the polls by now. He's not. The race is a dead heat. Hmmm. I wonder why … Governor Bob McDonnell (R-Va) trying to create a police state The Virginia Governor is in favor [...]Why Everyone Hates Republicans is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

A Nation of Cowards

Published on 2012-06-06 07:17:38

"You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands." Preface Jeff Chan obtained reprint permission for the Internet for Jeffrey Snyder's "A Nation of Cowards". It may be reproduced freely, including forwarding copies to politicians, provided that it is not distributed for profit and subscription information is included. I especially encourage you to [...]A Nation of Cowards is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Sleepwalking into the Drone Age

Published on 2012-06-05 20:38:43

Emperor Bibi vets the potential vice-regent of his westernmost colony Rambo Obama: triggerman Our Totalitarian Regulatory Bureaucracy Bloomberg's paternalism Timeline of the Loss of Constitutional Rights Since 9/11 Best Bilderberg Bankster Busting Bomb Post Ever! The solution this is simple: Don't undertake unlawful intrusions Why Everyone Should Be Happy DOMA Was Overturned "What's the reason for Pentagon's wish to partner with a communist [...]theCL Report: Sleepwalking into the Drone Age is a [..]

The Secular Constitution

Published on 2012-06-04 22:06:04

The following is a response to Joe Bakanovic (black3actual) who blogs at The Rio Norte Line Line and The Road to Concord. Because a lot of ground was covered in his response to "Church, State, and Anarchism," the following will be a bit out of order and incomplete. There is a lot more I'd like [...]The Secular Constitution is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: The Fat Lady Is Clearing Her Throat

Published on 2012-06-04 13:38:05

A Bunch of Keynesian Talking Heads Talk AIG Chief Sees Retirement Age as High as 80 After Crisis Th End Game The Fat Lady Is Clearing Her Throat SEC: Taking on Big Firms is 'Tempting,' But We Prefer Picking on Little Guys Rising Unemployment = Dow Catastrophe Sovereign debt crisis going from bad to worse Morgan Stanley Bonds Trade at Junk Pricing, [...]theCL Report: The Fat Lady Is Clearing Her Throat is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

The Harm in Hate-Speech with Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Published on 2012-06-03 19:57:48

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "People have no general right of restraint against insult. Furthermore, you do not own your reputation, since this consists of the ideas other people have of you, and you cannot own other people's thoughts." The Harm in Hate-Speech Laws [The Harm in Hate Speech • By Jeremy Waldron • Harvard University Press, 2012 • [...]The Harm in Hate-Speech with Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

She’s Got the Jack

Published on 2012-06-02 15:45:14

Rule 5 Saturday! She gave me the Queen She gave me the King She was wheelin' and dealin' Just doin' her thing She was holdin' a pair But I had to try Her Deuce was wild But my Ace was high … AC/DC: The Jack Sunday Pinup

Church, State, and Anarchism

Published on 2012-06-01 21:53:57

The following is a response to this comment here, which reads in part: OK, well, first, God established the first constitutional republic. Remember, this is the first govt. form the Israelites had after leaving Egypt and before the Israelites demanded a King (they were not 'punished,' they demanded it). I think we find some 'push-back' from 'Libertarians' [...]Church, State, and Anarchism is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

There Is No Conservative Movement

Published on 2012-05-31 22:59:57

Dan Riehl wrote a couple of posts earlier this year that are worth examining. Here's the second one first. What Conservative Movement? Bush 43 was correct, there's more than enough evidence to conclude there is no genuine Conservative Movement in America today; mostly, it's a term of art to define a fairly lucrative industry. Had there been [...]There Is No Conservative Movement is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report: Toward A New World Order

Published on 2012-05-31 13:56:19

By Abandoning the Gold Standard We Accepted Central Planning and Chaos You 'Bear' Beware, You Better Take Care Social Security Update Surprise! Economy in U.S. Expanded Less Than Previously Estimated Europe's Banks Run Out of Money ... Again Wells Fargo Seizes Stockton, California City Hall Tax Raid on Tiny Diner. Makes Makes $1 Million a Month, Taxman Says. 3 Lies About Jobs [...]theCL Report: Toward A New World Order is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

It’s Time to Fire the Fed

Published on 2012-05-30 22:41:21

Another excellent ad from the Gary Johnson campaign. LIVE FREE of the FED!

Mitt Romney’s Big Fat Wet Kiss to Leftism

Published on 2012-05-30 11:43:09

Conservatives are tying themselves in knots trying to convince themselves that Mitt Romney is one of them. He's not. The Left knows this. The Right refuses to accept the truth. Gary North is right, "The Tea Party has a big problem." Keynesianism is the economics of envy, jealousy, and power. Steal. Destroy. Print. Legislate. Free lunch [...]Mitt Romney’s Big Fat Wet Kiss to Leftism is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

The Zombie Apocalypse

Published on 2012-05-29 22:41:46

Do Politicians Understand Memorial Day? School tortures autistic boy with electric shocks, staff laughs The Shame of Veteran's and Memorial Day Friendly Fascism and the Overlords How to Forget on Memorial Day BATF Seeks Ban on "Military" Shotguns: Over 5 Rounds The War Prayer Don't Let John Yoo Talk You Into Domestic Drone Use by Police Abolish Memorial Day Washington's Hypocrisies We are thus [...]The Zombie Apocalypse is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Free Speech for the Dumb (Government)

Published on 2012-05-27 23:03:33

The government is so pathetic that really, the best thing you can do is laugh at them. Here's The Government Is Pathetic Exhibit #11,223: Revealed: Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don't want the government spying on you (and they include 'pork', 'cloud' and 'Mexico') The Department of Homeland Security has been forced to release [...]Free Speech for the Dumb (Government) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

How the DC Tapeworm Feeds Itself

Published on 2012-05-27 19:53:45

"Run!" "That's how the DC tapeworm feeds itself." Ron Paul's Push For Full Fed Audit Slated For House Vote A Mainstream Economist Who Changed His Mind and Became Austrian More Green Tyranny: Los Angeles Bans Plastic Bags Irresponsible Americans and our Government Escalating Bank Runs, Many Banks Will Not Survive Deflation Isn't the Enemy Money printing to the max Currency Wars – The Making [...]How the DC Tapeworm Feeds Itself is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Hayley Marie Norman and the New Doomsday Clock

Published on 2012-05-27 11:16:32

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "The good news is that it's still possible to turn-back the clock once the average voter realizes how dark things have become." How Many Minutes Are We From Total Tyranny? The Doomsday Clock, maintained by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is meant to indicate how close the world's chieftains are in bringing the [...]Hayley Marie Norman and the New Doomsday Clock is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Conservatives and the Liberty Movement

Published on 2012-05-25 23:39:16

Many of us on the American political right are sympathetic to Frank Meyer's "fusionism," but is it a realistic idea worth pursuing? Tea Parties, Libertarians and, Paulites: America's Only Hope Approximately a year ago, I opined … that Conservatives and Libertarians should join forces … that the areas where the two factions agree were more important than [...]Conservatives and the Liberty Movement is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

The Elite Don’t Want You to Know

Published on 2012-05-25 10:51:39

What Caused the Selling in Facebook Stock? Senate Banking Investigation of JPMorgan to be Headed by Former JPMorgan Lobbyist The Problem with the Sun Fed Flying Blind Oh Look, A (Backhanded) Admission Of Fraud! Bonds Are NOT a Safe Place to Be – Here's Why Secret Central Bank Aid Props Up Greek Banks $1 Trillion for Defense: The real cost of America's [...]The Elite Don’t Want You to Know is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Thelma & Louise

Published on 2012-05-23 00:10:06

A great ad from the Johnson campaign.

She’s The Woman

Published on 2012-05-22 15:21:30

How 'bout some Van Halen Rule 5? Van Halen: She's The Woman Sunday Pinup

theCL Report (“The Truth Gets Out Eventually”)

Published on 2012-05-21 16:03:18

NFL Spends On Washington Lobbyists For Drone Planes Obama's new free speech threat "Billy club to the fucking skull." Highway Robbery in Tennessee Crime Pays Obama Preparing to Turn Over Firearms Regulation to the United Nations Freedom Activists as Government Entrapment Targets? Glory Days: A pundit's rosy view of the Pax Americana DHS Considers Collecting DNA From Kids; DEA and US Marshals Already [...]theCL Report (“The Truth Gets Out Eventually”) is a post from: The Classic Liber [..]

Myth of Financial Deregulation with Micaela Schäfer

Published on 2012-05-21 13:02:41

It's Rule 5 Sunday Monday! "It is true that a free banking environment is an agent of wealth promotion … However, it is overlooked by the opponents of the Volcker rule that the present banking system has nothing to do with free banking and thus a free market."

theCL Report (No Texting While Walking)

Published on 2012-05-16 22:30:37

Institutional Diversification: A Great Idea to Limit Risk "Total amateur night mixed by insane econometricians." The Disastrous Student Loan Mess The Obamacare dominos fall: Franciscan University drops health insurance Enemies of the People: This Group of Hawaiians Undermines Government Stimulus Facebook Is Being Proven To Be Overhyped and Overpriced The "Corzine-Dimon Syndrome" Bank Run! The curious calculus of the US employment numbers "If you [...]theCL Report (No Texting While Walking) is a [..]

The Keynesian Choice is Mitt Romney

Published on 2012-05-15 23:33:36

Republican candidate Mitt Romney may be "a nice guy, but he spent too much time at Harvard," because all evidence, both in word and deed, says Romney is beholden to the cult of Keynesian economics. In a nutshell, Keynesian economic theory claims that a lack of consumer spending causes a downturn in the business cycle, which [...]The Keynesian Choice is Mitt Romney is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (The Coming Financial Repression)

Published on 2012-05-15 10:59:20

Fed Once-Secret Loan Crisis Data Compiled by Bloomberg Released to Public What Jamie Dimon Doesn't Know Is Plain Scary Medicare, Medicaid and USPS losses are orders of magnitude larger than JP Morgan Chase A great example of the coming financial repression 200,000 Lose Unemployment Benefits This Week, Nearly Half From California The Suspicious Growth of the Financial Industry Bundesbank Confirms German [...]theCL Report (The Coming Financial Repression) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (Does The West Have A Future?)

Published on 2012-05-13 23:32:24

Does The West Have A Future? Fed Foe Ron Paul Breakfasts With Bernanke at Central Bank Six Months Left… Can They Do It? And the 'dumbest person of the week award' goes to… Former Soviet Citizen Confronts OWS Huge Majority of Americans Support Defense Cuts Romney Takes Swipe at Ron Paul's Budget Blueprint Dump the Statist Monkey Off Your Back Government-Created Racism Caught on [...]theCL Report (Does The West Have A Future?) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Luisana Lopilato and the 99%

Published on 2012-05-13 22:18:59

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "Not only do the 99% put up with the ruling 1%; they put them up on their lofty pedestals. The 99% give the 1% their power … If public opinion were ever to turn on any regime, its days would be numbered." The 99 and the 1 [Free Market, January 2012] "We are the 99%!" [...]Luisana Lopilato and the 99% is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (Uncle Sam the Snooper)

Published on 2012-05-11 09:28:16

Our Fake Reality Show HOT: JPMorgan Reportedly Suffered $2 Billion Gross Trading Loss on Synthetic Positions "China City" Getting the Government's Permission to Work Scary Numbers and Data Europe and (Predictably) Failed Fiscal Stimulus John Stossel on liberty and private enterprise "The cost of raising a child from birth to age 17 has surged 25 percent over the last 10 years" The Golden [...]theCL Report (Uncle Sam the Snooper) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Mitt Romney’s Prep School Pranks

Published on 2012-05-10 22:37:22

A shocking revelation about Mitt Romney has been uncovered by one of the regime's premiere house organs, something so shocking it's sure to disrupt the 2012 presidential race. The Washington Post has learned that Mitt Romney was a teenager! The teenage Romney apparently enjoyed pulling pranks too, which included cutting a "presumed" gay student's hair. Oh, [...]Mitt Romney’s Prep School Pranks is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (Do You Feel ‘Secure’ Enough Yet?)

Published on 2012-05-09 14:07:58

Michele Bachmann [tax lawyer by trade] becomes a Swiss citizen Keith Judd, Texas Inmate, Gets 40 Percent Of Votes Against Obama In West Virginia Democratic Primary "Back-scratching, big-government, business-as-usual statists were among the hardest hit" "The NRSC is a corrupt incumbent-protection racket … " Leftist Race-baiters ALEC's Fake "Free Market" Apologists on the Right It's Dangerous When Democrats and Republicans Work [...]theCL Report (Do You Feel ‘Secure’ Enough Yet?) is [..]

theCL Report (You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet)

Published on 2012-05-08 16:53:53

Portland State University Offering 'Revolutionary Marxism,' Course Where Students Work with Occupy Wall Street 'Tortured, terrorised and abused': Shocking new video shows disabled boy strapped down and shocked 31 TIMES at school by his own laughing teachers for SEVEN hours Kids Arrested and Jailed After Cafeteria Food Fight Horrors of State-Run Schools and Schooling Think The US Student Loan [...]theCL Report (You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Hey Ladies … Rule 5 What’Cha Want

Published on 2012-05-08 11:26:35

Adam Yauch, R.I.P. The Beastie Boys: Solid Gold Hits

theCL Report (The Shabby Secret of the Welfare Statists)

Published on 2012-05-07 15:14:56

SUPER HOT: Klein Speaks Truth Before Congress About the Federal Reserve Americans are Broke Because of Government Greed A Nation of Spoiled Brats Employment Dropouts: American Men Bernanke's Zero Rates: a Jelly Donut Scream Junior minors feel heat as regulators crack down over disclosures The Aggregation Fallacy Jim Grant: "The Federal Reserve Is The Vampire Squid Of Vampire Squids" The French think they've [...]theCL Report (The Shabby Secret of the Welfare Statists) is a post from: The Classic [..]

theCL Report (Debt Serfdom)

Published on 2012-05-06 10:29:49

Is America Embracing the 10 Tenets of the Communist Manifesto? Jim Rogers' Warning: Riots Coming To America A Decade of War — for What? Drones, NDAA & Killing of Americans Paints Frightening Scenario The obsession with controlling speech is soaring to unbelievable heights Sex, spies and seven suspicious deaths: The murky waters of the intelligence world Justice Department seeks more than [...]theCL Report (Debt Serfdom) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (Like baboons, elected leaders addicted to power)

Published on 2012-04-30 09:23:16

Ruh-Roh: Watchdog Warns of 'Red Flags' in Gingrich Campaign's Financial Reports The Paul forces are beginning to seize the levers of powers from within state parties Ron Paul supporters dominate Louisiana's Republican presidential caucuses Possible GOP vice presidential nominee comes out of the closet – as a neocon Milwaukee Red Cross Prepared for Evacuees if NATO Summit Disaster Happens The [...]theCL Report (Like baboons, elected leaders addicted to power) is a post from: The Classic Liberal [..]

Think Tanks, Liberty, and Elsa Benitez

Published on 2012-04-29 21:27:35

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "If you really believe that the direction of the country is suicidal, you have to make a decision. You have to decide whether to put your time, money, energy, and hopes in a program of local resistance, or whether to put your time, money, energy, and hopes in a program that will [...]Think Tanks, Liberty, and Elsa Benitez is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

You’re a Lie, Rule 5

Published on 2012-04-28 14:12:47

It's time for some bread, circus, and rockin' Rule 5 with Slash! Slash: Apocalyptic Love Sunday Pinup

Mitt Romney (D-Mass.)

Published on 2012-04-28 01:03:44

With both Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich now out of the race, the controlled and manipulated Republican primary process is basically over, with the official crowning of Mitt Romney as the Republican candidate all that's left. What will conservative voters do? Should they fall in line and vote for the "Etch-a-Sketch" candidate? Ted Lacksonen penned an [...]Mitt Romney (D-Mass.) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (The New World Order’s Money Scam)

Published on 2012-04-27 11:53:07

22 Red Flags That Indicate That Very Serious Doom Is Coming For Global Financial Markets Tarp Overseer Debunks Bailout Myths: Big Companies HAVEN'T Repaid Tarp Funds … And Funds to Help Homeowners HAVEN'T Been Disbursed The New World Order's Money Scam: A Huge Poker Game Peak Housing, Peak Fraud, Peak Suburbia and Peak Property Taxes Student Loan Debt Bubble Student [...]theCL Report (The New World Order’s Money Scam) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (The Degraded Society We’ve Become)

Published on 2012-04-26 11:14:52

The reason people don't like cops. Because 16 intelligence agencies just wasn't enough. Is Big Brother's black box coming to your car? Surveillance State evils Another way to kill US farmers: Seize their bank accounts on phony charges The Duty of the Military in a Militarized Empire Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake Blogging About the Paleo Diet Can Get You Shut Down [...]theCL Report (The Degraded Society We’ve Become) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Isabella, the Wichita Terrorist

Published on 2012-04-25 20:20:15

In their endless quest to humiliate and demean we mere peasants, the TSA harassed and bullied a 4-year old girl who was flying home with her family out of Wichita, Kansas earlier this month. Weeping four-year-old girl accused of carrying a GUN by TSA officers after she hugged her grandmother while passing through security [Four-year-old Isabella] was [...]Isabella, the Wichita Terrorist is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (Sliding Toward a Police State)

Published on 2012-04-23 16:09:24

Why do the federals control 86 percent of Nevada? And why do they want us off it? Ron Paul vs Paul Krugman U.S. Military Personnel Exchange Program-for what purpose? Bank Of America Does Not Believe In The Second Amendment? File Under "I Did Not Know That" Taking After Cheney: Obama and Romney on Executive Power Congressman Proposes Amendment to Strip Most Newspapers, [...]theCL Report (Sliding Toward a Police State) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Amber Lancaster and State Oppression

Published on 2012-04-22 11:42:16

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "In the nineteen years since Waco, we have seen the police state explode in every direction and now we are all ensnared." We're All Branch Davidians Now Nineteen years ago, just outside Waco, Texas, the FBI demonstrated once again that the state at its core is a killing machine. Monarchy, democracy, or republic – [...]Amber Lancaster and State Oppression is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (April 21, 2012)

Published on 2012-04-21 21:10:33

Vermont to Feds: Back Off! Politics is no way to run an economy If The Darkness Descends Barack Obama: Corporatist When Should You Shoot A Cop No Good Cops Go Unpunished When They Stop a Beatdown Amputations and genital injuries increase sharply among soldiers in Afghanistan A Government of Waste The Power of Profit NSA Whistleblower William Binney on Growing State Surveillance If you're not [...]theCL Report (April 21, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (April 19, 2012)

Published on 2012-04-19 20:29:05

Obama Makes Free Speech a Felony One government intervention inevitably leads to more interventions 'The Diary of H. L. Mencken' Dog Lovers Are Now Enemies of the State Gingrich's Secret Service detail likely costing taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars a day Super-Insider Krawcheck Takes Gold Advisory Position Pleading for Obama to 'do something' passes for editorial perspective at Detroit newspaper A [...]theCL Report (April 19, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (April 18, 2012)

Published on 2012-04-18 09:58:24

Putin targets foes with 'zombie' gun which attack victims' central nervous system MSNBC duped: Network runs satirical fake news from Daily Kos as a real story Doomsday dating sites: 'Don't face the future alone' World War 3.0 The Most Transparent Administration Ever™ Gift-card law little more than Trenton money-grab Obama Relies on Debt Collectors Profiting From Student Loan Woe Readying for War? [...]theCL Report (April 18, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (April 16, 2012)

Published on 2012-04-16 15:07:40

What's Sheila Bair smokin'? "Under my plan, each American household could borrow $10 million from the Fed at zero interest." Baum v. Krugman, Mankiw, Bernanke and Company The Nationalizations Begin: Argentina Takes Over Oil And Gas Producer YPF Obama's "Free-Trade Pact" Is the Opposite of Free Trade 1 out of 4 Americans employed work in jobs that pay less [...]theCL Report (April 16, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Top 10 Posts (April 14, 2012)

Published on 2012-04-15 11:13:46

Last week's Top 10 posts. Top 10 Posts (week ending April 14, 2012) To Protect and Conserve with Mena Suvari Definition of Individual Rights After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? How Theodore Roosevelt Changed America 3's & 7's & Rule 5 What Is The State? Conservative: What is a Neocon? Hot Women Know the State is Different The White (Goldman Sachs) House Who is Maurice [...]Top 10 Posts (April 14, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Sweden’s Gender-Neutral ‘Hen’

Published on 2012-04-14 15:52:18

Sweden is attempting to banish gender altogether. No, really. You can't make this stuff up. The land of already 'confusing' gender-neutral preschool has now added a gender-neutral pronoun to its National Encyclopedia: 'Hen' (pronounced like the English word for a female chicken). Sweden's New Gender-Neutral Pronoun: Hen [Sweden] has the highest proportion of working women in the world, [...]Sweden’s Gender-Neutral ‘Hen’ is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Loose Money & Fettered People with Katrina Bowden

Published on 2012-04-14 10:24:30

It's Rule 5 Saturday! "[E]asy money leads to the impoverishment of the middle and lower classes and an increase in government dependence. How can anyone who has come to depend on his government for his livelihood feel empowered to demand that the same government allow him the freedom that he thinks he deserves?" From Loose Money to [...]Loose Money & Fettered People with Katrina Bowden is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

It’s Rule 5, Make Some Noise!

Published on 2012-04-13 10:10:07

It's time for some bread and circus … Oh, and some Rule 5! Beastie Boys: Make Some Noise Yes, here we go again, give you more, nothing lesser Back on the mic is the anti-depresser Ad-Rock, no pressure, yes we need this The best is yet to come and yes, believe this Leggo my Eggo while I flex my ego Stepped [...]It’s Rule 5, Make Some Noise! is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (April 12, 2012)

Published on 2012-04-12 11:12:20

America's Debt Bomb: Worse Than Europe's Never Underestimate a Broke, Desperate Government Recovery – Who are We Kidding? When Government Safety Nets Break Alert: Canada to Issue Digital Money A Piece of Grant's mind Contra Bernanke on the Gold Standard Video: T. Boone Pickens says he "Lost his a*** " in the wind business Thou Shalt Speak No Evil of the Fed, [...]theCL Report (April 12, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (April 09, 2012)

Published on 2012-04-09 13:27:55

Vampire, Zombie Economics Enliven Political Discourse Did JPMorgan Pop The Student Loan Bubble? Energy Dept. offers prize to create mobile apps that already exist James Grant vs. The Fed European bank bailout looks more and more like a pyramid scheme The suffocation of unsustainable global debt Illinois Admits $83 Billion in Pension Liabilities Mussolini Style Retirement Plan Headed Your Way Another video all [...]theCL Report (April 09, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

To Protect and Conserve with Mena Suvari

Published on 2012-04-07 23:01:38

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than for what they possess in common with others." To Protect and Conserve Texas ranchers are doing more for animal conservation than animal-rights groups, because they allow animals to be hunted and killed [...]To Protect and Conserve with Mena Suvari is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (April 06, 2012)

Published on 2012-04-06 22:44:23

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Part 2 You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Part 3 Is Bernanke Prepping the Banksters for QE3? Moving Parts London Trader - Fed's Global War Against Gold Escalating Why Printing Money is Immoral, Value Subjectivism and Monetary Instability Jim Rogers "I Will Buy More" Gold – Still Long Term Bullish Egan-Jones Cuts U.S. Rating One Step [...]theCL Report (April 06, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (April 05, 2012)

Published on 2012-04-05 10:55:02

Gasoline Prices Are Not Rising, the Dollar Is Falling The Fed's Con Appears To Be Working But The Curtain Is Rising On The Third Act Europe's central bank looks in vain for growth The U.K. Is Not O.K. Bleat Bleat: The Media And Obama's Disingenuous BS Bernanke and the Banksters "You're not stabilizing the market. You're creating more chaos." The Second Foreclosure [...]theCL Report (April 05, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Repulican Strategery

Published on 2012-04-04 23:08:45

Bill Quick asks, "Can I Possibly Gag Down this Shit Sandwich?" [W]ould you stop reading DP if I said I was going to vote for Romney, even though I know damned well that I'm falling prey to the eternal GOP ruling class scam, "Vote for our shit sandwich, he's not quite as bad as the Democrat [...]Repulican Strategery is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (April 02, 2012)

Published on 2012-04-02 15:49:06

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet Geithner Wants To Get Rid of Physical Currency (Better Tracking) Cashless: The Coming War on Tax-Evasion and Decentralized Money Financial Repression? America's book of secrets Massive $17 Trillion Hole Found In Obamacare The Endless Spending Spree Welcome to Year Five in the Crazy House Gasoline Prices Approach Highest Ever; Who is to Blame? Outrageous Forced Contracts Could Become Legal [...]theCL Report (April 02, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

3′s & 7′s & Rule 5

Published on 2012-04-02 11:36:28

Bread, Circus, & Rule 5! Queens of the Stone Age: 3's & 7's Sunday Pinup

Top 10 Posts (March 31, 2012)

Published on 2012-04-01 20:06:52

Top 10 posts from last week. Top 10 Posts (week ending March 31, 2012) Killing and Reviving the American Dream with Marisa Miller Lucy Pinder and the Road to Serfdom Chamber of Corporatism with Kim Smith How Theodore Roosevelt Changed America American Patriotism After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? Public Enemy No. 1 (Rule 5) Conservative: What is a Neocon? Watered-Down Marxism with Monica [...]Top 10 Posts (March 31, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

America Hates Congress, So What?

Published on 2012-04-01 11:10:44

The American people don't like Congress very much, not even a little. So what does this tell us about the current presidential race? Prominent opinion makers have been complaining about the "weak field" of candidates in the 2012 Republican presidential contest since it began. From George W. Bush to the Tea Party, there's lots of blame [...]America Hates Congress, So What? is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Holly Weber, Hank Hill and the Bureaucrats

Published on 2012-04-01 10:28:48

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "If an entrepreneur held a press conference and told his customers that they need to quit complaining and learn to accept lower-quality products, he would go bankrupt overnight; but with government it is always about making the tax-slave citizens sacrifice and suffer, and about using violent force against those who refuse." Hank Hill [...]Holly Weber, Hank Hill and the Bureaucrats is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (March 30, 2012)

Published on 2012-03-30 15:43:50

Obama: Raising taxes on oil companies will lower gas prices for consumers The Creeping Price Inflation (While Bernanke dines for free) Demand for U.S. Debt Is Not Limitless The US government's war on cash Liberals Lovin' on Corporate Welfare Health Care Mandates v. Pizza Toppings Detroit's Leaders to Michigan: Give Us the Money and Get Lost An Aging, Bankrupt Empire Rand Paul Challenges [...]theCL Report (March 30, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Schools Ban Best Friends – Why?

Published on 2012-03-30 00:48:38

British school teachers are banning children from having best friends while encouraging them to "play in large groups" instead. That's right kids, no BFF for you! Schools ban children making best friends TEACHERS are banning schoolkids from having best pals — so they don't get upset by fall-outs. Educational psychologist Gaynor Sbuttoni said the policy has been used [...]Schools Ban Best Friends – Why? is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (March 28, 2012)

Published on 2012-03-28 13:22:54

Is the UK Government about to Launch a Gold Buying Program? It's Official - The Fed Is Now Buying European Government Bonds The Ryan Budget – Aim Small, Miss Big Gasoline Price Hits Record $4.67 in Chicago 10 Reasons Why The Reign Of The Dollar As The World Reserve Currency Is About To Come To An End Market-Crushing Treasury Collapse To [...]theCL Report (March 28, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (March 26, 2012)

Published on 2012-03-26 00:04:45

Money Supply booming, seeds of the next Greater Recession Stress Test – FHA Bernanke's Deep Understanding Property Tax Revolution in North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan; It's Our Home Not Theirs! Inflation in the Cost of Corruption Mortgage Rates Start to Climb The worm eating the heart out of everything is the Federal Reserve. MFer Global: Clawbacks AND Handcuffs NOW! Will a tax tsunami sink the [...]theCL Report (March 26, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Top 10 Posts (March 24, 2012)

Published on 2012-03-25 12:02:04

Top 10 posts from last week. Top 10 Posts (week ending March 24, 2012) Definition of Individual Rights Watered-Down Marxism with Monica Keena After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? How Theodore Roosevelt Changed America American Patriotism The White (Goldman Sachs) House Why the Federal Reserve Demands Control of Money Part 2 What Has Government Done to the Dollar? Why the Federal Reserve Demands Control [...]Top 10 Posts (March 24, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Chamber of Corporatism with Kim Smith

Published on 2012-03-25 11:14:05

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "It doesn't take a tremendous amount of insight to see that 'free enterprise' is for the Chamber of Commerce nothing more than a talking point for press conferences." Chamber of Corporatism Recently, the US Chamber of Commerce claimed through its spokesman that it supports candidates who support "free enterprise policies that will fuel America's [...]Chamber of Corporatism with Kim Smith is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (March 24, 2012)

Published on 2012-03-24 10:03:12

China and Saudi are Butt Buddies The Ascendence of Sociopaths in US Governance "We Are This Far From A Turnkey Totalitarian State" - Big Brother Goes Live September 2013 Jim Rogers: Why You Want To Own Hard Assets In An Age Of Inflation Fitch Downgrades Detroit Credit Ratings Even Further FedEx Lowers Outlook Due to Tepid Economic Growth Uncle Gary's Bedtime [...]theCL Report (March 24, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Meet Your Elites: Dick Scaife

Published on 2012-03-23 16:30:40

In my last post in this series, I delved into the background of Robert Mueller, who was educated in an exclusive prep school, and came from a family in "high" standing. While rummaging through the society page clippings of yesteryear, I found that two of the people who were in attendance of Mr. Meuller's inlaws' [...]Meet Your Elites: Dick Scaife is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Reefer Madness

Published on 2012-03-13 23:42:31

When Pat Robertson, the founder and chairman of The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Inc., declares the nation "has gone overboard on this concept of being tough on crime" and advocates legalizing marijuana, you know the tide of public opinion has changed. Lest we be captured and led astray by this wave of popular opinion, let us [...]Reefer Madness is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (March 12, 2012)

Published on 2012-03-12 14:20:52

Ron Paul: Unemployment rate is 'probably closer to 20 percent' Unprecedented Jobs Crisis Jobs Report The Biggest Debt Write-Down In Human History The Chinese Start to Spend the Dollars They Have Collected Student loans seen as potential 'next debt bomb' for U.S. economy Financial Repression Has Come Back to Stay Recovery? What Recovery? Collapse Coming–Not Recovery Why China Is Dumping The Dollar - And [...]theCL Report (March 12, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Politics and the Generation Gap

Published on 2012-03-11 14:33:21

As someone born in the tail end of Gen X, I can't help but notice a few things as we talk current events. For one thing, my level of cynicism is much, much higher than those boomers who follow politics. Why is this? Well, besides having a pathological liar in my family, it would probably [...]Politics and the Generation Gap is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Top 10 Posts (March 10, 2012)

Published on 2012-03-11 12:09:35

The Top 10 posts from last week. Top 10 Posts (week ending March 10, 2012) How Anyone Can Get Anything Past TSA Scanners After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? Definition of Individual Rights Timothy Geithner Subpoena: May Face Criminal Charges Rachel McAdams On Evil Acts How Theodore Roosevelt Changed America American Patriotism What Is The State? Why Bad Men Rule with Teri Polo What Has [...]Top 10 Posts (March 10, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

The State Is a Harsh Mistress with Holly Valance

Published on 2012-03-11 11:02:16

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "But without the state, I don't understand how aerospace will progress, and I like space a lot!" The State Is a Harsh Mistress When I mention that I believe that it is not the proper role of government to subsidize research in space technology, the looks I receive from my fellow aerospace engineering classmates [...]The State Is a Harsh Mistress with Holly Valance is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (March 10, 2012)

Published on 2012-03-09 23:02:31

Former Treasury Secretary Disses the Dollar Gallup Reports Large Jump in Unemployment to 9.1%, Underemployment to 19.1% U.S. bankruptcies up 19% in a month Poverty In America: A Special Report Govt. sets record deficit in February Cause, Effect & the Fallacy of a Return to Normalcy How to Get a Job According to Movies Why Buy the Cow? Likely Fiscal and Monetary [...]theCL Report (March 10, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

How Anyone Can Get Anything Past TSA Scanners

Published on 2012-03-07 16:01:49

Too funny! Blogger and civil rights advocate Jonathan Corbett proves that the TSA's naked body scanners provide nothing more than expensive and intrusive security theater. � For a transcript of the video go here: $1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog — How Anyone Can Get Anything Past The Scanners. � Hey, at least former Homeland [...]How Anyone Can Get Anything Past TSA Scanners is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (March 06, 2012)

Published on 2012-03-06 13:34:01

How Does Anybody Make a Living These Days? DAVID STOCKMAN: You'd Be A Fool To Hold Anything But Cash Now Why Stimulus Fails Uncle Sam spends in one day what all 2012 campaigns will cost The Real Victims in the Patent Wars What the Greek Rescue is Really About Spinning class anyone? Buffett's Bursting Bubble Unlocking Entrepreneurial Forces: States Can Spark Business Creation, [...]theCL Report (March 06, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Top 10 Posts (March 03, 2012)

Published on 2012-03-04 22:46:46

Top 10 posts last week. Top 10 Posts (week ending March 3, 2012) After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? Definition of Individual Rights Lucy Pinder and the Road to Serfdom Timothy Geithner Subpoena: May Face Criminal Charges Achieving Results with Paula Patton How Theodore Roosevelt Changed America Conservative: What is a Neocon? Give Me Control of a Nation’s Money … America's Debt Crisis United States [...]Top 10 Posts (March 03, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Rachel McAdams On Evil Acts

Published on 2012-03-04 11:04:21

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "What guarantee do we have that the people who run the state will be less evil than those who are run by the state?" On Evil Acts April 19, 2007 Events such as the massacre at Virginia Tech set off national discussions on the problem of evil. There are two aspects to this: moral and [...]Rachel McAdams On Evil Acts is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (March 04, 2012)

Published on 2012-03-04 10:04:12

Is the U.S. losing faith in its own dollar? The Decline and Fall of the Roman Denarius Forget the CPI, real inflation is 8% The Fed Goes Political Inflation Is a Tax and the Federal Reserve Is Taxing the Living Daylights Out of Us Serious Evidence of Developing Price Inflation Is the U.S. losing faith in its own dollar? "Somebody's Stealing Wealth" Cheating [...]theCL Report (March 04, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

People Get Ready for Rule 5

Published on 2012-03-03 12:21:45

Bread, Circus, & Rule 5! Jeff Beck with Joss Stone: People Get Ready... Live at Ronnie Scott's People get ready, there's a train a comin' You don't need no baggage, you just get on board All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin' Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord Sunday Pinup���Rule 5���Paula Patton Danica Patrick���"Hot and Dumb"���Josie [...]People Get Ready for Rule 5 is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Timothy Geithner Subpoena: May Face Criminal Charges

Published on 2012-03-01 14:00:48

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has been subpoenaed again to testify at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Affairs about the $182.3 billion bailout of American International Group Inc.(AIG). Emails obtained by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) indicate that then-president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, Timothy Geithner, instructed AIG to withhold key [...]Timothy Geithner Subpoena: May Face Criminal Charges is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?

Published on 2012-02-29 23:48:55

The Journal of Medical Ethics recently published a paper by Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva, two ethicists who argue that infanticide, or what they call "after-birth abortion," should be permissible, even if the baby is perfectly healthy. After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to [...]After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (February 29, 2012)

Published on 2012-02-29 00:12:16

Ethicists argue for the killing of newborn babies as a logical extension of abortion. Jim Rogers: Only Ron Paul Gets It The Politics of Unemployment Is North Korea "stimulating" the world economy? Guess who folded now? President Obama's Corporate Tax Reform Rearranges the Deck Chairs on the Titanic What Would Money Look Like If We "Ended The Fed?" Hoh Hoh -- Coburn [...]theCL Report (February 29, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

America’s Debt Crisis

Published on 2012-02-28 14:07:53

After issuing $32 billion of new 2-year bonds last Tuesday, the U.S. debt to GDP ratio hit 101%. Quietly. I guess the mainstream media was too busy arguing over contraceptives to bother reporting that we're on the road to Greece. Oh, and surprise! The "federal government [will most likely] hit the debt ceiling sooner than expected." Sweet, [...]America’s Debt Crisis is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Top 10 Posts (February 25, 2012)

Published on 2012-02-27 09:13:22

Here's the 10 most popular posts from last week. Top 10 Posts (February 19 - 25, 2012) Texas Kindergarteners Learn Chant About President Barack Obama Definition of Individual Rights How Theodore Roosevelt Changed America Lucy Pinder and the Road to Serfdom Social Responsibility with Doutzen Kroes Conservative: What is a Neocon? American Patriotism Creepy Bill Gates Population Control Video What Is The State? Are Fascists Right-Wing? Thank [...]Top 10 Posts (February 25, 2012) is a post from: [..]

theCL Report (February 26, 2012)

Published on 2012-02-26 20:26:12

Geithner: 'Privilege of Being an American' Is Why Rich Need Higher Taxes New Report on GOP Primary Contenders Says Only Ron Paul Would Reduce the Federal Debt $200 oil coming as central banks go CTRL+P happy President Obama's Corporate Tax Reform Rearranges the Deck Chairs on the Titanic What Would Money Look Like If We "Ended The Fed?" Hoh Hoh [...]theCL Report (February 26, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Achieving Results with Paula Patton

Published on 2012-02-26 12:29:18

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "We serve students poorly when we teach them that if only they try, they will succeed. Trying is necessary but not sufficient for success in a competitive business environment." Don't Just Try He stood in front of my desk, fidgeting, and avoiding eye contact. This was a necessary but not pleasant conversation. "Look," I said, [...]Achieving Results with Paula Patton is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (February 22, 2012)

Published on 2012-02-22 10:36:06

Highways to Hell The $4 trillion fraud It's for the Kids: Buffalo Teachers Receive Free Plastic Surgery Motel owner faces asset forfeiture despite innocence A Tale Of Financial Fascism Anomic Breakdown: Struggling Greeks losing belief in the state A few ways that governments distort food markets The Student Loan Debt System The Real US Military Budget: $1 Trillion Number of Americans no longer looking for [...]theCL Report (February 22, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (February 20, 2012)

Published on 2012-02-19 23:40:26

An Elitist Friend of Gold to Leave World Bank Dollar and America on the Road to Ruin Moody's Places America's Biggest Banks Under Review Germany Draws Up Plans for Greece to Leave Euro; Athens Rehearses the Nightmare of Default; Merkel's Denial Rings Hollow 20 Things We Can Learn About The Future Of America From The Death Of Detroit Price & [...]theCL Report (February 20, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Rule 5 Speak

Published on 2012-02-19 16:40:45

Bread, Circus, & Rule 5 Sunday! Godsmack: "Speak" Free? You better love me And Hide or runaway from all your yesterday's Speak the truth, or make your peace some other way Ah Yeah, Yeah I never knew, but I believe that your trust in me Oh, speak to me In way beyond your controlling mind (mind) And no more believing in all your precious lies Yeah Speak [...]Rule 5 Speak is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Top 10 Posts (February 18, 2012)

Published on 2012-02-19 11:44:05

Please enjoy the 10 most popular posts from last week. Top 10 Posts (February 12 - 18, 2012) Definition of Individual Rights Lucy Pinder and the Road to Serfdom Mob Worship with Susan Coffey How Theodore Roosevelt Changed America American Patriotism What If The Government Feared Us? Who is Maurice Strong? Rule 5 And Tequila How Woodrow Wilson Changed America What Is The State? Thank you! Thank [...]Top 10 Posts (February 18, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Social Responsibility with Doutzen Kroes

Published on 2012-02-19 11:37:19

It's Rule 5 Sunday! "A free society cannot survive without entrepreneurial action as well as entrepreneurial profit and loss." Profits Are Socially Responsible Back in 1997 Gregory Bresiger penned a piece for the Free Market tearing apart the notion of "socially responsible investing" (SRI). Managers focused on social issues instead of profits will perform poorly as resources are [...]Social Responsibility with Doutzen Kroes is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (February 17, 2012)

Published on 2012-02-17 09:20:59

The Downward Spiral Continues Bad Week For Freedom Globalist Troika driving Greece towards violent revolution IMF's disastrous neo-Keynesianism is 'groovy idea' Says TNR The Long Arm Of Uncle Sam Just Got Longer Armageddon at the strip mall Switzerland under siege Why Are Record Numbers Of Young Adults Jobless And Living At Home With Mom And Dad? Déjà vu on the greatest food stamp [...]theCL Report (February 17, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Texas Kindergarteners Learn Chant About President Barack Obama

Published on 2012-02-16 17:51:39

Kindergarteners at Tipps Elementary in Houston, Texas, are "required" to learn a pro-Obama chant (under the guise of Black History Month). Creepy. Like straight out of North Korea creepy. Kindergarteners Learn 'Yes We Can' Obama Song at Tipps Elemntary School in Texas Kindergarteners at a Texas elementary school were sent home with lyrics to a pro-President Barack Obama [...]Texas Kindergarteners Learn Chant About President Barack Obama is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

What If The Government Feared Us?

Published on 2012-02-15 15:21:26

Judge Andrew Napolitano's short-lived show "Freedom Watch" was a breath of fresh air in an otherwise suffocating environment of partisan party talking-points. It will certainly be missed. Instead of arguing over Democratic and Republican government-centric "solutions," pogroms against x, and/or other gossip-mongering trivial nonsense, Judge Napolitano put you first by asking the questions that matter. Questions [...]What If The Government Feared Us? is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Babysitting While White

Published on 2012-02-14 20:05:12

Is there any limit to the busybody meddling of bureaucrats and their armed enforcers? Me, APD, and 'Babysitting While White,' Part Deux A few years back Grits posed the question, "Is babysitting while white reasonable suspicion for police questioning?" after my granddaughter and I were detained and questioned at length in my neighborhood on suspicion of some [...]Babysitting While White is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

theCL Report (February 13, 2012)

Published on 2012-02-13 13:58:10

Mark Steyn Says America Is on Its Way to Armageddon The Fed is Engineering Obama's Re-Election Campaign Tinkerbell Economics – The Confidence Fairy, Pixie Dust and a Sleeping Dragon An Adult Approach - I What If We're Beyond Mere Policy Tweaks? Has Joe Stiglitz Gone Rogue on the Banksters? The King Dollar Party? Iran presses ahead with dollar attack There's a Fire? [...]theCL Report (February 13, 2012) is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Best Read (06/26 – 07/02/2011)

Published on 2011-07-05 16:50:43

The 10 best read posts from last week. July 4th "Independence Day" History Statists at the Grocery Store with Jennifer Hawkins Loose Rule 5 Buttons Iraq War Veteran Shot Dead in Cold Blood Creepy Bill Gates Population Control Video American Patrioti

Economics, Politics, News (07/05/11)

Published on 2011-07-05 11:38:14

Ex-SEC Chair Chris Cox Buys $5.4 Million House T-Minus Two Months Until The $500 Billion Rolling Debt Ticking Timebomb Goes Off Default in the Future Battered-Homeowner Syndrome "This Is As Serious As It Gets" Helicopter Money Protectors of the Publi

America’s War Culture: Commander-in-Chief Idolatry

Published on 2011-07-01 14:13:11

Old Right conservative giant Robert A. Nisbet, often warned that aggrandizement of war and the military would, in fact, could only result in societal decay and the centralization of power. And as you'll hopefully see by the end of the post, Nisbet's

The War on the Constitution

Published on 2011-06-30 18:59:27

Supposedly, the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land" in these United States. I say "supposedly," because I haven't seen it get in the way of either ruling party in Washington, DC, since the day I was born. Reviewing our history, it's obvious

Loose Rule 5 Buttons

Published on 2011-06-29 19:33:18

Better late than never ... The Pussycat Dolls: Buttons I'm telling you to loosen up my buttons babe But you keep frontin' Sayin' what you gon' do to me But I ain't seen nuttin' I'm telling you to loosen up my buttons babe But you keep frontin' Say

Economics, Politics, News (06/29/11)

Published on 2011-06-29 15:37:28

United States of Denial Prepare To Be Skinned Bernankenstein's Monster More Bad News for the US Dollar's Reserve Currency Status Per Household Annual Deficit Exceeds US Income Unforgiven - Part Five The California Dream is fizzling out Ron Paul wants

Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature

Published on 2011-06-28 12:07:12

Here's another essential Rothbardian weapon for your intellectual arsenal which demolishes the "conventional wisdom" that says government policy should promote "equality" in outcome and condition. As Rothbard argues successfully, equality of this sor

Statists at the Grocery Store with Jennifer Hawkins

Published on 2011-06-27 13:55:30

It’s Rule 5 Monday! Conversation at a Grocery Store As I was leaving our neighborhood grocery store, I was met by two college-age women who told me that they were working for Greenpeace, and would like to have my support. "To do what?," I asked. "T

Best Read (06/19 – 06/25/2011)

Published on 2011-06-26 09:36:48

I'm a little behind on this week's Rule 5 posts, so in the meantime, make sure to check out the Sunday Pinup over at the Pirate's Cove. The 10 best read posts from last week. Brittany Daniel Learns the Truth about the State A line has been crossed.

Standing at the Crossroads

Published on 2011-06-24 22:39:00

Normally I like to add commentary of some sort, but in this case, Chuck Moon more than says it all. Please take the time to read what he has to say. Then read it again. BATTLE CRY By Chuck Moon Today we are standing at the crossroads. Behind us is th

The Making of a Popstar

Published on 2011-06-24 17:09:29

A 16-year-old girl from just north of Tokyo, Aimi Eguchi, is now the biggest pop sensation in Japan. Teenagers just can't get enough of their new flawless pop idol either. But wait a minute, is Aimi Eguchi even real? Is This Girl Real or Virtual? [W]

FTC Names Foreign National to Senior Post

Published on 2011-06-24 12:11:57

Former Chief Economist of the United Kingdom's Competition Commission (UKCC), Dr. Alison Oldale, has been appointed to the position of Deputy Director for Antitrust in the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Go ahead and read t

Economics, Politics, News (06/23/11)

Published on 2011-06-23 18:10:28

Stockman: Warns on U.S. "Bond Armageddon"; First Default Could Be to IMF Retirement As We Know it Is "Dead" Why 2011 is much worse than 2008 Buy Food! PIMCO Founder To Deficit-Obsessed Congress: Get Back To Reality It's Time to Call It a Failure Robe

Rage on the Left: Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

Published on 2011-06-22 21:39:45

The Montgomery, Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), has quite a racket going on. Now, they don't practice poverty law as their name suggests, but they do spread hate, and lots of it too. In the name of the almighty dollar, the SPLC will

Do You Hate the State?

Published on 2011-06-21 20:28:27

The following is one of my all-time favorite Murray Rothbard essays. Yes. It's difficult to pick favorites out of Rothbard's vast treasure trove of writings, but some of them sure do stand out. I particularly like how he addresses "gradual" and/or "p

Economics, Politics, News (06/21/11)

Published on 2011-06-21 11:14:02

The Handbook of Human Ownership: A Manual for New Tax Farmers 12 Things That The Mainstream Media Is Being Strangely Quiet About Right Now Modern Day Enslavement Battle lines drawn for a eurozone debt war The Day of Reckoning for the West The Truth a

A line has been crossed.

Published on 2011-06-19 11:04:08

It's long past time. We either deal with the system we have, or start waiving the white flag. Because pretending we still live in "the land of the free," that it's "recovery summer," or any other such nonsense spread by the two monopoly party system

Best Read (06/12 – 06/18/2011)

Published on 2011-06-19 09:26:55

The 10 best read posts from last week. Bilderberg 2011 Rule 5 Rabiosa Department of Education SWAT Raid? Irina Shayk, FDR and the Collectivist Wave Creepy Bill Gates Population Control Video Jon Stewart on Sarah Palin Email Scandal Conspiracy Theory

Brittany Daniel Learns the Truth about the State

Published on 2011-06-18 15:51:43

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! How I Learned the Truth about the State I'll never forget my last visit to lovely Hinesville, Georgia. For it was there that I learned a valuable lesson, one I shall never forget: in a police state, we're all criminals. Think

Rule 5. So Hott!

Published on 2011-06-18 11:09:55

This week's bread and circus for the masses ... So Hott! Kid Rock: So Hott! Sunday Pinup���Rule 5 Sunday���Irina Shayk Karrisa Shannon���Sophie Monk���Lady Gaga Adrianne Palicki��

2011 Bilderberg Plot

Published on 2011-06-17 14:12:25

Does the Bilderberg Group secretly run the world? No. But that sure doesn't mean they're not trying. The Bilderberg Group is one of the most influential organizations in the world. Similar to the Davos economic forum and G8 summit, the annual Bilderb

Economics, Politics, News (06/16/11)

Published on 2011-06-16 12:51:59

Debating the Patriot Act Texas vs. TSA Domestic Surveillance Targets Political Activists A Tale Of Two Search Warrants Rights Under Assault in Texas How the military and the civilian are blurring in Washington "You Can No Longer Think of Yourselves a

Conspiracy Theory

Published on 2011-06-15 16:21:24

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum — even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that th

Jon Stewart on Sarah Palin Email Scandal

Published on 2011-06-14 09:59:21

Jon Stewart nailed it on The Daily Show last night discussing the Sarah Palin email scandal, er, uh, dump. Of the incredibly important, urgent details regarding Sarah Palin's emails as reported by our very super serious intellectual mainstream media

Best Read (06/05 – 06/11/2011)

Published on 2011-06-14 08:40:33

The 10 best read posts from last week. (Yes, still catching up on slow posting from last week. ) How Bad Do Things Have To Get? San Antonio Cop Executes Eighth Grader Department of Education SWAT Raid? Don’t Let Them Immanentize the Eschaton! N

Irina Shayk, FDR and the Collectivist Wave

Published on 2011-06-14 01:49:39

It’s Rule 5 Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday! FDR and the Collectivist Wave [The Future of Freedom Foundation (2001). An MP3 audio file of this article, narrated by Nathaniel Foote, is available for download.] In granting official diplomatic recognit

FBI Gets New Domestic Investigation Powers

Published on 2011-06-13 15:42:40

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is granting its some 14,000 agents vast new powers to snoop on American citizens "proactively" and without any evidence whatsoever for suspecting criminal behavior. F.B.I. Agents Get Leeway to Push Privacy Bo

Bilderberg 2011

Published on 2011-06-12 22:45:21

Members of the Bilderberg Group - the wealthiest, most powerful, most influential people in the world - wrapped up their infamous annual secret conference in St. Moritz, Switzerland today. So, what exactly, are the global elite up to? Bilderberg is a

Rule 5 Rabiosa

Published on 2011-06-12 10:02:04

Rule 5 circus with a stripper pole ... Shakira: Sale El Sol You've got too much of that sex appeal Don't play around because I'm for real You see that road isn't meant for me You know I want you amarrao aqui Oye papi If you like it mocha Come get a

Economics, Politics, News (06/11/11)

Published on 2011-06-11 14:06:20

If Republicans Are Serious about Deficit Reduction They’ll End the War on Drugs Legalizing Drugs Is The Morally Correct Thing To Do It's not Skynet but Obama has indeed created The Rise Of The Machines NASA has an undercover SWAT team? Florida Cops

“We,” the State

Published on 2011-06-11 12:19:34

Certain words and phrases that have entered America's political lexicon over the years, illustrate all to well our collective betrayal of our founding revolutionary ancestors. The two of these I most abhor are "we" and "leadership." First of all, a f

Department of Education SWAT Raid?

Published on 2011-06-09 14:08:08

How crazy do things have to get before the mass of American people awaken from their slumber and finally realize that the United States no longer represents the "land of the free?" The story of Kenneth Wright, a California father who was dragged from

“Are you better off than you were four years ago?”

Published on 2011-06-08 11:15:52

On October 28, 1980, then presidential candidate Ronald Reagan famously asked, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" At the time, "official" numbers measuring the economy showed inflation at 9.7%, unemployment at 7.5%, and per-capita dis

National Socialism with Candice Swanepoel

Published on 2011-06-06 13:47:17

It’s Rule 5 Saturday Sunday Monday! National Socialism In 1944, Ludwig von Mises published one of his least-known masterworks: Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War. Drawing on his prewar experience in Vienna, watching th

Best Read (05/29 – 06/04/2011)

Published on 2011-06-05 10:26:28

The 10 best read posts from last week. How Bad Do Things Have To Get? Department of Homeland Security 'Pre-Crime' Scan for 'Malintent' San Antonio Cop Executes Eighth Grader UN Warns of Possible "Collapse" of US Dollar Jose Guerena Murdered by SWAT

Rule 5 Ooh La La

Published on 2011-06-05 09:49:48

A little Rule 5 bread and circus for ya ... Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: Paris (Ooh La La) You got me down on the floor So what'd you bring me down here for? You got me down on the floor So what'd you bring me down here for? If I was a man I'

America’s Imperial Presidency Problem

Published on 2011-06-03 15:15:44

The Cato Institute's Gene Healy put together a three-part series that you absolutely must read. Excerpts are provided below. Click through to read the whole thing. Even more important however, each and every American must read Healy's book "The Cult

Does America Now Qualify as a Police State?

Published on 2011-06-03 12:11:26

Day after day we witness state agents violently beat, kidnap, and kill our brothers and sisters. Day after day we experience the state's ever-encroaching presence in our lives. Yet we obediently sit, staring like deer caught in headlights, while poli

How Bad Do Things Have To Get?

Published on 2011-06-02 22:08:21

How bad do things have to get before you do something? Do they have to take away all your property? Do they have to license every activity that you want to engage in? Do they have to start throwing you on cattle cars before you say "now wait a minute

Economics, Politics, News (06/02/11)

Published on 2011-06-02 12:13:40

U.S. economy: Manufacturing slowdown the latest sign the recovery is faltering GM, Ford, Toyota Sales Fall on Higher Gas Prices Home prices hit new bottom "There’s another old saying, Senator: Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining."

Department of Homeland Security ‘Pre-Crime’ Scan for ‘Malintent’

Published on 2011-05-31 15:06:21

The Department of Homeland Security has been testing new technology that allegedly can "predict" whether or not you're about to commit a crime. This dystopian project is called Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). Using special cameras and s

The Gangland Beating of Jordan Miles

Published on 2011-05-30 13:58:33

The United States has reached a turning point. With the PATRIOT Act enduring, we find ourselves "living in an occupied country" ... learning to embrace statism as our new national ideology. Police get paid vacations and overtime for gangland-style be

One

Published on 2011-05-30 08:39:13

The cerebrum has suffered massive and reparable damage You never know what has happened to him If I have not been sure of this, I would not have permitted him to live Where am I? Father, what happened? I need help What is democracy? What is democracy

Best Read (05/22 – 05/28/2011)

Published on 2011-05-29 22:06:31

The 10 best read posts from last week. The Mysterious Herman Cain Jose Guerena Murdered by SWAT San Antonio Cop Executes Eighth Grader Iraq War Veteran Shot Dead in Cold Blood Fascism, Communism, Classical Liberalism, and Hayden Panettiere UN Warns

Freedom Is Slavery with Esti Ginzburg

Published on 2011-05-29 09:19:32

It’s Rule 5 Saturday Sunday! Freedom Is Slavery Original publication date: March 9, 1953. An MP3 audio file of this article, read by Floy Lilley, is available for download. One of the most remarkable features of our age is the propensity toward cha

The Rule 5 Outsider

Published on 2011-05-28 14:24:06

Boy, oh boy, serious technical problems here at the Classic Lib 2 Fridays in a row ... I sure could use some circus. Some Rule 5 circus, that is! A Perfect Circle: The Outsider Help me if you can It's just that this, this is not the way I'm wired So

VIDEO of Jose Guerena Shooting

Published on 2011-05-27 12:26:18

Here's the video of the Pima County SWAT Raid on Iraq war veteran Jose Guerena. Post will be updated with more information in just a little bit. VIDEO of Jose Guerena Shooting is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog VIDEO of Jose Guerena Shooting i

UN Warns of Possible “Collapse” of US Dollar

Published on 2011-05-26 18:03:29

Even the global governance intelligentsia are starting to warn of US dollar doom. UN sees risk of crisis of confidence in U.S. dollar The United Nations warned on Wednesday of a possible crisis of confidence in, and even a "collapse" of, the U.S. dol

San Antonio Cop Executes Eighth Grader

Published on 2011-05-26 12:46:16

A childish scuffle turned deadly in San Antonio, TX, when a Northside Independent School District (NISD) police officer shot and killed a 14-year-old student last year (Friday, November 10, 2010, about 4:30pm). Derek Lopez, a troubled 14-year old and

Liberty Energized!

Published on 2011-05-25 17:48:46

Whether conservatives ultimately garner the political will to change the way Washington works or not, really comes down to how they view government. Are conservatives serious about affecting genuine change, as in championing the message of liberty ar

Jose Guerena Murdered by SWAT

Published on 2011-05-25 12:12:08

After he survived two combat tours in Iraq, 26-year old former U.S. Marine, Jose Guerena, was slaughtered in his own home ... by the regime he fought to protect. On May 5, five armed thugs invaded Guerena's home, firing at least 71 shots in the first

G8 Internet Summit and Unfavorable Online Media

Published on 2011-05-24 11:28:18

The Masters of the Universe and Lords of Global Governance got together in Paris recently for a so-called e-G8 summit, hoping to advance plans for creating global Internet "rules." We mere mundanes, you see, just have way too much freedom. Key Intern

Economics, Politics, News (05/24/11)

Published on 2011-05-24 00:08:38

If You Want Solutions, First Pin Down Where the Money Is Going Will the U.S. default? Is it really possible? Get Ready For Accelerating Devaluation of All Fiat Currencies The Effects of Freezing the Balance Sheet Get Ready For Accelerating Devaluatio

Newt Gingrich: The Un-Conservative

Published on 2011-05-23 14:28:27

Where conservative godfather Russell Kirk "perceive[d] the need for prudent restraints upon power," Newt Gingrich prefers a "very activist government." Being a partisan Republican does not a conservative make. Newt Gingrich is not a conservative. The

Fascism, Communism, Classical Liberalism, and Hayden Panettiere

Published on 2011-05-23 12:43:22

It’s Rule 5 Saturday Monday! Liberalism vs. Fascism Fascism differs from its close cousins, Communism and aristocratic conservatism, in several important ways. To understand these differences is to see how classical liberalism offers a completely d

Best Read (05/15 – 05/21/2011)

Published on 2011-05-22 23:43:01

The 10 best read posts from last week. Iraq War Veteran Shot Dead in Cold Blood The Mysterious Herman Cain Rule 5 for the Nookie Holly Valance and the Problem of Fascism Definition of Individual Rights Denver Cop Attacks Man for Talking on Phone Con

Beautiful Dangerous Rule 5

Published on 2011-05-22 10:35:43

Hey masses! How 'bout some circus? Some beautiful dangerous Rule 5 circus! Slash: Beautiful Dangerous (featuring Fergie) I hear the drum rolls thumping And my heart starts jumping And that's when I spit on the floor Now my head's exploding And your

Saints and Sinners on Rapture Saturday

Published on 2011-05-21 16:11:11

Well, it's been a lot of fun. I've certainly enjoyed our time together. Immensely. But the time has come. Now we must say our goodbyes. Today is Judgment Day, May 21, 2011. The rapture has begun. "May 21, 2011, is the day of judgment," Harold Camping

Is the Fair Tax Fair?

Published on 2011-05-21 13:59:24

A "fair" tax? It appears the idea of replacing the income tax with the FairTax - a national retail sales tax on new goods and services - has been gaining traction in these United States. Major FairTax advocates include current Republican presidential

Legalize Milk!

Published on 2011-05-20 00:35:54

The government grows more abusive and violent by the day. Nothing is beyond its power anymore. Politicians and bureaucrats not only operate without consequence, but in our lawless government, the corrupt and violent are rewarded with greater power. F

The U.S. Debt Ceiling Crisis

Published on 2011-05-19 20:36:05

As you're all aware (or should be) by now, the U.S. government has officially hit their $14.294 trillion debt ceiling. The Treasury Department will stop issuing and reinvesting government securities in some government pension plans, so they will have

Nationalism: Opium for the Conservative Masses

Published on 2011-05-19 15:09:06

It's important to understand the roots of the ideas you espouse and meaning behind them. Especially in politics, where words and meanings constantly get twisted around for purposes of demagoguery. If you simply "choose sides," you'll soon find yourse

Pope Benedict XVI Hates Us Because We’re Free! (Christian Just War Doctrine)

Published on 2011-05-18 19:06:20

Of course, Pope Benedict XVI doesn't hate us, not for any reason at all. The title of the post is just a little hyperbole to get your attention. Would the Prince of Peace approve of the wars that America is currently fighting? Are these wars justifie

Washington, DC: A Criminal Gang of Looters

Published on 2011-05-18 10:58:25

What a sad state of affairs we’re in, as a criminal gang of looters rules over us in our once "land of the free." The Father of the American Revolution, Sam Adams, believed that man should live in freedom with every fiber of his being. The tyrants

Economics, Politics, News (05/18/11)

Published on 2011-05-17 23:53:09

Mitch Daniels: If We Need to Conduct RANDOM HOUSE to HOUSE Searches We Will Far too many conservatives show far too much deference toward police and policemen. Farewell, Fourth Amendment If the Police knock on your door... What's Left Of The Constitu

Ron Paul: Man of Principle

Published on 2011-05-17 16:58:04

There is a heightened awareness in society that something has gone horribly wrong with out country, yet solutions continue to evade us. Even though we actively teach our children the importance of being principled, there's something about human natur

John Doe and the Religious Right

Published on 2011-05-17 01:36:22

In light of an interesting comment left by John Doe, let's take another look at the Religious Right. The Religious Right Hate to burst your bubble, but this article is mostly bull shit. Yep, you got me. In a dark, smoke-filled room, my grandparents m

Economics, Politics, News (05/16/11)

Published on 2011-05-16 15:50:01

Global Warming, False Science, and One World Government Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies form gang Tased Execution Style At Home Shocker: Cops caught on camera committing crimes 'What Comes Next' Is Right On Schedule! Court: No right to resist illega

Best Read (05/08 – 05/14/2011)

Published on 2011-05-15 08:19:42

The 10 best read posts from last week. The Mysterious Herman Cain 'Absolute Proof' Osama bin Laden is Dead Creepy Bill Gates Population Control Video Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's Three New Deals The Religious Right Baja Arizona (secession) Iraq War V

Holly Valance and the Problem of Fascism

Published on 2011-05-14 13:37:59

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! The Problem of Fascism Our times are much like the 1930s, when it was widely assumed that there were only two viable ideological positions: communism or fascism. Liberalism of the old school was considered to be a failure, and

Rule 5 for the Nookie

Published on 2011-05-14 10:43:36

It's time for another break from the bread and circus for the masses. Rule 5 Hotties doin' it all for the nookie! Limp Bizkit: Significant Other I did it all for the nookie The nookie So you can take that cookie And stick it up your, yeah! Sunday Pi

Iraq War Veteran Shot Dead in Cold Blood

Published on 2011-05-13 20:23:52

Jose Guerena, 26, a former Marine who survived 2 combat tours in Iraq, was shot and killed in cold blood on May 5 in his own home. After working 12 long hours on the graveyard shift at the Asarco Mine, Jose had finally gone to bed about 7 a.m. When h

Yes, It Can Happen Here

Published on 2011-05-13 12:50:20

What was it about Germany that made the rise of Adolf Hitler possible? How did this highly cultured and civilized nation descend so quickly into Nazi totalitarian rule? Can it happen in America? Are we on the same path? These are important questions

The Religious Right and the GOP

Published on 2011-05-13 10:41:55

Yesterday we looked at the progressive pietist roots of the Religious Right, followed by a brief description of my family history. The purpose for sharing that personal anecdote was to illustrate to you that the fight for liberty is current and very

The Religious Right

Published on 2011-05-12 15:28:32

It is because of my Christian beliefs that I'm generally opposed to today's Religious Right." That may sound controversial to the average political observer, particularly to members of the Religious Right, but actually, it's not. Because today's Reli

‘This Is the Age of Ron Paul’

Published on 2011-05-12 11:51:46

After decades of hard work and dedication, Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) has successfully put liberty back into the American political conversation, causing a much needed reshaping of Republican Party politics. Judge Andrew Napolitano interviews Jua

Economics, Politics, News, Links (05/11/11)

Published on 2011-05-11 22:56:43

The Monster Council on Foreign Relations: 'Free-Markets Need Our Help' Meet the System That Will Collapse the U.S. Dollar (Part 1) Euro Zone Crisis Plan Is Failing Merkel Endorses Former-Goldman Sachs Executive for ECB Presidency Inflation: Poison fo

The Mysterious Herman Cain

Published on 2011-05-11 00:34:01

Herman Cain has been generating a lot of buzz in conservative circles lately. He's "enthusiastic," "positive," and "inspiring" we're told. But none of these things has anything to do with the Constitutional duties of the president. So, what do we act

The Only Republican Who Understands Economics is Ron Paul

Published on 2011-05-09 23:59:14

After the first Republican debate (which was more of a Q&A session than an actual debate) concluded, TARP-supporting, bailout-approving, and Federal Reserve booster Herman Cain was declared the winner. The conservative blogosphere then lit up wit

Best Read (05/01 – 05/07/2011)

Published on 2011-05-08 08:15:29

The 10 best read posts from last week. Osama bin Laden Killed Again! UPDATE: Ariana Godboldo Kidnapping 'Absolute Proof' Osama bin Laden is Dead Maryanne Godboldo vs. The Therapeutic State Definition of Individual Rights Osama bin Laden is Dead The

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s Three New Deals

Published on 2011-05-07 10:34:33

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! Three New Deals: Why the Nazis and Fascists Loved FDR Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939. By Wolfgang Schivelbusch. Metropolitan Books, 2006. 242 pgs. Criti

Crazy Rule 5

Published on 2011-05-07 01:15:59

How about a break from the bread and circus? Enjoy some Crazy Bitch Rule 5! Buckcherry: 15 Sunday Pinup���Shenae Grimes���Kelly Brook Heather Morris���Jamie Alexander���Lily Aldridge Ya Got

Economics, Politics, News, Links (05/06/11)

Published on 2011-05-06 22:25:08

Payroll numbers awful beneath the surface Productivity growth in US slowed in first quarter Consumer comfort in US falls on surging gas prices Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Start Sending Out Resumes Again… Whitney defends her prediction of '

BREAKING NEWS: Osama bin Laden is Still Dead!

Published on 2011-05-06 11:41:16

It's amazing how much coverage there is of Osama bin Laden's death in spite of so little information to report. Here's something interesting ... "Osama bin Laden's death opens up a spot on the FBI's list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives." Notice what his

Times Like These

Published on 2011-05-06 00:23:02

America just ain't what she used to be. About 1 in 7 Americans are on food stamps today. The price of gas is going through the roof. Shanty Towns are spreading all across the country. The US dollar is on the verge of collapse ... In the meantime, the

‘Absolute Proof’ Osama bin Laden is Dead

Published on 2011-05-05 18:04:45

"In my opinion, there's no--there's no end served by releasing the picture of someone who has been killed. And I think there's absolute proof that Osama bin Laden was in fact the person that was taken into custody, was killed in the process, in the f

Economics, Politics, News, Links (05/04/11)

Published on 2011-05-04 10:34:13

Cheap dollar fuels one-way bets in everything else America's reckless money-printing could put the world back into crisis Printing greenbacks threatens global inflation The Dollar: It’s Payback Time! What’s Coming and How to Prepare GDP and Job G

Osama bin Laden Killed Again!

Published on 2011-05-02 15:32:15

Dead men don't talk, so if Osama bin Laden is now dead, or already has been dead, there are a lot of questions that will forever go unanswered. Why kill and not capture Osama bin Laden? Wouldn't he be a valuable source of information? Wouldn't interr

Osama bin Laden is Dead

Published on 2011-05-02 12:43:21

Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, is dead. President Barack Obama made a live statement shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday from the East Room of the White House: "Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that

Maryanne Godboldo vs. The Therapeutic State

Published on 2011-05-02 00:26:26

Maryanne Godboldo is a genuine American hero. In the tradition of our forefathers, she courageously said 'no' to the all-powerful, all-knowing state, and continues to refuse to back down. She's an inspiration to us all. Last March,56-year old Detroit

Best Read (04/24 – 04/30/2011)

Published on 2011-05-01 10:00:17

The 10 best read posts from last week. California Seizing Safe Deposit Boxes to Balance Budget Ben Bernanke's News Briefing (4/27/11) Conditioning Americans to Accept the Unacceptable Maryanne Godboldo’s Fight for Parental Rights Wikileaks Scandal

The Bad Word with Shenae Grimes

Published on 2011-05-01 00:14:54

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! John T. Flynn's classic work from 1944 on how wartime planning brought fascism to America. Flynn was a prominent journalist and rare case of an American public intellectual who resisted the onslaught of both the warfare and we

Dirty Little Thing Rule 5

Published on 2011-04-29 19:08:02

A nice break from the Circus of Politics ... It's "Dirty Little Thing" Rule 5! Velvet Revolver: Contraband Bawitdaba���Kate Upton���Sunday Pinup Tawnni Cable���Sarah Shahi���Woodsterman Sty

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/29/11)

Published on 2011-04-29 15:11:44

Pay No Attention to that Man Behind the Curtain The financial tipping point of peak debt More Americans raiding retirement funds early QE2 and the Fate of the U.S. Economy Another Round of Greater Fool Remorse? Inflation? What inflation? Chinese Yuan

Fear the Boom and Bust 2 (VIDEO)

Published on 2011-04-28 22:04:47

John Maynard Keynes and F.A. Hayek are freestyle battle rapping economics once again. So, let's get ready to rumble! It's Round 2 of the Fight of the Century! Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two By John Papola and Russ Roberts at http://

Had Enough Yet? Miss USA Sexually Molested by TSA

Published on 2011-04-28 17:43:20

Miss USA 2003, Susie Castillo, received an "enhanced pat-down" from Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at the Dallas airport last week. It left her in tears. From now one, let's call the "enhanced pat-down" what it really is - sexual

Ben Bernanke’s News Briefing (4/27/11)

Published on 2011-04-27 16:11:08

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is holding the first regularly scheduled briefing by a Fed chief today. It's taking place as I type right now. This has not happened in the central bank's 97-year history. This is a political move. The Federal Re

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/27/11)

Published on 2011-04-27 10:05:12

The Insanity of 'Budget Cutting' Why the US's "Strong Dollar Policy" is Anything But Yes, you know more about inflation than the government does Russia Doesn't Want Any More Dollars Marc Faber: Future Value of US Dollar Will Be Zero Jim Rogers says t

John Kerry and John McCain: Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act

Published on 2011-04-26 20:02:59

As bad as Obama is, I'm glad John McCain didn't win the 2008 presidential election. Because John McCain is one of the most diabolical authoritarian statists to ever walk the halls of Congress. McCain is an embarrassment. And now he's working with Dem

Ron Paul 2012

Published on 2011-04-26 13:02:31

This blog, which is me, endorses Ron Paul for president in 2012. He's the only candidate who understands economics, and the only candidate who takes America's limited-government ideals seriously. Ron Paul will announce his candidacy today. Ron Paul i

The Federal Reserve: Straight Up Gangsta!

Published on 2011-04-25 11:27:36

On August 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon announced he was unilaterally ending convertibility of the U.S. dollar into gold at the fixed price of $35 per ounce. That announcement was just the latest in an escalating series of government moves agains

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/24/11)

Published on 2011-04-24 22:02:28

Happy Easter – He Is Risen! Christos Anesti Jesus Christ – Our Intercessor Faith: King of Kings The Significance of the Resurrection Sermon: Good Friday – 2011 Those Who Murdered Christ… The Day of the Victory of Death A hard look at the evid

Best Read (04/17 – 04/23/2011)

Published on 2011-04-24 09:26:00

The 10 best read posts from last week. Michigan State Police Hack Private Cell Phones Conditioning Americans to Accept the Unacceptable Maryanne Godboldo’s Fight for Parental Rights Stacy’s Mom Does Rule 5 UPDATE: Ariana Godboldo Kidnapping Cali

Freeze Tag: The Deadly Hazard

Published on 2011-04-23 16:36:28

Our Benevolent Overlords are at it again. This time they're banning classic kid games like freeze tag, kickball, dodgeball, Wiffle Ball, Capture the Flag, Steal the Bacon and Red Rover. Classic kids games like kickball deemed unsafe by state in effor

Tax and Borrow and Spend and Kate Upton

Published on 2011-04-23 12:18:13

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! Continuing with last week's discussion of the 'F' word, today we look at pre-fascist Italy to see if we can see what led them eventually fascism. Does any of it seem eerily like today's United States to you? The following was

American Caliphate Myth

Published on 2011-04-22 15:57:05

The Caliphate is coming! The Caliphate is coming! Or so we're supposed to believe ... Government, always and everywhere, loves to keep the populace in fear. The United States government is no exception. It is fear that allows them to add government a

Rule 5: American Badass Edition

Published on 2011-04-22 10:38:20

A quick political breather ... Detroit's homegrown American Badass presents Rule 5! � Sunday Pinup���Berlusconi Forever!���Ali Sonoma Humpday Hawt���Kate Upton���Louise Glover Betraye

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/21/11)

Published on 2011-04-21 17:38:06

High Gas Prices Devastating to Poor China Urges US to Protect Creditors After S&P Warning Putin Calls U.S. Financial Activity Hooliganism You Are Getting Stiffed Late to The Party...Once Again The Breakdown Draws Near It’s All Coming Apart The

Michigan State Police Hack Private Cell Phones

Published on 2011-04-20 12:06:00

In yet another example of government run amok, Michigan State Police have been using a hacking device to steal private information off of cell phones owned by people they pull over for minor traffic violations. The device, manufactured by CelleBrite,

Iraq War For Oil

Published on 2011-04-19 10:52:34

When conservative icon Russell Kirk called George Bush the First's war in Iraq "a war for an oilcan," neoconservatives and the Republican Party faithful all but wrote him out of the movement. Blasphemy! How dare he question the motives our our Washin

Donald Trump for President

Published on 2011-04-18 23:40:25

Eccentric billionaire and "reality TV" star Donald Trump continues gaining traction as a Republican presidential candidate. A survey by Public Policy Polling taken last week has Trump leading the Republican field with 26%. Trump's popularity, in a wa

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/18/11)

Published on 2011-04-18 11:55:25

The Granddaddy of All Bubbles? Soaring Inflation Poses Risks Beyond China’s Borders World's poor 'one shock' from crisis as food prices climb The US is headed towards self-inflicted disaster: here's why Spiralling Public Debt and Economic Stagnatio

Best Read (04/10 – 04/16/2011)

Published on 2011-04-17 20:32:48

The 10 best read posts from last week. Detroit Mom in Standoff with Child Services SWAT Team Maryanne Godboldo Released from Jail United Nations: Law of the Rights of 'Mother Earth' Maryanne Godboldo’s Fight for Parental Rights California Seizing

The ‘F’ Word with Ali Sonoma

Published on 2011-04-16 21:40:24

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! In our "right now" culture, few Americans stop to think about where our ideas and modern institutions came from. How did we become a country so incredibly different than the one our Founders gave us? While many proudly declare

UPDATE: Ariana Godboldo Kidnapping

Published on 2011-04-15 20:13:06

Support Maryanne Godboldo! Detroit Child Protective Services (CPS) kidnapped Maryanne Godboldo's 13-year old daughter (Ariana) when she refused to continue administering her the psychotropic drug Risperdal. Maryanne took her daughter off the drug aft

Stacy’s Mom Does Rule 5

Published on 2011-04-15 17:37:11

This may be a late Rule 5, but Stacy's Mom has got it going on! � Kim Cattrall���Sunday Pinup���Kaley Cuoco Michigan Bust���Shannon Long���Anne Hathaway Ali Sonoma���Do

Eat the Rich

Published on 2011-04-15 13:47:32

The left seems to believe that there's one simple solution to all of life's woes. Just concentrate power in the hands of a few politicians, then tax the bejesus out of the rich. Not just for government revenue mind you, but because, well, it's unfair

Trig Palin Birtherism Is Back!

Published on 2011-04-14 15:46:44

The conspiracy theory that claims Sarah Palin is not actually Trig's mother, but his grandmother, is back in the headlines once again. Believe it or not, but a handful of people are still trying to prove that Trig's real mom is Palin's daughter Brist

Historic Budget Cut Deal in Jeopardy

Published on 2011-04-14 11:32:35

There actually exists a handful of Republican politicos who won't be getting invited to Beltway parties any time soon. Amazing, I know. First up, however, the super serious pragmatists who just love Boehner's deal. But there is silliness on the Repub

2011 Historic Budget Cuts

Published on 2011-04-14 01:05:49

Republican President George W. Bush and a Republican-controlled Congress tried to spend our country into oblivion. President Barack Obama and a Democratic-controlled Congress took the spending up a notch, all but assuring total collapse. One party is

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/13/11)

Published on 2011-04-13 18:06:44

Henry Kaufman Warns Credit is Becoming Socialized Central Banks Favour Gold and AAA Rated Government Debt – Reserve Currencies of EUR and USD Questioned The Fed Obliterates the Savings Ethic The Looting of America Inflating Our Way to a Government-

Donald Trump 2012

Published on 2011-04-13 12:22:05

Adding another item to my List of Things I'll Never Understand, celebrity tycoon Donald Trump is leading in early Republican 2012 presidential polls. CNN Poll: Trump tied for first in GOP horserace Donald Trump is now tied with Mike Huckabee for firs

United Nations: Law of the Rights of ‘Mother Earth’

Published on 2011-04-12 16:43:54

And you probably thought the world couldn't get any crazier ... Bolivia has drafted a United Nations treaty giving "Mother Earth" human rights, and also establishes a Ministry of Mother Earth. That's right. Our favorite big rock hurling through space

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/12/11)

Published on 2011-04-12 13:05:26

Ben Bernanke vs Thomas Jefferson ROGOFF: The Way We Look At Sovereign Debt Is "Primitive" And We Are Facing A "Profound" Crisis Playing the Lyre of Budget Madness as the Empire Burns No Inflation in Sight A Financial Crisis in 2012 is Inevitable! Her

California Seizing Safe Deposit Boxes to Balance Budget

Published on 2011-04-11 20:30:58

The State of California turned their unclaimed property program into a $5.1 billion slush fund. Over the years, and through multiple budget crises, California reduced the holding period for unclaimed property from 15 years down to three. Desperate to

Some Chicago schools ban some lunches brought from home

Published on 2011-04-11 16:43:57

Chicago schools are taking the American Nanny State to the next level - lunch despotism. Chicago school bans some lunches brought from home Fernando Dominguez cut the figure of a young revolutionary leader during a recent lunch period at his elementa

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/11/11)

Published on 2011-04-11 14:59:11

The Only Two Charts That Matter For The US Debt Jumped $54.1 Billion in 8 Days Preceding Boehner-Obama Deal to Cut $38.5 Billion for Rest of Year Stiglitz Calls for New Global Reserve Currency to Prevent Trade Imbalances European Central Bank For Glo

Emmanuelle Chriqui asks Why Forgive Government Failure?

Published on 2011-04-10 22:05:27

It’s Rule 5 Saturday Sunday! Why Are People So Forgiving of Government Failure? Once upon a time, I developed a theory that we have much lower expectations for public-sector performance than we do for private-sector performance.[1] We saw this in a

Best Read (04/03 – 04/09/2011)

Published on 2011-04-10 09:10:09

The 10 best read posts from last week. Colorado Police Pepper Spray 8-Year Old Kid Detroit Mom in Standoff with Child Services SWAT Team The War on Basketball Hoops Maryanne Godboldo Released from Jail Christmas Gift List Andy Stern "Workers of the

The Budget Battle: Shutdown Avoided!

Published on 2011-04-09 10:48:39

"We have a deal," said Speaker of the House John Boehner behind closed doors at special meeting of the Republican Conference. Big Government Party R and Big Government Party D have settled on a budget agreement. Whoo-hoo! Unfortunately, a shutdown of

Maryanne Godboldo’s Fight for Parental Rights

Published on 2011-04-08 15:08:39

Maryanne Godboldo homeschooled her handicapped daughter Ariana until she was 13-years old, when they both decided she should enter the Detroit Public Schools system. But after getting the required series of immunization shots for attendance, Maryanne

Rule 5 Pimp

Published on 2011-04-07 23:07:17

It’s Rule 5! Sunday Pinup���Sofia Vergara���Snow White Kate Winslet���Ivanka Trump���Elizabeth Hurley Natalie Portman���Da Judge���Miss Turkey Sarah Silverma

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/07/11)

Published on 2011-04-07 19:38:12

Jim Rogers Talks About Inflation, China, Commodities, Unrest and India Malls Face Surge in Vacancies The Japanese Economy Is In Much Bigger Trouble Than Most People Think It's A Big Graveyard Inflation Fears Start To Bludgeon Bond Prices The Casey Re

Government Shutdown Standoff

Published on 2011-04-07 14:06:56

The Beltway Elite and mainstream media are Very, Very Concerned over the looming prospects of a government "shutdown" this week. Oh, no! Because like, you know, commerce will grind to a halt, roving gangs will rule the streets, there will be earthqua

Ty Stone – American Dream

Published on 2011-04-07 00:35:22

Some great old school Detroit rock n' roll for ya ... American Dream by Ty Stone and the Truth Ty Stone and the Truth Shall Set You Free Ty Stone’s blue-collar has indeed earned a fair dollar. However, at Café Firenze in Birmingham, Alabama on Th

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/06/11)

Published on 2011-04-06 15:07:25

Soros Urged Greek Prime Minister to Restructure Debt Raise The Debt Ceiling Or We'll Steal Your Money! Rising oil prices beginning to hurt US economy Bernanke: There Is No Inflation (and If There Were, We Could Stop It) Is Inflation Harmless or Even

Obama Transparency Award

Published on 2011-04-06 09:34:24

President Obama received an award from open-government advocates including the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in recognition of his work toward encouraging government agencies to release information to the public. Huh? Oh, and by the wa

Colorado Police Pepper Spray 8-Year Old Kid

Published on 2011-04-05 16:30:21

Aidan, an 8-year old Glennon Heights Elementary school student, was quite unruly in class. If initial reports are correct, Aidan was way out of line, and needed to be dealt with accordingly. But calling the Lakewood Police, who pepper-sprayed the chi

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/05/11)

Published on 2011-04-05 10:16:46

Charting The Ten Year Prelude To The Keynesian Endgame Cash is Trash with Bernanke at the Helm Bernanke Provided Billions In Loans to Gaddafi We Value Your Privacy! The Lender of Last Resort -- To All the Bankers in the World Braney Frank: The Limite

Newark Police Illegally Detain Honors Student

Published on 2011-04-04 12:51:28

Khaliah Fitchette, a 17-year-old honors student and junior class president at University High School, was riding the bus last March when she witnessed Newark police officers Noemi Maloon and Lloyd Thomas come to the aid of another passenger who colla

The War on Basketball Hoops

Published on 2011-04-03 20:34:33

The Delaware DOT has declared War on Basketball Hoops. Or perhaps they're simply engaged in kinetic basketball hoop action or something ... Watch the following video to witness a petty government tyrant in action. She threatens the couple with arrest

Best Read (03/27 – 04/02/2011)

Published on 2011-04-03 15:46:10

The 10 best read posts from last week. Survival Gift List Detroit Mom in Standoff with Child Services SWAT Team Cass Sunstein’s Conspiracy Theory Maryanne Godboldo Released from Jail Presidential War Powers Food Shortage Coming Ditch the Planners

Elizabeth Hurley On Doing Something About It

Published on 2011-04-03 12:17:34

It’s Rule 5 Saturday Sunday! On Doing Something About It A young fellow has to have a "cause." Utopianism is as natural a disease for the boy of college age as was measles in his childhood. My malady was anarchism. I don't know whether I took to Kr

Conservatives and the Progressive Executive

Published on 2011-04-02 16:16:58

Modern conservatives, whether they wish to admit it or not, are every bit as responsible for the diabolical growth in government as the leftwing progressives and their Democratic overlords. The examples are endless. A movement born in opposition to t

Economics, Politics, News, Links (04/02/11)

Published on 2011-04-02 12:46:47

WyBlog to acquire The New York Times in stock swap deal Foreign Banks Tapped Fed’s Secret Lifeline Most at Crisis Peak How The Fed Gave Goldman Millions In Exchange For Defaulted Bond Collateral Skunked: Treasuries Are "Worth Little" Extend & P

Mike Huckabee’s Christianity “at gunpoint”

Published on 2011-04-01 16:04:41

At the Rediscover God in America conference in Iowa last Thursday and Friday, potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told the audience that he "almost wished" that "all Americans would be forced - forced at gunpoint no less -

Rule 5 Freedom!

Published on 2011-03-31 22:02:18

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Maryanne Godboldo Released from Jail

Published on 2011-03-31 15:21:36

Maryanne Godboldo, the Detroit mother who found herself in standoff against "helicopters, armored cars, SWAT teams and all kinds of police," was released from jail yesterday, after 36th District Judge Paula Humphries reduced her bail to a personal re

Economics, Politics, News, Links (03/30/11)

Published on 2011-03-30 13:39:09

The Inflation Knuckle Ball Good-Bye "Cheap" Chinese Goods… Printing Money to Save the World How Inflation Turns Us Into Con Artists Where Is QE2 Taking Us? Disposable income falls as prices jump Fears rise that Japan could sell off U.S. debt Enormo

Detroit Mom in Standoff with Child Services SWAT Team

Published on 2011-03-29 15:35:00

Maryanne Godboldo, a 56-year old Detroit resident and mother of a 13-year old girl, found herself under siege last week, when Child Protective Abduction Services showed up at her house to take her child away without her permission. When they showed u

Senate Republicans Push Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution

Published on 2011-03-28 21:55:28

With a vote to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling lurking around the corner, rumor has it that Senate Republicans are going to demand a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. Senate GOP to seek Bala

Economics, Politics, News, Links (03/28/11)

Published on 2011-03-28 12:52:54

Warning Of 'Food Price Riots In The UK' First they inflate, then there is a Boom, Then Price Inflation U.S. dollar, usually world’s safe haven, declining despite plenty of global turmoil Afghan Central Bank Learns from the Federal Reserve Auto Bai

Presidential War Powers

Published on 2011-03-27 22:44:39

The question of whether or not the president has the power to make war is a controversy only because of demagogic politicians, their sycophant groupies, and lawyers. With President Obama putting the United States in yet another needless war, the pund

Best Read (03/20 – 03/26/2011)

Published on 2011-03-27 08:38:20

The 10 most read posts from last week. SEIU Stephen Lerner Plans to Destabilize Capitalism (Survival) Christmas Gift List The Injustice of Social Justice with Jessica Alba Food Shortage Coming? I Love My Country, But I Fear My Government Libya: Anot

Economics, Politics, News, Links (03/26/11)

Published on 2011-03-26 13:00:30

Household wealth down 23% in 2 years – Fed Detroit: 49 Years Of The Liberal Agenda U.S. Inflation Twice As Bad As Zimbabwe Central banks are shedding dollars buying gold Government Profits from the "Never Go Bust" Guarantee "The Dollar Has Never Be

Ditch the Planners with Emmy Rossum

Published on 2011-03-26 09:50:47

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! Ditch the Planners What is the law of the land? Many Americans are under the impression that it is the US Constitution, distorted by time perhaps and the plain meaning changed by bad (or good, depending on your point of view)

Soros, Stiglitz, and the New World Order

Published on 2011-03-25 21:36:15

The global governance/new world order types sure have grown increasingly open about their schemes over the past few years, haven't they? They must think that the new world order they've been working towards since founding the United Nations (UN) is w

The Federal Reserve’s Fatal (Keynesian) Conceit

Published on 2011-03-25 11:26:21

There is nothing free (laissez-faire) about the American banking system. To claim otherwise, is to tell a bald-faced lie. Because The Federal Reserve System and it's unelected policymakers represent the most powerful central planning authority in the

American Culture

Published on 2011-03-24 13:19:15

America is truly a wonderful place. I love the land, the people, and our amazing American heritage. What a wonder! A land of pioneers forging their own way in uncharted territory, built, discovered, and invented things that would change the world pos

Rule 5 Ultra Combos

Published on 2011-03-23 18:33:59

Finally ... Last Sunday's Rule 5 links! Sunday Pinup���Sweater Puppy Madness!���Jennifer Finch Just in time for summer ...���Sweater Puppies!���Abbie Cornish Feral Friday���L

Masters Of War

Published on 2011-03-23 14:46:01

With our latest Dictator-In-Chief starting yet another needless war, I bring you Eddie Vedder and Ben Harper's live performance of Bob Dylan's classic "Masters of War." See also: War Pigs No Remorse "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan (The Freewheelin' B

Economics, Politics, News, Links (03/23/11)

Published on 2011-03-23 13:44:55

Anti-Liberty Fed Launches 'Liberty Street Economics' Blog The Floating Dollar as a Threat to Property Rights US Approaching Insolvency, Fix To Be 'Painful': Fisher To Fix the Economy, Let's Try the Constitution Fed Policies of U.S. Dollar Destruction

Best Read (03/13 – 03/19/2011)

Published on 2011-03-22 22:22:59

The 10 best read posts from last week. I Love My Country, But I Fear My Government Food Crisis 2011 Food Shortage Coming? Obama’s wild-eyed scheme to take away everybody’s guns Self-Ownership and the Right to Life Pledge of Allegiance UFO Sighti

SEIU Stephen Lerner Plans to Destabilize Capitalism

Published on 2011-03-22 15:20:02

The government-induced economic and debt crises have put the United States in jeopardy. Because if (when) the system blows, there's now way to know what direction the country will take. In the mean time, as "We the People" continue lying to ourselves

The Huge Budgets of Bush and Obama

Published on 2011-03-22 12:59:38

Accurate information is vital to the voting public, because "We the People" can't make good decisions without it. Yet, that's what we do everyday, by relying on political rhetoric instead of the plain facts. Why is it that we fall for the claptrap of

Libya: Another War on the Middle East

Published on 2011-03-21 16:06:01

U.S. President Barack Obama, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has launched another war in the Middle East against a country that had neither attacked, nor even threatened the United States of America. This time it's Libya. He did so without meaningfu

The Injustice of Social Justice with Jessica Alba

Published on 2011-03-20 08:01:04

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! The Injustice of Social Justice Every once in a while, something comes along that perfectly encapsulates the idea of so-called "social justice" in action. For all the wonderful critiques that have been written about this wretc

Self-Ownership and the Right to Life

Published on 2011-03-18 21:42:16

Abortion is probably the single most divisive issue in American politics. Not even war has the ability to make otherwise rational people spin into a tizzy of vindictive hyperbole-laced rants the way abortion does. Whether you consider yourself "pro-l

Homeland Obedience Training

Published on 2011-03-18 12:19:09

Once a land of pioneers, America has been reduced to a land of people desperately clinging to their government issued security blankets. Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear — kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor

Economics, Politics, News, Links (03/17/11)

Published on 2011-03-17 14:34:52

How the NY Fed Gifted an Extra $15.7 Million to Wall Street Today Famous Fed flubs Mandatory Spending to Exceed all Federal Revenues — 50 Years Ahead of Schedule What Prices Increases? Where? Just What The Bracketologist-In-Chief Ordered: February

Republican Establishment Against Conservative Deficit Hawks

Published on 2011-03-17 11:04:37

As I've maintained on this blog from the get go, if you actually want to limit government, the Republican Party is not your friend. George Wallace had it right all along: "There's not a dime's worth of difference between the Republicans and Democrats

CIA Contractor Freed After ‘Blood Money’ Payment

Published on 2011-03-16 17:22:01

Raymond Davis, a member of a security team assigned to protect CIA operatives in Lahore, fatally shot two Pakistani men in January and was released after U.S. officials paid "blood money" to the victims families. CIA contractor Raymond Davis freed af

Economics, Politics, News, Links (03/16/11)

Published on 2011-03-16 11:21:53

The Gathering Storm The End of Sound Money and the Triumph of Crony Capitalism All You Need to Know About State Fiscal Responsibility America's Deficit Culture Europe's Coming Meltdown Bernanke’s Coming QT1 Will Doom Obama’s Re-election FOMC Unan

Pledge of Allegiance

Published on 2011-03-15 23:06:29

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Do you recite the Pledge of Allegiance? Does it make you feel all warm a

Obama’s wild-eyed scheme to take away everybody’s guns

Published on 2011-03-15 14:44:15

Here we go ... President Obama is now using the tragedy in Tuscon as an excuse for more government control over the People and their guns. President Obama: We must seek agreement on gun reforms It's been more than two months since the tragedy in Tucs

Economics, Politics, News, Links (03/14/11)

Published on 2011-03-14 16:42:03

Why Deficits Do Matter What if there was a million-dollar bill in my pants? When Things Fall Apart Politics as usual is over I Shudder to Think Jeffrey Gundlach: Munis Are The New Subprime 97% of All U.S. Mortgages are Backed by the Government A Euro

Best Read (03/06 – 03/12/2011)

Published on 2011-03-13 22:54:35

The 10 best read posts from last week. I Love My Country, But I Fear My Government? The Political Economy of Government Employee Unions with Olivia Wilde UFO Sightings? Food Shortage Coming? The Charlie Sheen Saga Definition of Individual Rights Baj

California Girls

Published on 2011-03-13 18:23:37

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The Power of Ideas with Miranda Kerr

Published on 2011-03-13 14:04:40

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! Ideas Can Overthrow Regimes The political upheaval in the Middle East underscores one of the most profound aspects of Ludwig von Mises's worldview: all governments ultimately rely on the consent of the governed. Although the c

U.S. Economic Meltdown

Published on 2011-03-11 19:41:10

Too many Americans continue to think the problems facing our country can be solved via Democratic or Republican politicians. That somehow, someway, the 545 people responsible for all of U.S. woes, are also the same people we should count on to get us

Economics, Politics, News, Links (03/11/11)

Published on 2011-03-11 15:03:13

Free the Children, Cut the Budget Shutting Down the Government Debt Machine 3 Essential Facts About the Current Moment: We're Out of Money, The Public Sector is Overpaid, & We Can't Tax Our Way Out of This. Q.E. Money Printing Negative Feed Back

Democrats and Republicans in Epic Budget Battle 2011

Published on 2011-03-10 11:46:19

Democrats and Republicans are fiercely duking it out over spending cuts, right now, in an epic budget battle for the ages! At least that's what they'd like you to believe. The reality is that neither side of the aisle is interested in tackling the bu

Texans Fight TSA

Published on 2011-03-10 09:44:22

Texas lawmakers, led by freshman Representative David Simpson (R-Longview), have introduced legislation to stop the TSA from using naked body scanners against the "We the People." HB 1937 would authorize state and local prosecutors to bring felony se

Michigan: Oppose National Popular Vote

Published on 2011-03-09 21:24:17

This just in from Michigan's Campaign for Liberty. They're trying to completely change our form of government. Please take the time to read this and say "NO" to National Popular Vote! Oppose National Popular Vote Big Government Democrats have teame

Total Surveillance State of America

Published on 2011-03-09 20:11:53

Maybe I missed something along the way, but for the life of me, I can't remember when that grassroots movement agitating for mass civilian surveillance began. And was it "leftwing" or "rightwing," do you remember? But then again, I must have amnesia,

Economics, Politics, News, Links (03/09/11)

Published on 2011-03-09 15:58:43

How To End the Federal Reserve System Bill Gross Dumps All Treasuries, Brings Total "Government Related" Holdings To Zero, Flees To Cash What Larry Summers Views as Normal The Cognitive Dissonance of It All The Fed’s War on the Poor Flying Blind Go

ObamaCare: You Need a Doctor’s Note to Buy Aspirin

Published on 2011-03-09 11:36:34

If you use a pre-tax health savings account (flexible spending account (FSA), health savings account (HSA), or health reimbursement arrangement (HRA)) to pay for over-the-counter medicines like aspirin, cold medicine, or antacids, you'll be required

Dick “Big Government” Morris

Published on 2011-03-08 11:13:08

Dick Morris, the former Democrat who now thinks he can tell conservatives how to defeat "Obama's socialist programs," showed his true (Big Government) colors on the Peter Schiff Show, that is, right before making an ass of himself by hanging up the p

The Charlie Sheen Saga

Published on 2011-03-07 15:28:37

You can't turn on the TV or even read news on the Internet, without getting bombarded with stories about actor Charlie Sheen. It's so ridiculous that here you are, reading yet another story about Charlie Sheen, right now here on this blog. You can't

Baja Arizona (secession)

Published on 2011-03-07 13:14:01

The residents of Pima County, Arizona, have declared they want out! (sort of.) Good. I say, let them go in peace. Arizona Citizens Threaten Secession, Blame Extreme Conservatives Recent Secessionist or Separation Movements Obviously, Pima County isn

Michael Moore: Your Money is a “National Resource”

Published on 2011-03-06 22:33:05

Filmmaker Michael Moore, who is currently suing movie producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in hopes of collecting another $2.7 million for himself, says that people's jobs and cash are something "that we collectively own as Americans." Yes, you read th

A Slave 4 Rule 5

Published on 2011-03-05 15:23:48

Sunday Pinup���I am shocked, Shocked! I tell you ...���Olivia Wilde Larissa Riquelme���Terri Welles���Rule 5 is good Great Racks���Thanks for the Mammaries���Al

The Political Economy of Government Employee Unions with Olivia Wilde

Published on 2011-03-05 09:40:30

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! The Political Economy of Government Employee Unions The main reason why so many state and local governments are bankrupt, or on the verge of bankruptcy, is the combination of government-run monopolies and government-employee u

The Real Newt Gingrich

Published on 2011-03-04 22:24:43

Newt Gingrich has not only been getting a lot of press lately, but a lot of "conservative" support too. Fox News viewers even rate Newt as one of their 2012 front runners. Oh, well. Goodbye Tea Party revolution, and thanks for all the fish. Apparentl

Pentagon Report On Economic Terrorism

Published on 2011-03-04 15:49:41

Just released! The 2009 "unclassified" report "Economic Warfare: Risks and Responses!" Only the government could develop a piece of propaganda so blatantly transparent. Pentagon Releases Bombshell Report On Economic Terrorism Yesterday the Pentagon r

Where’s My Government Shutdown?

Published on 2011-03-04 11:06:25

Unfortunately, Americans like me, who'd love a real government shutdown, are few and far between. But that's okay, because I'm used to being in the minority. Besides, as Mahatma Gandhi once said, "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then t

Economics, Politics, News, Links (03/04/11)

Published on 2011-03-03 23:20:14

Gun Owners Under Attack In Illinois Why Did We Give Marriage to the State? EPA Threat: Cut funding and we will not provide grant money to fix or replace broken water treatment systems The nation's highest paid police officers rally to demand more, mo

Gimme Some Land!

Published on 2011-03-03 21:33:24

Walter Williams has a great proposal for the federal government: Take My Social Security, Just Give Me Land! Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Gimme Some Land! is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog Gimme Some Land! is a post from: Th

Government is a Cult

Published on 2011-03-03 19:06:03

Early Americans had very little want of government. Generally speaking, they saw government for what it is - an impediment to enjoying the fruits of their labor and living in peaceful coexistence with their neighbors. Their distaste for government wa

Hooray for Wisconsin!

Published on 2011-03-03 15:16:10

Hooray for Wisconsin! According to the AP, the Wisconsin stalemate could drag on for months! Wisconsin's budget stalemate over union bargaining rights shows no sign of resolution - and it could be a long wait. The governor isn't budging. AWOL Democra

Choose or Lose

Published on 2011-03-03 10:35:53

Choose or lose. That's what everybody wants us to believe. It's what most people DO believe. Democrat or Republican. Choose or lose. I wish life were so simple. Take the hubbub in Wisconsin for example. In truth, it's about 2 gangs fighting over stol

We’re Number One!

Published on 2011-03-01 15:19:40

Newt Gingrich must be proud. Because the "land of the free" now cages more people than any other country on the planet! New High In U.S. Prison Numbers More than one in 100 adults in the United States is in jail or prison, an all-time high that is co

Economics, Politics, News, Links (03/01/11)

Published on 2011-03-01 13:36:51

Why Does Goldman Sachs Hardly Ever Lose Money Trading and You Do? The Smaller Fish Tries to Eat the Bigger Fish US Dollar Could Lose Reserve Currency Status Higher Inflation is on the Way The Extraordinary Events in the Middle East and the Coming Glo

Nuclear War Could Reverse Global Warming

Published on 2011-03-01 10:43:24

A good old-fashioned nuclear war to heal the planet? Finally, an idea with genuine "bipartisan" potential. After all, a nuclear war would not only save Mother Gaia, but would satisfy the neocon lust for war too. Man, even the population control nutjo

Newt Gingrich is Pure Evil

Published on 2011-03-01 09:38:49

Apparently, government check points, forced blood tests, drone spies, molestations, and extraction of your DNA still represents way too much freedom in America. So the tyrant Newt Gingrich, wants Singapore-style drug tests for each and every American

The Armed Tax-Feeders Union

Published on 2011-02-28 21:00:42

Never forget, the cops are public union employees too. Support Your Local Armed Tax-Feeders Union Police union “solidarity” with the rampaging tax-feeders in Wisconsin is not limited to the on-site refusal by police to clear the occupied state Ca

Luke Davis: State Forfeiture Thug

Published on 2011-02-28 18:40:40

Still think government is anything other than an organized crime ring? Well then ... Meet Michigan State Trooper Luke Davis and his gang of thieves writ large (aka the OMNI Drug Task Force). EXCLUSIVE: State police caught on tape during drug raid Lt

Governor Scott Walker vs. Public Employee Union

Published on 2011-02-28 10:42:16

Yes, public employee unions are thugs. But Governor Scott Walker and the Wisconsin state government are thugs too. Armed thugs, to be exact. So, I'm with Walter Block on this one - a pox on both their houses! The government violates people's property

Best Read (02/20 – 02/26/2011)

Published on 2011-02-27 10:31:52

The 10 best read posts from last week. Food Riots in America? (Survival) Christmas Gift List Andy Stern "Workers of the World Unite!" Cass Sunstein’s Conspiracy Theory Definition of Individual Rights Food Crisis 2011 Never Let a Good Crisis Go To

Economics, Politics, News, Links (02/27/11)

Published on 2011-02-27 09:53:55

Americans Have Thrown in the Towel as They Await “The Big Splatter” When Government Debt Gets in the Way of the American Dream United States is Bankrupt Right Now Booms, Busts, and Food Prices Pension Lies Lead to Riots Gresham’s Law Squared

Creating Highly Polarized Political Parties

Published on 2011-02-26 19:30:32

All this talk about political "civility" is foolish. After all, politics never has been, and never will be, "civil." Recently, part of the Establishment Intelligentsia got together for Bloomberg TV to discuss "whether the 'conflict' in political disc

A Deep Fissure in the American Right

Published on 2011-02-26 16:56:09

People are already talking about the 2012 elections. Will Obama win? Will the Republicans win? I have no idea. I don't have a crystal ball. But I do know this ... Simply being a "Republican," isn't gonna cut it. With an economy heading further into d

Economics, Politics, News, Links (02/26/11)

Published on 2011-02-26 10:16:42

“Dirrty” Rule 5 UPDATED Inflation Is Here, and It Is Going to Get Worse Marc Faber on Inflation, Stock Markets, Gold, Real Estate and The End Game Sarah Palin Does Know Her Monetary Policy Beyond the False Dawn: Global Crisis 2020-2022 Inflation

Best Read (02/13 – 02/19/2011)

Published on 2011-02-24 13:49:25

The 10 best read posts from last week. My apologies for the lack of posting this week. This is a one-man show, and this one-man has been sick as a dog. So this is America? (Survival) Christmas Gift List Food Shortage Coming? Food Crisis 2011 Pat Til

Islamic Nation-Building

Published on 2011-02-22 12:01:02

Contrary to all the rhetoric about how "we" are fighting radical Islamist terrorists, the truth is that our soldiers are dying in the name of building Islamic regimes. Just like Iraq, Afghanistan is now an Islamic Republic. You don't have to take my

“Dirrty” Rule 5

Published on 2011-02-20 08:12:14

How about some "Dirrty" Rule 5 with Christina Aguilera ... I have lots 'o links from last week, and even more from this week, but due to real life obligations, I won't be able to get them posted until late tonight or early tomorrow morning. Thanks f

End Foreign “Aid” Now!

Published on 2011-02-19 10:15:42

The United States Constitution does not provide government the power to send American taxpayer dollars overseas as foreign "aid" (welfare for dependent dictators). This means that every penny in foreign "aid" is unconstitutional. Another way of sayin

Iraq: A Neocon Success Story

Published on 2011-02-18 20:12:28

At a mere cost of 4,287 American lives (so much for being "pro-life," eh?), another 30,182 Americans wounded, and more than 3 trillion American taxpayer dollars lost, what exactly, hath the neoconservative Iraq "War for Utopia" wrought? They may love

“Purging” Russell Kirk

Published on 2011-02-18 16:32:14

Russell Kirk, a genuine American conservative, had more wisdom in a given brain cell than the entire neocon think-tank complex combined. Yet, today's "conservatives" hate Russell Kirk (that is, if they even know who he is). In Purging Paul, YAF Purg

David Horowitz is a Vile Hate Merchant

Published on 2011-02-18 15:13:36

There are few people in politics as dirty and vile as red diaper baby David Horowitz. The man is a disgusting piece of excrement, unfit for civil society. Unable to put together a coherent argument, ever, the Statist bootlicker unleashes vicious pers

Economics, Politics, News, Links (02/18/11)

Published on 2011-02-18 13:41:46

The rule of law in this country is dead Apostates of Liberty The Presidents: Madmen or Messiahs? Pump It Up Stealing a Man's Life So tell me again what the difference is between the two big-government parties? "Don't Resist": The Refrain of Rapists,

The Naked Gatekeepers

Published on 2011-02-17 15:37:32

The left is convinced everything is manipulated to the right, and the right is convinced everything is manipulated to the left. Well, you're both right. Everything in politics is manipulated. This is nothing new. In her classic book "A Choice Not an

So this is America?

Published on 2011-02-17 14:32:30

In yet another example of the American Police State, 71-year old Army veteran and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, was beaten by police and left bleeding in jail for the crime of standing silent as Her Highness Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave

Obama Threatens Government Shutdown

Published on 2011-02-17 12:36:20

Yeah, yeah, yeah ... You made me promises promises Knowing I'd believe Promises promises You knew you'd never keep They aren't really going to shut down the government. After all, they don't want the masses to find out how easy it is to get along wi

Neoconservatives Hate Libertarians

Published on 2011-02-17 12:05:58

The neoconservatives are at it again. By "purging" themselves of those unwashed libertarians, they're exposing themselves for who they really are ... Statists in conservative clothing. Movement conservatives should be very weary of these neoconservat

Nullification, on the Left?

Published on 2011-02-16 22:07:34

Despite it's growing popularity within the Tea Party movement, nullification is generally thought of as some kind of weird and ancient libertarian theory, only advocated by "extreme" individualists like me. Just mention the word 'nullification' aroun

Economics, Politics, News, Links (02/16/11)

Published on 2011-02-16 18:32:11

3.8 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun! What America can learn from Ireland’s meltdown The Cee Lo Green Budget $35,000 a Month, Plus Expenses Republicans going wobbly on ObamaCare? TSA Workers Admit to Stealing Thousands From Passengers 1

Economic Collapse (for the children)

Published on 2011-02-16 12:08:55

This morning on FOX News, some Democratic operative was lamenting the "dangerous" budget cuts that would wreak havoc on "our children's future." Yeah, that's it ... Quite frankly, I don't know how she sleeps at night. Because both the Democrats and R

U.S. Inflation Soars

Published on 2011-02-15 20:03:53

While your benevolent Overlords Obama and Bernanke shrug off inflation and tell you the economy is growing, back in the real world, consumer prices are starting to soar. Yes. Contrary to what liars like Paul Krugman have to say, printing money has co

9/11 Truth (and lies)

Published on 2011-02-15 16:31:43

The only truth about what happened on 9/11/01 is that, nobody knows the whole truth. Just a couple weeks ago, for example, we learned (thanks to Wikileaks) that 3 terrorist suspects are still at large. The Terrorists Who Got Away: FBI Hunts 9/11 Susp

The Secret Recipe for Coca-Cola?

Published on 2011-02-15 15:30:00

This is interesting ... Possibly the best kept trade secret in history, may not be a secret anymore. This American Life claims they found the secret recipe for Coca-Cola in a 32-year-old Atlanta Journal-Constitution article. Is this the real thing? S

PATRIOT Act is Unconstitutional

Published on 2011-02-15 13:58:14

Can Congress arbitrarily suspend parts of the Constitution? Because Republican House "leadership" sure thinks so ... The bottom-line is that, the Republican-controlled House believes their version of "safety" means they can evade the Constitution (s

Economics, Politics, News, Links (02/15/11)

Published on 2011-02-15 12:04:13

Constitution-hating House members pass PATRIOT Act Re-Authorization US Retail: Clothing Prices to Rise 10% France Wants New Global Finance System; End of Dollar Dominance... Egypt, OK – But What About America’s Oligarchs? Bernanke's Strategy: Suf

Rightwing Welfare (it’s in our “national interest”)

Published on 2011-02-14 15:01:55

Welfare for dependent dictators will drive the country into financial ruin every bit as fast as welfare for Americans who are unemployed thanks to the Federal Reserve-induced financial crash. A dollar spent is a dollar spent, so there's no gray-area

Why Do I Pick On Conservatives?

Published on 2011-02-14 13:22:48

Why do I pick on conservatives? It's simple, really. I'd like to see you put your money where your mouth is, and it's long past time you put up or shut up! Do you want Constitutionally-limited government, or do you "miss me yet" George W. Bush? Is th

Ron Paul’s 2011 CPAC Victory

Published on 2011-02-13 19:14:55

Rep. Ron Paul won the CPAC straw poll for the second year in a row and the Internet is aflutter with excuses ... because like, you know, that poll "doesn't mean anything." That's funny! Because if it's so meaningless, why expend so much energy trying

Economics, Politics, News, Links (02/13/11)

Published on 2011-02-13 13:54:03

Escaping the Great Depression – and Extending the Greater Depression The Department of Homeland Security Wants to Friend You? Abraham Lincoln 'wanted to deport slaves' to new colonies Mythology & Official Nonsense Republicans Not Serious About

Best Read (02/06 – 02/12/2011)

Published on 2011-02-13 10:26:40

The 10 best read posts from last week. Soaring food prices and individual liberty continue to be at the top of people's minds. The Next U.S. Crash Will Be Like the Collapse of the Soviet Union Food Crisis 2011 Food Shortage Coming? (Survival) Christ

Your Life According To The Government

Published on 2011-02-12 14:03:10

Must watch video. Brilliant! H/T - Your Life According To The Government Your Life According To The Government is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog Your Life According To The Government is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Heather Graham’s Uprising Against the Empire

Published on 2011-02-12 10:37:46

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! A People's Uprising Against the Empire Those of the young generation, people too young to remember the collapse of Soviet bloc and other socialist states in 1989 and 1990, are fortunate to be living through another thrilling e

A War for an Oilcan (Corporatism and War)

Published on 2011-02-11 09:02:44

Speaking out against the Gulf War in 1991, Russell Kirk paraphrased Edmund Burke and declared, "A war for Kuwait? A war for an oilcan!" In May of that same year, economist and historian Murray Rothbard published the following research. You don't have

Economics, Politics, News, Links (02/10/11)

Published on 2011-02-10 15:29:08

If Stocks Are Right, The Economy's in Trouble Fastest rise in prices of staple foods in five years Why Another Financial Crash is Certain Your dollar How the Fed Fuels Unemployment Why the Bond Market Is Undeniably a Bubble Robert ‘the Fourth’ Re

Whither Conservatism

Published on 2011-02-10 12:06:55

What, exactly, is the modern conservative movement about? What is it's purpose? Does it have a philosophical basis, or just a set of rules? What role does it want the government to play in my life? I'm asking, because for the life of me, I can't figu

The Next U.S. Crash Will Be Like the Collapse of the Soviet Union

Published on 2011-02-09 16:07:04

There's only one politician in Washington, DC (ok, two) that gives it to you straight. His name is Ron Paul. Listen to him carefully as he's interviewed by Larry Kudlow on CNBC, then listen to him again. He does a great job explaining central plannin

Obama Emergency Alert System

Published on 2011-02-09 13:58:06

It's plain and simple. Your Washington DC Overlords categorically hate your freedom. How else can you possibly explain this creepy totalitarian take-over of the media? FCC: Presidential emergency alerts to be tested Lisa Fowlkes, deputy chief of the

George W. Bush: Holding the Hand of Evil

Published on 2011-02-09 12:13:30

Yes. That picture to right is former President George W. Bush holding hands with the evil Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak. Cute, isn't it? Just as Cheney and Mubarak make 2 peas in a pod, Bush and Mubarak do too. Whether it's Bush, Cheney, Obama, or

Felonious Shampoo

Published on 2011-02-08 19:50:24

You already commit 3 felonies a day, so why not a few more? I mean, you really didn't think you were going to get away with cutting someone's hair or gasp, shampooing someone's hair without a license, did you? If you think this is more Big Government

America’s Character Deficit

Published on 2011-02-08 15:30:16

Being an individual is, I guess, scary. So left and right, we look to government instead of ourselves, to keep us safe, to keep us moral, to keep us fed, to be our keepers. We call demagogues "leaders," while making impossible demands of them. They p

The Greatest Depression

Published on 2011-02-08 12:34:56

Let's see ... What's going on? The left is living in La-La Land, where money grows on trees. The "social conservatives" are worrying themselves silly over gays. Oh, and "the land of opportunity" continues to decline into third-world status. Gerald C

Economics, Politics, News, Links (02/07/11)

Published on 2011-02-07 18:33:15

For those who have the eyes to see, conditions for a train smash in the financial markets continue to build. Food Costs – The Fed Can’t Have It Both Ways! Another Economic 'Martial Law in the Streets' Moment Approaches Empty Houses: Ownership Soc

Ruh, Roh! Do Social Conservatives Hate Sarah Palin Too?

Published on 2011-02-07 13:44:22

Maybe Sarah Palin should be banned from CPAC too ... Palin showing her libertarian leanings Here's Sarah Palin talking about CPAC, the big conservative hooh-hah starting later this week in DC. The news this year is that folks such as The Heritage Fo

Dick Cheney Hearts Mubarak (2 peas in a pod)

Published on 2011-02-07 11:06:34

Pure partisan politics is the only possible reason any red-blooded American could like former Vice President Dick Cheney. The man who has been in Washington, DC since I was a small child (so much for "throwing the rascals out," eh?), has done nothing

Economics, Politics, News, Links (02/06/11)

Published on 2011-02-06 22:48:07

Japanese Company Invents Water Fueled Car 63 MPGs – just not for us… What Would the Founders Do About Egypt and Hosni Mubarak? Who is the Real Opposition in Egypt? Tunisian police kill protesters More Puzzle Pieces to Put Together... Ready for Na

Best Read (01/30 – 02/05/2011)

Published on 2011-02-06 21:34:50

The 10 best read posts from last week. Climbing grocery prices have certainly been on people's minds. Those posts keep making the top 10 week after week. Egypt’s Internet Kill Switch? What About America’s? Food Shortage Coming? Egypt, Mubarak, a

Big Government Conservatives Boycott CPAC

Published on 2011-02-06 14:01:02

Whenever you get 2 or more people in a room, there is going to be disagreement. But this undeniable fact of life hasn't stopped so-called "social conservatives" from demanding a pure hive mind anyway. Best I can tell these days, the label "conservati

Chica (Rule 5) Boom!

Published on 2011-02-06 10:45:20

If your Rule 5 link isn't listed below, please feel free to email it to me, and I'll update accordingly. Barbie Que���Sunday Pinup���Leeann Tweeden Bunga-bunga���Olivia Munn���Sunday Totty

Does Melissa Clouthier Hate Russell Kirk?

Published on 2011-02-05 22:07:07

She seems very sweet, so I don't mean to pick on Melissa Clouthier directly, but since RedState won't allow me to leave a comment, I must. Melissa wrote a post titled "Should Libertarians Be Banned From CPAC?" in which she provides a very narrow defi

Bush/Cheney/Obama/Mubarak

Published on 2011-02-05 13:50:10

Bush, Cheney, Obama and Mubarak differ only by degree. They are all oppressors whose lust for power knows no bounds. According to the Bush/Cheney/Obama junta for example, YOU commit 3 felonies per day. But don't take my word for it, listen to what Pr

Moral Hazard with Leeann Tweeden

Published on 2011-02-05 12:27:40

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! The Fed Vastly Expands Moral Hazard This definition of moral hazard from Wikipedia is quite satisfactory: "Moral Hazard occurs when a party insulated from risk behaves differently than it would behave if it were fully exposed

Economics, Politics, News, Links (02/04/11)

Published on 2011-02-04 14:23:21

Inflation: It's Already Here Foreign Dependency Part of the Game the US is Playing Who Has the Big Knife Out for Meredith Whitney? Inflation’s First Phase Dollar's Reserve Status Enables U.S. Debt Addiction Revolutionary Fervor to Spread Beyond Ara

Bringing Dictatorship Home

Published on 2011-02-04 11:29:15

James Madison, the father of the Constitution, warned that "Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad." Looking at America today, it is more than

Hosni Mubarak’s Agents Provocateur

Published on 2011-02-04 09:50:43

Hosni Mubarak, the evil Egyptian dictator who warns of chaos, is busy deploying agents provocateur to create the chaos himself. Looters included undercover Egyptian police Human Rights Watch confirmed several cases of undercover police loyal to Egypt

Egypt and the Global Welfare Queens

Published on 2011-02-03 13:11:51

Protesters took to the streets in Egypt demanding the brutal dictator, Hosni Mubarak, step down. They have since been met with violence by what the media has labeled "pro-government groups." [T]his is not in fact what's happening on the street. The s

Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, and Government Lies

Published on 2011-02-02 18:16:03

As reported here before, the FBI helped get Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, "the Underwear Bomber," onto Flight 253. Government Lies About Flight 253 New Information on Abdulmutallab the Underwear Bomber The Skivvy on Naked Body Scanners NEW RESTRICTIONS

The Truth About John Boehner

Published on 2011-02-02 14:30:47

With Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) preparing to waffle on the debt ceiling, it's as good of a time as any, to review Boehner's voting record. Rhetoric means nothing. Actions mean everything. Voted for No Child Left Behind Act - his "proud

Politics and Violence

Published on 2011-02-02 11:08:04

There is one subject in politics that everyone avoids like the plague, that of violence. Sure, the left says Tea Partiers are violent and the right says leftwing activists are violent, but that's all "he said, she said, BS." Because the truth of the

Economics, Politics, News, Links (02/01/11)

Published on 2011-02-01 14:56:33

Today is National Freedom Day Internet 'Kill Switch' Bill Reintroduced Trying to Thwart Free Speech Trust not in Republicans The Republican Party is $23 million in debt. And the Republicans want us to vote for them so they can fix the country’s deb

Egypt, Mubarak, and the Muslim Brotherhood

Published on 2011-01-31 19:35:13

The revolution taking place in Egypt is a direct result of rule by an evil dictator, Hosni Mubarak, who has pilfered, oppressed, kidnapped, tortured, murdered, and terrorized the people of Egypt for 30 years. Put simply, Mubarak is a monster ... boug

Quantitative Easing is Nothing New

Published on 2011-01-31 09:55:13

By Mike Hewitt The term 'quantitative easing' is just the newest term to describe the on-going central bank policy of increasing money supply. Greetings. There has been an increasing amount of news covering the activities of The US Federal Reserve a

The Screwing Of The American People

Published on 2011-01-31 09:20:42

The government, The Too Bigger To Fail Banks, The Bailouts, and The Screwing Of The American People explained in less than 7 minutes by bears, or dogs, or whatever. Brilliant! It is a sick joke. H/T - Step Aside The Bernank Here Comes Timothy Jeethn

Zeitgeist: Marxism with Robots

Published on 2011-01-30 22:39:13

Because of Jared Lee Loughner's horrendous acts, Zeitgeist: The Movie has been receiving a lot of attention lately. But what is Zeitgeist: The Movie really all about? The New York Times provides a good hint: “The mission of the movement is the appl

Rule 5 Dancing

Published on 2011-01-30 18:37:23

A great Rule 5 song and video from My Darkest Days ... Rule 5 Dancing is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog Rule 5 Dancing is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog

Best Read (01/23 – 01/29/2011)

Published on 2011-01-30 08:39:14

10 best read posts from last week. An Obligation to Serve the State Food Shortage Coming? Breaking Bill Gates Food Crisis 2011 Rightwing Statism I Am TJIC Food Crisis 2011 What Is Anarchy? Internet National ID Card Robert Rubin: U.S. Debt Crisis Cou

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/29/11)

Published on 2011-01-29 19:43:54

The US and UK are lying about inflation, says Jim Rogers. Could Bernanke Spark a Run on the Dollar? A Global Central Bank and Currency? Federal Reserve openly aiming for inflation – The Fed looks for a sequel in punishing the U.S. dollar and hopes

Egypt’s Internet Kill Switch? What About America’s?

Published on 2011-01-29 16:44:36

The bald-faced lies and hypocrisy out of Washington, DC, never ceases to amaze me. The same Washington dictators who want an Internet Kill Switch here at home, condemns one their puppet dictator regimes for doing the same in Egypt. Here's what happen

A Nation of (Walmart) Snitches

Published on 2011-01-29 15:14:16

It looks like Big Sis Napolitano's Walmart snitch program finally paid off. Police in Kirksville, Mo., successfully apprehended a man for talking on his phone. That's right, talking on his phone. Report of armed man leads to lockdown at Wal-Mart A re

Natalie Portman & the Economics of Crystal Meth

Published on 2011-01-29 13:59:33

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! What Explains Crystal Meth? Most people have never really met crystal meth; sure, they talk about it on the news a lot, but how many average Americans know anyone who is a meth user? The drug goes by many names: methylamphetam

P Diddy to Blame for 9/11

Published on 2011-01-28 19:02:55

That's right. Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs knocked down the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Oh, and he did it with the help of none other than Rodney King too. What? You don't believe me? Well, here's the proof. EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: Woman Blames

Breaking Bill Gates

Published on 2011-01-27 19:55:45

Bill Gates is the wealthiest man in America. With a net worth of approximately $54 billion, it goes without saying that he's got more money than he could ever possibly need. Now, he didn't use guns or the threat of violence to accumulate his billions

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/26/11)

Published on 2011-01-26 22:31:23

The Gun in the Room The Corruption Game The ACTUAL State of the Union (Infographic) State of the Union rebuttal This Sounds to Me Like More Centralized Power is Coming Obama Fails to Address Inflation in State of the Union The State of the Union: the

The Drug War’s Collateral Damage

Published on 2011-01-26 11:28:51

Like it or not, if you support the War on Drugs, you support harassing, injuring, and killing innocent fellow Americans. Yes, it's that simple. Because the War on Drugs is the "policing [of] non-violent consensual crimes, with very violent, volatile

Rand Paul: $500 Billion in Federal Budget Cuts

Published on 2011-01-26 10:24:47

President Obama's SOTU speech last night can be summed up as follows: Let's spend more money! More money we don't have, that is. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) wants to cut anywhere from $60 billion to $80 billion out of the budget this year. Other Republican

Robert Rubin: U.S. Debt Crisis Could Explode Any Moment

Published on 2011-01-25 21:54:45

Robert Rubin is not just a member of the Ruling Class, he's one of their top dogs. And he's sounding the economic alarms in Davos too. Global Insiders Warned: U.S. Debt Crisis Could Explode at Anytime When attendees arrive and check in, they will be

Republicans Push ISPs to Record User Data

Published on 2011-01-25 16:40:40

The one-party Washington DC regime hates your freedom. Straight-up. And for any of you that still believe the Republican Party offers a chance at liberty, the following should tell you all you need to know. Republicans hate freedom every bit as much

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/25/11)

Published on 2011-01-25 14:57:35

The More Americans That Go On Food Stamps The More Money JP Morgan Makes The End Game Has Begun China Bank Moves to Buy U.S. Branches Texas Used Stimulus to Cover 97% of Its Deficit Ah, Sweet Mystery of...Taxation Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolu

Rightwing Statism

Published on 2011-01-25 12:28:00

If you want to limit government, you have to limit the Pentagon. Period. Because as Randolph Bourne warned long ago, "war is the health of the state." Moreover, advocating for war, mongering for war, apologizing for war — these are the health of st

I Am TJIC

Published on 2011-01-24 20:08:01

I Am TJIC MY BIRTH STATE, Massachusetts has a reputation as being a cradle of liberty. Rather, it is a sink of despotism where a handful of real men once lived, and it is for the deeds of those men we remember and revere the place. But the truth of t

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/23/11)

Published on 2011-01-23 20:55:56

The Tools of Regulatory Capture The reason why the KGB wants you to join Facebook Snug and smug inside the Beltway -- or as they see it, the center of the universe ... Believing that the .gov knows best Have home schooling parents no shame? Homeschoo

Best Read (01/16 – 01/22/2011)

Published on 2011-01-23 09:13:22

10 best read posts from last week. Food Shortage Coming? Internet National ID Card Guardians of Liberty Food Crisis 2011 Why Not Anarchy? Food Inflation Municipal Bond Crisis Conditioning Americans to Accept the Unacceptable Creepy Bill Gates Popula

Salma Hayek in Defense of Clear Thinking

Published on 2011-01-22 14:57:51

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! In Defense of Clear Thinking The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. ~ Herbert Spencer My academic life in college was largely spent studying what were then referred to a

Armed Robbery

Published on 2011-01-21 13:34:28

As I've said countless times before, the nature of the state is theft and violence. Case in point ... Medical marijuana may be legal in Michigan, but that didn't stop a gang of armed thugs wearing state-issued costumes from raiding a dispensary and s

Statism’s Assembly Line

Published on 2011-01-21 12:23:56

How did we get to this point? Where did all this debt come from? Where do all the large-scale wars come from? How did we end up arresting peaceful people for victimless non-crimes? Why are all the guns pointed at us to take our justly acquired proper

Why Not Anarchy?

Published on 2011-01-21 11:19:22

Nobody, not left or right, is happy with the government these days. Nobody finds it responsive. The "Democrat vs. Republican" charade is but a sad joke. And the more than $200 trillion in debt proves without a doubt ... Government is nothing more tha

Ask Not What You Can Do For Your Country

Published on 2011-01-20 21:31:46

President John F. Kennedy's famous "Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country," is a direct insult to a free man. Milton Friedman put it into perspective long ago ... IN A MUCH QUOTED PASSAGE in his inaugural a

President Hu Jintao Meets U.S. Heads of State

Published on 2011-01-20 20:52:23

"'Heads of State' is how Bloomberg described it this morning on the radio. Chinese president Hu Jintao is here in the US to meet with such important heads of state as Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, national security adviser Tom Don

An Endless Sea of Debt and the Fourth Turning

Published on 2011-01-20 13:30:59

An Endless Sea of Debt America is heading into long, cold, brutal economic blizzard. There's no way out. We've passed the point of no return ... Sometime around the year 2005, perhaps a few years before or after, America will enter the Fourth Turning

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/19/11)

Published on 2011-01-19 20:33:00

'50 Cents' Very Short and Sorry Career as A Stock Promoter Mick Without Moss President Obama "secretly battling stomach parasites." Spare Me More Kabuki Hawaii Governor Tries and Fails to Find Obama's Birth Certificate Sheila Jackson Lee’s Original

Jared Lee Loughner Update

Published on 2011-01-19 19:24:50

More links on the Jared lee Loughner story. Only those who are clinically deranged could harbor such anti-social views about the government ruling us --an institution representing the refined essence of benevolence, administered by beings of infinite

Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse

Published on 2011-01-19 10:25:37

It's not hyperbole when I say that the government's debt is unsustainable. It is unsustainable! We're seriously heading towards a train wreck of epic proportions. Big Government must be repealed not tomorrow, but today. We can't keep kicking the can

Tax Protesters and Whiskey Rebels

Published on 2011-01-18 19:20:01

So much of what is purported to be American history simply isn't true. Every story paints a virtuous government, led by saintly politicians who never tell a lie, standing athwart the evils of [insert your freedom here]. Yet this couldn't be further f

Food Riots in America?

Published on 2011-01-18 12:40:35

Food riots in America? Yes. It can happen here. Food Riots 2011 Just as we saw during the food riots of 2008, when people get to the point where they can't even feed themselves anymore, they tend to lose it. In the video posted below, you can really

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/18/11)

Published on 2011-01-18 11:17:02

States Warned of $2 Trillion Pensions Shortfall... Obama’s EPA: treating permits like Lucy treats a football Rubio undecided on joining Tea Party Caucus Police Officers Committing Perjury in Testimony About Consent Searches? Study: Many college stu

Jared Lee Loughner: Tucson Arizona Shooting

Published on 2011-01-16 19:36:17

Previously ... Jared Lee Loughner Arizona Shooting Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste Jared Lee Loughner Update (01-12-11) Jared Lee Loughner Tucson Shooting (01/13/11) Jared Lee Loughner: more than you ever wanted to know Politics is a Violent and

Food Inflation

Published on 2011-01-16 12:22:07

The government and mainstream media pundits love to tell us how everything is under control, Ben Bernanke can inflate the currency to infinity, the purchasing power of your dollar will remain intact. Well ... unless you eat that is, or like to keep y

Best Read (01/09 – 01/15/2011)

Published on 2011-01-16 10:03:28

The 10 best read posts from last week. Internet National ID Card Guardians of Liberty Food Shortage Coming? Food Crisis 2011 Dead Birds, Dead Fish, What’s Up? Jared Lee Loughner Update (01-12-11) Definition of Individual Rights Wikileaks Scandal J

What Ever Happened To Crazy?

Published on 2011-01-15 22:06:50

Talking about the Columbine High School massacre, Chris Rock puts the whole Jared Lee Loughner "political debate" into perspective. What kind of music were the kids listening to? What kind of movies were they watching? Who gives a blank. What ever ha

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/15/11)

Published on 2011-01-15 13:14:45

Schools Giving Tickets, Not Detention Slips, Report Says U.S. Had Helo Deal With Ousted Tunisian Dictator California to Rob Disability Pension Fund Patriot Act Up For Renewal, Nobody Notices Health Insurance Executive Says His Company Favors a Federa

Politics is a Violent and Corrupt Racket (with Kelly Brooks)

Published on 2011-01-15 12:01:46

It’s Rule 5 Saturday! The essence of government, every government, is violence. "Every piece of legislation enacted by congress, every order issued by a court, every action undertaken by government officials – whether at a state, local, or nation

Municipal Bond Crisis

Published on 2011-01-14 13:30:56

We argue about so many trivial things in politics, all the while the debt just grows and grows. And grows and grows. But there are consequences to our profligate ways, and those chickens are coming home to roost. Many states, cities and towns are lit

Jared Lee Loughner: more than you ever wanted to know

Published on 2011-01-14 11:34:08

The latest news on Jared Lee Loughner. Previously: Jared Lee Loughner Arizona Shooting Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste Jared Lee Loughner Update (01-12-11) Jared Lee Loughner Tucson Shooting (01/13/11) More: Why Gun Control (Still) Won't Work C

John Williams: Hyper Inflation

Published on 2011-01-13 14:11:53

From "John Williams Eyes Gold as Insurance Against Hyper Inflation Armageddon ." Unemployment: TGR: If we add those numbers, where does unemployment stand? JW: This is the payroll survey; unemployment is a separate number from the household survey. I

We can pretend …

Published on 2011-01-13 11:39:41

Facing reality, I mean, really facing reality is something none of us likes to do, but face it we must. The economy is a flop, government debt is unsustainable ... you can forget about an economic recovery in 2011. Americans are addicted to spending.

Jared Lee Loughner Tucson Shooting (01/13/11)

Published on 2011-01-13 10:14:32

Since there are no other problems to deal with right now, it's all Jared Lee Loughner, all of the time! Jared Lee Loughner Arizona Shooting Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste Jared Lee Loughner Update (01-12-11) Today's updates: more than you ever

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/12/11)

Published on 2011-01-12 16:53:44

In the long run it's all microeconomics INCREASING Fed Money Printing Over the Next 30 Days!! Tom Coburn Says “Apocalyptic Pain” Is Coming Fed prints another $600bn to keep US recovery on track Push to Make Global Currency... Housing Market Slips

Jared Lee Loughner Update (01-12-11)

Published on 2011-01-12 12:22:43

Continuing "more than you ever wanted to know about Jared Lee Loughner and his horrific crime" ... Leviathan has managed to turn tragedy into an excuse to clamp down on free speech. To leviathan you see, your freedoms are always at fault. Giffords sh

What Is The State?

Published on 2011-01-11 21:09:13

What is government? What is the State? Joseph Sobran on the "essence of the state": The essence of the state is its legal monopoly of force. But force is subhuman; in words I quote incessantly, Simone Weil defined it as “that which turns a person i

Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste

Published on 2011-01-11 16:12:00

You don’t ever want a crisis to go to waste; it’s an opportunity to do important things that you would otherwise avoid. -- Rahm Emanuel It looks like the lunatic Jared Lee Loughner will be used by the government as an excuse to silence political

Food Crisis 2011

Published on 2011-01-11 13:59:34

Did you catch this recent headline about food prices? Global food prices hit record high Food prices hit a record high last month, surpassing the levels seen during the 2007-08 crisis, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation said on Wednesday. Th

Internet National ID Card

Published on 2011-01-10 17:19:53

The government believes all of its problems are due to your freedom. This time you see, they need control of the Internet ... Our Overlords demand total control. The Coming Internet National ID Card President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commer

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/10/11)

Published on 2011-01-10 16:28:00

Deepening crisis traps America's have-nots Bernanke Talks Up Jobless Recovery Delusion Spinning Unemployment in a Collapsing Empire IRS Liens Torment Struggling Taxpayers A National Debt That Will Never Be Repaid Is the spending really fixable? Debt

Best Read (01/02 – 01/08/2011)

Published on 2011-01-10 14:49:27

The 10 best read posts from last week. Dead Birds, Dead Fish, What’s Up? Wikileaks Scandal Police State Brutality Food Shortage Coming? Guardians of Liberty U.S. Housing 2011 Department of Homeland (In)Security “Blaming America” Rhetoric Ameri

Jared Lee Loughner Arizona Shooting

Published on 2011-01-10 13:20:42

Is Jared Lee Loughner really the most important storyline of the day? Nevermind the debt ... here's the lunatic! ??? That people have tried to make "political points" for themselves off this tragic event, just goes to show you how truly sad and empty

Contra-Feminazi

Published on 2011-01-08 11:36:36

A real American hero. H/T - A Heroine Who Won’t Be Featured on ‘Oprah’ or ‘Sixty Minutes’. Pistol-packin' manager answers robber with hot lead A Dougherty County woman's workday started with a shootout with a couple of armed robbers. She w

Detroit Lives (VIDEO)

Published on 2011-01-08 09:28:46

An interesting look at Detroit with Johnny Knoxville. Video: Johnny Knoxville's 'Detroit Lives' documentary debuts in full In the first minute of Johnny Knoxville's "Detroit Lives" documentary, viewers can surmise that it will be the antithesis of Ch

Department of Homeland (In)Security

Published on 2011-01-07 14:20:56

America didn't suffer a terrorist attack on 09/11/01 because it lacked a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and/or Transportation Security Administration (TSA). No, America had more than her fair share of bureaucracy already. But somewhere along t

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/06/11)

Published on 2011-01-06 16:10:14

The New Stealth Bailout Of Bank Of America Another reason not to live in California The surging pain of foreclosures Did The SEC Hide A Damning Piece Of The Prosection Against Goldman? Underemployment rose to 19.0% in December Stunning census results

Submit. Obey.

Published on 2011-01-06 13:02:56

Eric Peters on "Where We're Headed ... " The point is, we (the lowing, beef-headed, football and celebrity obsessed oblivions who now constitute a working majority of the American public) have already conceded the point. Everything that matters has b

“the press is a propaganda ministry for the government”

Published on 2011-01-06 12:11:00

Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration, Paul Craig Roberts, explains today's "1984" reality in a nutshell. Today the press is a propaganda ministry for the government. Any member who departs from his duty to lie and s

Police State Brutality

Published on 2011-01-06 11:38:16

It seems a day doesn't go by without another story of police brutality in our formerly "land of the free." The examples are legion. 14-year old girl tasered in the head. Cop points gun in girls face. Elderly woman slammed to the ground. And prosecuto

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/05/11)

Published on 2011-01-05 16:58:17

NATIONAL DEBT TOPS $14 TRILL... Raise the debt ceiling? Are you nuts? Third World America, here we are! How to Sink America Bankruptcy Filings Leapt 9% Last Year... 'Saving' the Housing Market The Federal Government Illustrated George Soros: The Unit

The Trouble With Non-Libertarians

Published on 2011-01-05 15:16:05

In a surprisingly good piece by Conor Friedersdorf, he rewrites some of Chris Beam's "The Trouble With Liberty" as follows: The Trouble With Non-Libertarians There's never been a better time to be a non-libertarian! The right is still demanding an ex

San Francisco’s Crappy Meal

Published on 2011-01-05 08:48:41

Jon Stewart: After San Francisco bans toys from Happy Meals, Aasif Mandvi introduces kids to the brand new Crappy Meal. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c San Francisco’s Crappy Meal is a post from: The Classic Liberal

“Weird” Among Conservatives?

Published on 2011-01-04 20:49:42

Has the conservative movement gone mad? What’s "Weird" About Ron Paul? Paul was so weird during his 2008 bid for the GOP nomination for president that the Republican Party wouldn’t even let him in the door at their national convention. Yet, Sen.

Dead Birds, Dead Fish, What’s Up?

Published on 2011-01-04 14:10:56

Just when you thought things couldn't get any stranger ... Mass La. bird deaths puzzle investigators Dead fish cover 20-miles of Arkansas River Thousands Of Dead Fish Wash Onto Bay Shores Woman reports dozens of dead birds in her yard 100 tons of de

U.S. Housing 2011

Published on 2011-01-04 12:27:15

There is no economic recovery on the horizon. In fact, because of the shenanigans, er, policies of our Ruling Class - lie, spend, tax, borrow, and print - the economy is only going to get worse. A lot worse. Sure, it will seem as if things are pickin

Economics, Politics, News, Links (01/04/11)

Published on 2011-01-04 10:15:29

A Happier New Year for the Beltway Three Things We Should Worry about in 2011 Welcome to the Collapse Hiding A Depression: How The US Government Does It Rising Debt Ceiling Raises U.S. Default Worries Shoe Company Fined $230K For Violation of the Fe

“Blaming America” Rhetoric

Published on 2011-01-02 20:43:51

The government does not define America. Foreign policy does not define America. Got that? I do not like the government. It does not have my consent. I also happen to think a random group of monkeys could do a better job than the various 545 power-hun

Economics, Politics, News (01/02/11)

Published on 2011-01-02 18:50:28

Yes, I'm changing the name of the (almost) daily links post. Will probably have less cheesecake going forward too. Better SEO and more clicks from the work computer. At least that's my rationale. Let me know what you think! The Cubanizing of America

Police Drones Spy On U.S. Citizens

Published on 2011-01-02 15:19:40

"Land of the Free," eh? Houston Police Spy Drones: Whatever Happened to Serve and Protect? When reporters started using the term “police state” several years ago, we thought it was somewhat over-the-top. Now, it seems that everyday brings news t

Top 20 Hotties 2010

Published on 2011-01-02 11:27:13

For his week's Rule 5, we have the Top 20 Hotties of 2010! Kristen Bell says End the Fed! The Anne Hathaway Offensive (NSFW) Denise Milani Inflating Away Our Rights Carrie Prejean Exposed and Topless! Carrie Prejean Nipple Slip? Michigan Girls and S

2010: A Year in Review

Published on 2010-12-31 18:44:00

Thank you to everyone for another fantastic year of growth at the The Classic Liberal Blog! You are all very much appreciated! The following is a list of the Top 50 Posts from 2010. Happy New Year! Top 50 Posts 2010 Kristen Bell says End the Fed! Wh