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Reveal To Me The Real Scandals Three!

We reveal the real scandals of government people should be angry about

Felony Friday: Police Kill Unarmed Man In The Bronx, Judge Tosses Indictment

The Real Problem Is The Income Tax, Not The IRS Sideshow

3D Printed Guns? Kim Dotcom Says “No!”

Predictable: Government Going After Bitcoin Exchange

We Called It: Bitcoin Exchanges The Easiest Target For Gov

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Reveal To Me The Real Scandals Three!

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Marc Clair Posted in Politics, War & Peace Leave a comment

Currently there are three major scandals that are plaguing the Obama administration. While each of these scandals are representative of what we should come to expect from government, the media coverage and general outrage seem to miss the real scandals. I will now reveal to you the three real scandals we should be discussing. Scandal #1: Benghazi People are angry that the President did not respond quickly enough to the attack at the consulate in Benghazi, Libya that took the life of ambassador

Felony Friday: Police Kill Unarmed Man In The Bronx, Judge Tosses Indictment

Posted on May 17, 2013 by John Odermatt Posted in Police State Leave a comment

The old devils are at it again. In a February 2012 tragic case of savagery, an unarmed 18-year-old young man from the Bronx was slain by police after they forced entry into his residence. Fast forward to May 2013 and Bronx News 12 reports on a Judge tossing the indictment in the case against officer Richard Haste. Richard Haste was facing manslaughter charges in the death of 18-year-old Ramarley Graham, but a judge ruled that the Bronx County District Attorney’s

The Real Problem Is The Income Tax, Not The IRS Sideshow

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Chris Rossini Posted in Taxation 1 Comment

The IRS’s actions constitute the use of governmental power to intrude on the privacy and shackle the political freedom of American citizens. — Peggy Noonan (@Peggynoonannyc) May 17, 2013 Unfortunately, while Obama is under fire for the misdeeds of the IRS in targeting conservative groups, Republican pundits, like Peggy Noonan, are making sure the scandal doesn’t get out of hand. In other words, let’s give Obama a black eye, but let’s not get carried away to the point that Americans start

3D Printed Guns? Kim Dotcom Says “No!”

Posted on May 16, 2013 by John Odermatt Posted in Philosophy of Liberty 3 Comments

Internet entrepreneur and enemy of the State Kim Dotcom is a consistent, outspoken critic of copyright laws. You may remember Dotcom from a dramatic FBI led raid of his New Zealand residence over a year ago. The raid resulted in his arrest and seizure of assets from his cloud storage service Megaupload. In the time since this event an epic legal battle between Kim Dotcom (yes that is now his legal name) and the United States government has unfolded. Earlier

Predictable: Government Going After Bitcoin Exchange

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Brian McWilliams Posted in Economicy, Monetary Policy 1 Comment

Here’s a quick hit post to more or less say “I told you so.” I wrote previously about Bitcoin, and how it was only a matter of time until the U.S. government (and many others) pointed their sharpened blades at the upstart digital currency. Well, the first cuts have just been taken, as the Dept. of Homeland Security has issued a warrant to Dwolla, a start-up online transaction company that utilizes Mt.Gox – the largest Bitcoin exchange for U.S. Dollars.

Free Market Defense in Motown

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Marc Clair Posted in Philosophy of Liberty 1 Comment

I’ve advocated often that the State should not provide any services whatsoever, including those that even many libertarians believe the State should provide such as police and court systems. Ideally, the State would not exist at all. Of course, this more ideal world may never come to pass in my lifetime, but that doesn’t mean strides can’t be made in many areas. As is our mission statement, there are many ways we can advance these ideas daily. One of the more common

Carrying Water for Obama

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Chris Rossini Posted in Politics Leave a comment

The Obama Administration is juggling three scandals at one time (IRS, Benghazi, AP spying). So who’s carrying water for the Obama? Who’s showing that they’re a real team player? I’ve come across a few examples. Let’s start with Ed Schultz: Look, if you play by the rules and if you do what you’re supposed to do, an audit doesn’t take very long. IRS agents are there for a reason. Am I defending the IRS? Yeah I am! I am, I

Would a Free Society “Control” Drug Use?

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Marc Clair Posted in Liberty & Law, Philosophy of Liberty Leave a comment

My recent criticism of Rand Paul’s comments on drug legalization and my follow up post have led to some questions from fellow libertarians about just if or how drug use could be regulated if it weren’t for the government. How would a free society, one without government at all, deal with drugs? The easy libertarian answer is simply “it wouldn’t”. And this is certainly true in the sense of what we think of as “drug control” today. There would be no “State”

A Note on Rand, Playing Politics and Constitutional Arguments

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Marc Clair Posted in Philosophy of Liberty, Politics 2 Comments

After my article yesterday regarding Rand Paul’s recent statements regarding drug legalization, I received some criticism particularly over at the Daily Paul for coming down too hard on Rand. “After all”, the argument goes,”he is just taking the Constitutional position and leaving it up to the states to decide. Rand is on our side”. To be clear, in the specific statements Paul made regarding drug legalization, there was no distinction between “federal” and “state” legalization of drugs. He simply stated that he “wasn’t

Three Cracks In The Marble Palace

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Chris Rossini Posted in Current Events 1 Comment

The White House is dealing with three scandals at one time: The IRS Scandal, Benghazi, and spying on AP reporters. Robert Wenzel at EconomicPolicyJournal.com explains what this means for liberty: When pockets of central power are created by the government, the government’s subjects can be abused by those in control of these pockets of power and, of course, this abuse goes on to varying degrees by every government agency. But what needs to be cheered in the revelations of these