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Author Archives: k466
The Paul Filibuster Highlights Extreme Executive Powers Claimed by Bush/Obama
Last week’s 13 hour, old-fashioned “talking” filibuster by Senator Rand Paul brought some much needed attention to the ever-growing list of radical powers claimed by the executive branch. Introduced by President Bush and expanded by President Obama, these powers are … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Uncategorized, War
Tagged administration, american citizens, assassination, battlefeild, civil liberties, crime, democrats, drones, due process, endless, eric holder, executive, fifth amendment, filibuster, foreign policy, glenn greenwald, jacob hornberger, liberty, Obama, power, Rand paul, republicans, rights, senate, striking at the root, terror, terrorism, war
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Guest Post at Gather.com: Is Government Magic?
A guest post is on Gather.com by Steve Bachmann. He’s striking at the root, asking why Keynesians like Paul Krugman believe government is either A.) magical, or B.) composed of a class of people inherently smarter than you. Here’s an … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Free Market, Government, Guest
Tagged economics, magic, paul krugman, science, steve bachmann
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Ron Paul and the Tea Party are Right – Don’t Raise the Debt Ceiling
Despite the relentless lectures of politicians and pundits, many Americans, including the tea party movement and presidential candidate Ron Paul, don’t want to raise the debt ceiling. In fact, it’s a majority, according to some polls, including Gallup earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Government
Tagged borrow, congress, cut spending, Debt ceiling, default, economy, financial crisis, government, hyperinflation, inflate, inflation, interest rates, libertarian, national debt, peter Schiff, politics, Ron Paul, striking at the root, tea party, will the US pay off its debt
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The Art of Cardstacking
We’ve all encountered the phrase a house of cards, which leads us to think of a weak, unstable structure. Usually, this notion is correct. However, those that make a hobby of Card Stacking can build surprisingly strong structures, amazing scale … Continue reading
Posted in Hobbies & Fun, Miscellaneous
Tagged bryan berg, card house, cardhouse, cardstacker, fun, hobby, house of cards, matthew m, satr, stacking the deck, striking at the root
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Debt Ceiling Hypocrisy, Hysteria & Our Financial Mess
The debt ceiling of $14.3 trillion will only last another two to three months at the current rate of government spending. It has been raised seven times in the past half-decade. The newly elected Republican House has some worried that … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Government
Tagged Austan Goolsbee, borrow, congress, currency, cut spending, Debt ceiling, democrat, depression, dollar, economy, financial crisis, glenn greenwald, government, harry reid, how large is the US debt, hyperinflation, hypocrisy, hysteria, inflate, inflation, interest rates, joe biden, Laurence kotlikoff, Laurence O’Donnell, libertarian, national debt, Obama, peter Schiff, politics, Rand paul, recession, republican, Robert gibbs, solutions, striking at the root, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Geithner, tyrannical, tyranny, unfunded liabilities, will the US pay off its debt
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Airline Security, Privacy, and Common Sense vs. the TSA
A lot of noise has been made over the new airport security measures being implemented across the nation by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Full body scanners (officially called AIT, or Advanced Imaging Technology) are appearing across the country, with … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Free Market, Government
Tagged abolish, airline security, free market, striking at the root, tsa
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