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FREEDOM OF SPEECH:

PIPA and SOPA protests shut down websites of senators. Protesters in New York pack city blocks.

Feds shut down another file sharing site.

ECONOMY:

I challenge any central planner to make a cheeseburger, from start to finish.

TAX AND SPEND:

Somtimes I read articles that give me a double-take even though I've known all along this was coming. The sheer, blatant evil is hard to accept. In this case,

"The Treasury on Tuesday started dipping into federal pension funds in order to give the Obama administration more credit to pay government bills."

Pharaoh Obama and Lord Geithner have discovered innumerable, innovative ways to steal money from the American people, and I've been warning they will steal pensions for years, but when I see it in print, it still shocks me.

FEDERAL RESERVE:

This is a easy to understand, concise analysis of the deflationary forces working today and why inflation is likely to overcome them.

GLOBAL WARMING AND ENERGY:

Canadian officials are correct in their assessment that eventually the Keystone pipeline will get built. It's too valuable to the Canadian and American people for government to overcome for long. This incident shows how stupid it is for people to surrender their power to government because government always turns around and uses that power against them.

POLICE STATE:

NYPD developing massive irradiation machines for use on streets. They'll be coming your town soon after.

WAR:

Army suicide rates decline from outrageously high level to slightly lower outrageously high level.

Top US military officials fear the US might quit waging war on the Taliban. I don't fear that in the least.

POLITICS:

Poll shows Gingrich surging and Paul faltering in South Carolina. Let's hope that isn't true. If it is true, it shows that voters are responding to meaningless Republican slogans instead of records and policies. It sounds like my fears are justified.

"Gingrich spoke in front of a Model T Ford – a car only a little more ancient than a great many members of the audience. Clever lines that fell flat when Gingrich delivered them at the tea party convention Tuesday got big laughs with this much-less-grim crowd -- like his somewhat-stale knee-slapper about letting Barack Obama use a teleprompter when the two debate.They loved the parts of his stump speech that are well worn – our rights come from God and cannot be taken away by government – and a new attack on Obama spun off the day’s news – the president’s refusal to approve the Keystone oil pipeline is stupidly driving Canada into the arms of China. And they loved Callista, Newt’s exquisitely coiffed wife."

Why do people fall for this meaningless crap? Is it only old people? I doubt it.

Two polls show Gingrich leading Romney and Paul around 15 percent in South Carolina. Gingrich will be the media's big story out of South Carolina, but if Paul beats the polls again, that'll be the real biggest story.

Perry drops out and endorses Gingrich.

In another sign of Ron Paul's leadership, Gingrich calls for a commission to study the gold standard. It would be rigged against it just like Reagan's did. This is an attempt to fool libertarians and steal some votes from Paul. This is so blatantly transparent. Did Gingrich call for a commission to study establishing a moon colony? No. He just said he'd do it. Gingrich never calls for commissions except to fool people.

Article examines Paul's predictions and discovers he was right about pretty much everything. Some predictions are still coming true. No other candidate can say the same. Don't we want a president smart enough to recognize what's going on and do something to stop it?

First Ron Paul had to take down Rick Perry because the media refused to report on his record. Then he had to take down Santorum for the same reason. Now he's taking down Gingrich for the same reason. I never understand why people fall for rhetoric instead of investigating records. Maybe it's laziness, but I think it's more likely that familial instinct. I think most people instinctively look at politicians, at least the ones in the party they favor, like our ancestors looked at tribal chiefs thousands of years ago: like respected extended family members. Most haven't overcome that instinct yet to see them for the selfish, lying crooks they all are.

I have great confidence in this video recommending Ron Paul since Walter Block recommends it so highly.

Ron Paul states a clear, consistent position on states rights and the right to life that slams Santorum on abortion. This is how the abortion issue should be handled. Republicans would be smart to learn from Paul on this, but they're not.

The official Iowa vote count shows Santorum narrowly defeating Romney.

Romney pushes more hawkish foreign policy to keep up with Santorum and Gingrich. Hopefully this will work in Paul's favor.

MEDIA:

I don't think this conspiracy theory is crazy at all. This is what happens when the establishment candidates in the race are so terrible.