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FREEDOM OF SPEECH:

It seems the only adults in the room are Germany and the former Soviet satellites which have refused to sign ACTA. These people remember the Soviet Union, and they treasure freedom. They don't take it for granted, and they aren't too ignorant to realize when they've lost it.

FREEDOM OF RELIGION:

Pharaoh Obama bows to pressure from Catholics and changes birth control and morning after pill policy, sort of. Now instead of making religious institutions pay for it, he's making their insurance companies pay for it. He's still ordering people around. He's just ordering around people he thinks won't cost him the election. What's illegitimate here is his ordering people around, not who he does it to. Of course health insurance companies will just pass the cost on to their customers, so nothing changes anyway.

ECONOMY:

Even government institutions like Harvard and the ECB are producing studies that show that government hinders economic growth. The truth will win out.

TAX AND SPEND:

Greeks riot in response to more government budget cuts. So do Italians. Coming soon to the US.

Obama's budget misses deficit reduction targets just like every other federal budget does. This isn't news. The amazing thing is people actually believe these lying plans to cut the budget when they're proposed.

Calling it crony socialism and a bailout, David Stockman agrees that Obama's mortgage fraud settlement is another big hand-out to banks.

IRS agent busted for filing $8 in fraudulent returns.

REGULATION:

Jury sided with the big internet companies and overturned early patent on interactivity on the web. I doubt this was done on the merits of the patent, but because this patent was so old, it illustrates the awesome destructive power of patents. Imagine that patent had been enforced from the beginning. The internet as we know it wouldn't have existed for another 20 years until that patent had expired. There is a case where we can see the tremendous benefits for humanity and civilization that occurred because the patent wasn't enforced.

How regulations kill small businesses by design.

"Ms. Pries said it took two years to open the restaurant, due largely to the city’s morass of permits, procedures and approvals required to start a small business. While waiting for permission to operate, she still had to pay rent and other costs, going deeper into debt each passing month without knowing for sure if she would ever be allowed to open.

“It’s just a huge risk,” she said, noting that the financing came from family and friends, not a bank. “At several points you wonder if you should just walk away and take the loss.”"

Thanks, government.

More regulations for farmers.

FEDERAL RESERVE:

Depreciating the euro will hurt production in the eurozone, not help it.

GLOBAL WARMING AND ENERGY:

First governments stole taxpayer money and gave it to people to build wind farms. Now the government is stealing money and paying wind farm owners to shut down. Only government.

EPA regulations driving up energy costs.

WAR:

Can the reports of violence in Syria be believed? Syria has a criminal government based on theft and violence like every other country. Of course the reported violence could be real. Then again, it could all be a lie. Either way, the US government has no business spilling blood or treasure in this civil war.

Regime change in the middle east has by the US government has created chaos that is much more deadly and destructive than the governments toppled.

Democrat and media hypocrisy on Guantanamo.

Fear of a false flag operation to start a war with Iran.Those who want war with Iran have failed to make a case why this is in the US interest because it isn't.

Every action taken by government is driven by politics because politicians, like every other human being, are driven to act to advance their own interest. That includes rescues by the Navy SEALs.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:

Does the US government spend more resources harassing the movement of Americans or patrolling our borders?

POLITICS:

Expectations are so high for Paul in Maine that it will be a disappointment if he doesn't win. Winning would be huge for him because it would show people he can win, and he's working to win. That could completely change the dynamic in the race. It could change how people look at him. It could make many more people aware of him, his principles and his policies. We can expect more vote counting shenanigans from the Republican establishment, that's for sure.

Boortz is exactly right about Santorum. He's a big government conservative. He's hostile to libertarians. If he wins the nomination, the Republicans will lose.

I understand why people are upset that Adelson basically bought Newt Gingrich for $10 million, but I don't understand why people are against free speech in politics. Anybody should be able to obtain they forum they can and say whatever they want about candidates, issues, policies, principles, character, politics, etc. In fact, I think this freedom is what torpedoed Gingrich.

MISC:

Simple analysis shows how in any give market, two buyers and two sellers determine the bound of the market price. It also explains the significance of the market price in driving future production.