Letters to the Editor
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Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows
Glenn Greenwald and David Corn at Mother Jones on the CovenantNews.com blog today. Right under Chuck Baldwin of The Constitution Party. I think he might have wanted to burn you at the stake at one time, Glenn. Maybe a stoning? Strange times. Oh, and Alan Stang. Now there is a real nutter. Ask me later.
Chuck Baldwin Site Goes Live!
Baldwin2008.com:
"It will not just be conservatives or liberals, Republicans or Democrats, people of faith or unbelievers that restore America. It will be individuals from all walks of life, all backgrounds, and all political persuasions who love liberty enough to fight to maintain it."
Posted by Editor at 11:45 AM
Report Pushes Passage of Thought Crimes Bill
Lee Rogers / RogueGovernment.com:
The Internet is now becoming a new front in the phony terror war. Legislation like the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 that is in the forms of HR 1955 and S 1959 which seek to give the government powers to define thoughts and belief systems as homegrown terrorism, is on the brink of being pushed down our throats. HR 1955 was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 404-6 and now it appears as if the U.S. Senate is attempting to justify its future passage.
Posted by Editor at 09:01 AM
The Republican Dictatorship
Glenn Greenwald / LewRockwell.com:
Ever since Ronald Reagan famously declared in his 1980 inaugural address that "government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem," Republicans have masqueraded as the party of limited government. Its leaders reflexively pledge to keep government off the backs of regular, hardworking Americans. Homage is paid to the wisdom and insight of the American people, which, Republicans endlessly insist, is far superior to the judgment of government officials.
Posted by Editor at 04:10 AM
Big Pharma, Big Food, Big Fuel, Big Fascism
Alan Stang / NewsWithViews.com:
What form of government are we supposed to have? The Founders of this country bequeathed us a system we used to call Free Enterprise, in which the government was supposed to leave business alone. Because of that system, endorsed by scripture, we became the greatest nation known to history. Now, what kind of system do we actually have today? Because the original system has been perverted – first by ordinary criminals, then by the conspiracy for world government – the system we have now, the perversion, began as "mercantilism" and today is best described as Fascism.
Posted by Editor at 03:57 AM
Will Independent Truckers Survive?
Isabel Lyman / The New American:
Think you've got it tough? Spending up to $80 bucks to fill your tank with gasoline? Consider my husband's numbers. Last May it cost Wid $800 to fill up his big rig with 300 gallons of diesel fuel. Today it costs him $1,200 -- that's over $4 per gallon for an 18-wheeler that gets 7 miles to the gallon. Ouch.
Posted by Editor at 03:38 AM
McCain's Pastor Problem: The Video
David Corn / Mother Jones:
During a 2005 sermon, a "fundamentalist pastor" whom Senator John McCain has praised and campaigned with called Islam "the greatest religious enemy of our civilization and the world," claiming that the historic mission of America is to see "this false religion destroyed." In this taped sermon, currently sold by his megachurch, the Reverend Rod Parsley reiterates and amplifies harsh and derogatory comments about Islam he made in his book, Silent No More, published the same year he delivered these remarks. Meanwhile, McCain has stuck to his stance of not criticizing Parsley, an important political ally in a crucial swing state.
Posted by Editor at 01:21 AM
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