U.S. Economy De-Evolving: Rebuilding The Industrial Base

U.S. Economy De-Evolving: Rebuilding The Industrial Base

Politicians love to preach about the virtues of an industrial base. They do it for three reasons: Industrial firms are great sources of subsidies and political patronage, such patronage buys support from organized labor union voting blocks, and it actually does make sense for countries to produce real things of value. Since WWII America’s industry [...]

America’s Effective Tax Burden: A Nation of Serfs

America’s Effective Tax Burden: A Nation of Serfs

This article is dedicated to the growing segment of American society that is awakening to the ideas that we are increasingly overworked and overtaxed. My goal is to determine an effective tax burden on the average middle-class American. I will leave it to the reader to judge relative severity of the burden as measured against [...]

Feelin’ Thrifty

Feelin’ Thrifty

Since I, along with most people, am feeling thrifty, I searched high and low for thrifty tips. Here are some of my favorite  websites dedicated to saving a few more pennies.

Ch-ch-ch-changes: Netting your niche

Ch-ch-ch-changes: Netting your niche

In this, the winter of our economic discontent, it’s not surprising to see the number of people who are finding an opportunity to reinvent. Sure, sometimes it has more to do with just an itching to try something new than anything. But more often than not, this decision is terror-driven or security-driven. Ether way, once [...]

Freedom Under Fire, Apr. 22nd, 2009

Freedom Under Fire, Apr. 22nd, 2009

Sen. Rockefeller proposes bill that would give government sweeping powers to control, monitor, and regulate the Internet, ACLU demands public schools stop blocking gay web sites on public computers, Rep. Jane Harman calls incriminating NSA wiretap “abuse of power,” National Service legislation signed into law that will cost $6 billion over 5 years by hiring [...]

Socialists love Facebook!

Socialists love Facebook!

18 October 2009

For everyone that has a Facebook account, the status updates can be a powerful tool to get your opinions across to your friends-sometimes I just can’t believe what some people say! A closet socialist friend of mine posted a congratulatory post about Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize…

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Book Review: 5 Steps To Freedom

Book Review: 5 Steps To Freedom

20 September 2009

The shackles of serfdom are being silently fastened to America. Every dollar Congress spends beyond its budget, every Federal Reserve Note printed, every tax, regulation, and government intrusion into our lives renders us less free. Ever wonder why it feels like it’s increasingly difficult to make ends meet? Remember the days when one spouse could [...]

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Now is not the time to give up

10 June 2009

B Y LAWRENCE W. R E E D These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily [...]

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Top 10 Signs You Are A Socialist And…Challenged

Top 10 Signs You Are A Socialist And…Challenged

03 May 2009

After extensive research we’ve concluded that these are the Top 10 Signs you just might be a Socialist: 1. You advocate for equality for all and yet you want to raise taxes on certain social classes. 2. You support the troops but do not support the war and you did not support the war in Iraq [...]

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Stop the Cybersecurity Act of 2009!

Stop the Cybersecurity Act of 2009!

21 April 2009

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced a bill in the Senate on April 1st calling for sweeping powers for federal regulators to “secure cyber communications.” The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773) would give government authority over all networks considered part of the nation’s critical infrastructure. The usual threats and scare tactics are used to justify giving Big [...]

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Petition Your State’s Government to Reaffirm 10th Amendment

Petition Your State’s Government to Reaffirm 10th Amendment

18 April 2009

CALL TO ACTION: On April 9th Texas Gov. Rick Perry joined state Rep. Brandon Creighton and sponsors of House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 50 in support of states rights under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Tenth Amendment states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, [...]

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Texas Gov. Perry Reaffirms States’ Rights

Texas Gov. Perry Reaffirms States’ Rights

18 April 2009

4/9/2009 - AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry joined state Rep. Brandon Creighton and sponsors of House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 50 in support of states rights under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Join our crusade to RESTORE THE REPUBLIC and subscribe to E-mail updates. Click here to petition your state to follow Texas’ lead! Highlights from transcript: I’m [...]

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Buy VIX To Protect Market Gains

Buy VIX To Protect Market Gains

17 April 2009

The stock market hit and then furiously bounced off a low on March 9th. Since then it has shot up about 30% nearly uninterrupted. Hope abounds that we may be emerging from one of the worst economic disasters in 20+ years. By many measures the frantic chaos of the last year appears to be subsiding, [...]

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