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Archive for December, 2007

George W. Bush yesterday on his presidency: “It’s what I do during my presidency. I go around spreading good will and talking about the importance of spreading freedom and peace.”

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You Might Be a Ron Paul Junkie If…

Friday, December 21st, 2007

The folks at Ron Paul Forums decided to come up with some handy guidelines in case you want to know if you qualify as a “Ron Paul Junkie”. Some of them hit close to home, I’ll admit… OK, most of them! First, some easy ones: “You stay up every night posting on forums until 4am.” [...]

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Please Tell Me What Checks to Write, FDIC

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

The federal government shut down my bank, Netbank, a few months ago, and ING Direct subsequently bought out Netbank. I just got an email signed by the FDIC saying that I should not be writing any more paper checks from my Netbank account. However, out of the goodness of their heart, ING (I’m not sure [...]

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This morning on that fine show Fox and Friends, Ron Paul quoted Sinclair Lewis in reference to Mike Huckabee’s anything-but-subtle “is-it-a-cross-or-is-it-a-window-pane” ad, saying: “It reminds me of what Sinclair Lewis once said. He says, ‘when fascism comes to this country, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.’ Now I don’t know whether [...]

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Arlington Cemetery at Christmastime

Monday, December 17th, 2007

It’s a sad and beautiful sight… Arlington National Cemetery at Christmastime. Tags: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Christmas, Arlington National Cemetery Christmas

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Ron Paul, the $6 Million (In One Day) Man

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Ron Paul raised more than $6 million (exact numbers still being tallied) today during a “money bomb” his supporters created in honor of the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. At midnight EST, Paul’s real-time donations ticker read $17,980,000, after beginning the day 24 hours earlier reading about $11.5 million. Update: I’m told that the [...]

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John Edwards must be having a rough time. He’s raised so little money for his presidential campaign, and according to the FEC, he now can’t use your tax dollars to double the $4.5 million he pulled in from the Democratic PAC, ActBlue. Edwards claims that he does not accept PAC money, but ActBlue is technically [...]

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Hillary’s Dad

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Hillary Clinton on her childhood: “My father really was an old-fashioned conservative with a small ‘c.’… He believed in hard work, and that everyone had to do their part and be willing to take responsibility.” According to the Washington Post, Hugh Rodham was a small businessman who didn’t believe in “debt, big government, the capital [...]

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Happy Birthday, Libertarian Party

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Happy 36th Birthday to the Libertarian Party! The LP celebrated by saying that it will assist (in a small way) the efforts of those of its members who would like to see Ron Paul get the Republican nomination.

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The New Opiate of the People- Government

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

I’ve always liked the quote from Karl Marx, “Religion is the opiate of the people.” A friend wanted me to see the new movie The Golden Compass, based on Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials, so I started looking into it. I’ve been wanting to read the HDM books since a few years ago when [...]

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