It is said that on the final day of deliberation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a female passerby asked an exiting Ben Franklin, “Well Doctor, what have we got — a republic or a monarchy?” He replied, “A Republic, if [...]
It is said that on the final day of deliberation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a female passerby asked an exiting Ben Franklin, “Well Doctor, what have we got — a republic or a monarchy?” He replied, “A Republic, if [...]
As reported in the last few days here on PCD, the Fed has bailed out foreign banks with hundreds of Billions of dollars and G20 discussions for an IMF global currency based on the dollar will happen this weekend. Those are extraordinary events that can now be well understood [...]
As noted by PCD’s Stephen Bone and in a great Ron Paul video, the dollar’s value dropped by %3 against the Euro after the Fed announced it was buying US securities. The Fed buying US securities is essentially exactly the same thing as the US government buying US [...]

At the WNY Tea Party on April 18th in Buffalo, we will roll out a plan that will give the political class butterflies in their stomachs.
Critical to that plan is this symbol, the symbol of the old republic.
Restore the Republic!
[...]It’s good that Congress has these show trials as they did yesterday.
You get to see these creeps as they truly are:
Rude, stupid, dishonest, ignorant, slimeballs.
Then, today, they passed this obviously unconstititional and aburd tax on bonuses.
People, it’s getting late in the day.
Congressmen are scumbags. An organized criminal class. Twain was [...]
. . . And people will believe it is true.
Guests on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" usually appear to promote a movie, TV show, book or album, but President Obama will visit the NBC show Thursday to make the case for his financial rescue plans.
Goebbels would be proud.
That [...]
Interview with AntiWar.com’s Garris: More War Under Obama
TNA: Obama ran on the campaign that he would remove the United States from Iraq, but during the campaign he began to back off and said 16 months. And most recently he said 19 months, but then even after 19 [...]
Quantcast just released its first geographic analysis of our readership.
We’re mainly US though we have a fan club in Roubaix, France.
United States 1,754
France 51
Canada 39
United Kingdom 20
Germany 17
Only 36% of our traffic comes from New York State with California in second place, Texas third. [...]
Close to every day now there are unprecedented massive power grabs by the new world government in the making. This follows the traditional government power grab ‘ratchet’ effect described by Bob Higgs over the past 100 years, but are now coming a lot faster and bigger. The ratchet [...]
But the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land. We will have chaos if those in whose hands we repose it for safekeeping intentionally violate it with impunity. A government that violates its supreme law becomes arbitrary, and arbitrary rule becomes authoritarian, and authoritarian rule will trample our freedoms. [...]
New York is by far the least free state in the Union
(#50 economic, #48 personal). One of us lives in
New York and can attest to the fact that few New
Yorkers would be surprised by such a finding. Sadly,
equally few New Yorkers seem [...]
This is a question for readers. Will Obama throw Tim Geithner under the bus? If so, when?
I’m going with 3:15 Friday afternoon for the Obamanator to strike.
[...]Once again, this year, the same states that took the bottom five spots over the past few years preserved their rankings for the most part. For the fourth year in a row, California and New York were ranked the worst and second worst state to do business in, respectively. Michigan [...]
Apparently, ACORN, being a group linked with many allegations of voter fraud in connection with turning out the vote for Obama, is considered qualified to partner with the U.S. Census. Their experience recruiting voters is considered vital to recruiting census workers. This smell like a payback to me.
Up for grabs [...]
The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, known as the GIVE Act — sponsored by Reps. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y, and George Miller, D-Calif. — was approved by a 34-3 vote in the House Education and Labor Committee last week.
…
The legislation would create 175,000 “new service opportunities” under AmeriCorps, [...]
SEN. CHARLES GRASSLEY, R-IOWA:
The first thing that would make me feel a little bit better towards them, if they had followed the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, “I’m sorry,” and then either do one of two things, resign [...]
Imagine that Mexico was blowing up drug dealer houses in remote areas of Texas with guided missiles. These missiles actually end up killing more poor Americans than Mexican drug dealers, but the US government allows Mexico to continue the attacks. Then Mexico says that most of the drug dealers [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen.
I have news for you. Barack Obama is not the problem with America. He is merely the symptom. When big government failed, the people, not knowing what went wrong, went for the fresh face who promised that government would solve the problems the people didn’t know that government [...]
Simon Johnson, former chief economist at the IMF, said: “The principle behind it is that everyone would get bonus dollars and instead of the Federal Reserve having to print them, everyone gets them.
“The objective is to create a windfall of cash. However if everybody goes out and spends the money [...]
Waste, fraud and abuse. If I ever hear that phrase again, I will vomit.
If you want a real tea party, don’t go to the has-been’s gig.
The real revolution will be in Buffalo on April 18th.
[...]Tomorrow night, at 6:30 PM ET, I will have libertarian extraordinaire James Ostrowski on the Constitutional Coalition. James will explain the steps needed to return our country to its limited government/Jeffersonian roots. You’re not going to want to miss this one! Call into the show at (347) 308-8877!
[...]In a move that will near guarantee that both the economic crises and fascism covers the globe, the US Federal Reserve defacto central bank has bailed out foreign banks around the world with hundreds of billions of dollars.
314 Billion on loan to foreign banks
If these foreign banks [...]
The following decision could have powerful and beneficial implications for municipalities trying to get out of control employee costs and benefits under control, especially in light of the current state of the economy.
In a First, Bankruptcy Judge Rules Calif. City Can Void Union Contracts
In the first ruling of its kind, [...]
NATO’s Global Mission Creep
By DIANA JOHNSTONE
NATO, the main overseas arm of the U.S. military-industrial complex, just keeps expanding. Its original raison d’être, the supposedly menacing Soviet bloc, has been dead for twenty years. But like the military-industrial complex itself, NATO is kept alive and growing by entrenched [...]
HT Drudge
Justice Thomas touched on a number of topics during his speech inside Lee Chapel.
He says while most Americans appreciate the constitution they don’t exactly know what’s in it.
“It is at least as easy to understand that great document as it is to understand a cell phone contract,” says [...]

President Obama strode into a cramped room at the Department of Veterans Affairs yesterday, faced a few dozen employees in stackable chairs and spoke for 12 minutes. He made no news, shook some hands and hustled back to the White House, just two blocks away.
But his [...]

My latest from THE NEW AMERICAN on Sanford’s non-rejection and the blind Obama-worship from politicians and the statist media.
An excerpt:
Although Sanford’s proposal was not the type of rejection that some had anticipated, the mainstream media, fellow politicians, and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) reacted [...]
Obama Follows Bush on Detainees
by William Fisher
The Center for Constitutional Rights, which has provided lawyers to defend many Guantanamo prisoners, said the Obama administration has “adopted almost the same standard the Bush administration used to detain people without charge.”
It called the government’s position “a case of old [...]
Third episode of the most popular online radio show EVER! I had Dr. Kevin R.C. Gutzman, an American historian and New York Times bestselling author of “The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution,” “Virginia’s American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic,” and “Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American [...]

Tonight at 6:30 PM ET, I will interview Kevin R.C. Gutzman, an American historian and New York Times bestselling author of “The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution,” “Virginia’s American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic,” and “Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty [...]
I interviewed Governor Mark Sanford (R) of South Carolina for THE NEW AMERICAN print magazine. The full interview is now available online here. Here’s an excerpt:
TNA: You have gone on record as saying that you do not support preemptive warfare. One of the biggest expenses [...]
The Cincinnati Tea Party drew a crowd of 5000 people yesterday.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported on the event here.
[...]On April 18th from 1-5pm at Club W, 199 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY, there will be a WNY Tea Party focusing on how the federal government has destroyed the economy and what you can do about it, right now!
Admission is free. Food and beverages will be available for sale. This [...]

Being half Irish and half Polish, love of the potato is in the DNA.
After the parade today, we stopped in at Lake Effect Diner (on Main just south of UB) and I had some really great french fries. The waitress said they were fresh cut.
Congratulations!
[...]After encountering unexpected resistance to his plan for US socialism, president Obama is offering a welfare handout bribe to small businesses to go along with the plan. First, congratulations to everyone for attending the March Tea Parties and otherwise speaking out, which clearly has had an effect. We [...]
Lew Rockwell runs the Mises economics study institute. Mises scholars were among the very few who predicted and explained the current economic crises beforehand. In this interview he covers important basic areas, and warns of a large potential for hyperinflation in the US:
The Mises scholars have done [...]
Same as the best political columnist, period.
Our own blogger, Ilana Mercer.
Here’s her latest article at World Net Daily.
Addicted To That Rush
Enough has been said about the Michael Steele and Rush Limbaugh sideshow: The chairman of the Republican National Committee called the conservative movement’s Mouth an entertainer, [...]
This is an article everyone interested in restoring the old republic needs to read. I will have more to say about it on April 18th at the tea party rally in Buffalo.
THE RISE AND FALL OF JURY NULLIFICATION (PDF)
James Ostrowski
Nay, all the ordinary power is rather the people’s, who [...]
Carl Paladino is a vital community leader for saying what clearly needed to be said. In my opinion what needs to be done is fire the entire school system from top to bottom and leave nothing to replace it. Then eliminate all of the school property taxes. With all [...]
The little weasel Graham is the epitome of everything that’s wrong with the GOP so it’s a good sign for Governor Mark Sanford that Graham disagrees with him.
South Carolina’s senior senator, Republican Lindsay Graham, … said the state should take the money if it’s a choice between the dollars [...]
Here’s Episode 2 of The Constitutional Coalition! Besides some minor technical glitches at the beginning and the fact that my bumper music was too loud to hear me opening and closing the show, I give myself an A for effort! Also my analysis might be too [...]
First, the Dems are really scared of Sanford, judging by their absurd claim that his reference to Mugabe was racial.
But I am wondeirng if Mugabe is offended by the comparison to Obama.
[...]LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Ten children drank windshield wiper fluid after a staffer at an Arkansas day care mistakenly put the liquid in a refrigerator and served it, hospital officials said Friday.
Doctors estimate the children, ages 2 to 7, drank about an ounce of the blue fluid late Thursday afternoon [...]
On Glenn Beck’s radio show last week, I quipped, in response to our wayward federal government, “I may run for president of Texas.”
That need may be a reality sooner than we think. If not I, someone someday may again be running for president of the Lone Star State, if the [...]
Could this be the start of the dreaded run on the U.S. dollar?
China Sweats U.S. Debt Securities, Pressuring Prices
Supply concerns descended upon the U.S. Treasuries market, capping recent price gains, as China’s Premier Wen Jiabao expressed concern regarding the magnitude of his country’s holdings of U.S. assets.
“We have lent [...]
North Carolina Judge Ordered Homeschool Mom to Place Kids in Public School
The Judge feels that they need to be indoctrinated in public schools.
[...]U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the US a “deadbeat” regarding its contributions to the UN’s operations. The US does have a history of making its contributions late because of its different budget calendar and because lawmakers have attempted to influence UN policy by withholding funds.
Yet, the US [...]
If anyone is free tonight, drop by Pearl Street anytime from 6 pm on and enjoy a few libations. Thanks to Paul for organizing the event. You won’t have to worry about being the only Austrian in the room, I will most assuredly be there.
[...]Obama sure does love killing people with drone planes.
US Drone Strike Kills At Least 15 in Kurram
The Obama Administration was reported earlier this week to be planning a dramatic escalation of the number and intensity of the US strikes into Pakistan.
Is Obama copying Nixon’s gameplan with Cambodia? Widen the [...]
During a speech at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum, author Boston T. Party claimed that federal authorities were encouraging book stores not to carry his Boston’s Gun Bible, saying the book bordered on a “terrorist training manual.” Many firearms enthusiasts consider the Gun Bible the best gun book ever written.
[...]
An ABC News John Stossel Special produced in partnership with
Drew Carey and Reason
In his new special, "Bailouts, Big Spending, and Bull," John Stossel
examines the huge bailouts, medical marijuana, universal preschool, private
highways, border walls, and the myth of the struggling [...]
Why is the establishment attack machine turning on Governor Sanford? Because he’s the only mainstream politician, besides Ron Paul, who is accurately identifying how Obama’s “stimulative” efforts are going to create an inflationary depression.
2012 heads-up: DNC targets South Carolina Gov Mark Sanford
The Democratic national committee is doing some [...]
GOP governor Sanford escalates critique of Obama policies with comparison to Zimbabwe
Now Sanford is comparing Obama’s fiscal policies to those of Zimbabwe, saying the U.S. economy could collapse if it keeps spending money.
Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., tells Politico the crack was “beyond the pale” and could have racial implications. [...]
If the welfarist-socialist-inflationist- trend of recent years continues in this country, the outlook is dark. It is a prospect of mounting taxation, snowballing expenditures, chronic deficits, a budget out of control, an accelerating rate of inflation of the kind endemic in Latin America (at least for the last generation), a [...]
Government power is growing, and unless President Barack Obama and the majority in Congress have a libertarian epiphany, it will continue to grow for years. If the expansion of intrusive government (a redundancy) gives you the willies — it should; the cost is freedom and prosperity — [...]
Everybody needs to download and read this and send copies to everyone you know.
“New York is by far the least free state in the Union
(#50 economic, #48 personal). One of us lives in
New York and can attest to the fact that few New
[...]
I will be hosting another episode of Constitutional Coalition on BlogTalkRadio this Friday the 13th at 6:30 PM ET. The show will be live-streamed from the web and available on archive after the fact for podcast purposes. You can call in at (347) 308-8877! I’ll [...]
The one liberal (plus al) willing come on the site and debate.
Max, you are heads and shoulders above your elders at WNYMedia.net.
Sorry for that brandy-soaked comment the other day–I deleted it.
[...]Media Advisory:
Valentino Dixon’s effort to get a new trial after serving 18 years in prison for a murder he denies, will be heard by Judge Richard J. Arcara in federal court in Buffalo on Thursday, March 12th at 11am.
This case has received much media attention and public interest throughout the [...]
The economy will continue to retract and Obama’s crazed spending will only make it that much worse.
CHRIS PUPLAVA says:
I believe the retrenchment in consumption will take place well into the next decade as consumers learn they can’t count on stock and home appreciation as savings. It will [...]
A poll announced today but taken in February, has Eric Sundwall at 4% and 15% undecided in the NY congressional special election. Tedisco, the liberal RINO carpetbagger, is faltering, leading millionaire Missourian Scott Murphy, 44-37, in the heavily Republican district.
I am an active blogger for Sundwall (and atty and [...]
Most are for local projects. The federal government has no business funding local projects.
End of story.
The federal government’s proper business is foreign relations and interstate relations (not roads). I fail to see how the federal government needs to help NY and PA connect their roads. A pair of eyeballs will [...]
From Ryan McMaken:
Resistance against civil government has been a Catholic tradition since the very beginning. The martyrs of the ancient world who died rather than submit to the laws of the Roman Empire are still venerated today, and modern martyrs like Miguel Pro and the Cristeros continue to inspire [...]
A Western New York Tea Party focusing on federal issues will be held on April 18th at noon-3pm at Club W,
199 Delaware, Buffalo, NY.
Stay tuned for details.
Another Tea Party focusing on state budget issues will be March 28th.
[...]From John W. Whitehead:
Just consider some of the lines that have already been crossed.
The local police have, in many regards, already evolved into de facto extensions of the military. Dressed like Darth Vader look-alikes, the police have opted for the SWAT-team dress formally adopted by the federal agencies. Congressional [...]
Obama makes another fluffy proclamation full of misrepresentations in which he proclaims to be undoing one of Dubya’s many unconstitutional usurpations but, in reality, is adopting the practice for himself. Of course, the fawning statist media cheers him on without asking any tough questions. The cowards never do. Obama [...]
From PJB at TAC:
History never repeats itself exactly. But Barack Obama is making the same mistakes today that LBJ made in 1965.
He has ordered 17,000 more U.S. troops into Afghanistan, as the situation deteriorates and the NATO allies pull out. He has no exit strategy. He has read a [...]
I suppose so. Jim Ostrowski’s book has appreciated in value since it’s currently out of print. $61.93 in very good used condition!
I’m glad I have an extra copy and mine is brand new condition. I think I’m going to be rich!

Mike Rebmann put this nice banner ad together for Eric Sundwall for Congress. The raw code appears below also (I hope).
Please post on your own blog. Time to send a message to the corporate state.
Contact me if you would like the code for this [...]
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We do not edit substantive comments.
There is no freer blog on the web.
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Governor Patterson is salivating over the prospect of a High Speed Pork Chop running from Buffalo to Albany. The Governor has joined the plundering mobs that have sprung up across the country to get their piece of Obama’s pie. They are going to be pissed when they [...]
Nice post on Coyote Blog named “in Defense of Robber Barons”.
“After seeing a piece of my son’s history curriculum at school, I realized for about the hundredth time just how poor an understanding most people have about the great industrialists of the 19th century, so unfairly painted as “robber [...]