The first two (only ones so far released that I can find) sections of an interview with Paul Rahe—discussing the notion of “soft despotism.” Very thought provoking stuff (can’t figure out how to embed, so you’ll have to click):
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From the Associated Press:
"In the past, the Federal Reserve was held in very high esteem," said Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a libertarian who ran a quixotic third-party presidential campaign in 2008. Now, it's "the source of our problem," suggests Paul, author of the bestseller "End the Fed."++
Usually' [...]
My Saturday has been sort of a hodgepodge. I should be off at my husband’s workplace holiday party tonight, but had a little trouble finding a babysitter, so am sitting home trying to chip away at a variety of tasks—screening the “toll free” and obvious solicitation calls as I sit [...]
George Will describes the efforts of Arizona to fight the efforts of Congress to pervert the Commerce Clause. A piece:
This year, the Congressional Research Service delicately said "it is a novel issue whether Congress may use the (Commerce) Clause to require an individual to purchase a good or" [...]
And THESE are the people we’re supposed to trust with our health care? They can’t even handle basic bookkeeping, and can’t proofread their website well enough to know that Arizona definitely doesn’t have 86 Congressional Districts (none of the current states of the Union do). I think that they’re [...]
Graham spends a lot of time, making some very good points on the law, I believe.
We had a discussion about this issue in my international relation class the other day (we were talking about international law and some of the attendant problems), and sort of [...]
From the NebraskaWatchdog:
There’s good “Stimulus” news for Nebraska and bad “Stimulus” news.
The good news is that according to the federal government’s Web site, recovery.gov, the stimulus has created 17.4 jobs in Nebraska’s 17th Congressional District.
The bad news is that Nebraska has only 3 congressional districts!
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Our friend and occasional commenter, PTG, created this a year or so ago, and has given permission for us to use:
Seems sort of appropriate given the current foreign trip…
[...]It must be “let’s see if we can get money out of people on our list” time of the year. In the last week or two, our phone has been inundated by an assortment of numbers—fortunately, we have Caller ID and can generally screen them effectively. Since I know I’m [...]
On my way to class today, I came upon a pickup parked along the side of the highway with an interesting sign: "Deer Survey in Process: Reduce Speed".
I assume that this has something to do with the hunting season for deer that begins this weekend, but I'm a bit perplexed' [...]
One of my students—from Moldova—suggested I watch this video.
I’m not sure I got all of the humor—some of it may have been lost in translation, but I thought it was kind of funny—and perhaps had great economic insight.
[...]I haven’t given up blogging; it just seems like it sometimes. So, before I head off to a meeting tonight, here is some raw footage of what’s rolling around in my brain right now:
The U.S. educational system may be good at teaching people specific vocations, but it’s really not [...]My observations suggest that the disconnect that Rand Paul discusses—between the leadership and the primary voter—is a real thing.
[...]I believe that Ron Paul is the pre-eminent spokesman and philosopher of freedom today.
There are folks asking whether he’s getting ready to run for President again in 2012. I understand that desire—and I’m sure I’d be on the bandwagon again if he did, BUT, [...]
I’m wondering how the gathering in Washington is going today? I’ll be giving an exam (but will be anxious to hear and see what others have heard). Here’s a link to Rep. Bachman’s comments. I especially like this:
"Nothing scares members of Congress more than freedom-loving Americans," she said [...]
From time to time over the last few years, I’ve posted information on something called “range voting” (otherwise known as “score voting”). It’s a method of voting which potentially results in far more people being happier (and given more choices) with the outcome of elections.
This press release, send to [...]
Forget the spin and the slop. The real winner of the 2009 elections is the public official and candidate who has championed the core insurgency driving the election. It is Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul.
Paul embodies the anti-Washington, anti-tax, anti-big government, anti-financial insiderism viewpoints that [...]
Thomas Sowell points out that while our discussion on health care has focused on universal access to insurance and care, what it’s failed to look at is costs—and those aren’t likely to go down anytime soon. A bit:
Despite all the demonizing of insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies or doctors [...]
“…you can’t tell the water where to go.” Thomas Sowell being interviewed by Walter Williams on government health care..
[...]Looking at the calendar as I changed pages this morning, a couple of things dawned on me:
Less than four weeks till the “great feast” which is Thanksgiving. At my house. Which means I really need to do some “deep cleaning” before the whole family shows up. They know we’re [...]I agree with Lieberman on the health care question, but disagree (mostly) on the Afghanistan question? So what to do? Is it possible to put together coalitions of people who agree on one issue, but disagree passionately on others??
Bernie Quigley ponders the possible future of a “new” Conservative Party—which, at least in New York, seems to have relegated the Republican Party to third party status for a time. A lot of good stuff for you to chew on there on a Sunday afternoon. Kind of a convergence [...]
New York’s race in the 23rd takes an interesting turn. If I were a “State GOP Leader”, it might be time to rethink the strength of my position. Things are brewing out here in the real world, folks.
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This is pretty funny (while at the same time, kind of disgusting). The Republicans in South Carolina really need to be more careful about their sanctimonious, holier-than-thou attitudes. This is the kind of “all-to-human” stuff that can plague either party, but which really hurts the credibility of Republicans/religious conservatives [...]
Something that we should all consider—are we causing more problems in our attempt to prevent a problem?
[...]My son, who was feeling pretty rotten on Tuesday, and who woke up with a fever yet on Wednesday morning (thus requiring that he stay home through today—Thursday—to be “without fever for 24 hours” before returning to school), is obviously feeling better. This would normally be a day that I’d [...]
Coincidence or deliberate hidden message? Governor Schwarzenegger’s veto message. You decide.
One can appreciate the thought without condoning the language, I think…
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[...]For those of us who waved signs, went to rallies, “painted the town Ron” and blogged incessantly during the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign, it is (for me anyway) difficult to imagine the juices flowing like that for anyone else in 2012. Maybe Tracy will provide us with a [...]
I haven’t followed this legislation as closely as I should have, but found this clip fascinating:
[...]Lately, I feel a little bit like the landlord, who rents to his college aged kids and their friends, and then drops by occasionally bringing cookies or extra toilet paper—with the ulterior motive of making sure that the kids aren’t destroying the property!
I’ve just been swamped and almost totally [...]
Gee, I hope this isn’t the choice that the Republicans settle on in 2012. I guess I’m just missing something here—but I see neither passion or principle in either of the choices. I’ll admit that Sarah Palin seemed to have “something”—Lewis refers to it as “star power”—in the [...]
A great piece on the RLC blog written by Michael Langbert. Here’s a piece, but be sure to go read the rest:
In the past year or two John McCain has been painted as a moderate. Likewise, Bill O’Reilly claims to be a moderate. The same is true of [...]
How depressing:
On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change expert, gave a presentation at Bethel College in St. Paul, MN in which he issued a dire warning regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty which is scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009.
O.K… I realize that our Nebraska readership is very limited. But just in case a fellow Husker finds us, or in case someone reading this knows someone in Nebraska and would like to pass this on…
The Nebraska Campaign for Liberty, in partnership with a couple of other organizations in [...]
Here’s a general overview of some things happening in Nebraska politics these days. Our Governor is up for re-election (no known opponent has filed yet). The 2nd Congressional race promises to be contentious (and there is a Primary Challenger to the Republican Incumbent, which is throwing fear [...]
My cup seems to be running over with projects, most of which I don’t get paid for, but all of which i view as important things that I can make a contribution to… Running on about 5 hours of sleep a night (I’m at optimal performance with 7+, but rarely [...]
Sitting in the common area in the classroom building where I teach, waiting for the class right before mine to vacate the room (in about 20 minutes) so that I can go in and set up my visual aids…
One of the more mundane things that I discovered after having [...]
