National Blog - page 299
Liberty NewsWire: June 8, 2012
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon doesn't mince words when it comes to the war on drugs."It has been a failure," he told The Huffington Post. "It hasn't reduced drug use in any significant way. It's not good [...]
Liberty NewsWire: June 6, 2012
Russia and China are decisively against attempts to regulate the Syrian crisis with outside military intervention, as well as imposing a policy of regime change, including within the Security Council," it said.--AFPForeign PolicyAFP - [...]
Liberty NewsWire: June 5, 2012
“In the past few years, the federal government has been recording the largest budget deficits since 1945, both in dollar terms and as a share of the economy. Consequently, the amount of federal debt held by the public has [...]
Liberty NewsWire: June 1, 2012
"Pakistan must understand that they are choosing the wrong side. They accuse Dr. Afridi of working against Pakistan, but he was simply helping the U.S. capture the head of Al Qaeda. Surely Pakistan is not linking their interests with those [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Audit the Fed to Receive House Vote!
Thanks to all the hard work of C4L's dedicated activists, we've just received word that H.R. 459, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act will receive a vote in the House this July!Audit the Fed recently passed a cosponsor milestone with [...]
U.S. Debt Set to Skyrocket
The Washington Times recently reported the CBO is projecting Washington’s debt to reach 200 percent of GDP in fewer than two decades.But even more significant than this are the harsh reviews the CBO has for Congress’ response to [...]
The Nanny State Exemplified
"The latest idea in that fight is a curious proposal from Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City. He's planning to ban the sale of sugary drinks 16 ounces or larger in public venues such as restaurants and movie [...]
Liberty NewsWire: June 4, 2012
The latest idea in that fight is a curious proposal from Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City. He's planning to ban the sale of sugary drinks 16 ounces or larger in public venues such as restaurants and movie theaters. [...]
Liberty NewsWire: May 31, 2012
New York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, in the most ambitious effort yet by the Bloomberg administration to combat [...]
Law of the Sea
As we look ahead to the second half of 2012, one of the issues we will face is possible Senate ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty. Earlier this week, Senator Mike Lee questioned Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on dangers posed by [...]