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Liberty NewsWire: January 31, 2012
President Barack Obama in an online "conversation" with American voters on Monday, failed to answer a barrage of questions about marijuana legalization or the drug war. Although 18 out of 20 of the most popular questions submitted by [...]
Liberty NewsWire: Monday, January 30th, 2012
Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to 'destroy America' and 'dig up Marilyn Monroe'.Leigh Van Bryan, 26, was handcuffed and kept under armed guard in a cell with [...]
To Re-inflate the Bubble...
The Fed announced they will maintain near-zero interest rate levels until the end of 2014, the continuation of a policy implemented in 2008 to "spur economic growth."In reality, the Federal Reserve is continuing more of the same that [...]
Indiana House Passes Right to Work Law
A giant step forward for workers' rights was taken today in Indiana, as their state house passed a Right to Work law by a vote of 55-41. Indiana is now on its way to joining twenty-two other states who have passed such a law.Final [...]
Liberty NewsWire: January 25, 2012
That school choice is valuable is beyond dispute. That's why there's a multi-billion dollar private school industry serving millions of students. And it's why there is a much larger system of school choice embedded in the American [...]
"This is America, not Canada or North Korea." says Dr. Jane Orient
Dr. Orient has an op-ed in the Washington Times entitled "Orient: Uncle Sam exacts penalty for quiting Medicare..." In its she asks about the role of special interests in protecting the Medicare System including the AMA. She [...]
UPDATE: Lancaster PA Amish Farmer vs. the feds
Dear Readers, Please contact all your state and federal legislators. We can win this one. Support Ron Paul's HB 1830 in regards to raw milk. Blessings to all those farmers who sell raw foods, Dona WitmerFDA doesn't want Kinzers man to [...]
Liberty NewsWire: January 27, 2012
“I do not believe economic conditions are likely to warrant an exceptionally low federal funds rate for so long,” Lacker said in a statement on the Richmond Fed’s website explaining his dissent from the central bank’s [...]
Liberty NewsWire Thursday, January 26, 2012
The only way to stem piracy is to make more content more widely available at a competitive price point, and include added-value that pirates can't match. It seems so obvious, at least to those of us not invested in failing 20th century [...]
Senator Rand Paul Responds to the State of the Union
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oGsGspc72kTranscript:One thing is for certain: President Obama is in full campaign mode.In last year’s State of the Union Address, President Obama came before Congress with lofty promises to the American [...]