Tennessee Congressmen Hate Liberty (with 1 exception)
The TN Campaign for Liberty has just released the results of our federal candidate survey and honestly the results are pretty pathetic. Only 1 Congressman from Tennessee answered the questionnaire about their stance on important liberty issues.
Click here to find out if it was your Congressman:
http://www.campaignforliberty.org/surveys/tennessee-federal-survey-results/
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Ramsey Admits His Ignorance On The Constitution Regarding Individual Rights (Forced Blood Extraction Laws)
When asked, Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey admitted his ignorance about the Constitution(s) and doesn't even pretend to try to know the law as it relates to individual rights, personal privacy, etc.
This was in regards to the new TN law that allows the cops to FORCE you to give a blood sample.
One has to wonder if any of this blood goes into the DNA database that Ramsey wanted? More specifically, does Rep Diane Black's medical testing company get the contract for this?
Here is the video -
"The accused shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself. " - Art I, Sec 9 - TN Constitution
"No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself" - 5th Amendment - US Constitution
Diane Black Enters “Conservative Hall of Shame”
Big-government Congressman Diane Black in TN has earned her way into the Madison Project's "Conservative Hall of Shame"
From their site:
Diane Black was one of those members who ran as a Tea Partier in a conservative district, but turned out to be a big disappointment. In 2011, she voted against the RSC budget, the effort to reinstate pre-Pelosi spending levels, the elimination of the Solyndra-loan program, and a number of spending cut amendments. She voted for the debt ceiling deal, the minibus, and omnibus bills that violated every tenet of the Tea Party. Those votes earned her a dismal 70 average score, and when compared to her conservative district, she qualifies for the Hall of Shame for 2011.
Hall of Shame members who’s conservative ratings are the worst of the worst, radically underperforming the conservative expectations of their districts. These are our pale-pastel politicians – the ones who blur the distinction between the parties. They muddle the conservative message by supporting their own forms of stimulus, bailouts, and corporate welfare. Their liberal records speak volumes…
Also of note, TN Congressman Phil Roe was awarded a slot in the Hall of Shame too!
Is Diane Black The Most Corrupt Member Of Congress?
A judge in Tennessee has found that ethics allegations against Representative Diane Black are "true".
From the article:
David Black, husband of Diane Black (R-Gallatin), and his drug testing firm, Aegis Sciences Corporation, filed suit in the midst of a hotly contested U.S. House primary campaign against Lou Ann Zelenik in 2010 after her campaign began airing ads that accused Black of steering millions of dollars in no-bid state contracts to her husband’s firm through her position as a state senator, in violation of state law.
“The communication was true or at least substantially true,” reads the April ruling by Binkley, who sided with Zelenik and summarily dismissed Black’s lawsuit as frivolous....
Documents reveal accusations of Black and her husband profiting from her political power in the state senate were nothing new, having been copied nearly word-for-word from a Tennessee Democratic Party mailer during Black’s 2008 re-election campaign for state senate.
Additionally, Black’s actions were detailed in a December 2007 issue of The Gallatin Newspaper, and were the subject of a WSMV Channel 4 News investigation in January of the same year....
Black and her husband are in the process of building what could be the largest residence in the state, a palatial 27,000-square foot home on Old Hickory Lake in her home county of Sumner, and her required financial disclosures indicate millions of dollars in yearly profits from Aegis and other ventures.
She is listed as one of the wealthiest members of Congress, and, since her election to the U.S. House of Representatives, Aegis Sciences has expanded heavily by winning additional drug testing contracts nationwide.
SOURCE: http://www.murfreesboropost.com/charges-of-ethics-violations-substantially-true--cms-31530
This makes perfect sense given her previous behavior:
Diane Black FAILS Small Government Test!
Diane Black Votes For More Spending Again!
Is Lt. Gov Ron Ramsey Corrupt With Congresswoman Diane Black? (DNA Bill)
DNA bill scandal possibly uncovered in TN?
Diane Black’s personal finances
Corker and Alexander Side With Liberal Democrats On Refusal to Audit Federal Reserve
Why are they against transparency of the Fed?
What are they hiding?
Rep. Scott Desjarlais (TN-4) has joined with Rep. Ron Paul (TX-14) last week to co-sponsor his bill that calls for an audit of the Federal Reserve.
With Rep. Desjarlais’ decision this week, all the Republican Congressmen in Tenn. are now co-sponsors of the bill. Among those not supporting the bill are Democratic Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Jim Cooper (TN-5) as well as Republican Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker (Senate version is S202). In fact Senator Alexander says the audit "is a bad idea" and Senator Corker refuses to sign on to the full audit.
H.R.459, known as the “Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011,” would require a full independent unrestricted audit of the Federal Reserve be performed and a detailed report with the findings be provided to Congress by the end of 2012.
Ryan Harring, currently a Tenn. State House candidate and former Rutherford County Campaign for Liberty Coordinator, played a key role in convincing Rep. Desjarlis to support the bill and become a co-sponsor.
Send the Senators' staff an e-mail and let them know that you disapprove of their refusal to allow sunshine on the Federal Reserve!
Senator Corker Chief of Staff:
todd_womack@corker.senate.gov
Senator Corker Legislative Director:
ryan_berger@corker.senate.gov
Senator Corker Press Secretary:
laura_herzog@corker.senate.gov
Senator Alexander Chief of Staff:
matt_sonnesyn@alexander.senate.gov
Senator Alexander Legislative Director:
david.cleary@alexander.senate.gov
Senator Alexander Press Secretary:
jim.jeffries@alexander.senate.gov
Rep Diane Black FAILS Small Government Test!
Republican Congressman Diane Black (TN-6) has failed a small-government litmus test. In fact, when her voting record is carefully analyzed her score is that of 71% or "F"
Given the fact that she voted for pork and waste, more spending, and more debt, it's no wonder she FAILS as a legislator.
Rep Stephen Fincher (TN-8) actually did WORSE than Diane Black.
The results of the test were just released today, here are the details:
http://blogs.tennessean.com/
original source:
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/freshmanvotestudy/?&state=&sort=score
Diane Black Votes For More Spending Again!
Last week Congresswoman Diane Black (R-TN) voted to spend an additional $182 billion funding various government agencies for fiscal 2012. The funding was produced by a joint committee with the Senate over the resistance of some Texans and other conservative House Republicans. Her vote to spend this money comes at a time when the government’s budget crisis is on it’s way to reaching a climax as spending levels are already at an all time high.
Many political observers consider this a poor decision on her part since she is likely vulnerable among not just Tea Partiers but activists within her own party. One prominent local Republican official in her district speaking on condition of anonymity noted “her votes so far to raise spending, increase the debt, voting for pork-laden bills, and past questionable family business deals have given a lot of the local GOP serious pause about supporting her re-election bid. In short, many of us feel she has betrayed the principles of the Party”
Senator Lamar Alexander from Tennessee voted for this spending increase as also.
See her vote here:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2011-857&fb_source=message
SOURCES:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20111120_16_A4_WSIGOe958757
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/11/house-approves-minibus-budget/
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer_news/opinion/house-senate-advance-fiscal-spending-measure/article_13241d2a-1c41-5f73-90ee-c4d9a4fbe9ae.html
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-2112
Is Lt. Gov Ron Ramsey Corrupt With Congresswoman Diane Black? (DNA Bill)
An interesting development...
Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey's recent bill to forcefully steal DNA from innocent individuals was introduced into the TN Legislature a few weeks ago. Of course this bill has serious Constitutional issues, but that aside, following the money trail causes one to ask if the Lt. Governor is being corrupted by Congresswoman Diane Black and her husband's successful medical testing company?
Here are the FACTS easily laid out (but don't take our word for it, do your own research):
1-Lt Governor Ron Ramsey introduced a bill to steal DNA by force from innocent individuals and then store the DNA records in a government database : http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0257&ga=107
2-Congresswoman Diane Black's husband, David Black, owns Aegis labs which is a very lucrative, entrenched, and politically connected corporation (it employs Bill Frist): http://www.aegislabs.com/About_Aegis
3-Aegis labs specializes in forensics and law enforcement crime lab testing, etc holding multiple government contracts. Congresswoman Diane Black's husband's company could potentially stand to vastly increase their revenue at the expense of taxpayers if this bill passes: http://politics.nashvillepost.com/?s=aegis
4-Congresswoman Diane Black's husband, David Black, has given thousands of $$ to Lt Governor Ron Ramsey's campaigns: http://www.state.tn.us/tref/
Hmmm.... Do you think there could possibly be a connection here?
Besides Lt Governor Ron Ramsey's blatant disregard for the Constitution's prohibition on unreasonable search and seizure, despite Lt Governor Ron Ramsey's sidestepping of serious questions about the bill, despite Lt Governor Ron Ramsey's inability to explain the necessity and Constitutionality of this bill, one has to wonder if Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey has introduced this bill at the direction of one of his major donating families, Diane and David Black?
Furthermore, other questions about this DNA-grabbing bill linger --
Was there any quid-pro-quo?
Is Lt Governor Ron Ramsey the puppet of Congresswoman Diane Black and her husband's mega corporation?
Did the Lt Governor take a "legal" bribe?
How much money would Congresswoman Diane Black and her husband potentially profit from the passage of this bill?
Is Lt Governor Ron Ramsey simply paying back Aegis and the Black family for generous campaign contributions by introducing this bill?
Have any ethics violations transpired by either Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey or Congresswoman Diane Black?
If this issue concerns you, then you should call the Lt Governor and ask him these questions yourself!
And while you have him on the phone you should tell him to yank the big-government statist Obama-like DNA bill he has introduced (SB257).
HERE IS HOW TO CONTACT HIM:
Personal cell phone: 423-340-8700 (leave a voice mail - if it's full, call back the next day or later in the night)
Personal e-mail address: ltgovramsey@aol.com
Also please post on his Facebook pages your thoughts about this so that others can see:
http://www.facebook.com/teamronramsey
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1696352714
Be sure to copy the following e-mail addresses too:
lt.gov.ron.ramsey@capitol.tn.gov (his official e-mail address)
And if you can't get him on his cell phone, call his office phone numbers:
(423) 323-8700
(615) 741-4524
You can also contact Congresswoman Diane Black's office for questions too:
https://black.house.gov/contact-me
DNA bill scandal possibly uncovered in TN?
Opposition against Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey's DNA bill is growing by leaps and bounds!
A piece on TN Post Politics was JUST posted about it:
http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2011/03/01/examining-your-dna-rights
(please visit the link above and leave your comments -- you can do so anonymously if you should choose)
Recently uncovered, Congresswoman Diane Black's husband's company, Aegis medical testing, is on the state dole. In recent times Aegis received well in excess of $630,000 from the State of Tennessee for "services rendered". Their company Aegis also received over $61,000 from the government in the forms of "grants and subsidies". Must be nice to have built-in business with the government?
SOURCE: http://tn.gov/opengov/vendors/vpfy/index.html
The profits that were pocketed by David Black from Aegis medical testing were then used to fund Lt. Ron Ramsey's campaigns.
SOURCE: http://www.state.tn.us/tref/
It's quite possible that if Ron Ramsey's DNA bill passes, Congresswoman Diane Black and her husband could potentially stand to vastly increase their revenue from the government by getting even more lucrative government contracts for Aegis testing. One political observer called this the "worst bill of the year" not only due to the potential corruption, but due to the absolute violation of individual rights as guaranteed by the TN and US Constitutions. Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey is trying to forcefully steal DNA from those who are innocent.
You should call and e-mail Lt Governor Ron Ramsey and ask him to specifically name, other than government agencies, who has been lobbying for the passage of this bill? He has sidestepped this question in the past.
Also join the "Keep Your Hands Off My DNA" Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-your-hands-off-my-DNA/132969566771098
HERE IS HOW TO CONTACT HIM:
Personal cell phone: 423-340-8700 (leave a voice mail - if it's full, call back the next day or later in the night)
Personal e-mail address: ltgovramsey@aol.com
Also please post on his Facebook pages your thoughts about this so that others can see:
http://www.facebook.com/teamronramsey
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1696352714
Be sure to copy the following e-mail addresses too:
lt.gov.ron.ramsey@capitol.tn.gov (his official e-mail address)
And if you can't get him on his cell phone, call his office phone numbers:
(423) 323-8700
(615) 741-4524
You can also contact Congresswoman Diane Black's office for questions too:
https://black.house.gov/contact-me
Rep Diane Black’s personal finances
Rep Diane Black is the 8th wealthiest member of the US House of Representatives. These numbers are fascinating --
Here is the summary:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00031539&year=2009
Here is the FULL report:
http://pfds.opensecrets.org/N00031539_2009_nom.pdf
(Ebon Falcon, LLC is allegedly her company who owns the land that rents to her husband's company, Aegis Sciences)
Diane Black voted for pork and waste
Congresswoman Diane Black voted for wasting $3 billion dollars on a pork project in Speaker John Boehner’s Ohio district. This project was an unnecessary and unneeded engine built by GE (who happens to own MS/NBC); every branch of the United States military AND even the Bush administration said it was a complete waste. She refused to vote to pull its funding thereby condoning the continuation of this pork project.
Watch this brief 2 minute video about the engine and why it isn't needed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJz6PCmFeP8&feature=player_embedded
Here is an interactive map of who voted for / against killing the pork project:
http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/house/1/46?ref=politics
Actual House list here:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll046.xml
Articles about the vote:
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/feb/17/house-votes-to-kill-jet-engine-program/
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/budget-cut-house-kills-35-joint-strike-fighter/story?id=12933195&page=3
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/us/politics/17-f-35-engine.html?_r=1
You can contact Congresswoman Diane Black's office to let her know what you think about this:
https://black.house.gov/contact-me
Tea Party REJECTS Diane Black (R-TN) [w/ VIDEO]
The local tea parties and conservatives have REJECTED big-government Republican Diane Black especially after her recent move to take the country into more debt by voting to raise the debt ceiling.
Read this article and watch the video of the recent conservative protest outside her office. You can tell they are ready to kick her big-government largesse to the curb:
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110817/NEWS02/308170131/Tea-party-protesters-slam-Diane-Black-debt-vote?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
And just to be fair here is her lame attempt at trying to spin this rejection in her favor (and failing miserably at it).... no one is buying what she is trying to sell: http://wpln.org/?p=29649
Granted she is allegedly trying to have her Congressional district gerrymandered in her favor, and her personal wealth may just be enough for her to buy her re-election. However several political experts have noted that she is exceptionally vulnerable to a conservative primary challenge from the right if one were to arise.
TN Republicans vote for MORE DEBT!!!
This plan has been touted as a great budget plan because it "eventually" fixes the budget, but here are the facts contained in this plan:
- They voted for 10 more years of deficit spending
- They voted to add between $5-11 TRILLION dollars to the national debt
- They voted to spend a total of $40 TRILLION over the next 10 years
- This plan will REQUIRE the debt ceiling to be raised
- By voting for this they voted for an obviously unbalanced budget (in fact it doesn't fully balance until the year 2040)
- They actually voted to continue to increase spending over the next few years (it merely slows the rate of spending, not actually cutting spending anytime soon)
- They voted for a budget that was bigger than what we had under Bill Clinton
ARE THEY SERIOUS?!?!
Do they think that we are so dumb that we won't see through this?
Are you going to buy what they are shoveling?
E-mail them and ask why they voted for more debt, deficits, and spending last week:
http://blackburn.house.gov/
http://fincher.house.gov/
http://roe.house.gov/
http://duncan.house.gov/
http://fleischmann.house.gov/
http://desjarlais.house.gov/
http://black.house.gov/
If you want to understand what they actually voted for in more detail, here are some links that will help explain:
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=41560
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/ron-paul-tells-iowans-the_n_847775.html
http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/libertarians-say-paul-ryan-is-worse-than-bill-clinton
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/no-paul-ryan-really-doesnt-cut-pentagon-spending/
http://reason.com/archives/2011/04/14/welcome-budget-talk
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/04/house-budget-committee-chairman-paul.html
http://reason.com/archives/2011/04/06/paul-ryans-republican-budget-t
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/84765.html
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/federal-spending-ryan-vs-obama/
http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2011/04/06/think-twice-about-paul-ryan/
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/tgif/saving-warfare-welfare-state/
http://wi.rlc.org/2010/08/paul-ryans-record/
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- The Case against the Constitutional Amendments Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
- The Impact of Cartel Behavior on Global Oil Prices and the Challenge to Free Markets
- Cato University 2013 * July 28 - August 2
- Obama's Budget: More Taxes, More Spending
- Regulatory Protectionism: A Hidden Threat to Free Trade
- Will Washington Get Gun Law Reform Right?
- How Do You Solve a Problem Like Korea?
- New Regulation Looks at Health Care Fights, the EPA, and the First Amendment
EFF
- Even Attorney General Eric Holder Supports ECPA Reform
- Don't Believe the Publishers' Hype: Support Open Access
- Hey, Patent Trolls. Pick on Someone Your Own Size.
- The Government Wants A Backdoor Into Your Online Communications
- Google Abandons Open Standards for Instant Messaging
- Publicity Rights Aren’t Property Rights: Appellate Court Gets It Very Wrong in Hart v. EA
- New Animated Video About the TPP and its Chilling Effects on Internet Users
- EFF Takes FOIA Fight Over Secret Wiretaps to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
- The March Toward Patent Reform Continues
- Vermont Is Mad as Hell at Patent Trolls and Is Not Going to Take It Anymore
Cato PodCast
- U.S. Is Among Fewer Drug War Defenders
- New Polling on Guns, Social Security and Marijuana
- States Press 'Pause' on Common Core
- The FDA Rules Tobacco
- The Ohio Liberty Coalition versus the I.R.S.
- Fallout after Feds Seize AP Phone Records
- I.R.S. Stymies Free Political Speech
- The I.R.S. Takes Aim at the Tea Party
- Ending the Federal Prohibition of Hemp
- School Choice in Louisiana Now
- Marijuana, Hemp and Federalism
- Hawking Inflation
- Heritage's Flawed Immigration Analysis
- Bitcoin's Promise
- New Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
- Ignore the 'Red Lines' in Syria
- Obama in Latin America
- Tooth Whitening and Honest Competition
- Tax Revenues from Legal Marijuana Overstated
- Examining the Push for War in Syria
Reason
- John Payne on NORML
- The Hidden History of the Pot Lobby
- Shikha Dalmia in The Wall Street Journal On Why India Needs To Jettison Its Prudery
- Reason Poll: Congress Should Cut Spending Now, Forget Gun Control; 20% Have Libertarian Outlook
- Nick Gillespie Talking IRS, AP Scandals w Ezra Levant on Sun News
- Baylen Linnekin on California’s Unconstitutional Foie Gras Crackdown
- California’s Unconstitutional Foie Gras Crackdown
- Even Politicians Tire of Failure-Prone, Freedom-Threatening Fusion Centers
- Japan to Implement National ID Numbers For All Residents
- Unlike Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Suspected British Beheaders of Soldier Unlikely To Be Questioned at Hospital
- DHS Says 3D Printed Guns Impossible To Control, Eric Holder To Lead Investigation into DOJ, Chinese Government Hoping To Expand Role of Private Businesses in Economy: P.M. Links
- Wayne Allyn Root Calls His Daily Show Interview a "Fraud."
- The Wonkocracy: Why Can't People Be Reasonable and Do What We Say?
- All the President’s Leaks Prosecutions
- FDA Targets Its First Medical App
- Paul Ehrlich Sounds the Trump of Doom Again: And This Time It's A "Consensus"
- Drug Czar Report on Crime and Drug Use Is Really a Report About Being Poor and Getting Caught
- Republicans Looking For 2016 Contenders, Poll Suggests Clinton Would Beat GOP Rivals in Iowa
- Vid: Forget Angelina Jolie: How Obamacare Endangers Your Breasts
- Peter Suderman Reviews Fast & Furious 6
Downsize DC
- Consent Chronicle: Protecting or Scaring?
- Are You Afraid of a Phantom?
- Consent Chronicle: The Internet, Controlled by You or Congress?
- Protect your Internet from Congress
- Listen to Jim Babka on the Liberty Roundtable
- Consent Chronicle: Are Congresscritters Illiterate?
- Will Anyone in Congress Read the Immigration Bill?
- Does Congress Think You Are Stupid?
- Our Website Was Attacked
- Bills passed in Congress, April 2013
- VICTORY: Internet Tax Vote Delayed!
- URGENT: Internet tax may pass tomorrow
- Do you consent to murder?
- Jim Babka on Free Talk Live's Edgington Post
- Jim Babka with Gary Franchi on National ID
- Jim Babka with Gary Franchi on Reading the Bills
- URGENT: Hearing on Drone Murders April 23
- This is the last Downsizer-Dispatch
- Coalition Letter against Cyber-Spying
- Testers needed for launch of Zero Aggression Project Homepage
EuroPacCap
- May 24, 2013
- New Orleans Investment Conference
- Push on Corporate Tax Rules Goes Global
- Japan's PM Abe Defends Policies as Markets Settle
- German Business Confidence Unexpectedly Rebounds
- Yuan Gold Trade in Hong Kong Triples as Currency Gains Cut Risk
- World Stocks Erratic a Day after Big Sell-off
- CME Increases Margin Requirements on Nikkei 225 Index Futures
- ECB's Weidmann Wishes Japan 'Good Luck' With Experiments
- May 23, 2013
- The Biggest Loser Wins
- Spanish Bonds Slide With Italy’s Amid Signs of Global Slowdown
- Overdue Student Loans Reach Record as U.S. Graduates Seek Jobs
- Fed Endorses Stimulus, but the Message Is Garbled
- U.S. Stocks Fall on China Manufacturing, Fed Speculation
- BOJ Bond Buying to Be Overwhelmed by Investor Sales
- US Manufacturing Growth Slips to Seven-Month Low
- Asian Stocks Plunge on China PMI as Japan Shares Plummet
- May 22, 2013
- Japan Exports Miss Estimates After Yen Slides to 4-Year Low
AmConMag
- No Immigration Amnesty Without a Minimum Wage Hike
- Conservatism’s Generational Shift, ‘Swivel-Eyed Loons’ Edition
- When Immigration Means Importing Terror
- What’s Wrong With Humanitarian Aid?
- Mumford and Retroculture
- France Has an Extrême-Droite When It Needs a de Gaulle
- RIP Charley Reese
- The Riots in Sweden
- Rand Paul’s Puzzling Stand with Apple
- Trans-Pacific Partnership: Trade Agreement or Anti-China Alliance?
- What Makes ‘Mud’ a Conservative (and Great) Movie
- House Democrats on Oversight Committee ‘Disappointed’ By IRS Director Taking the Fifth
- The Center for American Progress’s Crony Loan Conflict of Interest
- ACLU Sues the FBI on Antiwar.com’s Behalf
- The Spiritual Crisis of the Bourgeois Bohemians
Heartland.org
- Obama Administration Supports Fracking and Natural Gas, Despite Environmental Opposition
- After Oklahoma City Tragedy, Shameless Politicians Unsheath Global Warming Card
- Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism on the Charlie Sykes Show
- Heartland Daily Podcast: Schools, Data-Mining, and Invasions of Privacy
- Q&A with Edmund Contoski: ‘The Impending Money Revolution, The Dollar and Gold’
- Little Impact on FCC Open Internet Order Appeal from SCOTUS Chevron Decision
- The New Enemies List
- Tumblin’ Dice
- Huntington Beach May Ban Fire Pits
- Heartland Daily Podcast: Privatizing Tennessee Valley Authority Merits Study
- Heartland Institute Responds to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
- IRS-Conservatives, Justice-AP, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, HHS, EPA – This is Big Government
- Left-Wing Think Tank Hoist By Its Own Corporate Funding Petard
- Let’s Not Vilify One Company for Doing What All Companies Do
- A Six-Pack of Scandals Could Define and Destroy the Obama Presidency
Volokh Conspiracy
- Ban on Note-Taking by Spectators in Court
- Still More on Justice Scalia’s Footnote
- My Review Fear Itself by Ira Katznelson
- Sri Srinivasan Confirmed to the DC Circuit
- Obama’s Speech on Drones and the War on Terror
- State of Vermont v. Alleged Patent Troll
- Future Democratic Supreme Court Picks?
- Huffington Post Live Discussion on the IRS and Political Profiling
- Louisiana Set to Criminalize Publishing That Someone Has a Concealed Carry Permit
- Labeling Reporters “Criminals,” or Just Complying With the Privacy Protection Act?
- Noel Canning Recess-Appointments Case: Battle Is Joined
- The Higher Ed Bubble
- Native American Tribe Challenges CFPB CID Based on Illegality of Cordray Non-Recess Appointment
- The Message from Justice Scalia: When You’re Using Unfamiliar Abbreviations in Briefs, Define Them Up Front
- Can A Congressional Witness Deny Guilt and Then Plead the Fifth?
- Human Rights Watch Director Privately Slurs Israel
- Peering Through A Window Next to A Front Door Held to Be A Fourth Amendment Search
- Political Profiling and Racial Profiling
- Judging People by their Unpopular Views
- The Case for Drones
Mercatus Ctr
- The Hidden Costs of Tax Compliance
- Reforming Social Security to Better Promote Retirement Security
- The Effect of Tax Increases and Spending Cuts on Economic Growth
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Health Insurance Market Rules; Rate Review
- Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Standby Mode and Off Mode for Microwave Ovens
- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation
- Renewable-Energy Subsidies and Electricity Generation
- Doing Bad by Doing Good, Why Humanitarian Action Fails Book Panel
- If The IRS Bothers You, So Should The FSOC and CFPB
- The Film Tax Credit Farse
- The Top 3 Things I Learned at the Bitcoin Conference
- Oklahoma City Supporter and Friend Lunch
- Tulsa Supporter and Friend Lunch
- Why Is There No Milton Friedman Today?
- Why Government Aid Programs Aren’t the Best Way to End Poverty
- The Federal Reserve Ignores Its Own Role in the Financial Crisis
- Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food
- Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption
- Keith Hall Discusses Employment after Graduation on Fox 5
- Hard To Find the Return on Green Energy Investments
F.I.R.E.
- No Excuse at Syracuse for Gagging Student Satire (VIDEO)
- University of Central Florida Professor Reinstated After Suspension for In-Class Joke
- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES UNCONSTITUTIONAL SPEECH CODES AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES NATIONWIDE
- Censorship at Syracuse, Part I: School Expels Student Over Facebook Comments (VIDEO)
- Speech Code of the Month: Troy University
- Fraternities, Sororities Object as Trinity Tramples Freedom of Association; President, Board Chairman Step Down
- FIRE, Wisconsin Faculty Ask for Speech Code Reform in UW System
- Lukianoff and Shibley: '6 Ways to Defeat Campus Censors'
- Christina Hoff Sommers on the 'Tyranny of Niceness' (VIDEO)
- In 'The Wall Street Journal': 'A Mother, a Feminist, Aghast'
Independent Institute
- Tune in Tonight to Philosophy in Action
- Let's Talk About Really Big Money
- Money (Still) Can't Buy Elections
- An Overlooked First Amendment Dissent
- Free Speech v. FEC
- States in which Citizens United made no difference demand it be reversed
- Who Wants to Overturn Citizens United? Self-Serving Elected Officials.
- New Jersey Is the Least Corrupt State??? Really???
- Super PACs Turn Two!
- The End of the Beginning in Wisconsin
Institute for Justice II
Liberty Maven
- Ron Paul farewell, Liberty Maven goodbye
- Massive government disrespect for…
- Time to Resist REAL ID
- SOTU: America is doomed but there is hope in Ron Paul
- Ron Paul Revolution: Something in the Air
- The Ron Paul and Gary Johnson Factor
- POLL: Rest easy Ron Paul detractors, Iowa GOP won’t let him win
- If you want to beat Obama, Ron Paul is your choice
- The best Ron Paul analysis you will ever read this campaign season…
- From Israel: Vote Ron Paul and Let My People Go!
- Michelle Bachmann’s own political director claims she lied about Ron Paul defection
- Indecent American For Ron Paul
Natl Taxpayer Union
- The Late Edition: April 23, 2013
- The Late Edition: May 22, 2013
- Internet Sales Tax Would Be Bad for Small Businesses
- Apple Case Highlights Need for Corporate Tax Reform
- The Late Edition: May 21, 2013
- Watch LIVE - NTU's Brandon Arnold on AEI's Free beer panel: Liberating libations from ‘Bootleggers and Baptists’
- The Late Edition: May 20, 2013
- Scandal-mania Runs Wild! - Speaking of Taxpayers, May 17, 2013
- Reid Hijacks Senate to Rush Student Loan Bill
- Latest Taxpayers Tab: Top Ten Edition
Competitive Enterprise Institute
- The Enviro-Fix Is In
- Comment Letter on Third Upton Waxman White Paper
- CEI Weekly: New Report Reveals 'Hidden Regulatory Tax'
- CEI Today: Senate votes for Big Sugar, chemical regulation, and UN mandates on disability
- Letter to the Editor: When the First Amendment Is Repealed by Bureaucrats
- Testimony by Wayne Crews on the Water Desalination Act of 1996
- Disabling American Sovereignty
- More mischief
- CEI Analyst: Senate Food Labeling Amendment 'Uncommonly Silly'
- Another Sweet Deal for "Big Sugar" in Senate Vote
- 'Chemical Safety Improvement Act' Not, In Fact, An Improvement, Analyst Says
- Self Help Africa: Why Only Profits Can Cure Poverty
- The Towering Federal Register
- Cost of Complying with U.S. Regulations Higher Than Canada's GDP
- CEI report: Uncle Sam loves his regulations
- Environmental Fear-Mongering Isn't Just Silly, It Kills People
- Udall-Paul Legislation Spreads Freedom for Credit Unions and Entrepreneurs
- Ten Thousand Commandments 2013
- Ten Thousand Commandments 2013: A Fact Sheet
- Ten Thousand Commandments: Regulations Increasingly Used to Enact Measures Voters Wouldn't Approve
Foundation for Economic Education
The Advocates
- Hardy Macia, 1969-2013
- Repeal the Income Tax! Part 4
- Repeal the Income Tax! Part 3
- Repeal the Income Tax! Part 2
Mises Daily
- Drowning in a Liquidity Trap?
- A Deadlier Disaster for the Third World: Unemployment
- Martial Law vs. Market Law: Reflections on Boston
- A Virtual Weimar: Hyperinflation in a Video Game World
- Regulating Banks the Austrian Way
The Humble Libertarian
- Cody Wilson Shows All Libertarians How to Properly Interact With The Media
- IRS Admits Targeting Tea Party!
- #DEFCAD has gone dark at the request of the Department of Defense Trade Controls. HELP US PUSH BACK NOW!
- Cody Wilson: I'm Looking Forward to Jail. It'll Give Me Time to Catch Up On My Reading
- Reason TV Video: Gun Fiction vs Gun Facts
- #TreadWithTed - Sen Ted Cruz Speaks Out Against Harry Reid Using Procedural Tricks to Raise Taxes on Americans
- The Liberator: The Dawn of the Wiki Weapon
- Apply to Join YAL's Leadership Team as a Regional Director or State Chair
- Senator Rand Paul Holds Massive 19 Point Lead in Early 2016 Iowa Presidential Caucus Poll
- Is This Fair? Dem Candidate Listed Twice on Ballot in SC Special Congressional Election
- An Inconvenient Truth [Libertarian Meme]
- Air Force Head of Sexual Assault Prevention Program... Charged With Sexual Assault: Pentagon Reports 70 Sex Assaults in Military EVERY DAY
- Cody Wilson Videos, Interviews, Speeches, Demos
- Cody Wilson's 3D Printable Gun Designs Will Make Gun Control Impossible -IF YOU Download Them Today, A THL Original Presentation
- The Matrix Retold by Mom (Video)
- 2013 YAL State Conventions: 1,336 Young Activists Fired Up To Mobilize The Liberty Movement
- MIT Media Lab's Smarter Objects: Augmented Reality Is Becoming A Reality [Video]
- Fist Bump: Silver-Investor.com for Sponsoring a Screening of Silver Circle in Washington State
- Cannabis Britannica: The rise and demise of a Victorian wonder-drug (Lecture)
- CISPA Sandpeople (Meme)
LewRockwell.com
- Be Neighborly
- World Bank Insider Blows the Whistle
- LBJ Had JFK Killed
- 26 Kitchen Tips for Men
- Marc Faber on Central Bank Gold Manipulation
- Wheat Belly
- Domestic Terrorism?
- JFK Praised Hitler
- American Authoritarianism
- A Bad Turn in American History
- Where Do Cops Come From?
- Have You Tried Retro-Walking?
AntiWar.com
- Jeremy Scahill on the Awlaki Killings After Obama’s Official Admission
- Obama’s Dodges Hard Truths About War on Terror in Major Speech
- Marcy Wheeler Explains Antiwar.com’s Suit Against the FBI
- Alex Gibney on ReasonTV Talks Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, & War
- America Doesn’t Talk About Its Victims
- Charley Reese, RIP
- Chuck Todd: Obama Is Trying to Criminalize Journalism
- Obama’s Aggressive Secrecy and Unknown Unknowns in Syria
- Afghanistan War Documentary: This Is What Winning Looks Like
- What Obama Won’t Address in His Big National Security Speech: The Criminal Drone War
AntiWar.com II
- Up Against the FBI
- Gazans Dying to Enter Israel
- From Iraq to Syria: US Political Impotence in the Middle East
- Twenty Killed in Attacks Focused on Iraqi Security Forces
- The New World Order is Unimpeachable
- Tyranny Around the Corner
- 31 Killed in Iraq, Including 12 Slaughtered in a Baghdad Brothel
- Detainee Lawyer: Guantanamo ‘Has No Right to Exist’
- Antiwar.com vs. the FBI
- Should the Law Governing the War on Terror Be Changed?