Posted on 29 June, 2008 by td
One of the mouthpieces for FoxNews and establishment media, Chris Wallace, had Bob Barr on Fox News Sunday.
Bob Barr FOX News Sunday w/ Chris Wallace 06/29/2008
Though I would have preferred to see more about what he plans to do as president, Barr dealt with the typical assaults in the form of questions in a manner befitting [...]
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Posted on 27 June, 2008 by td
Bob Barr is probably the most enigmatic candidate to come along in a long time. He has to defend himself from a constant barrage of attacks from both conservatives and libertarians. One of the attacks against him from the culturally right is that he is a privacy consultant for the ACLU.
I admit I completely disagree with so [...]
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Posted on 27 June, 2008 by td
‘Senator Clinton and Senator Obama want to increase the size of the federal government. I intend to reduce it.’ – Sen John McCain
Excerpt from An Enduring Peace Built on Freedom by John McCain, published by the Council on Foreign Relations:
I will increase the size of the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps from the currently [...]
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Posted on 26 June, 2008 by td
Barr on the SCOTUS upholding of the 2nd Amendment:
Until today, the Court had never held that the Second Amendment directly applied to individuals. “Today’s decision marks a new era for gun rights in America,” explains Barr, who is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association. Barr also drafted the Libertarian [...]
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Posted on 26 June, 2008 by td
Supreme Court upholds 2nd Amendment in DC Gun Ban case (sorta):
Quotes from the Majority Opinion
“Logic demands that there be a link between the stated purpose and the command.”
“We start therefore with a strong presumption that the Second Amendment right is exercised individually and belongs to all Americans.”
“the most natural reading of ‘keep Arms’ in the Second [...]
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Posted on 24 June, 2008 by td
Posted on 24 June, 2008 by td
Jack Hunter, the ‘Southern Avenger’ hosted a radio forum with the conservative Democratic US Senate candidate Bob Conley who will face Senator Lindsey Graham this fall:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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Posted on 22 June, 2008 by td
On the issue of prayer in public school, it’s difficult for me to take an absolute stand. Many take the establishment clause of the First Amendment to mean that government is supposed to be irreligious.
I don’t agree that government should be irreligious. If that were the case, then the founders wouldn’t have bothered with chaplains [...]
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Posted on 21 June, 2008 by td
Pat Buchanan writes about World Wars, the fall of the British Empire, and the Holocaust in an article that appears on LewRockwell.com
Was the Holocaust Inevitable?
“What Would Winston Do?”
So asks Newsweek’s cover, which features a full-length photo of the prime minister his people voted the greatest Briton of them all.
Quite a tribute, when one [...]
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Posted on 20 June, 2008 by td
VIDEO:
Wayne Allyn Root: The Libertarian Partys Vice President – Raw Interview
While I agree with much of the content, I question some of the points made by VP candidate Wayne Allyn Root. He cites ’socially liberal’ and ‘tolerance’ as major selling points to the left. I can’t but be apprehensive of the statist ’thought police’ implications contained therein.
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