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Archive for April, 2009

Ron Paul And Peter Schiff On Obama’s Economic Plans

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 15th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics, Ron Paul

They didn’t appear together, but both Ron Paul and Peter Schiff had plenty to say yesterday about President Obama’s economic speech yesterday.
First, here’s Cong. Paul on MSNBC:

And, here’s Peter Schiff with his own comments:

Are The Culture Wars Finally Over ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 15th, 2009. Filed under Politics, Religion

At least one prominent evangelical conservative says they are, and that the right has lost:
Leading evangelicals have admitted that their association with George W. Bush has not only hurt the cause of social conservatives but contributed to the failure of the key objectives of their 30-year struggle.
James Dobson, 72, who resigned recently as head of [...]

The GOP Sends Sarah Palin Down The Memory Hole

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 15th, 2009. Filed under 2012 Election, Politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin

U.S. News & World Report’s Paul Bedard notes that there isn’t much Palin-love in the GOP today:
Worse than Dan Quayle before her, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s bright star has fast faded in the eyes of Washington Republican officials and analysts, calling into question her efforts to become a national party figure ready to run for the [...]

Ron Paul Talks Drug Legalization On CNN

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 15th, 2009. Filed under Individual Liberty, Politics, Ron Paul, War On Drugs

While everyone is focusing on taxes today, Ron Paul was on CNN’s American Morning talking about the insanity of the War On (Some) Drugs and drug legalization:

H/T: Liberty Maven

Stephen Gordon On Rachel Maddow

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, April 15th, 2009. Filed under Blogging, Libertarians, Politics, The Liberty Papers

Last night, Stephen Gordon, one of the contributors over at The Liberty Papers, appeared on Rachel Maddow’s show last night discussing the rift between conservatives and libertarians over the Tea Party’s.
Here’s the video:

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Transparency: Another Broken Obama Promise

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 14th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics

Before he was elected President, Barack Obama made this unprecedented pledge of transparency:

As The Cato Institute’s Jim Harper notes, though, the Obama Administration has been far from transparent in practice:
[N]ine days after taking office, he signed a bill into law without posting it on Whitehouse.gov for five days. Since then, 10 more bills have [...]

An Interview With F.A. Hayek

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 14th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politics

From back in 1985, here’s an extended interview with the great Frederich von Hayek:
F.A. Hayek Interviewed By John O’Sullivan from FEE on Vimeo.
H/T: Cafe Hayek

New York Governor To Introduce Gay Marriage Bill

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 14th, 2009. Filed under Gay Marriage, Individual Liberty, Politics

New York looks to be the next battleground over gay marriage:
NEW YORK (CNN) — Gov. David Paterson will announce plans Thursday to introduce same-sex marriage legislation in the state assembly, according to an assemblyman who was asked to be present for the announcement.
“The governor’s office called me and asked if I would stand with the [...]

The Truth About Taxes

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 14th, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politics

An excellent and timely new video from The Cato Institute:

H/T: Jason Pye

Pirates And Presidents, They’re Really The Same Thing

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 14th, 2009. Filed under Politics

In light of recent events, this is pretty damn appropriate:

H/T: Lew Rockwell

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