http://belowthebeltway.com I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:32:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A re-post from last year, but still worth reading today: Two Hundred Thirty Two Years Ago, Thomas Jefferson wrote the following: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers ... http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/07/04/thoughts-on-independence-day/ http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/07/04/happy-independence-day-2/ It was four years ago today that I first waded into the blogosphere. It's been a fun four years, and despite a haitus here and there, I'm pretty pleased that I've been able to make this enough of a regular thing that over one million people have seen fit to stop ... http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/07/04/below-the-beltway-turns-four/ In a move that is bizarre both in it's content and in its timing, Sarah Palin announced today that she would be stepping down as Alaska's Governor by the end of this month: WASILLA, Alaska - Sarah Palin announced Friday she plans to resign as governor of Alaska in a few ... http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/07/03/sarah-palin-makes-herself-even-more-irrelevant/ Orly Taitz has made a name for herself over the past several months as what one writer called the "Queen Bee" of the people obsessed with Barack Obama's citizenship. Now, she's dispensing medical advice and telling her readers not to get the flu vaccine because it's part of some vast worldwide ... http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/07/03/crazy-birther-lawyer-dispenses-medical-advice/ Something tells me that Charles Krauthammer won't be invited to Wasilla anytime soon: Krauthammer is, I think, 100% correct, as I observed only days after the 2008 election: History certainly isn’t on her side. There are no examples in history of a failed Vice-Presidential candidate becoming either their party’s nominee or President ... http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/07/03/sarah-palin-is-not-a-serious-candidate-for-president/ H/T: Rogue Sun http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/07/02/change-we-can-believe-in/ H/T: Jason Pye http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/07/02/the-left-and-right-agree-the-bill-of-rights-is-inconvenient/ Despite some hopes/signs that the economy may be improving, the job market continues to get worse: The pace of job losses quickened in June after slowing just a month earlier, casting a shadow over the Obama administration’s attempts to stanch months of declines in the labor market. The American economy shed 467,000 ... http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/07/02/time-to-party-like-its-1983/ Former CIA analyst Michael Scheurer was on Glenn Beck's program yesterday and suggested that the best thing that could happen to America would be for al Qaeda to destroy an American city: Of course, Beck, who's built his Fox show entirely around paranoia, said nothing to challenge a comment that, if ... http://belowthebeltway.com/2009/07/01/more-neo-con-craziness-what-we-need-is-for-bin-laden-to-nuke-cleveland/