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The Irrelevance of the Debt Ceiling

I had posted this article before, but it was deleted sometime ago. Being that its a matter of importance, I am reposting it. Over the news we have been hearing about the idea of congress raising the debt ceiling. it has been pointed out that if it is not raised, then many entitlements will not [...]

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Freedoms Requiem

Freedoms Requiem

By David P Shirk It is foolish to attack what you do not understand. Being foolish is being ignorant of the facts and acting upon your limited knowledge. It is not possible for one person to know everything, and therefore foolish to act more than they have too. However whenever you place a power over [...]

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My Debate With A Socialist (Introduction and Conclusion)

The debate started on a Sunday and ended officially on the following Saturday. One whole week of debating was exhausting but nonetheless engaging. Although at times the person I was debating against often employed the use of rhetoric and a slew of fallacies in their argument, and this includes sweeping generalizations that are very reminiscent [...]

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POLL: Will Government Health Care Drive Up Cost?

POLL: Will Government Health Care Drive Up Cost?

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How Do We Defeat Racism and Discrimination Once and For All?

How Do We Defeat Racism and Discrimination Once and For All?

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=103 Reposted by Michael Shanklin By Tom Mullen Published 06/08/09 We haven’t heard a lot lately about discrimination in the job market. Perhaps the economic crisis has pushed it into the background. “Progressives” may be too busy promoting their economic gibberish (Keynesianism) to fall back on this tried and true “divide and conquer” issue. However, [...]

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Ludwig Von Mises Tribute (1881-1973) : Liberty & Economics

Ludwig Von Mises Tribute (1881-1973) : Liberty & Economics

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/msv3UrlLprc" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/K3swdbwhYtM" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/T9RXp8DYGbU" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/cWY3OV68sd8" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] by Michael Shanklin Mises (1881-1973) was a man who never stopped fighting for freedom: not when the Nazis burned his books, not when the Left blackballed him at [...]

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Ron Paul – If You Found A Genie In A Bottle, What Would Your 3 Wishes Be?

Ron Paul – If You Found A Genie In A Bottle, What Would Your 3 Wishes Be?

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/DU5N3iLleu0" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] by Michael Shanklin What would you wish for? Money? What does Dr. Ron Paul have to say on the subject? Ironically it’s what we here at Peace, Freedom, and Prosperity want as well. To vote up link on current.com: http://current.com/items/90164679_video-ron-paul-if-you-found-a-genie-in-a-bottle-what-would-your-3-wishes-be.htm OriginalYoutube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU5N3iLleu0fmt=18 To visit Michael Shanklin’s Youtube [...]

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ACORN Added As Official U.S. Census Bureau Partner – No Background Checks On Hires

ACORN Added As Official U.S. Census Bureau Partner – No Background Checks On Hires

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=99 Reposted by Michael Shanklin By Peter Orvetti 6/5/2009 Good news from the U.S. Census Bureau! “The 2010 Census will be a short-form only census,” its website declares. It will still be longer than the Constitution calls for — asking for “name, sex, age, date of birth, race, ethnicity, relationship and housing tenure” — but [...]

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Faith In Mythology & The Age of Folly

Faith In Mythology & The Age of Folly

http://mises.org/story/3505 Reposted by Michael Shanklin Mises Daily by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. How about a bit of reality? Not the ridiculous promises from Washington: the absurd talk of “green shoots” while unemployment soars and investment falls; the silly guarantees that GM has a bright future, even as its stock price falls to less than the [...]

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The Costs of Carbon Legislation – Not About Planet, About Power & Control

The Costs of Carbon Legislation – Not About Planet, About Power & Control

http://mises.org/story/3473 Reposted by Michael Shanklin Mises Daily by Robert P. Murphy In two of his recent op-eds (here and here) for the New York Times, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman has challenged critics of the government’s intentions to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, and he has even specifically endorsed the pending Waxman-Markey bill which includes a “cap-and-trade” [...]

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