by Bob Livingston. "Government is not reason: it is force. Like fire, it’s a dangerous servant and a fearful master…” — George Washington. If there are two words in the English language that we need to understand, they are the words “police power.” Government is police power. Government by definition, by nature, by history and by practical ... MORE
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Police Power Is The Foundation Of The State
by Bob Livingston. "Government is not reason: it is force. Like fire, it’s a dangerous servant and a fearful master…” — George Washington. If there are two words in the English language that we need to understand, they are the words “police power.” Government is police power. Government by definition, by nature, by history and by practical ... MORE
125 Seattle Cops Sue For Right to Use Excessive Force
Fortunately, they were shot down. Wow... who could've foreseen this happening in our nation? But some 125 Seattle police officers responded by filing a lawsuit challenging the new laws. In their view, the new policies infringe on their rights to use as much force as they deem necessary in self-protection. They represent about ten percent ... MORE30 Ways To Avoid The Penalty For Not Buying ObamaCare
by Krystal Steinmetz. Tens of millions of Americans without health insurance risk being fined by the IRS as part of the Affordable Care Act, which imposes a tax penalty on those who didn’t purchase medical insurance. But tax experts say up to 20 million people are eligible for a waiver. According to Inuit, maker of TurboTax, there are 30 ... MOREIBD Editorial: Press Helps Obama Censor The News
It's not often that the press exposes its own bias. But a Washington Post story this week reveals both the Obama administration's attempts to censor the news and the media's complicity in that effort. For decades, news outlets have relied on pool reports from a rotating group of White House correspondents who follow the president ... MOREThe Police Violence We Aren’t Talking About
by Zoe Carpenter. Using authority to coerce sexual favors. Police officer Daniel Holtzclaw worked the evening shift, from four in the afternoon until two in the morning, patrolling the northeastern part of Oklahoma City. Between February and June he allegedly sexually assaulted at least seven women while on duty, including a ... MORECops Taser To Death Handcuffed Man Laying On Ground
He wasn't getting up fast enough. A 24-year-old man was tasered at least 13 times before he died in police custody, an attorney for the deceased victim has revealed. Gregory Lewis Towns, Jr was killed last April in East Point, Georgia after he was arrested by police who responded to reports of a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. Towns died ... MORESheldon Richman: A Slippery Slope in the Right Direction?
Or, did the blind squirrels in robes merely find a nut. As far as it went, the Supreme Court generally got it right in
the Hobby Lobby Obamacare contraception case. Unfortunately it
didn't go nearly far enough. The court ruled that "closely held corporations" whose owners have religious convictions against certain kinds of contraceptives ... MOREIs Dept. of Homeland Security America’s Standing Army?
by John W. Whitehead. The Founders' worst fear. If the United States is a police state, then the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is its national police force, with all the brutality, ineptitude and corruption such a role implies. In fact, although the DHS’ governmental bureaucracy may at times appear to be inept and bungling, ... MOREJeffrey Tucker: The War Is On You
Why governments needs an enemy. After 25 years of war on Iraq, the U.S. has what to show for it? A
handful of dust. And at what cost in lives and property? It boggles the
mind to consider the breadth and depth of the suffering. Iraq was the great experiment following the Cold War for how the U.S.
military machine could be used to make ... MOREJay Sekulow: The IRS's War On Free Speech
More evidence the government is not us. The Obama administration’s IRS actively attempted to enlist the FBI in its war against the Tea Party. Does anyone still think this is a “phony scandal?” Does the following scenario sound like the United States of America, the land of liberty, or does it sound like a dictatorship, a land of paranoia ... MOREWoman Dies In Jail Because She Failed To Pay A Fine
by Brian Doherty. Jailed for her child's truancy from school. Some monstrous policy out of Pennsylvania, from Associated Press
via the Pottstown Mercury News, a land where there is
no such thing as debtors prison for the poor unless that debt is to
the government, that institution that only monsters question
because after all it's there to help ... MORE
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