- Southwest Airlines Sick of TSA
Southwest Airlines is growing audibly agitated with having the TSA forced on them and having their passengers "molested" (their word, not mine). And why shouldn't they be agitated, when the government's DMV-style "security" process is losing them millions in flights, billions in revenue, and has provoked a day of protest on the busiest flying day of the year (Nov. 24)? The private airline companies could provide better security themselves, and they know it, but can't do anything about it until Congress acts. - McCain Takes Swipe at Rand Paul
McCain is willing to throw his arm around the shoulder of Russ Feingold or Joe Lieberman, but don't even ask him about fellow Republican Rand Paul. Like most establishment Republicans, McCain is willing to go along with the whole limited government talk, except when it's actually proposed to limit government. By the way, where on earth does McCain get off implying Rand Paul is a "protectionist"? - GOP Could Make Trouble For Google
Republicans in Congress rightly want to look into Google's buddy-buddy relationship with the Obama administration, but where were they when Dick Cheney's buddy Halliburton was getting first dibs on oil contracts in freshly "liberated" Iraq? Let's hope they've learned their lesson. And while a separation of state and private industry is good, it seems Republicans are also worried about "consumer privacy." They should be more worried, however, about citizen privacy (like repealing the Patriot Act, abolishing the TSA, and ending the Drug War) than the privacy of people who voluntarily use a private service they can opt out of at any time. - Palin Supports a Gold Standard?
Sarah Palin was on FOX Business's Freedom Watch recently, where she expressed concern that our currency was "not backed up by anything." This seems to be a blatant swipe at the whole concept of fiat currency (money whose value a government declares by fiat, as opposed to a real money whose value is set by the market). Could Sarah be reading Austrian econ? - Wikileaks Founder Wanted for Rape
The heroic Julian Assange, who has risked his life and safety to inform Americans of what their government is doing in their name, and who, despite all fear-mongering to the contrary, has not put any info source's life at risk, is a threat to the perceived legitimacy of the current federal government. This may help explain why he is being accused of rape again (despite the fact that there was no evidence to back up the last rape accusation). The CIA has already promised to try to "crush" him. If Assange is truly guilty of rape, then let him face the full punishment of the law, but something about these allegations just seems too convenient for feds looking to shut him up. - Obama: Child Soldiers are A-OK
Obama has shocked the international community by failing to condemn the use of child soldiers in at least four countries. Why? Because these child soldiers are often used to fight "America's" enemies. While I am not one who feels the government is constitutionally authorized to spend its time wagging its finger at the internal affairs of other countries anyway, this really gives a window into Obama's mindset. Obama has missed the point entirely (as usual). The US government should have the highest standards in the world for decency and human rights. Even if it "benefits" us, the US government should not condone military dictatorships, torture, or child soldierism.
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