Rules of Thumb for Making Laws - Rule #4  Put The Shoe On The Other Foot (Or imagine that you are the sheep) by Pat Pending  Democracy has been described as two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.  It is very tempting to support an increase in government power when you are one of the wolves, but, if you are smart, you will also think about how that power might be used against you when you are the sheep. 

Analysis of the VET  by Clay Smith   Several weeks ago I offered to provide comments that might help your stop the VET efforts. A few days ago I received your latest e-mail issue of Jefferson Review with several commentaries on the VET.

We’re Off to See the Wizard Part 1  By Claude Bohn  Undeniably, one of the most enduringly popular films of all time – for young and not-so young alike - has got to be, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. Most baby boomers – and their parents - can instantly rattle off the familiar characters – Dorothy and Toto, Auntie Em, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion; and don’t forget the Munchkins, and the Wicked Witch of the West! Most of us know the storyline by heart; and each succeeding generation passes the joy and wonder of this cinematic masterpiece onto the next, thru television re-runs, and now videotape.

Feeding the Hand That Bites You -- Blacks and the Government  by Timothy Sandefur, Liberty Magazine   ".(O)ne might wonder why there aren't more black libertarians. After all, who has suffered more at the hands of government than black Americans? After the end of slavery, the state and federal governments, led by the Democratic Party, spent a good deal of time and ingenuity devising mechanisms for keeping freed slaves from competing with white laborers, getting an education, and exercising their right to vote, or enjoying a variety of other liberties which all Americans should take for granted.

Vice presidents, advice, and constitutional authority to hide records   By Ed Lewis    “Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday he will not give congressional investigators a list of business leaders with whom he met while formulating the administration’s energy policy.  He said such a list would harm his ability to receive advice in the future.”  (The Associated Press, January 27, 2002)

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Public Servants:  Persons chosen by the people to distribute the graft.

 Mark Twain

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

 Mark Twain