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"Your Liberty is Our Interest" |
December 9, 2002 | |
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Police Kill Handcuffed Man; The Harms of Light Rail; Corruption of Gov’t Officials; and “Living Wage” laws By Theresa Fritz Camoriano 1. In Louisville, the police handcuffed a man’s hands behind his back. Then the handcuffed man, holding a knife having a blade that was 2.5-3 inches long, began lunging at one of the policemen..... How the feds hand out your dollars By Henry Lamb It's probably natural for those who have the power to hand out your money to first feather the nests of their friends and allies. But that doesn't make it right..... Intelligence, Evaluation, and Truth By Gordon Francis Corbett When we hear a rumor, we can believe it, disbelieve it, or regard it as an unknown awaiting proof. Unless we have solid evidence, we should never repeat it. It may not be true; besides, telling someone something that proves wrong may make him disregard something else we say later that proves right..... MERRY MARRIOTT By Terry Gray A ground breaking recently took place for the new taxpayer owned Marriott in what would be “VIBRANT DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE”. Mayor Dave drove the bulldozer and everything. Such forethought and planning has gone into this anchor for “VIBRANT DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE” that the ceremony took place before the needed property acquisition..... Houston Chronicle Secret Memo Alleges Vast Light Rail Conspiracy (from the Houston Review) By Phil Magness Someone who operates the Houston Chronicle website must have had a terrible day on November 20. What the Chronicle described in a notice intended to cover its tracks as an "internal document" entitled "A Houston odyssey: DeLay, Lanier and light rail" appeared briefly in the editorials section on the newspaper's website beginning late in the evening on November 20..... CORRECTION TO LINDY’S ARTICLE By Terry Gray In my article in The Jefferson Review.com on November 25, 2002, I made an error about the Lindy’s restaurant “loan”, which I would like to correct. The “loan” was to be forgiven if the restaurant remained open for five years. The bottom line is that Lindy’s is out of business and has defaulted on the “loan”. Where’s our tax money?....
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"A very good case can be made, on moral as well as economic grounds, for a
system in which the individual is required to stand on his own feet, not
to -- William Henry Chamberlin |
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