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"'Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. And 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer."

 – Joseph Sobran

Educating The Children, Campaign Finance Laws, and Transportation       By Theresa Fritz Camoriano           Educating the Children – We are now seeing the effects of the “No Child Left Behind Act”, which was supposed to allow children to escape failing schools in order to get a good education.  One would think that professional educators, who are supposed to have the best interests of the children at heart, would be eager to comply with this law, but, unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case.  Instead, the professional educators are doing everything they can to keep the children locked in the failing schools.  The state has delayed grading the exams, which means that the failing results will not be available before the start of school, so families will not be able to move their children at a normal, convenient time, but would have to start the school year in the failing school and then make the switch in January.             (click to read more)

Terry's Tidbits    by Terry Gray

The Importance of the Culture Wars       By Theresa Fritz Camoriano       The United States is a country that has been held together not by common bloodlines or tribal ties but by common acceptance of certain ideas.  To be an American has meant respecting property rights, the rule of law, and the Constitution.  Respect for these basic “rules of the game” has enabled the country to absorb waves of immigrants from various countries, and it has enabled Americans from a wide variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds to live together in relative harmony and to benefit from one another’s differences.              (click to read more)

Free Speech Isn't So Free       by Lady Liberty           

When I publicly endorsed http://www.ladylibrty.com/archiv

es_ov_politics2004.html#the_lesser_evil  Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik last week - the first time I've ever endorsed any candidate - I expected to get some feedback from readers. What I didn't anticipate was the overwhelming tone of those e-mails: gratitude. One writer even thanked me for “having the courage” to say what I thought. While I'm grateful for the notes and the kind words, I was  particularly struck by the idea that it should require much courage at all to  simply say publicly what I believe to be the truth.            (click to read more)

Hang Up and Drive, or Don't        By Jonathan David Morris

All right, picture this: Killer telephone numbers.

I’m not talking about easy-to-memorize digits here. Like, “Hey, man, that’s a killer number.” I’m not talking about that.

I’m talking about numbers that instantly kill you the moment you answer their calls.             (click to read more)

Uncle Sam's realty        By Henry Lamb

The federal government owns nearly 33 percent of all the land in the United States. Why?

Nothing in the U.S. Constitution authorizes the federal government to own any land beyond Washington, D.C., and that which may be required "...for the erection of forts, arsenals, dock-yards and other needful buildings ..." and then, only when purchased from the state, with the approval of the state legislature. (Article I, Section 8)             (click to read more)
 

"It is imperative that we issue an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, and that would require immediate and full compliance, and if Hussein doesn't comply, the United States must be prepared to go in and...if need be, largely alone remove Saddam Hussein from power.

There is also no question that Saddam Hussein continues to pursue weapons of mass destruction, and his success can threaten both our interests in the region and our security at home. ...[Saddam] may even miscalculate and slide these [WMD] off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It's the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat."

John Kerry, September, 2002

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