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U.N. Monitor: Guest Commentary

The U.S. and the U.N.: The End of a Bad Romance
By Bruce Herschensohn

It should be understood that from the beginning she wasn't faithful and had no intention of being faithful. After the United States of America and its World War II allies created the United Nations Organization, the United States fell in love with her. He thought the two of them had a lot in common. But the United Nations Organization, dressed in apparel given her by the United States and wearing jewelry given her by the United States, spent many New York nights of romance with enemies of the United States. And so it went for 59 years of hand-holding beneath the moonlight and stars on the East River near the magnificent home that John D. Rockefeller of the United States had given her.

She was having exactly the style of life she wanted. She was having fun, and at the same time she wanted enough affection retained between her and the United States so that the United States would give her what she wanted. Her long-range plan was to eventually make the United States a "fair and equal" Third World Country while current Third World Countries would then inherit a world leadership position. There would be no rich and poor countries. They would all be poor.

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Freedom Line: Guest Commentary

Elections and the Fate of Economic Liberty
By Sam Batkins

This fall, voters in many countries -- including this one -- will go to the polls and elect their leaders. In making their choices, voters will consider an assortment of issues, including their candidates' economic proposals.

Here, left-leaning candidates have become skilled at camouflaging their statist economic agendas. While they talk about economic freedom and both national and individual prosperity, they harbor plans for tax hikes and intrusive government regulation.

Voters in other parts of the world, especially in Europe, have seen the effects of high taxes and big government. But it now seems that Europeans may finally be getting the message that when the government taxes and spends for everything from huge social programs to over-regulation to massive bureaucracy, that money rarely spurs economic growth.

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Freedom Line:

CFIF's General Counsel Discusses Florida's School Voucher Program With Institute for Justice Attorney

Last week, the Center for Individual Freedom's Renee Giachino, who hosts the radio talk show "Your Turn -- Meeting Nonsense with Common Sense" on WEBY 1330 AM in Northwest Florida, spoke with Clark Neily, an attorney with the Institute for Justice, about school choice and the Florida voucher program.

What follows are excerpts from the interview.

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CFIF History & Civics Quiz:

Question of the Week

If two Presidential candidates tie in the electoral vote count, how is the Presidential election decided?

(a) The Senate decides
(b) Electors revote until the tie is broken
(c) The House of Representatives decides
(d) The Supreme Court decides

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Jester's Courtroom: Tales Stranger Than Fiction
Featuring bizarre and sometimes humorous real life stories from the courtroom.

No Habla Ingles

A South Texas jury has rejected a $10 million lawsuit filed on behalf of a Mexican worker who died in an explosion while inflating an American-made tire. The family of the worker claimed that the tire's manufacturer was liable for the death because the company didn't provide warnings about inflating the tire in Spanish.

Raymundo Barrera died after a tractor tire exploded while he was inflating it at a farm near Camargo, Mexico. The worker's family then filed suit against the Illinois-based Titan Tire Corporation, alleging that the company was at fault for Barrera's death because it provided no warnings in Spanish despite allegedly knowing that the tires would be used by Mexican workers.

The jury rejected the family's arguments and decided that Barrera, not the tire company, was at fault for the explosion. Specifically, the jury concluded that Titan did not have to include customer warnings about tire maintenance and safety in Spanish. The attorney for the Barrera family has said that the verdict will be appealed.

Source: Associated Press

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Since many of these gems do not attain national attention, the Jester welcomes you to share with us your favorite wacky stories from a courtroom near you! Please be sure to provide the source. You may e-mail us at mailto:info@cfif.org


Notable Quotes:

Quote of the Week

Wall Street Journal Editorial, on the Impact that the Recent Terrorist Attack on a School in Russia Should Have on the War on Terror:

"Look at the pictures. Look at the children who die not because they are collateral damage but because they are targets. And ask yourself the uncomfortable but defining question of this campaign: Is this the kind of enemy that requires a 'more sensitive' war?"

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Do you have a notable quote you'd like to share with the Center, e-mail it to mailto:info@cfif.org Be sure to provide us the source of the quote.


Ray's Cartoon Corner:

Ray's Cartoon Corner

Visit "Ray's Cartoon Corner," the lighter side of CFIF's website. The Corner is a good place for freedom lovers and free market advocates to go to catch up on the latest social, economic and political issues affecting individual freedoms and rights through the humorous medium of editorial cartooning. The cartoons are drawn by Ray Gardner, a self described free market conservative and thirty-something cartoonist who lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona.

To view Ray's latest cartoons, click here.

 

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