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Nonsense ideas – Walter Williams Does offering a worker a wage higher than what he could earn elsewhere make him worse off or better off?... When I purchased my Lexus, did I deal with the U.S. Congress, the Japanese Diet, George Bush and Shinzo Abe, or did I deal with Toyota and its intermediaries?... If Congress were to enact a 10 miles per hour national speed limit, we'd save thousands of lives each year. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2007/02/21/nonsense_ideas

Judge orders ‘gay agenda’ taught to elementary school children – Parker was arrested and jailed in Lexington in April 2005 over his request – and the school's refusal – to notify him when adults discuss homosexuality or transgenderism with his 6-year-old kindergartner. That despite a state law requiring such notification….David Parker's son, Jacob, was beaten up at Estabrook Elementary, officials said. MassResistance said a group of 8-10 kids surrounded him and took him out of sight of "patrolling aides," then pummeled and beat him. http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54420

German homeschool family told to give up other 5 children - German authorities who sent 15 uniformed police officers to take custody of a 15-year-old girl who committed the crime of being homeschooled now have suggested a solution that, in their minds, would "resolve" the situation: the parents should give up custody of their other five children …The German Embassy has indicated they cannot allow 'parallel cultures.' Christian homeschooling is a 'parallel culture' that Germany does not want." .http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54425

Happiness is a moral obligation – Dennis Prager Happiness -- or at least acting happy, or at the very least not inflicting one's unhappiness on others -- is no less important in making the world better than any other human trait. http://townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2007/02/20/happiness_is_a_moral_obligation  

Priceless politics – Thomas Sowell [T]he amount of money required to bring every poor person in the country above the official poverty line is a fraction of what is spent by government on the welfare state. http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2007/02/20/priceless_politics

And part two http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=priceless_politics_part_ii&ns=ThomasSowell&dt=02/21/2007&page=1

And part three Senator Obama is being hailed as the newest and freshest face on the American political scene. But he is advocating some of the oldest fallacies, just as if it was the 1960s again, or as if he has learned nothing and forgotten nothing since then. …But politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2007/02/23/priceless_politics_part_iii

Questions about global warming - Pardon me if I don’t genuflect. The IPCC has been irretrievably politicized. http://gcc.savvior.com/Questions_About_Global_Warming%20.php

North American Union Plans - Academic literature distributed in advance to conference participants about a common legal framework for the U.S., Canada and Mexico included proposals for a North American Court of Justice (with the authority to overrule a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court) …A sour note about the prospect of further integration with Mexico was provided at the conference by Alberto Szekely, a career ambassador and advisor to the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, who said that the rule of law simply does not exist in Mexico and that corruption permeates governmental institutions. He said reforms under the presidency of Vicente Fox went nowhere and that Mexico is one of the most corrupt countries in the world today. http://www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff134.htm

Public schools:  parental rights in jeopardy – Paul Weyrich  One of the latest developments in public education is that schools believe they are the de facto parents of the children who attend them. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2007/02/22/public_schools_parental_rights_in_jeopardy

Why is capitalism a dirty word? Capitalism and freedom don’t just coexist comfortably; what we call “capitalism” really is just another way of saying what Smith did: capitalism is freedom expressed in economic relations. It is the economic system of people making free choices. And capitalism works so well precisely because free people trading freely become ever more productive, and do well precisely to the extent that what they have to trade is wanted by others.. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DavidStrom/2007/02/21/why_is_capitalism_is_a_dirty_word

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