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Congressional and leftist lies – Walter Williams http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2007/11/14/congressional_and_leftist_lies

Congress to the energy rescue? – Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson Some members of Congress want to impose additional taxes on U.S. oil companies and use that revenue to subsidize the development of competing energy sources. Ethically, this is no fairer than taxing pro-football to finance a subsidy to pro-basketball. … No rational person could believe that mandating the use of more costly sources of energy and raising taxes on less expensive sources of energy is going to lower our energy bills. Let’s hope that the light of reason dawns before congress cripples our energy markets yet again. http://www.visandvals.org/Congress_to_the_Energy_Rescue.php

Nation's Cops Applaud Presidential Candidate Ron Paul
While most of the politicians vying for their party's nomination for President of the United States pay lip service to the nation's law enforcement officers, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) is actually doing something to earn the respect and gratitude of America's cops, according to many police officers and organizations. For example........
http://www.newswithviews.com/NWV-News/news17.htm
by NWV News

The Fed creates inflation http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/201.html

FBI Raids Liberty Dollar
A dozen FBI agents staged a raid on the Liberty Dollar's Evansville, Indiana office at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. Nov. 14 and confiscated all of its property and equipment­including about two tons of commemorative Ron Paul coins. Liberty Dollar, founded by money architect Bernard von NotHaus in 1998, was created as an alternate "private, voluntary barter currency" to the US dollar........
http://www.newswithviews.com/Ryter/jon201.htm
by Jon Christian Ryter

In Paul They Trust (The Feds May Differ) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/16/AR2007111602267.html?nav=rss_email/components

Mediocrity in Kentucky education http://kyprogress.blogspot.com/2007/11/soft-underbelly-of-mediocrity-in.html

Where are the Food Police When We Need Them?

If we're going to socialize medicine in the U.S., we need to think big.  Doug Bandow reasons that, "Since socializing health care means all of us would have to help pay the fat bill, it’s time we took a more radical approach. We should socialize food."

http://www.openmarket.org/2007/11/14/where-are-the-food-police-when-we-need-them/

Congress Makes it Harder to Own Your Home

In order to protect us dumb Americans from doing something stupid, like trying to live the American dream, Congress has moved to make it harder for low-income families to improve their lives through home ownership.

http://www.openmarket.org/2007/11/15/anti-choice-mortgage-bill-on-the-house-floor/

Educational Monopoly Versus Educational Choice
Doug Bandow provides us with, "Yet another reason to let people keep their own money if they educate their children privately. Tuition tax credits and vouchers would move in the right direction, with full-scale educational privatization the ultimate solution."

http://www.openmarket.org/2007/11/15/educational-monopoly-versus-educational-choice/

Nets Are Nice, But Bugs Hate DDT

CEI's Semret Medhane sounds off about the lack of DDT use in Africa.  In order to make make Africa a no-malria continent all solutions must be considered, especially what is arguably the most effective.

http://www.openmarket.org/2007/11/15/what-ever-happened-to-ddt/

Insurance Companies Profit From Death Tax

Why do some bad policies, like the estate tax, stay around so long?  Because someone is using big government to rig the system to their advantage!

http://www.openmarket.org/2007/11/16/carney-on-estate-tax-rent-seeking/

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