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"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope."
- Sir Winston Churchill

 

 

 

 

"In my day, people would resolve to do something, now they resolve to be someone."
 - Lady Margaret Thatcher

 

 

“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.”
 —George Washington

 

 

“Fellow Americans, our duty is before us. Let us go forward, determined to serve selflessly a vision of man with God, government for people, and humanity at peace. For it is now our task to tend and preserve, through the darkest and coldest nights, that ‘sacred fire of liberty’ that President Washington spoke of two centuries ago, a fire that... remains a beacon to all the oppressed of the world, shining forth from this kindly, pleasant, greening land we call America.”
 —Ronald Reagan

 

 

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."
- Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Stuart

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  ISSUES OF LIBERTY  
 
bullet USA / National Political News
bullet A Nation, A Nanny?
bullet Government, to the Rescue?
bullet Idiots, or Dangerous Idiots?
bullet Liberty, Oh Liberty where art thou?
bullet Anti-Wimps & Personal Heroes
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"In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind
him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."
-- Thomas Jefferson
(fair copy of the drafts of the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, 1798
 

 NANNY STATES AT WORK
 
 
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Obesity Rating for Every American Must Be Included in Stimulus-Mandated Electronic Health Records, Says HHS

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Japanese told to go to bed an hour early to cut carbon emissions

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Health experts rap World Cup fast food sponsorship

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San Antonio city mgr banning sugary sodas

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Bill Requires States to Track Body Mass Index of All Kids 2-18 Years-Old

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State to force stores to post graphic signs vs. smoking

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Rep. Dingell Says ObamaCare Will Eventually ‘Control the People’

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Hidden In Healthcare Legislation- Calorie Count For All Menu Items

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FDA Trying to Reduce Smoking Ads

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Lawmakers Consider Taxing Soda to Curb Obesity

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"Health Tax" being added to restaurant tabs in some places

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Philadelphia's Nutter expected to tax sugary drinks, set trash fee

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Big Gov. John McCain wants government to regulate vitamins & supplements

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Suit: Pa. school used webcams to spy on students

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Cheers! Brits toast new shatterproof pint glass

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New York City uses government to attempt to influence salt content of food!

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City of Brownsville moves to ban plastic shopping bags!

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Uninsured drivers in Texas: Millions not covered - should this not be a clue to Nanny-State backers that government mandates do not magically make the irresponsible responsible. We all bear an extra cost in loss of Liberty with mandated insurance and yet the number uninsured has remained very high.

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Austin to consider expanding rules restricting home sizes

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California requires TVs to be more energy efficient - just how is that the business of the state?

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Under Pressure: Bathers Duck Weak Shower Heads

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FDA to pull drinks containing caffeine & alcohol off the market without "safety" proof

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The Chavez Diet: Venezuelans urged to lose weight

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Netherlands to levy 'green' road tax by the kilometre

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UK Government: Per Mile Tax Would Solve Global Warming

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Warning: Showering may be dangerous to your health

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Lubbock, Texas county commissioners vote to ban smoking outdoors on courthouse square

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NYC Wants to Make Parks Smoke-Free

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France to Impose Carbon Tax on Households and Businesses

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Seller, beware: Feds cracking down on secondhand sales of some products

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U.S. Web-tracking plan alarms privacy groups

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Hawaii residents now taxed on Vegas winnings even if they lose

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When toy guns become illegal, Cuomo going after retailers selling toy guns

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U.S. states to get "significant" obesity money

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CDC Chief: Soda Tax Could Combat Obesity

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Tough love for fat people: Tax their food to pay for healthcare

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Australia: Deaths Go Up After Speed Limits Imposed

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Workers Must Wear Underwear, Use Deodorant in Brooksville, Florida

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Give up lamb roasts & save the planet, UK gov. creating menus to combat "climate change"

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New Connecticut law demands schools use green cleaning products

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Gov. website to warn website of sadness/crying over economy, site

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UK govt to monitor FACEBOOK, social networking sites

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Chicago to have surveillance cams on "every corner"

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UK to install CCTV cameras to track all purchases of alcohol

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Australia: Householders to be charged for each flush of toilet

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Safety council urges nationwide ban on cell phone use while driving

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Flat-screen TVs to face energy-efficiency rules in California

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The nanny-state took away the guns and now: "Knives now kill six a week"

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Australia instructs workers to take a break

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Beware the church of climate alarm

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British may ban 'happy hour' as drink deaths rise - All of these so-called new problems have developed under more and more nanny-state control, when will someone again try the novel idea of Liberty with personal responsibility?

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Study: Banning Fast-Food TV Ads Could Dent Obesity

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El Paso Outlaws Bad Manners

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Texas law mandates fire-safe cigarettes by January 2010 - how about fireproof matches, stoves, fireplaces, campfires, lightening - hell let's ban fire all together.

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Update: Australian web filter to block 10,000 internet sites, Australia to implement mandatory internet censorship

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David Bellamy: BBC shunned me for denying man-made climate change

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Traditional light bulbs banned by EU

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Photo Ticket Cameras to Track Drivers Nationwide - told you so!

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UK: Drivers could face £20 fine for leaving engines running in traffic jams

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UN says eat less meat to curb global warming

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Frisco May Lower Speed Limits to Encourage Electric Cars

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Security officials to scan D.C. area license plates

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Suspect killed in robbery at Houston family's business

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LA blocks new fast-food outlets from poor areas

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Rome bans snacks at busy tourist sites

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Britain tells stores to stop bulk food offers such as "buy 2 get one free"

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Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide? (pdf)

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Orlando Surveillance Cams Will Detect Motion, Alert In Real-Time

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British columnist points out that Britons don't want an environmental nanny-state when it includes taxes and fines

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Big Nanny Baltimore wages war on…cheap cigars

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Highland Park officials approve measure requiring fire sprinklers in homes

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Smoking Ordinance Defeated by Amarillo residents - again

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New Jersey lawmakers considering 'sin' tax on fast food

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Schools spend thousands on fast food - more nanny state b.s.

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Editorial: Building codes must be sound in rural areas too - another huge blow to Liberty and property rights

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Minn. lawmaker wants scent-free schools

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UK: license to smoke' proposed

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Study: Fat people, smokers cheaper to treat than long-living healthy people - Ha!

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Mississippi: New bill would make it illegal for restaurants to serve the "obese"

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New Mexico Deme wants to tax TVs, video games to fight fat, fund education

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Democrats redo food on the Hill to celebrate everything but America

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Europeans chafe under New Year 'nanny state' laws

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Going Postal in Gun-Free Zones

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New TSA SimpliFLY packing guidelines another example of stupidity - with these guidelines the terrorists will neatly put their explosives in a bag labled "bombs"

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San Francisco considers banning fireplaces

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Police to search for guns in homes without warrants

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The mandate towards the superfit ubermenchen of Texas' future

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Smoking questioned for stores that sell Texas lottery tickets

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Ewan McGregor sick of Britain's "ludicrous nanny state" rules

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Two Calif. cities to vote on banning smoking in apartments

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Study: Americans Don't Like Being Told What To Do

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"Loving Labor?" on the minimum wage by Lubbock native Kevin Williamson

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El Paso mandates air coolers for new rental housing

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The federal tax on each cigar could rise from 5 cents to $10

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Odessa police chief bans Shriner carts, golf carts, low-riders & more from local parades! - all for the safety of the "children" of course

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In 2009, cigs must put themselves out

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El Paso proposes 'Air Conditioning' ordinance requiring A/C in homes

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Texas Republican - Nanny State? That’s a Good Thing!

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Lawmakers propose making smoke, carbon monoxide detectors mandatory

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Who Watches The Watchers In Surveillance Society?

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Bill Banning iPods In Crosswalks Slated For Albany, NY - Ban Would Apply To Cell Phones, MP3 players, Blackberrys

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Maine revolts against digital U.S. ID card

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Nanny State Nevada

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Smoking and political realignment

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Editorial: Democratic congressional majority needs to regulate tobacco industry - you are not smart enough to manage your own life, you need government!

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Editorial: Crusade against lighting up is a secret assault on your rights

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Pharr considers banning dogs from city athletic events

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Doctor gears for summit to fight obesity

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California legislature looks at banning child spanking

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Nebraska state Senator Criticized Over Move to Restrict Alcohol in Church

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Tearoom hostess gets jail in health code battle, 85-year-old sect leader refused to allow inspections of group’s enterprise - where did government get the right to infringe upon private commerce, people can choose to eat where & what they want

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Nanny State blows smoke at foster care in Texas

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New York City Bans Trans Fats in restaurant cooking

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Austin to consider making helmets mandatory: for bicycles!

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Regulators' new target: Smoking mothers

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Houston officials want to stop drownings (not city pool drownings, but all drownings) - after that they can stop traffic accidents, suicides, and the lot

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TABC's "Stop Sales to Intoxicated Persons" Program Under Review - the whole TABC & state protected liquor monopolies should be under review!

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TABC wants to be your mother: Citing P.I. violations inside bars

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Austin places freeze on building larger homes in older neighborhoods
Editorial on the subject calling it a fiasco
"I have lost all privacy in my front and backyard," said one citizen. Well, MOVE to the country if you don't want neighbors! - Pratt
"I'm the very person you're trying to protect, and I'm terrified," Central Austin homeowner Virgil Alexander told the council. "I am fearful of loss of value and equity in my home that could be caused by this." He's got it right. - Pratt

 GOVERNMENT,  TO THE RESCUE?
 
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Stockholm's bunnies burned to keep Swedes warm - just funny

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Britain: Honest citizens put in the dock as thugs go free

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Poor in Colorado may get free cell phones

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Canadian Health Care We So Envy Lies In Ruins, Its Architect Admits

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House Democrats call for nationalization of refineries

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Lack of Hispanic football officials a concern

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Mayor wants Brazoria to outlaw the 'n-word'

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California looks to socialism for health care

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Triumph of the Redistributionist Left - Patrick Chisholm

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Conservative versus liberal values & the destruction of the Black Family - Star Parker
 

  IDIOTS,  OR DANGEROUS IDIOTS?
 
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Canadian outrage over ruling that mom who strangled daughter won’t be jailed

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NASA Chief: Next Frontier Better Relations With Muslim World

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Toy soldiers run afoul of school's weapons ban

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Autistic Boy Charged With Making Terrorist Threats Over Stick-Figure Sketch

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Lovelock: 'We can't save the planet'  - we also cannot destroy it you bunch of over educated morons.

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Like Obama, Australia's prime minister is more concerned with pleasing the academic elite than the middle classes

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Tiny school district sues citizens who seek info

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Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995

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Glaring errors found in report on climate

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Climate talks deadlocked as clashes erupt outside

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Pope buys into humanist Global Warming scare - earthen vessels...

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Gore Admits to Lies about Global Warming

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China Daily: Population control called key to [Climate] deal

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Canada's Financial Post: The whole world needs to adopt China's one-child policy

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Pretending the climate email leak isn't a crisis won't make it go away

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WSJ: The impression left by the Climategate emails is that the global warming game has been rigged from the start

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Junk science exposed among climate-change believers - we've known it all along

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Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of 'Anthropogenic Global Warming'?

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'Climate change pushes poor women to prostitution' - I guess that's why it is the oldest profession since the climate has always been, is always, and always will be changing.

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Climate chief: Give up meat to save the planet

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Arkansas Town on Edge After Cop Shoots Fire Chief

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Editorial: Debit cards for improving report cards

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No joke: Dan Rather wants Obama to help save the news

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Organic food is no healthier, study finds

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Germans Hoarding Traditional Light Bulbs

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Global warming is the new religion of First World urban elites

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VP Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’

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Have disabled people been excluded from the world of "adult" entertainment?

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New report stresses immediacy of global warming

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PETA wishes Obama hadn't swatted that fly

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"Green" funeral pyres in India, be consumed responsibly

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Obama's green guru calls for white roofs

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Sarkozy in climate row over reshuffle - good move by Sarkozy

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Organic agriculture in perspective

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Connecticut School Bans Physical Contact

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U.N. 'Climate Change' Plan Would Likely Shift Trillions to Form New World Economy

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Don't endanger free markets, Czech president warns - good man & he's right

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Swedish government to raise taxes to cut greenhouse gases

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American taste for soft toilet roll 'worse than driving Hummers'

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EU denounces socialite’s carbon offset project

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Czech president hits at EU climate deal - good for him, he is right

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Blowback: More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims - finally some are willing to call the idiots out

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Arming India Against Terrorism - fine but average citizens need firearms too

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Boy's Plastic Hydrogen "Bomb" Leads to Police Search, Suspension

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In the Commons, there wasn't an out-and-out [man-made global warming] sceptic to be found

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Prince Charles says climate the real crisis, more important than the economy

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Britain Permits Islamic Courts to Judge Family Disputes

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Indiana wimps questions the right to self defense, and this doesn't involve a gun

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Kentucky Politician's Bad Joke About Girls Lands Him in Jail - good grief!

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Los Angeles Man Sues KRLA Over Conservative Content

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Boston set to ban most tobacco sales, shutter cigar bars & ban smoking on outdoor patios

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Cleared: UK Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law

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Baseball Team's Pitcher, 9, Ousted for Being Too Good

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British Submission

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Federal judge upholds gun ban at Atlanta airport

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Houston Enclave Creates "No-phone Zone" Around School

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Claim: Kids who say 'yuck' may be racist

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Flat-Screen TV Gas 'a Climate Time Bomb'

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Lawmakers Fight Over Letting Visitors Carry Guns at Atlanta Airport

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Wisconsin city may ban restaurant drive-throughs over global warming concerns

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Annan calls for 'climate justice'!

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Put oil firm chiefs on trial, says leading climate change scientist Hansen

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John Bolton escapes citizen's arrest at Hay Festival

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Subway Bans Homeschooled Kids from Essay Contest

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Anti-gun (anti-Constitution) bunch running advert in Presidential race

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Boy punished for T-shirt with gun image

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Bill would require California's science curriculum to cover climate change

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Boston police set to search for guns at homes

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Bush Justice Dept.: What Constitution?

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Tobacco Could Kill 1 Billion by 2100

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Berkeley gives Marines the boot, Oakland International Airport did not break any laws or regulations when it denied 200 Marines and soldiers access to the passenger terminal

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'Three Little Pigs' rejected in the UK as offensive to Muslims

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Hillary Clinton: Government should take more active role in economy - Socialist!

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Grandmother Arrested At McDonald's Drive-Thru For Not Pulling Car Forward

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Editorial: Another bad idea to make us ‘safe’ - teen curfew laws

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Global Warming Will Save America from the Right...Eventually

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NYC to Consider Horse-Drawn Carriage Ban

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Seattle Schools' Thanksgiving 'Myths' Stir Controversy

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Editorial: D.C. wants gun ban reinstated

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District of Columbia asks Supreme Court to uphold its handgun ban

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Gun control not working? Blame the victim.

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Couple may lose home over $1.63 tax bill

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Allergic US employee sues to ban perfume at work - I'm allergic to people who sue for such things, think I can ban them?

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Do these people understand what democracies are all about?

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Kanelis: Perry misfires over relaxing gun ban - libs just don't get it

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They have blood on their hands: Gun bill gets shot down by panel (Virginia)

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Gun Owners, Child Molesters, and the Free Press, by J.R. Dunn -Dunn gets this right.

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Washington: Rep. Ellison calls the cops to snuff Tancredo’s cigar

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Mayor Bloomberg's Anti-Gun Mayors Coalition

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London suburb to charge drivers parking fees based on emissions

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Texas state senator Rodney Ellis thinks training young convicts on 'cultural sensitivity' would set the criminally minded straight!

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Maynard, Mass. school official make 5 year old girl write apology letter for hugging another 5 year girl classmate - I thought Libs were all for love not war

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UT Austin Professor says Earth much better off without most of us / another story

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NAACP head Julian Bond says GOP equal to Nazis

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Lib says Dem State of Union Rebuttal prompted Wrist Slashing
 

  LIBERTY, OH LIBERTY,  WHERE ART THOU?

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace.
We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; may your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

Daily updates about the triumphs for — and threats to — individual liberty and personal responsibility from iLiberty.org

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EDITORIAL: Since when is shooting photos from a public roadway our government's business?

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DA: Woman Who Lived With Corpses May Built Crypt

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TSA to Block "Controversial Opinion" on the Web

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UK surveillance system monitors conversations of the public

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Russian Mayor Irks Security Agency, and Suffers

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City of Austin considers a ban on sales of cats and dogs

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San Antonio requires lingerie store to get food permit for edible undies

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Supreme Court: Sexually dangerous can be kept in prison - a highly dangerous precedent set by the Court. Liberty lovers should be concerned.

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The Unholy Trinity – Global gun control,  shredding of capitalism and Supreme Court compromise

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Update: Victory for Liberty, judge rules in favor of woman, Albuquerque woman goes to trial for smoking in backyard

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Students Kicked Off Campus for Wearing American Flag Tees

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Bethlehem, PA Hospital: Smokers Need Not Apply

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So much for tolerant liberals in Canada: Ann Coulter speech canceled due to threat of violence

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Kotkin: Forced March to the Cities - just what I've been saying about urbanism

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New Mexico plans roadblocks during hunting season

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Idaho: County Government Revolts Against Emissions Testing - great!

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Liberty Watch: New Braunfels, TX pushes ordinance on hot tub time!

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North Carolina "authorities" ban most gun rights due to weather emergency

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Staten Island school suspends 9-year old for bring 2-inch long plastic gun to school

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Free-speech ruling on campaign money riles liberal whiners

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UK Climate Change Activists Push for Average Speed Cameras

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Police state: Galveston police chief warns smoking ban violators

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U.S. Green Building Council pushes state & local governments to require codes to meet costly LEED standards

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There'll be nowhere to run from the new world government

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Is the European police state going global? by the Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

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Millionaire who fought off a knife-wielding burglar is jailed (while the intruder is let off)

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UN Security Stops Journalist's Questions About ClimateGate

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You Can Get A Ticket For Warming Up Your Car in Texas - another objectionable attack on Liberty & property rights

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Christus bans outdoor smoking at hospitals

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China dissidents 'detained ahead of Obama visit' - I don't expect Liberty in commie-China but maybe some need to be reminded.

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Mammoth Cheese and Tom Jefferson’s Wall of Separation

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Church of Scientology convicted of fraud in France - how fraudulent can they be compared to the French belief that they are still a world power and that their language is alive and well?

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Rural Jefferson County, Texas homes must show addresses

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Pratt: Look into the sewer to see your future

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Stop Fretting About Income Inequality, It's utterly pointless

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NY Mayor Bloomberg: "We can't just say everybody can go everyplace and do anything they want"

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Police Chiefs Endorse Spying on Your Neighbors

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Governmental Capriciousness Rising

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Police say syringes will help stop drunk driving

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Blood alcohol testing no longer requires a warrant

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Federal judge rules police cannot detain people for openly carrying guns in NM - great for Liberty!

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Federal Proposal Would Spend $154 Million on Vehicle Tracking Tax

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Ted Kennedy Bill Could Send Your Gun Info Into A Massive Federal Database

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Tennessee vehicle instruction stops using National Guardsmen

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Man detained and harassed at airport for carrying CASH!

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Concealed Carry in National Parks Suspended -- NRA Files Motion To Appeal

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Bill to permit guns in churches revived in wake of pastor's shooting

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video on The American Government with a good redefinition of Right & Left

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Mass civil liberties rallies planned for UK

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Big government versus your civil rights

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thehomegunsmith.com: Securing the Future of Firearms Ownership (UK)

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Brady Campaign (anti-gun group) to prevent civil rights

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New Rules On Right-To-Carry In Our National Parks Take Effect

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Angry smoker accused of burning 'no smoking' sign

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Permit-holding gun owners don’t threaten parks

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Anti-Gun Group Sues to Stop Concealed Weapons in Federal Parks

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UK police set to step up hacking of home PCs

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China's dictator-party rocked by elite dissident attack

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EU's new figurehead believes climate change is a myth

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Georgia county imposes $500 fine on residents for not recycling

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Winnetka, Ill., Repeals Draconian Handgun Ban - a fine step forward

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Minority Report-style CCTV that spots crimes BEFORE they happen - and assuming such a silly thing worked, how would you act upon it?

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Germany drops attempt to ban Scientology

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Canadian school deputizes RA’s to police students for political incorrectness

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Australia to implement mandatory internet censorship

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Police will use new device to take fingerprints in street

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Director for Public Prosecutions chief Sir Ken Macdonald attacks Big Brother state surveillance in the UK

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Pennsylvania State Universities Stun Students, Ban Smoking Indoors and Outdoors

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UK: Anti-terrorism laws used to spy on noisy children - note to the American Left: it is your fellow Left-wingers doing this in the UK, not the Right.

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McKinney's tough smoking ordinance takes effect today - shameful

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It never stops: selfish park lovers want Big Thicket off-roading stopped

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Milwaukee attempting to foreclose on man's home for non-payment of parking fine

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Fear the Government That Fears Your Gun

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Castle Doctrine to re-appear in the UK: 'Have-a-go heroes' get legal right to defend themselves

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N.J. Town Tosses Law, OKs Giving People the Finger - a win for Liberty

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Travis County, Texas Bans Smoking in Parks

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Supreme Court says Americans have right to guns but 4 justices ignore the Bill of Rights

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Swedish Gov’t to Bug Phones, E-mails and Text-Messages - but the Left sees Europe as so enlightened and tolerant!

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Illegal to be Overweight in Japan

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Every adult in Britain should be forced to carry 'carbon ration cards', say MPs

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Canton, Ohio council proposes jail time for tall grass, more

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Airport-style scanners on the streets of London to fight "knife" crime!

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Memphis: Law Enforcement Crackdown on Terrorists - terrorists?

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Court of Appeals tightens smoking ban, defines rules - ruling forces business owners to act against their own will in political issue of smoking

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Tobacco police in El Paso after hookah bars

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Minneapolis condo association bans smoking inside private residences

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U.S. Agents Seize Travelers' Devices

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Hillary Clinton suggests forced taking of worker wages for those who choose not to buy health insurance

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Tarrant, Denton weigh limits for drivers' cellphone use

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Carrying guns will stop violent crimes

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The Meaning of Liberty and Your Guns

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Judges: Anti-Clinton Film Is Advertising - thank McCain for this attack on political speech

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A win: Dawson council votes to withdraw dome home ban

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Town proposal would ban swearing in bars - what freakin' geniuses

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NRA looking for owners of guns seized by police after Katrina

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Falkenberg: Property outweighing people in Horn case, Pratt's response

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Democracy, Guns and Liberty, Another headline you won't see in The New York Times, or, Tocqueville, Gun Control, and the price of Freedom

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Citizen wants Nederland to ban smoking in the city, outdoors too!

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Germany moves to ban Scientology - & they dare lecture us about "human rights"

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Religious liberty groups troubled by Senate inquiry

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Should the state license human beings?

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Cellphone Tracking Powers on Request

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PA GOP: Rendell Seeks To Limit Our 2nd Amendment Rights

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Supreme Court Will Hear D.C. Guns Case

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New Zealand bars British man's 'fat' wife, would "burden" health system

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Town eyes Texas' first ban on drivers' phone use

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Editorial: A smoking ban that's OK

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Editorial: Judge safeguards free expression

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Oregon Teacher Wants to Take Gun to School, Why should teachers be exempt from the Second Amendment?

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New Jersey May Outlaw Giving the Finger

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European High Court Eliminates Right to Remain Silent

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Amarillo looks to ban smoking at outdoor park youth athletic events

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Supreme Court backs passengers' rights in stops by police

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Smoking ban for bars, restaurants enacted in Georgetown, Texas

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Democrats, NRA make deal on new gun rules

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Editorial: Public's health trumps private property rights - communists?

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Editorial: Smoking goes up in smoke, Government restrictions not necessary

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New Hampshire committee reject mandatory seatbelt law

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Ted Nugent: Assault weapons? Oh, baby; the bigger the better

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S.C. lawmakers consider allowing concealed weapons on campuses, calling it a safety measure

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Wiles: If Hokies had been armed, lives might have been saved

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Alaska: Cars to be Seized Over Speeding Tickets

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Abilene: Smoking-ban violator put into jail

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Smoking Bans Limit Freedom and Prosperity

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Restrictions cannot contravene the Constitution

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Appeals Court Overturns D.C. Gun Ban

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State-wide smoking ban gains momentum

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Barry aims for gun-ban hiatus, loosening of D.C. gun ban

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Abilene: Debate over smoking ban continues to rage

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Liberty gets a bit of a lift: Court Rules for Man Arrested for Cursing

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New line in tobacco war: San Francisco suburb may prohibit lighting up in multi-unit dwellings

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Tailgating Forbidden For Super Bowl

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Mayor wants Brazoria to outlaw the 'n-word', ‘N-word’ proposal’s legality in question

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Smoking and political realignment

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Editorial: Crusade against lighting up is a secret assault on your rights

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Arlington, TX might extend smoking ban to private clubs and parks!

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Baytown Citizens for Property Rights submits petition on smoking ordinance

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Smoking foes bring the fight to apartment buildings

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Bangor, Maine Makes It Illegal to Smoke in Cars

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Laredo: Ordinance change would allow smoking in after-hours establishments

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Permitted to comment but not to complain

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Abilene, TX smoking ban includes OUTDOOR public events!

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Sen. Wentworth wants Texans to hang up and drive

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I respect your rights; respect mine, please (Abilene smoking ban)

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Want to smoke? Prepare to pay

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Government goes too far with far reaching smoking ban - editorial from the New Braunfels newspaper

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Sen. Rodney Ellis Files Texas Smoke-Free Workplace Law on American Cancer society's Great American Smokeout

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Belmont to be first U.S. city to ban all smoking

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American Cancer Society again shows they are not spending time on curing cancer but on taking away Liberty (pdf)

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Vehicles used for work defined as no-smoking workplaces in Baytown ban!

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Abilene passes workplace smoking ban - what is it these folk do not understand about private property?

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Officials: Dallas restaurants should be more dog-friendly - more telling us how to live and use our property!

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Austin: Smoking fines shift from businesses to individuals

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Urban affairs: Smokers, now you're the target, 17-year city attorney retiring

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Harris Couny lawyer says licensed handguns legal in parks - he is 100% correct & Harris Co. is wrong, no question

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See a smoker in Omaha? Dial 9-1-1, Nebraska city imposes toughest enforcement policy in nation

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Senator wants to make Texas smoke-free video

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A MUST VIEW: GiveThemBack.com

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Houston passes smoking ban

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Dallas still working toward toy-gun ban

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Pleasure Police think Houston smoking ban has too many exceptions

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Temple passes smoking ban

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Houston unveils plan to restrict smoking, federal judge strikes down part of Austin ordinance

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NYC Mulls Ban on Trans Fats in Eateries

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Arlington council tightens smoking ban, Ordinance to apply to all restaurants; bars, adult businesses exempt

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Proposal would forbid smoking in most public places

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Texas Tech Daily Toreador columnist says we don't need guns and should repeal the 2nd Amendment

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Brinker: freedom more important than false security

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Liberty in peril in Dallas judicial system: 1 seat-belt lapse, 3 days in jail

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Arlington Considers Stricter Smoking Ban

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Beaumont: sales in some bars have fallen drastically since no-smoking ordinance went into effect

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Fort Worth Area mayors to push for sobriety checkpoints

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Corpus Christi: Analysis: Both restaurants and bars suffered decline after ban that applies mainly to eateries

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Petitioners aim to snuff out smoking ban, may miss deadline for Nov. ballot

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Houston Changes Tune On Smoking Ban looks to ban from all workplaces

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Top Ten Congressional Anti-Second Amendment in the House and the Senate

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Aim at Right Target: Dallas should halt display, not sale, of toy guns - a split-the-baby opinion that misses the whole point of Liberty

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Dallas looks to ban TOY hand guns, studies show bans ineffective - lose a little more Liberty for a "good idea" without evidence it works

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San Antonio mayor wants to keep "chain" restaurants from the river walk

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Liberal Santa Fe, NM bans smoking in all workplaces including bars - Tech columnist should move there

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Tech columnist says Lubbock should be like other cities and ban smoking - in bars

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Calabas, California Say Extreme Smoking Ban Is Working - working at destroying Liberty!

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Smoking bans have way of spreading

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Beaumont bans smoking in 'public' places

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Arkansas bans smoking in almost all indoor spaces - takes no action on inbreeding

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Kansas to take fingerprints from citizens at traffic stops

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No smoking in public in Calabasas - even outdoors! - "...if a nonsmoker asks a smoker to stop, the smoker must snuff it or face a possible fine in the hundreds of dollars or even a lawsuit."

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English speaking American sign deemed "reprehensible and discriminatory"

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Wise County settles dispute over display of Confederate flag - excuse me, isn't it one of the six flags of Texas? I'm embarrassed of the French too but don't want to ban the use of the flag in historic displays!

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Trend with U.S. cities - limiting the size of your family - or at least how many of them you can live with and how many cars you can have!

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Galveston voters defeat smoking ban - some Liberty lives on the island!

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Fort Worth editorial: Leave those smokers alone "It [anti-smoking campaign] should be repugnant to anyone who is a friend of freedom"

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Feds harass legal gun buyers, especially women and minorities

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Even BB & pellet guns cannot be used in Friendswood! "The days when kids could run around the neighborhood “shooting” each other with toy guns are gone." - not in my Texas buddy - Pratt

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Galveston looking at smoking ban again, official says right of private association is "elitist"

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Fort Worth evaluating non-smoking ordinances

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California city bans OUTDOOR smoking! Cal. Restaurant Assoc. support band!  Follow-up.
 

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More (updated May 2008)

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ID for using a VISA card? (See page 29 of the pdf) Here is the Mastercard Merchant Rules pdf see pg 2-21
Here is language from the press/media inquiry area of the VISA website in early 2006:
Are merchants allowed to ask for identification when using Visa products?
While a merchant may ask for identification if fraud is suspected, it is contrary to Visa policy to require the consumer to show identification as a condition of the sale. If a merchant asks for identification and the consumer is unable or unwilling to produce it, the merchant is still obliged to accept the consumer’s Visa card. Consumers who experience refusal of service based on identification may either call their card issuer to report the problem or call 1-800-VISA-911.

 

 
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