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Posts published in December 2009

In Copenhagen: Global Greens forum to address global warming

As posted at onthewilderside.com

Global Greens forum on December 13 to address global warming during UN Copenhagen Climate Conference

Green Party leaders from around the world–including Wangari Maathai, José Bové and Elizabeth May–to participate; US Greens challenge Obama to stop appeasing corporate polluters and peddling inadequate measures.…

Boston Tea Party National Committee Approves Resolution in Support of “Honest Money”

Boston Tea Party National Committee has approved a resolution in support of “Honest Money” by a vote of 5-0 with 2 not voting.

Darryl W. Perry, At-Large Representative to the National Committee, proposed the resolution, which reads:
Whereas, the currency of the United States of America is fiat and not commodity based, and
Whereas, Article 1 Section 10 of the US Constitution states “No State shall…make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts”, and Whereas, the legal tender law forces the use of a fiat currency, and
Whereas, fiat currency is the cause of inflation,
Be it resolved, The Boston Tea Party National Committee calls upon Congress to introduce and pass;
The “Honest Money Act” that would repeal the legal tender law;
The “Free Competition in Currency Act” that would repeal the government monopoly over the creation of coins for use as currency;
The “Tax-Free Gold Act” that would prohibit federal and state taxes on precious metal coins and bullion.…

Bob Barr: ‘West Point was wrong venue for Obama’s message’

by Bob Barr
as published in The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Just last month, I had the honor of speaking to three classrooms of cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point – the same venue (although for me, much smaller audiences) from which President Barack Obama delivered his Afghanistan policy speech last week.…

Chuck Baldwin: ‘The Bush-Obama War’

By Chuck Baldwin
ChuckBaldwinLive.com

Now it’s Barack Obama’s war. After campaigning against “George Bush’s War” in the Middle East, Obama has escalated that war. By transferring thousands of America’s forces from Iraq to Afghanistan, and by sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, the liberal Democrat has demonstrated that his administration is not so different from that of his “conservative” Republican predecessor.…

Tom Knapp: ‘Explaining the latest version of ObamaCare’

Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster:

Simply put, it’s like this: If you’re a member of Generation X or Y or whatever the hell they’re calling the various post-Boomer generations these days, you are to be boiled in hot water until you’re nice and tender and your meat and bones have separated.…

Wayne Root: ‘Universal Healthcare: The Great Bait and Switch Con Job’

Why the Heroes- “Moderate” Senators- are Actually the Villians Who Have Betrayed Our Trust and Bankrupted our Nation.

The Greatest Taxpayer Rip-Off in U.S. History.

By Wayne Allyn Root, Author
The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts

My understanding of human nature, negotiating, and deal making skills have taken me from being an S.O.B.…