FBI Convicts Bernard Von NotHaus for Minting and Selling Silver Coins

from The New American:

Written by Thomas R. Eddlem    
Monday, 21 March 2011 11:53 

The FBI won a three-count conviction against precious-metals dealer Bernard von NotHaus on March 18 for the "crime" of minting memento "dollars" in silver, and the FBI charged in a press release that making silver coins is "domestic terrorism." Jurors came to the unanimous verdict after only two hours of deliberation.

http://wikileaks.ch/gitmo/index.html

In a podcast Mr. Goldsmith produced and posted not too long ago, he was talking a lot about the legal limbo that Guantanamo Bay Prisoners find themselves in.  The above link is to a wikileaks mirror, where you can check out what they say they have on all the individuals in said prison.  This is disturbing on it's face.  I may (or may not) investigate further into this matter.

I should know better than to watch the news as it always gets me upset.

I wonder what future historians will think of the collective insanity that has engulfed America.  Will they wonder how an advanced society succumbed to irrational fear mongering?  I'm not a big fan of John Adams, but he hit it on the head when he said that fear is the foundation of most governments.

Wal-Mart public service announcement.

Quote President Obama:

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we have set. We've got to have a civilian national security force: just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded."

Now this is already confusing as Obama's Attorney General likes to take people's guns away from them to simply protect their homes and families, but he claims to want a civilian national security force as well run as our military. At minimum, can we even afford that?

My guess would be no, but here is what Judge Napolitano had to say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGW136RLhSM&feature=related

I've never smoked maraijuana and don't plan to. Still, I will never understand what it is that people like Eric Holder plan to accomplish by controlling peoples lives. So, some people like to stay home, smoke weed and get high....so what? The sun will still come up tomorrow and I don't see why what people do in their home is any of his business.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20016126-503544.html

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/articles/san-100830-evacuations-uncertainty.html

Fleeing the hurricane?  Be sure to pack your papers first.  Only legal US residents will be allowed to run for their lives.

http://www.financialpost.com/Avertible+catastrophe/3203808/story.html

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/two_more_census_workers_blow_the_O...

Timmy!...?

http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=9352&title=Judge_Napolitano__Could_Geithner_Face_Criminal_Charges_over_AIG_Coverup_&vpkey=

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I just ranted on the liberty hotline about this article. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34028940/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts  I am so tired of so called "hard working Americans" looking for a free ride.  THERE IS NO FREE RIDE!!!  I understand the angst against the army corps of engineers' neglect of the New Orleans infrastructure, but the truth is that they could have funded repairs themselves as a community if they were that concerned about it.  The money for the repairs would come from the federal budget ie taxpayers, just like a settlement would.  The upkeep of the canal is ultimately the responsibility of those who will be affected by its failure.

An amusing post over on Bob Murphy's Free Advice blog:

http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2009/09/great-metaphor-for-whole-obama.h...

One thing I never hear brought up in soda tax discussions is that many overweight and obese people drink DIET soda.

They only want to tax regular soda.

One speculation I have around this subject is that in recent decades more and more people drink diet soda as if it's some kind of magic weight loss drink allowing them to double up on the burgers and fries.

It dosen't really suprise me they are looking at a new "sin" tax on soda. They have pretty much bled the smokers dry and now they are moving on to something new.

A bad idea implemented badly...

Stimulus Bucks for Bridges That Don't Need Work
Most stimulus-targeted bridges in Texas are OK
By JEFF CARLTON

Hacker loses extradition appeal

The US Federal Government are not just interested in punitively imprisoning its own citizens or citizen's of other countries who happen to be Muslims, but for sometime now they've been trying to extradite a computer geek who suffers from Apserger's because he managed to hack into the Pentagon's mainframe looking for info on UFO's.

Have any of you refused to sign up with the Selective Service?  Did you register but later regret that you did so?  What kind of advice would you have for someone facing this decision?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_B5UrI7nAI

Fox Business host Stuart Varney's opinion piece on WSJ online is a great illustration of why FBN is my preferred MSM these days:

I saw a couple of stories about Rand Paul considering whether or not to run for U.S. Senate in 2010.

This one is an AP wire feed: http://www.14wfie.com/global/story.asp?s=9914862

This has a video interview of Rand: http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/40458097.html

I  would have abreviated Kentucky, he's an opthamologist, not a proctologist.