Laissez-faire

Former Reagan Administration, Associate Deputy Attorney General and constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, on the abuses of the Bush Administration, at the impeachment hearings that began today (highly recommended):

Surveillance cameras capture a Chicago police officer repeatedly punching a man in a wheelchair, at a hospital. A Cook County Judge ruled that he cannot be fired!

This is a film about the unsustainable economic policy embraced by this country and its political leaders:

As the economy worsens it seems that people are starting to take Ron Paul more seriously. After all, he has been right. He has been trying to warn us for years now. He even introduced legislation many years ago, attempting to stop the policies that he knew were creating the financial bubble that led to the current economic crisis.

Yesterday was a big day for Dr. Paul. He lambasted Bernanke during a Financial Services Hearing, and actually got him to admit that inflation is a tax. That was followed by three major network appearances. And everyone seems to be agreeing with him now. There is a good summary of the appearances, complete with links to all the youtube videos, at the Campaign for Liberty blog. The interview on Glenn Beck was missing, but it is here.

As Glenn Beck said of Dr. Paul; He’s been right on finances, and America is just catching up to him.

The following videos of the Revolution March were taken in Washington DC this past weekend.

It was pretty amazing. More than a month after Ron Paul withdraws from the presidential race and the movement he helped spark is as big and energetic as ever. Meanwhile, I have yet to see a single McCain sticker, button, or yard sign; even after driving to DC and back.

Hopefully I’ll get my own photos of the march and the rally, up soon. I’ll also try to post some of the speeches.

I heard an interview on the radio with a representative for the IRS, discussing a recent email scam. The scam involves solicitation of personal information by claiming the email is being sent from the IRS. The representative said, (paraphrasing) “We would never solicit personal information from anyone. Think of it this way: we’re the IRS — we have all your personal information.” At least they admit that we have no privacy.

My concern is not that an agency/organization has access to our personal information; it’s that we have no choice in the matter.