Thomas J. DiLorenzo's Open Letter To Glenn Beck

 I think it would be an absurd farce to hold a rally protesting the Fed, corporate welfare, bailouts, Big Government, etc. at the Lincoln Memorial.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo181.html

Hold the rally at the Jefferson Memorial.

http://www.avianflyawayinc.com/images/photos/mun-Jefferson-Memorial.jpg

The 5 Pledges 
Join Millions of Moms & Mr. Moms with Glenn Beck on August 28, 2010 




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Unemployed Man

An unemployed man is desperate to support his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor’s job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test. 

The human resources manager tells him, "You will be hired at minimum wage. Let me have your e-mail address so that we can get you in the loop. Our system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day." 

Taken back, the man protests that he is poor and has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this the manager replies, "You must understand that to a company like ours that means that you virtually do not exist. Without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high-tech firm . Good day." 

Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past a farmers’ market and sees a stand selling 25 lb. crates of beautiful red tomatoes. He buys a crate, carries it to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than 2 hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes 100% profit. Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 and arrives home that night with several bags of groceries for his family. 

During the night he decides to repeat the tomato business the next day. By the end of the week he is getting up early every day and working into the night. He multiplies his profits quickly. 

Early in the second week he acquires a cart to transport several boxes of tomatoes at a time, but before a month is up he sells the cart to buy a broken-down pickup truck.  At the end of a year he owns three old trucks. His two sons have left their neighborhood gangs to help him with the tomato business, his wife is buying the tomatoes, and his daughter is taking night courses at the community college so she can keep books for him. 

By the end of the second year he has a dozen very nice used trucks and employs fifteen previously unemployed people, all selling tomatoes. He continues to work hard. 

Time passes and at the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse that his wife supervises, plus two tomato farms that the boys manage. The tomato company’s payroll has put hundreds of homeless and jobless people to work. His daughter reports that the business grossed over one million dollars. 

Planning for the future, he decides to buy some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. Then the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents electronically. When the man replies that he doesn’t have time to mess with a computer and has no e-mail address, the insurance man is stunned, "What, you don’t have e-mail? No computer? No Internet? Just think where you would be today if you’d had all of that five years ago!" 

"Ha!" snorts the man. "If I’d had e-mail five years ago I would be sweeping floors and making $5.35 an hour." 

Which brings us to the moral of the story:
Since you got this story by e-mail, you’re probably closer to being a janitor than a millionaire.  Sadly, I received it also. 

I thought this story was going to end by telling how a government bureaucrat wreaked havoc with the man's business.  

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Relationship Contingent Upon Approval ??

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by the power vested in me by the State of Ohio
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=135833978&blogId=358031489

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 "By the power vested in me by the state of California I know pronounce you legally married."
http://blog.pflag.org/2008/10/by-power-vested-in-me.html

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"By the power vested in me by the City and County of San Francisco"

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001898.html

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by the power vested in me by the state of Indiana/Ohio
http://www.indiana-minister.com/pronouncement.htm

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“By the power vested in me by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Justice of the Peace, but most important of all, by the power of your own love, I now pronounce that you are married.” http://12frogs.com/12/archives/2004/06/by-the-power-vested/

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By the power vested in me by the Great Cthulhu and the State of California

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“By the power vested in me by the state of Tennessee”

http://www.abpnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4404&Itemid=9 

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by the power vested in me by the laws of the state of Nevada,

http://www.aministeronlocation.com/ceremonies.htm

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By the powers vested in me…

http://ruralitybytes.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/by-the-powers-vested-in-me/





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Would It Be Okay For The Republicans To Take Over Health Care ??

 HillaryCare   - Dead

 ObamaCare   - On Life Support (npi)

   BoehnerCare ??



For months, Republicans’ singular strategy in the health-care debate has been to attack Democrat plans as “a government takeover of health care.” There are at least three major problems with this strategy.





Ronald Reagans Greatest Disappointment




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Illegal Pork, Preggo's With A War Face And The Solution To Economic Woes

Willian N. Grigg tells us about Maternity BDU's (Battlefield Dress Uniform).

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The flavor and texture is indescribable. It is sweet and succulent and there aren't enough adjectives in the language to explain it.
 http://blog.mises.org/archives/010905.asp
There was a time when Kings and Princes and Queens would order explorers around the world to bring back spices, vegetables, and meats from all places. Now our rulers order us not to bring spices, vegetables, and meats from all places but rather to munch only on what can be produced on American soil. This is not progress. This is horrible, and it is a general trend. Look at the tariffs on Argentinian beef, French cheese, and Swiss chocolate?
Jamon Iberico

 http://www.comprarjamones.es/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/jamon-iberico-dehesa-extremadura.jpg


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"Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to tigers, the tiger will become a vegetarian." 

"The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil."
– Heywood Broun 

Broun was known as a fairly decent drama critic. However, he once classified Geoffrey Steyne as the worst actor on the American stage. Steyne sued Broun, but a judge threw the case out. The next time Broun reviewed a production with Steyne in the cast, he left the actor out of the review. However, in the final sentence, he wrote, "Mr. Steyne's performance was not up to its usual standard."


My generation might remember Heywood Hale Broun.

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"I can change. I can live out my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past."
– Stephen Covey 

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Capitalism Is The Solution, a fantastic video from Yaron Brook.  Get a comfy chair and relax, it's past an hour long.  Two things you'll learn -
1) Capitalism and Freedom are the comprehensive way for man to help his fellow man.
2) A skilled audio engineer is worth the extra money.

 

FDA Asks, "Why Are You Selling Stuff?"

By JANE ZHANG

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is taking aim at caffeinated alcoholic drinks, saying it will pull them off the market unless manufacturers can prove the beverages are safe to drink.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125816088527947933.html 

More Nanny State - Read this quote -  "We are taking a look at the legal basis for the marketing of the products," Joshua Sharfstein, the FDA's principal deputy commissioner, told reporters.


I propose that we assemble a joint session of the U.S. Congress.  Just for fun we bring along the Supreme Court and PBO.  

http://sherritalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/barak-smoking.png

Tell them they get no solid food, only Joose, until each one them has read aloud to the group all 4,440 words of the U.S. Constitution.  This would be awesome on C-SPAN.

 http://www.stitthappens.com/images/random/caffeine.gif












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Children Spend A Good Portion Of Their Days In Prison

Ask any schoolchild why they don't like school and they'll tell you. "School is prison." Psychology Today Article by Peter Gray
None of it has worked. And none of it will until people face the truth: Children hate school because in school they are not free. Joyful learning requires freedom.

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/graphic/xlarge/01_28_05%2818-35-12%29_schoolkidsdrilling_xl.jpg




http://www.robertringer.com/bullying.html




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I've Had A Seinfeld Moment

The Suzuki and an as yet to be named motorcycle repair shop.

Everything I build is a prototype.  I'll never let the guy see my paintball marker.

libertarianism - noun - a label for a set of moral principles....

libertarianism  - a label for a set of consistently held moral principles grounded in the philosophy that violence never solves social problems. It’s based on taking a reasoned, philosophical approach to complex moral problems — or working from first principles — rather than resorting to political “pragmatism” or coercive statist “solutions.”

Here’s your million-dollar question: Should violence and coercion ever be used to settle social problems?

A.     No

B.     Yes

C.     A and B; only governments should be able to initiate force

http://www.lsureveille.com/opinion/burns-after-reading-libertarianism-used-too-often-fits-only-select-group-1.2049490


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Go here to read funny libertarian comics.
http://reason.com/people/peter-bagge/all

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What Can Congress Do For You ??

UPS is in a political war with FEDEX.  Both are package-delivery companies, but they're governed by totally different federal labor mandates. As a result, UPS's workforce is much more heavily unionized than FEDEX's—and more than twice as expensive.

UPS is trying to get FEDEX reclassified under the same federal mandates it is obligated to obey.  Why is UPS doing this ?

A) to screw a competitor ?

B) to lower their costs and/or raise FedEx's costs ?

C) The official document.





It makes business sense. It also reveals the real villain:

A government that is big enough to absolutely, positively guarantee it can screw any business.



I want my packages.
Let UPS and FedEx compete with products and services - Not with the graft and corruption rampant in the U.S. Congress.  Let's get the government out of the package delivery business.






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Veteran's Day, Memorial Day - Here's To The Soldiers

Awesome  Paint Job / Keep Him  Walking  

Check out what some troops
overseas did to their helicopter.

This very special Mi-24 helicopter is presently flying in Afghanistan , where it
is no doubt causing quite a  stir.




Keep  him walking.
This man is walking to show support for our troops.

Please pass him on so that he can reach his destination.

Say a prayer for our soldiers, then pass him on to others.

This is really interesting how  someone did this.

He's walking  around the world -- via  e-mail!
Pass  it on so he can  get there!

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  1/2 boy 1/2 man

 If you read this, you WILL forward it on.
You just won't be able to stop yourself.

 The average age of the military man is 19 years.
 He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who,
 under normal circumstances is considered by
 society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind
 the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old
 enough to die for his country. He never really
 cared much for work and he would rather wax
 his own car than wash his father's, but he has
 never collected unemployment either.



 He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport
 activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a
 steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when
 he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away. He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and a 155mm howitzer.

 He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he
 was at home because he is working or fighting
 from before dawn to well after dusk. He has
 trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him,
 but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and
 reassemble it in less time in the dark. He can recite
 to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.

 He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional.

 He can march until he is told to stop,
 or stop until he is told to march.

He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation,
 but he is not without spirit or individual dignity.
 He is self-sufficient.

 He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other. He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry.

 He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never
 to clean his rifle. He can cook his own meals, mend
 his own clothes, and fix his own hurts.

 If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you
 are hungry, his food. He'll even split his ammunition
 with you in the midst of battle when you run low.

 He has learned to use his hands like weapons
 and weapons like they were his hands.

 He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.


He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay, and still find ironic humor in it all.

 He has seen more suffering and death than he should have in his short lifetime.

He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.


He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to 'square-away ' those around him who haven't bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop talking.
 In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.

 Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom. Beardless or not, he is not a boy. He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years.

 
He has asked nothing in return, except
 our friendship and understanding.
 Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood.

 And now we even have women over there in danger, doing their part in this tradition of going to War when our nation calls us to do so.


As you go to bed tonight, remember this shot. . .

 A short lull, a little shade and a picture of
 loved ones in their helmets.

 
Prayer wheel for our military.... please don't
 break it Please send this on after a short prayer.

 Prayer Wheel

 'Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.
 Protect them as they protect us.
 Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen.'

 When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our ground troops in Afghanistan , sailors on ships, and airmen in the air, and for those in Iraq , Afghanistan and all foreign countries.

 There is nothing attached...
 This can be very powerful...


Of all the gifts you could give a US Soldier, Sailor, Coastguardsman, Marine, or Airman, prayer is the very best one.

 I can't break this one, sorry.
 Pass it on to everyone and pray.     You could have been called to serve.







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All too many of our soldiers have died unnecessarily--because they were sent to fight for a purpose other than America’s freedom.

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4964

What we owe these men who fight so bravely for their and our freedom is to send them to war only when that freedom is truly threatened, and to make every effort to protect their lives during war--by providing them with the most advantageous weapons, training, strategy, and tactics possible.

It is often said that our soldiers must sacrifice themselves for our country. This is precisely what we must not ask them to do.

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4005

The best way we can honor our veterans and give real meaning to Veterans Day--aside from ceremonies honoring their past and present dedication and bravery--is to promise that we will go to war only when America's interests as a free nation are threatened, and wage it in the uncompromising pursuit of victory.

Meanwhile, the White House "insists that it has no idea what it's going to do about Afghanistan"

http://www.humblelibertarian.com/2009/11/still-dithering-white-house-official.html 

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I Rode The Bicycle To Work Without My Helmet

I was a mile down the rode towards the job before realizing I'd left the helmet laying on the kitchen floor.  I became a bit apprehensive, realizing that if a 3400 lb car crashed into the Schwinn, without the helmet I'd pretty much be toast.  Not only would most of my limbs be torn, broken, and mangled but the paramedics wouldn't be able to mop up my coconut structure with a ShamWow.  Plus, the Schwinn isn't mine, it belongs to my brother Ken.

With the helmet I'm invincible - jumping off curbs, taking shortcuts through Exall Park, cruising past stopped motorized vehicles to take the front spot at red lights.

This freewheelin', freedom loving, never care, never say die attitude is in my past.  All I've got before me now is a jail term. Bread and water, washin' socks for Bruno, bein' somebody's bitch.  Damn I'm gonna miss work.

My cop dissin', evil, and disgraceful activities might someday be listed at Dallas County's top five wanted list.

Do you notice something about these Pretty Boy Floyd wannabees ? 

None of them are wanted for assault, theft, or murder - at least it isn't listed on the front page. Are these evil doers armed and dangerous ?  Not important.

What is important is the balance, the bottom line, the total.

  They're wanted because they owe Dallas County money.

                                                   Wanted
                                                  

                                                          Joel Israel Green

Assault - Nah

   Theft - Nope

                                Fraud - Dallas County Government is committing                           more fraud than Joel Green

Not Paying Us The Money We Say He Owes Us

 to the tune of $19,554.60

"That's more like it"

To top off my frustration, I've got to put a damper on all the stunts.
Lord only knows what trouble I'll cause if I ever get the motorcycle out of the shop.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574527881984299454.html




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Some Of The Founding Father's MMA Fighter Names

MMA Fighter Nickname Generator

George ''Gizmo'' Washington                                            
George ''The Janitor'' Washington
George The Greek
George ''The Challenger'' Washington
George ''Bangalore Bandit'' Washington

James ''Fish Sandwich'' Madison
James ''Supreme'' Madison
James ''The Bird'' Madison
James ''Zombie'' Madison
James ''The Bavarian'' Madison 

Thomas ''Killer'' Jefferson
Thomas ''Fortified'' Jefferson
Thomas ''Tenderloin'' Jefferson
Thomas ''Frag'' Jefferson
Thomas ''The Dentist'' Jefferson 

Benjamin ''Ronny'' Franklin
Benjamin ''The Whacker'' Franklin
Benjamin ''The Uni-Bomber'' Franklin
Benjamin ''The Master'' Franklin
Benjamin ''The Claw'' Franklin

 Johnny ''Sicko'' Tremain
Johnny ''The Creeper'' Tremain
Johnny ''Dirt Road'' Tremain
Johnny ''Tea Pot'' Tremain
Johnny ''Bruiser'' Tremain

 

Inspiring Heroes: Great Leaders—Frederick Douglass

November 5, 2009 with Debi Ghate 







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Letter to State Representative Chuck Hopson

I sent this email today to Texas Representative Chuck Hopson.
http://chuckhopson.com/




Representative Hopson -

I'm contacting you for information regarding your recent switch from Democrat to Republican. I discovered this change from an article in the internet version of the Dallas Morning News.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-partyswitch_07met.ART.State.Edition1.4b97e66.html

Please explain to me the reasoning and the principles behind your recent change of political affiliation. What do you stand for that reflects the Republican Party but is in opposition to the Democratic Party ?

The DMN article says that you changed political affiliation because "more than 70 percent of voters in his district voted for Republican John McCain in the 2008 presidential election." Did you change political affiliation to more closely match the affiliation of the residents of your district ?

I graduated high school in East Texas - Mount Pleasant. I am a libertarian now residing in Dallas. My principles are reflected here.
http://www.lpdallas.org/sites/default/files/leftvsright_0.pdf

What are Chuck Hopson's principles ?



I will share your response with my associates in Texas.

Sincerely,

Tim Lebsack
Dallas

If This Is True, You Are So Fucking Fired

http://capwiz.com/keepamericafishing/issues/alert/?alertid=14119696

http://fish.shimano.com/publish/content/global_fish/en/us/index/articles/feds_to_60_million.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/oceans/

Iowahawk Commemorates The Anniversary Of Obama's Election

Iowahawk

To find the actual time that Obama has been President, see the counter on the right hand side of Allen's blog -  The Whited Sepulchre.

I Attended The SMU Liberty Forum Last Night

Barry Cooper is running for Attorney General of Texas on a “Pro-Gun, Pro-Pot, Pro-Family” platform.
"I'm a Ron Paul republican."

Cooper is a former police officer who creates the videos Kopbusters and teaches how to avoid getting arrested for traffic stops and drug possession and how to live the cannabis lifestyle without being arrested.

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Trey Garrison spoke about the First Amendment and the media.

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Brenda Anderson works with the Fully Informed Jury Association.  She spoke about Jury Nullification and recommended books by Michael Minns and Clay S. Conrad.

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Master of Ceremonies Spencer Matthews of the SMU Libertarians introduced each speaker and related the story of his tutoring a younger student from China who had never heard of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Blame Jake

The Things You Learn Watching Morning TV

You Can Have Putin's Pecs - See them, envy them, lust them and LEARN HIS SECRETS.



Needing exercise that makes your hair breezy?  You gotta try the Air Climber.

What was I talking about ? Yes, the Air Climber.
It's made of special fiberglass filled resin that is extremely strong and durable and lightweight, like you're gonna be.
Air- as in Air, that soft, gentle stuff that is light, breezy, and clean like Joe Biden.  Air will make you float and it's many hydraulic properties will lift you until you have so much fun that the pounds just melt away.  With the Air Climber, You'll lose more inches than John Bobbitt.




Vlad Putin doesn't train on the Air Climber.  He might consider the Tower 200.
You got a door - You got a Gym.

Do the Eleven Minute Mother Of All Workouts and be fit like Randy Couture.
No assembly necessary but you'll need Norm Abram to re-swing the door.
Al Gore invented the internet and Jake Steinfeld is responsible for creating the personal fitness training industry over 30 years ago. 


If none of this works, you've always got a safety - Kymaro Curve Control Jeans.

Women's clothing sizes must be a joke - on the women.  Only a few days ago I saw a television advertisement in which a young woman claimed that she used a diet product and went from a size 12 to a size 4 in four weeks.  Why didn't she just diet for 8 weeks and become the stick sized waif she wants to be ?



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