National Blog - page 328
Liberty NewsWire - Sept. 27, 2011
"The Senate passed a measure, 79-12, that would fund the government through Nov. 18 and includes $2.6 billion for Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief for fiscal 2012. The Senate separately passed a short-term CR through Oct. [...]
Bombing for Jobs
The military-industrial complex is desperate: "defense" outlays might actually get cut. The Horror! Imagine if, after real, inflation-adjusted military expenditures doubled over the last decade, they dropped a [...]
Rand Paul on The Jerry Doyle Show at LPAC 2011
Senator Rand Paul joins Jerry Doyle for a live broadcast of his radio show from LPAC 2011:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrLyQ67MuXs&feature=youtu.be
President Obama's Fuzzy Math
When the President first discussed his new tax proposals he said, "This is not class warfare -- this is math."Well, as this video from Senator DeMint shows, it doesn't matter if the top income tax rate is 30% or 90%, federal [...]
Instant Classic
Watch this if you haven't yet...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BHLguFEN3M
Robo-Death Made in the USA
The media report that the United States government is working to develop pilotless military drones that are fully automatic, identifying and destroying human targets on the ground without any intervention from an operator or pilot back in [...]
Senator Paul on Cavuto
Senator Paul was on Fox with Neil Cavuto discussing FEMA funding, Solyndra, and President Obama's trip to Kentucky today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdyTI7xWqmw
Economic vs. Civil: It's All Liberty
The newsest video from the Institute for Humane Studies' "LearnLiberty" series touches on the inherent correlation between economic liberties and civil liberties.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWAyEzyp2xQ
The Definition of Irony
This morning, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) wrote a letter to Senators urging them to pass the "PROTECT IP Act" (you know what they say about legislation, the better sounding the name, the worse it is).This bill would [...]
H.E.L.P. Subcommittee Hearing
Senator Paul spoke at a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Hearing today on health care and poverty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA7uYBrh5I8