tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149363012024-03-20T11:07:36.195-04:00Libertarian Common SenseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.comBlogger816125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-4906342586256184392011-07-24T12:29:00.000-04:002011-07-24T12:29:53.048-04:00Tan without the sun or streakingFor many of us, summer means trying to look tan with some spending a great deal of time and money in tanning booths or to be spray tanned. There are other alternatives out there if you want to look tan, things like the tantowel, it uses the chemicals in your body to create a tan instead of dyes and uses a gradual process, so you don't look pale one day and super tan the next.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-51883458105448205852011-07-16T23:06:00.000-04:002011-07-16T23:06:16.473-04:00For the record ...While I took shorthand back when I was in college, most of the times I report on a story I prefer to record as opposed to taking notes, the modernization of digital recorders makes it easy to transcribe by using my computer and having a recording of an interview or event can come in handy. This is especially important when it's a controversial topic, having the ability to prove a comment as Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-79951044702309756592011-07-16T23:01:00.000-04:002011-07-16T23:01:03.495-04:00Products for a causeAlthough the majority of Americans (96%) say they can identify two to three causes that are important to them personally, the recent 2011 MSLGROUP Social Purpose Index found that only thirty-seven percent of Americans have actually purchased a product associated with a cause in the past year. The gap between socially-conscious consumers' and their actual cause-related purchase Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-56272114654328763392011-07-16T22:58:00.002-04:002011-07-16T22:58:57.953-04:00House Act most extreme pieces of budget legislation in decades The "Cut, Cap, and Balance Act" that the House of Representatives will vote on next week stands out as one of the most ideologically extreme pieces of major budget legislation to come before Congress in years, if not decades. It would go a long way toward enshrining Grover Norquist's version of America into law. It is so extreme that even the budget plan of House Budget Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-82034507712563831842011-07-16T22:26:00.000-04:002011-07-16T22:26:03.486-04:00Terms of insuranceIf you have ever wondered what is term life insurance compared to whole life insurance, the answers can easily be found on the internet. There are many reasons why term life insurance works better for some as an option and there can be a price difference between term and whole life. However, at times whole life can be a better option, while you can easily purchase insurance on the Internet, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-40204822879755987292011-07-16T22:22:00.000-04:002011-07-16T22:22:50.615-04:00Three vie to replace Ron PaulShortly after Congressman Ron Paul announced he was not seeking re-election, three Libertarian candidates announced their interest:
Beaumont real estate agent Amy Jacobellis, 54, serves currently as Chair of the Jefferson County LP affiliate.
Bob Smither, 66, who in 2006 was the Libertarian Party of Texas’ candidate in the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay. A Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-51910775148102245592011-07-16T22:09:00.000-04:002011-07-16T22:09:22.823-04:00How Winnie-the-Pooh took over the worldRecommended article -- from The Atlantic -- just one small part:
The latest Winnie the Pooh film comes out today, marking the fifth time Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and friends have appeared in a feature-length movie. But the inhabitants of the Hundred-Acre Wood aren't just movie stars: Since A.A. Milne introduced the world to Christopher Robin's animal buddies with his 1926 book Winnie-the-Pooh, the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-7479124701298804822011-07-16T22:02:00.000-04:002011-07-16T22:02:52.320-04:00Scanners at the readyWhen you have a large number of documents that need to be scanned, it can be time consuming, especially depending on the quality of the equipment you are using to scan. It's why many people and businesses turn to services like RoyalImaging.com document scanning for their needs. A company that does this as a service typically has higher quality (which means faster) equipment and it frees up the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-46215422317254958442011-07-16T22:00:00.000-04:002011-07-16T22:00:29.331-04:00Gay marriage has always been an ideal niche for liberaltariansAt least according to New York Magazine:
Gay marriage has always been an ideal niche for liberaltarians. After all, it's the states, not the feds, that are the ones deciding whether it should be legal, a question that feeds into libertarians' federalist affinities. And when you strip away the cultural and identity politics, gay marriage is really just a fight about whether the government should Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-51624445408872150872011-06-24T23:19:00.001-04:002011-07-15T23:23:48.470-04:00On Afghanistan ...Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle responded to President Obama's June 22 speech with the following comments today:"President Obama's speech was disappointing, but not surprising. The withdrawals he announced are painfully inadequate. Obama's withdrawals, even if they are carried out as he described, will still leave about 70,000 American troops in Afghanistan, probably for years to come. The Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-87730249166332403242011-06-05T21:51:00.000-04:002011-06-05T21:51:55.100-04:00Terms of indearmentNo, I didn't spell "endearment" incorrectly, I'm referencing the "in" part of insurance. Where if you aren't "in the know" when it comes to definitions, I recommend reading term life insurance explained to get a clear idea of the differences between the types of life insurance which will help you decide what type of insurance is best for you. There are many times when a term life plan is the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-13915830519994409732011-06-05T21:47:00.000-04:002011-06-05T21:47:53.175-04:00Paul one of the FFC speakersAs Republican presidential candidates lined up to speak at the recent Faith & Freedom Coalition event, Ron Paul was one of the speakers who generated some attention. Stephanie Samuel reported on Paul's comments. One part:
Samuel's thinking, he noted, was astute advice for then and now. Paul maintained that by demanding the American government to provide assistance for broken families, job Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-13225114745221396882011-05-29T15:34:00.000-04:002011-05-29T15:34:51.706-04:00Approved HGH products average hundreds per doseAccording to the FDA the cost of approved HGH products is high, averaging several hundred dollars per dose. It is because of this high cost, HGH drugs have been counterfeited and unapproved HGH products are offered for sale to U.S. consumers. Some companies promote compounded HGH for anti-aging purposes. It is sold as a "fountain of youth" in longevity clinics and to build body mass, weight loss,Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-46082143605529284482011-05-29T15:19:00.000-04:002011-05-29T15:19:19.174-04:00A different take on Pawlenty at CatoThis piece from the Washington Post gives a bit of a different take on the meeting at the Cato Institute. The audience questions are not really referenced in great detail.
Pawlenty also had little to say about the Republican plan to overhaul Medicare, which some GOP leaders are blaming for the party’s loss of a special congressional election Tuesday in a heavily Republican district in UpstateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-90542035703171369702011-05-29T15:15:00.000-04:002011-05-29T15:15:46.460-04:00Pawlenty's lack of plenty in answersDavid Weigel's piece on some of the answers provided by presidential contender Tim Pawlenty is a recommended read. One part:
In the wake of NY-26, what did Pawlenty make of the Ryan plan? This elicited the safe, smart, tapioca answer that Pawlenty's been giving for weeks.
"In general," he said, "I think the direction of it is positive, but I'm going to have my own plan."
Issue, dodged. PawlentyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-53514864959432796242011-05-22T13:35:00.001-04:002011-05-22T13:35:55.366-04:00From the quote galleryA government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul. – George Bernard Shaw
America needs fewer laws, not more prisons. – James Bovard
War is just one more big government program. – Joseph Sobran
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. – John Adams (1814)
They Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-41974868841276547702011-05-22T13:34:00.000-04:002011-05-22T13:34:45.666-04:00Ripped? Really?While I love the concept of a free market place, there are times when I come across the name of a product and it makes me laugh. I admire the creativity, but I still laugh. Take testoripped as an example. It's clearly designed from the name to increase testosterone, to make you ... "ripped" as in having muscles. The visual derived from the name immediately creates the vision of a muscled Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-60479389732716703702011-05-22T13:30:00.000-04:002011-05-22T13:30:34.178-04:00Bock touchstone on Libertarian IssuesLibertarian columnist Alan Bock has died at age 67.
Bock wrote four published books: Ecology Action Guide (1970) and The Gospel Life of Hank Williams (1976), Ambush at Ruby Ridge (1995) and Waiting to Inhale: The Politics of Medical Marijuana (2000). He attended UCLA as a National Merit Scholar and majored in political science and journalism.
He died early Wednesday morning at his home in Lake Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-78868026532980824362011-05-22T13:23:00.000-04:002011-05-22T13:23:53.029-04:00So you wear a uniform?While some would say the uniform for a blogger is pajamas, which to be honest is probably my usual attire when I am able to work from home, many of you have to wear some sort of uniform as a part of your employment. A favorite brand for many is cherokee workwear, it's marketed for it's price and it's durability. They have a variety of uniform items, including the popular scrub wear.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-21766843052177454702011-05-22T13:19:00.002-04:002011-05-22T13:19:39.621-04:00Libertarian Party builds big war chest for 2012WASHINGTON - In its most recent FEC report, for the period ending March 31, 2011, the Libertarian Party reported $284,882.95 in cash with $0 in debt. At the same point four years ago, the party reported $21,962.37 in cash with $31,589.74 in debt.Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle said, "Four years ago, we were $10,000 in the red. Now we're almost $300,000 in the black. That's a big step forward Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-11323953258087189052011-05-22T13:17:00.000-04:002011-05-22T13:17:26.659-04:00Holiday marketing already?Believe it or not, now begins the time of year where some companies start marketing items for the holidays. Things like Christmas Cards will start to appear in various online advertising to get people to consider picking out their designs and ordering their cards early. It can create some savings to order during the "off-season" ... As long as you remember where you put the cards when it comes Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-75979720734059339412011-05-22T13:14:00.000-04:002011-05-22T13:14:05.759-04:00Libertarianism versus StatismJacob G. Hornberger's piece is a recommended read and for those of you wanting to read something older and slightly similar? Collectivism vs Individualism may interest you as well.
From the recent piece:
What makes libertarians different from liberals and conservatives is that, although we too have been born and raised within the statist box, we have broken free of it, in an intellectual andAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-72495613768129068122011-05-22T13:07:00.000-04:002011-05-22T13:07:29.696-04:00Paul says he would have opposed 1964 Civil Rights ActRon Paul making headlines again:
MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews pressed Paul during a TV appearance on whether he would have voted against the '64 law, a landmark piece of legislation that took strides toward ending segregation.
"Yeah, but I wouldn't vote against getting rid of the Jim Crow laws," Paul said. He explained that he would have opposed the Civil Rights Act "because of the property Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-91538796381927797862011-04-30T00:15:00.000-04:002011-04-30T00:15:06.443-04:00Need gift ideas for the guy in your lifeNot sure what to get for one of the men in your life? Whether it's a son, brother, husband or father, it's easy to find the perfect gift when you look at these Sport Gift Ideas for Men -- you'll find a vast number of gifts to select from. If sports is not something your guy is into? There are lots of other gift ideas out there, with just a little bit if time and a computer connection, all Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14936301.post-41011524511794079962011-04-30T00:03:00.000-04:002011-04-30T00:03:40.277-04:00Libertarian and abortionRon Paul says being anti-abortion is a Libertarian stance based in faith
That's not how the Libertarian Party addresses abortion:
1.4 Abortion
Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold good-faith views on all sides, we believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00606533906583651054noreply@blogger.com1