Extraordinary Power and Privacy Grab. That’s exactly what the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) is. FISA empowers the government to spy on U.S. citizens communications — their emails, phone calls, etc. As Libertarian Presidential Candidate, Bob Barr, notes in the video above, the only requirement some bureaucrat needs to tap into your communications — [...]
Entries Tagged as 'National Issues'
Patriotism: The last refuge of the scoundrel
June 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Imperialism · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Privacy Rights
The Definition of Insanity: LP Presidential Debate on The War on Drugs
May 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Here’s some very sober thinking on the Drug War at a recent Libertarian presidential candidate debate. Sober thinking on a crucial subject while Congress is busy-bodying itself on steroid scandals.
Tags: Drug War · Eminent Domain · Feed · Freedom · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Pittsburgh · Video · pennsylvania
A Note to Disgruntled Republicans About Liberty
February 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Every Republican I’ve spoken to is mystified that John McCain has sewn up the Republican nomination. For his entire career, he has been more statist on both domestic and foreign policy than even the typical Republican. He has been considered a “liberal,” and not in a good sense. He doesn’t share any of the values [...]
Tags: Election 2008 · Free Lunch Myth · Freedom · Imperialism · Libertarian · National Issues · Pittsburgh · pennsylvania
Antitrust Laws Actually Promote Monopoly
February 20th, 2008 · No Comments
We thank the Three Rivers Post and Standard for Allowing this reprint of their material on our site.
Above is a worthy discussion about the anti-consumer / pro big and connected business fraud that is anti-monopoly legislation with Ron Paul. While the video is some 25 years old, the content is perfectly valid today [...]
Tags: Free Lunch Myth · Healthcare · Monopolies · National Issues · Pittsburgh · Politics · Regulation · pennsylvania
Government Monopolies Don’t Like Competition
December 7th, 2007 · No Comments
So in the land of free, you think you might be able to play a little poker, especially to raise money for a charitable cause… Well, unless the “Land of the Free” is a slogan in memory only. That’s the subject of this most recent piece done by Drew Carey at Reason TV.
Enter [...]
Tags: Libertarian · National Issues · Pittsburgh · Video · pennsylvania
Ron Paul: Libertarian or Republican? Does it Matter?
November 29th, 2007 · No Comments
That’s Ron Paul on a recent episode of CBS’s “Meet the Press.” Libertarian ideas are libertarian Ideas, and Ron Paul generally speaks them well. That’s what makes the Libertarian Party different than other political parties. We are not about power and political convenience “just to get elected.” We are about a [...]
Tags: Candidates · Election 2008 · Issues and Policy · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues
Police State is as Police State Does
November 25th, 2007 · No Comments
Here’s a nice video of tax dollars at work. A male driver with a pregnant wife and child in an SUV who is pulled over by the police attempts to clarify why he’s been pulled over and, absent a satisfactory answer, refuses to sign the ticket he’s given. The police officer [...]
Tags: Freedom · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Video
Eminent Domain Gone Wild
November 15th, 2007 · No Comments
Pittsburgh residents are all too familiar with “eminent domain”, the constitutionally sanctioned practice where governments take private land for legitimate public uses. Traditionally, that’s meant things like roads and schools. Over the past several decades, however, governments have gone hog wild with eminent domain, routinely condemning property (or freezing its improvement for years like 5th [...]
Tags: Eminent Domain · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Pittsburgh · Politics · Video · pennsylvania
More Consumer Freedom for Beer Sales
November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
A recent poll was commissioned by the Malt Beverage Distributors Association of Pennsylvania [MBDAP] to gage public sentiment on allowing beer sales in supermarkets and convenience stores.
The poll, run by Terry Moddonna’s opinion research firm, found that a majority worried about increased underage drinking, although the figures were evenly split on allowing PA residents the [...]
Tags: Drug War · Freedom · Issues and Policy · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Pittsburgh · pennsylvania
Medical Marijuana: Medicine or Freedom?
November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
Here’s a clip from the comedian Drew Carey produced by reason.tv on Medical Marijuana and Marijuana illegality in general. Notice the people interviewed about their use for medicinal purposes. These people are not the animals Drug War zealots want you to believe.
Apart from being prohibition — which only creates a whole host [...]
Tags: Drug War · Libertarian · Liberty · National Issues · Pittsburgh · Video

