Monthly Archives: May 2008

Laissez-Faire Government (Issue 54)

By Freedom Lady | May 30, 2008

The happenings between the three presidential candidates is like a ping-pong game. First, it’s one attacking, then the others attacking each other back.
The news is dominated by who’s saying what about each other–the remarks, criticism, and response—over and over in a squirrel cage type syndrome.
 
The latest is the attack on Obama regarding his remarks about [...]

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Unthinking, Tail Covering Bureaucrats (Issue 53)

By Freedom Lady | May 27, 2008

I’m not a fan of political intervention into the lives of self-responsible citizens. I’m for self-responsibility. However, political government has its fingers in rules, regulations, and policies that affect every phase of our lives. From health, food, clothing and shelter, to education, transportation, communication, and all areas of private property, we are ruled, regulated and [...]

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Global Poverty Act, Costing Americans $845 Billion (Issue 52)

By Freedom Lady | May 23, 2008

Because most Americans are not dishonest con artists, we do not always remember political government is a con game.
I for one have to stop and remind myself of this fact on a regular basis as I hear and read what is going on in Washington and with the political candidates running for President.
The con game [...]

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Talk Radio And The Governor Of Georgia (Issue 51)

By Freedom Lady | May 20, 2008

A number of years ago there was an Atlanta radio station called WRNG. I doubt it’s still in existence, but for several years they had a four-hour program on Sunday morning called  “Open Line,” as I recall.
 
The president of a college I attended would frequently come through Atlanta on his way home from teaching executive [...]

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Government Pickpocketing (Issue 50)

By Freedom Lady | May 16, 2008

I had not been to the grocery store in about two weeks. When I went yesterday, I was shocked to see such a rise in prices in such a short time. Never in my lifetime have I seen grocery  prices jump so rapidly. At the soup shelf, several others of my generation were just standing [...]

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