Blake Nicholas

H.R. 45: Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009

Jan 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM

By Blake Nicholas

Only a little over a week into the new administration and some in Congress are already trying to undermine the 2nd Amendment. Earlier this month Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Illinois) introduced this new bill into Congress. Although I believe it is still in a sub-committee we should at least keep an eye on this terrible piece of legislation. The bill would require anyone that owns a gun to have a gun owners license with a picture and thumbprint on it.

Dissecting Obama's Inauguration Speech

Jan 29, 2009 at 8:00 PM

By Blake Nicholas

President Obama's Inauguration speech was not very comforting to me (not to mention pretty boring; I almost fell asleep in class) and I would imagine that many other liberty minded individuals felt the same. A friend of mine recently finished up an article that dissects and interprets what the ideas touted in Obama's speech really mean for America.

“On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

Peter Schiff Discusses the Economy

Jan 23, 2009 at 2:36 AM

By Blake Nicholas

In this video Peter Schiff of Europac discusses how the government is a burden on the economy, and how President Obama's "Stimulus Package" will actually slow real progress in the economy.

Out with the old...In with the same.

Jan 21, 2009 at 5:40 AM

By Blake Nicholas

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I've found where the bailout money went!

Jan 3, 2009 at 4:22 AM

By Blake Nicholas

According to this AP article the government is having a hard time keeping track of where all the bailout money is going.

YAL Wiki

Dec 25, 2008 at 1:00 AM

By Blake Nicholas

I don't know if it bothered anyone else, but the lack of a Wikipedia page for YAL bugged me a lot. Especially since there has been over 252,000 Google searches for "young americans for liberty wiki". So today I did something about it. Here is the brand new YAL Wiki page.

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Unions excited over Obama's pick for labor secretary

Dec 20, 2008 at 10:14 AM

By Blake Nicholas

Today Obama announced that his secretary of labor is going to be Democratic Rep. Hilda Solis, which apparently has the unions celebrating. Now, I don't know the slightest thing about Rep. Solis, but if her selection has the unions in a good mood we should all be in a bad one. According to this CNN article she said she, "will work to strengthen our unions." [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="367" caption="Rep.

The Liberty Amendment

Dec 18, 2008 at 1:40 AM

By Blake Nicholas

Yesterday I stumbled upon this little thing called the Liberty Amendment, a proposed amendment to the Constitution that would (1) stop the government from engaging in any type of commercial enterprise (2) end the usurpations of power by the U.N.

Happy Bill of Rights Day!

Dec 15, 2008 at 6:00 PM

By Blake Nicholas

Today marks the 217th birthday of the Bill of Rights. It is most definitely a day to celebrate. Imagine where we would be today without this document. We must continually work for the defense of our rights against those who wish to take them away. "The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance." -Thomas Jefferson "The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes." -Thomas Paine

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Economics in One Lesson

Dec 12, 2008 at 7:43 PM

By Blake Nicholas

I just finished reading Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt, and I am very glad that I did. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning a pretty basic, but still very thorough, understanding of free market/Austrian economics. An online version of the book can be found here.