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By Matt Ciepielowski at 6:41PM

Feb 12, 2010

How the EU Is Underming Representative Government

Daniel Hannan, every liberty-lover's favorite British politician, recently took the European Commission to task for putting unelected bureaucrats in positions of high power. This comes in response to the appointment of Catherine Ashton, who has never been elected to any position, to the post of First-Vice-President of the European Comission.

We would do well to consider Hannan's words here in the US, as our government is now run in large part by unelected czars and their legions of bureaucrats.

Click here for Hannan's criticism of Ashton's previous appointment to the position of European Commisioner for Trade in 2008. And here is the obligatory link to Hannan's "Devalued Prime Minister" speech.

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By Jihan Huq at 1:00PM

Feb 2, 2010

“How long can the world’s biggest borrower remain the world’s biggest power?”

That question was asked by Obama's Chief Economic Adviser, Lawrence H. Summers, one year ago. It's a question worth asking, because America's skyrocketing deficits will eventually have a global political impact. This is a chilling wake up call for those who believe arrogantly that the U.S is immune to the bankruptcies of empires in the pages of our history books.

The coming year's projected deficit (not the national debt -- just this year's deficit) is about 11% of the country's economic output. Meanwhile, deficits are not anticipated to return to sustainable levels over the next decade but to increase by 2019 or 2020 by about 5% of the gross domestic product.

Clinton discusses threats to Pakistan's sovereignty

It appears that our Secretary of State is preparing Americans, in a very sly way, for potential military involvement in Pakistan:

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Pakistanis have experienced a change in attitudes about fighting terrorism as they see a growing threat to their own nation.

Clinton tells CBS' "Face the Nation" that Pakistan's civilian and military leadership have had a significant change in attitudes about fighting terrorists.

She says that change has come as Pakistan's leaders have seen terrorist groups join forces and threaten Pakistan's sovereignty. [my emphasis]

When's the last time you heard a Cabinet member discuss threats to U.S. sovereignty?

The entire 20 minute video, including an interview with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, can be viewed here.

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By Creighton Harrington at 2:42PM

Nov 3, 2009

Let's go beyond marijuana

The article that caused me to write this can be found hetre.

In response to the immense roadblock that Representative Watt of North Carolina has erected in our goal of getting an audit of the Federal Reserve, I have all but lost my faith in the national government. I understand that Ron Paul will put an amendment into the bill to restore the removed language and I have done my best to contact the congressman who will make or break that amendment. Pray to God Barney Frank has an epiphany of liberty.

However, as I said, my faith in our national government is leaving more and more every day. What must we do to restore a government that protects our rights instead of taking them away? Well, to the progressive left the mere asking of such a question implies revolutionary tendencies and I could be an enemy of the state (which I would see as a compliment), but since a revolution as a solution has not yet been reached, we still have one ace up our sleeve: the states. Now, obviously this only seems like a solution to citizens of some states and a worse problem than the current national government to citizens of others (I'm referencing very big government states), but with strong states' opposition and assertion of their sovereignty we can hope for more than just a few getting the benefits.