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originally posted by moonbattery via melvin_udall:

"This is how our freedom dies - not with jackboots and martial law, but with a million tiny little regulations, individually too absurd to take seriously, that collectively tie us down like Lilliputians getting the better of Gulliver."

Something to ponder, presented by my friend myndcryme. Feel free to discuss.

Sen. Obama told the students that "our individual salvation depends on collective salvation."Main Entry: fas·cism ( Read more... )

This article appeared in The Wall Street Journal on May 28, 2008.

Our Collectivist Candidates
by David Boaz
David Boaz is executive vice president of the Cato Institute and author of The Politics of Freedom: Taking on the Left, the Right, and Threats to Our Liberties.http ( Read more... )

Legislative Salaries per state in 2007Michigan is highest at $79,650/year with a $12,000 yearly expense allowance. It's no wonder that the election process is so cutthroat; it pays to be a lawmaker in this country. With benefits like that, who needs to work in the private sector? Nice job, if you can get elected ( Read more... )

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SF3138: Collection, storage, use, and dissemination of genetic informationUntil a judge last year ordered that the practice be stopped, the Department of Health was collecting DNA samples of all newborns without parental consent since 1997. Under Minnesota current Genetic Privacy Law, parents must opt-IN before the state can collect and store an ( Read more... )

Andrea, Thanks for the email; it's good to hear from constituents taking an active interest in public policy and politics. I have read Tax Cut Petition, and in response, I would like to share a few more statistics with you ( Read more... )

I'm just going to openly admit that I have a built-in bias against Barack Obama. He's running as a Democrat, which is strike one. Strike two is that his message never conveys what I hold to be the most important aspect of life, and that's freedom. His message is "unity" and "equality" and "change". What exactly do those words mean to him? What do ( Read more... )

Mark just called me to tell me that while signing for a package, the mailman recognized our last name saying ( Read more... )