So-called Patriot Act Renewal Blocked, Thanks to Rand Paul

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The Senate blocked reauthorization of the Patriot Act early Saturday, and left for Memorial Day recess without a clear plan to reauthorize the bill before it expires May 31.

Senators rejected both a two-month extension of the bill the National Security Agency uses to justify its bulk collection of phone data, and a reform bill that would make phone companies responsible for keeping the data.

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Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who is running for president, and largely responsible for preventing the Senate from agreeing to even a 24-hour extension of the bill, lauded the delay. “I am proud to have stood up for the Bill of Rights,” he tweeted Saturday. “But our fight is not over.” (RELATED: Rand Paul Filibuster Ends After Nearly 11 Hours)

Link: http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/a-win-for-rand-paul-senate-blocks-patriot-act-extension-leaves-town/

Way to go Rand Paul!  I Stand with Rand.

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Celebrate the 4th of July by Opposing Federal Government Tyranny

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4th of july, government tyranny, liberty

Fireworks displays are nice, though they scare my dogs. BBQ’s are great, I have enjoyed many of them. Parades can be fun too.

But just as Christmas is about Jesus not about shopping, the 4th of July is about opposing government tyranny. That’s the reason for the season. Here’s Ron Paul’s article on the subject.

Happy 4th!

 

 

Boston Tea Party

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boston tea party, history, liberty

December 16th is the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.

From wikipedia:

The Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as “the Destruction of the Tea in Boston“^[2]) was a nonviolent political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. Disguised as Indians, the demonstrators destroyed the entire supply of tea sent by the East India Company in defiance of the American boycott of tea carrying a tax the Americans had not authorized. They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor, ruining the tea. The British government responded harshly and the episode escalated into the American Revolution. The Tea Party became an iconic event of American history, and other political protests often refer to it.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if this spirit of liberty awoke in our hearts again?

Greenspan image tarnished by newly released documents – The Washington Post

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Economics, federal reserve, liberty, us fed

show that Fed leaders, armed with the best economic data available, had little idea of what was looming less than two years off.

via Greenspan image tarnished by newly released documents – The Washington Post.

More proof that central economic planning fails. Always. Abolish the Fed!! and it’s US GOSPLAN.

Internet dies in Egypt – Yahoo! News

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AK-47, Egypt, internet, liberty, RKBA

Update 1/30/2011:  Found an interesting video  http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110128-agenda-george-friedman-egypt Dr. George Friedman thinks it’s most likely that the Egyptian military will decide what happens. A reformist, democratic regime is the least likely outcome.

SAN FRANCISCO – About a half-hour past midnight Friday morning in Egypt, the Internet went dead.

Almost simultaneously, the handful of companies that pipe the Internet into and out of Egypt went dark as protesters were gearing up for a fresh round of demonstrations calling for the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s nearly 30-year rule, experts said.

Egypt has apparently done what many technologists thought was unthinkable for any country with a major Internet economy: It unplugged itself entirely from the Internet to try and silence dissent.

The day part of the Internet died: Egypt goes dark – Yahoo! News.

To me, if the government shuts off the internet it’s AK-47 time. Note this happened in a totalitarian state where people’s natural right to self defense and RKBA is denied to them.