by admin September 3, 2010 From WyomingReporter.org Keynote Speaker at the Wyoming Liberty Fest 2010 was Sheriff Richard Mack. Mack served on the Provo, Utah, Police Department for 11 years. He then returned to his native Arizona and was elected Graham County Sheriff. Mack made a name for himself nationally with his 1994 challenge of the Brady Bill's requirement for local sheriffs to perform background checks at their own expense. He won the case three years later. Since that victory, Mack has traveled the countr Read More by Charles Curley August 21, 2010 By Charles Curley Remember the Yiddish word "chutzpah"? It means noticeable effrontery above and beyond the call even of a Hollywood PR agent. The classic definition is "murdering your parents, and then throwing yourself on the mercy of the court because you're an orphan". The United States Congress runs the world's largest and longest running Ponzi scheme (it's called "Social Security"). These are the people who are going after Bernie Madoff? But wait, it gets worse. The United Stat Read More by Charles Curley August 18, 2010 By Charles Curley While doing some research on Arizona's immigration law, SB 1070, I came across some interesting poll data. Apparently, the new law is quite popular. According to a Rassusen poll of July 8, "Voters by a two-to-one margin oppose the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law in federal court. Sixty-one percent (61%), in fact, favor passage of a law like Arizona’s in their own state, up six points from two months ago." Read More by Charles Curley August 16, 2010 By Charles Curley The Tenth Amendment movement across the country is gathering an interesting coalition that spreads across the political spectrum. From gun owners (viewed by the mainstream media as conservative) and tea partiers (viewed by the MSM as right wing nut cases and racists) to medical marijuana activists (viewed by the MSM as leftists), people are embracing the Tenth Amendment as a way to end federal regulation on issues they care about. Full marijuana legalization and taxation are Read More by Sven Larson, Ph.D August 12, 2010 By Sven Larson, Ph.D. In 2009 Governor Freudenthal initially resisted taking the bulk of the Obama administration's "stimulus" money. He eventually caved in, but he now has the chance to remedy at least part of that mistake. In another reckless spending package, Congress is throwing yet more federal funds at states. This time the the Democrats are doing it to save teachers' jobs and please the teachers' unions while yanking funds for food stamp programs. Fortunately, there are politicians at Read More
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by Benjamin Barr August 12, 2010 Somewhere due Northeast of San Diego rests the nation’s largest camel dairy – some 22 strong. Gil and Nancy Riegler are dairy entrepreneurs of sorts. Through careful cultivation and care of their herd, they are able to deliver the health benefits of camel milk. But selling camel milk would be illegal – consistent with the regulatory approach taken by the Food and Drug Administration since 1938. Under the cumbersome requirements of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, the FDA, o Read More by admin July 15, 2010 One of the last true bastions of true liberty is coming under attack – the Internet. The Federal Communications Commission is proposing new rules that would give the federal government nearly unlimited power to control the Internet and World Wide Web. Wyoming Liberty Group has signed on to the below open letter calling on those in Washington D.C. to keep the Internet open and free. ••• AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT, U.S. CONGRESS, AND FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION URGIN Read More by Susan Gore July 12, 2010 By Susan Gore, WLG Commentary At Wyoming Liberty Group's June Commonsense Sovereignty Meeting, Senator Cale Case noted a pending federal grant of $1.5 million to fund the alignment of Wyoming's private insurance regulation with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [Obamacare]. Had Wyoming accepted the federal grant, it would have radically altered Wyoming law in that state government would have been given the power to decide whether health insurance rate changes were “unreasonable Read More
by Benjamin Barr July 8, 2010 By Benjamin Barr In my last post, I described the benefits of the Supreme Court’s opinion in McDonald v. City of Chicago while taking issue with the Court’s adopted mode of analysis. The Court also released Christian Legal Society v. Hastings College of Law at the end of its term. While the case had the potential to be a solid victory for supporters of free association and the exercise of religion, something went wrong along the litigation track. The constitutional question before Read More by Benjamin Barr July 1, 2010 By Benjamin Barr  With the close of the 2009-10 Supreme Court term this week, friends of freedom have much to celebrate. In January, the Court struck out in bold support of the First Amendment in Citizens United v. FEC, overturning two significant, and significantly bad, cases. At the end of its term, we should be likewise thankful that the Court affirmed the importance of the Second Amendment in McDonald v. City of Chicago by recognizing that the Amendment protects an individual’s Read More by Charles Curley June 11, 2010 By Charles Curley, WLG Commentary Apparently Wyoming dentists don't give up. That's good when it comes to extracting all the fragments of a broken tooth, but not so good when it comes to doing a complete walletectomy on you. First the dentist said they wanted a monopoly on making and fitting dentures. So far, the legislature seems to agree with their desire for a monopoly, as Senate File 38 failed introduction this year. But kudos to Sen. Geis for introducing and Senators Case, Geis, Haste Read More |
by Sven Larson, Ph.D August 19, 2010 By Sven Larson, Ph.D. Originally published on HawaiiReporter.com As this is written, in August 2010, the Social Security system is running a deficit. Its ability to support future retirement benefits for Americans is rapidly withering away. Fixes have been offered, but they all center in on postponing the inevitable: neither higher taxes nor cuts in benefits will save the system from its demise. Those methods have been tried before and failed. Unsurprisingly, this truth has not yet set Read More by Benjamin Barr August 2, 2010 Benjamin Barr Recently, something oddly appropriate occurred – state legislators sued the state over portions of its election law. The litigation is born of noble origin: Four legislators filed suit to preserve the constitutional rights of residents to criticize or applaud them. The cause of controversy is quite simple. In January, the US Supreme Court declared that government could not ban grassroots and corporate organizations from speaking out about political issues and candidate Read More by Benjamin Barr July 10, 2010 by Benjamin Barr Somewhere around the Fourth of July, Governor Freudenthal threatened to sell an attractive parcel of state land located in the confines of Grand Teton National Park. For more than a decade, Wyoming has worked to strike a deal with the federal government to exchange other parcels of federal land for this piece of trapped property. Try as it may, no deal has been struck, leading the governor to openly suggest selling the land with a price tag hovering around $125 million. Read More
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