| 291 | Invisible Slavery System - I Preview: Invisible puzzles are mechanisms hidden inside products and services you use, and the social/political systems you interact with. They are invisible due to the use of manufactured perception and deniability-tactics. These puzzles are designed to harness everyone's efforts to silently maintain and operate an Invisible Slavery System... What would ... (more) Published By: Emmett Dabru Submitted: 07 February,2005 |
| 292 | Invisible Slavery System - II Preview: Invisible puzzles are mechanisms hidden inside products and services you use, and the social/political systems you interact with. They are invisible due to the use of manufactured perception and deniability-tactics. These puzzles are designed to harness everyone's efforts to silently maintain and operate an Invisible Slavery System... Many peop... (more) Published By: Emmett Dabru Submitted: 07 February,2005 |
| 293 | Don't Trade Rights for Security Preview: "Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety." -- Ben Franklin, 1776 In the wake of 9/11 and subsequent terrorist attacks around the world, there is a real temptation to allow the government to take away some of our most precious rights in exchange for greater security. We must resist ... (more) Published By: Terry Mitchell Submitted: 08 February,2005 |
| 294 | Banishing Immigration Newspeak Preview: For nearly thirty years, Michigan's Lake Superior State University has released an annual List of Banished Words, a brief inventory of the year's most annoyingly popular expressions, with the recommendation they be "banished from the Queen's English for mis-use, over-use and general uselessness." This year, the tiresome "metrosexual" and the... (more) Published By: G. Salientian Submitted: 09 February,2005 |
| 295 | A Website Link That Should Be On All Websites Preview: http://www.impeachbush.org/ This grassroots impeachment effort has launched a massive public education campaign through placement of the people's call to impeach in major media outlets around the country. This is a grassroots campaign that needs your help. The VoteToImpeach ad has appeared in full page ads in the New York Times, San Francisco C... (more) Published By: T.D. Roberts Submitted: 11 February,2005 |
| 296 | BUSH SHOWS HIS TRUE COLORS! Preview: If you voted for George Bush in the recent election, you should stop complaining about the national budget crunch and the planned destruction of public education, Social Security, Medicare and Veteran Affairs. Ignore the wounding and death of so many service men and women and the looming war between civilizations that shall recruit a million more... (more) Published By: Jard DeVille Submitted: 14 February,2005 |
| 297 | Legislators, not sober drivers, are ones with impaired judgment Preview: Open-container bill wouldn’t make roads safer, but it would make life more difficult for drivers -- It’s a good thing that the current open-container bill wasn’t law when I was a newspaper reporter. One of our photographers could have unwittingly broken the law as we covered a story. We joined two hilarious volunteers, a lawyer and a funeral-ho... (more) Published By: Sheri Conover Sharlow, Libertarian Writers' Bureau Submitted: 16 February,2005 |
| 298 | All Americans Labeled Equally Homosexual by Government Preview: You have permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as the resource box is included. Please send a courtesy copy of your publication or to 13569@hotmail.com . Note: This article has been formatted to 60 CLI All Americans Labeled Equally Homosexual by Government Agency In a misstep that has embro... (more) Published By: Stan Sapsick Submitted: 17 February,2005 |
| 299 | History of the Media Preview: When were the forms of media created? When did advertising first show up? Who owns the media? Creation of the various forms of media * Newspapers & Magazines ~ 1880 * Movies ~ 1910 * Television ~ 1945 * Cable Television ~ 1980's * Satellite Television, Internet, Digital Communication ~ End of the 20th century In 1920, radio ... (more) Published By: David Pakman Submitted: 20 February,2005 |
| 300 | Voters are to Blame for Bad Politics Preview: When I was growing up, I actually considered a career in politics. I quickly changed my mind, though, when I discovered that there was way too much politics involved in it. Obviously, that's a play on words, but I get funny looks from people when I tell them that. However, I am completely serious. The politics of running for and holding elective o... (more) Published By: Terry Mitchell Submitted: 22 February,2005 |
| 301 | Obvious often means overlooked Preview: by Kurt St. Angelo Libertarian Writers' Bureau http://www.writersbureau.org My favorite childhood story was about a herd of hippos that played hide n' seek. The baby hippo's best hiding place was on a ledge just above – though in plain view of – the herd's elders, who never found the baby because they never looked up. Obvious often means overloo... (more) Published By: by Kurt St. Angelo Submitted: 23 February,2005 |
| 302 | Moazzam Begg - Guantanamo Bay Preview: Channel 4 ( UK )paid Moazzam Begg an undisclosed sum to attend an interview to discuss his imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay which was aired at 7pm on 24th February 2004. Begg, one of nine British men who were held at the military camp in Cuba, was released on 25th January 2005 along with Feroz Abbasi, Martin Mubanga and Richard Belmar. Five others w... (more) Published By: Birmingham UK Com Submitted: 24 February,2005 |
| 303 | THE "REAL" WAR ON TERROR... Preview: With the collapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold War, the political and economic power relations that had been in place since the end of World War II were rendered obsolete. What we are observing today is a shift in the global power dynamics, which will eventually allign to a new axis of world order. Although the mainstream media channels al... (more) Published By: Candas Emcioglu Submitted: 27 February,2005 |
| 304 | Without Country Preview: Without Country Terry Dashner “’If you are ever tempted to say a word or to do a thing that shall put a bar between you and your family, your home, and your country, pray God in his mercy to take you that instant home to his own heaven. Stick by your family, boy; forget you have a self—while you do everything for them. Think of your home, boy; w... (more) Published By: Terry Dashner Submitted: 28 February,2005 |
| 305 | HOW TO DATE ANN COULTER (IF YOU MUST) Preview: HOW TO DATE ANN COULTER (IF YOU MUST) by Kenn Gividen KennGividen@WritersBureau.org I’ve decided to go public with my intentions: I will not be asking Ann Coulter for a date. There are some good reasons. First, I’m married. Second, there is a substantial age differential. And, third, I fear rejection. While reading Coulter’s book, How to Talk... (more) Published By: Kenn Gividen Submitted: 02 March,2005 |
| 306 | UK Elections on the Horizon Preview: With elections on the horizon and Blair looking tired and increasingly defensive, just what is likely outcome of the next election? The New Labour adoption of Tory plans and policies has created an almost parallel party in terms of the Conservatives and Labour. Many people are confused and find it hard to tell them apart. The Labour Party will str... (more) Published By: Birmingham UK Com Submitted: 05 March,2005 |
| 307 | Doorstops and Paperweights Preview: Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, has come up with what he believes is a brilliant idea. He thinks the FCC should have to the power to hold cable and satellite channels to the same decency standards as over-the-air broadcasters. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), Stevens' counterpart in the House, agrees. Each plans to pro... (more) Published By: Terry Mitchell Submitted: 08 March,2005 |
| 308 | I Pity Nigeria Preview: Fear grips my heart when I see a crowd of people trekking home from a corner of a street. They are all moving towards my direction. I think they look very much like people migrating into our country. Maybe I should call them refugees. But, were they really what I took them to be? For I know my country is not a place where people would willingly ... (more) Published By: DD Phil Submitted: 14 March,2005 |
| 309 | The Potential Conundrum of Regulating Pay-TV Preview: In last week's column, I argued the merits (or rather the lack thereof) of extending decency regulations to cable and satellite TV. This week, I'll point out just how much of a quagmire this would actually be and how difficult it would be to implement, regardless of the merits. Regulating cable and satellite TV would not be as clear-cut as it ... (more) Published By: Terry Mitchell Submitted: 15 March,2005 |
| 310 | A National Sales Tax: The Time is Now Preview: "If you elect me, Senator Katherine Laforge, as your next president, my National Sales Tax will give you back true equity in the share of taxes you pay. You will no longer be the utilitarian taxpayer for the elite." "Hulagu's Web - chapter 10" The heroine in "Hulagu's Web" is a true believer in Frank Chodorov's compelling view that income tax is... (more) Published By: Nader Ghali Submitted: 15 March,2005 |