Nearly half of American Adults see the government today as a threat to individual rights rather than a protector of those rights.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Adults see the government today as a threat to rights. Thirty-seven percent (37%) hold the opposite view. Fifteen percent (15%) are undecided.
Most Republicans (74%) and unaffiliateds (51%) consider the government to be a threat to individual rights. Most Democrats (... (more)
The city of Maywood will lay off all city employees and begin contracting police services with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department effective July 1, officials said.
In addition to contracting with the Sheriff's Department, the Maywood City Council voted unanimously Monday night to lay off an estimated 100 employees and contract with neighboring Bell, which will handle other city services such as finance, records management, parks and recreation, street maintenance and othe... (more)
The just-published (July 5) issue of The New American includes our third congressional scorecard (pdf) on the 111th Congress. The scorecard, entitled “The Freedom Index: A Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution,” rates Congressmen based on their adherence to constitutional principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility, national sovereignty, and a traditional foreign policy o... (more)
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I like how they say "corporations have more power than governments," a classic dystopian projection on the future, meanwhile who is it beating down the rioters in the street?
The government, of course!
The reality is corporations have no power beyond begging you to buy their product, their power is in servicing their customer's every whim. Government on the other hand has a territorial monopoly on force and adjudication, taxes and violence.
A corporation becoming too powerful can only happen due to government's monopoly on force, they can use the government to force people to buy their crap (like health insurance) and they can steal people's money for corporate welfare through taxation.
They really want everyone to believe the opposite is true, corporations have some secret power to control your mind and steal from you through giving you incredible values and low prices, whereas government is needed to fight the evil exploiting capitalist devils who want to ruin us by giving us everything we want, making us decadent and sluggish! Eeeeeeeevil !!! - Chris
Medical marijuana activists are hotly protesting plans by Cook County, Illinois, officials to burn more than 5,500 pounds of cannabis seized last week in a big pot bust.
"Depending on its purity, that represents a lot of medicine that could have helped so many Illinoisans," said Julie Falco, a North Side woman who uses marijuana to ease the symptoms of multiple sclerosis.
Her reaction was echoed by others calling on Illinois to join 14 other states in legalizing mar... (more)
"We gotta keep the drug dealers profit margins high somehow!"
New York City's famous Naked Cowboy wants a bikini-clad woman who calls herself "The Naked Cowgirl" to stop ripping off his trademark.
The Times Square cowboy has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Sandy Kane, a former stripper who's now a fixture of the city comedy scene.
"Your use of Naked Cowgirl is essentially identical to the Naked Cowboy and is clearly in violation" of Burck's trademark, read the letter, according to the New York Post.
Republicans in Congress still haven't convinced the party faithful that they have their best interests in mind.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 72% of Republican voters continue to believe that GOP members of Congress have lost touch with the party base throughout the nation over the past several years. Twenty-one percent (21%) disagree and say they've done a good job representing Republican values.
An off-duty state trooper facing a DUI charge died in an overnight crash when he drove the wrong way onto the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Cpl. John Quigg Jr., 48, of Glenside - a veteran crash investigator - was accused of drunken driving after a minor accident in December in Upper Merion.
Quigg, apparently on restrictive duty, was scheduled to be in Montgomery County's Court of Common Pleas this morning for a pretrial confe... (more)
RALEIGH, N.C. Republican congressional candidate William "Bill" Randall is suggesting that the Obama administration and BP conspired to intentionally spill oil in the Gulf, resulting in 11 deaths and the worst environmental disaster in the nation's history.
Randall, who has aligned himself with the tea party movement, readily acknowledges that he has no evidence that what he says is true. But that is not stopping him from making the claim as he campaigns in the June 22 GOP runoff ... (more)
Sixty-six percent (66%) of U.S. voters describe themselves as at least somewhat angry at the media, including 33% who are Very Angry.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 31% say they are not angry at the media, but that includes just nine percent (9%) who say they are not at all angry.
It's important to note, however, that the question did not in any way define media or differentiate between media outlets such as CNN and Fox News.
Americans continues to oppose government-driven solutions for the newspaper industry's problems in large part because of their concern that they threaten the press' independence.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 85% of Adults believe that maintaining freedom of the press is more important than supporting the newspaper industry. Only six percent (6%) put supporting the newspaper business first.
Just 19% think the government should get acti... (more)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering several ways to help the struggling newspaper industry, but Americans strongly reject several proposed taxes to keep privately-owned newspapers going.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 84% oppose a three percent (3%) tax on monthly cell phone bills to help newspapers and traditional journalism.
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Beyond the obviousness that this is some sort of internet takeover, to address the ridiculous idea the newspapers need to churn some profit. What the newspapers want is essentially a state enforced monopoly. The reason they're dying is not because people are stealing their content, anyone who reposts content from anywhere is giving links to a site which they would not have gotten otherwise. The media is dying not because of news aggregators etc., it's because they face *gasp* open competition on the free market.
If they wanted to keep their content private they could move to a subscription only model like WSJ or even worse Newsday which fell flat on its face. If they thought they could make more money doing it then they would switch, they don't and they won't.
The truth of the matter is the old monopoly media which existed largely due to government handouts deserves to die a miserable, painful, excruciating death. They do nothing an independent reporter couldn't do better, just look at Dahr Jamail and his reporting on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, independent news is the only news of value, some rag like the NYT is just pure government propaganda, useful only for a laugh to see whatever nonsense the government wants you to believe next.
Open competition, no matter what market it is, eventually drives profits down to almost zero, as Jeffery Tucker said "Capitalism is a conspiracy to drive profits down to zero." (paraphrasing)
The media now has to compete with tens of millions of people covering the news in their own unique way, they can't compete, there is no way in hell, their only choice is to shut their competition down with some licensing scheme and jail people if they don't submit. If you read the FTC's latest report, you'll know that's exactly what they're planning. - Chris
Paul McCartney would like President Obama's critics to let him be.
“I’m a big fan, he’s a great guy. So lay off him, he’s doing great,” the British songsmith said on Tuesday, ABC News reported.
This year’s recipient of the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular song, McCartney is set to perform at the White House Wednesday evening and be feted by fellow musicians Stevie Wonder, Faith Hill, the Jonas Brothers, Elvis... (more)
GRAND ISLE, La. -- Billy Nungesser, the president of Plaquemines Parish whose frustrations about the federal government response have been featured prominently on TV in the past few weeks, told ABC News that in the private meeting the president had with local leaders here today, President Obama "chewed me out."
Nungesser, a Republican, told ABC News that President Obama "told me that we need to communicate."
He said that he told President Obama that after his f... (more)
Gotta love the PR wizards who came up with this stunt!
Rupert Murdoch appears to be finally putting his money where his mouth is with respect to Google News.
When Rupert Murdoch’s Times of London and Sunday Times switch to paid web sites sometime in the next month, only their homepages, not individual articles, will appear in search engines, reports paidContent’s Robert Andrews, who got a preview... (more)
An Arizona man who has waged a 10-year campaign to stop a flood of illegal immigrants from crossing his property is being sued by 16 Mexican nationals who accuse him of conspiring to violate their civil rights when he stopped them at gunpoint on his ranch on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Roger Barnett, 64, began rounding up illegal immigrants in 1998 and turning them over to the U.S. Border Patrol, he said, after they destroyed his property, killed his calves and broke into his home.... (more)
Fox prostitute does her duty and demonizes the Tea Party candidate.
If you were a black property owner and a gang of white supremacists came into your store and demanded you serve them, would you feel obliged? Would you bow before them and hand over the products of your labor to them? Does the government have a right to FORCE you to and jail you if you refuse? This is a blatant red herring demonization campaign by a desperate corrupt entrenched elite. Property rights are the most sacred rights on the planet, the second the government gets its toxic hands in the door you've lost your rights. - Chris, InfoLib
