Recent content by thomaspaine23

4th amendment goes bye bye Scotus Ruling Today http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/14/19243/7648/308/684135 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today (PDF file) that evidence gathered illegally by police as the result of defective search warrants is admissible in court. So now they can search...

Get ready, do what you can before this passes: H.R.45 : To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Rush, Bobby L. [ http://www.rightparty.org/ Links to...

You thought it was just Oregon? think again: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_on_go_ot/gas_tax According to a draft of the financing commission's recommendations, the nation needs to move to a new system that taxes motorists according to how much they use roads. While details have not...

Well this is the government we're speaking of, so I'd say an extra 24 years chalked up to inefficiency is about right.... :rolleyes:

Read about Titor before. Amusing story. Sad part is he may be inadvertently right....

Here are some of the items I see coming to pass from here into summer: Collapse of the dollar. I view the dollar rates as a Tsunami, the recent strength has been the precursor to a collapse. I.E. right before a tsunami strikes all the water is sucked backwards into the ocean, followed by the...

Cargo shipping. The Index tracks the cost of sending raw materials via ship. It is below operating costs right now.... This means no one is shipping anything. On top of this I know a guy who works at a transport terminal, i.e. trucks and railcars come in to either pick up cargo from a port...

Alot of people know the economy is going south, but many may not realize how bad this is going to get. Link "DJ MARKET TALK: Baltic Dry Index Drops To 21-Year Low 1407 GMT (Dow Jones) Baltic Exchange Dry Index drops 41 points to 763, its lowest level since January 1987, as a lack of...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/27873985 Citigroup Update: Government Looking To Buy Assets At what point is a company "Too Big to BAIL???" :rolleyes:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081120/bs_afp/financeeconomyusgulf_081120072928 US seeks 300 billion dlrs from Gulf states: report KUWAIT CITY (AFP) – The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown, Kuwait's...

Interesting- Fox Business -Gerald Celente predicts tax revolt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46MEqEgdLTg

Might be quicker and easier to ask them to provide a list of who HASN'T gotten emergency loans (out of the fortune 500 list) it would probably be a very SHORT list :D

Steve, as distasteful as I find local mandatory service for graduation etc at least that may be legal (depending on your state constitution). Indeed I may even be able to move my child to a different local school if desired. But we are talking about mandatory service on from the federal level...

Well did you see I updated the post with this: And more : http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/issue...yFactSheet.pdf Improve Airline Security: "Airline passengers are still not screened against a comprehensive terrorist watch list. Such a list must be developed and used in a way that safeguards...

You missed the part about indexing it to inflation after that....