Jun

13

Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty

June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It’s just the beginning.   He’s done running for President in 2008, but the campaign was never about Ron Paul’s power trip to run the country.  It was about individual liberty, something Paul has been championing since 1974.   At age 72, Ron will be out of politics soon enough.  But as Paul points out, the campaign [...]

Feb

10

Caliguiri Whoop de Doo…

February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I read with some humor David Caliguiri’s Opinion 250 response to Chad Herman’s comments in the Post Gazette from last week. (For those who don’t know, the PG is running its Opinion 250 to encourage ideas about Pittsburgh’s future at its 250th anniversary…)
Caliguiri’s intends to build on Herman’s comments — which meander around the [...]

May

23

County Smoking Ban Fails, But for Wrong Reasons…

May 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Allegheny County smoking ban failed to pass legal muster, but not because it presumed to tell private property owners what legal activities they can and cannot allow on their own property. Rather, it failed because of a disagreement over which government body is allowed to usurp such rights form private property owners. [...]

Dec

17

URA to Crush Longtime Pittsburgh Landlords

December 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment

You gotta love government meddlers when it comes to development. Their supporters always crow, crow, crow about what they build — even when it fails, as have many of their initiatives in the downtown Pittsburgh area  .  We are always reminded that nothing would have happened if the meddlers didn’t do their deals.  Then we [...]

Apr

17

Gas, Oil and Gold: The tip of the Iceberg

April 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The following is posted with permission of the  Vigilant Investor site: 
News headlines today announce yet more reasons to throw the CPI number out the window:

UPDATE 1-Gold hits new 25-yr high over $604, silver surges
Gold storms to new 25-yr high, silver surges
Crude Oil Futures Briefly Touch $70
What U.S. Government Won’t Reveal About Inflation: John Wasik

Of course, [...]

Mar

30

Foreign Nations Contemplate Dollar Collapse

March 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment

From Vigilant Investor (reprinted with permission)
Americans, because of the nation’s wealth and power, are sometimes woefully uniformed about the rest of the world’s perceptions on issues. Largely that is because, as a the global leader for nearly one hundred years in both economic power and military power, it really has not had to consider [...]

Feb

7

Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Bills Hardly Protecting Property Owners

February 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment

PA politicians are looking to score hero status with eminent domain prevention bills that don’t really address the core causes of blight, nor do they bother to truly respect individual property rights — leaving politicians firmly in the power broker seat to take what it is they want for their own political gain.

Nov

4

Congress Moves on Protecting Private Property

November 4, 2005 | Leave a Comment

And still, 38 members voted against private property — those unAmerican bastards.

Oct

26

Government Ponders Private Property Rights

October 26, 2005 | Leave a Comment

The princes of power in the PA Assembly are debating if you truly own your own property, or if those rights actually belong to politicians, their contributors, the ideology, and, in the end, the collective via democratic elections.
This is why the U.S. was note intended to be a democracy. The word does not exist in [...]

Aug

8

A New Advertisement For Pittsburgh?

August 8, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Here is the new advertisement Pittsburgh will use to make the region more attractive….

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