The Rise of the Barter Economy
According to Craigslist, use of its bartering section has rocketed up more than 100 percent from April 2008 to April 2009. Defined by the IRS as the exchange of goods or services without the exchange of money, bartering has found a flurry of new friends in the current economic climate. Proponents of bartering tout benefits like increasing disposable income, gaining an appreciation for the true value of the goods and services, and finding an increased sense of community.
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From Citizen to Serf in 200 Years
In America government always comes first. The citizen last. The transformation from citizen to serf has been completed. Read more


The Liberal Fear of Guns
The right to keep and bear arms protects us from both the federal government and private criminals. For the sake of our safety and our freedom, we can never permit those who live in fear to eviscerate this vitally important fundamental right. Read more


Abolish the Department of Homeland Security
Since its creation in 2003, the department (of Homeland Security) has done little to provide genuine security and much to encourage a pernicious politics of fear. We'd be better off without it. Read more


6 Cities That Were Caught Shortening Yellow Light Times for Profit
Some local governments have ignored the safety benefit of increasing the yellow light time and decided to install red-light cameras, shorten the yellow light duration, and collect the profits instead.
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Tax Payers Out $180,000 While Pig Gets Away With Repeated Rapes
"He had a uniform on, a gun at his side and carried the authority of a police officer. His power and authority over her under such circumstances eliminates any legally recognized consent by my client to perform the acts which he suggested she should perform on him."…Read more


Another Taser Fatality
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says a man has died after a deputy shocked him three times with an electric stun gun at a subway station. Read more


Little Pig Tasers Big Pig’s Daughter
Officer Anthony Plummer was charged with using the Taser on Celeste Thomas, 26, while she was on her knees with her hands in the air…Thomas is a daughter of City Councilman Cecil Thomas, a former police officer who heads the council's law and safety committee.
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