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John Stossel on IRS Scandal You Can t Fix Gove.. – Video
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Rand Paul says Janet Yellen likely to be confirmed – Video
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Ron Paul backer announces Minn. Senate bid as Independence Party candidate
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A Roseville resident who backed former Texas U.S. Rep. Ron Paul's campaign for president in 2012 plans to run for the Independence Party's nomination for U.S. Senate.
Hannah Nicollet is the first person to step forward as an IP candidate to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken.
Nicollet, 39, got her start in politics as a teenager, volunteering for Ross Perot's presidential campaign in 1992. Since then, she has backed candidates representing the Independence Party, the Libertarian Party and the Republican Party. But she emphasized that she isn't a big backer of the three parties.
"Once you swear allegiance to one party, they may put somebody in charge who is suddenly bought off by special interests, and then your allegiance goes in that direction," she said. "I'm never willing to do that so I always base it on individuals."
Most recently, Nicollet has been inspired by Paul, who sought the Republican nomination for president in 2012 and attracted libertarians and some tea party supporters to his campaign.
Nicollet said she decided to run for the U.S. Senate as a member of the Independence Party because it fits her philosophy of being fiscally conservative and socially liberal. She said she made the decision to run in December after becoming frustrated with the data collection practices of the National Security Agency, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the size of the federal debt.
"The debt puts us in a very precarious situation nationally," she said. "National Security, if you want to talk about national security, our debt is a threat to it. The biggest threat, I would say."
If elected, Nicollet said she would aim to reduce the federal deficit by cutting foreign aid, cutting defense spending and eliminating subsidies to business.
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Libertarianism | graalbones
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The idea that one may get along without the help of others is so obviously false that its affirmation amounts to a confession of some form of ignorance at best. One cannot grow to adulthood without help from others. That should settle the matter. Apparently however, some adults believe themselves capable of getting along without the help of others. To this I would simply say Show me. Can the entrepreneur get along without customers, or the industrialist without workers? The simple truth is, they cannot. Yet somehow I dont expect the simple truth to be taken seriously, which is a sign of something. They tend to regard their customers or workers as interchangeable parts. They tend to think that they are therefore more needed than in need. But this is not the normal state of affairs. Yes, the addict needs the dealer more than the dealer needs him. But non-addicts do not need the dealer at all. Likewise, those not addicted to convenience can do without the vast majority of what the industrialist and the entrepreneur have to offer. Now all of this is rather obvious. What blinds us to it is our addiction to convenience. (I say our to include myself as such an addict. My only advantage is to have recognized the problem.)
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Thoughts on Cass Sunsteins criticisms of libertarianism …
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Harvard Law Professor (and recent OIRA head) Cass Sunstein has had some columns lately on Bloomberg View that seem to be squarely in my wheelhouse as an originalist and a libertarian. The most recent one is Resist the Sirens Call of Originalism. Before that was How to Spot a Paranoid Libertarian.
The columns have a striking similarity, in that they both attack extremist or caricatured versions of originalism and libertarianism, and appear to concede that the moderate version has some virtues.
Paranoid libertarianism, says Sunstein, is defined by five characteristics: 1, a belief that government will inevitably abuse its authority in any given area; 2, a presumption of bad faith by government officials; 3, a sense of victimization; 4, a refusal to engage in tradeoffs; and 5, an enthusiasm for slippery slope arguments. (These characteristics seem overlapping to me.)
Yet so far as I can tell, Sunsteins criticism of the category has nothing to do with non-paranoid libertarians, or with those who identify as classical liberals. For a good example on the other side, see this recent column by Richard Epstein, who distinguishes classical liberalism from libertarianism.
It is a little less transparent, but the same thing seems to be going on in Sunsteins column on originalism. Sunsteins three objections to originalism are 1, that the Constitution itself may not embrace originalism since it uses abstract terms; 2, some things (like wire-tapping) were unanticipated by the framers; and 3, originalism would deeply unsettle modern law, unless it embraces precedent, in which case it doesnt count as originalism.
Objections 1 and 2 are simply not true of most sophisticated originalists, who acknowledge that when a constitutional provision was intended to have broad or evolving scope, the originalist thing to do is to give it broad or evolving scope. (This also makes it easy to accommodate new situations.)
To be sure, originalists do sometimes argue that people like Sunstein are far too quick to assume that a provision is broad and abstract, but this a difference in application, not theory. Serious originalists ought to agree with Sunstein that a provision should not be interpreted to be more originalist than it was originally intended to be.
Objection 3 brings us back to a recurring theme of my recent originalist posts. Critics of originalism dont get to just declare that embracing precedent which nearly all originalists do, to differing extents is not the originalist position. Or if they do wish to define originalism so as to exclude most of its practioners, then they ought to be clear that they are attacking only an extreme version of the theory.
So it seems to me that the upshot of Sunsteins columns ought to be: extreme originalism and paranoid libertarianism are bad, though regular originalism and libertarianism are (apparently?) fine. Yet I fear that by the fallacy of mood affiliation, readers may think Sunstein has also struck a blow against regular originalism and regular libertarianism.
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Rand Paul: Libertarianism is Compatible With Christianity, Will Help Republicans Win Elections, Attract Minorities
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Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul addresses the American Principles Project Annual Gala in Washington, DC on Wednesday night.
WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) argued for libertarianism, saying it is compatible with Christianity and will help Republicans win elections and attract minorities, at the gala for The American Principles Project, a socially conservative group founded by Robert P. George.
"There are some issues that can move the party forward, and some of those issues I would call libertarian issues," Paul declared. He admitted that "to some that's a bad word, but to others I think it's a word that may expand the party."
Paul argued that these issues do not have to come at the expense of social issues, such as life and marriage. "Libertarian and liberty doesn't mean libertine," he argued. The Senator referred to Don Devine's book America's Way Back, explaining that liberty and tradition go hand in hand.
Freedom and Tradition
"Freedom needs tradition to give it its balance and its stability, its sense of family and community, but tradition needs freedom to invigorate it and give it spirit and excitement," Paul declared. He claimed that, in libertarianism, there is a role for government, family, marriage, and the protection of life. "I asked last year at the March [for Life], 'Can a nation or a civilization long endure that doesn't respect life?' I don't think they can."
Paul also emphasized the marriage issue. "I think marriage is important, not only for social and religious and moral reasons, but it's incredibly important just for economic reasons," the Senator declared. He cited Charles Murray's book Coming Apart, explaining that the rich and the poor live in "two worlds" with different choices. "There's enormous amounts of poverty in the world that doesn't make it to college and doesn't get married," Paul summarized.
"This isn't a problem that government can always fix," the Senator warned, "but we all need to be part of trying to fix it."
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Rand Paul tries to sell social conservatives on libertarianism
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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is, from all indications, planning to run for president in 2016. Yet while Tea Party Republicans love Paul in part for his known affinity for libertarianism, that same reputation poses a bit of an obstacle for Paul when it comes to wooing social conservatives, who tend to see libertarianism as morally bankrupt and depraved. If Paul wants to have any shot at being the GOPs nominee in 2016, hell have to either win over, or at least placate, these still-vital members of the GOP coalition.
Thats the context you need to understand to interpret Pauls recent speech for the American Principles Project(APP), a right-wing activist group that holds very conservative views on abortion and same-sex marriage.
While speaking to the APP, the anti-choice Paul tried to assuage his audiences fears by insisting that libertarianism and social conservatism can work together in perfect harmony. To some, thats sort of still a bad word, Paul said of libertarianism. To others, its a word that may expand the party.
Libertarian doesnt mean libertine, Paul continued. To many of us, libertarian means freedom and liberty. But we also see that freedom needs tradition.
Paul then tried to tie his support for prison reform as fundamentally Christian in nature. I think there are things we can and should talk about, as Christians, who believe in forgiveness, Paul said.I think the criminal justice system should have some element of forgiveness.
Hoping to seal the deal, Paul then played his trump card: implicitly comparing himself to Ronald Reagan.
Everybody else told Reagan to shut up, too, he said. They said, Shut up and wait your turn.
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Hockey great Bobby Orr presents his new book in Vero Beach
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Its not often that one gets to meet a living legend who has earned immortality while still above ground. And its rarer still when that heralded achiever is also a grinning extrovert who loves to meet those who so adore him.
But former Boston Bruins phenomenon on ice Bobby Orr is such a man.
Though he played his last National Hockey League game in 1978, his record-setting accomplishments and his engaging persona make him as viable a sports celebrity today as when he clinched a Stanley Cup winning goal in 1970.
Orr - and several hundred of his admirers - got together recently for a book signing at the Vero Beach Book Center. Though Orr devotees were warned thered be no opportunity to speak very long with Orr or pose with him for lengthy picture taking, Orr himself set the tone when he entered the store literally filled to the rafters with his fans who remember him and his No. 4 jersey, which is retired to the rafters at Bostons TD Garden arena.
Before stepping up to the book-signing table, Orr was welcomed by hearty applause and he greeted the first fans in line by congenially shaking their hands while sporting an ear-to-ear grin.
I was there - way, way back along a snaking line that wound its way through the Book Centers two levels. And though it was 2014, seeing Orr again I was transported back to Boston circa 1969.
In those days, I was a student in Bean Town, a magical place steeped in colonial era American history and flavored with some of the worlds finest institutions of learning, medicine and culture.
The Boston of 69 also marked a time of counter-culture revolution by those of us coming of age during that discordant decade.
However, while the Students for a Democratic Society, Black Power/ Black Panthers and others were busy protesting the Vietnam War and civil rights injustices, a team of young professional hockey players were amassing a winning season in Boston Garden on ice laid on top of a wooden parquet floor made iconic by the Celtics basketball team.
The venerable old Garden - opened in 1928 with no air conditioning, scores of obstructed seats and other inconveniences - was easily reachable to metro-Boston fans due to its handy location atop the North Station train station.
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Post-2015 development agenda: IDB has key role
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Amina Muhammad, special adviser to the UN Secretary General, on post-2015 Development Planning, has stated that the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has a critical role to play in shaping the post-2015 development agenda, as the UN works toward proposing new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Amina Muhammad was speaking in Jeddah at the headquarters of the Islamic Development Bank where she delivered a town-hall lecture on Post-2015 Global Development Agenda. The UN appreciates the effort of IDB in integrating the millennium development goals in its Vision 1440H, and then tailoring it toward its specific needs, she said. She added: IDB can encourage its member countries to engage with the post-2015 development agenda. IDB can also help in the areas of education, poverty alleviation, governance and human rights. According to the UN adviser, IDB has been playing an important role in working toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), citing as an example the support provided by IDB in the millennium village project (which is an integrated approach to community development) in Kaduna State of Nigeria. She highlighted some of the key areas the post-2015 development agenda will focus on such as economic transformation, addressing inequalities, human rights, governance issues and infrastructure development. Amina Muhammad said the MDGs will not be abandoned, rather, she told the audience from various departments and complexes of the IDB Group that SDGs will be a transition that integrates the Millennium Development Goals with more sustainable global development agenda. She said that although the UN has an ambitious plan, there will be challenges in mobilizing resources as well as coming up with an agreeable implementation plan, and according to her the expertise of IDB will be relevant here. In his welcome address, the director of the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development Department, which is the poverty alleviation arm of IDB, Bashir Fadlallah thanked Amina Muhammad for creating time to address IDB staff, stating that the MDGs are in line with the work of ISFD, whose mandate requires deep understanding of poverty issues and other global initiatives. Equally important, the chief economist of IDB, Jamal Zarrouk, expressed his appreciation to the UN adviser suggesting that there are a lot of areas of potential collaboration between IDB and the Post-2015 development plan of the UN.
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Futurism Practice – Lee Coxon – Video
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More practice needed, but its a start.
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