GOVERNMENT RUN AMOK
July - December 2006
When government, which our Founding Fathers envisioned as protector of individual freedom, turns against the citizens with unjust laws, unjust treatment, and other unjust actions, it has truly run amok. But America's government is not alone when it comes to running amok.

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Posted here for 12-25-06:

"A federal judge on Nov. 28 ruled that the Treasury Department must change currencies -- potentially changing the size, shape or feel of each denomination -- so blind people can use them."
-- "Judge Rules Treasury Department Must Change Currency to Help Blind," The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, December 4, 2006, page 10. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.


"True, Congress authorized construction of the fence [along the U.S.-Mexico border] by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)--but they did not 'mandate' it. In fact, funding to begin construction was sent over to the DHS for 'general use' purposes -- meaning DHS bureaucrats can shower the booty over any pet projects they want."
-- The American Sentinel, December 2006, page 1. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.


"The left-wing groups Border Action Network and Southern Poverty Law Center are suing border residents for defending their property, and are winning. In a ghastly harbinger, a jury recently awarded a $100.000 'pain and suffering' verdict against an Arizona rancher who tried to stop illegals from trespassing through his ranch."
-- The American Sentinel, December 2006, page 2. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.


"Tony Blair has strongly embraced a new report calling for the creation of a $500 billion global tax to be placed on all 'developed' countries. The move has been hailed by the media and is expected to be warmly embraced in the new Congress, especially by ultra-liberal Sen. Barbara Boxer, incoming Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee."
-- The American Sentinel, December 2006, page 3. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.



Posted here for 12-18-06:

"Michael Reeves of Swansea, Wales, was recently ordered to pay £200 (about $380) in fines. His crime? 'Contaminating' a recycling bin. The forensics were damning, according to BBC News: 'In June a green recycling bag [for bottles and cans only] was found outside [Reeve's] ground floor flat . . . containing both paper and bottles and cans.' [. . .] [M]agistrates clearly had no choice but to find him guilty [. . .]"
-- "Garbage Pickers," News Digest, The Limbaugh Letter, December 2006, page 4. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.


"The wimpification of the American child continues at Willett Elementary School in Attleboro, MA, where tag is now forbidden. Not only are the precious [children] denied the classic games of tag and dodgeball, but also 'touch football, and any other unsupervised chase game during recess,' reports AP."
-- "Not 'It'," News Digest, The Limbaugh Letter, December 2006, page 5. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.


"It isn't just people who are suffering in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe. The nation's exotic wildlife, a source of tourist income, is being slaughtered by hungry poachers and poorly-trained game wardens. Recently, wardens killed an elephant that was getting too close to a village rather than try to chase it away. They 'kneccapped' it with small-arms fire to bring it down, and then shot it more than 40 times. [. . .] Spokesman Christina Pretorious says poachers are eating antelopes and rhinos, and using them in native medicines. Hwange National Park, a 5,400 square-mile animal preserve used to have more than 2,000 lions. Now there are only 18 males and 200 females."
-- "Animals, Too," O Tempora, O Mores!, American Renaissance, December 2006, page 14. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.


"First came Hmong tribesmen from Southeast Asia, and then the Bantu from Somalia. The next group of primitives scheduled to arrive in the US, courtesy of the State Department and United Nation High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR), is from Burundi via Tanzania. The first of 13,000 Burundians will start arriving by end of March 2007 [. . .]"
-- "Your New Neighbors," O Tempora, O Mores!, American Renaissance, December 2006, page 16. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.


"President Bush has called on Congress to re-authorize the No Child Left Behind Act, despite the fact that test scores have shown almost no improvement and the bill's education accountability standards have been relaxed by the Department of Education."
-- "Bad Apples and Public Schools," by Terence P. Jeffrey, Human Events, December 4, 2006, page 5. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.



Posted here for 12-11-06:

"In May 2005, the Senate unanimously embraced a Conference Report including elements of H.R. 1268, the REAL ID Act. The law was enacted without debate [. . .] The REAL ID bill reduces all state vehicle departments into high-tech I.D. card issuers for federal bureaucrats [. . .] Federally-designed, state-issued 'smart' drivers licenses can be 'deactivated' much like a credit card over its spending limit. The holder of a deactivated license could suddenly be unable to travel or conduct basic financial activity, or even seek employment! In short, federal bureaucrats will soon be able to restrict travel, purchases or even the pursuit of a livelihood if they choose."
-- The American Sentinel, November 2006, page 4. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.


"Federal Election Commission staffers have been floating schemes to restrict Internet commentators (known as bloggers) if they show a preference for one candidate over another. [such as . . . me, for example] The Heritage Foundation notes some Federal Communications Commission commissioners and their allies in Congress are plotting to reinstate the so-called 'Fairness Doctrine' (to force stations which air popular conservative shows such as Rush Limbaugh's three-hour broadcast to give 'equal time' to liberal commentators -- even if the 1istening public has little interest in hearing such views). The other big target of wannabe leftist regulators is Fox News."
-- The American Sentinel, November 2006, page 5. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.


"A tsunami has rolled through Zimbabwe, different from the tidal waves that hit Asia in 2004. Ours came last year, in the form of bulldozers and soldiers. Vibrant towns were reduced to flat and desolate grounds. More than 700,000 people lost their homes and livelihood. Why? President Robert Mugabe thought that the poor people who lived in these urban areas represented a political threat. [. . .] So he launched a pre-emptive strike against those already suffering under his policies. He called it 'Operation Murambatsvina,' literally 'Operation Clear the Filth' -- the 'filth' being hundreds of thousands of Zimbabwean men, women and children who were internally displaced, many of whom continue to live without access to humanitarian assistance today. [. . .] Responding to the arrest and torture of 15 trade-union activists in September, [Mugabe] said 'some are crying that they were beaten. Yes, you will be thoroughly beaten.'"
-- "Yes, You Will Be Thoroughly Beaten," by Arnold Tsunga, in Opinion Journal as quoted in "Mugabe's 'Tsunami'," Culture, etc. The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, November 13, 2006, page 28. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 11-20-06:

"Homeland Security's inspector general says it cannot account for more than $222 million of $252 million in federal disaster aid that Houston received last year to house Gulf Coast evacuees after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit"
-- "Over $222 Million in Katrina Funds Missing in Houston," by Audrey Hudson, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, November 6, 2006, page 8. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.


"Thousands of weapons the United States has provided Iraqi security forces cannot be accounted for, and spare parts and repair manuals are not available for many others, a report to Congress states."
-- "Report: Thousands of U.S. Weapons Given to Iraqi Security Forces Missing," by the AP, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, November 6, 2006, page 19. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.


"Syria has continued to funnel arms to the Shi'ite Hezbollah militia in defiance of international demands, thus undermining hopes for peace and stability in Lebanon, a Lebanese political leader said on Oct 31."
-- "Syria Is Still Arming Hezbollah, Lebanese Political Leader Asserts," by David R. Sands, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, November 6, 2006, page 24. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.


"In 2000, stare legislators in New Jersey tried to pass a bill to have school children recite this passage from the Declaration of Independence: 'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.' The bill would have also required schools to describe the historical context that explains why the passage refers only to men, and that it was written at a time when slavery was legal. Black legislators fought the bill because 'all men are created equal' did not apply to blacks in 1776."
-- "Black Racial Consciousness, Part III," by Jared Taylor, American Renaissance, November 2006, page 1. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.


"In 2003, the Republican-controlled Texas legislature redrew state Congressional districts to their own advantage, diluting Democratic voting strength as much as possible. The Republicans rejigged things so cleverly that they knocked four Democrats out of office. The Democrats cried foul and took the newly-drawn district lines to the Supreme Court, only to get a 7-2 decision upholding most of the newly gerrymandered districts. Blatantly political redistricting is apparently fine with the Supreme Court. But only up to a point. The court said it was legal to dilute the voting strength of Democrats, but not of Hispanics. When Democrats happen to be Hispanic, which they very often are, even the most rigorously race-blind gerrymandering plan may violate the Voting Rights Act. The Court said that because Hispanics demonstrated 'sufficient minority cohesion,' the new district lines reduced their collective power, and that 'the Anglo citizen voting-age majority will often, if not always, prevent Latinos from electing the candidate of their choice in the district.' In other words, the Supreme Court now admits that race trumps politics. It is business as usual for Republicans to dilute the voting strength of white Democrats. but if Hispanic Democrats have enough 'minority cohesion' to appear likely to elect a Hispanic (who is also a Democrat), the Republicans had better leave them alone."
-- "Hispanic Votes Must Not Be Diluted," American Renaissance, November 2006, page 16. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 11-13-06:

"The good news is that the Senate, bowing to pre-election pressure from constituents, went along with the House to authorize a 700-mile fence on the Mexican border. And good news too was that even George Bush, our open-border president, also felt enough pressure to sign the bill. The bad news is that the fence is still just a promise, which many in Congress and the White House have no intention of keeping. [. . .] Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) [. . .] stated that the fence probably would not go up. 'It's one thing,' he observed, 'to authorize [a border fence]. It's another thing to actually appropriate the money and do it.'"
-- "Don't Let the Border Fence Fool You," by John Vinson, Middle America News, November 2006, page 8. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.


"In Belton, Mo., it is illegal to throw a snowball. In New Jersey and Oregon, it is illegal to pump your own gas. In Kern County, Calif., it is illegal to play bingo while drunk. In Massachusetts, it's illegal to deface a milk carton. In Fairfax, Va., the use of pogo sticks is outlawed on city buses. In Palm Harbor, Fla., it is illegal to have an artificial lawn."
-- "Busybody Politicians, Get Off Our Backs!" by John Stossel, NewsMax (the magazine), November 2006, page 33. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.



Posted here for 11-6-06:

"As the new school year got under way in one Texas town near Houston, a new flag controversy arose. To mark Mexican Independence Day on September 16, volunteers at the Velasco Elementary School in Freeport passed out Mexican flags to students at a school assembly, followed by a recitation of the Mexican pledge of allegiance -- in Spanish led by the volunteers. School officials deny that the students were required to recite the Mexican pledge of allegiance, though some students and parents dispute the claim."
-- "In Texas, School Children Recite the Pledge of Allegiance . . . to the Mexican Flag," by Ashley Hutton, FAIR Immigration Report, October 2006, page 7. Address: 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009. Phone: 202-328-7004. E-mail. Website.


"After Poway High School near San Diego endorsed the 'Day of Silence sponsored by the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network (known as GLSEN), student Tyler Chase Harper responded by wearing a T-shirt inscribed with the words 'I will not accept what God condemned.' In Harper v. Poway Unified School District, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the student, claiming that the First Amendment does not protect students expressing views opposing homosexuality."
-- "What Are Supremacist Judges Up to Now," by Phyllis Schlafly, The Phyllis Schlafly Report, October 2006, page 2. Address: PO Box 618, Alton, Illinois 62002. E-mail. Website.


"A federal court has just ordered a public middle school to allow Zachary Guiles to wear a T-shirt accusing President Bush of being a 'crook,' a 'cocaine addict,' a 'Draft Dodger,' a 'chicken,' and a 'Lying Drunk Driver'."
-- "What Are Supremacist Judges Up to Now," by Phyllis Schlafly, The Phyllis Schlafly Report, October 2006, page 2. Address: PO Box 618, Alton, Illinois 62002. E-mail. Website.


"Federal Judge John E. Jones III, a President George W. Bush appointee, [rebuffed] parents in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. Judge Jones permanently enjoined the school board from disparaging the theory of evolution, or from saying that the theory has gaps, or from notifying students that they could read contrary explanations of the origin of life in the school library."
-- "What Are Supremacist Judges Up to Now," by Phyllis Schlafly, The Phyllis Schlafly Report, October 2006, page 2. Address: PO Box 618, Alton, Illinois 62002. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 10-30-06:

"Under the terms of the [1994] 'agreed framework,' we gave North Korea all sorts of bribes -- more than $5 billion worth of oil, two nuclear reactors and lots of high technology. In return, they took the bribes and kept building nukes. This wasn't difficult, inasmuch as the 1994 deal permitted the North Koreans to evade weapons inspectors for the next five years." [And as it turned out, it buried the problem until Clinton was out of office.]
-- "Clinton's New Glow Job," by Ann Coulter, Human Events, October 16, 2006, page 6. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.


"[A]s the Washington Post reported on October 6, 'No sooner did Congress authorize construction of a 700-mife fence on the U.S.-Mexico border last week than lawmakers rushed to approve separate legislation that ensures it will never be built, at least not as advertised, according to Republican lawmakers and immigration experts.' The legislation the Post refers to is the appropriations bill . . . that President Bush signed on October 4. The Post story reported that 'shortly before recessing late Friday, the House and Senate gave the Bush administration leeway to distribute the money to a combination of projects -- not just the physical barrier along the southern border."
-- "Border Bamboozlement & Betrayal," by William F. Jasper, The New American, October 30, 2006, page 44. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 10-23-06:

"NAFTA promised greater exports, better jobs, and better wages. Since 1994, just the opposite has occurred. The U.S. trade deficit soared, and now approaches $1 trillion dollars per year; the U.S. has lost some 1.5 million jobs, and real wages in both the U.S. and Mexico have fallen significantly."
-- "Toward a North American Union," by Patrick Wood, The eco-logic Powerhouse, October 2006, page 15. Address: Environmental Conservation Organization, 1200 North White Sands Boulevard, Suite 110, Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310. Phone: 731-986-0099. Fax: 505-434-8992. E-mail. Website.


"This crazy idea of fully integrating the citizens of these three nations [Canada, Mexico, U.S.] into one 'North American Community,' is the reason why U.S. borders have not been closed to the invasion of illegal aliens over the last decade. It is the reason why employers who hire illegal aliens have not been prosecuted. It is the reason for NAFTA, CAFTA, and the Free Trade Area of the Americas. It is an idea that the American people have never been asked to consider. It is an idea that the academic and political elite have decided would be best for the masses, and they are proceeding with the project administratively, with little or no Congressional involvement."
-- "SPP: Sovereignty & Prosperity Perversion," by Henry Lamb, The eco-logic Powerhouse, October 2006, page 20. Address: Environmental Conservation Organization, 1200 North White Sands Boulevard, Suite 110, Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310. Phone: 731-986-0099. Fax: 505-434-8992. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 10-16-06:

"In the interests of cultural sensitivity, Gitmo cells were fitted with 'Asian-style toilets,' because 'that's what the detainees prefer.' [. . .] The detainees are interrogated on either a La-Z-Boy Recliner or a luxuriously upholstered sofa -- blue plush with gold piping. [. . .] [T]he average [weight] gain at Gitmo is 18 pounds. [. . .] [F]ree colon-cancer testing [is provided] for jihadis over 50. [. . .] [B]rand-new Korans [are provided] in each unoccupied cell. [. . .] This is the only war in American history in which enemy detainees have been freed before the end of hostilities. Of those released, at least 22 are known to have returned to the battlefield in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere."
-- "Gitmo Detainees Get La=Z=Boy Recliners, Pastries," by Mark Steyn, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, October 9, 2006, page 33. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.


"[T]he Government Accounting Office reported on how victims [of Hurricane Katrina] had spent FEMA money. Some survivors who got debit cards paid for champagne, 'Girls Gone Wild' videos, diamond jewelry, a tropical vacation, erotic toys. season football tickets, tattoos, a divorce lawyer and even a sex change operation."
-- "UN on Katrina," O Tempora, O Mores! American Renaissance, October 2006, page 15. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.


"Inflation in Zimbabwe is currently running at 1,200 percent, the highest in the world."
-- "Too Many Zeroes," O Tempora, O Mores! American Renaissance, October 2006, page 16. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.


"Just four years from now [if the U.S. continues with its SPP plans for integrating with Canada and Mexico], the United States may cease to exist as an independent political entity. Its laws, rules, and regulations -- including all freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution -- will be subject to review and nullification by the North American Union's governing body."
-- "Creating the North American Union," by Dennis Behreandt, The New American, October 2, 2006, page 12. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 10-9-06:

"Government health programs require states to pay for men's erections. [. . .] [O]nly when money was needed for Hurricane Katrina relief and it was revealed that the government was giving Viagra to child molesters did Congress allow Medicare and Medicaid to stop paying for erections. Congress allowed states to stop. But some states still pay."
-- "Government Stupidity Knows No Bounds," by John Stossel, NewsMax.com (the magazine), October 2006, page 31. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.


"In May 2005. the federal government gave U.S. citizens de facto national ID cards. Title II of the Real ID Act calls for new federal standards in drivers' licenses. Unless states comply by May 2008, their citizens will not be able to enter federal buildings, board planes, collect Social Security payments, or establish accounts with national banks. [. . .] For honest people, the cards will likely be used to track them throughout the day -- when their card is scanned at supermarkets and gas stations to verify ID for credit card use, at banks when depositing and withdrawing money, and at airports, car rentals, and workplaces again to verify ID. "
-- "Your New North American ID Card," by Steven Yates, The New American, October 2, 2006, page 17. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.


"As part of the NAFTA Super Highway system, a Mexican customs inspection facility is planned to be constructed on U.S. soil in Kansas City, Missouri, far away from the border. [. . .] Chris Gutierrez is president of K.C. SmartPort, a planned Mexican customs facility in Kansas City that would be the first of its kind to be established by a foreign government on U.S. soil. Gutierrez has stated that the customs facility 'would need to be designated as Mexican sovereign territory.'"
-- "Green Light from the Border to K.C.," by Joyce Mucci, The New American, October 2, 2006, page 25. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 10-2-06:

"In October 2002, the government of Barbados hosted the 'African and African Descendants' World Conference Against Racism.' On the opening day, the 200 delegates voted to expel all non-blacks."
-- "Black Racial Consciousness, Part I," by Jared Taylor, American Renaissance, September 2006, page 9. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.


"The constitution of Liberia, founded by former black slaves from the United States, contains a bald declaration of racial exclusiveness. Drafted in 1973, Chapter IV, Article 27b states 'In order to preserve, foster and maintain the positive Liberian culture, values and character, only persons who are Negroes or of Negro descent shall qualify by birth or naturalization to be citizens of Liberia."
-- "Black Racial Consciousness, Part I," by Jared Taylor, American Renaissance, September 2006, page 9. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.


"Oklahoma City's Millwod public school district has two pledges of allegiance, the familiar one to the American flag, and one to [Marcus] Garvey's [back-to-Africa movement] flag. The latter pledge, written by the founder of Kwanzaa, Maulena Ron Karenga, goes like this: 'We pledge allegiance to the red, black and green -- Our flag, the symbol of our eternal struggle, and to the land we must obtain -- One nation of Black people, with one God for us all -- Totally united in the struggle for Black Love, Black Freedom, and Black Determination.'"
-- "Black Racial Consciousness, Part I," by Jared Taylor, American Renaissance, September 2006, page 5. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 9-25-06:

"[A] 56-question survey called 'Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors,' [. . .] probed [Ridgewood, New Jersey] students about their personal lives and activities. The survey included questions about sex, drugs, suicide, incriminating behavior, spirituality, tolerance, and other personal matters. Questions 92-93 in this survey given to Ridgewood children demanded to know 'how many times, if any' they 'had used cocaine' in their lives, or during the last 12 months, and the answer choices were 0, 1, 2, 3-5, 6-9, 10-19, 20-39, and 40+. This gave students the false impression that casual use of cocaine is common and acceptable."
-- "Courts Like Nosy Questionnaires," by Phyllis Schlafly, The Phyllis Schlafly Report, August 2006, pages 2-3. Address: PO Box 618, Alton, Illinois 62002. E-mail. Website.


"The Ninth Circuit [Court ruled that] the school door [is] the line where parents' rights end and the 'village' takes over. In Fields v. Palmdale School District last November, the court ruled that parents' fundamental right to control the upbringing of their children 'does not extend beyond the threshold of the school door,' and that a public school has the right to provide its students with 'whatever information it wishes to provide, sexual or otherwise.'"
-- "Courts Like Nosy Questionnaires," by Phyllis Schlafly, The Phyllis Schlafly Report, August 2006, page 3. Address: PO Box 618, Alton, Illinois 62002. E-mail. Website.


"Most folks agree pilots should be licensed, but florists and interior decorators? In Louisiana, you cannot legally arrange flowers for a living unless you pass the test administered by currently practicing florists -- no wonder most applicants fail."
-- "Top 10 Big Business-Big Government Ripoffs," ranked by Timothy P. Carney, author of The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money, Human Events, September 11, 2006, page 10. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.


"We pay twice as much as the rest of world for our sugar, thanks to the subsidies and quotas that guarantee [. . .] a high price."
-- "Top 10 Big Business-Big Government Ripoffs," ranked by Timothy P. Carney, author of The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money, Human Events, September 11, 2006, page 10. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.


"At least one [British] school has banned the game of tag as being 'too rough,' while another has removed playground swings that face the sun, 'fearing that children could be blinded.'"
-- "Paper Planes Banned by Brits," Squeaky Chalk, by Deborah Lambert, CampusReport, September 2006, page 3. Address: Accuracy in Academia, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 800-787-0429, extension 104. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 9-18-06:

"The U.N. is making fresh appeals to establish an international tax on aviation fuel, airline tickets, national currency transactions and a 4.8-cent-a-gallon tax on gasoline. Another major United Nations 'Trojan Horse' is the so-called 'Cybercrime Treaty,' which the Senate recently adopted by a voice vote. [. . .] Any person using a computer in a manner which is 'of interest' to the law-enforcement agency of another country can be subjected to special scrutiny. In short, our government has an excuse to collect information on any U.S. citizen by encouraging their law-enforcement counterparts in any country which is a party to the Cybercrimes Treaty to make a simple 'request.'"
-- The American Sentinel, August 2006, page 3. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.


"Belgium's Ministry of Education is threatening to file criminal charges against home schooling parents. The basis of the criminal 'inquiry' is to force them to sign an 'agreement' to follow the U.N. Convention on Children's Rights."
-- The American Sentinel, August 2006, page 4. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.


"Congress has spent better than $122+ billion on rebuilding New Orleans in the wake of hurricane Katrina (five times more than any other disaster ever)."
-- The American Sentinel, August 2006, page 9. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.


"The federal government keeps two sets of books. One for the general public and stock market and the second which reveals the truly terrifying financial situation to a few budget insiders. The first public set of books concedes a $318 billion deficit. The second, a confidential Treasury Department ledger, shows a $760 billion operating deficit. [. . .] For the public set of books, the feds simply take out of the equation huge items such as future financial obligations (Social Security, retirement pensions, etc.)."
-- The American Sentinel, August 2006, page 10. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.



Posted here for 9-11-06:

"California's multiculturalist political elites have come up with a way to get around the public opposition to granting driver's licenses to illegal aliens. [. . .] The State Senate voted 25-14 to reduce to 24 hours the required 30-day vehicle impoundment penalty on drivers caught without licenses. Under the new penalty scheme, the cars of drivers whose licenses have been suspended for some offense will still be impounded for 30 days. But for scofflaws like illegal aliens who never bothered to get a license in the first place, the penalty is reduced to just 24 hours."
-- "The New Order," Newsbriefs, Middle America News, September 2006, page 3. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.


"As the Netherlands dismantles itself by allowing virtually uncontrolled Third World immigration, a group of leftwingers and pedophiles announced the formation of a new political party, called the PNVD, an abbreviation for Brotherly Love, Freedom and Diversity. The PNVD's platform calls for lowering the age of consent for sexual relations from 16 to 12, and for repeal of laws against bestiality and child pornography."
-- "Bye, Bye, Holland," Middle America News, September 2006, page 5. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.


"[B]lack members of the ANC [South Africa's Marxist-led African National Congress] have founded what they call the 'Native Club,' open to black intellectuals. Its purpose? To begin 'the process of cultural decolonization,' a fancy phrase that means the eradication of the country's white cultural heritage."
-- "Eradicating the Enemy," Middle America News, September 2006, page 5. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 9-4-06:

"If you think those 'Click It or Ticket' seat belt enforcement drives are all about your safety, give it another think. State and local law enforcement agencies have a huge financial incentive to dole out as many tickets as they possibly can -- in order to qualify for the federal grant boodle dangled before their noses like a savory pork chop in front of a hungry blue tick hound."
-- "Seat Belt Nannies," Culture, etc., by Eric Peters, writing on "Seat Belt Lashes,' Aug. 7 in the American Spectator Online, as quoted in The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, August 21, 2006, page 28. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.


"The Internal Revenue Service is admonishing churches and nonprofit organizations about the dangers they face if they engage in improper campaigning in the approaching election season. To spread the word about its 'Political Activity Compliance Initiative,' the IRS sent notices to more than 15,000 tax-exempt organizations, churches, and tax preparers, detailing how prohibited politicking could lead to the loss of their tax-exempt status, the Los Angeles Times reported last month."
-- "Briefly Noted," Capital Research Center Organization Trends, August 2006, page 8. Published by Capital Research Center, 1513 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1480. Phone: 202-483-6900 or 800-459-3950. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 8-28-06:

"British citizens, banned from owning firearms and facing skyrocketing crime, have now been told to hand in their knives or face stiff penalties. Will violent criminals disarm, too, or are the law-abiding being led like sheep to the slaughter? [. . .] More than 17,700 'weapons' -- including daggers, machetes, steak knives and even paring knives -- were handed in during the first week of a national 'knife amnesty' in Britain, the Home Office recently reported."
-- "Baa, Baa, . . . Britain?" America's First Freedom, September 2006, pages 14-15. Address: National Rifle Association of America, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-9400. Phone: 703-267-1000. Website.



Posted here for 8-21-06:

"Since 1976, when the District of Columbia imposed its ban on guns, the city's murder rate, which had been declining, started to increase; between 1976 and 1991 it rose 200 percent, while the U.S. murder rate rose just 9 percent."
-- "'Social Experiment'," Inside the Beltway, By John McCaslin, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, August 7, 2006, page 6. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.


"For fear of upsetting race relations, elites in the new multiculturalist UK have delayed publication of a report on child torture by African immigrants who believe in witchcraft. [. . .] A government investigation discovered that as many as 50 African Immigrant children have been tortured or killed because relatives believed they were witches. The torture ranged from beating and starvation to slashing with razors and knives, and in at least one case, murder. [. . .] One boy was dismembered. [. . .] Elites in the UK are afraid they'll look like racists and inspire anti-immigration sentiment if they release the report publicly."
-- "Multiculturalists Find Witchcraft Too Hot to Handle," World Watch, Middle America News, August 2006, pages 2, 4. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.


"Despite hundreds of thousands of e-mail complaints, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) went ahead with plans to celebrate Gay and Lesbian Pride Month at taxpayer expense."
-- "EPA Promotes Gay Pride Celebration," American Family Association Journal, August 2006, page 6. Address: PO Drawer 2440, Tupelo, Mississippi 38803. Phone: 662-844-5036. Website.



Posted here for 8-14-06:

"The upcoming Health and Human Services budget is reportedly packed with at least 1,700 pork barrel funding earmarks."
-- The American Sentinel, August 2006, page 4. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.


"In 1962, there were some 1,000 official protected areas worldwide. Today there are 108,000, with more being added every day. The total area of land now under conservation protection has doubled since 1990, when the World Parks Commission set a goal of protecting 10 percent of the planet's surface. That goal has been exceeded, as over 12 percent cent of all land -- a total area of 11.75 million square miles -- is now under conservation protection. That's an area greater than the entire landmass of Africa."
-- "Enemies of Conservation," by Mark Dowie, Range, Magazine, Summer 2006, page 27. Address: Purple Coyote Corporation, 106 East Adams, Suite 201, Carson City, Nevada 89706. Phone: 755-884-2200. Fax: 755-884-2213. E-mail. Website.


"Netherlands -- Pedophiles are in the process of registering their own political party in order to more efficiently push their agenda there. According to WorldNetDaily, that agenda includes legalized child porn, bestiality and, initially at least, lowering the legal age of sexual consent from 16 to 12. Later, say leaders of the group, they want to remove age of consent laws altogether."
-- "Has Europe Gone Crazy?" American Family Association Journal, August 2006, page 5. Address: PO Drawer 2440, Tupelo, Mississippi 38803. Phone: 662-844-5036. Website.


". Spain -- The ruling socialist faction has proposed a law which would give fundamental legal rights to 'great apes.' The socialists got the idea from the Great Ape Project, which demands 'the extension of the community of equals to include all great apes: human beings, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans."
-- "Has Europe Gone Crazy?" American Family Association Journal, August 2006, page 5. Address: PO Drawer 2440, Tupelo, Mississippi 38803. Phone: 662-844-5036. Website.


"Germany -- Women who are unemployed must be willing to work as a prostitute or risk losing unemployment benefits. [. . .] 'Germany's welfare laws oblige women under 55 who have been out of work for more than a year to take an available job -- including the sex industry - or lose benefits,' [Catholic news outlet] Zenit said."
-- "Has Europe Gone Crazy?" American Family Association Journal, August 2006, page 5. Address: PO Drawer 2440, Tupelo, Mississippi 38803. Phone: 662-844-5036. Website.

CORRECTION, 9-2-06: The August AFA Journal reported a woman in Germany was told by state 0£ficials that she would have to work as a prostitute or lose unemployment benefits, since prostitution is legal in that country. However, the papers that originally carried the story in England were apparently wrong. German newspapers claimed that some women were put into such a difficult situation, but no real-life examples have yet been proven.
-- "Correction," American Family Association Journal, September 2006, page 9. Address: PO Drawer 2440, Tupelo, Mississippi 38803. Phone: 662-844-5036. Website.



Posted here for 8-7-06:

"Compensation for the federal government's 1.9 million civilian workers is rising sharply and now costs almost $200 billion annually, according to a study by Chris Edwards, director of Tax Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. Edwards reports that by 2004 the average federal worker was earning almost twice the average pay earned in the private sector. [. . .] According to U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data, since 1990 average compensation has increased 115 percent in the government and 69 percent in the private sector."
-- "Pay Skyrockets for Federal Workers," NewsMax.com (the magazine), August 2006, page 28. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.


"Thanks to 44 Republican defectors, the federal government will continue to mandate for another 25 years that states and communities provide ballots in foreign languages -- even though immigrants are required to demonstrate an ability to read and understand English before they can be naturalized and vote."
-- "Foreign Language Voting," Capital Briefs, Human Events, July 17, 2006, page 4. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.


"The Senate immigration bill would require that foreign construction laborers here under the guest-worker program be paid well above the minimum wage, even as American workers at the same work site could earn less."
-- "Senate Bill Would Pay Aliens More than Other Workers," by Charles Hurt, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, July 17, 2006, page 1. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.


"[N]early nine million prescriptions for Ritalin are written for children every year, [. . .] most of them for boys between the ages of six and 12."
-- "Can Boys Survive in a Feminist World?" quoting Jeffrey Leving an Glenn Sacks from a recent issue of News and Views, Squeaky Chalk, CampusReport, July 2006, page 3. Address: Accuracy in Academia, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 800-787-0429, extension 104. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 7-31-06:

"[T]hree measures [SB 1437, AB 606 and AB 1506] would force all California public schools to promote homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality to schoolchildren as young as kindergarten; require textbooks to promote these lifestyles; prohibit schools from sponsoring traditional school activities, such as school proms that vote for a boy-girl couple as prom 'king' and 'queen,' or sports teams that 'discriminate' against transgendered kids; and prohibit public schools from teaching that there is a natural family - that is, a father, a mother and their children."
-- "Sodomy 101," by Ed Vitagliano, American Family Association Journal, July 2006, page 16. Address: PO Drawer 2440, Tupelo, Mississippi 38803. Phone: 662-844-5036. Website.


"26.000 containers enter U.S. seaports each day, and nearly 5 years after 9-11 a mere 6% are inspected for nuclear or biological contraband. By contrast, the world's busiest port, Hong Kong, has a 100% rate of inspection for radioactivity."
-- The American Sentinel, July 2006, page 5. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.


"The Ontario Daily Bulletin recently reported U.S. Border Control agents are collecting information on the Minutemen (such as where they are positioned to monitor the border) and sharing it with Mexican authorities."
-- The American Sentinel, July 2006, page 5. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.



Posted here for 7-24-06:

"The Paris suburb of Saint-Denis has named a street after Black Panther and cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mr. Abu-Jamal was convicted of the 1981 killing of police officer Daniel Faulkner in Philadelphia and given the death penally. [. . .] [Mumia Abu-Jamal] has been made an honorary citizen of Paris, Venice, Palermo, and Montreal, as well as San Francisco."
-- "Rue Mumia Abu-Jamal," O Tempora, O Mores!, American Renaissance, July 2006, page 13. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.


"The Washington State Department of Corrections has issued what it calls a 'diversity calendar' that has angered some employees. The calendar marks not only the usual holidays, but also the birthdays of Ho Chi Minh, Lenin, Karl Marx, and Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor. A spokesman for the department explains: 'This calendar was meant to be an instructional tool that just lists people who had an impact on the world and provoke thought. . . . One of the goals of diversity is that we coexist in the world with people we disagree with."
-- "Diversity Follies," O Tempora, O Mores!, American Renaissance, July 2006, page 16. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.


"France's highest court convicted National Front leader Jean Marie Le Pen of 'inciting racial hatred' for warning in a newspaper interview that as a result of mass uncontrolled immigration, Muslims might one day rule France."
-- "Fined for Forbidden Opinions," World Watch, Middle America News, July 2006, page 2. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.


"The inflation rate in black-ruled Zimbabwe soared to a new record high last month of 1,193 percent, the highest in the world. Prices are nearly 13 times higher than they were one year ago."
-- "Zimbabwe's Economy Worsens," World Watch, Middle America News, July 2006, page 2. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.



Posted here for 7-17-06:

"London's Metropolitan Police, not content to deprive innocent civilians of firearms, has mounted a campaign to take away their knives, as well. 'For the next five weeks people will be able to hand in offensive weapons such as flick knives, butterfly knives and swords without fear of reprisal,' reported the May 24 issue of the London Sun tabloid. Yes, in the scepter'd isle, the land of King Arthur, it is now impermissible for civilians to own swords, as well as any other edged weapon that the government doesn't like."
-- "'Knife Control' in England," The New American, June 26, 2006, page 7. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.


"As the country strives to curb illegal immigration, Illinois has launched a program that uses millions of dollars in public funds to provide low-interest home loans for illegal immigrants who have no credit history or documentation in the U.S. [. . .] Incidentally, the loans are at a lower rate -- about one point -- than most Americans with impeccable credit can get through legitimate means."
-- "Home Loans for Illegal Immigrants," Judicial Watch Verdict, July 2006, page 9. Address: 501 School Street, SW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20024. Phone: 202-646-5172. Fax: 202-646-5199. Website.


"In the last two years alone, more than 1,000 public employees have been convicted on corruption-related charges. The figure, provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), includes 177 federal officials, 158 state officials, 360 local officials and 365 local law enforcement officers. Additionally, the FBI currently has more than 2,000 investigations under way that are related to corrupt public officials or government employees."
-- "Gov't Corruption Is Widespread," Judicial Watch Verdict, July 2006, page 9. Address: 501 School Street, SW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20024. Phone: 202-646-5172. Fax: 202-646-5199. Website.


"Eight-term congressman Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) who adamantly denies taking bribes despite testimony from key witnesses to the contrary, has been caught on tape accepting $100,000 in cash that he later stored in a freezer."
-- "Congressman Busted on Tape," Judicial Watch Verdict, July 2006, page 10. Address: 501 School Street, SW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20024. Phone: 202-646-5172. Fax: 202-646-5199. Website.







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