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Bailout Watchdog just an Overpriced Rubber Stamp

OpenCongress is upset that a Republican senator is holding the confirmation of the Special Inspector General at the Treasury Department whose job is to “oversee the whole process and make sure that the taxpayers’ money was being used legitimately” for the bank bailout. Sen Bunning: $50 million for Watchdog to Watch Nothing They speculate that […]

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Texas Libertarian Candidate for US Senate Shows how to Inject Sanity into a Debate

Yvonne Schick, Libertarian candidate for US Senate in Texas, injected sanity into the October 9 League of Women Voters’ debate. This is how they used to do Presidential debates! Good stuff. She enunciated the classical libertarian positions and made some great points, including: If the terrorists of 9/11 wanted to take our freedom away, they […]