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Freedom means little without property rights. Your freedom to use your talents and hard work to acquire wealth means nothing if your property rights can be denied at the whim of a few politicians. No civilization in the history of mankind has been able to sustain economic liberty without protecting the right to property. Our law recognizes that that there are times when government must use its police power to seize the property of private citizens. Even though eminent domain is not specifically recognized in the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court has ruled that eminent domain "appertains to every independent...

BUY THE BOOK … KNOW WHAT YOU’RE FACING Above you will see a link ( http://www.newsmax.com/hillaryscheme/219.shtml) for the book Hillary’s Scheme by Carl Limbacher. Buy it here, buy it there, buy it somewhere. With every day I become more and more convinced, maybe “concerned” would be a better word, that Hitlary is going to throw her helmet (the one with the pointy little spike on top) into the ring for 2004. Last night I went to dinner with a friend from Washington . This individual is plugged in at the highest levels. He absolutely believes that Hillary will run in...

ANOTHER REASON NOT TO WATCH NETWORK TV Last night I found myself in the unusual situation of actually watching some network television. When I turned the TV on it was tuned to some sitcom starring Ted Dansen. Well, I used to like Cheers and the writing seemed decent so I decided to give it a thought for a moment or two. Evidently Dansen plays a doctor. During one scene he is handing some teenage kid a bag of condoms. The kid tells Dansen’s character he isn’t really concerned about HIV because, after all, they have some sort of a cocktail...

I often find radio show host Neal Boortz a pleasure to listen to. He proclaims himself a Libertarian, but even while I'm not an LP member (I'm "UNA," actually) he usually spends most of his show time railing against socialism and other tyranny abroad and in favor of capitalism and smaller government. Neal continually employs what I reckon to be good logic and intelligent arguments when dealing with most issues. However, today on his website's news section, Neal had me shaking my head in disbelief after reading a section where he praised Suzanne Terrell's defeat to Mary Landrieu last week....

The Neal Boortz Show has obtained a picture saved from one of the new security web cams that have been installed throughout the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.  As you know, I am not really in favor of all of these cameras everywhere ... but every once in a while you do get something rather interesting and learn something you otherwise wouldn't know.

<p>CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Iraq, Saddam Hussein and the United Nations -- subjects on the mind of our next guest, nationally- syndicated radio talk show, Neal Boortz.</p> <p>Good morning, Deal (sic).</p> <p>NEAL BOORTZ, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Hi. How are you?</p>

MAYBE ZELL MILLER REALLY IS A DEMOCRAT AFTER ALL If this isn’t one of the nuttiest idea I’ve heard in a while. What is the purpose of the government levying a tax? The purpose is to raise revenue for the proper functions of government. Nothing more. Ask yourself – should government use tax policy to direct or to control the actions of its citizens? Should politicians get together and agree to raise taxes on individuals who are doing perfectly legal things the politicians don’t like, and lower taxes on people who are doing perfectly legal things they do like? Evidently...

The Democrats have started their election scare campaign. Goal No. 1: Convince wrinkled citizens that the evil Republicans want to take away their Social Security. It's an old trick, tried and true. The Democrats roll this one out every single election. Goal No. 2: Convince the people of this country that George W. Bush is trying to operate the government of the United States in secrecy. Early this week we heard Richard Gephardt talking about the Republicans' "secret plan" to cut Social Security benefits. DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe chimed in – repeating the "secret plan" theme opened by Gephardt. So...