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A recent ‘tea party’ rally showed lots of anger toward President Obama, but little consistent support for liberty in America. Many “tea party” activists staunchly oppose big government, except when it is warring, wiretapping, or waterboarding. A movement that started out denouncing government power apparently has no beef with some of the worst abuses of modern times. Unfortunately, there is scant evidence that most tea partyers have studied the copies of the Constitution they generously hand out to bystanders. At a Tax Day tea party in Rockville, Md., the speaking venue was draped with a huge banner: “Tired of Big...

1) Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. ............Mark Twain 2) I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. ........Winston Churchill 3) A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. .............George Bernard Shaw 4) A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. ............G. Gordon Liddy...

James Bovard is currently being interviewed by Brian Wilson (a substitute host for Mark Davis). He believes that "it will be a test as to the strenght of our democracy" when and if George W. Bush "is put on trial for his unconstitutional war and for the murder of Iraqis." There's still time to hear the last 15 minutes of Bovard's bovine bleatings.