Could You Pass the Citizenship Test?
• MSNBCI'll bet most readers of FreedomsPhoenix could score the 100% that I did.
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NYC man held for reciting 1st Amendment
• News LinkReverend Billy was arrested on harassment charges last week while reciting the First Amendment through a megaphone in Manhattan's Union Square.
Second Life Reaches 1.3 Million Users
• Playful.comThe 1.3 million users living a virtual life in cyberspace represent an impressive 46% increase compared to January 2007.
Introducing Google Earth Outreach
• www.playfuls.comGoogle today announced the launch of Google Earth Outreach, a new program designed to help nonprofit organizations around the world leverage the power of Google Earth to illustrate and advocate for the important work that they do.
Better Dead Than Fred
• Max Raskin for LewRockwell.comFred Thompson can do nothing but profess to be another neoconservative warmonger. When their limited government credentials are stacked side-by-side, not only do Ron Paul’s tower over Thompson’s, Ru Paul’s do.
The Case for Independence
• by Anthony GregoryOn July 4th libertarians celebrate the rejection of empire. Politicians more likely see it as the US government’s birthday. If they’re right, we should think it a tragic commemoration indeed.
US Celebrates Independence Day Holiday
• George W. Bush speech today to Air Nat. GuardPresident Bush has called on Americans to show more patience, more courage and more sacrifice in the Iraq war as the United States celebrates the Independence Day holiday.
McCain to make 6th trip to Iraq war zone
• www.chron.comIndependent Sen. Joseph Lieberman is praising Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Rudy Giuliani for not blindly following their political base on issues such as immigration and abortion.
McCain's presidential bid struggles for financing
• Herald TribuneThe campaign said the decline in contributions had left it with $2 million. It said it had raised just $11.2 million over the past three months, despite McCain's pledge to do better than his anemic $13 million showing in the first three months of
Don't cross Ron Paul if you're fat!
• Lemon ZooRon Paul's snappy comeback to a fat college kid who wanted to use the military to enforce "zero tolerance" in the drug war.
Sales Strong for First Seats Aboard Virgin Galactic's Spaceliner
• SpaceAfter witnessing the initial surge of public interest in suborbital space tourism that followed the successful flight of the X Prize-winning SpaceShipOne three years ago, officials at Virgin Galactic thought the pace of paid reservations might slow d
China pressured World Bank to cut deadly pollution figures
• APResearch showing that 750,000 people die prematurely in China each year from pollution was cut from a World Bank report following pressure from Beijing, the Financial Times said Tuesday.
Study: FOIA requests plagued by delays
• APUsing the Freedom of Information Act to get information from the government is like waiting for ketchup to flow from a new bottle. Both often take longer than they are supposed to.
Committing treason in search of Liberty
Howard BlitzIn his acceptance speech for the presidential nomination at the 1964 Republican National Convention, Barry Goldwater said, “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” The founders went a
TSA boosts security for July 4 holiday
• APSome of the armed officers with dogs that turned up this week around airports, subways and bus stops are part of special Transportation Security Administration teams sent to protect mass transit sites over the July Fourth holiday. The "VIPER
US to deploy international force in Gaza
• Press TVThe Jordanian daily newspaper ad-Dostour on Monday quoted US sources as saying that President Bush's government is promoting a former US plan, which was unveiled at the time of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
New NSA whistleblower speaks
• Vineyard SakerA former member of US military intelligence has decided to reveal what she knows about warrantless spying on Americans and about fixing of intelligence in the leadup to the invasion of Iraq. Adrienne Kinne describes an incident just prior to the inv
Wolfowitz join AEI
• Washington PostHe was the architect of the Iraq war who was forced from the World Bank presidency amid allegations that he improperly acted to benefit his girlfriend. Now, Paul D. Wolfowitz will turn his attention to the relatively calmer waters of Washington inte
Ron Paul Talks to Iowa Supporters hours before big event (Video)
Ernest HancockRon Paul talks to volunteers gathered hours before the main event in Iowa June 30th 2007
CONNECTING THE DOTS
BUSH LOST IN THE FOREST OF HIS MIND
Frosty WooldridgeWhy did Bush commute Libby for breaking the law when border agents Ramos and Campeon sit in jail for upholding the law? Short answer: Libby would sing like a canary!
Lewis "Scooter" Libby Sentence Commuted
Stephen LendmanGeorge Bush's brazen commutation of Lewis Libby sentence in another act of lawlessness.
The Liberty dollar Introduces "The Ron Paul Dollar" in 1, 20, 1000 denominations.
• Liberty DollarIn celebration of The 4th of July, 2007 you are invited - even urged - to flex your independence with the Volunteer Network's 'secret weapon' - the Ron Paul Dollar bringing new meaning to the U.S. Mint's "Presidential Dollars
'Uncle Sam' Tickets Hundreds Of Speeding Drivers
• APHundreds of Central Florida motorists were ticketed Monday by a costumed Uncle Sam officer in a weeklong operation targeting speeding holiday drivers.
Lieberman calls for wider use of surveillance cameras
• The HillSen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), the chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, said he wants to “more widely” use surveillance cameras across the country.
Mitt Romney way ahead in TV, radio ad spending
• ReutersFormer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is taking an early lead in political ad spending, with his GOP presidential campaign running more TV ads than any other candidate. [by spending his own money]
Putin tries anew to stop missile shield
• APRussian President Vladimir Putin sought anew to bat down U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, proposing that the system be expanded and largely Russian-based.
McCain cuts staff amid poor fundraising
• APRepublican John McCain struggled to keep his deeply troubled campaign afloat Monday, laying off dozens of staffers after lackluster fundraising and excessive spending left him with just $2 million for his second presidential bid.
New Drug Deletes Bad Memories
• LiveScienceResearchers at Harvard and McGill University (in Montreal) are working on an amnesia drug that blocks or deletes bad memories. The technique seems to allow psychiatrists to disrupt the biochemical pathways that allow a memory to be recalled.
U.S. probes raid after civilian death allegations
• ReutersThe U.S. military said it was reviewing an air strike on insurgent targets in a southern Iraqi city after local officials reported it killed 10 civilians, including six children.
Judge orders OSHA to release toxic info
• APA federal judge has ordered the Labor Dept. to share the results of years of toxic substance sampling in American workplaces. The decision came in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by a former Labor Dept. official, who now is a whistleblower.
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