Fort Liberty

If You Love Your Family, Kill Yourself Now

If the U.S. Congress fails to act before 1 January, as is almost certain, an estate tax will be assessed on Americans who are unlucky enough to die in 2011. The death tax will have a $1M exemption and a 55% top rate. $1M may seem like a lot, when you think in terms of cash. However, this is a truly devastating tax for small businesses and farms where the business and the property is worth a considerable amount...

Freedom of Speech at Risk in Bordentown NJ

Bordentown New Jersey is a tiny little town with a fascinating history. The 2006 census estimated the town’s population at 3,953. Past residents of the town include Thomas Paine and Joseph Bonaparte. Bordentown is in the news again because one caustic individual published criticisms of Bordentown...

September 8th, 2010 | Freedom of Speech | Read More

Do the American Taxpayers Really Need to Fund Terrorism?

The Obama administration paid for Dawud Walid of CAIR (The Council of American Islamic Relations), an anti-American Islamist group, to travel to Mali to represent America to the Malians. Quoting Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha on CAIR: The Department of Homeland Security refuses to deal with it. Senator...

September 4th, 2010 | Politics, Religion | Read More

Ensuring Voting Safety

Eric Holder, Barack Obama’s Attorney General, has forced the Justice Department not to prosecute the Black Panthers for voter intimidation. The Black Panthers were videotaped standing outside a polling place, dressed in black military-style uniforms. One was menacing voters with a nightstick....

September 4th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Stealth Inflation

The official inflation rate in July was 1.24%. This rate is based upon the Consumer Price Index (CPI), compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). According to the BLS, the same basket of basic goods that cost you $218.01 in July 2010 cost you $215.35 in July of 2009 and $219.96 in July of 2008....

September 3rd, 2010 | Economics | Read More

Unemployment Rises Again

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported another rise in the unemployment rate, from 9.5% in July to 9.6% in August. This .1% rise in the unemployment rate represents 54,000 additional Americans who are now without employment. The unemployment rate has now been above 9% for sixteen straight months, just...

September 3rd, 2010 | Economics | Read More

Obama Administration Blocks Sale of Surplus Korean War Rifles

The Obama administration has moved to block the sale of 857,470 Korean War vintage rifles. The rifles were previously approved for sale from the South Korean government to American citizens, but the Obama administration yanked back approval without explanation. The rifles consist of 770,160 M1 Carbines...

September 2nd, 2010 | Gun Rights | Read More

Federal Spending Growth Sets New Record

The U.S. Bureau has reported that federal domestic spending increased by 16% in 2009 — the largest increase since the bureau began keeping records in 1983. Federal domestic spending amounted to a staggering $3.2 trillion dollars in 2009, most of it funded via a record expansion of federal debt. Almost...

September 2nd, 2010 | Economics, Politics | Read More