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Best of The Freedom Pub This Week

Lots of new members of The Freedom Pub this week. That's very good to see. If you're not a regular at The Pub, head on over, sign in and join the conversation by blogging and commenting on the opinions of other lovers of freedom. If you are a member, keep your eye out for your stuff being mentioned as part of…

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Added by Jim Lakely on July 18, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

Best of The Freedom Pub This Week

The World Cup is over (Congrats, Spain), the vuvuzelas are silent (thank God), but the action at The Freedom Pub continues. If you're not a regular at The Pub, head on over, sign in and join the conversation with other lovers of freedom. If you are a member, keep your eye out for your stuff being mentioned as part of The Best of The Pub This Week. (If you don't post, you can't win!) And, as…

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Added by Jim Lakely on July 11, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Best of The Freedom Pub This Week

I hope everyone had a fun Independence Day weekend — a special holiday for lovers of liberty. Meanwhile, The Freedom Pub just keeps getting more business, as it were. If you're not a regular at The Pub, head on over, sign in and join the banter. If you are a member, keep posting good stuff and get the honor of being on next week's Best of The Freedom Pub list.

Without further ado, here are some of the best…

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Added by Jim Lakely on July 5, 2010 at 4:07pm — No Comments

CNBC's Rick Santelli Goes Ballistic Again, Yelling: 'STOP SPENDING! STOP SPENDING!'

As an elixir to the Keynesian valentine Paul Krugman wrote Monday morning (and highlighted by the helpful Mr. Bailey), check out this video by the irrepressible Rick Santelli — the Patrick Henry of the modern Tea Party movement.

Santelli walks off (because he has a day job on the floor of the Chicago exchange).…

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Added by Jim Lakely on June 29, 2010 at 7:30am — 4 Comments

Best of The Freedom Pub This Week

This job of bringing you the Best of The Freedom Pub is getting harder every week. It's a good problem to have, and I thank all of our contributors for making the decisions so tough. Help make the decision process even more difficult for me by telling your friends to join us by hitting the "Invite" link in the top right column of The Freedom Pub home page! That said, let's get right to the digest of stuff you would be poorer for having missed (NOTE: I sent this out as an…

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Added by Jim Lakely on May 29, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

California Cities On the Verge of Declaring Bankruptcy

This Reuters story notes that the city of Vallejo, California, declared bankruptcy two years ago, and several other municipalities in the ~~Golden~~ Fool's Gold State are sure to follow — and soon. Former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan wrote in… Continue

Added by Jim Lakely on May 28, 2010 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

NJ Gov. Christie to Teachers: Drop Dead

Ok. I'll admit it. That headline isn't very accurate. But whenever a politician has the cajones to tell a government worker that the gravy train is over and they gotta suck it up in tough times like the rest of us in the private sector, this former newspaperman always thinks of my all-time favorite headline from the New York Daily News:…