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Thursday, May 31st, 2012
8:11 am [specialrpt]	Thursday, May 31, 2012 News Update "There seems to be an organized, well-financed lobby determined to preserve the natural habitat and comfort of every species except man. Well, it is time to remember that we are ecology, too." --Ronald Reagan U.N. observers in Syria discover 13 bound corpses Picture this: Obama to host Bush, the man he scorns; Portrait of ‘the last guy’ to be unveiled Editorial Cartoon Commentary: The Bain Ads Are About Spending Steelworkers make better 'victims' than 50-year-old government retirees. Morning Bell: The White House Defends Public Equity Iran Threatens U.S. as New Cyber Super-Weapon Strikes Lost in America Why "likability" isn't enough in a president. The 9/11 Memorial Museum Held Hostage; The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey demands more money from a charitable foundation before it will finish construction. "[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man." --George Washington Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
8:09 am [specialrpt]	Wednesday, May 30, 2012 News Update "Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and be able to set a due value on the means of preserving it." --James Madison, Federalist No. 41 Romney clinches GOP nomination with Texas primary win White House defends drone attacks, 'kill list' Israel hints it may be behind 'Flame' super-virus targeting Iran - Flame' cyber attacks that can steal vast amounts of sensitive data come as Tehran nuclear talks falter Kazakhstan blocks Russian satellite launches White House: Obama misspoke on 'Polish death camp' Holder to brief black pastors on campaign 2012 Diplomats from Syria expelled by U.S., allies Editorial Cartoon Commentary: Our Nation’s Future The History Boys Obama's fiscal blowout that never happened, according to Obama. Houla Massacre a Game Changer in Syria Improvised Explosive Device Tax; Support is growing to repeal this levy on medical innovation. They Bruit Horses, Don't They? Post-Breitbart, Breitbart.com looks more like a traditional newspaper. "Marriage is ... in its origin a contract of natural law... It is the parent, and not the child of society; the source of civility and a sort of seminary of the republic." --Justice Joseph Story Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
9:00 am [specialrpt]	Tuesday, May 29, 2012 News Update "If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior." --James Madison, Federalist No. 39 Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader killed in Afghanistan Iranian general seems to confirm troops are in Syria in interview blunder Obama ducks calls to release his collegiate transcripts Revealed: Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don't want the government spying on you Afghanistan crash, attack kills 3 NATO troops Children among the more than 90 summarily executed in Syria massacre, UN says Editorial Cartoon Commentary: Tom Manion: Why They Serve—'If Not Me, Then Who?' After more than a decade of war, remarkable men and women are still stepping forward. Noonan: Mitt Romney's Moment The GOP nominee explains why he thinks America is at an 'inflection point.' The Ultimate Dark Horse Nobody is challenging Obama in the primaries--and doing surprisingly well. "What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual & surest support?" --James Madison, letter to W.T. Barry, 1822 Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Friday, May 25th, 2012
8:25 am [specialrpt]	Friday, May 25, 2012 News Update "[I]t doesn't require expropriation or confiscation of private property or business to impose socialism on a people. What does it mean whether you hold the deed or the title to your business or property if the government holds the power of life and death over that business or property? Such machinery already exists. The government can find some charge to bring against any concern it chooses to prosecute. Every businessman has his own tale of harassment. Somewhere a perversion has taken place. Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation of government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment." --Ronald Reagan N.J. finds NYPD Muslim surveillance is legal Senate wants patients to buy American meds U.S. troops winning war against IEDs of Taliban Bush policies he reviled are crux of Obama’s arsenal Senate panel kills big Tricare fee hikes Editorial Cartoon Commentary: Egypt’s Presidential Elections: What’s at Stake Negotiating with a Fantasy of the Iranian Regime Pakistan Imprisons Key Informant in Bin Laden Raid "The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave." --Patrick Henry Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
7:19 am [specialrpt]	Thursday, May 24, 2012 News Update "Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question." --Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 1801 Russia Tests New Missile After NATO Summit Egyptians choose their leader for first time in 5,000 years GOP Rep. King says Obama officials disclosed identity of jailed Pakistani doctor US hacked Yemeni Al Qaeda sites to reverse propaganda, Clinton says Editorial Cartoon Commentary: Obama's Permanent Emergency How to disguise a spending binge. ObamaCare vs. the First Amendment Catholic institutions challenge the birth-control mandate in court. Renewed Iranian Calls for Israel’s ‘Annihilation’ Morning Bell: Catholic Institutions Sue to Stop Obamacare’s Religious Liberty Violation "Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics." --John Adams Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
6:30 am [specialrpt]	Wednesday, May 23, 2012 News Update "If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior." --James Madison, Federalist No. 39 Al Qaeda video calling for cyberattacks on Western targets raises alarm in Congress Iraqi military to buy unmanned US drones to monitor oil fields Combat warrants limit raids, cause worry over leaks 'El Loco' Arrested After 49 Beheaded Bodies Found Pentagon to crack down on counterfeit parts from China Editorial Cartoon Commentary: ObamaCare vs. the First Amendment Catholic institutions challenge the birth-control mandate in court. A Tale of Two Commencements For Obama, politics is life. For Romney, politics does not define us. Morning Bell: The Danger of Article 82 and Obama’s Latest Treaty "There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." --James Madison, speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788 Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
7:46 am [specialrpt]	Tuesday, May 22, 2012 News Update "Among the natural rights [of the people] are these: first, a right to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can." --Samuel Adams (1772) 9/11 ‘truther’ leading Egyptian presidential race NATO to turn over security to Afghans in year - French still set to pull out early Chinese Counterfeit Electronics ‘Flood’ U.S. Military Aircraft: Senate Report Government Panel not in support of routine prostate screening - Urologists back tests for cancer Obama: I couldn’t sleep in my own Chicago bed Editorial Cartoon Commentary: ‘Nonviolence’ Explodes in Chicago- The product of an entire movement devoted to convincing young people that America is evil. Bain Capitalism 101 How does a rapacious company get repeat business? My America Your America France’s New Burqa-Friendly Government "There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong." --James Madison, letter to James Monroe, 1786 Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Monday, May 21st, 2012
8:38 am [specialrpt]	Monday, May 21, 2012 News Update "A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species." --James Madison, Essay on Property, 1792 Authorities grapple with protests, threats, website disruption at NATO summit Obama: Summit shows commitment to Afghanistan 17 dead as Yemeni troops clash with al-Qaida Editorial Cartoon Commentary: George W. Bush: The Arab Spring and American Ideals A Racial Revolution? Free Speech Fight Could a boxer beat an intolerant shopping-center owner in court? Morning Bell: America’s Antique Air Force Counterfeit Kenyan True fiction turns out to be stranger than fake fiction. "Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day." --Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography, 1771 Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Friday, May 11th, 2012
9:09 am [specialrpt]	Friday, May 11, 2012 News Update "Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." --theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Man wearing Afghan National Army uniform kills American soldier, official says U.S., Middle East Forces Wage Huge War Game Al Qaeda Bombmaker Designs Bombs to Hide in Cameras, Hard Drives and Pets Fed clears China's first US bank takeover Committee OKs allowing chaplains to oppose gays Editorial Cartoon Commentary: Yoo Ruling Upholds Definition of ‘Enemy Combatant’ The Firing of Naomi Schaefer Riley: A Disgraceful Witch-Hunt Obama's Marriage Act; The President has a pre-election change of heart. United Methodists Reject Divestment Why Obama Flipped Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat has two mommies. Stimulus Spending Keeps Failing ;If austerity is so terrible, how come Germany and Sweden have done so well? "But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain." --James Madison Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
9:24 am [specialrpt]	Thursday, May 9, 2012 News Update "There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained." --George Washington, First Inaugural Address, 1789 House panel votes to ban same-sex marriages on US military bases Obama’s week: Bad to worse - Muddles gay marriage, nearly loses in W.Va. to inmate U.S. Marines Extend Afghan Deployment of Cargo UAV S. Africa has opportunity for nuclear entrepreneurs Airstrike kills 5 Al Qaeda militants in Yemen, officials say Putin opts out of G-8 summit, cancels meeting with Obama Editorial Cartoon Commentary: What Osama Was Thinking at the End Sore Lugar For a "statesman," he's sure acting childish. Morning Bell: Will Congress Defend Our Military? America and the Value of 'Earned Success' 'We found that even when good things occurred that weren't earned, like nickels coming out of slot machines, it did not increase people's well-being.' The Academic Mob Rules- Instead of encouraging wide discussion, the Chronicle of Higher Education fires a blogger. "In a general sense, all contributions imposed by the government upon individuals for the service of the state, are called taxes, by whatever name they may be known, whether by the name of tribute, tythe, tallage, impost, duty, gabel, custom, subsidy, aid, supply, excise, or other name." --Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833 Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
8:48 am [specialrpt]	Wednesday, May 8, 2012 News Update "An opportunity society awaits us. We need only believe in ourselves and give men and women of faith, courage, and vision the freedom to build it. Let others run down America and seek to punish success. Let them call you greedy for not wanting government to take more and more of your earnings. Let them defend their tombstone society of wage and price guidelines, mandatory quotas, tax increases, planned shortages, and shared sacrifices. We want no part of that mess, thank you very much." --Ronald Reagan U.S. institute says sees "new activities" at Iran site U.S. Panel Moves to Eliminate Defense Budget Cuts Officials: Al-Qaida bomber was CIA informant Tea party favorite topples Lugar, Indiana’s 6-term senator Netanyahu unveils new Israeli unity government; Prime minister calls off plans to hold early elections Keith Judd, Texas Inmate, Gets 40 Percent Of Votes Against Obama In West Virginia Democratic Primary Official: Sudan warplanes bomb South Sudan Editorial Cartoon Commentary: The Moral Infrastructure The Comical of Higher Education A lesson from an editor in how not to do journalism. Unemployment Numbers Scam The KSM Trial Spectacle; Is it too much for Eric Holder to defend these prosecutions? To the Class of 2012 Attention graduates: Tone down your egos, shape up your minds. "Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants." --Alexander Hamilton Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
7:28 am [specialrpt]	Tuesday, May 7, 2012 News Update "Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of the legitimate kind." --James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1791 Russian soldiers to train at Fort Carson CIA thwarts Al Qaeda underwear bomb plot near anniversary of bin Laden's death Al-Qaeda Terrorist Suspected in USS Cole Bombing Killed in Airstrike in Yemen DoD identifies Marine killed by Afghan soldier Hundreds protest as Putin reassumes Russian presidency Panetta welcomes Chinese general at Pentagon Insurers back FDA plan for new drug category Editorial Cartoon Commentary: BOLTON: Dangerous fallout from China’s Chen affair; U.S. signals weakness to the world’s growing ranks of predators Jon Huntsman: How to Manage the China Relationship Despite economic success and growing regional influence, Chinese leaders are profoundly insecure. Carrie Lukas: 'Paycheck Fairness' Will Mean a Pay Cut for Men; Wage discrimination is already illegal. So what? Get ready for another phony debate. 'We're Not There Yet' It's 2008 again in America. Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Monday, May 7th, 2012
10:08 am [specialrpt]	Monday, May 6, 2012 News Update "During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and science are deeply to be regretted, inasmuch as they tend to lessen its usefulness and to sap its safety." --Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address, 1805 France Shake-up Alters NATO’s Afghan War Plan Afghan soldier fires on NATO troops, kills one How Mitt Romney’s Campaign Put A Damper On Obama’s Big Day Egypt's generals wait in the wings as battle for democracy soursIn Cairo, violence flares between gangs and Islamists. In Alexandria, discontent grows as the country's politicians lose their way ahead of elections. And over them all looms the shadow of an army far from ready to give up power Al Qaeda releases video of American hostage Congressional leaders say Taliban is stronger Editorial Cartoon Commentary: Morning Bell: A Better Life for Julia The Vanishing Workers; The labor participation rate is back where it was in December 1981. Robert Caro: Political Power—How to Get It and Use It Lyndon Johnson's famed biographer talks about what he's learned studying America's 36th President and Robert Moses. Political Virtue "In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride." --Benjamin Franklin Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 6th, 2012
12:33 pm [specialrpt]	Sunday, May 5, 2012 News Update "A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." --economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006) Lawyer: Edwards knew money was for his benefit 5 charged in 9/11 attacks resist Gitmo hearing Marines shifting mission is Afghanistan, general says Illegal Immigrants getting tax credits for children living in Mexico Editorial Cartoon Commentary: More phony job numbers;,Obama brags as joblessness reaches record high of 11 percent 10 Things That Would Be Happening Today If Obama's Policies Were Working Saving the planet, one crucifixion at a time; Environmental movement has tentacles reaching all levers of power "We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals." --George Washington Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
9:57 am [specialrpt]	Saturday, May 5, 2012 News Update "The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation ... forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of." -- James Madison (1788) Spirit bows to pressure: Airline CEO to refund dying veteran's fare Iraq's unity tested by rising tensions over oil-rich Kurdish region Some U.S. aid to Iraq bought ‘protection’ from militias, insurgents Obama to get do-over on Keystone pipeline Speech text and new agreement keeps US troops there until 2024 Editorial Cartoon Commentary: The 'Good People' What affirmative action actually affirms. WILDERS: Resisting threat of fanatical Islam; West must not surrender permanent liberty for temporary tolerance Wisconsin Recall Amnesia; Why aren't Democrats running against Scott Walker's union reforms? Morning Bell: Weak Economy Disappoints Again U.S. Weakness in Beijing; America's reputation is now implicated in Chen's fate. Paul Ryan: Obama's 'Julia' website 'creepy' and 'demeaning' "It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. These rights cannot well be separated." --James Madison, Speech at the Virginia Convention, 1829 Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Friday, May 4th, 2012
9:05 am [specialrpt]	Friday, May 4, 2012 News Update "All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride legitimately, by the grace of God." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Roger C. Weightman, 1826 Russia threatens to strike NATO missile defense sites White House acknowledges cease-fire in Syria not working, says time to try another tactic Chinese Rights Activist: 'Hillary Clinton, This Is the Time to Deliver' U.S. uses bin Laden letters to degrade al Qaeda Editorial Cartoon Commentary: Henninger: Memo to the Youth Vote Unless they plan to be union lifers, what's in an Obama vote for young Americans? The Lonely Life of Julia In Obama's ideal world, men are replaced by bureaucrats. Minxin Pei: Communist China's Perilous Phase; Disunity among the ruling elites and the rising defiance of dissidents signal that one-party rule could be nearing its end. "The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty." --Fisher Ames, speech in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788 Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
7:25 am [specialrpt]	Thursday, May 3, 2012 News Update "Governments that set out to regiment their people with the stated objective of providing security and liberty have ended up losing both. Those which put freedom as the first priority find they have also provided security and economic progress." --Ronald Reagan Obama’s deal with Afghans angers war opponents - President commits U.S. to a long-term role U.S.-Afghanistan security deal has loopholes Taliban announce start of fighting season Women in combat: Army to open 14K jobs, 6 MOSs Airstrike kills 15 al-Qaida militants in Yemen Fierce Clashes Erupt in Egypt Ahead of Presidential Vote Senator: 'Clearly, This Trip Is Campaign Related;' Obama's 'Spent Past Three Years Gutting Our Military' Editorial Cartoon Commentary: The 'Tolerant' Bully Morning Bell: Bin Laden Dead, but the Mission Remains Dorothy Rabinowitz: Voters Might Appreciate the Serious Romney; No more phony appeals to women or attempts to charm on late-night TV. Beware the Demagogues They're "already on the loose," one warns. Blahous and Capretta: Exposing the Medicare Double Count; The same money can't be spent twice. ObamaCare tries to do precisely that, and the government will have to borrow the difference. "The truth is that the want of common education with us is not from our poverty, but from the want of an orderly system. More money is now paid for the education of a part than would be paid for that of the whole if systematically arranged." --Thomas Jefferson Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
7:05 am [specialrpt]	Wednesday, May 2, 2012 News Update "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." --Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, 1775 On surprise Afghanistan visit, Obama says goal of defeating Al Qaeda 'within our reach' Anger, doubts in Pakistan a year after OBL raid Iran is top ‘contingency’ in whittled U.S. war plans - Pentagon to rely on more allied help Israeli intelligence goes public with opposition to Iran war Secret files missing at National Archives - Report: ‘Minimal corrective actions were taken’ Paul supporters create delegate mischief FBI arrests 5 men in alleged plot to blow up bridge near Cleveland Al Qaida offers Brits swap for release of militant cleric Editorial Cartoon Commentary: A Cynical Process Sharia in Moscow Morning Bell: Obama’s Crucifixion of “Big Oil” A Giant Leap for Richard Nixon Obama manages to turn the killing of bin Laden into a political liability. "The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor; and notwithstanding the efforts of the papers to disseminate early discontents, I expect that a just, dispassionate and steady conduct, will at length rally to a proper system the great body of our country. Unequivocal in principle, reasonable in manner, we shall be able I hope to do a great deal of good to the cause of freedom & harmony." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry, 1801 Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
9:01 am [specialrpt]	Tuesday,May 1, 2012 News Update "All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression." --Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 1801 ISAF under-reporting attacks by Afghan allies With an asterisk, WTC is back on top in NYC No safety in weaker al Qaeda - Romney: Even Carter would’ve made the call to kill bin Laden Obama Fails to Stem Middle-Class Slide He Blamed on Bush Editorial Cartoon Commentary: Seth Jones: Al Qaeda Is Far From Defeated; While the U.S. prepares a strategic shift toward the Far East, evidence mounts that the terrorist organization is resurgent in the Muslim world. Michael Mukasey: Obama and the bin Laden Bragging Rights; It's hard to imagine Lincoln or Eisenhower claiming such credit for the heroic actions of others. Morning Bell: America’s Budget Crisis in Pictures McGurn: Paul Ryan's Cross to Bear The House budget chairman challenges the religious left. What’s the difference? Going Native Elizabeth Warren was in a position to benefit from both racial preferences and white privilege. "The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy." --Benjamin Franklin, Emblematical Representations, 1774 Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)
Monday, April 30th, 2012
9:53 am [specialrpt]	Monday, April 30, 2012 News Update "As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions." --James Madison, National Gazette Essay, 1792 FDA may let patients buy drugs without prescriptions - Medicare, insurance could be rid of costs Marines hunt Taliban hiding in tunnels Bin Laden files show al-Qaida and Taliban leaders in close contactBlow to Afghan peace hopes as documents reveal Bin Laden, Zawahiri and Omar discussed joint operations against Nato Chechen women in mortal fear as president backs honor killings Obama aide keeps mum about Chinese activist’s status Editorial Cartoon Commentary: Petty Politics v the Price of Defending Liberty Aubrey McClendon: The Politically Incorrect CEO The Chesapeake Energy chief on his compensation, the 'opportunity' in $2 natural gas, his brawl with the coal industry, and a few words on President Obama. Steven Malanga: How Retirement Benefits May Sink the States Illinois is a lesson in why companies are starting to pay more attention to the long-term fiscal prospects of governments. The audacity of cynicism - Obama’s beliefs substitute the founders’ values with his own leftist brand "Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government." --James Madison Most quotes used on quicknews are H/T to The Patriot Post quicknews updates will also be cross-posted at Another Voice (Comment on this)