http://www.jessebickel.com Limit Government, Expand Liberty Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:38:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The videos at Free Keene remind me of a picture I took in November, which got me searched and questioned by a behavioral specialist in Moline. I did wait for about 5 minutes for their instructional video to cycle through, at which point I was able to snap the ... http://www.jessebickel.com/2010/01/27/excellent-piece-on-the-tsa-at-free-keene/ To sincere anti-war people on the left: do you finally recognize that you were played? Did you really expect the President to pursue a different foreign policy? I hope you're awake now, and will make your views known to your darling administrator. But the signs were available all along. ... http://www.jessebickel.com/2009/12/01/obama-will-not-withdraw-from-afghanistan/ Remember "Cash for Clunkers"? The program, unconstitutionally passed by the Congress as HR 2346, and signed into law by the President, offered dealerships rebates of $3500 or $4500 for destroying a functioning car with 18 mpg or less, and selling a new car with a 5+ mpg increase over ... http://www.jessebickel.com/2009/11/18/cash-for-destruction-program-succeeds/ Ron's planning to deliver a lecture at USC (Columbia, South Carolina) this coming Monday. And I plan to broadcast it live from my android phone, 3G permitting. The broadcast will be right here at jessebickel.com, tentatively thanks to the neat little app from bambuser.com. Don't expect a better than 174-pixel-wide display, and crappy ... http://www.jessebickel.com/2009/11/04/ron-paul-at-university-of-south-carolina-on-november-9th-live-broadcast-planned/ Today was exciting. Between the hours of 10 am and 12 pm, several Citizens stood up and spoke in favor of the Constitutional Tender Act (full text). The first was Representative Bobby Franklin, then Dr. Bill Greene, Aaron Krowne, me, Sean Mangieri, and Franklin Sanders. Hopefully the ... http://www.jessebickel.com/2009/03/24/constitutional-tender-act-testimony-before-the-banking-subcommittees-of-the-georgia-house/ The President: At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents. I didn't think about it at the time, but notice ... http://www.jessebickel.com/2009/01/20/obama-inaugural-address-begins-with-an-outright-lie-continues-with-a-series-of-contradictions/ This morning I saw a can of beans in a new light. Last night my buddy Sean had slapped the sticker on and I didn't think much of it. Today, I noticed it is an insightful summary of the election results and the intelligence behind them. On a more ... http://www.jessebickel.com/2008/12/06/this-picture-pretty-much-sums-up-the-situation/ Today's top presidential story from the BBC focuses on comments about lipstick. The controversy began on Tuesday after Mr Obama said his rival was advocating change while pursuing the politics of the current Bush administration. Mr McCain's campaign accused him of smearing running mate Sarah Palin. Mrs Palin joked last week that lipstick ... http://www.jessebickel.com/2008/09/10/ron-paul-calls-2-party-race-a-charade-meanwhile-mccain-and-obama-argue-over-lipstick/ Putin made comments today to the effect that the Georgian attack on South Ossetia was a US orchestrated event to assist a political candidacy. He's not the first to say this, and it's not unreasonable. Did you know that the US has been arming and supporting the Georgian leadership? ... http://www.jessebickel.com/2008/08/28/putin-is-probably-right/ A 56-year-old man from the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin has been arrested after shooting his lawn mower in his garden because it would not start. The BBC headline was "US man charged for shooting mower." The article is presented as a silly story with a happy ending. Some ... http://www.jessebickel.com/2008/07/26/man-arrested-in-his-own-house-for-destroying-his-own-property/