Free Talk Live - Hypocrisy

TAXE ON RAIN ?

Mattfree88 — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:29:50 +0000

MARYLAND GOVERNOR TAXES RAIN

Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley has instituted a tax on citizens for the amount of rain that falls on their property.
The tax, officially known as a "storm water management fee," will be enforced in nine of the state's counties. The state legislature passed it in 2012 purportedly to "raise revenue to cleanup [sic] the Chesapeake Bay," according to MarylandReporter.com.

Army Labeled Evangelicals as Religious Extremists

Mattfree88 — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:46:05 +0000

Army Labeled Evangelicals as Religious Extremists

A U.S. Army training instructor listed Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as examples of religious extremism along with Al Qaeda and Hamas during a briefing with an Army Reserve unit based in Pennsylvania, Fox News has learned.
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MI Cops Used Asset Forfeiture Funds to Buy Drugs, Prostitutes

jeffersonish — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:33:28 +0000

Michigan cops use money seized from drug and prostitution busts... to pay for drugs and prostitutes!

Prosecutor Drops A Joint Out Of His Pocket In Court

phonon — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:38:34 +0000

Jason Cantrell, the 43-year-old son of a magistrate commissioner, allegedly dropped a joint out of his pocket right in front of New Orleans Police Department officers, The Times-Picayune reported Monday.
Officers reportedly laughed as they escorted Cantrell out of the courtroom and wrote him a summons for simple possession of marijuana.

Anaheim officers involved in fatal shootings back on the job

pmfalcon — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:29:53 +0000

The Anaheim police officers who killed two men in back-to-back shootings in July have returned to their jobs and are no longer on paid administrative leave, a police spokesman confirmed Thursday. Anaheim Police Sgt. Bob Dunn said he did not know exactly when the two officers returned but said it had been "a couple of weeks." He declined to provide their names but described both as veteran police officers.

Boston cop nearly kills a woman and faces no punishment

Mattfree88 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:03:14 +0000

Boston cop nearly kills a woman and faces no punishment

“He smelled like liquor. You could smell it right out of the car,” a witness said, according to local TV station WBZ-TV.

The police officer crashed his speeding Toyota Tundra into a young woman’s car in Hyde Park just before midnight on May 24, nearly killing her.

Governmental Secrecy: Shield for Tyranny, Incompetence, and Corruption

Mattfree88 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:37:44 +0000

Governmental Secrecy: Shield for Tyranny, Incompetence, and Corruption

An essential pillar of democracy is openness. There is no way that people can meaningfully participate in government, even if only by voting for representatives, if they do not have access to accurate information related to government operations. This was well understood by the founders of the US and embedded in the Bill of Rights. Conversely, a salient characteristic of undemocratic systems of all types, such as Czarist Russia, the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany is a high degree of governmental secrecy.

Gingrich Speaks on Behalf of MEK Terrorists.

edmnd — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:09:32 +0000

At a rally in Paris last Sunday, former Republican presidential candidate and House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke on behalf of the Mujahadin-e Khalq (MEK), an Iranian opposition group considered a terrorist organization by the US State Department.

Stefan Molyneux responds to the KONY2012 fad

Crotale — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:15:18 +0000

Stefan Molyneux from Freedomain Radio hits the nail on the head again. And he does it with class, common sense and comedy. Five ways your government can help Africa, pretty much by staying home.