Archive for December, 2007

Date: December 19th, 2007, Filed under Full Reserve Banking

One question I hear often about full reserve banking is how a bank would supply capital (money) for a person borrowing a mortgage, or a loan towards buying a house. Since the bank can only loan out money that is deposited, and untouched, by others, some people see a problem in depositing money that is tied up for 30 years. Hopefully this article explains how such a system would work, and why it would be better than the current fractional reserve banking and central banking system.

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Date: December 17th, 2007, Filed under Sling the Mud

Supposed business leader Mitt Romney may not be the money marvel and budgeting genius that his supporters make him out to me. After reading the LA Times today, it seems that he may have mastered one thing: knowing about government’s tax loopholes, and taking advantage of them. I own corporations myself, and there are many legimate ways to save on taxes. I only use the moral ones, though.

The LA Times article alleges the following: “But aides to the Republican presidential hopeful and former colleagues acknowledged that the tax-friendly jurisdictions helped attract billions of additional investment dollars to Romney’s former company, Bain Capital, and thus boosted profits for Romney and his partners.”

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Date: December 17th, 2007, Filed under Sling the Mud

Slinging the Mud at Mike Huckabee is becoming easier than ordering a value meal at McDonald’s. Every day that passes, there’s new news on more terrible activities in the supposed pastor’s past. Make note not of the words of a Christian, but of their actions. Judge them not, but do remember that politicians that perform deeds contrary to their words do not change. Don’t give Huckabee the reward of Presidency, or even support, if the man has a past like he alledgely does.

Today’s Huckabee mud slinging covers one pardon out of 1000 that he gave, this one over a 4-time drunk driver. From the National Review: “The question is if there was there a connection between his wife Glenda Fields’s five-figure political donations and Huckabee’s action. On April 14, 2004, then-Gov. Huckabee commuted the sentence of Mr. Fields — then a four-time driving-while-intoxicated offender — granting him early release from prison. Fields, a resident of the western Arkansas town of Van Buren, was a habitual offender. He had already been convicted of DWIs in 1996, 1998, and 2000, but his 2001 felony-DWI conviction resulted in the maximum six-year prison sentence and a $5,000 fine.”

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Date: December 17th, 2007, Filed under Anarcho-capitalism, Ron Paul

At a church I was making a delivery at this weekend, an assistant pastor mentioned to me that he’s hearing more and more about Ron Paul, but still hates his foreign policy. He asked me the status quo neoconservative question: “Don’t you think it’s wiser to take the war over there than to bring the war over here?”

My answer was: “No. Bring the war over here.”

He was shocked. Literally floored. With his mouth agape, and before he could respond, I told him I’d post a blog post for him, and him alone, but share it with the public. I think it’s a worthy post to share with others, because it opens up a realistic eye to this so-called war, and the definition of “them.”

Read the rest of this article at the anarcho-capitalism site.

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Date: December 17th, 2007, Filed under Sling the Mud

According to a December 14th, 2007 Politico.com article:

Mike Huckabee accepted more than 90 gifts from 21 Arkansans he appointed to state posts during his decade as governor, a Politico analysis of state public records found.

Since he set his sights on the White House, those supporters, their families and their companies have kept on giving. They contributed nearly $161,000 to a pre-presidential campaign account and Huckabee’s official campaign committee since late last year, according to state and federal campaign finance records.

Gifts are something someone gives with no intention of getting anything back in return. A gift is usually given within family, but it is also common for friends to give gifts for celebratory reasons. Employers give gifts as a thank you for a job well done.

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Date: December 16th, 2007, Filed under Ron Paul

The video file is still uploading to my server! I hope it finishes in the next 45 minutes. As of 9:14PM CST, about 27% of the file is on my server. If you’re watching right now, it may stop at a certain point until the rest uploads. Please bear with us, there’s a lot of traffic out there. While you’re waiting, how about giving an extra $11 to Dr. Paul right now, so we can blow Hillary’s supposed one-day record tonight? We’re $1m short of her supposed record with 2 hours remaining. We’re taking in $309k per hour right now, so we’re $200k per hour short. That’s less than $10 total per person who donated so far today. Buck up, soldiers!

Thanks to Scott @ Liberty League PAC for putting the call out for more server bandwidth. Note that G.U.N. is not affiliated with Liberty League PAC, we are merely offering web bandwidth and hosting space to help him through a high use night and maybe week!

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