I’ve often recommended this documentary to friends as a great jumpstart to understanding our system of money. It’s short, fun and animated, which certainly is a welcome change from the usual talking heads.

People have misconceptions not because they’re ignorant or they love big government, but because they’ve heard no alternative system proposed. Many areas of our lives have lots of government intervention and many areas have none. Are the areas where government involvement exists better off for it? Perhaps there are areas that aren’t regulated that could use regulations?

We should not take the world the way it is presented to us as a given. As humans that reach for the stars and try to better our lives and the lives of those around us, we need to consider the alternatives - if they exist.

It looks like Nader is taking advantage of the comedy of Palin to inject some life into his campaign. Most wouldn’t recognize Nader as an incredibly charismatic guy, but put him next to Palin and he shines. Watch these two hilarious videos of ‘Palin’ and Nader talking about the issues.

To everyone in Rochester: We have a large gay and lesbian community here in Rochester, as you all know, so I thought that it would be appropriate to post the following links about Ron Paul and his positions on gays and gay marriage. Not surprisingly, many in the GBLT community love the message of liberty!
http://www.charlotteconservative.com/index.php/2007/06/ron-paul-and-gay-rights/
http://gays-for-ron.blogspot.com/
A YouTube video:

A link from a Catholic perspective:
http://catholicsforronpaul.blogspot.com/2007/07/gay-marriage-catholic-look-at-ron-pauls.html
And finally a facebook group (link not confirmed to work, will confirm soon):
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6699671620
Why would gays and lesbians support Ron Paul, a Republican? It has to do with his Libertarian ideals of personal freedom. Essentially, it’s not the government’s business …

A top rocket scientist has just joined the ranks of the scientists who doubt the connection between CO2 and global warming. It doesn’t surprise me really, because I have done a lot of reading on the subject, but to the vast majority of Americans out there they may find this as a bit of a shock. We need to get the word out about how the environmentalism movement has been hijacked and how the most powerful politicians and businessmen out there stand to profit big off of the whole global warming lie. The below article is so powerful that I’ll …

OK, here’s a simple post. Watch these few short videos and decide for yourself. Please leave a comment if you can. I know some of these candidates are officially out now, but their views still matter because there were people that agreed with them.
Ron Paul
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbq–pFYcLw
Hillary Clinton

and the full video

Barak Obama vs. Hillary

Well I think you can tell Barak’s position on gus from the above clip, but feel free to suggest a clip that features just him.
John McCain

Rudolf Giuliani

Would anyone like to suggest other videos?

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The photo above refers to the Japanese government’s plan to slash obesity over the next ten years. The poster shows “metabo” or someone who is unhealthy and overweight. The full article details the Japanese government’s decision to measure the waistlines of all its citizens.
Interested, I read on, and learned that the “limit” for males will be 33.5 inches while the index for women will be 35.4 inches. According the article, half of Japan’s already slim population of males will be considered overweight, or “metabo” by these standards. The article does not put enough emphasis on how this type of …