Organized all my notes of the articles and books I have read. Started organizing the material for the Introduction and chapter one.
On ABC’s nightly news broadcast anchor David Muir did a story about the sentencing of Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly for their roles in the Bridgegate scandal. In his report Muir said the two former Christie appointees (Kelly as deputy chief of staff in the governor’s office and Baroni as deputy executive director of the Port Authority) who were sentenced to 18 months and two years respectively today for “shutting down” the George Washington Bridge. The GWB was not shut down. One of the three toll booths on the upper level of the bridge devoted to Fort Lee was closed causing the massive traffic jam in September 2013.
Why didn’t Muir get the story right?
“The Democrats will make a deal with me on healthcare as soon as ObamaCare folds – not long. Do not worry, we are in very good shape!”
Source: Obamacare ‘Explosion’ Could Come On May 22nd, Here’s Why
“One of the worst features of America in the 1940s and 50s was the persistent demand for national loyalty oaths. In those days, people were expected to declare their support for the U.S. and if they didn’t, they could be blackballed, expelled, or otherwise punished. The ideological fervor for conformity abated for decades, but has … Continue reading ‘Loyalty Oaths Return with Faculty “Diversity Statements”’
“In the current discussion about immigration, Ludwig von Mises is often invoked by libertarians as a staunch proponent of free trade in the broad sense that pertains to the free movement of goods, capital, and labor.”
Source: Mises on Nationalism, the Right of Self-Determination, and the Problem of Immigration
This plan will work. The Tea Party folks will not know what hit them. But it will take two years. This is a done deal.”
Source: John Boehner’s “GobGop” Plan to Sell Out the Tea Party in 2013. It Will Begin in January 2011.