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Andrew Malcom wrote a great article about the difference between the late, great pitchman Billy Mays, and politicians.  He starts by stating the obvious:

Politicians sell stuff. So did Billy Mays.

Very true.  But what's the difference between Billy Mays and a politician?

Here's the deal: Billy was real. He would only sell products that passed his test, that worked and that he himself used at home. He even handed out samples to guests.

You don't see that much elsewhere in American society today, especially in politicians. For instance, if Billy was,

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California State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (Democrat) Hates Free Speech!

In an interview with the L.A. Times, Speaker Karen Bass was asked about conservative talk radio:

How do you think conservative talk radio has affected the Legislature's work?

The Republicans were essentially threatened and terrorized against voting for revenue. Now [some] are facing recalls. They operate under a terrorist threat: "You vote for revenue and your career is over." I don't know why we allow that kind of terrorism to exist. I guess it's about free speech, but it's extremely unfair.

Let me sum her answer up for you:  In America, where we're supposed to have a government "of the people, by ...

Last week, S.M. Oliva posted an interesting story on the Mises Economics Blog about Lynne Munson, arguing on National Review Online that "the state should ignore property rights when it comes to protecting 'art' -- in this case the notoriously ugly Third Church of Christ, Scientist building in Washington, DC. The church wants to tear its own building down. But not so fast, says Munson .. "

Nevermind that the property had been paid for by the church, and belongs to the church ... "we're all collectivists now!" Here's Munson's argument (emphasis added):

Someone who owns a Van Gogh could choose

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By Michael Gaddy, an Army veteran of Vietnam, Grenada, and Beirut, lives in the Four Corners area of the American Southwest.

"No slaves shall keep any arms whatever, nor pass, unless with written orders for his master or employer, or in his company, with arms from one place to another. Arms in possession of a slave contrary to this prohibition shall be forfeited to him who will seize them." ~ A Bill Concerning Slaves, Virginia Assembly, 1779

"All military type firearms are to be handed in immediately ... The SS, SA and Stahlhelm give every respectable German man the opportunity of campaigning with them. Therefore anyone who does not belong to one of the ...

Rule 5 Saturday Sunday is brought to you this week, by Gabrielle Union!

Things have been a little extra busy for me the past couple weeks, and I missed out on adding all the additional intended linkage in last week's post.  So this week, I'll do my best to make sure all the Rule 5 linkage I can find is included!

Gabrielle Union (36-25-26) was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but her family moved to California when she was ...

No more compromise! The Republicans who helped the Democrats pass THE LARGEST TAX INCREASE IN AMERICAN HISTORY are worse than the most left-wing of Democrats.  They hide by pretending to be conservative, but in reality, they're nothing but uber-left progressives!

Show no mercy! Taxpayers have been screwed once again!

The 8 cap-and-tax Republicans…and the 44 Democrats who voted no:

Bono Mack (CA) (202) 225-5330
Castle (DE) (202) 225-4165
Kirk (IL) (202) 225-4385
Lance (NJ) (202) 225-5361
LoBiondo (NJ) (202) 225-6572
McHugh (NY) (202) 225-4611
Reichert (WA) (202) 225-7761
Smith (NJ) (202) 225-3765

Reminder: The two Republicans who didn’t vote: Jeff Flake (AZ) and John Sullivan (OK)....

The case of Savana Redding, a young girl who was forced to strip for Arizona school officials who were looking for a little ibuprofen in 2003, has finally been ruled on by the Supreme Court.

Only 13-years old, and an honor student in the 8th grade, Savana had been forced to take off her clothing, because the school's vice principle found one over-the-counter naproxen pill, and a few 400-milligram ibuprofen pills (equal to 2 over-the-counter pills each) in the pocket of another student. The school officials didn't even feel the need to bother calling her mother.

Of course, no drugs were found.

Thankfully, the Supreme Court ruled that the school administrators violated Savana Redding's rights.  Writing about this story of ...

"Nobody in this country realizes that cap and trade is a tax, and it's a great big one!"
- Rep. John Dingell (MI-D), April 24, 2009.
 
"Cap and Trade" is not just a tax, it's a tax on EVERYTHING!  It will increase the price of every single product you purchase.

Do you buy food?  If "cap and trade" passes, your groceries will be more expensive.  Do you buy clothing?  Clothes will cost more too.  Do you drive a car?  Perhaps to work?  It'll cost you a bundle to do so.  Buy toilet paper?  Well, it's gonna cost you more money to wipe.

The economy is bad, and only continues to get worse.  Can you really afford to ...