Glenn Beck's "When-God-Is-On-Our-Side War Rally"

Lew Rockwell says it best:

One might yawn at yet another anthill assembly in DC. But the purpose of Glenn Beck’s huge Lincoln-military celebration–with his fellow neocon warmonger Sarah Palin (a wholly owned subsidiary of Bill Kristol)–is to try to make all the Tea Party people obedient tools of the Republican apparatus, and detach them from Ron Paul.

As usual, mass killing and patriotism undermine freedom. It’s more Armageddon-promotion in the Middle East, but the true Paulians will not be fooled.

According to Glenn, blessed are the warmakers. It’s an honor to die for your country. It’s an honor to lose your limbs. It’s an honor to kill other people by the boatload.

But hey, Beck, don’t just talk. Fly into Afghanistan. I’ll help pay for your parachute.

Christopher Manion also critiques:

The always-marching Al Sharpton did not counter by embracing Martin Luther King’s passion for peace, inspired by Scripture. In a revealing outburst, he described in the Beck proceedings a different and sinister goal:

“The structural breakdown of a strong national government, which is what they’re calling for, is something that does not serve the interests of the nation and it’s something that Dr. King and others fought against,” Sharpton told C-SPAN hours before his event.

Quote for August 30, 2010

Randolph Bourne wrote that:

War is the health of the state.

Weapons of Mass Deception by using x-ray technology

Home Sales Drop 27 Percent in July and Things Are Only Going To Get Worse for The U.S. Housing Industry

From the Economic Collapse Blog:

On Tuesday the National Association of Realtors announced that existing home sales in the United States dropped a whopping 27.2% in the month of July.

Barack Obama has admitted the ObamaCare mandate is a tax

From Campaign For Liberty:

As the debate over ObamaCare raged, President Obama strenuously denounced the charge that the mandate (requiring Americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine) was a tax during an interview with George Stephanopoulos.

Now that several states, including Virginia and Missouri, are fighting back, however, the Obama administration has changed its tune in court.

According to The New York Times, "In a brief defending the law, the Justice Department says the requirement for people to carry insurance or pay the penalty is 'a valid exercise' of Congress's power to impose taxes."

Finally, the administration has conceded what the freedom movement has been warning Americans about all along: the mandate is nothing more than another way to reach into our pockets.

ObamaCare wasn't about reforming health care... it was about grabbing even more POWER and forcing us to submit to their agenda.

Big Government will grow even bigger as the IRS alone could hire thousands of new employees to "ensure compliance" with the mandate.

Even worse, the IRS may diminish or completely withhold your tax refund unless you either carry Obama-approved health insurance or pony up more of your money to cover the fine.

And the power of politicians and bureaucrats will expand dramatically as they FORCE U.S. citizens to buy insurance as a condition of citizenship and seize unprecedented control over American health care and businesses of every size.

Deficits in July

Federal Reserve Debt Monetization Explained

Will the U.S. economy experience hyperinflation or deflation like Japan?

When in Rome...

It is the 4th century here in Rome. We hire others to do our work because we're Romans and we can. Rome is Eternal. The native born peasantry support us out of knee jerk patriotism, barbarian mercenaries protect us because we can afford it, and there's bread and circuses on TV and the Internet to entertain us. All of this is divinely ordained, the profits in Armani suits tell us so. As for the smoke on the horizon and the sound of marching - nothing to see here, so move along.

H.R. 5741 Slave Bill In Committee

Democrat Charles Rangel.

Introduced July 15th, 2010, by Charles Rangle, H.R. 5741 will give the president the authority “To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.”