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Gary North
Written by Gary North on September 28, 2012
A Texas policeman fired 41 shots at a man who had led the police on a wild chase. The man died. A person who lived on the street where the incident took place took videos of the shooting. The police saw him doing this. They demanded that he turn over the cell phone to them. […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on September 25, 2012
If you want to know what someone can do with low-cost video equipment, watch this. It has had over 750,000 hits on YouTube. His son will never forget this. Neither will his grandchildren or their grandchildren. On YouTube, a creative video is forever. So is a non-creative video. Here is how you can start your […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 30, 2012
When you work for the TSA (Transportation Safety Agency), you worry about terrorists. Day and night, you worry about terrorists. There is no terrorist as dangerous as a Congressmen who wants to eliminate the TSA. Cut its budget. Replace it with airline security funded by . . . airlines. Then what happens to the TSA’s […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 31, 2012
“Stop them pictures,” said the legendary “Boss” Tweed of New York City. He ran New York City politics in the 1870s. The pictures he referred to were political cartoons of him drawn by newspaper cartoonist Thomas Nast. Wikipedia reports: Tweed was convicted for stealing an amount estimated by an aldermen’s committee in 1877 at between […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 9, 2012
Constitutional lawyer John Whitehead warns about new rules that violate the First Amendment. Congresspeople are doing their best to separate themselves from an increasingly unhappy electorate. Unfortunately, with gas prices rising, the economy tanking, the increasingly unpopular war effort dragging on and public approval of Congress at an all-time low, members of Congress have been […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 7, 2012
The state of Illinois has a law that prohibits citizens from recording police who do things such as violate civil rights. The government said that the cop had to give permission. A local judge has struck down the law as unconstitutional. It is way too broad. The police are saying nothing. Maybe that is because […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 6, 2012
From 2005 until 2008, I lived just across the state line below Memphis. The difference between Memphis and Horn Lake, where I lived, was not always visible when you crossed the state line. There were not always signs, “Welcome to Memphis.” There was no state line sign except on the freeway. But there were clearly […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on January 19, 2012
Before the revelation of his YouTubed town hall meeting, Congressman Chabot had banned cell phones at his town hall meetings since July 2011. Then he got publicity he did not need. The Tea Party went after him. The Tea Party joined the Left to skin him. This is a very good thing. This shows these […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on January 17, 2012
Congressman Chabot of Ohio was giving a speech in a public place. Two constituents were recording this. A policeman told both of them this was illegal and to hand over their cell phones. They both insisted they had every right to do this. The policemen told them they did not, that it was against the […]
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