Whiteboard: 3 Apr 2010

Quote:  ”Life and reality are neither logical nor illogical; they are simply given.” — Ludwig von Mises

News:

• Note from Jake: I do not condone the instigation of violence against anyone, including and especially a government.  The alleged plots against others by the Hutaree Militia are intolerable and, if these allegations are true, I commend the actions taken against them.  There are many, many good people that belong to un-organized Militias around this nation that do not need the bad publicity that comes from something like this.  With those two things in mind, I encourage you to read this article found over at LewRockwell.com that discusses the Hoover-era tactics being used to ‘take-down’ groups like this.
• ABC recently did a pretty neutral piece on the Idaho Lightfoot Militia that included a few brief statement’s from Rex Rammell, an Idaho Gubernatorial hopeful.
• Utah is looking to seize federally controlled land using eminent domain.
• Here comes the final push to tax one of the four elements of life: carbon.  By having the EPA declare carbon a poison, the president will have circumvented the Constitutional legislative process, again.  Be ready for gas to go back up above $5 a gallon.  I recommend filling up your jugs while you still can.  On a related note, a reader in MS sent us a note saying that two local gas stations had run out of gas “because the trucks have stopped coming”.  When he asked the store owners why that was, they told him that they did not know.
• Congressman Phil Har let’s the citizenry know how he feels.  Says, “”I don’t worry about the Constitution on this to be honest…”

Links from readers:

• JJ sent us this comical piece about a woman being put under house arrest for selling a goldfish.  Even more comical is the fact that it cost the taxpayers £20,000 to prosecute her… she was given a £1,000 fine.