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Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:00:00 GMT
J.J. Johnson at Sierra Times - More than Just a Flag: J.J. reports on his trip to Columbia, South Carolina. "Read my lips: WE WILL NOT LET DIXIE BURN AGAIN. And to that end, we pledge our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor." [sierra]

Kevin Tuma is not known for pulling his punches, but he goes straight for the jugular with Black Shirts.

Declan McCullagh at Wired - Crypto-Convict Won't Recant: Concerning Jim Bell's Assination Politics, a way to use public-key encryption and digital cash to sponsor lotteries to predict the time of death of tyrants. Noone knows who pays the winner, and noone knows the winner, but the winner's "clairvoyance" can be very nicely rewarded. I encountered this quite a while back. Nice to see it getting a mainstream audience. [lw]

Jim Peron at Laissez Faire City Times - Rule of Law: Did Stephen King Invent Janet Reno? Relates Janet Reno's history as Dade County prosecutor, and, of course, reminds us of how she saved the children at Waco. What is she likely to do to Elian Gonzales in the name of "saving" him or in the name of the rule of law? [grabbe]

From today's The Federalist Digest:

In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution, is a moral and political evil in any Country. It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages. I think it however a greater evil to the white than to the black race.
--Robert E. Lee

perpetualbeta - Ben & Jerry's new Unilever Flavors: Yum! [mind]

Loie Fecteau at the Albuquerque Journal - Johnson Cuts Drug 'Censorship': Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico used his line item veto cut out an anti-drug provision of the state budget. He also used a whole page of his 6 page commentary on the budget to explain his reasoning. Go, Gary! [market]

Ray Thomas at Sierra Times - Not Guns: Self Defense: "The so-called 'pro-anti-gun' debate is not about guns. It's about our natural birthright to self defense." Ray recounts the record so far in other countries that have made it illegal for their citizens to own guns: "Total victims of "complete gun control?" 56 million." He also reminds us of one basic fact that seems to always get lost in discussions with the tyrants in Washington: "The Constitution has but one basic purpose: to limit the powers of government." [sierra]

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