http://www.governmentsfolly.com A libertarian discussion on the alternatives to the government's solutions. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:02:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Red and Yellow Black and White, all are equal in his sight? The Battle hymn of the Republic? with the modified words of Hooray, Mr. President! You're number one! The first black American to lead this great nation! Hooray, Mr. President we honor your great plans To make this country's economy number one again! Hooray Mr. ... http://www.governmentsfolly.com/2009/09/24/sunday-school-church-obama/ Norman Borlaug, arguably the greatest human being that ever lived, died last Saturday at the age of 95. Norman went around the world, first to Mexico, then India, then Africa, and developed new high yield, disease resistant, strains of wheat and rice and new growing methods. When he won the ... http://www.governmentsfolly.com/2009/09/17/greatest-human-lived-died/ I hope all of you have done something on this national day of service. All levelly aside, the talks of mandatory or even incentivised national service is one scary thought. Now there is nothing wrong with some sort of service, but to have the government basically give somebody money in ... http://www.governmentsfolly.com/2009/09/11/national-day-service/ Have you heard about Larry Moore? If you have not, he's the "best dressed shoeshine guy in San Fransisco." Larry was homeless drunk that decided he didn't want to be a homeless drunk anymore, so he stopped drinking and started shining shoes. He grew pretty popular and almost had the ... http://www.governmentsfolly.com/2009/09/04/government-hate-larry-moore/ That is basically what it seems that the United Kingdom likes to do. According to this article, Social Workers in Nottingham have determined that a mother is too stupid to be able to care for her daughter. The daughter was born with some problems at birth and social workers determined ... http://www.governmentsfolly.com/2009/09/01/uk-likes-steal-children/ According to the Wall Street Journal Article, Obama's Health Rationer-in-Chief, Dr. Emanuel has some pretty sick ideas. He apparently has written extensively on who should get health care and who should not get health care. As in the case of all socialized programs, other people's money eventually runs out, ... http://www.governmentsfolly.com/2009/08/28/hitler-proud-obamas-healthcare-adviser-ezekiel-emanuel/ Why do I not support Bureaucrash Anymore? As I sit here in my favorite t-shirt, the Bureaucrash "Enjoy Capitalism" t-shirt, I will tell you why I do not support Bureaucrash anymore.  If you have been paying attention, and judging by the number of readers I get, you haven't, I have ... http://www.governmentsfolly.com/2009/08/27/support-bureaucrash-anymore/ There are so many stories out there where there was some domestic problems, or maybe there was a fight, or maybe their kids are acting out and somebody in the house calls the cops so they can come over and mediate. Then the cops come over and many times somebody ... http://www.governmentsfolly.com/2009/08/24/call-cops/ Thursday, August 13, 2009 By Adam Brickley It took a record 224 days for the individual American taxpayer to meet his or her share of the cost of government in 2009, a taxpayer watchdog group has calculated. (AP Photo) Washington (CNSNews.com) – Americans had to work from January 1 until August 12 this ... http://www.governmentsfolly.com/2009/08/20/americans-work-january-1-august-12-year-cover-cost-government/ So it seems that the bigoted blogger and internet radio host Hal Turner was actually agent provocateur working for the FBI. An agent provocateur basically is an agent working for the government that eggs people on in a way to "cause other parties to act in a manner which would ... http://www.governmentsfolly.com/2009/08/20/proof-government-plants-agent-provocateurs/