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By Anthony Gregory

This has become the mainstream consensus, as Glenn Greenwald explains, and much of it has to do with a Democratic "peace" president in the White House. Americans used to be impatient about this war going on and on, but now it looks like much of the country is resigned to it.

By the way, I'm blogging this from a plane, a good reminder that just as we all get used to government folly, we also get used to market wonders and come to take them for granted.

FreedomWorks: FreedomWorks Letter to House Republicans on Earmark Reform: Dear Member of the House Republican Conference:As Cha... http://bit.ly/avOUb7

FreedomWorks: More Studies Conclude that Reducing Use of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Would Require Costly Measures: Putting an eco... http://bit.ly/dyw3Hn

FreedomWorks: RT @michellemalkin: March 16 Call to Action - Storm the House in DC - Make your voice heard - http://bit.ly/9TNJCX

By Matt Hawes

The House is currently in the midst of a three hour debate over H Con. Res. 248, which would require President Obama to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan within 30 days of the resolution's passage by Congress or no later than the end of 2010.

Watch live here.

Update:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422uTaGxY8o

Update #2: The bill failed 65-356.  See the roll call.

By Matt Hawes

Dr. Paul is scheduled to appear on Fox News' America Live with Megyn Kelly at 1 pm eastern to talk about national id cards.

Update:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjjTenSDTGM

RNC: @PressSec: Where are the jobs? http://gop.am/zZY0 #AskGibbs #tcot #hcr

RNC: @PressSec: Can you show us the jobs in the "Show Me" state instead of pushing HC bill Am ppl don't want? http://gop.am/zZY0 #AskGibbs #tcot

By Matt Hawes

Via the UK's Telegraph:

Those who do not wish to have their details on the £11 billion computer system are supposed to be able to opt out by informing health authorities.

But doctors have accused the Government of rushing the project through, meaning that patients have had their details uploaded to the database before they have had a chance to object....

At present 1.29 million people have had their details placed on the system. A further 8.9 million records are due to be added by June. By the end of next year, the NHS hopes to have more than 50 million uploaded.

The "summary" records contain basic medical information including illnesses, vaccination history, and could include medication patients have been given. Ages and addresses are also included....

I'm sure the British people received the exact same assurances from their government that their records and privacy would not be abused.  Let's keep this story handy to show to people as the health care debate continues to rage on in the U.S.

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By Matt Holdridge

Robert Auerbach, a professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and author of the book "Deception and Abuse at the Fed" recently wrote an article on the Huffington Post outlining The Federal Open Market Committee at the Fed and their ability to destroy source records. 

In the article:

Should the policymaking committee of the most powerful peacetime entity in the United States government be allowed to destroy their source records? The Federal Open Market Committee of the nation's central bank, an intricate part of the United States government may be continuing to destroy its source records, a policy it began in 1995 with an unrecorded vote -no fingerprints - conducted by then Chairman Alan Greenspan.

...The FOMC controls the nation's money supply, targets short term interest rates and since 1962 took it upon themselves to bypass the Congressional appropriations process and loan money to foreign governments. I have described [in Deception and Abuse at the Fed] how the FOMC mislead the Congress in 1962 when they began this activity...

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FreedomWorks: FreedomWorks is calling everyone that is able to Washington, DC on March 16th. http://bit.ly/9wVTIm #tcot #SGP

FreedomWorks: Call to action! March 16th, 2010 - Stop Obamacare 2.0: One more push against Obamacare before the March 18th vote... http://bit.ly/9TNJCX

FreedomWorks: March 16th: Come visit the Hill and tell your Rep. to vote NO. http://bit.ly/9xlTxw

FreedomWorks: "Stimulus" Continues to Fund Strange, Wasteful Projects: Upon passing the “stimulus” last year, Obama repeatedly c... http://bit.ly/dgBkS8

By Matt Hawes

Seriously?  Is there not one area left in which this adminstration is not willing to make people angry?

Via ESPN:

The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing some of the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters....

And just take a guess on how plans are being made to implement this...

Consequently, unless anglers speak up and convince their Congressional representatives to stop this bureaucratic freight train, it appears that the task force will issue a final report for "marine spatial planning" by late March, with President Barack Obama then issuing an Executive Order to implement its recommendations - whatever they may be....

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FreedomWorks: RT @ali: RT @FreedomWorks No Reconciliation Petition tops 60,000 signers! http://bit.ly/d6lhCL #norec

FreedomWorks: No Reconciliaton Petition Tops 60,000!: FreedomWorks "No Reconciliation" petition has surged past 60,000 signers i... http://bit.ly/d6lhCL

RNC: We’re taking suggestions for the name of a new RNC Email Newsletter! Tell us your best ideas over at www.facebook.com/GOP #tcot #sgp #gop

FreedomWorks: Spending Limit Amendment Cannot Be Ignored: Congressmen Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Mike Pence (R-IN) and John Campbell... http://bit.ly/bngFpz

By Matt Hawes

Via The Wall Street Journal:

Under the potentially controversial plan still taking shape in the Senate, all legal U.S. workers, including citizens and immigrants, would be issued an ID card with embedded information, such as fingerprints, to tie the card to the worker....

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