So I’m pondering the fact that the U.S. is supplying millions of dollars to a radio station that was supposed to be an Arab “radio free Europe” but has turned into a freakshow of the typical Muslim variety, and the U.S. is allowing many millions of dollars to flow to Hamas, and the U.S. funds this terror organization and the U.S. funds this fuck up organization… and I’m ready to think there’s serious malice aforethought.

But… what if it’s about currency?  I don’t mean that it’s about money — commonly the accumulation of said paper or coin — I’m talking about the reason why we have paper money in the first place.  This paper has to move around or it loses value.  The only value it has is the desire of others to own it, use it, and pass it on.  If it’s stagnant, it loses power.

So all these mistakes, these billions of mistakes — TRILLIONS of mistakes — are necessary.  We’ll sell someone the rope to hang us with because if we don’t sell them the rope, the market for rope will collapse and jobs will be lost, money will stop circulating, and it could lead to a currency coronary.  Guess we’ll just have to keep selling that rope… or buying that oil, or funding that hate group, or buying that weaponry that gets mysteriously lost in transit every single time.  Oops.

Then again, I may be wrong.  I’m no economist.  But it sure sounds good.

Tom Freier, a spokesman for the North Dakota Family Alliance, which opposes Potter’s bill, said he believed the existing law had important symbolic value.

“I think when we stand up for our principles and our standards, I think that’s something to be admired, as opposed to being ridiculed,” Freier said.

And this is what a real dude says:

“We’re never going to get married — for what?” Vetter said. “You get married one year, and die the next.”

N.D. weighs repeal of cohabitation ban

Also watch for a biography, “The Power of Choice” which will air Monday, January 29 on PBS. This date has also been declared as Milton Friedman Day.

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Injustice by Default

How the effort to catch “deadbeat dads” ruins innocent men’s lives

Matt Welch | February 2004

Bill Nelson likes me, even though I made a picture of him that isn’t so flattering because he foolishly went to Syria to discuss U.S. foreign policy with Assad.

December 21, 2006

Dear Floridian:

Just before adjourning for the year, Congress renewed some important tax deductions that will save Floridians an estimated $850 million annually. Included in this package is the state sales tax deduction I have been pushing for that allows Florida residents to continue deducting state sales tax expenses through 2007. The bill was signed into law yesterday.

I wanted to make sure you knew about this deduction, because it does not appear on the forms the Internal Revenue Service has already published for filing 2006 returns. Please use this link to the IRS website to access updated forms and get additional information about how you can apply these tax credits and deductions on your 2006 federal tax return. You also can call the IRS help line toll free at 800-829-1040.

If you need additional assistance, you can call my office toll free in Florida at 888-671-4091. Or, if you’re outside Florida, you can call 407-872-7161.

Sincerely,

Bill Nelson

U.S. Senator