[fRtF] 8/18 - All's fair in love and counterterrorism

Note: Due to a glitch this did not go out on Friday as planned. -MJT

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All's fair in love and counterterrorism
http://www.reasontofreedom.com/America_Freedom_to_Fascism.html
The New York Times created a firestorm when it outed the Bush administration for secretly spying on Americans' financial transactions under the now infamous headline splashed across Fairly Unbalanced FoxNews, CNN Commie News Narrators and moribund over-the-air alphabet news network program TV screens: "Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror."

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Without a Net: Compromise versus Calculation
http://www.reasontofreedom.com/Without_a_Net_Compromise_versus_Calculation.html
The commensurable characteristic which unifies libertarianism, however narrowly or broadly defined, is opposition to -- not redistribution of -- aggression.

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Truth About Theodore Roosevelt's Legacy
http://www.reasontofreedom.com/Theodore_Roosevelts_Legacy_Jim_Powell.html

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Stem Cell Research and its Discontents
http://www.reasontofreedom.com/Danica_and_Anika.html
The House just passed a bill to make it easier to improve our chances for benefiting from therapeutic cloning technology. The issues are simple and religious zealots stand in the way of cures for devastating illness and enhancements of our general health and well being.

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A Republican Woman asks why Democrats do not demand Impeachment
http://www.reasontofreedom.com/why_democrats_do_not_demand_impeachment.html
The tea was held upstairs, past open doors that held the portraits of First Ladies and mementos of previous administrations . . . The sandwiches were delicious – but subsequent events have persuaded me that to remain loyal to America I need to ask that Laura's husband be impeached. Since it is clear the Republicans are not going to clean their own house I am urging Democrats to act now and remove both President Bush and Vice President Cheney from office.

America: Freedom to Fascism (2006)
http://www.reasontofreedom.com/America_Freedom_to_Fascism.html
Aaron Russo is a man with guts. A former music promoter, talent agent, film producer, and near candidate for President of the Libertarian Party, Russo is one of those uniquely American iconoclasts whose stubbornness has led him to stray far and wide to satisfy his intellect.

Initially a film about his search to find out whether Americans indeed are required to pay Federal Income taxes, Russo became compelled to delve into much deeper topics related to political corruption, the influence of international banking on American policy and, ultimately, the fate that awaits our nation if we continue to allow our government to increase its control on our daily lives.