http://oddcitizen.com An Odd Citizen's Search For Vanishing Freedoms Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:38:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After reflecting for a while on Glen Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally I wonder what faction of American politics was helped, or perhaps harmed. It is obvious, based on the large number of participants, that the event is significant. The odd thing about it was the apparent marriage of ... http://oddcitizen.com/?p=375 Deep within the Health Care legislation was buried a provision to expand 1099 reporting to cover nearly all business transactions -- a stealth move by congress. More stealth consisted of a government takeover of the student loan program -- within the Health legislation. Within the Financial Reform bill ... http://oddcitizen.com/?p=374 Terrorism isn't an "Islamic thing" say Muslim spokesmen. Besides, even if the terrorists du-jour are predominantly Muslim, the non-Muslim/Western world has committed greater violence says Imam Rauf, he of the Ground Zero Mosque. And a bunch of American liberals chime in saying that Islam is a religion ... http://oddcitizen.com/?p=373 Ever wonder where your member of congress is during the breaks? Here in Arizona's District 4 we have a Congressman Pastor (who used to represent my district, but was somehow gerrymandered to another district 7 a few years ago). We never saw him or read anything about him except a ... http://oddcitizen.com/?p=372 Click image left for an explanation courtesy of sweasel.com. And for a mad cow update, click this image (lifted from the source -Recommended!. ): It's great to see this madness coming to an end, but the author is right to warn that the worst consequences can often occur after the ... http://oddcitizen.com/?p=371 Brian Riedl published a report for the Heritage Foundation entitled: New CBO Budget Baseline Shows that Soaring Spending—Not Falling Revenues—Risks Drowning America in Debt. The title might just as well have been "The President and Congress are Killing America." See an abstract from the report below and click ... http://oddcitizen.com/?p=370 Behind the scenes of the Jihaddi-Mosque controversy, hidden from view by pictures of the Sun God bathing in the Gulf of Mexico, and the catastrophe in Pakistan, behind all of this is the ongoing frenetic activity of the Sun God's leftist wrecking crew as they take crow bars and hammers ... http://oddcitizen.com/?p=369 Once again, the Obama political regime spares no opportunity to use a crisis for its political mileage. In an interview with PBS's Jim Lehrer yesterday, which focused mainly on the humanitarian and political dimensions of the Pakistan floods, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke made the spontaneous claim that Pakistan's floods and Russia's fires ... http://oddcitizen.com/?p=368 In an article describing the terror group Hamas' endorsement for the ground zero mosque, the author goes on to report that: Abdul Rauf raised eyebrows last week when he departed on a State Department-sponsored goodwill mission to the Middle East, despite concerns that the trip may be helping him with the ... http://oddcitizen.com/?p=367 WeaselZippers.com published this piece in which Sheriff Dever of Cochise County Arizona describes how the U.S. Border Patrol is pulling back their efforts from proximity to the Mexican border on orders from their higher-ups. See: Arizona Sheriff: Border Patrol Forced to Retreat From Parts of Border Because it’s “Too Dangerous,” ... http://oddcitizen.com/?p=366