This is one of the stupidest things…
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/air.force.one.2.996457.html
“Federal officials knew that sending two fighter jets and Air Force One to buzz ground zero and Lady Liberty might set off nightmarish fears of a 9/11 replay, but they still ordered the photo-op kept secret from the public.
In a memo obtained by CBS 2 HD the Federal Aviation [...]

After a large amount of grunting I managed to get this 15′ 14″ beam up in place and supporting the 2nd story.

Ted Nugent on 105.7 this morning… generally an anti-gun station, but it wasn’t this morning.
http://podcasting.fia.net/5842/3613100.mp3

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry joined state Rep. Brandon Creighton and sponsors of House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 50 in support of states’ rights under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
“I believe that our federal government has become oppressive in its size, its intrusion into the lives of our citizens, and its interference with the [...]

Very interesting article.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/131131.html

……………Police Militarization
In the 1980s, the “war” part of the drug war got very real. America’s long (and wise) constraint on using the military for domestic policing began to blur, as states deployed National Guard troops to search for marijuana hidden in fields and forests and, in some cases, to patrol drug-riddled inner cities. [...]

Campaign for Liberty’s Steve Bierfeldt has become an unexpected Internet sensation — and the latest target of over-reaching federal government agents.
You see, Steve was detained by Airport Police and TSA officials shortly after the Campaign for Liberty regional conference in St. Louis.
The officials rudely berated and harassed Steve for 30 minutes in a secluded room [...]