Bzzzzzt, try again.

While the moron Greenspan was once a Randite, while in control of the Fed he did the complete opposite of what he said he once believed in.

i.e. He practiced 100% Keynesianism at the Fed.

The Austrian School of Economics predicted the mess we're in now.

Go back and see what the likes of Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, and all the fine folks over at The Ludwig von Mises Institute (mises.org) were saying back before the housing bubble burst. All the Keyesian economists (the ones who caused the mess we're in now) said they were nuts. But no, they were right.

I guess that depends on your point of view. I don't think we have any business being there in the first place, much less having a base there that big.

Since our occupation began, the U.S. built a monstrous base in Iraq roughly the size of the Vatican. If all troops are really pulled out (which I sincerely doubt will happen), then who will man/guard the base we spent billions on?

What about the other studies which have "again" shown there's some link between cell phone use and cancer.

Truth is, it hasn't been proven conclusively either way yet. And it may never be.

So by your logic, the welfare clause and the commerce clause (which, yes, have been abuse to the nth degree) would pretty much cover anything. If that's true, then what, pray tell, would be the purpose of the 9th and 10th amendments? Seriously, if the founders indeed intended for the feds to do pretty much whatever, then why specifically spell out that "all else is the purview of the states and the people"? There would be no "all else". Makes no sense.

Of course the writings of chief architects of the Constitution (Madison, etc. in the [anti]Federalist Papers, etc) made it quite clear what their intentions were with respect to this debate.

But you are right, there was a debate even among the founders, with Madison and Jefferson on one side, and Hamilton on the other. And yes, things went off-kilter pretty much right away. The Constitution is by far a perfect document, as it was a compromise between the two camps. But compared to where we are now (rather close to collapse) I'd much rather be back at the point of that awful compromise.

False.

Thanks for the clarification.

This is showing up on the front page for me, but that's probably because of my user preferences.

Whose job is it to check for errors like this? Only the poster, or is there a layer of verification before it's posted to the main page?

Then you're not paying attention. He railed against the idea when it was proposed, and has been complaining about it every since its establishment.

It doesn't have to be evil to be unconstitutional.

(Although I think it was a grave mistake) the federal government gave congress the power to operate the post office, but there was no mention of weather satellites.

And as we all know, the Constitution is what makes our federal government possible, and is the Supreme Law of the Land.

If you feel that it should be a legitimate function of the federal government, there's a built-in process to amend the Constitution. But of course, since this country was set up as a loose federation of independent states, the states will have to ratify any proposed amendments.

The agencies Paul is proposing we cut are already illegal simply by existing.

The only way that could be true is if you believed that you had a "right" to the fruit of your neighbor's labor, which is quite the abhorrent notion.

Whew!

Sorry to reply to my own message, but I just found out the synopsis of the article may be wrong. "To clarify, Google Reader remains a stand-alone product."

Well, at least this is assuming the first commenter "Louis Gray" is correct with his clarification....

Since Google+ is blocked at work, I will no longer be able to use Google Reader on my lunch hour!

I vehemently disagree. Anti-trust laws, like so many other laws, are paved with good intentions but in reality they are an abomination.

I wish I had more time and energy to expound here and now. For now, check out http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/brown-c4.html