The warden says 'The exodus sold.'
If you want a way out...
Silver and gold, silver and gold.
-- U2, "Silver & Gold"

"Nothing restrains a central government like sound money."
-- Thomas DiLorenzo

News Item: U.S Mint bans melting pennies, nickels

The motivation for the melting and export ban of U.S. pennies and nickels is the reality that the market value for the coins' metal exceeds the faith-based denomination value stamped into them by the federal government. "In God We Trust," indeed.

Why is the federal government in the money business?

"Let's not reform taxes. Let's eliminate them, starting with the income tax."

--Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

If you had $1000 to donate, would you give it to the Salvation Army or to FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency)?

Would you give it to the Shriners Hospitals for Children, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which administers Medicaid?

Is liberty important to you?

It must be for many Americans because members of the political class claim that they must to lie to you, enslave you, and steal from you to allegedly protect your liberty.

But are these false prophets of freedom delivering on their promises? Here's one way to check.

As a former employee of public relations agency Fleishman-Hillard, I am not unfamiliar with union-backed corporate campaigns ... especially those against Wal-Mart.

And because I love a bargain, I was a regular Wal-Mart shopper ... until recently.

So why did I change my shopping habits?

Was it Frontline's report "Is Wal-Mart Good for America?"