Monthly Archives: April 2011

Tonight’s Music Selection: Chico Marx

Audio: Black CEO Blasts Obama As Marxist On Laura Ingraham Show

Audio/Video: Mark Levin; Obama’s Policies, Not Speculators, Are Driving Up The Price Of Gas

Superman Renounces American Citizenship: Truth, Justice, & The United Nations Way…

From Comicsalliance.com (Pics added by B.S. Report)

Time to ditch the flag, huh Superman?

After recently undertaking a journey to walk — not fly — across the United States in the “Grounded” storyline and reconnect with the country and everyday Americans, Superman appears to be taking another step that could have major implications for his national identity: in Action Comics #900…

…Superman announces that he is going to give up his U.S. citizenship. Despite very literally being an alien immigrant, Superman has long been seen as a patriotic symbol of “truth, justice, and the American way,” from his embrace of traditional American ideals to the iconic red and blue of his costume. What it means to stand for the “American way” is an increasingly complicated thing, however, both in the real world and in superhero comics, whose storylines have increasingly seemed to mirror current events and deal with moral and political complexities rather than simple black and white morality. (Read more.)

"Have no fear America...you still have me!"

Video: Cato Institute; The Federal Debt Limit And Credible Commitment

Video: Good Morning America; Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tornado

Audio/Video: Mark Levin; Trump Got Punked Today

Columnist Of The Day: Walter E. Williams; Smugglers As Heroes

From Townhall.com (Pics added by B.S. Report)

Smugglers are heroes of sorts. The essence of what a smuggler offers is: “Government tyrants want to either prevent or interfere with peaceable voluntary exchange among individuals. I can reduce the impact of that interference.” Let’s look at smuggling, keeping in mind that not everything illegal is immoral and not everything legal is moral.

Leading up to our War of Independence, the British, under the Navigation Acts, had levied taxes on a wide range of imports. One of those taxes was on molasses imported from non-British islands. John Hancock, whose flamboyant signature graces our Declaration of Independence, had a thriving business smuggling an estimated 1.5 million gallons of molasses a year. (Read more.)

Video: John Stossel; Evolution To Liberty

Video: Hillsdale College Economic Townhall