Pruning Shears

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

- FEDERALIST No. 51

Remember July 9th, 2008

Bob Barr 2008 Statement on AccountabilityNowPac.

Memo to AP: Don’t be stupid.

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Since 2001, there has been a nearly unprecedented expansion of executive power in the United States government. Our constitution was crafted deliberately to maintain a system of checks and balances on all three branches of government.  This blog serves to make the issue of executive power the main issue in the forthcoming 2008 presidential debates.

• Liberty Huggers
  These sites have declared support by at least one author for pruning back executive power. Other authors or posts may be on other topics and the site as a whole may be conservative, liberal, apolitical or otherwise.
  • Alex Jones' InfoWars.net
    Manning the guns in the fight against tyranny
  • American Civil Liberties Union
    Because Freedom Can't Protect Itself
  • American Freedom Agenda
    Working to restore the roles of Congress and the federal judiciary
  • Art of the Possible
    Liberals and libertarians on common ground… and otherwise
  • Cato Institute
    Individual Liberty, Free Markets, and Peace
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation
    Defending Freedom in the Digital World
  • Oppose Torture
    “A time comes when silence is a betrayal” – Martin Luther King
  • Ron Paul's Campaign For Liberty
    The Revolution Continues
  • Secrecy News
    Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy
  • Sideshow
    One woman's running summary of politics, society and everything else
• Window Washers
  Sites dedicated to transparency
  • Campaign Finance Institute
    A non-partisan, non-profit institute, affiliated with The George Washington University, that conducts objective research and education, empanels task forces and makes recommendations for policy change in the field of campaign finance
  • Guantánamo - MiamiHerald.com
    The latest on America's other judicial system
  • MAPLight.org
    Illuminating the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes