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Posted on 13 April 2009. Tags: Abdullahi Ahmed , AIG , AK-47 , Alabama , Allen Vansen , beer , Bill Gortney , Blockbuster , bottled water , British Columbia , broadband , Call of Duty , CEI , classical liberal , comcast , conflict of interest , content , Cox , downloads , DRM , economics , Economy , Edward Liddy , enjoybottledwater.org , ethics , federalism , fr33 , France , free markets , Free Talk Live , freedom , gamers , gaming , General Motors , GM , Goldman Sachs , Hank Paulson , Hulu , individualism , Iowa , ISP , iTunes , Jack Broom , john berlau , libertarian , liberty , lifeboat , limited government , london 2012 , Montana , Netflix , nonintoxicating beer , nonintoxicating craft beer , olympic news , personal responsibility , piracy , Radio Liberty Network , Rich Ireland , Richard Phillips , Rick Wagoner , self government , small government , Somali pirates , Special Forces , TARP , Tim Carney , Tim Geithner , Time Warner Cable , transparency , Tuan Nguyen , TWC , Tweet of the Week , U.S. Navy , Vancouver 2010 , Verizon , volunteers , West Virginia , Whistler , Wikipedia , Winter Olympics
We start with the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips from Somali pirates by the U.S. Navy and Special Forces, look into the murky finances of AIG CEO Edward Liddy in Scandal Watch, and figure out what ISPs are up to in Technology News.
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Posted on 23 March 2009. Tags: $1 trillion , AIG , Alistair Darling , Andrew Ross Sorkin , AP , Ars Technica , Associated Press , attorney general , beer tax , bottled water , Brian Knowlton , British Beer and Pub Association , CEI , Christopher Dodd , classical liberal , classified , Countrywide , economics , Economy , Eli Lehrer , enjoybottledwater.org , Eric Dash , Eric Holder , FDIC , Fed , Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , federal reserve , federalism , FOIA , fr33 , free markets , Free Talk Live , freedom , Human Achievement Hour , individualism , iTunes , Julian Sanchez , legacy assets , libertarian , liberty , limited government , london 2012 , marijuana , Michael Phelps , Michelle Minton , Mortgage , Myron Ebell , New York Times , olympic news , Olympic Training Center , Oxford Economics , personal responsibility , Public-Private Investment Program , pubs , Rachel L. Swarns , Radio Liberty Network , Rebecca Smithers , Rob Hayward , Rob Simmons , secret , self government , small government , SUSAN HAIGH , swimming , TARP , toxic assets , Troubled Assets Relief Program , UK , Wikipedia
We begin with a celebration of human achievement and a peek into the realm of secret government documents. The White House is going to waste another $1 trillion of your money. The British beer tax has managed to kill off 20,000 jobs. And finally, the history of scandal-addled Sen. Dodd of Connecticut.
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Posted on 16 March 2009. Tags: AIG , Alan Tudyk , Anheuser-Busch , Austan Goolsbee , Ballard , beer news , Beijing , bottled water , Caligula , CEI , Chicago , chicagotribune.com , classical liberal , CNN , Cord Blomquist , David Paterson , digital citizenship , economic , Economy , elected officials , enjoybottledwater.org , federalism , feedback@libertyweek.org , Firefly , foxnews.com , fr33 , free markets , Free State Project , Free Talk Live , freedom , FSP , games with the human touch , George Mason University , Huffington Post , individualism , iPhone , iTunes , James Madison , Joshua Boak , Kara Matuszewski , KING 5 News , KING5 , libertarian , liberty , LibertyWeek , Lichlin Payne , limited government , Live Your Passion , london 2012 , Madrid , Mars Hill Church , Mercatus Center , Michelle Minton , Mitch McConnell , MrsWsClass , MrTs2ndGrade , New Great Depression , New York , news10now.com , olympic news , Olympic slogan , online security , ONONDAGA COUNTY , Pearl Harbor , personal responsibility , Radio Liberty Network , Richard Morrison , Rio de Janeiro , Robert Reich , Scandal Watch , Seattle church , self government , Serenity , small government , teamsters , Thirteenth Amendment , Tokyo , too big to fail , Tweet of the Week , twitter , Uniting our worlds , Warren Buffett , WCSH , WCSH6 , Wikipedia
Twitter has conquered every aspect of society, the White House is waging war on the economy, and New Yorkers are defending themselves against beer taxes. Then we investigate the questionable management of the AIG bailout and handicap Chicago’s changes for snagging the 2016 summer games.
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Posted on 09 March 2009. Tags: AIG , American , Amistad , Anheuser-Busch , Anthony Hopkins , bank bailout , banking , bankruptcy , Barbie , Bass Ale , beer , Beer Marketer's Insights , beermakers , Beijing , Benj Steinman , Black & Tan , brewers , Brian Knowlton , brolly , budshop.com , Bureaucrash , Charlie Rose , China , Citigroup , cnet , Cord Blomquist , credit , Economy , emancipation , Eric Schmidt , facebook , finance , foam crown , food safety , Fox News Sunday , free market , Free State Project , FSP , google , Guinness , honorable , Human Rights Foundation , IHT , InBev , J. David Goodman , Jim Scherr , John McCain , Kansas City Star , LAPD , Larry Probst , libertarian , liberty , Liberty Forum , limited government , Lindsay Graham , london 2012 , Mattel , melamine , Morgan Freeman , Moving Picture Institute , National People's Congress , National Retail Federation , New Hampshire , NPC , olympic news , OMB , parties , Pete Eyre , Peter Orszag , pint glass , poor man's email , pour specialists , PRC , recession , Richard Morrison , Richard Nichols , Richard Shelby , Rodney King , Ryan Young , Scott Gaterman , SCOTUS , slavery , St. Patrick's Day , Stephanie Streeter , Steven Musil , stimulus , stout , tainted milk , TARP , TechCrunch , Technology News , Theresa Howard , This Week With George Stephanopoulos , Thor Halvorssen , tonic food , Treasury , twitter , U.S. Supreme Court , USA Today , USOC , wall street , Wu Bangguo , Xinhua
We get a fresh recap of the Free State Project’s recent Liberty Forum in Nashua, New Hampshire. John McCain and Richard Shelby say that the government should end the bailouts and let poorly-managed banks go bankrupt, and brewers pin their hopes on robust St. Patrick’s Day sales.
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Posted on 23 September 2008. Tags: 2012 london olympics , accounting , AIG , amp , at&t , bailout , Bailouts , ballparks , Blomquist , CEI , Cord , debacle , dsl , dsl prices , Economy , email , energy , energy bill , energy independence , Episode , episode 9 , Fannie Mae , federal reserve , Financial , financial markets , Freddie Mac , freedom , guest , guest host , host william , Housing , john berlau , lehman , lehman bros. , lehman brothers , libertarian , liberty , LibertyWeek , London , london 2012 , mark-to-market , Mortgage , mundain , palin , saga , Sarah Palin , Sarbanes Oxley , Securities , something , SPECIAL , Sub-Prime , subsidy , verzion , wall street , William Yeatman , Yankee , yankee stadium
Cord Blomquist and guest-host William Yeatman tackle the subsidy for Yankee stadium, falling DSL prices, Sarah Palin’s hacked email, the no-drilling energy bill, and continue to track the saga of London 2012.
SPECIAL GUEST: John Berlau joins us to discuss …
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