tag:searchlightcrusade.net,2024:/mt//feed/liberty 2024-05-09T01:51:51Z Movable Type 4.21-en 92 1 92 tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2014://3.5108 2023-01-02T15:00:00Z 2023-01-02T16:17:06Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Every so often, another story of eminent domain abuse hits the headlines for a day or two. Someone whose property is desired by the government gets hit with an eminent domain suit and ends up forced to sell and getting... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2010://3.4933 2021-01-25T15:00:00Z 2021-01-25T16:20:38Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Dear Mr. Melson: My husband and I are great fans of your Searchlight Crusade essays. Excellent work! In today's mortgage-mess market, will lenders reject loan applications from average buyers (not investors) wanting to purchase acreage with a teardown outside the... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2011://3.5030 2012-07-20T14:00:00Z 2014-02-12T15:02:16Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Every so often, another story of eminent domain abuse hits the headlines for a day or two. Someone whose property is desired by the government gets hit with an eminent domain suit and ends up forced to sell and getting... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.4700 2009-05-15T03:00:00Z 2009-05-15T02:49:14Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Something is rotten in Obama's America But what happened to the non-TARP bondholders was even worse. When they squawked, the administration tried to muscle them. Lawyers for the bondholders contend that senior representatives of the Obama administration threatened them.... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.4525 2009-02-03T04:45:00Z 2009-02-03T04:38:39Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Personal Finance Carnival of Real Estate ********** Before spending $1.2 trillion dollars on a stimulus, Maybe we should consider the effects "stimulus" packages have had in the past. Which is to say, they exacerbated the problem and... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2009://3.4506 2009-01-27T18:30:00Z 2009-01-28T07:28:25Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Personal Finance Carnival of Real Estate ********** Obama is sounding an awful lot like Bush. At least in some contexts. Even John Stewart has noticed. ********** The Return of Carterism? Among the first duties of the Obama... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.4159 2008-07-21T14:00:00Z 2010-02-27T17:01:45Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Dear Mr. Melson: My husband and I are great fans of your Searchlight Crusade essays. Excellent work! In today's mortgage-mess market, will lenders reject loan applications from average buyers (not investors) wanting to purchase acreage with a teardown outside the... tag:www.searchlightcrusade.net,2008://3.3756 2008-01-03T01:45:00Z 2008-01-03T01:51:46Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of The Capitalists ********** via Liberty Papers, The Media's Top 10 Economic Myths of 2007 Allow me to state that the airlines don't get off the hook entirely. How many flights are theoretically scheduled to depart at 8:00... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2007:/~searchli//3.2850 2007-07-04T19:32:23Z 2007-09-27T01:07:26Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Happy Birthday to the greatest nation on earth! Some July 4th miscellany The text that started it all What signing cost the delegates Disabled Iraq vets still trying to win one for the U.S.A. (video) painting Liberty in three minutes... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2007:/~searchli//3.2657 2007-02-17T00:43:22Z 2007-09-24T01:52:11Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Mississippi AG seeks legislation on State Farm Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Friday he will seek legislation aimed at blocking State Farm Insurance Cos. from refusing to write new homeowners and commercial policies in the hurricane-battered state. He said... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2527 2006-11-21T02:29:12Z 2007-09-22T03:26:21Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Real Estate Carnival of The Capitalists Carnival of Personal Finance UPDATE: Rino Sightings. Obviously the host has already eaten Thanksgiving Dinner, and is too bloated to be witty. ********** Now this might cause people to accept $1 coins:... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2521 2006-11-16T23:13:38Z 2007-09-22T03:09:32Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ 'Homeless dumping' charges for hospital The case against it stems from a March surveillance video showing a 63-year-old patient from Kaiser Permanente's Bellflower hospital wandering Skid Row in a hospital gown and slippers. Prosecutors describe what happened to Carol... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2441 2006-09-29T02:00:21Z 2007-09-20T04:59:55Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Liberty ********** Sometimes corporations are good citizens despite profits: 7-Eleven Dropping Venezuela-Backed Citgo "Certainly Chavez's position and statements over the past year or so didn't tempt us to stay with Citgo," she added. Instead, 7-Eleven, which sells gasoline... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2428 2006-09-21T08:47:12Z 2007-09-20T04:35:27Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Thailand's Military Ousts Prime Minister. This does not appear to be as bad as the headline. It's more of a Prime Minister hanging on to power with fingernails despite it being time for new elections. I'm not happy with suspending,... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2416 2006-09-14T06:23:44Z 2007-09-20T04:08:57Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Personal Finance Carnival of Real Estate Recommended: Sellsius. Zillow is notoriously inaccurate. I wonder what would happen if a homeowner sued because their zestimate caused a prospective buyer to back out? RINO Sightings Recommended: Don Surber Canival of... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2393 2006-08-30T09:07:06Z 2007-09-20T02:25:00Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Liberty with a Jeopardy theme ********** They must be very close to nuclear weapons: Iran president rejects nuke suspension Reuters had the same story, plus Ahmadinejad challenges Bush to TV debate, and Iran says no one can stop... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2361 2006-08-09T02:42:04Z 2007-09-20T00:24:37Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Liberty ********** Oh my. Lieberman Campaign Says Web Site Hacked If this is true, this is not only a new low on the part of the NutRoots™, but also what may be the final nail in their coffin.... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2320 2006-07-12T07:32:47Z 2007-09-18T03:06:12Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Liberty Recommended: Homeland Stupidity (dairy industry regulations), London Fog (Milton Friedman on do-gooders) ********** Both predictable and completely consistent with past actions: Iran Plays For More Time. Basically, they are trying to give the West, or more precisely,... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2318 2006-07-11T01:42:03Z 2007-09-18T02:57:59Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ RINO Sightings Recommended: Armies of Liberation (the possibility for a freely elected government in Yemen) Carnival of Personal Finance Recommended: Experiments in Finance ("How I learned to care about economics") Carnival of Capitalists Recommended: Liberty Papers (market distortions due to... tag:gockel.hmdnsgroup.com,2006:/~searchli//3.2313 2006-07-06T01:20:06Z 2007-09-18T01:03:57Z Dan Melson http://www.searchlightcrusade.net/ Carnival of Liberty Recommended: New World Man (thoughts on our Founding Fathers) Carnival of Personal Finance Carnival of the Capitalists Carnival of Vanities (How pathetic! Three large carnivals with no recommended posts, although I did pick up an idea for...