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The Future of Freedom Foundation<\/a> put online today\u00a0the speeches from their \u00a0June conference.\u00a0\u00a0 You can watch them here.<\/strong> <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

My topic was “Bush’s War on Civil Liberties.”\u00a0 I had wanted to do an even-handed treatment of the issue but there were time limitations, so…<\/p>\n

The same webpage has links to the videos of the other 20+ speakers.\u00a0 I\u00a0will wager a barrel of beer that the Ron Paul speech will\u00a0be the most frequently viewed speech.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The topics of the conference are even more relevant now than they were earlier this summer – the Federal Reserve, FISA,\u00a0 Iraq\/Iran, and sniveling politicians wrecking the Republic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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