http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/a-brief-history-of-the-gold-standard/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/a-brief-history-of-the-gold-standard/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:57:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106548 NCPA Policy Digest: Congress established a mint in 1792 and defined the dollar in terms of a specific weight in both gold and silver. This put the new republic on a bimetallic standard, common at the time, says Robert McTeer, a distinguished fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/a-brief-history-of-the-gold-standard/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/18/weak-dollar-responsible-for-high-gas-prices/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/18/weak-dollar-responsible-for-high-gas-prices/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 15:12:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103908 NCPA Policy Digest: The weakening of the dollar since 2008 has added 56.5 cents to the price of gasoline, the congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC) has found. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/18/weak-dollar-responsible-for-high-gas-prices/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/12/sc-legislature-considers-gold-and-silver-as-legal-tender/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/12/sc-legislature-considers-gold-and-silver-as-legal-tender/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 20:00:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103524 MidlandsConnect.com: South Carolina lawmakers are proposing a bill that would give the state another form of legal tender. Sen. David Thomas, a Republican from Greenville, wants to make gold and silver coins another option in the Palmetto State. Lawmakers are calling it the Sound Money Legislation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/12/sc-legislature-considers-gold-and-silver-as-legal-tender/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/11/forbes-predicts-u-s-gold-standard-within-5-years/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/11/forbes-predicts-u-s-gold-standard-within-5-years/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 18:28:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103327 Human Events: A return to the gold standard by the United States within the next five years now seems likely, because that move would help the nation solve a variety of economic, fiscal, and monetary ills, Steve Forbes predicted during an exclusive interview this week with HUMAN EVENTS. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/11/forbes-predicts-u-s-gold-standard-within-5-years/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/05/mexican-central-bank-quietly-buys-100-tons-of-gold/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/05/mexican-central-bank-quietly-buys-100-tons-of-gold/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 14:24:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102826 CNBC: As a result of Mexico’s purchase, central banks, sovereign wealth funds and other so-called “official sector” buyers are on track to record their largest collective purchase of gold since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system, which pegged the value of the dollar to gold, in 1971. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/05/mexican-central-bank-quietly-buys-100-tons-of-gold/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/02/its-getting-harder-to-bring-home-the-bacon-feds-at-fault-for-rising-food-prices/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/02/its-getting-harder-to-bring-home-the-bacon-feds-at-fault-for-rising-food-prices/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 19:37:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102512 Wall Street Journal: But politics indeed plays a large role, as Congress subsidizes favorite industries and the Federal Reserve pursues an expansive monetary policy. Ours is a timely chat, given the burst of food inflation the world is living through. Mr. Pope is running a multibillion-dollar business in the midst of economic turmoil, and he has strong views about why prices are rising and what can be done about it. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/02/its-getting-harder-to-bring-home-the-bacon-feds-at-fault-for-rising-food-prices/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/02/be-careful-wishing-for-the-fed%e2%80%99s-end/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/02/be-careful-wishing-for-the-fed%e2%80%99s-end/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 16:55:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102465 NY Times: Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, faces a crisis of confidence. He is excoriated on the right for debasing the currency, and blasted on the left for failing to stimulate more than he has. It has gotten so bad that last week Mr. Bernanke, who prefers to discuss monetary policy with erudite professors like himself, submitted to the indignity of a news conference. Among the uninvited was Representative Ron Paul . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/02/be-careful-wishing-for-the-fed%e2%80%99s-end/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/28/federal-reserve-chief-to-congress-shrink-the-deficit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/28/federal-reserve-chief-to-congress-shrink-the-deficit/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:05:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102297 Christian Science Monitor: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke waded into politics Wednesday – but stayed in the shallow end. He avoided a partisan position, but made it clear that Congress needs to correct America's fiscal course. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/28/federal-reserve-chief-to-congress-shrink-the-deficit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/25/dont-like-a-weak-dollar-might-as-well-get-used-to-it/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/25/dont-like-a-weak-dollar-might-as-well-get-used-to-it/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:02:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101780 CNBC.com: The greenback is approaching pre-financial crisis lows and threatening to smash through its all-time low when measured against the world's predominant national currencies. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/25/dont-like-a-weak-dollar-might-as-well-get-used-to-it/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/is-gold-the-new-black-states-look-to-bring-gold-standard-back/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/is-gold-the-new-black-states-look-to-bring-gold-standard-back/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:45:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101151 ABC: The gold standard, a monetary system in which the dollar is valued against a certain weight of gold, lasted until the Great Depression, when the Federal Reserve confiscated gold held by the public. President Nixon abolished the conversion of dollars to gold at a fixed rate in 1971. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/is-gold-the-new-black-states-look-to-bring-gold-standard-back/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/07/two-george-soros-events-aim-to-remake-the-financial-order-and-the-media-so-wheres-the-reporting/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/07/two-george-soros-events-aim-to-remake-the-financial-order-and-the-media-so-wheres-the-reporting/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:32:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100363 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/07/two-george-soros-events-aim-to-remake-the-financial-order-and-the-media-so-wheres-the-reporting/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/06/cell-carriers-to-roll-out-mobile-wallets-in-utah/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/06/cell-carriers-to-roll-out-mobile-wallets-in-utah/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:54:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100236 AP: A joint venture between three of the nation's four largest cell phone carriers will soon offer the United States' first commercially available mobile fare payment program to a public transportation system. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/06/cell-carriers-to-roll-out-mobile-wallets-in-utah/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/04/feds-seize-7m-in-silver-coins-claim-they-undermine-official-currency/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/04/feds-seize-7m-in-silver-coins-claim-they-undermine-official-currency/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:50:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99993 AP on Yahoo: Charlotte-based lawyer, Aaron Michel, is appealing that verdict. He wrote in a motion filed Thursday that von NotHaus did nothing wrong because he didn't try to pass the Liberty Dollars off as U.S. dollars. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/04/feds-seize-7m-in-silver-coins-claim-they-undermine-official-currency/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/31/twelve-states-consider-gold-and-silver-coinage-two-have-already-approved-it-feds-crack-down-on-private-coiners/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/31/twelve-states-consider-gold-and-silver-coinage-two-have-already-approved-it-feds-crack-down-on-private-coiners/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:46:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99690 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/31/twelve-states-consider-gold-and-silver-coinage-two-have-already-approved-it-feds-crack-down-on-private-coiners/feed/ 0