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"The Bad Guys Won't Play By The Rules"

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

I often see people complain that a society based upon the ZAP (or any other nice libertarian or anarchist principle) won't work because the bad guys won't cooperate. Face it; the bad guys don't cooperate with the system in place now. Not only that, b

Party as Faction

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:41:48 -0500

Welcome Faction : "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a minority or majority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent an

Connecticut Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:30:00 -0500

By Michael J.W. StickingsI used to think Connecticut was just the rectangular thing I had to drive through to get from New Jersey (where I used to live) to Boston (where I went to college), or vice versa. Sure, it has a lovely coastline, especially a

Palmer Says Bush Feeding Market Instability

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:38:49 -0500

I just read an article on Yahoo! News entitled “Bush Says Anxiety Feeding Market Instability.” It prompted me to write my own version of the article. My version will make more sense after you’ve read the original. (Note: Apparently

Biden Takes Straight Talk to Missouri

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:21:00 -0500

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that Republican John McCain keeps switching responses to the economic crisis and now advocates a plan for troubled mortgages that would "reward banks and lenders for their greedy behavior

545 People

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:15:22 -0500

The following was originally written by Charley Reese. Charley Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper. Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered why,

Do you trust the govt. with data?

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:14:35 -0500

Armed forces now at risk If ever we needed further evidence that this government cannot be trusted to build databases any larger than those they currently hold then this is it. It’s not as though it’s a few million benefit claimants, or j

Trashing Milton Friedman

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:02:00 -0500

It's getting dangerous to be a free marketer these days, about the only place we can safely hang out is the blogospshere. The University of Chicago is being browbeat into not building the Milton Friedman Institute. One of these collectivists is Indi

Common Sense: A video all Americans must see

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:56:00 -0500

If every American saw this, there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning. The time is now. Spread this video to everyone you know. God bless America. ...video: 10:01 - courtesy: aenfroy87

Remembering Murray Rothbard

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:18:39 -0500

Just last week, I finished reading Murray Rothbard’s grand discourse, The Ethics of Liberty, surely a must read for anyone who fancies himself a libertarian, or, as some of us prefer to call ourselves, anarcho-capitalists. Rothbard’s Eth

Let's get Open Carry in Texas!

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:25:00 -0500

Dear Fellow Texans,Did you know that there are 43 states in the union that permit Open Carry of firearms? 11 of these states are known as “Gold Star” states where, with few restrictions, law abiding citizens may exercise their 2nd Amendment Const

Help With Anger

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:13:12 -0500

When was the last time you felt really angry? Has it been a month, week, a day, yesterday, an hour ago or do you just feel angry all the time? Anger is not tangible. It’s not something you can get hold of with your bare hands and toss away. Anger m

An Open Letter to Judges, Prosecuting Attorneys and Human Resource Managers about Anger Management Classes

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:59:35 -0500

Person-directed aggression and all forms of rage are dramatically increasing worldwide. While anger management is the most effective intervention for unhealthy anger, the lack of state or local standards poses risks for those in the position to manda

Bailout Furthers IRS Police State

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:11:00 -0500

The Bailout was not only designed to restore the confidence of bankers, but that of covert IRS agents.The bill that came out of the Senate was not only stuffed with goodies for reluctant congressman, but such things as grants of immunity from federa

Weathermen and the GOP

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:37:38 -0500

What does a TV weatherman and the Republican Party have in common? A weatherman can incorrectly predict the weather every day and still have a job. The GOP politicians can be wrong about everything else and are still in the running to be elected!

Know Thy Enemy

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:36:49 -0500

As Americans it is incumbent upon all of us to know who the enemy is. This can be tricky, as lately the most dangerous enemies to our freedoms are not always burning our flag and shouting “death to America” in some foreign capital. Some o

Smoking out smokers

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:11:00 -0500

Last week it was the launch of new "hard-hitting" pictures on cigarette packets, shocking images of death and disease designed to put off anyone thinking of taking a puff (in today's litigious culture, how long can it be before some smoker sues for t

ECONOMIC BAILOUTS, Golden Parachutes: Can you smell the socialism cooking?

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:38:06 -0500

The so-called "Sub-prime Mortgage Crisis" has again reared its ugly head and you are in its sights. On Sept. 18, 2008, the Fed announced an unprecedented $180 billion booster to world markets, plus $85 billion to nationalize Freddie, Fanni

PAPERS PLEASE, CITIZEN: and other things you may hear this Holiday Season

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:24:30 -0500

There might be a new edition this Holiday Season to your downtown shopping district; and that is armed soldiers on your street corners. During 2007 the Bush Administration made it legal for the military to act as Police inside US borders. This had b

Smoking and liberty

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:31:00 -0500

Iain Dale admits to being a 'inconsistent libertarian' when it comes to the smoking ban. However, I think in all fairness to Iain he is not the only one who has a problem regarding the specific issue of smoking and liberty. As I have said before I ju