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A World Recreated; Gold
That Does Not Glitter; Save The
Universe!; To be an Anarcho-Capitalist; these
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Political
Liberty
Articles showing a
positive influence of political action on the cause of Liberty.
Victim of Anti-Gun Hysteria Needs Your Support
from Jews For The Preservation of
Firearms Ownership
"Between
the time Hunter was released from jail and the day he was allowed to
get his vehicle, Ohio's governor signed a bill making licensed
concealed carry perfectly legal for Ohio residents. Once the law goes
into effect a simple reciprocity agreement with his home state of New
Hampshire could make today's 'felony'
a perfectly legal and acceptable act tomorrow."
Resistance to Patriot Act Gaining Ground
by Thanassis
Cambanis from Common Dreams NewsCenter
"Across the
Commonwealth, Republicans, gun lobbyists, and libertarians
have taken up the call against the Patriot Act. So have a
cadre of previously apolitical people such as Jake Beal, 25, a
self-described computer nerd who is now leading the drive for
a resolution against the Patriot Act in Somerville."
The Bush Immigration Plan: A step
in the right direction
by Anthony B. Bradley from
Acton Institute
"A
compassionate approach to immigration requires that we
recognize the inherent dignity of all people regardless of
their country of origin. The human person created for work
finds life within the context of labor and family. If people
desire work to provide for family and contribute to
community life, then we should welcome and embrace them."
Life in
Amerika
Articles depicting
the negative impact of politics on Liberty.
Making the right
to counsel vanish
by Robyn
E. Blumner from St.
Petersburg Times
"Prosecutors
are promising judges that protesters will not face jail time
and then asking judges to remove the FTAA protesters' public
defenders. It is a tactic designed to leave these
defendants, many of whom are out-of-state students with few
means, without representation."
Faking It - A Brief Textbook Of American Democracy
by Fred
Reed from FredOnEverything
"Any attempt to
weaken the central power will arouse powerful hostility.
For example, the persecution of those engaged in
home-schooling has nothing to with concern for the
young. The public schools have little interest in
education and for the most part seem to have little idea
of what it is. The hostility to home-schooling is simply
the response of those with a monopoly of power to the
specter of superior competition."
The IRS has an Income Tax
problem
by Robert R. Raymond from
People for Truth in Taxation
"Tens
of millions of Americans no longer file the form 1040.
Why is that? ...[P]eople
sometimes have to make a choice between feeding their
families or feeding Uncle Sam; people are tired of IRS
abuses... The
greatest abuse being the IRS's and our elected
officials refusal to tell the people what law makes
them liable to pay the Individual Income tax."
Ordered Liberty
without the State
Some
people say it's Anarchy, some say it's not possible. It is
an interesting topic.
One For The Hunter
by Catfarmer from The
Price Of Liberty
"Hunter's
dilemma concerns anyone with a reason to cross state lines.
Lawlessness doesn't result from a shortage of laws:
lawlessness results from the failure of law to command
respect. Law fails to command respect when it is arbitrary,
and enforced capriciously. "
The
Spontaneous Redistribution of Wealth
by Per
Bylund from Strike
The Root
"Every
man has a need which should be fulfilled -
by those capable of fulfilling it. They call to the state
for help. The state uses its only means available to
accomplish this task: coercion and violence. "
Part I: Division of Production Cost
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http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/bylund/bylund1.html
Part II: Division of Purchase Price
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http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/bylund/bylund2.html
What It
Means To Be an Anarcho-Capitalist
by N.
Stephan Kinsella from LewRockwell.com
"To be an
anarchist only means that you believe that aggression
is not justified, and that states necessarily employ
aggression. And, therefore, that states, and the
aggression they necessarily employ, are unjustified."
Spreading Decentralism
Articles demonstrating an increase in the dispersal of
power.
Sell oil for gold, not
dollars
from Aljazeera.Net
Former Malaysian Prime
Minister Mahathir Muhammad has said Saudi Arabia should
sell oil for gold, not dollars, to avoid being
"short-changed" by a decline in the US currency.
How to Fix Politics? Believe It or Not, More
Politicians
by George Kenney from
Common Dreams NewsCenter
"The
problem is this: In districts of 670,000 people,
legislators tend to lose touch with voters.
Campaigns become more expensive. Dollars come
first, constituents second. Ordinary people can't
afford to run for office."
Can't they shut
these people up?
by Vin
Suprynowicz from Las Vegas Review-Journal
"In
what was promoted as a 'unique
chance to rewrite the law of the land,'
listeners to the government-controlled British
Broadcasting Company's Radio 4 'Today'
program were asked to suggest a piece of
legislation to improve life in Great Britain...."
The
New World Hegemon
Depictions of the coming Imperial power
Currency Wars
by Sean Corrigan from
Ludwig von Mises Institute
"But
if
Government and Religion: the two
biggest criminal enterprises in history
by Ron Beatty from
The Libertarian Enterprise
"Where
the problem began was when religion became a thing
of state control and power, and prestige for the
state. Now, all of a sudden, we have two gangs of
thieves and liars competing for power."
Why Do Iowans Like
to Caucus But Iraqis Don't?
by Ivan Eland
from Antiwar.com
"Unlike
the Iowa version of the caucuses, open to
everyone, participants in the Iraqi version,
under the current administration plan, have to
be either selected by the Iraqi Governing
Council...or
chosen by local government officials who are
cooperating with the U.S. occupation
authority."
Politics by Other Means
War, rumors of war, and politicians
fomenting war.
Bill Clinton on
Steroids
by Harry Browne
from HarryBrowne.org
"On
the day some Republican is being led to the
guillotine on a trumped-up charge of
abetting terrorists, he'll probably be
mumbling, 'Thank
God for George Bush. Al Gore would have shot
my dog as well.'"
Lies, damn lies
and Republican rhetoric revisited
by Thomas L.
Knapp
from Rational
Review
"The
Busheviks have finally awakened to the
fact that their man is cruisin' for an
electoral bruisin', and they're not a bit
happy about it. But, having turned their
cannon loose on deck for three years, they
seem at a loss as to how to get him
chained the hell down and pointed in the
right direction."
State of the SotU
by Julian
Sanchez from Reason
"Start
with a confident survey of achievements,
creating a sense of 'we-ness'
with your audience, then bring out the
fnords. People hasten to include
themselves psychologically in this
positive 'we,'
and they're stuck there when you invoke
the threats 'we'
face and ask whether 'we'
will 'turn
back'
or 'falter
and leave our work unfinished.'
"
Spontaneous Order
Articles
showing decentralized successes.
A World
Recreated
by Llewellyn H.
Rockwell, Jr. from LewRockwell.com
"A decline in the power, might, and influence of the US
is not the same thing as a decline in America; quite the
opposite. The only real downside is the transition: the US
government may increasingly behave like a dying and rabid
animal, posing a danger to its random victims."
How Does Money Acquire its
Value?
by Frank Shostak
from Ludwig von Mises Institute
"Originally paper
money was not regarded as money but merely as a representation
of gold. Various paper certificates represented claims on gold
stored with the banks. Holders of paper certificates could
convert them into gold whenever they deemed necessary."
Online games to generate real
- and academic - riches
from NewScientist.com news
service
"But as
well as providing financial riches, some researchers believe
the virtual communities built within these complex artificial
worlds may also provide academic riches by providing a unique
new way to study social, economic and legal phenomena."
Nonspontaneous Disorder
Articles
showing centrally planned disasters.
Bush,
Marriage, and Iraq
by Thomas
Kearney from The Future of Freedom Foundation
"In other words,
President Bush wants to use tax dollars forcibly taken
from American citizens to fund programs whose
effectiveness cannot be measured, in order to mollify the 'family
values' wing of
the Republican Party. It is a classic example of robbing
Peter to buy the votes of Paul."
Nationalized
Health Care Will Cut Costs? It Just Ain’t So!
by Gene
Callahan and Robert Murphy from The Freeman: Ideas on
Liberty
"Plans that
lower prices of a good will logically prompt consumers
to demand more of it. Those of us who have been caught
between insurance plans know that certain 'indispensable'
visits to the doctor or dentist can often wait until our
coverage is restored and somebody
else has
to pay for them."
All
Politics is Local: How Broadcasters Want to Silence
Satellite Radio
by Radley Balko from Cato
Institute/TechKnowledge
"Of
course, any time a new competitor comes along with a new
business model offering consumers new choices, the old
guard gets its dander up, and inevitably turns to the
federal government to protect its turf, and preserve
market share."
War Is The Health Of The State
War is the ultimate State intervention in
society.
The
Defense Budget Is Bigger Than You Think
by Robert
Higgs from The
Independent Institute
"Lodged
elsewhere in the budget, other lines identify funding
that serves defense purposes just as surely as --
sometimes even more surely than -- the money allocated
to the Department of Defense (DoD)."
The
Speech To End All Speeches
by
Joseph R. Stromberg from LewRockwell.com
"Mr. Bush
tells us how US conquests are creating a better
world: 'Businesses
are opening, health care centers are being
established, and the boys and girls of Afghanistan
are back in school.'
'Back in school'
– the true American’s test of progress, as that
notion is understood in Greater New England."
The
Fog of Cop-Out - Robert
McNamara 10, Errol Morris 0
by Alexander
Cockburn from CounterPunch
"It
reminded me of films of Albert Speer, Hitler’s
architect and then head of war production. Speer
loved to admit to an overall guilt. But when he was
pressed on specific nastiness, like working Jews or
Russians to death in arms factories, he would
insist, eyes ablaze with forthrightness, that he
knew nothing of such infamies."
Bits of History
The Past seen with a
fresh look.
Captain Meriwether Lewis
by Dick
Cheatham from LewRockwell.com
"He
believed, like Jefferson, in the virtue of a
democratic republic, one where citizens understand
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and have
the courage and energy to act to defend and extend
those things."
No need
for voting machines
by
Melinda Pillsbury-Foster from
Liberty For
All
"The model that our Founders had in mind when they were working out the forms for America's elections were clear and simple. Stand up and be counted. Literally."
Malcolm
X in the Middle
by Roderick T. Beaman
from Ether Zone
"He
told of his friendship with Redd Foxx and Muhammad
Ali. It was as a minister of the Black Muslims
that he catapulted to fame."
War and Peace
Articles showing the
nature of War.
Mini-Nukes the New Defense – Or Threat?
by
Cristina Hernández from Antiwar.com
"Because
it is such a controversial issue, the fact that
presidential elections loom in November mean that
Bush, who seeks another term, is likely to put the
matter on hold."
The
Army's
'Transformation'
by
William S. Lind from LewRockwell.com
"At the
end of the day, my impression was that the big,
green Army dinosaur has gotten its head up out
of the swamp (apologies to you Ranger types, but
from my vantage point it appears to be an
herbivore). The question is whether it can
evolve fast enough to match the speed of change
in war itself."
Chalmers Johnson on garrisoning the planet
by Chalmers
Johnson from Tomdispatch.com
"Once upon a time, you could trace the
spread of imperialism by counting up colonies.
America's version of the colony is the military
base. "
Great Individuals In History
Some people stand out
from the crowd.
Futurist/author/comic - Robert Anton Wilson:
Jan. 18, 1932
from RAWilson.com
"Wilson
further extrapolates, the Nietzchean alien
gangster hibernates, and a Pavlovian
apartment building slyly graduates from
the Borg cube."
Libertarian
Lawyer/Abolitionist - Lysander Spooner: Jan.
19, 1808
from LysanderSpooner.org
"Although
Spooner maintained something of a law
practice throughout his life, his was
not the usual lawyer's career. For one
thing, be remained in continuous
poverty. His writings, even the widely
read works against slavery, seldom
returned living expenses."
Aviatrix -
Willa B. Brown: Jan. 21, 1906
by Danuta
Bois from Distinguished Women of Past
and Present
"Also
in 1937, she co-founded the National
Airmen's Association of America with her
flight instructor, Cornelius R. Coffey.
The Association's goal was to promote
African-American aviation."
Culcha'
Books, Movies,
TV, Media, Music, poetry, etc.
Liberty: The Gold That Does Not Glitter
by Jeff
Jordan (The Hunter)
from The Price of
Liberty
"It is
entirely possible from what I know of him that
Tolkien indeed had some inner meaning relating to
the struggle for freedom in mind. He was far more
consciously anarchist than I realized until I
started reading his letters some years after this
first occurred to me."
Postal Pranksters
by Jesse
Walker from Reason
"Not all the satires are aimed at Western
targets. ...
Thompson has made a caning stamp for
Singapore; a Chinese stamp depicting the
Tiananmen Square crackdown; a South African
stamp devoted to 'the
necklace.'"
Minear To Adapt Moon
from SCI
FI Wire
"Genre TV producer Tim Minear (Angel,
Wonderfalls) told SCI FI Wire that he has
been hired to write a screenplay adaptation of
Robert A. Heinlein's 1966 SF novel The Moon
Is a Harsh Mistress."
The lighter side
Humor, satire, cartoons,
parodies, food, popular music
and other things to amuse.
Election Coverage
by Dave Barry from The
Miami Herald
See nice and
manly men at a rally near you -
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/7740933.htm
Iowa's
decision huge, until maybe tomorrow -
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/7743514.htm
Look out! It's a candidate -
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/7785258.htm
The State Of the Union Address - Infograph
from The Onion
President Bush delivered the State Of
The Union address Tuesday. What were his key points?
State Of The Union Updater
by Mark
Fiore from The
Village Voice
New & Improved
Version 3.0!
Deep Thought
Scientific
and scholarly studies, philosophical essays,
in-depth and longer articles.
Puzzled monkeys reveal key
language step
from
NewScientist.com news
service
"Mastery of the
underlying rule of
recursion is the key to
human flexibility, Premack
believes, allowing humans
to think in the abstract,
use metaphors and
comprehend concepts such
as time."
Save the Universe!
by Butler
Shaffer from LewRockwell.com
"That 'entropy'
is often a matter of
perspective is generally
overlooked by those who seek
to sterilize and cleanse
nature. One organism’s waste
(entropy) may be another
organism’s source of
nourishment or a productive
resource."
Who
Benefits From Free Trade, and
How
by Robert P. Murphy from
Ludwig von Mises Institute
"In this case, where
the consumers are located in
the country we're
considering, the only way
trade policy will alter the
situation is to make the
consumers worse off. And as
we've seen, the general rule
is that a tariff hurts
consumers more than it helps
producers."
Miscellany
Articles not
easily classified.
Judging People by Their
Character
by Edwin A. Locke from NewsMax.com
"What
has happened in the years following King's murder is
the opposite of the 'I
Have a Dream'
quote....
Colorblindness now has been replaced with color
preference in the form of affirmative action."
Libertarianism and Slavery
by Marcus Verhaegh from
LewRockwell.com
"Slavery
is prima facie the most egregious violation of the
libertarian ideal that no human has the right to use
coercion against others, save to stop coercion."
Today Baghdad, Tomorrow Barsoom?
by Roderick Long from Strike
The Root
"I
long to see Mars and other planets visited,
colonised, even terraformed. ...
But I cannot endorse a space exploration
program led by an institution both inept and
criminal, and funded by extortion."
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