Category Archives: Opinion

Sweden: Land of Collectivist Nonsense

I’m thanking my lucky stars today that I don’t live in Sweden. “Why?” you ask?
In Sweden, not only are the schools public property, but you also can not discriminate on public property!
An eight-year-old boy has sparked an unlikely outcry in Sweden after failing to invite two of his classmates to his birthday party.
The boy’s school [...]

Paulbots held own (Pointless) Nevada Republican Convention

Yesterday, Ron-Paul-supporting Republican party delegates in Nevada reconvened the state convention - by themselves. The delegate count was down from 1400 at the original, flawed convention in April to 300.
Through creative use of the rules, they managed to declare a quorum anyway.
Purely for Entertainment Value
I don’t doubt that they’ll modify the Nevada GOP platform and [...]

Bob Barr for President. A Real Choice.

The fact is that McCain can’t get his story straight and won’t undo the harm of the Bush years. The fact is that Obama is just another politician who is already selling out his idealistic supporters.
Bob Barr isn’t perfect, but he’s the best chance liberty- and peace-lovers have of ending the Iraq war, rolling back [...]

“Freedom to Fascism” Raises as many Questions as it Answers

What Law Requires You to File an Income Tax Report?
Freedom to Fascism is a documentary by Aaron Russo that asks what law specifically requires an individual to file an income tax report and pay income taxes?
There is no Law Requiring Payment of Income Tax
Of course, there is no such law and Mr Russo handily [...]

Bob Barr Knows How to Sell Liberty

Bob Barr knows how to sell liberty. In this video he succinctly explains how the economy is managed by unelected officials at the Federal Reserve, that the government should not be the manager of the economy and that these developments rob the individual of their freedom.

At it’s root, almost every problem we have can be [...]

Failure Should be an Option

A letter to the editor of Peoria Journal Star shows discontent in the heartland over the Bear Sterns bailout and asks “Why accumulate wealth through innovative thinking and hard work only to have it redistributed to crooks and morons?”
In the news almost every day now are stories of homeowners whose properties are falling into foreclosure. [...]

Virginia: The Baby-Stealing State

What would you do if the government forcibly took your 3-week-old baby from you based on an anonymous (and false) charge that you were neglecting the baby?
And, nine months later, when the government finally agreed with you, what would you do if a judge denied the return of your baby to you, saying that she [...]

FCC chief says no need for new regulation of the Internet

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday there’s no need for new regulation of the Internet, saying his agency has all the authority it needs to prevent discrimination by Internet service providers.
This must be an April Fool’s joke!

Capitalism has NOT Failed! It hasn’t even been tried!

You’ll enjoy this excellent speech by Ron Paul. “To condemn free-market capitalism because of anything going on today makes no sense, he says.
To blame capitalism for the sins of statism is an outright lie used to push us further into the muck of fascism. This is intellectual ammunition that you need.
It is now commonplace and [...]

Johnson & Johnson Wants to Outsource its Legal Problems to the FDA (i.e., YOU)

Johnson & Johnson wants to externalize its legal responsibility for faulty or fraudulent FDA-approved drugs to YOU (via the FDA). The FDA approved the drug, right? So the FDA carries the responsibility for it. What a load of statist horse manure.
But because the Food and Drug Administration approved the patch, the company is arguing in [...]

War is Good for the Economy …

Like Cannibalism is Nutritious (image). Well said!

Venezuela: Biofuels are “Criminal”

Venezuela’s oil minister says biofuels are crazy and criminal. The only criminal act here is when governments interfere in the market to distort priorities by offering incentives to produce more or less biofuels.
Using crops to produce fuel is “criminal” as the world suffers a food shortage, Venezuela’s oil minister said in Rome where energy ministers [...]

Weighing the Costs of Tax Protesting

John Buchanan weighs the consequences the state has in store for him if he refuses to pay his taxes as a protest. A sobering reminder of the costs of fighting for liberty.

How can You Tell When the FBI has been in your Library?

You can’t. “The Patriot Act makes it illegal for us to tell you if our computers are monitored”. Five Technically Legal Signs for Your Library [plus one].

Major Network “Military Analysts” are just Administration Disinformation Agents

The New York Times exposes an especially ugly den of liars, reporting that retired military leaders serving as “military analysts” on major TV news outlets are agents of the administration, parroting talking points handed out by the Pentagon since at least 2002 in an effort to both pitch the war and rebut critical coverage.
These same [...]

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