Liberty in 413

09/19/2013

What right does The Fed have to erode (read: steal) a percentage of our hard earned purchasing power, indeed?

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09/19/2013

So these politicians are always clamoring on about how they're trying to level the playing field for "the little guy". But when "the little guy" tries to level the playing field for himself, he's kick right back to the Welfare Plantation. Free Market Capitalism = Freedom. Socialist Collectivism = Slavery.

"Someone breaks in, they never show up. Yet still, they want to come and blackball you and close your business," says Derek Little, owner of an auto shop alo...

08/01/2013

I don't know which bumper stickers are more embarrassing to still have on your car... "Obama - Hope & Change" right next to the "Peace & Coexist" or the "McCain/Palin" right next to the "Don't Tread On Me". Please tell me again why I should vote for "the lesser of two evils"? Is it all their philosophical differences?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/31/john-mccain-choosing-between-hillary-and-rand-paul-would-be-a-tough-choice-in-2016/

07/26/2013

Auburn, Alabama is home to sprawling plains, Auburn University, and a troubling police force. After the arrival of a new police chief in 2010, the department entered an era of ticket quotas and worse.

07/24/2013

"Violence is the tool of the state. Knowledge and the mind are the tools of free people."

As libertarians attempt to persuade others of their position, they encounter an interesting paradox. On the one hand, the libertarian message is simple. It involves moral premises and intuitions that in principle are shared by virtually everyone, including children. Do not hurt anyone. Do not steal…

07/24/2013

I have a profound respect for this man.

Professor Sowell looks at the dynamics of the political spectrum. http://www.LibertyPen.com

07/22/2013

Not all cops are like this of course, but there seems to be an overwhelming domineering and thuggish attitude permeating cop culture, and the “good ones” should undoubtedly agree with and be able to verify this. The average patrolman is neither in charge of policy nor its implementation but a little accountability would go a long way in shifting away from the oft-repeated idiom of “Just following orders” and everything is justified in the name of “Officer Safety”.

SWAT teams were once rare, but they now operate at every level of government, from small towns to federal agencies. Is it time to reconsider the militarization of American policing? By Radley Balko

07/19/2013

I propose that all members of the media should at least be forced to wear these badges while reporting the “news” so we can know what their rank is in the Press Corp Branch of Government.

07/18/2013

I don’t know what is more satisfying. Someone finally speaking truth about this situation and America as a whole or that same person blatantly calling Piers Morgan “stupid” to his face on national TV.

Piers Morgan clearly has no qualms about inviting people on his show who fiercely disagree with him or even attack him personally, and tonight's opening inte...

07/17/2013

“You used to hear people say – when asked why they were doing something – ‘Well, it’s a free country isn’t it?’. You don’t hear that much anymore”. *and for good reason too*

07/17/2013

“…credited the drop in rates to the online purchasing exchanges the law created, which they say are spurring competition among insurers that are anticipating an influx of new customers.”

So they create a monopoly for the companies allowed to operate in the State, become surprised when prices rise, create an exchange to stimulate competition and combat the rise while simultaneously mandating that everyone carry insurance, then use their own expropriated tax dollars to help subsidize the purchase? And they get to pat themselves on the back for this?

I don’t know which adage is more applicable but they all seem to fit. “The scariest words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help’”, “The only thing the government knows how to do is break your leg, hand you a crutch, and say ‘There, aren’t you glad I was here to help?’, or “The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.”

07/16/2013

I wish that I could commit a crime, determine by myself that it is not worth investigating, then determine even further that I would not press charges against myself while leaving any injured party no legal recourse or manner in which to challenge my ruling. In effect I want to be the government.

The Treasury Department has admitted for the first time that confidential tax records of several political candidates and campaign donors were improperly scrutinized by government officials, but the Justice Department has declined to prosecute any of the cases.