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Six Thousand
Years of Failed Governments
By Dorothy Anne Seese

Human history records approximately six thousand years of failed governments.  Humans have tried everything imaginable to find a system that "works" to the satisfaction of the people.  The leaders are never satisfied with ever-increasing power and the people are never satisfied if they have to be participative (a relatively new concept) and work at maintaining what liberties they have. 

Then, when all is lost, people finally wake up to the fact that change happens, and it isn't always good. 

The Bible records the post-flood "age of conscience" as some call it, with no formal laws, but just four generations down from Noah, one Nimrod appears (who is known by various other names in the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations he founded as city-states).  Humans are building government, not by the desire of the people but under the influence of rulers or those who seize power and dare anyone to take it from them. (Read the rest here)

Fighting Words
By Carl F. Worden

Thanks largely to Bob Schulz of the We The People Foundation and the Internet, Americans in every walk of life nationwide are becoming increasingly aware of the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice’s outright refusal to cite federal law that specifically requires American citizens to pay an income tax, or for employers to withhold income taxes from their employees. I know this may sound utterly incredible to those of you just now learning of this, but to date, and after many attempts to get federal authorities to publicly address this question, federal authorities have steadfastly refused to answer this very reasonable request.

To put the matter to rest, it would be such a simple thing to cite the law, if such a law exists, and it logically follows that the deliberate refusal of U.S. authorities to respond accordingly means they cannot. It’s as simple as that. (Read the rest here)

A Whore Is Busted
By William Stone, III

Regular readers of this column know that I'm no great fan of Rush Limbaugh. I was at one time: he was the guiding light in my journey from left-wing to right-wing socialist. The fact that I ultimately gave up right-wing socialism for the Zero Aggression Principle is due in part to him: had he not proved himself to be nothing more than an intellectual whore for the Republican Party, I might still be a conservative.

A week ago, Limbaugh was fired (sorry, "forced to resign") from his part-time job at ESPN. In my opinion, his statement was stupid: the media has many political biases, but in this case, the accusation was misplaced. The comment wasn't even remotely racist, but rather a criticism of the press. (Read the rest here)

Letter From The Editor
An Invitation To Participate
Susan Callaway, Editor

Thank you for a wonderful first week! Your interest and your support have been terrific and most appreciated. We've had more than 100 visitors a day, except for Saturday, and I've been told that is remarkable for such a new site.

Our purpose in doing this does not include making money (though we have no objection to those who do), or becoming famous. Our heartfelt desire is to help, by whatever means possible, the spread of ideas and information that will lead people to seek liberty rather than slavery, to help them understand their options and the differences between them. We want to give opportunity to ordinary people who have good ideas and sound advice for others on this journey. (Read the rest here)

The Destruction Of The U.S. Military
By Michael Gaddy
OpEds Editor

Political correctness, feminization, dependence on whiz-bang weaponry and a subsequent lack of training are dragging our military into a total state of ineptness. Since WW II we have not fought an enemy who possessed our military resources, yet there are no victories in the win column. I know there are those who will point to the first Gulf War but if that was in fact a victory, why are we re-fighting that war these 12 years later?

Politics in the military has always been a problem, but with the current PC crowd and the feminists having enough clout to influence policy, the total decay has begun. Compounding the entire problem is the power of the neocons to influence policy by placing the military into no-win wars that only serve to satiate the greed and power hunger of these history challenged idiots. (Read the rest here)

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War And Consequences
By Michael Gaddy

The war in Iraq is a popular subject of debate in almost all venues today. The shills for government, otherwise known as the media, perpetuate the myth of the necessity of war. Over the next few weeks we here at Price Of Liberty would like to examine several treatises on the subject. Is it necessary and who exactly benefits when war is conducted by the State?

This week our article for discussion in our Forum will be the work of Randolph Bourne, written in 1917, titled, War is the Health of the State.

Think not only of the time this work was written but also how it pertains to the circumstances of today.

Join the discussion in the forum by clicking here!

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