Some Questions for Verizon: Another side to Hunter's Concealed-Carry Arrest?
by Carl Bussjaeger

By now, you should be aware that freedom-activist Jeff "Hunter" Jordan was arrested by the Ohio State Highway Patrol for lawfully carrying a concealed weapon (yes, you read that right). (Details here and here. There may be another aspect to this issue that needs attention.

Many of you know that I headed up to New Hampshire (and go to court appearances in Ohio, too) when Mr. Jordan was arrested. So I'm in a position to see some things. I can't explain all of what I see, mainly because he has been advised not speak about any aspect of his case that isn't already public. That puts a crimp in my reporting, but probably does wonders for Mr. Jordan's legal case. (Read the rest here)

Smoke and Mirrors?
By Lady Liberty

The Bush administration says that its "War on Terrorism" is an ongoing success. It claims that such successes are due to various laws and programs implemented since 9/11. While I don't disagree that 9/11 served as a catalyst for the passage of several laws and the institution of several programs, and I don't even argue that a terrorist or two may have been caught in the law enforcement net of one of these programs, I will say this: I believe that the measures taken by the Bush administration in the name of preventing terrorism are less about stopping terrorists than they are about asserting an ironclad authority over American citizens.

Some of the most well known laws and programs having directly to do with alleged terrorist interdiction are the USA PATRIOT Act, CAPPS II, and MATRIX. None of these have had particularly smooth sailing, due in large part to their inherent unconstitutionality and extreme invasiveness. All, unfortunately, are either in effect or gearing up for implementation. The latest status of each offers little hope for those who love liberty: (Read the rest here)

A Mind of One's Own
By Catfarmer

The human mind may have great capacity, and far more than most of us use. I think for that reason few of us notice the extent to which our minds serve as storage space for junk we seldom notice until we trip over it. An old friend once related a nugget of wisdom inherited from her mother, in which she likened lending out brain space to renting out space under the bed: a highly personal space, rather than prime real estate - there may be plenty of available storage space under your bed, but does renting that space to someone else seem like a good idea? Even if you have no particular use for extra brain space, you might prefer not to let someone else use it gratuitously for storage.

A fairly common bumper sticker says, "Keep your laws off my body." Presumably that refers to abortion rights, gay and lesbian rights, perhaps rights to self-medication. Well, I have no quarrel with any of the above. I don't want anyone else's laws on (or in) my body; still less do I want anyone else's laws disturbing the peace in my mind. I love freedom with an honest passion, and for most of my life I've lived with a sense of quiet, inexpressible, inexhaustible outrage that I'm finally beginning to find adequate words for. (Read the rest here)

Three is Tyranny - Feddy The Freeloader
By Ted Lang © 2004

The title from the old John Ritter TV series playing on the original cliché as three being a crowd, can illustrate human interaction relative to society’s principal attributes of economics and politics.

Let’s keep this analogy as simple as possible; specifically, let us keep the imaginary players gender-simple by assigning them male roles. Let us further assume that the setting for this scenario takes place much earlier in the history of the human race, when our planet was sparsely populated, or that it is occurring in a vast isolated region on our planet long ago. (Read the rest here)

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