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December
24, 2007 To
All My Liberal/Left-Libertarian/Democrat/New Age/Politically-Correct/Euro-centric
Friends: To My Liberty-loving, Conservative, Religious, Anarcho-Capitalist, Patriotic, Westerner, and/or True-Republican Friends: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! (And I hope you had a Happy Bill of Rights Day, too!) On to the news: (Read the rest here)
Christmas
2007 for Libertarians But back to Christmas. Despite my refusal to celebrate it as a religious holiday, instead preferring to (not being forced to) celebrate Christ's incarnation every week, I still think that Christmas is a pretty special day. (And so, I might add, is Thanksgiving, and even Labor Day. On the other hand, Columbus Day, either as a day honoring a Genoan sailor for an accidental discovery or as "Native American" Day honoring the people who got invaded as a result, turns me off.) A special day, each year, for giving people things is neat. A special day for being with family and friends is neat. Even a day to celebrate that the nights are getting shorter and the daylight hours longer is pretty gosh-awful cool. All three in one is a real treat. Throw in all the various traditions: lights and special music and Santa Claus and lights and Christmas trees and candy canes and , did I mention lights? and you have a grand event for everyone. I don't begrudge anyone celebrating Christmas as a religious holiday, as long as I can celebrate it as a secular holiday. I have a real heartburn with people who don't want me to celebrate Christmas as a secular holiday, especially if the reason is that they don't want to "offend" people by "pushing Christmas" into their faces. _I_ am offended when people try to eliminate Christmas in favor of some generic "Happy Holidays" that all of us must submit to. (Read the rest here)
Armed
and Ready To Defend - The Greater Love Let’s start with the good news: one woman with a gun, a church member, a volunteer with training, saved dozens of lives. Why? Because: (1)
the leaders of that church (yes, a denominational church) faced facts
(in today's society, just as in the time of Jesus, violence (sometimes
random and irrational violence) was a fact of life, and no one is immune
to it),
Hillary's
Pity-Pot Politics When Mallard Fillmore quacks, I listen. Recently Mr. Fillmore saw fit to expound on a certain female presidential candidate. This is what he had to say: Abby: "I think girls should be treated exactly the same as boys... Except when they wanna be treated better, because they're girls!" Boy: "Wow, Abby, you'd be a great presidential candidate!" (Read the rest here)
From
The Archives It's that time of year again. The malls are begging for conspicuous consumption. The stores are selling select items at a loss in the hopes of selling other more profitable goods to those who are there for sale prices. Twinkling lights are everywhere. Goodwill and stress alike are rampant. And lawsuits - and threats of lawsuits - abound. In the last couple of weeks, there have been any number of news stories about alleged First Amendment and "separation clause" violations in connection with the holiday season. In Florida, one city has rewritten its policies concerning religious displays on city property; another is facing a lawsuit of its own concerning the identical issue. A New Jersey school is prohibiting its students from singing or playing any song with any religious connotations; the city of Denver, Colorado is being accused of an anti-Christian bias for refusing to permit any Christmas floats in its annual Parade of Lights. Meanwhile, a Georgia school principal is being castigated for reading a prayer of sorts over the school intercom prior to Thanksgiving. (Read the rest here)
The
Independent Institute Although the mugger, the sneak thief, and the con man are not the only types of government operatives, they make up a large proportion of the leading figures in government today. The lower ranks, especially in the various police agencies, have a disproportionate share of the bullies. No attempt to understand government can succeed without a clear understanding of these ideal types and each one’s characteristic modus operandi. With this understanding firmly in mind, you will remain permanently immune to the infectious swindle, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” The truth, of course, is the exact opposite: I say again, the government—this vile assemblage of bullies, muggers, sneak thieves, and con men—is not really on your side; indeed, it is out to get you. (Read the rest here)
The
Future of Freedom Foundation Is waterboarding, known during the Spanish Inquisition as tortura del agua, really torture or not? The question seems to answer itself, but the Bush administration says No. Its critics disagree, noting that the "interrogation technique," which makes a subject physically and mentally react as though he is drowning, has long been regarded as torture by international agreements and outlawed in the United States. The Washington Post reports that the Army investigated U.S. forces for using the method on a North Vietnamese in 1968. Moreover, "Twenty-one years earlier, in 1947, the United States charged a Japanese officer, Yukio Asano, with war crimes for carrying out another form of waterboarding on a U.S. civilian," the Post reported. Asano was sentenced to 15 years' hard labor. (Read the rest here)
From The Ludwig von Mises Institute Congress has again passed an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), only to have it vetoed again. That has given its backers yet another chance to proclaim how much they care for children and rehash attacks against President Bush, as when Lois Capps (D-CA) called it "denying vital healthcare to some of the most vulnerable in our society," and promise to try again next year. Unfortunately, however, their assertions are less than convincing. (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.)
External Articles
On December 4, 10,000 worldcrats and their coteries jetted into the Indonesian resort island of Bali to attend yet another in a long line of climate-change conferences. No one seemed bothered by an AP article that asserted, "Their emissions are probably going to be greater than a small African country." "I've been here all day," coos a young bikini-clad American woman reclining on a white sand beach who asks not to be identified. "This is the best free vacation since the Rio shindig." (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.)
Meeting Ricardo in the Stables If
you are unskilled, there is no doubt that cultivating one or more skills
that are (or will be) in demand will better your position. But even without
particular skills, each individual has something of value to trade with
— and the fewer specialized skills he has, the greater proportional
benefit he will see from a mature marketplace with a high degree of specialization
and division of labor. The mere existence of specialists will make his
willingness to do unspecialized labor valuable to them. This is exactly
why the unskilled laborers of America are likely to have pickup trucks
and widescreen TVs. There's a sort of built-in progressivism to the division of labor that, although it benefits all and almost always will benefit specialists by an absolutely greater amount, provides a greater proportional benefit to those who are relatively unskilled or weak. Again, this notion is so profoundly the opposite of the accepted economic tales of "robber barons" and Dickensian factory owners that, even while writing it, I find it startling. (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.)
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