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July 6, 2009  "Independence (?) Day and what "or else" means." By Mike Vanderboegh We KNOW that this situation of two peoples --
one of free individuals and one of the collectivist herd -- cannot last
for very much longer. One or the other must triumph. And we know from
history that such deep divides are almost always bridged by piling up
enough bodies in bloody civil war to fill the chasm.
So, no, I will not be celebrating this Independence Day. I will hold my family close, and I will pray to God for guidance and protection and I will look to the bloody future with apprehension. But -- know this. Know that I intend to maintain my own liberty, even if it kills me and mine in the process. That was the Founders' solution, and that is mine. (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.) Libertarian Commentary on The News 29 June - 05 July By Nathan A. Barton © 2009 Congress in Action and New Religions - Global Warming
Congressmen Say They Didn't Have Chance to Read Full 1,200-Page Climate Change Bill Before Vote CNSNews.com Almost all of the House members surveyed Friday by CNSNews.com had not read the entire 1,200-page climate-change bill before they were to cast their vote Friday evening. But almost all of them knew how they were going to vote…
Gee, whiz, why not? What difference does
the CONTENT of a law have to do with whether you vote for it or not?
Congress increasingly abdicates its responsibility - why bother to even
write the law - just write the title of the bill (in 200 words or less)
and let the White House and the millions of unelected bureaucrats and
judges fill out the rest? (Read
the rest here)
Lessons by The Hunter What the doubting thomases don't bother to consider before
they recoil in horror is that the shooting has already started.
So far it’s an abortion doctor here, an overzealous prosecutor there, or
a crooked judge out yonder. And so far its just nutcases doing the shooting
- or as some people have called them, the canaries. I sincerely hope we
can keep it that way.
But if the oppression keeps up, you're not going to see a full-scale guerilla war modeled on the American Revolution as so many romantically assume. At least not initially. You're going to see an ever-increasing groundswell of those shots in the dark aimed at politicians and public figures who have pushed oppressive measures thus making themselves unpopular. I'd really rather not see it come to that, because once the killing starts, it seems to nearly always spiral out of control. Besides, a lot of these people earnestly believe they are doing good and necessary things. (Paving stones to the nether regions notwithstanding.) Feeding them 150 grains of lead doing 2000 feet/second doesn't defeat their ideas, and it might very well give them a new lease on life. The ideas, I mean; the recipients of that sort of argument tend to be a little too busy getting acquainted with the workin' side of grass to spare any time to continue political debates. (Read the rest here)
Law and Liberty by Sunni Maravillosa Many individuals
grow up without developing an internal set of principles for guiding their
behavior. Instead, they may transform from relying on their parents' edicts
(which may often be justified with nothing but, "Because I said so!")
to relying on the state's edicts, in the form of laws, never bothering
to think through the issues, much less the fundamental concepts of right
and wrong. Some individuals never formulate their own set of guides, and
thus are ripe for exploitation, which enables the horrors that are only
possible under a coercive system of law, such as the National Socialist
German Workers' Party -- more commonly known as the Nazi Party.
Moral laziness
helps instill mental laziness. Individuals without a moral compass are
more likely to choose the easy course when thinking through a dilemma.
Often, they ultimately reason something like, "If it were wrong there'd
be a law against it". A few individuals go so far as to rationalize that
an activity isn't wrong unless he or she gets caught breaking a law. (Read the rest
here) [From the archives]
By Captain Eric H. May
My next article will be a
detailed analysis of the top four false flag targets and dates for the rest of
July. For now, let these facts suffice:
Top targets: New York City, Chicago, Houston, Portland - Top dates: 7/7, 7/11, 7/22, 7/29 The rest of this article will concern top target New York City and tertiary target Houston. The recent New York atmospheric anomaly is identical with another, over Houston four years ago during a most suspicious explosion of a BP refinery. Let the reader decide whether this is natural and coincidental or the preparation of false flag Nuclear Obama. (Read the rest here)
$4 Billion Abuse Industry Rooted in Deceptions and Lies By Carey Roberts According a recent report,
the domestic violence industry continues to engage in information control
tactics, spewing a dizzying series of half-truths, white lies, and outright
prevarications. The report, “Fifty Domestic Violence Myths,” is
published by RADAR, Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting.
How often have you heard the mantra-like claim, “domestic violence is all about power and control”? That’s code for the feminist dogma that domestic violence is rooted in men’s insatiable need to dominate and oppress the women in their lives. And the obvious solution to partner abuse? Eliminate the patriarchy! (Read the rest here)
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National Gun Rights Examiner The ACLU, not exactly known for being sympathetic to the right to keep and bear arms, is going to bat for a New Orleans man who had his gun confiscated. From the Associated Press: (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.) Check out the latest from other Gun Rights Examiners
External Articles A Tale of Pot and Kettle
by L. Neil Smith In each case, without a doubt, the jackbooted
thugs in question, be they cops or soldiers, were prepared by their
leaders who convinced them that those they were about to torture and
murder weren't really people at all, but merely animals, subhumans, who
could be treated in any way that was convenient—and fun. They probably
didn't need much convincing. There is a perverse tendency in human
beings to enjoy hurting and killing people if a sufficient excuse can
be found or manufactured.
Ultimately, rationalizations wear thin, although it may take years, and the torturer or killer suffers nearly as much damage as his victims. (Some psychologists believe this is the origin of "combat fatigue".) That's one reason goodguys must refuse to torture anyone back, or to kill them except in unambiguous self-defense. Understand that the rule is more for our own benefit than that of any potential victims, because it allows us to maintain the all-important moral high ground. (Read the rest here) (Read the entire article at the source website. Use the back button to return.) There is an old saying that "a journey of
a thousand miles begins with a single step". The VERY FIRST STEP on the
road to freeing one's self is ATTITUDE.** If a person thinks like a
slave, his own servitude is guaranteed. If a person thinks like a free
man there are no guarantees, but the first requirement to being free
has been accomplished. When a person realizes the condition of
servitude into which most of us are born and unthinkingly live, when
that person deliberately chooses to rid himself of his complacent
servility and end the dependence and the slavery, that person has taken
the first step. Without that attitude change, no journey on that road
is possible, no individual freedom can ever be achieved. (Read
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Albuquerque Libertarian Examiner
Anchorage
Libertarian Examiner
Knife law quibbling: it's already over and this is the shouting By Kevin Wilmeth Regarding
the proposed change itself, the anti-disarmament logic is
clear enough. Gun owners will recognize this scenario
intimately:
plug the word "assault weapon" or "machinegun" in for "switchblade",
and "semiautomatic" for "assisted-opening" and we've seen the same
article hundreds of times before. This disarmament scheme, like
all disarmament
schemes, will only affect the peaceable, and then only by depriving
them of something they weren't abusing in the first place. Anyone
actually causing harm with such devices, such as we can actually say
they exist (the data, see, is always fewer and further between than
originally advertised, and has this pesky habit of shifting about,
almost as though it doesn't matter), is nowise hindered. It's all
lose-lose. (Read
the rest here) (Read the entire article
at the source
website. Use the back button to return.)
Dallas
Libertarian Examiner
The House of Libertarianism By Garry Reed Another outsider's definition of libertarianism: "It's the denial of
any ultimate responsibility to anyone else, complete self-centeredness."
The
writer, either intentionally or innocently, confuses self-centeredness
with self-reliance. Libertarians not only fully understand but
frequently point out to others that freedom encompasses responsibility.
Freedom is impossible without responsibility, just as the concept of up
is impossible without down, good without bad, or left without right.
Quoting from the big "L" Libertarian Party of Texas
website, "We respect your right to live your life the way you see fit,
and expect you to take responsibility for the consequences." It's the
collectivists, not self-reliant libertarians, who seek to escape
responsibility by hiding themselves in some form of anonymous groupism.
Unfortunately, this rejection of responsibility guarantees their loss
of freedom. (Read
the rest here) (Read the entire article at
the source website.
Use the back button to return.) Features From The Last Issue Libertarian Commentary on The News (June/29/09) By Nathan A. Barton © 2009 A Closer Look At The Second Amendment By The Hunter Politically Incorrect Movie Reviews The Taking Of Pelham 123 By RadioFree Rocky D
By Captain Eric H. May
Balance of Power: Political Power By Sunni Maravillosa The Supreme Court Nominee Who Can’t Write By Carey Roberts Our Right To Defend Ourselves RKBA Resources
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