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April 30, 2012 Libertarian
Commentary on The News
By Nathan A. Barton © 2012 TSA Tyranny and Abuse
New York: TSA Pats Down 7-Year-Old Cerebral Palsy Girl (Daily Mail (UK)) “But that trip screeched to a halt when a TSA agent in New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport targeted and searched the family’s disabled seven-year-old daughter, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Little Dina Frank could not walk through the metal detectors because of her crutches and orthotics, and was instead subjected to a pat down by security agents – a severely traumatic event for the young girl. Dr Joseph Frank, a doctor who practices pediatrics on Long Island, exclusively told the Daily that the lengthy pat down and resulting emotional trauma caused the family to miss their flight to Florida.” Does the TSA train its thugs to abuse children and families like this, or do they just hire people that do this kind of thing instinctively? This would have gotten this agent HUNG from a tree or a telegraph pole 100 or 150 years ago. Mama's Note: ...still should. (Read
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George
Zimmerman: Prelude to a shootingBlast
From The Past. A Double Baker's Dozen
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by Nathan Barton © 2012 Why the good ol' days weren't always good:
P. J. O’Rourke has said, “When you think of the good old days, think dentistry.” You’re grandparents often spoke of the good old days, and so did their parents. Here’s some of the good in those old days:
External Articles If I wanted America to fail … The Liberty Papers by Stephen Littau "If I wanted America to fail, I would want
congress to abdicate its war
powers and give those powers to the president so he could commit acts
of war against any country he desires for any or no reason at all. If I
wanted America to fail, I would want these undeclared wars to be
open-ended with no discernable war aim. This would lead to blowback and
create more enemies for America."
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By Chris Francescani During the time Zimmerman was in hiding, his
detractors defined him as a vigilante who had decided Martin was
suspicious merely because he was black. After Zimmerman was finally
arrested on a charge of second-degree murder more than six weeks after
the shooting, prosecutors portrayed him as a violent and angry man who
disregarded authority by pursuing the 17-year-old. But a more nuanced
portrait of Zimmerman has emerged from a Reuters investigation into
Zimmerman's past and a series of incidents in the community in the
months preceding the Martin shooting.
Based on extensive interviews with relatives, friends, neighbors, schoolmates and co-workers of Zimmerman in two states, law enforcement officials, and reviews of court documents and police reports, the story sheds new light on the man at the center of one of the most controversial homicide cases in America. (Read
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Indian
Country’s American Nightmare
by Anthony B. Bradley If anyone believes the federal government knows
what is best for local communities, they should visit an American
Indian Reservation. Native Americans are currently immersed in a health
care and economic deprivation nightmare that is the consequence of
government interference, inefficiency, and inhumane policies. The
Native American narrative is one of government creating problems and
then, in the name of offering solutions, making matters worse by
depriving local communities of their autonomy.
According to research led by Jeffrey E. Holm, professor of psychology at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine, national data show that American Indians (AIs) have a lower life expectancy than other Americans. In fact, Holm reports, AIs die at higher rates than white Americans and most other ethnic minorities from cardiovascular disease, tuberculosis, alcoholism-related diseases, motor vehicle crashes, diabetes, unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide. National data show that AIs have a higher prevalence of many risk behaviors including cigarette smoking, obesity, absence of leisure-time physical activity, and binge alcohol use. Many of the obesity and diabetes related pathologies have one root correlation: poor diet resulting from government programs. (Read
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How
the US uses sexual humiliation as a political tool to control the masses
But my impression is that the general attitude towards central economic
planning, communism, and outright socialism has changed. Most people
now recognize that we have to have at least some free market core to
produce wealth. They realize that communism is bankrupt and leads to
poverty. Why do they know this? Have they read Mises or Hazlitt? No.
They simply saw the West get richer, and communism collapse. Experience
was a teaching moment in history, for all of humanity. This is a sign
of hope. Even people that are un- or anti-intellectual, who are
uneducated in economics (or, worse, educated in mainstream economics),
have learned something basic about economic freedom. They know that it
works, and that state planning does not. They are not consistent, of
course, but their awareness of the failings of central planning is
levels above that of people in the 1970s, say.By Naomi Wolf Believe me: you don't want the state having the
power to strip your clothes off. History shows that the use of forced
nudity by a state that is descending into fascism is powerfully
effective in controlling and subduing populations.
The political use of forced nudity by anti-democratic regimes is long established. Forcing people to undress is the first step in breaking down their sense of individuality and dignity and reinforcing their powerlessness. Enslaved women were sold naked on the blocks in the American south, and adolescent male slaves served young white ladies at table in the south, while they themselves were naked: their invisible humiliation was a trope for their emasculation. Jewish prisoners herded into concentration camps were stripped of clothing and photographed naked, as iconic images of that Holocaust reiterated. (Read the rest here) (Use the back button to return.) To me, this is a sign of hope. It implies that we do not have to hope that 78% of adults become libertarian intellectuals, reading Rand and Rothbard and Bastiat, to rally to the side of freedom. We can presuppose that they are decent already at core—if not, humanity and civilization have little hope. But we can hope for a gradual improvement in overall economic literacy because experience and the unfolding of history will continue to teach it. (With some of the intellectuals and scholars in the background offering an undergirding support for those few seeking more depth and consistency.) (Read the rest here) (Use the back button to return.) Feinstein
continues to misrepresent Mexican gun tracing numbers “Not all firearms used in crimes are traced and
not all firearms traced are used in crime,” ATF reminds us in a
disclaimer statement in their report. “[S]ources reported for firearms
traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods by which all
firearms in general are used in crime.” Is NJWeedman being played by the system? By Garry Reed Robert Edward Forchion, known to friends as Ed
and to marijuana rights activists nationwide as The Weedman, was facing
trial on April 10 for marijuana possession.
As reported in an earlier Libertarian News Examiner article, Forchion made a cross-country trek from California in his Weedmobile, stirring up national attention with Tweets and YouTube postings, and openly proclaiming his intent to create a "courtroom spectacle" with a pro se jury nullification defense. He arrived to discover that his trial had been rescheduled for May 1, leaving him broke, disappointed and depressed. (Read the rest here) (Use the back button to return) Brush Fires Of The Mind By SonsOfLibertyRiders Also, check out the NEW Freedom Feens
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