by Nick Ryder | Nov 10, 2008 |
This Veteran’s Day, like all others, you and I will hear that statement repeated countless times to the so called “men and women in service to our country.” They are credited with “keeping our country free” and securing America from people who hate our way of life. But while security is important to a free society, the military that was established to defend the Constitution is currently undermining the bounds intended by the founding fathers by occupying over 150 countries with a US military presence.
There is no doubt that there are people in the world disgusted by American people, but I’ll leave it up to you to decide if they hate us for McDonalds and freedom, or for a government that can’t stay out of foreigner’s lives. Despite the foreign and domestic threats to personal freedom, who is really responsible for the privileged life most of us are lucky to live here? (more…)
by Ian | Sep 18, 2008 |
For my first post, I figure I’ll come in with a bang. I’ll start by going straight for the jugular of the concept of government, and point out why government- at least no contemporary, existing government- cannot possibly be construed as good, in any sense of the word. I aim to showcase and even use the supposed “logic” of government in order to make a refutation. From the Social Contract to the Hobbesian Theory of Human Nature to Utilitarian justifications, I will knock each one down and expose it for the veil of force and violence that it is. (more…)
by Ian | Apr 28, 2008 |
The Libertarian Party (LP) had, after the late, great Harry Browne‘s campaigns, been falling further and further from it’s original principles. In the early portion of this decade, when the LP removed from the party platform their calls for the abolishment of the CIA and FBI, I wrote their newspaper to say I’d not send them another dime of money until they got back to their founding principle: the non-initiation of force.
As I drifted away from the LP and politics and toward market-based action, I paid less and less attention to the LP. I even said on the air recently on “Free Talk Live“, my talk show, that the only reason I was still a member is because I bought a life membership and it hadn’t been worth my while to cancel it. (more…)
by David | Apr 9, 2008 |
The genesis of this blog post was a comment by my brother left on a previous blog post of mine. He had asked this question; once I gain my freedom, how will the issues of Policing, the Military, and the Roads be taken care of. My answer is based on things that have already happened, so it is based in fact, rather than pie in the sky theory.
I will divide my answer into two blog posts, starting with the roads, and I will post the second half about the police and military in a few days or so.
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by Ian | Nov 8, 2007 |
Of Ward 4’s 3265 registered voters, 812 decided the Ward 4 City Council seat:
629 (77.5%) for incumbent Kendall Lane
183 (22.5%) for newcomer Julia Miranda
It could’ve been worse. Actually, that number is pretty good considering that Julia is young, only been in Keene since 2006, and not very familiar with the political landscape. It’s also good because we spent less than $70 on the campaign, the bulk of that going to print out a thousand quarter-page brochures that essentially became contraband after the NH Attorney Genital threatened Julia with up to seven years in state prison if she continued promising to give away her paychecks to taxpayers. We managed to deliver over 400 of these prior to the “order” of the Attorney Genital. Understandably frightened by the prospect of years in prison, Julia rescinded her offer and instead promised her paychecks to local nonprofits and charities. (more…)
by Ian | Aug 29, 2007 |
Yesterday approximately 20% (3,188) of Keene’s registered voters turned out to decide on a 33% more expensive Teachers’ Contract than the one that was voted down back in March. 62.5% (1,995) voted to approve the Teachers Contract. That’s a total of 12.4% of Keene’s registered voters who’ve decided that you’re going to be paying more in property taxes (or more in rent, if you don’t own).
How could you be against this? Do you hate teachers? Do you hate public schools?
Of course I don’t hate teachers. Education is very important. That is precisely why it needs to be taken out of the hands of government. Eating is important too. Would you want the government deciding what you can eat? Would you want government bureaucrats distributing food? If not, why would you want bureaucrats deciding what your kids should learn? (more…)
