Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Consent of the governed: REVOKED!

Posted on 2020-06-26 by TPOL Nathan

We all know many adages and axioms concerning government. One in particular is that regardless of the form of government, it requires the consent of the governed. It’s been stated many times over the centuries.

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Wyoming’s rest area crisis (Part III) – concepts of liberty

Posted on 2020-06-25 by TPOL Nathan

Having explained the problems with rest areas and their closure in Wyoming, what can we learn from that, and what can we do to provide an essential service AND expand liberty?

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Wyoming’s rest area crisis (Part II)

Posted on 2020-06-23 by TPOL Nathan

Last week, the State of Wyoming suddenly closed a quarter of its rest areas on Interstates and other highways. Traveling through Wyoming on Friday the 19th, we saw some immediate results as my family passed three of the closed rest … Continue reading →

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Wyoming’s rest area crisis (Part I)

Posted on 2020-06-22 by TPOL Nathan

A few weeks ago, the State of Wyoming announced that a significant number of rest areas across the State were being closed permanently. The reason given was to save money; fuel excise tax revenues and sales tax revenues had dropped … Continue reading →

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Tales from the West – Crisis and conflict today

Posted on 2020-06-21 by TPOL Nathan

Thanks to business, my family and other business associates and I have been able to travel through several states, and it is clear that the Lockdown is far from over, even in the West.  And that economic impacts are continuing … Continue reading →

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Rumors of war? South Dakota?

Posted on 2020-06-20 by TPOL Nathan

A new rumor is spreading, as South Dakota prepares for a massively-condemned visit by Donald Trump to South Dakota’s Black Hills to see an even more-denigrated fireworks display for the Fourth of July.

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The Year of the Rat

Posted on 2020-06-18 by TPOL Nathan

I was reminded recently that this, in the Chinese calendar, is the Year of the Rat. (I know little of the Chinese calendar except what I’ve read on the placemats of some of our favorite Chinese buffets.) Knowing nothing of … Continue reading →

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A Baker’s Dozen ™ reasons to keep your children out of “public” schools

Posted on 2020-06-17 by TPOL Nathan

The Lockdown has had one very strong positive benefit – even with some negatives.  Tens of millions of parents have seen their children’s schools lock their children out.  Especially the government-run, tax-funded (GRTF) institutions.  So tens of millions of children … Continue reading →

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Abolish the blue gangs?

Posted on 2020-06-16 by TPOL Nathan

In the month of June, 2020, the cry has grown louder and louder, spreading especially across the Fifty States, but into other nations as well. It is especially strong in Minnesota, Washington, and California, but can be found virtually everywhere. … Continue reading →

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Space – the dream still exists

Posted on 2020-06-08 by TPOL Nathan

21 July 2011 – STS-135. The last American Space Shuttle mission. 30 May 2020 – The first manned flight of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. About a month and a half short of nine years. NINE years. It is time to … Continue reading →

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