Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Why not just keep them all at half-staff?

Posted on 2019-10-26 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton We were reading news tonight (Thursday, 24th October) and ran across this article concerning flying flags at half-staff (half-mast if onboard ships and boats). We had wondered last week why we saw so many (but not all) … Continue reading →

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Lynching – is it racist?

Posted on 2019-10-25 by TPOL Nathan

Let me start off by saying, lynching is NOT good. Or nice. Not in any way. With that out of the way to start, let me add that I can see no way in which lynching can be considered “racist.” … Continue reading →

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Most Americans supposedly want to “revise” the First Amendment

Posted on 2019-10-24 by TPOL Nathan

The article just came across my newsfeed. The Free Beacon reports that a poll reports that a majority of Americans want to see the First Amendment to the United States Constitution rewritten. ” More than 60 percent of Americans agree on restricting … Continue reading →

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Government enabling scam artists

Posted on 2019-10-24 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Simon Black, the Sovereign Man, has been following the story of one of the latest bubbles to break, the WeWork company, which did fancy-dan, short-term rentals of business offices. In his article, he briefly addresses the various … Continue reading →

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Tolerating the intolerable? Democrats and The Donald

Posted on 2019-10-23 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Look, I don’t LIKE Trump. He is a typical POTUS in his disregard of liberty, the Constitution, and mundane things like money and the day-to-day fedgov crimes. In addition, he is annoying, arrogant, boastful, immoral, and generally … Continue reading →

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The excesses of the modern regulatory state

Posted on 2019-10-23 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The bizarre behavior of the regulatory state seems to ramp up daily. The actions get more twisted, their impacts more severe, and the fallout more frustrating. Consider Ontario (still, after Monday’s election, firmly in the Tranzi camp … Continue reading →

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What’s your frustration level?

Posted on 2019-10-19 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I guess I just naturally seem to hang around with a bunch of malcontents. People who are fed up with things as they are, concerned about how things are developing in the Fifty States, their own state, … Continue reading →

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Time to offend?

Posted on 2019-10-17 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The entire Democratic and neverTrumper Republican effort on the 2020 election, together with dozens of news stories on a weekly basis reveals that the enemies of liberty are desperate and fearful. Even if their object of attack … Continue reading →

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Liberty and the environment

Posted on 2019-10-13 by TPOL Nathan

I’ve been asked this question more than once over the years, as an environmental engineer: “If business is not regulated by government, wouldn’t the environment be destroyed?” Here is a compendium of my answers, over time. Here in the Fifty … Continue reading →

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A scenario for impeachment and more

Posted on 2019-10-10 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The more I hear the rhetoric of the Democratic candidates for Massa (POTUS), the Congressional Democrats, and the mainstream media, the more convinced I am that they are indeed pushing for a coup. Yes, The Donald is … Continue reading →

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