Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Keeping, Bearing, and Wearing Arms in Texas

Posted on 2016-06-14 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Please read the commentary “Carrying Concealed” is NOT a right…” first, to better understand my comments here. As I said in the earlier article, the entire business of carrying concealed has been controversial for a very long … Continue reading →

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“Carrying Concealed” is NOT a right guaranteed by the US Constitution, but…

Posted on 2016-06-12 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The infamous Ninth Nazgul, that FedGov collection of terrorists and thugs and autocrats (by appointment of His Grace the Tyrant) has struck again. As reported by JPFO and PrisonPlanet which seems to have the most interesting take … Continue reading →

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The arrogance and overreach of human government

Posted on 2016-06-10 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton How much power do human governments have? And specifically, how much power do SOME human governments have? I think that it is clear that too many people, not just those IN these various governments, think that government … Continue reading →

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Baker’s Dozen ™ Human Rights

Posted on 2016-06-08 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan A Barton Please think about this. Here is a list of thirteen groups, thirteen “kinds” of people who do NOT have rights. 1. Women do not have rights. Nor do men. 2. Christians and Muslims do not have … Continue reading →

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Defining national government

Posted on 2016-06-07 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton, The following quote was part of the daily e-mail newsletter from Liberty Quotes, and caught my attention. “A national government is a government of the people of a single state or nation, united as a community by … Continue reading →

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Guns and media: Who do we believe?

Posted on 2016-06-06 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton (Or, “Guns and the Power of the Media”) According to Newsweek and a blogger from the London School of Economics, the reason that gun sales have soared in the past decade or so is because of – … Continue reading →

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Government and… (Examples of Why “Government is Bad”)

Posted on 2016-06-04 by TPOL Nathan

Nathan’s Rants: Living Free Government (and by that I mean mandated, nonvoluntary, “monopoly (or near-monopoly) of force” government), is bad for people. History demonstrates that government and its actions have violently killed and caused directly or indirectly more premature deaths … Continue reading →

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Libertarian [sic] Commentary #16-22Z – The Finale

Posted on 2016-05-31 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton This weekend was the last straw. Enough is enough. I first heard about it from my wife. It turned my stomach. As it had hers. When her normal news feeds reported from Florida the LP meeting this … Continue reading →

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Whose side are you on?

Posted on 2016-05-27 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian commentary #16-21C by Nathan Barton Oh, come on! Just how stupid are we? Or is it really more sinister, and this isn’t a stupid mistake but a plain attempt to support the state and the tyranny of the do-gooders? … Continue reading →

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Disasters and the Response of Lovers of Liberty

Posted on 2016-05-08 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-19A  by Nathan Barton This incident should be of great interest and closely watched by a whole raft of folks. A massive wildfire has forced evacuation of Fort McMurray, Alberta, as reported by CBS News. “The entire population … Continue reading →

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