Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Charlie Hebdo and the Exposure of Hypocrisy

Posted on 2015-01-15 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Whatever else the Paris Massacre of the staff of Charlie Hebdo and the related killings at a kosher supermarket in Paris has done, it has again exposed the total hypocrisy of a whole lot of people. Consider … Continue reading →

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I am NOT Charlie

Posted on 2015-01-12 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton “I am NOT ‘Charlie’” Really.  Within hours of the cold-blooded murder of a dozen people in the totally unarmed and virtually undefended offices of an “in your face” comic magazine in Paris, the signs started appearing: at … Continue reading →

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Energy Thoughts – Bureaucrats and Innovation

Posted on 2015-01-01 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Government bureaucracies are “conservative” in the sense that they want nothing to change, except for a very limited number of things which give them more power and wealth.  We see this in particular in high-tech, such as … Continue reading →

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WalMart the Welfare Queen?

Posted on 2014-12-30 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Does WalMart collect $2.6 billion a year in corporate welfare from the government?  Well, according to Freedom Force, the mega-corp does. That is, IF you buy the logic of Michael Snyder, who calculates how full-time employees of … Continue reading →

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Christmas is for Sharing.

Posted on 2014-12-25 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Merry Christmas. Although I do not celebrate this day as a religious holiday, but simply a family event (yes, there are many people who are followers of the Christ who do NOT celebrate Christmas as the birthday … Continue reading →

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Texas: Recent News Reveals Why Texas Is the Poster Child for Failed Democracy

Posted on 2014-12-18 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I have a bit of a long-term relationship with Texas.  I had ancestors who lived in Texas two and a half centuries before it was named, others who came when it was still a Mexican state, others … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned from Sydney

Posted on 2014-12-16 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton and Mama Liberty To start off with, Australia has disarmed itself. Not a single one of the dozen or so hostages in the cafe were armed with so much as a pocket knife. The Sydney hostage situation … Continue reading →

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A Baker’s Dozen Reasons Why Torture is Wrong

Posted on 2014-12-16 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, WHOEVER DOES IT Torture is immoral: it not only violates the Zero Aggression Principle in every way, and the Golden Rule, but it treats humans worse than animals. Torture is counterproductive: when torture … Continue reading →

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Disappearances: American Style?

Posted on 2014-12-14 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Warning: This column contains disturbing information and speculation which may anger and upset many people.  It is intended to challenge us to think outside the box and our comfort zone, and examine if things are much, MUCH … Continue reading →

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RIP: Bill of Rights Day – Mourning

Posted on 2014-12-12 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Monday is “Bill of Rights Day” and I think it is appropriate to use the opportunity to remember the late and great document which once helped us keep some hard-won liberties. Therefore, I’d like to suggest that … Continue reading →

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