Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Steps to Return Some of Our Lost Freedoms

Posted on 2013-10-08 by TPOL Nathan

Bakers Dozen™ Steps to Return Some of Our Lost Freedoms I probably should entitle this a “moderate, minarchist” checklist as part of my hopefully-famous Baker’s Dozen ™ series.  These are intended to be thought-provoking and do NOT reflect my true … Continue reading →

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The Coming Civil War? Oathkeepers’ dilemma

Posted on 2013-10-04 by TPOL Nathan

Are things in this nation heating up?  Today’s little DC street scene (reminding so much of Deadwood’s and Hill City’s daily gunfights during the tourist season, except for (maybe) the real blood) is a reminder of just how on edge … Continue reading →

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Government Shutdown Diary, Days #1 and #2

Posted on 2013-10-03 by TPOL Nathan

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DIARY Day 1 of the “Government Shutdown/Economy Shutdown” (Tuesday, 01 OCT 2013) – Left early today for Pierre for EPA-mandated testing and certification required to determine whether too much dust or smoke is being emitted.  Will it be … Continue reading →

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Dangerous combination: Environists and the State Smash Small Business

Posted on 2013-09-30 by TPOL Nathan

Our esteemed publisher and editor sent me this story a few days ago: Smoke from a Newcastle refinery under investigation (Casper Tribune) Mama’s Note: How absolutely stupid. There was a single puff of very black smoke. It was ripped to … Continue reading →

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American Cities: Cesspools of Evil

Posted on 2013-08-27 by TPOL Nathan

These three stories passed across my desktop and point clearly to the hideous nature of cities, especially in America.  Liberty does not thrive in cities: indeed, it may not be possible for liberty to survive in the long term in … Continue reading →

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Fear the worst: evil state government in New Mexico

Posted on 2013-08-24 by TPOL Nathan

The following news item somehow didn’t appear in the mainstream media that I can find:  the HuffPo and some homosexual lobbying type publications seem to be about it.  And no wonder, considering what the Supreme Court of New Mexico has … Continue reading →

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Three-hundredth Post: The “messiah” strikes again and again

Posted on 2013-08-24 by TPOL Nathan

Home front – The “messiah”: Obama wants police to search smartphones (News story (from NPR) via Godfather Politics)… Obama wanting to give police throughout the country the right to search someone’s smartphone without having a warrant.  … guest commentator on … Continue reading →

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Government terrorism: the animal “welfare” excuse

Posted on 2013-08-03 by TPOL Nathan

Stupid government – terrorism Wisconsin: SWAT team gets baby deer (World Net Daily) “It was like a SWAT team. Nine DNR agents and four deputy sheriffs, and they were all armed to the teeth,” animal shelter employee Ray Schulze told … Continue reading →

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Home front: Vicious tyranny and fear

Posted on 2013-08-01 by TPOL Nathan

Three stories came across my desktop in the last 24 hours that share a common theme a lot of people have spoken about.  It is not just the militarization of the police force that we must be aware of and … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-27D: SPECIAL – Zimmerman “not guilty”

Posted on 2013-07-14 by TPOL Nathan

Zimmerman Not Guilty (The Blaze) and about every other media outlet in the US. Nathan:  Sniff, sniff… yeah, sitting here in Cortez, CO, I can smell smoke: not just our ordinary, everyday, forests-are-burning smoke, but an odd tang, like old … Continue reading →

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