Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Ignorance isn’t bliss – it’s fear

Posted on 2022-08-06 by TPOL Nathan

The question has appeared in various forums over the years. A recent version goes: I found an unfired bullet (live round) in my backyard. How do I dispose of it? Fortunately, an Air Force vet with a sense of humor … Continue reading →

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The China question – and the world ahead

Posted on 2022-08-05 by TPOL Nathan

The recent (so far “successful”) visit of Her Imperial Highness the Worshipful Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress Assembled, third in succession to His Magnamity and Omnipotent Mightness Joseph R Biden, to … Continue reading →

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Government evils: Inflation

Posted on 2022-08-04 by TPOL Nathan

What a couple of years! Ouch. Even though prices are (slowly) dropping. Even the Rally in the Black Hills is showing signs of a drop in attendance and not just because it isn’t a zero- or five-year. Five-dollar Diesel and … Continue reading →

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War and liberty

Posted on 2022-08-03 by TPOL Nathan

“Inter arma enim silent legis” is a Latin phrase meaning “In times of war, the law falls silent.” Generally bureaucrats and politicians try to suspend civilian rights during war time. (The relatively “good” ones, that is – the bad ones … Continue reading →

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Winter is coming… time to move?

Posted on 2022-08-02 by TPOL Nathan

Thanks to Steve C who told us about this hilarious send-up ad (our opinion here at TPOL) by the Russians urging people that it is “time to move to Russia.” The short video advert has gotten a lot of mixed … Continue reading →

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The impacts of social media on society

Posted on 2022-08-01 by TPOL Nathan

We’ve seen sea-changes before: some concept, some invention, some new way of doing things that has an incredible impact on our society. And the lives not just of this generation, but many future generations. Social media is one example. In … Continue reading →

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Booze and liberty

Posted on 2022-07-31 by TPOL Nathan

The connections (for many people) between beverage alcohol (booze! – beer, wine, hard liquor, and all the other stuff) and liberty is close. Not so much for ALL lovers of liberty – including those of us here at The Price … Continue reading →

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Fear, hatred, raw power, and other “virtues” of government

Posted on 2022-07-30 by TPOL Nathan

During a couple of days on the road, we here at The Price of Liberty are watchning an example of the evils of government right here in South Dakota. In a panicked response to angry activists and people, the Oglala … Continue reading →

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Ramping up the lies and everything else

Posted on 2022-07-27 by TPOL Nathan

Abort the tyrannical government! Every time we think that we’ve maxed out on how insane and stupid our so-called government leaders can get, the news headlines prove we again have underestimated the capacity of the politicians, bureaucrats and other forms … Continue reading →

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The rot just won’t go away – and now they boast of it

Posted on 2022-07-26 by TPOL Nathan

There comes a time when people have been so seeped in evil, so corrupted, that they no longer hide it in darkness. Instead, they boast of how corrupt, how rotten, how evil they have become. Deborah Birx is an example … Continue reading →

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