It gets so old

Posted on 2018-03-02 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Although I am a lover of liberty and very much (and more and more) an anarchist (self-governor), I tend to sympathize and empathize with conservatives – even conservative statists – more than with their enemies on the other corner (base?) of the political diamond.  I have to constantly remind myself that while I may be more comfortable with these people, they are still the enemies of liberty, and as dangerous as the Tranzis (liberals or progressives or leftists).

At the same time, the stupidity (of which I have written recently at length) and ignorance of history which is so common today among the Tranzis and their stooges constantly crops up on the right.  Not just the neo-conservatives, but the paleo-conservatives as well.  And the ignorance and stupidity increases constantly.

Or maybe I should say that the common knowledge which any human in the Fifty States should have is declining.  Anyone should know some basic history and government, just as we expect them to know how to add and subtract (and even multiply and divide!).  This is NOT about making them a “good citizen” but about having some rudimentary knowledge to use to defend themselves against the governors-of-others.  And having enough knowledge to accept responsibility for their actions.

Some examples. Continue reading →

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Fear, loathing, and fragmentation of society

Posted on 2018-03-01 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

In the last two weeks, we have seen a new tone set in the usual post-murder political screaming in the Fifty States.

Of particular interest is the “sudden” conversion of so many major companies, now supposedly bowing to public pressure. They are ending relationships with the NRA, enacting their own versions of gun control (raising ages for purchasing weapons, refusing to sell “assault rifles,” etc.), and coughing up “donations” to help this rapidly-forming coalition of teenage hoplophobes-turned-hoploclasts (gun-fearers becoming gun-loathing anti-gun activists). And the media screams and waves the bloody red rag as do “converted” politicians and others. The ramping up of ever more vicious attacks on liberty and gun-owners, their organizations, political actions, and more seems to be spinning out of control.

Now, honestly, this all seems just a bit too coincidental, to me.  Rather, it seems to be the result of collusion, the carrying out of a planned series of actions. Continue reading →

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Here’s Your Sign…

Posted on 2018-02-25 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty

This ought to work…

Florida House Passes ‘In God We Trust’ Bill for Schools in Response to Massacre

The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday requiring all public schools to prominently display the nation’s motto, “In God We Trust,” somewhere on campus.

But will it work as well as these?

I don’t think so, and I’m sure the atheists will be all over it soon. Good luck, Florida.

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“Converting” someone to self-government

Posted on 2018-02-25 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Understandably, you, dear reader, may think I’m being needlessly (or even brashly or offensively) spiritual (religious) by using this term.  Yet, in reality, in today’s world we find it necessary to treat statists in a way very similar to how christians treat (or should treat) those who are not.

So whether or not you are “converting” them or “persuading” them or “liberating” them, the process is very similar, and very essential. Let’s discuss it.

Notice that I do not say “converting to libertarianism” or “converting to anarchism” or even “converting to classical liberalism.” Nor do I speak of changing someone’s politics or political affiliation.  Such an idea is very much comparable to converting someone to a denomination or a “religion” as defined by the modern world. (And honestly, as worthless.)  Rather than helping someone to become a follower of Christ.  (From a christian point of view.)

If we truly need and want liberty to change the world; to make ourselves and our community and our world more free, much is required. We need to do much more than getting people to vote for “our” candidate(s) for massa and junior massa and such.  (Even if “our” candidates are more “libertarian” than the rest.)  We need to do more than get them to score 10/10 on the World’s Smallest Political Quiz and find that they are “libertarian” or even “Libertarian.” We need to do more than just talk or write or nag people. Continue reading →

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Are we’uns stooopid? Too many ‘merkins is, it seems

Posted on 2018-02-24 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

It is a steady drumbeat.  Every day, I get to read a couple – shucks, a half-dozen or more – stories (“news stories?”) in the mainstream media AND the alternative media that point out the stupid behavior of many people.

What kind of people?  The media (all types, really) for once.  Officialdom.  (At all levels.) Criminals.  And, sadly, common and ordinary people.  And it is clear that the media and officials and politicians and their puppetmasters understand how stupid people can be.  Even if those manipulators are themselves stupid.

“Enjoy” some examples with me.

I know that after the Florida killings, people are in a panic and overreact to anything and everything.  And when you are stupid, it is even worse: you overreact and then you overreact to the reaction.

And apparently, the people and cops of Oberlin, in Allen Parish, Louisiana, are as stupid as stupid can be.  A student was interrogated, and his home was searched by detectives, after a fellow student called in a terroristic threat, as reported in Townhall.com. The student was working on math problems in class when his classmates saw him draw the picture of a gun.  Specifically of a pistol. Continue reading →

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The NRA Does NOT Speak For Me

Posted on 2018-02-22 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty

No, the NRA doesn’t speak for me, and never did. Neither the “president,” nor any politician can speak for me either. I do hope Mr. Trump manages to learn that he can’t please everyone, and finds some rational advisers at the very least, but he has zero legitimate authority to dictate anything to me – about anything.

Nobody can speak for me unless I ask them to do so. I have not authorized anyone to speak for me, or to make decisions about my life and safety.

As a human being, I am the only one responsible for my life and safety. As a parent, I took personal responsibility for the health and safety of my children. No government can do that for you, no matter how compassionate and caring they seem to be – or say they are.

None of these people are asking or answering the real question:

Can evil people be prevented from doing evil by making everyone else a helpless potential victim? Do you honestly think that “laws” restricting or prohibiting an inanimate object will prevent evil people from harming others? If so, I’d like to hear exactly how you think that works…

Who owns your life? Who is responsible for your life and safety? If you choose to be subject to the non-voluntary government, do you think others can be/should be forced to go along with it? Can you speak for everyone/ anyone else?

Think about it.

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The priorities of government

Posted on 2018-02-18 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

(Note: This, in a shorter version, was originally a response to a comment to my commentary “The Art of the Deal – January 2018.”)

What are the priorities of government?  Of government agencies?  Of government employees? Of politicians in power in government?

The standard civics class speaks glowingly of “public service” and “serving and protecting” and such nonsense.  Some analysts will talk of “enlightened self-interest” and people will talk about defending life and property.  It’s babble.  (And there is frequently VERY little “enlightened” about the self-interest that states and rulers display.)

Government is, first and foremost, a parasite.  The priorities of parasites have little if any relation to the priorities of the host.

Usually, the priority of government (and government employees including politicians) goes something like this:
1. Maximize their agency/government control of people and business.
2. Maximize the employment/income security of the government employees.
3. Maximize their revenues (taxes, fees, grants from other governments, etc.). Continue reading →

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Time for the FBI to go away

Posted on 2018-02-17 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Revelations concerning the failure of the FBI to follow up on published threats by the Florida school killer to do just that – kill people in school – are troubling.

Coming on top of the exposure of FBI (and DOJ) work to first win the election for Miz Hillary, and then to betray the Trump administration, it is more than troubling. Doubly so when the FBI is accusing Russians of trying to “influence” the 2016 election, and when Democrats are accusing the GOP and Trump of politicizing the FBI.  When the Democrats were actually doing exactly that.

The complete failure to fire, indict, try, or even demote these evildoers inside the FBI – or even just plain incompetents – for this sort of nonsense points out an obvious fact.  At least to me.

We have fresh proof of the corrupt and evil nature of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  To say nothing of its incompetence. Oh, it has been well-known that the FBI started out as a corrupt, meddling, and often incompetent organization, way back in the 1930s under the guiding hand of J. Edgar Hoover.  If there was ever a man who needed psychiatric and religious help, J. Edgar was him. For four decades, this man used the Bureau as his plaything, and was indeed a (if not the) power behind the throne (or at least that big desk POTUS uses).  Behind a façade of scientific and investigatory prowess and impeccable integrity, it was a steaming cesspool of corruption, ineptness, powermongering, pandering, and worse. Continue reading →

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Saving children

Posted on 2018-02-16 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

It has happened again. Seventeen people are killed by a crazed 19-year-old “child” in and around a school in Florida.  A 9-12th grade high school with more than 3,000 students.  Or rather, as Tom Knapp accurately characterized it (in Freedom Net Daily) 3,000+ “inmates” in a “government-operated daytime confinement facility.”

The horror of such an event should be obvious.  Especially since it appears this “kid” (19 is adult for everything except drinking alcohol and carrying concealed weapons) was well-known as a violence-prone nutcase who was preparing himself for just what he did.  And he is NOT a suspect: he confessed to the murders in open court. (His court-appointed public defender says his new client is “sad, mournful, remorseful.”  Well, we all know how to tell when lawyers are lying: their lips are moving.)

There are already numerous reports about how people – especially teachers – sacrificed themselves to save the lives of “children” in the school.  (Again, I put “children” in quotes because a ninth-grader is at least 15 years old – well past the age of accountability for 95 or even 99% of the population – and therefore historically and religiously considered an adult. Except by modern government, Tranzis, and (sadly) too many conservatives and libertarians.) Continue reading →

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Lincoln – Truth and Consequences

Posted on 2018-02-13 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty

Yesterday, Feb. 12, was listed on my calendar as Lincoln’s birthday. I didn’t notice it then, even went to the county library – which was open! These past “presidents” don’t get much attention these days, since so many people are working overtime bitching about the current one… but we might all benefit from a critical analysis of those in the past. If we look at the true history, of course. The government indoctrination camps continue to present Lincoln and many others as saints and humanitarians, when they were anything but…

If you want the real skinny on Lincoln, this article is a good start.

America’s Most Deified Politician . . .
By Thomas DiLorenzo

Lincoln was by far the most hated, despised, and reviled of all American presidents during his lifetime, as historian Larry Tagg documents in The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln: America’s Most Reviled President.  His deification was the posthumous work of the Republican Party propaganda machine.

Lincoln was very careful with his language when he explained to the world in his first inaugural address and other speeches that he was willing to enshrine slavery explicitly in the text of the Constitution (with the “Corwin Amendment”), but that he would invade any state that refused to collect the newly-doubled federal tariff tax and send the proceeds to Washington, D.C.  So-called “Lincoln scholars” lie though their teeth about this, in other words.

Lincoln’s invasion of the “free and independent” Southern states, as all states are called in the Declaration of Independence, was the very definition of treason under Article 3, Section 3 of the Constitution,which defines treason as “only” levying war upon the United States, or giving aid and comfort to “their” enemy.  The word “their,” signifying the states in the plural, means treason is waging war against South Carolina, Virginia, etc. Continue reading →

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