By Nathan Barton
Good morning! Here are a few stories from the weekend or a bit older, thanks to various folks. Mostly doing with guns in some way.
Thanks to Margaret for this and the next several stories: Holly Fisher of Charleston, West Virginia is the christian wife of an Army veteran and is a mother of three. She recently irritated some tranzis by posting a photo of herself posing in front of a Hobby Lobby store holding a Chick-fil-A drinking cup while wearing a pro-life T-shirt. Shortly after receiving at least one death threat, she again posted a photo of herself, this time in front of an American flag while holding a Bible and an AK-47. She’s been condemned and vilified, compared to Islamist jihadis with similar pictures. But what has she really done? She’s shown herself willing to stand up for liberty, for what she believes, just like many others are doing. Was the AK-47 was a bit over the top? Would a handgun have done just as well? Continue reading
The Price of Liberty 
Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-43B: Bureaucratic obtuseness
By Nathan Barton
Good morning! The incredible stupidity and obtuseness of most government bureaucrats and “civil servants” is on display this week, across the world.
Teachers, by their very nature, are NOT supposed to be too sensitive to criticism: they received so much from students and often with little or no justification. Of course, like many other virtues of teachers, the modern, unionized teacher has totally lost their ability to deal with criticism, even something as mild as the latest cover of Time Magazine, which speaks of how difficult it is to get rid of rotten apples in the government-run, tax-funded schools. Of course, these are precisely the teachers which Time is talking about: teachers so incompetent and uncomfortable actually teaching students that they migrate to bottom-feeders, parasites on other teachers who have been brainwashed into thinking that they must be in a union. And that unions in 2014 do ANY good whatsoever. Continue reading →