Future Death of Government? A look back from 2020

Posted on 2014-10-08 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Looking back from 2020, what mistakes did the US make in 2000-2015? Could we have done something to avoid the catastrophic collapse of the last five years?  Thirteen items come to mind. Continue reading →

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No Guns?

Posted on 2014-10-07 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty

The anti-gun people often tell us that a criminal would simply take a gun away from you and, probably, use it to kill you instead. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-40A: Hypocrisy in Government? Surely not!

Posted on 2014-10-06 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Good morning.  Is government just lying? (Again?) Or being hypocritical?  Or just being stupid?  Or all of the above?

Anger at president reaches new high as faith in government falls according to the WaPo. New polling data suggest that anger at the guy in 1600 PA and a growing distrust of big government could spell trouble for Democratic lawmakers heading into the 2014 midterm elections.  Of course, he is a lame duck, so all the Dems have to do (as the guy running for Senate here in South Dakota is doing) is distance themselves as much as possible from him.  Not that such an action is hard for politicians of any stripe.  They are just naturally hypocritical when it comes to running for office (or anything else). Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-39E: Weekend fears and follies

Posted on 2014-10-04 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Good morning!  On this lovely Saturday, the Home Front is just really going through convulsions, as people are really upset and worried.

We aren’t supposed to, of course: guvmint will take care of us really, really nicely, from Ebola and the Caliphate and pollution and those bad guys down the street that want to shoot us up.  They really really WILL take care of us.  Really. Continue reading →

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The “Do Nothing Congress”

Posted on 2014-10-03 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty

We only have one “representative” in the US Congress for all of Wyoming, and I’m on her website mailing list.

This week she’s writing to complain about Harry Reid, a frequent theme:

Harry Reid is desperately trying to sell the “do nothing Congress” as republicans’ fault but it was his own decision to keep the Senate from coming to the table to work on these critical issues.  We have sent the Senate many different solutions and ideas.  Harry Reid’s Response? Still nothing but crickets. Continue reading →

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Media: When truth counts, error and inconsistency abound

Posted on 2014-10-03 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton

Good morning.  Readers know that I have very little respect for the mainstream media, whether radio or television or “print” (newspapers and the leading magazines).  While I do have much respect for the alternative news media, including such folks as Drudge, Breitbart, WND, TheBlaze.com, and the many commentators out there, I am prone to call them out on issues of error, exaggeration, and over-reaction.  This commentary addresses both MSM and ANM, and once more I find myself disgusted with them. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-39C: Evil is as evil does

Posted on 2014-10-03 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Good morning. On the road yesterday, so playing catch up today!

A story I’ve wanted to address shows how evil and stupid government and those who trust in it are. Connecticut governor’s Sandy Hook panel recommends new restrictions on homeschooling. Connecticut parents who have chosen to homeschool their children will be faced with a new layer of bureaucracy and state regulation if a new legislative proposal from the governor’s Sandy Hook Advisory Commission succeeds.  If anything, this recommendation and action is more evil than the usual “let’s ban all the guns” or “let’s register all the guns” – and even MORE stupid.  But as all of the stories, point out, Tranzis MUST take SOME action regardless of whether the action will really accomplish anything. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-39B: Sanity seriously short

Posted on 2014-09-30 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Good morning.  Sanity seems to be a rarer and rarer commodity these days, doesn’t it?  Consider some of the stories in today’s news.

Man shoots bullet through his neighbor’s window, reportedly for this astounding reason: because he didn’t know how to unload it?

Mama’s Note: Now, here’s someone who should definitely NOT be handling any gun, and I’m not sure any amount of training would change that. It is hard to believe that he actually thought that pointing the gun at the neighbor’s house and pulling the trigger was an acceptable way to unload it. I smell a rat… there is more to this story, I’ll bet. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-39A: Wars and more wars

Posted on 2014-09-29 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Good morning.  First, let us look quickly at some war news.  Last week, we continued to find fighting all over the place.

No boots on the ground?  Really?  Fellow soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) are being deployed soon.  Specifically, according to Army Times, “The 1st Infantry Division headquarters will deploy to Iraq in the coming weeks as the U.S. expands its war against the Islamic State, officials announced Thursday. The Big Red One, of Fort Riley, Kansas, will be the first division headquarters to go to Iraq since the U.S. withdrawal in 2011.”  This is a headquarters, which means that more troops will almost certainly follow.  The Division’s First Brigade is already in Kuwait.  More and more lies. Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-38E: Stupid government and more

Posted on 2014-09-26 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton

Good morning! The FedGov has settled with the Dineh (the Navajo Nation) for decades of mismanagement and lost money from coal, oil and gas, and other resources for the princely sum of 554 million bucks.  Of course, if that were divided out among the 400,000 enrolled Dineh, that amounts to a grand total of $1385, not even one percent of their share of the National Debt.

This ups the amount paid out by the Department of Interior (not THEIR money, but the taxpayers’) to more than 2 billion, but the FedGov made out like a bandit on this: the estimated take was many times that.  And not one dime will come out of the pay checks or retirement checks of those BIA and Interior people who were the actual mismanagers, much less a Congress or White House that let it happen. Continue reading →

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