By Robert Greenslade
In A Convention of Sovereign States—July 4, 2014
The unanimous Declaration of the fifty united States of America
In the Course of securing Liberty and establishing the Republic, our Forefathers Dissolved all allegiance to the British Crown and declared the American Colonies to be free and independent States. This separation from the mother country Transformed the newly established States into separate Sovereign political entities. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
On the last day of June, the US Supreme Court, the Nine Nazgul, in a 5-4 decision, Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby and three other closely-held corporations, which challenged the ObummerCare mandate that all firms (and institutions) with more than 50 employees provide ALL types of “contraception” INCLUDING abortion, to women “without charge” – that is, that it be part of the basic package of MANDATED health insurance with no co-pay, no deductible, no strings or cost TO THE INSURED beyond their “normal” insurance premium. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning, and welcome to the second half of Anno Domini 2014! As I started to write this yesterday, friends north of the border were celebrating Canada Day, the creation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867. They didn’t want a bunch of lords and commoners thousands of miles away in London telling them EVERYthing. Frankly, they might have been better off than having that collection of statist powermongers in Ottawa like they do now. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Here are a few stories I meant to comment on last week, still of concern. Things continue to go (depending on your view point, of course) very bad OR very good in the land of Mesopotamia, formerly known as Iraq.
Because of their larger subscriber base, Godfather Politics has to be politically correct, at least somewhat so, unlike Mama Liberty and Brad and me, or at least I assume that is why they are asking this question, “Will ISIS form the world’s first terror state?”. We already HAVE and have HAD a good many “terror states” in the world, including the FedGov. And I am using the root definition of “terror” which is (Merriam-Webster definition, NOT mine): “violence that is committed by a person, group, or government in order to frighten people and achieve a political goal” (although I would add “or threat of violence”). The great historic examples are of course, the Third Reich, Soviet Union, Red China, the Japanese Empire, and the Spanish Empire (and Lincoln’s Union), but ALL the Middle Eastern countries of 2014 meet this definition. Government IS terrorism: the “monopoly” (real or effective) use of force to directly or indirectly make people do what the Congress or Executive or Queen or Premier want them to. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning, after a lengthy and unplanned weekend with no commentary! My major comment today is in the form of a Baker’s Dozen (TM) on the Economy.
Over the past several weeks, I’ve seen a lot of whinging about comments that Hillary Clinton made concerning her family’s abysmal financial condition. So I have put together A Baker’s Dozen ™ news items that show the Clintons and the rest of the elite are totally divorced from reality. Continue reading
By MamaLiberty
Ancient wisdom tells us that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. What’s in your hand is yours to do with as you please, but in opening your hand to grasp the two in the bush, you may well lose all of them.
Many, if not most ordinary people accept the fact that actual violent crime is not common in most places, and may even be decreasing in frequency overall. The mainstream media works very hard sensationalizing every tidbit they can find, especially if a gun happens to be involved, or “children,” and people become fearful without actually understanding either the risk or the rational response to it. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
For some reason, yesterday and today a whole raft of abusive cop stories, and stories related to cops being stupid and tyrannical popped up. Here are a few in no particular order.
On the Guadalupe River, in Texas, famous for rafting and tubing fun, a row of Comal County Sheriff’s deputies conducts a checkpoint operation and warrantless searches for glass and Styrofoam, and sadly, most people don’t know that what they are doing is illegal. Continue reading
By Nathan Barton
Good morning. Today, we can take a look at the horrific regulations crushing down on us more and more.
When was the last time you know of that someone got sick and died because their food was hauled in a semi-trailer pulled by a common carrier? Or just got sick? I thought so. No one. There are lots of ways that food can become contaminated or spoiled and make you sick when you eat it. But of all the dozens of ways, having a dirty trailer or a poorly-operating reefer van hauling your veggies or fruit or meat is not way up on the list. But the RISK POTENTIALLY EXISTS. And government – no, GOVERNMENT must MUST come to the rescue and push for a zero-risk society in which NO one will die of anything but old age and boredom. Continue reading
By MamaLiberty
There are several items in the news these days about “allowing” some teachers and administrators to be armed in order to respond to “school shootings.” In fact, some schools are actively in the process of providing for this. Even more surprising is the fact that many in “law enforcement” are starting to support the idea. Continue reading
Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-26D: 4th of July and government fireworks
By Nathan Barton
Hope that you have a great Independence Day. Today is the 4th of July, a national holiday celebrated by parties, picnics, and fireworks (where they are legal, at least, and where people can afford them). Enjoy the long weekend! Continue reading →