Tag Archives: Police state

Nanny state = Police state

Posted on April 18, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-16C,  by Nathan Barton This week, a rather bizarre incident reminded me again of just how much liberty and freedom we have lost. An unnamed client in an unnamed “small” (about 250,000 population) city in the Great Plains … Continue reading →

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Government Secrets – Secret Police

Posted on February 25, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-08D by Nathan Barton Government is virtually synonymous with “secret” – no, not necessarily some “secret government” or (current term) “deep state” or “shadow government.” But secrets. Every “freedom of information” act has its loopholes, carefully crafted to … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 02 December 2015, #15-48C

Posted on December 2, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton What comes across my desktop these days seems a steady stream of fearmongering, and predictions of disaster, the world economy is rushing to catastrophe, the American economy is crashing, World War III is being gestated in Syria, … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 23 November 2015, #15-47A: Accelerating Runaway Government

Posted on November 23, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Nazgul tyranny and “lawmaking” accelerates, as we read in a story from The Blaze in a case involving the Washington Department of Ecology, eight “youth” (“represented” by an environist “children’s protection group”) and a King County judge. … Continue reading →

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The Sermon On The Gun

Posted on August 5, 2015 by MamaLiberty

By Emiliano Antunez For decades, many have pontificated on the evils of gun violence in the United States. Recently, Fareed Zakaria host of CNNs GPS (Global Public Square) on his show and in his Washington Post column took another shot … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 29 July 2015, #15-30D: Garbage in, garbage out

Posted on July 29, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Garbage in, garbage out. As we continue to see the war between the hoploclasts (haters of guns) and the rest of us heat up, the WaPo spouts some more nonsense about how “regular people” can’t use guns … Continue reading →

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Do NJ “gun laws” go too far?

Posted on March 19, 2015 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty Sorry, trick question. Of course, all “gun laws” go too far. And, for the record, that has almost nothing to do with the “second amendment”  or safety or reducing actual violent crime. The fundamental question that isn’t being … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #15-10B: Our beloved government!

Posted on March 14, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In Golden, Colorado (west of Denver) it turns out that the Postal Investigation Service has been recording the license plates and faces of drivers and passengers doing business at the US Post Office (80401) for at least three … Continue reading →

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Gun Control – Leaders and Followers

Posted on February 22, 2015 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty It hit me last night that a lot of us may have been wasting much of our time trying to fight the “gun control” leaders, on several levels. Obummer has pretty much stayed out of it, being busy … Continue reading →

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Libertarian commentary on the news, #15-05B: Giving versus taking, Freedom

Posted on February 4, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning!  Politicians love to equate giving with taking:  they take and take and then give (some of it) to others. This is the sort of thing you expect more from Democrats than from Republicans, but they … Continue reading →

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