Tag Archives: tyranny

Happy new year from The Price of Liberty

Posted on January 1, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

After two years of crises, threats to liberty, fears and panic, we can all pray that 2022 will offer opportunities to promote and enjoy peace, prosperity, and liberty for all. Let us look forward! Although it is just pages on … Continue reading →

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Eighty years … as memories continue to dim

Posted on December 7, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

“Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it.” Eighty years ago on 7 December 2021, as planned and as a result of efforts of a great many people in multiple nations, the United States of America officially entered … Continue reading →

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What are the real objectives of the lockdowners?

Posted on November 29, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

We are now approaching 22 months of the public pandemic – and a full two years since it seems the novel coronavirus first made people ill (in China). The daily news is filled with more and more reports of new … Continue reading →

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Ignorance is no excuse

Posted on November 6, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

We hear this headline constantly. And yet, time and time again, people constantly try and excuse their actions on this very basis. Of course, we should not that the people who quote this old saw to others are government employees. … Continue reading →

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Technology for liberty – distributed (mesh) communications

Posted on October 7, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

As society continues to deteriorate and liberty is seemingly more on the defensive right now, we need to remember that technology is virtually always neutral. A tool can be used for good or for evil, and there are few exceptions … Continue reading →

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Our current lap in the race of tyranny

Posted on September 30, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

As mentioned in the last column, the quote usually (and apparently wrongly) attributed to Sinclair Lewis, “When Fascism [tyranny] comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross,” was a little too late and simply … Continue reading →

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Race to the bottom – American tyranny

Posted on September 29, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

As we enter the last quarter of Calendar Year 2021 and the Fiscal New Year of the FedGov (2022), we need to consider some of these things. Readers and friends know that I am very much an enemy of democracy. … Continue reading →

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Were Lee, Jackson, and Wheeler traitors?

Posted on September 28, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

In the last commentary (HERE) I ran out of words to explain my claim that Southern officers and enlisted personnel (and their leaders and civilians) were NOT traitors to the United States. So here is the next commentary: WHY do … Continue reading →

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The sub-rosa war on our liberties continues

Posted on September 18, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

The latest battles – in schools, businesses, courts, media, and government chambers – against basic liberties triggered by the continuing Pandemic Panic. But I repeat myself: regardless of the tactics, the target is ALWAYS our freedoms. As normal, the news … Continue reading →

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Fourth of July Special

Posted on July 4, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

As I sit here in a certain unnamed city in Colorado, I hear the occasional pop or boom of fireworks. Fireworks almost certainly illegal in this municipality, which has so graciously permitted SOME legal fireworks (if you can call them … Continue reading →

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