Excellent article on Ron Paul. Well worth the read.

http://www.thebradentontimes.com/news/2012/04/08/opinion/ron_paul_can_t_be_president_and_it_s_your_fault/

Good two part video on an out of control American government.

Part 1 Here:

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Robert Bork captured it

Not sure it could be said much better:

"I don't think the Constitution is studied almost anywhere, including law schools. In law schools, what they study is what the court said about the Constitution. They study the opinions. They don't study the Constitution itself" -- Judge Robert Bork.

All this talk of the Supreme Court and Obamacare

Interesting fact: Not a single federal law was ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court from 1937 to 1995. 

As Thomas Jefferson warned, if the federal government is allowed to hold a monopoly on determining the extent of its own powers, we have no right to be surprised when it keeps discovering new ones. If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, it will continue to grow – regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government power.

Must watch video lecture on the constitution!

Sadly as much as i advocate for the constitution, i often think the 19th century abolitionist Lysander Spooner may have nailed it when he said: “But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.”

Seriously this is one of the best speeches on the topic i have ever heard!

Def should watch this!

Great video asks and answers some great questions about the nature of government.



I'd also recomend reading this essay http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard62.html

Want to learn about libertarian-ism? Here is a good starting point.

http://www.humblelibertarian.com/2008/10/learn-about-liberty.html

Great speech By Dr Tom Woods

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDW_YHkMU_E&feature=player_embedded

Rant of the day

I would like to formally thank every American out there who does not take the time to understand the very short document called the Constitution, that was designed to limit the federal government from creating the economic, civil liberty, and foreign policy mess that we find ourselves in. Your love for your favorite sports team, Jersey Shore, or whatever else was more important, leading to an apathy for politics, has allowed the government to trample most of your rights, rob you of much of the fruits of your labor, devalue any money you have managed to save, etc. When the system ultimately collapses and you finally do wake up and are up in arms looking for someone to blame, look in the mirror and realize your ignorance and apathy is at the root of the problem.

Thought of the day

The biggest myth people in American believe in is that our military is out there defending our freedom. Sorry but invading other countries and killing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians and our soldiers dying themselves in undeclared and unconstitutional wars is not defending anything! Our soldiers are just pawns, in a grand game of chess played by those who profit off of endless wars and the fucking people who buy the propaganda. I am 100% with the most decorated marine general of his era, Maj General Smedley Butler who said “War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.... There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket."

My thoughts on Veterans Day

Thank you to all who have or are serving The United States of America. And piss off to all the politicians who have sent our soldiers to die needlessly and unconstitutionally in every conflict since WW2. An even greater middle finger to the press who propagandizes the public to believe its all about fighting for our freedom.

Does anyone else find it absurd that a branch of the federal government, The Supreme Court, has the ultimate say on whether what the federal government does is or is not constitutional? Can one really expect to sue the Federal government in federal courts and expect an objective decision? Why would the states which created the federal government rest the ultimate interpretation of the constitution in the hands of the entity they drew up a constitution to strictly limit?

Can you imagine having a disagreement with any business, say Apple, and agreeing to have the disagreement decided by employees of Apple and expect a fair and objective decision? Most likely not. Likewise I cannot see how Americans stand for the idea that a branch of the federal government in the Supreme court should have the final say of what is constitutional especially when one of the parties being challenged (like in Obamacare) is the federal government. 

PS where in the consitution does it say the final and ultimate decision maker of what is constitutional is the supreme court?

Ron Paul's foreign policy critics

Ron Paul gets more support from the military than all other candidates combined! Remember that when people knock Ron Paul on foreign policy. The troops actually doing the fighting support him more than anyone else!

Contradiction in the Constitution

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -The 13th amendment of the US Constitution

Taxation of one's income, and forcibly removing whatever percent, in effect means that the portion of that individuals labor, represented by the income earned and subsequently seized by the government, puts the taxpayer in the position of indentured servant to the government.

If one agrees with this line of reasoning, then regardless of the fact that the 16th amendment authorized congress to lay and collect taxes on income from any source, is in direct contradiction with a clear understanding of the 13th amendment. If taxation of income puts the taxpayer in the position of indentured servant, and the 13th amendment clearly outlaws indentured servitude, then both the 16th amendment and the 13th amendment cannot coexist to any rational thinker. Think about that.

Everyone needs a scapegoat to point the finger at when the true responsibility is staring at them in the mirror!

"When the debate is lost slander becomes the tool of the loser" -Socrates

Democrats blaming the tea party for the credit downgrade, is like a thief blaming their imprisonment, on the person who turned them in to police, rather than their own responsibility in committing the crime. 


Here is an article that demonstrates just this; 
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/7/democrats-seek-to-pin-credit-downgrade-on-tea-part/