February 2010
130 posts
9/11 WAS INEFFECTIVE (if their goal was to get...
i dont believe you have a jihad against me we have the same enemy but i disagree with your tactics blowback i dont think it was effective violence breeds more violence i understand i can see where youre coming from but dont stoop to their level i too just want to be left alone i empathize but dont you become what you hate it does no good
“I KEEP TELLING PEOPLE … we need to all do our own thing … we do not...”
– Ryan Ⓥ Hall
“It’s not about it being ok (or not ok). It’s about it being...”
– Dale on FTL
Missing the Point
…association among people should occur only by mutual consent.
This is bothering me. So I’ll just say it. If you don’t want to associate with someone, you have every right to cut ties with that person. You dont need to make up any excuse to justify it. Sometimes people who have similar goals might have different ideas to reach those goals. That’s fine, you dont have to...
“If you think money is the root of all evil, what does that make the federal reserve?”
The War on Inanimate Objects
Maybe we should start referring to the War on Drugs as the War on Inanimate Objects to emphasize the absurdity and other aspects of the Drug War such as asset forfeiture and paraphernalia and contraband bans.
Pandering and Empty Promises
change.gov agenda: Eliminate Sentencing Disparities: Obama and Biden believe the disparity between sentencing crack and powder-based cocaine is wrong and should be completely eliminated. Expand Use of Drug Courts: Obama and Biden will give first-time, non-violent offenders a chance to serve their sentence, where appropriate, in the type of drug rehabilitation programs that have proven to work...
Park your car
change.gov wrote: “Build More Livable and Sustainable Communities: Our communities will better serve all of their residents if we are able to leave our cars to walk, bicycle and access other transportation alternatives. As president, Barack Obama will re-evaluate the transportation funding process to ensure that smart growth considerations are taken into account.” Obama says: ditch...
An it harm none, do what ye will
I was talking to a Wiccan online about the world’s smallest political quiz. She said she was non-political and she believed other things being a Wiccan. So I did some research on Wicca and found out about the Wiccan Rede. It appears to me to be quite similar to the Libertarian philosophy.
Dangling Carrots
Money is used all the time for coercion. The U.S. Federal Government is one of the biggest perpetrators of this crime. I know the money itself isn’t evil, it’s just a bunch of pieces of paper and numbers on a computer. Since the federal government a lot of times cannot pass a bill saying that a state must enact such n such law because of that constitution roadblock, they use federal...
Walking the Plank Pt. 1: Drugs
I’ve done some online outreach to no avail on a forum for a video game I use to play on teh IRL and war room sections about drugs, economics and the meaning of words. I can’t get them to shake their views that government is a necessary evil. If anyone wants to check it out to give me some pointers on what I did wrong. Or maybe they’re just closed-minded statists. One of the...
Walking the Plank Pt. 2: Zimbabwe
Mikey wrote: Lets just stop giving money and setting up support centers in africa while were at it. Since you know.. Its a waste of tax payer money. We don’t get anything out of it and you know.. Government should get smaller and do less to interfere. ( YOU KNOW ALL WHILE WE CONTINUE TO RAPE AND PILLAGE THEIR LANDS FOR NATURAL RESOURCES OF COURSE) Exactly! That’s not our...
“i moved into my first apartment when i was 18. i shared a 2 bedroom ground level...”
– smeg
Bob Barr, an Elephant in Sheep's Clothing? or The...
I know people may despise Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party for nominating him, but he did at least one good thing, draw my attention to liberty. I was a member of the Indifference Party, one of the largest parties, yet one of the most uninfluential parties in America. The Indifference Party didn’t do anything political. They didn’t care. They didn’t vote. They didn’t...
Standing Up for the Indifference Party
Dear Mr. Mark Ritchie, In the Senate recount, you failed to count all the people who didn’t vote. Do these people’s opinion not matter simply because they do not care enough to go to the polls to pick between two people neither of which they want to represent them. Shouldn’t their apathy carry as much weight as the opinion of the citizens who voted. If no candidate is worth your...
Doing Nothing, the Underrated Alternative
Whenever there’s a crisis, they’ll say we have to do something, we can’t just sit idlely by. But what’s wrong with doing nothing? When you do nothing, you don’t violate anyone’s right. When you do nothing, no one gets hurt. I say if nothing works, then do nothing!
Vote None of the Above
The MN LP has this on its Platform. 8. None of the Above We propose the addition of the alternative “none of the above is acceptable” to all ballots. In the event that “none of the above” wins, the elective office for that term will remain unfilled and unfunded. I think writing in “None of the Above” would make a better statement than just not voting if enough...
The Department of Homeland Security = Bear Patrol
Remember that episode of the Simpsons (“Much Apu About Nothing”) when they were “attacked” by 1 bear, then the town had a bear patrol enacted. Of course there were no bear attacks after that, but Lisa had that rock and said it prevented tiger and well “you don’t see any tigers” attacks and Homer offered to buy it. Then the Mayor blamed high taxes on...
Level 8 Super Mario Bros
The constitution is like a brick wall to politicians, but they’ve gotten their hands on a power up mushroom and they’re breaking bricks left and right. What we need to do is send goombas, koopa troopers and bullet bills to take these politicians back down to the size they started at and stop them from getting any more power-up mushrooms.
If You Ever Go Undercover, Shave Your Mustache
So I went to Dubliner Pub in St. Paul, cuz they have live Irish music and it’s close to the Liberty Center. Well, I meet some guys who are cool, who ask me if I’m in the military even though I have long hair and a goatee now because I was wearing camo gortex. Oh and they asked me about the button I just bought with the Jefferson quote, “When the people fear the government, there...
No Solution
Even if government could solve all our problems, I would not want that. I would not want the government to have that power. For what government giveth, government taketh away. Once the government solves all our problems, we will forever be at the government’s mercy.
Neighborhood Watch
I saw a Neighborhood Watch sign that said, “If I don’t call the police, my neighbor will.” And then I thought wouldn’t it be a better crime deterrent to say “If I don’t have a gun, my neighbor does.”
Positive Liberty = Fake Liberty; Negative Liberty...
I don’t like the terms positive liberty and negative liberty. Cuz it makes real liberty sound bad and fake liberty sound good. If you need liberty to be granted from another source such as government, do you really have liberty? It’s like when you were in high school and you had to ask to go to the bathroom. The teacher would grant you liberty to use the restroom, but why do you have...
sorry bout the spam, but I’m copying all my old Bureaucrash blog posts and then im gonna delete my BCS account.
Be the Fed
You give your friend a back massage. Your friend gives you an IOU 1 back massage. You need to get a haircut. You have a friend that can cut hair and could use a back massage. You trade your IOU to your friend for the haircut. However your first friend isn’t very good at giving back massages, but he’s great at shining shoes. Your 2nd friend thinks that’s worth as much as a back...
Email from Delta Dick
Anne Wortham is Associate Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University and continuing Visiting Scholar at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. She is a member of the American Sociological Association and the American Philosophical Association. She has been a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and honored as a Distinguished Alumni of the Year by the National Association...
I almost marked this email as spam lol
We still want to know what GROWTH goals would motivate you D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h Quote of the Day: “A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.” — attributed to Thomas Jefferson Yesterday we asked you to tell us what 2009 GROWTH goals would excite you? We’re starting to get responses. We’ll...
WatchDear Congressman Kline: I applaud your efforts to reduce pork barrel spending. There are 2 pieces of legislation I think would help reduce government deficit spending. Read the Bill Act would reduce pork barrels that go overlooked by forcing Congress to read the bill. And I also urge you to support The Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act, H.R. 833. The Federal Reserve being the root cause of...
Ending the Drug War on the Local Level
Re-prioritize local law enforcement. Drugs should be the last thing on the minds of local law enforcement. Fuck drugs, it’s a waste of time. Instead focus on what matters, protecting citizens and their property. Drug cases should go straight to the bottom of the pile and not addressed til every stolen bicycle and petty theft is solved!
Why Does Government Suck?
[02:39] Decimus: why does government sux? [02:39] Scott: idk ask Obama [02:39] Scott: it’s cuz they don’t have a profit/loss mechanism [02:40] Scott: if they suck ass they don’t lose money [02:40] Scott: when they suck ass they just ask for more money
Obama Talks About Capitalism?!
Anyone listen to the Obama speech where he said something like we need to promote risk taking but the risks that produce products people want. Um, yeah, that’s called capitalism. You don’t need government intervention for that. lolz. argh
WatchIt’s important we get the gun nuts together with the stoners on these issues. We need to overlook our cultural differences and realize we all want the same thing, for government to leave us the fuck alone dammit!
https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/campaigns/109 From Downsizer Dispatcher email: Quote of the Day: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” ...
WatchDear Congressman Kline,
To answer your colleague’s question posed in this video. Yes, I would want you to vote No on the budget and shut the government down. Is it really that simple? Of course, I expect you would vote no on the budget this year with all the crazy spending that Democrats want to do. Thank you for co-sponsoring the Fair Tax Act, which would abolish the IRS and I hope...
Watch“Why can Government do things financially that we would be arrested for?”
WatchDead Aid
http://www.dambisamoyo.com/ I saw her on Colbert Report and she makes a very good case about why aid doesn’t work and trade and job creation would work better.
Aaron Clarey →
I met this guy when I went swing dancing. He started talking to me because he liked my LP shirt. He’s got a book called “Behind the Housing Crash,” but he said to forget about the book and check out his blog.
“I used to host a show on AM 1500 called “The Economics Supper Club.” It was great. People learned a lot of about economics. We advanced people’s understanding of...
Government Abuse
So you have a problem you can’t seem to solve on your own. So you you try the government. Now the government doesn’t exactly solve your problem, but it makes you feel better and you forget about your problems for a while. But eventually the good effects of government wear off and you’re back to where you started. However, now your problems are even worse than before. You want to...
