To Whom the Future Falls
Last night my wife Gloria and I hosted our inaugural book study club at our home.Sadly it was not well attended, with only one other couple and our two dogs which has prompted the writing of this appeal. The book we are starting out with is W.Cleon Skousen’s “5000 Year Leap,” or as subtitled, “Principles [...]
Shooting for Self-Defense?
First, a couple of news items that are actually something to cheer about concerning our rights to defend our liberties: Arizona is allowing concealed carry without a permit, and the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that the University of Colorado has no authority to bar students or visitors from lawfully carrying guns on campus. This [...]
Liberty Is On The March. Is Florida Out of Step?
Excerpt From John Tate’s Campaign for Liberty Newletter “Congressman Ron Paul’s incredible straw poll victory at CPAC (with, I’ve been told, the most support of any straw poll victor in the Conference’s history) sent a clear message to the establishment that not only are we more energized and passionate than ever, but we are organized [...]
Tenther Homework
Professor Krey has an assignment for you tenthers out there. Please check out this video from the Federalist Society regarding “trying suspected terrorists in federal court” and summarize their arguments for me. The Federalist Society, much like the rest of the Beltway Right, is far too cozy with unconstitutional, warmongering neocons for me to ever [...]
States Rights, Yes, But That’s Not All
As Jefferson said, the American principle supports the states as versus the central government, the counties as versus the states, the towns as versus the counties, the wards as versus the towns, and the individual as versus all. Radical decentralism is the libertarian principle. Originally posted on the LewRockwell.com blog
Lady Liberty, Defiled by Uncle Sam
In the two score and seven years following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the U.S. federal government rapidly transmogrified into a national wrecking crew, bankrupting and otherwise devouring the Republic and its founding principles of personal liberty and protection from government intrusiveness. If Uncle Sam were ever a lean, fair-minded, slow-to-anger yeoman, see [...]
Protecting Rights: D.C. is the Worst Choice for the Job
Yesterday, in response to the Kansas Senate passing SCR1615 (Sovereignty Resolution) a Kansas reporter asked me the following question: the kansas senate has adopted a resolution affirming the state’s 10th amendment rights. the amendment supports the repeal of all federal laws that compel the state to do something. some legislators here say that means the [...]
The Patriots’ Trident
“Somebody ought to do something!” “I’m tired of shouting at my TV but what am I to do? Write a letter? Send an email? A fax? What for? “They” don’t care about us and they’re not listening!” “What are we supposed to do?” Sound familiar? Well, Patriots, there’s not one thing you can do—there are [...]
A “New” Declaration of Independence
This last Saturday, January 30, 2010, following a Saturday where our phone lines melted down when we asked a simple question; what Right’s have been taken from you or encroached upon by the Federal Government? While we weren’t surprised by the volume of calls, we were surprised about the specificity of the calls…people were VERY aware that [...]
Justice Alito Was Right?
So says Judge Andrew Napolitano – on the recent Citizens United case, that is. Here’s an excerpt of his recent article: The 20-year-old ruling had forbidden any political spending by groups such as corporations, labor unions, and advocacy organizations (like the NRA and Planned Parenthood, for example). Ruling that all persons, individually and in groups, [...]
The True Nature of Natural Rights
The concept of natural rights is perhaps the most basic in the entire structure of the governments of the people of the United States. This concept formed that foundation upon which the nation grew and flourished into the most prosperous and powerful in the entire history of the world, and it happened in a relatively [...]
Guard the Constitution
“Guard the Constitution” monologue (by Joshua Lyons) on the Jan. 16, 2010 “The Forgotten Men” radio show along with commentary by Mark Kreslins. For the transcript of the Monologue, contact us at ForgottenMen.com. Excerpt: its important to understand the nature of how we have gotten here. We as a people, our educational system, the court [...]
Is It Time for Civil Disobedience?
Couldn’t think of a better day to revisit Henry David Thoreau’s “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” (h/t Lew Rockwell). Here’s an excerpt: I heartily accept the motto, “That government is best which governs least”; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to [...]
The Feds Can’t Deliver the Goods
Ron Paul on CNN’s AC360 last week talking about the public’s growing discontent with government.
The liberties of our country….
“The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It [...]
Freedom is in Your Hands
A nice video from 10-4 Pledge signer, WA State Rep, Matthew Shea
The Latest Edict from our “Supreme” Rulers
Writes Lew Rockwell: The Anti-Federalists predicted that a “Supreme” Court would help pave the way towards tyranny. Now the Nine Creeps have agreed with the Dictator that if he or any of his army of highly paid dependents declares a person to be a suspected enemy combatant (i.e., an enemy of the people), anything can [...]
A Day to Remember: Bill of Rights Day
by Harry Browne This article was originally published on December 12, 2002. For more Harry Browne archives, visit www.harrybrowne.org Dec. 15 should be a national holiday. No, it’s not Earth Day, or Martin Luther King Day, or Flag Day, or Beat-Up-Some-Third-World-Country Day. It’s Bill of Rights Day. If there were to be only one holiday [...]
Ron Paul: Principle, Patriotism and Constitutional Government
A 1997 episode of “Conservative Roundtable,” hosted by Howard Phillips, welcomes Dr. Ron Paul, Republican Congressman from Surfside, TX. Paul talks about his run to reclaim his seat after imposing his own belief in Congressional term limits on himself, focusing on what kind of character voters are comfortable supporting. He also discusses the 9th and [...]
No Liberty with Negative Equity
Individual liberty cannot exist in a country where un-funded obligations, plus its current debt, surpass the total value of all private assets. This is an immutable law of nature and is the condition that exists today in our country. Approximately 12 trillion debt (source U.S treasury), 14 trillion Social Security obligation, 18 trillion (Rx Drugs) [...]
Liberty and Economics
Mises was the twentieth century’s foremost economist, and one of its most important champions of Liberty. Here is a film that does justice to this extraordinary man, and to his equally extraordinary ideas.
Decentralizing Our Federal Government – The Only Viable Solution
As we observe the ignoble acts of the Senate this past weekend and our frustrations grow as we see an ever expanding central government devour more liberty and property, it’s time to state the obvious…we must force Washington DC to decentralize. The 9th and 10th Amendments will be our tool. Implicit in the Declaration and [...]
Anti-Constitution Libertarians
This is just the opening salvo in what I hope to be a friendly and cordial debate among liberty enthusiasts regarding what role “constitutionalism” has to play in the future of the movement to fight statism and restore the protection of individual rights. A recurring theme I’ve encountered is the schism between pro-Constitution libertarians and [...]
Plan For Freedom
In a recent article, radio talk-show host, columnist for the Washington Times and president of the Edmund Burke Institute, Jeffrey Kuhner, asks the question, “Will America break up?”[1] Kuhner is not the only intelligent and reasonable person asking this question and predicting its reality. Igor Panarin, a professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian [...]
Apr 23, 2010 | Categories:Commentary, Liberty | Tags: Freedom, Independence | 1 Comment »