Public Works Don't

Good explanation of "The Rule of Two" -- free market twice as efficient as government, on average.

Public Works Don't

Third Party Watch » Blog Archive » Both major political parties brought police state to America

Mary Starrett, "Elected officials know that as members of the controlling elite that masquerades as two separate and opposing factions, they will not be deposed. The vast majority will be easily re-elected despite their opposition to the majority of Americans on such issues as illegal immigration, secure borders, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the “Bailout.”"

Third Party Watch » Blog Archive » Both major political parties brought police state to America

Ron Paul on Gaza invasion -- Western Standard Shotgun Blog

Ron Paul on Gaza invasion: "No benefit for the US to be involved in this fight"

Western Standard

Congressman Ron Paul - Opportunities for Peace and Nonintervention - Texas Straight Talk

Ron Paul writes:

Our problems are ours to solve, and we need to give other countries that respect as well. Instead, we have been turning alleged, phantom threats into real, actual threats.

We should follow the foreign policy advice of the Founders – friendship and commerce with all nations. One positive step would be to end our destructive embargo of Cuba, which deprives our farmers of a market just 90 miles from US shores while strengthening the Communist regime...

Other countries should decide how to govern themselves. Even if we don't necessarily approve, it's none of our business. If other people foolishly choose to live under statist experimental regimes, they need to fail in their own right, and not have us as a scapegoat. We need to focus on our own affairs.

However, the pressures exerted on our leadership from the military industrial complex and big business is not in favor of peace or freedom, or especially nonintervention. Intervention is big business...

We need to rein in our overseas empire, as quickly as possible. We need to bring our troops home, and get our economy back into the business of production, not destruction...

If the new administration can take a closer look at real free trade and no entangling alliances, we would be much better off for it. Economically – we could save hundreds of billions of dollars each year! The new leadership has the opportunity and the political capital to do this. But unfortunately, it is not likely to happen.

Congressman Ron Paul - Opportunities for Peace and Nonintervention - Texas Straight Talk

Delaware Libertarian: Explaining the Libertarian mindset to Liberals: the question of prior restraint

I came upon this excellent discussion while looking for a linkage between the concepts of speed limits and prior restraint.

Steve Newton wrote:

Of course, the Liberal argument here is that we have to use public policy to protect the public from potential harm.

Unfortunately, this equates with taking away rights from those who have not done, or even contemplated doing, anything wrong rather than emphasizing the implementation of consequences for those who actually behave in a criminal manner...

I see more advantage in arresting and charging people for crimes they have actually committed than in making simple, everyday activities illegal on the grounds that they might conceivably hurt somebody someday...

All of these restrictions were presented and approved as sensible restrictions on things that could be easily misused, but in reality served specific ideological ends that involving eliminating the rights of certain groups of American citizens...

The absence of guns is also--sad to say, even in America--a potential pre-condition for exploitation, abuse, and tyranny...

"Anonymous" (RAH) commented:

I will govern myself; the government does not govern me.

The Bill of Rights does not give rights. It restricts the federal government from governing on those rights...

If humans are capable of running our own government and do not need a king to tell us what to do, then we are capable of making our own safety decisions. You can advocate for a position, like “buckle up” but do not mandate it. That is when the government gets tyrannical...

So a good way to judge a law is whether the law punishes good decent folk or the criminals. Gun control is all about control. The gun is the excuse.

Delaware Libertarian: Explaining the Libertarian mindset to Liberals: the question of prior restraint

Too Big to Fail and the Problem of Bigness | Freeople

"Compassion with other people's money isn't compassion -- it is moral preening and self adulation. It is what people who are immoral do instead of actually being moral."

Too Big to Fail and the Problem of Bigness | Freeople

Fully Informed Jury Association

Recommended resource for anyone called for jury duty.

Fully Informed Jury Association

Land Confiscation for Flight 93 Memorial

"One thing is certain, however: the seizure of privately owned land would represent a gross abuse of power. Let us hope that there is a better ending in store for both the landowner and for those who rightfully wish to remember the heroic efforts of Flight 93 passengers."

Land Confiscation for Flight 93 Memorial

Citizen Economists » Prohibition and Potency

"This is part of the conceit of the political Left: they think that just by passing a law, anything can be made so. But the reality is that passing a law banning alcohol did nothing to dampen demand; it only constrained supply. This, in turn, led to higher profits for the illegal products, which incentivized bootleggers to stimulate demand."

Citizen Economists » Prohibition and Potency

The Crisis in 10 Points - Robert Stewart - Mises Institute

Bob Stewart points out, "Until too late, no one in authority (regulators, risk managers, senior bank executives, credit-rating agencies, investment analysts) asked the key question, namely, how on earth was it possible in the long term to make profits by lending money to people whose chances of paying it back were practically nil?"

The Crisis in 10 Points - Robert Stewart - Mises Institute

Ron Paul on Blowback - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. - Mises Institute

Good article I found while researching question on Twitter.

Ron Paul on Blowback - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. - Mises Institute

Senators: Read the Constitution.

"Any attempt by the U.S. Senate to block an appointment by the state of Illinois is a clear violation of the rule of law in this country. The Senate must honor this appointment."

Senators: Read the Constitution.

Nir Rosen: Gaza: Israel, Hamas and the logic of colonial power | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

"When you drop bombs on populated areas knowing there will be some "collateral" civilian damage, but accepting it as worth it, then it is deliberate."

Nir Rosen: Gaza: Israel, Hamas and the logic of colonial power | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » Grievous, That’s What

Good analysis of the drawbacks of a government "stimulus" plan -- whether that of Democrats or Republicans.

The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » Grievous, That’s What

Ron Paul promotes the Founding Fathers: Non-intervention « The Political Inquirer

The Founding Fathers were very strong advocates of nonintervention. For all the Republican talk of “strict interpretation”, “original intent”, and “look to the Founders for advice”, they seem to have ignored for the past 10 years the non-intervention foreign policy that the founders advocated.

Ron Paul promotes the Founding Fathers: Non-intervention « The Political Inquirer

Government and Fraud » Tenth Amendment Center

Ron Paul: "The government itself runs a fraud much bigger than Madoff’s."

Government and Fraud » Tenth Amendment Center

Stop Foreign Aid to Israel (and Everywhere Else)

"U.S. foreign aid is simply an immoral form of welfare, one that is highly destructive to the best interests of our nation. Like all forms of socialist redistribution of wealth, it should be terminated immediately, not only to the Israeli government, not only to every other foreign regime, but also to every other welfare recipient feeding at the public trough."

Stop Foreign Aid to Israel (and Everywhere Else)

The Left, The Right, and The State by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

Looks like a great book.

The Left, The Right, and The State by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

Public Education: Changing mental models - Libertarian Blog - Bonzai: A Libertarian Blog

"The fundamental solutions to education will never be found and implemented until education is removed from government control."

Public Education: Changing mental models - Libertarian Blog - Bonzai: A Libertarian Blog

How to Build Credibility on the Web - Stepcase Lifehack

Good advice.

How to Build Credibility on the Web - Stepcase Lifehack: "Stepcase Lifehack"