In defence of the secessionist traitors… « The Constitutional Alamo

Michael Naragon writes, "It is not that those who entertain the “fantasy” of secession wish to leave the United States. These men are not traitors, as you would paint them to be. The real traitor is a federal government that has abandoned the Constitutional principles that it was founded upon. A federal government that has taken far more power than the “rebels” of 1776 ever intended it to have."

In defence of the secessionist traitors… « The Constitutional Alamo

The Revolution for Liberty

"It is not enough to join a party and be active, we must CHALLENGE the Parties WE support."

The Revolution for Liberty

LewRockwell.com Blog: re: Jon Stewart's Shameless Flip Flop on Hiroshima

David Kramer asks, "if we didn't have an atomic bomb at that time, would those people who think it was a good thing that Truman dropped the bomb be okay if Truman had sent U.S. soldiers into Hiroshima and shot to death the UNARMED¹ civilians as a means of forcing the Japanese to surrender?"

LewRockwell.com Blog: re: Jon Stewart's Shameless Flip Flop on Hiroshima

Attack on the Chrysler Capitalists by Peter Schiff

Peter Schiff writes, "Giving control of Chrysler, and soon GM, to the UAW and the government will enshrine a culture of failure and seal Detroit's fate. Both companies will become government-sponsored entities, not too dissimilar from Amtrak or the Post Office, forever relying on taxpayer funds to create products of dubious quality."

Attack on the Chrysler Capitalists by Peter Schiff

The Washington Independent » Ron Paul’s Economic Theories Winning GOP Converts

Very glad to read this. This man is one of the few on Capitol Hill with true solutions to our nation's woes.

I count myself very blessed to have gotten to meet this statesman with my family in his office several years ago. What a gentleman he was and is.

The Washington Independent » Ron Paul’s Economic Theories Winning GOP Converts

Teen homeschooler jailed under Patriot Act

Infuriating story from "the land of the free."

Teen homeschooler jailed under Patriot Act

Congressman Ron Paul - When Government Plays Doctor - Texas Straight Talk

Great food for thought, as always, from my favorite Congressman.

Ron Paul writes, "When government gets involved in healthcare decisions, the cure is so often worse than the illness."

Congressman Ron Paul - When Government Plays Doctor - Texas Straight Talk

John Marshall Vs Thomas Jefferson on Constitutional Interpretation | Tenth Amendment Center

Gennady Stolyarov II writes, "Perhaps it is time to give each branch of government the sovereignty to judge for itself what is constitutional, and the ability to act as a check against misinterpretations by the other branches."

John Marshall Vs Thomas Jefferson on Constitutional Interpretation | Tenth Amendment Center

StormTrooper USA — Populist Party Blog

Philip A Farruggio writes, "To date, America has over 750 military bases in over 100 countries! Anyone wish to know why the ‘man and woman on the street’ worldwide has no use for us? How about every nation that has American military installations hold a referendum? Allow the populace to vote as to whether they want foreign military bases on their sovereign land. Cut and dry, vote and decide. Isn’t that what Bush and his crew meant by ‘bringing democracy to (enter country here)?’"

StormTrooper USA — Populist Party Blog

Free Speech or Permission to Speak? — Populist Party Blog

The First Amendment to the Constitution reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Steve Osborn writes, "When we accept the government’s (Federal, State or Local) requirement as to time and place to protest or demonstrate; when we agree to demonstrate only far from where the demonstration needs to take place; when we agree to limit the scope of our grievances to avoid embarrassing the officials we are trying to wake up, then we are voluntarily giving up that First Amendment right."

Free Speech or Permission to Speak? — Populist Party Blog

Campaign For Liberty — The War on Drugs Is a War on You | by Michael Boldin

Good arguments in favor of personal liberty (at least for adults) and against the costly (in many ways) United States "War on drugs".

Campaign For Liberty — The War on Drugs Is a War on You   | by Michael Boldin

The War on Drugs is a War on You | Tenth Amendment Center

Michael Boldin writes, "Every day that the war on drugs continues is another day of injustice; another day of spending countless billions to lock people up that don’t behave the way the bureaucrats want them to behave. It’s time to bring this multi-billion dollar attack on your liberty to an end."

The War on Drugs is a War on You | Tenth Amendment Center

Separate but unequal protection

14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, "nor shall any State... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

J. Matt Barber writes, "H.R. 1913, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009... represents a thinly veiled effort to ultimately silence — under penalty of law — morally, medically and biblically based opposition to the homosexual lifestyle."

Separate but unequal protection

And how do we pick our justices? Tradition! -- The Constitutional Alamo

Michael Naragon writes, "By using the word tradition, Obama is – intentionally I believe – implying that the Constitution is not the standard by which laws should be judged."

The Constitutional Alamo

The Minimum Wage, Discrimination, and Inequality - Art Carden - Mises Institute

Art Carden writes:

The tragic irony of the regulated workplace is that it most adversely affects those on the margins of society...

Tragically, a higher minimum wage and workplace-safety regulations are likely to exacerbate rather than mitigate social inequalities by removing the penalties that discriminatory employers would have to pay in a competitive market and by eliminating an important margin on which disadvantaged groups could compete.

When people aren't allowed to compete on the basis of price, quantity, and quality, firms can discriminate on the basis of something other than productivity.

A racist employer would suffer a penalty (lower profits than his competitors) if he insisted on indulging a "taste for discrimination" in a competitive market. When prices are fixed, and labor conditions are set by law, that same employer can indulge his racist preferences without receiving his capitalist comeuppance...

One of the unintended consequences of the minimum wage and workplace regulations is that they perpetuate inequality...

But racism is an entrepreneurial error, and one that should be quickly punished in the marketplace. With restrictions on the way the labor market functions, the entrepreneurial error (and moral abomination) that is racism can go uncorrected.

Milton Friedman openly argued that minimum-wage laws are racist in effect if not intent...

Denied the opportunity to earn incomes and to acquire valuable skills, those adversely affected by the minimum wage were not allowed to share in the general prosperity that a market economy produces...

The Minimum Wage, Discrimination, and Inequality - Art Carden - Mises Institute

The new capitalism: Where theft is legal

Star Parker: Welcome to the new capitalism – where politicians rule, irresponsible behavior is rewarded, and theft is legal.

The new capitalism: Where theft is legal

Lincolnian Judicial Tyranny by Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Here's a lesson that needs to be relearned in our generation.

Andrew Jackson: The opinion of the [Supreme Court] judges has no more authority over Congress than the opinion of Congress has over the judges.

Lincolnian Judicial Tyranny by Thomas J. DiLorenzo

A Century of Bipartisan Tyranny | by Tom Mullen -- Campaign For Liberty

Excellent article. Tom Mullen writes, too many fail "to evaluate either party on its core purpose: to secure their unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property."

Campaign For Liberty — A Century of Bipartisan Tyranny   | by Tom Mullen

A TIME TO KILL by J. Neil Schulman

J. Neil Schulman writes, "Violence is not of itself always wrong. Sometimes committing an act of violence is a right and a moral necessity. When violence is righteous, it is glorious. If we do not understand this and ready ourselves with arms and training for the rightful violence that is necessary to defend the innocent, then the random violence eating away at our nation's substance is just what we have coming to us."

http://homepage.usask.ca/~sta575/cdn-firearms/Schulman/a.time.to.kill

The Marijuana Conspiracy | Vaporizers|Vaporizer Reviews

Very eye-opening review of hemp in history. Didn't get this in my government-school education in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Marijuana Conspiracy | Vaporizers|Vaporizer Reviews