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Friday, November 6th, 2009
I’m actually surprised that it hasn’t occurred to me to post “Land of Confusion” for Liberty Rock sooner. This is a great song with a great message that seems perhaps even more appropriate now than its original 1986 release.
The song raises questions in my mind such as:
Who is ultimately responsible for this land [...]
Continue reading Liberty Rock Friday: “Land of Confusion” by Genesis
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Referring back to my post I wrote last week about the “perfect storm” the Obama Administration has created regarding medical marijuana, Colorado in many ways seems to be in the eye of this storm. It seems that more and more people are starting to understand the insanity of declaring war on a substance which has [...]
Continue reading Is the End of Government Reefer Madness Near?
Posted in Activism, Civil Liberties, Crime and Punishment, Criminal Justice Reform, Economics, Elections, Healthcare, Legal, Liberty, Strategies For Advancing Liberty, The War on Drugs, Theory and Ideas | No Comments »
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
I’ve been looking for a reason to share this video for a long time.
Why?
Because its one of the funniest videos I’ve seen on YouTube for awhile.
Yeah, I realize that this video has little to nothing to do with the theme or purpose* of The Liberty Papers but sometimes a little humor can go [...]
Continue reading Off Topic – Halloween Humor
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
In January 2008 I wrote a post calling for the repeal of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984. As I mentioned in the post, many thousands of lives are being sacrificed because of the moral hang-ups of certain individuals who think its icky to sell organs to people who need them. How dare they. [...]
Continue reading The Institute for Justice Challenges Unjust Law Banning Compensation for Bone Marrow
Posted in Activism, Crime and Punishment, Free Trade, Freedom, Government Ethics, Government Regulation, Healthcare, Human Rights, Individual Rights, Legal, Liberty, Multimedia, Political Correctness, Privacy, Property Rights, Strategies For Advancing Liberty, The Nanny State, Theory and Ideas | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Last week’s announcement from the Obama Administration that the Justice Department would call off the dogs with regard to medical marijuana in states where legal has created a perfect storm regarding state and local regulations. Colorado Attorney General lamented that with this announcement, a “legal vacuum” has been created and was quoted in [...]
Continue reading Obama Creates Perfect Storm with Marijuana Policy Change
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Criminal Justice Reform, Economics, Fiscal Policy, Freedom, Government Regulation, Healthcare, Legal, Liberty, Strategies For Advancing Liberty, The War on Drugs, Theory and Ideas | 5 Comments »
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
By reader’s request, “Tyrant” by Judas Priest
Judas Priest
“Tyrant”
Sad Wings of Destiny (1975)
Behold ’tis I the commander
Whose grip controls you all
Resist me not, surrender
I’ll no compassion call
(tyrant) capture of humanity
(tyrant) conqueror of all
(tyrant) hideous destructor
(tyrant) every man shall fall
Your very lives are held within my fingers
I snap them and you cower down in fear
You spineless things [...]
Continue reading Liberty Rock Friday: Tyrant by Judas Priest
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
On Monday morning around 5:30 a.m. in Springfield, Virginia, Eric Williamson was making coffee (in the privacy of his own home) in the buff. Unbeknownst to Williamson, a woman and her 7 year old son could see him in all his glory as they took a shortcut through his front yard.
The woman, horrified that her [...]
Continue reading Government Reasonability Quiz
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Freedom, Legal, Police Watch, Privacy, Sex, The Nanny State, The Surveillance State, Theory and Ideas | 13 Comments »
Friday, October 9th, 2009
In commemorating President Barack Obama’s (undeserved) Nobel Peace Prize, I thought the classic Megadeth song “Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?” would be appropriate. Considering some of the other individuals who have won the prize (Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Al Gore) Obama’s undeserved recognition shouldn’t be all that surprising.
What do you mean, “I [...]
Continue reading Liberty Rock Friday: “Peace Sells” Edition
Posted in Foreign Affairs, History, Liberty Rock | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Peter Suderman writing for The Wall Street Journal has written an excellent article about the (apparent) unlearned lessons of government run healthcare. But unlike many others who use Canada and the UK as examples, Suderman insists that we only need to look at states like New York, Massachusetts, Washington, and Tennessee for their respective failed [...]
Continue reading Quote of the Day: Unlearned Lessons of Failed Experiments Edition
Posted in Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Economics, Government Incompetence, Government Regulation, Government Waste, Healthcare, History, Quote of the Day, Socialism, The Nanny State, The Welfare State, Theory and Ideas | Comments Off
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Gosh, it doesn’t seem like all that long ago the American public was promised hope, change, and a more open, transparent, ethical federal government if we only elected Obama the next President of the United States. Before that, in 2006 Pelosi and Co. made many of the same promises. Now the Democrats have the House, [...]
Continue reading Transparency No Longer* In Vogue in Democrat Controlled Congress
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
From The LA Times:
More than 100 industry leaders and prominent authors — including directors Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Michael Mann, Mike Nichols, Woody Allen and Neil Jordan — have signed a petition asking that [Roman] Polanski be released from Swiss custody. “Filmmakers in France, in Europe, in the United States and around the world [...]
Continue reading Hollywood’s Incomprehensible Defense of the Child Rapist, Roman Polanski
Posted in Activism, Crime and Punishment, Culture, Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Foreign Affairs, Legal, Media, Sex, Theory and Ideas | 14 Comments »
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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Arizona State Capitol Building for Sale
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Daily Show Full Episodes
Political Humor
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The above video clip from The Daily Show, while very humorous, illustrates a fundamental problem of government: shortsightedness.
In this example, the State of Arizona is offering to sell the state capitol for $735 million [...]
Continue reading The Daily Show Illustrates the Shortsightedness of Government
Posted in Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Economics, Fiscal Policy, Government Incompetence, Government Waste, Humor, Media, Multimedia, Politics, The Welfare State, Theory and Ideas | 5 Comments »
Friday, September 11th, 2009
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
JERICHO, Ark. – It was just too much, having to return to court twice on the same day to contest yet another traffic ticket, and Fire Chief Don Payne didn’t hesitate to tell the judge what he thought of the police and their speed traps.
The response from cops? They shot him. Right there in court.
[…]
It’s [...]
Continue reading Shooting the Messenger
Posted in Corruption, Crime and Punishment, Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Government Incompetence, Legal, Police Watch | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
The “Ambulance Commercial” from AARP claims that the “special interest groups” are “trying to derail” the healthcare debate. Those who oppose “reform” are “spreading myths” about rationing of care. In case you’ve missed it, here’s the ad:
One of the things that really makes me angry about this debate is the way groups like [...]
Continue reading AARP Ad: Opponents of ObamaCare Oppose “Health Care Reform”
Posted in Democrats, Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Government Incompetence, Government Regulation, Government Waste, Healthcare, Human Rights, Media, Multimedia, Politics, Socialism, The Nanny State, The Welfare State, Theory and Ideas | 6 Comments »
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
“This court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is ‘actually’ innocent. Quite to the contrary, we have repeatedly left that question unresolved, while expressing considerable doubt that any claim [...]
Continue reading Disturbing Quote of the Day
Posted in Civil Liberties, Constitution, Crime and Punishment, Death Penalty, Doublespeak, Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Freedom, History, Hubris, Human Rights, Individual Rights, Legal, Liberty, Quote of the Day, Republicans, Supreme Court, The Bill Of Rights, Theory and Ideas | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
A 38 year-old mother of three, who posed no threat to the police or anyone else, was tasered right in front of her children in January of this year. Yet to my knowledge, President Obama has failed to address this genuine case of the police “acting stupidly.” Maybe it’s because Audra Harmon cannot help the [...]
Continue reading Another Genuine Case of a Police Officer ‘Acting Stupidly’ (So where’s Obama?)
Posted in Civil Liberties, Constitution, Crime and Punishment, Culture, Democrats, Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Human Rights, Individual Rights, Legal, Multimedia, Police Watch, Politics, Theory and Ideas | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Just when you think the criminal justice system couldn’t be any wackier, a spectator inside a county courthouse was sentenced to 6 months in jail for yawning. No shit.
Williams, 33, attended his cousin’s July hearing at Will County Courthouse in Joliet. His cousin, Jason Mayfield, pled guilty to a felony drug charge. As the judge [...]
Continue reading Man Receives 6 Months in Jail…for Yawning?
Posted in Constitution, Crime and Punishment, Criminal Justice Reform, Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Legal, Theory and Ideas | 5 Comments »
Friday, August 7th, 2009
…you better be prepared to hear opinions which don’t necessarily support the Democrats proposed government takeover of healthcare. The speaker at this meeting (in the video below) made the mistake of saying “I think we can all agree…”. From there, the AARP members took over.
Really brings a smile to your face huh?
Hat Tip: Boortz
Continue reading When You Ask AARP Members to Voice Their Opinions About Healthcare…
Posted in Activism, Free Speech, Healthcare, Hubris, Multimedia, Strategies For Advancing Liberty, The Welfare State, Theory and Ideas, Unions | 8 Comments »
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
CSI, Forensic Files, The First 48 and other television programs of this genre are among my favorites. Investigators study a crime scene and learn all sorts of valuable information from blood spatter, shoe prints, tire marks, hair fibers, ballistics, and trace evidence. We are to believe that “the evidence doesn’t lie” and that these noble [...]
Continue reading Popular Mechanics Separates CSI Fact from CSI Fiction
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