Archive for February, 2013
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Some much needed levity from “Libertarian Girl” in the spirit of Valentine’s Day. Top 10 Libertarian Pickup Lines 10. “I’d like to indefinitely detain you.” 9. “I only practice the non-aggression principle outside the bedroom.” 8. “Wanna Lysander Spoon?” 7. “I want the government out of my bedroom, but you in it.” 6. “I’m an […]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
This is absurd. Brad Plumer at WaPo recounts the 4 plans in play to stop the sequester. And it’s astounding. It’s made ever more clear to me that nobody in Washington is serious about cutting spending. Right now we’re 15 days away from the implementation of $85.3B in 2013 spending cuts. Oh, for the record, […]
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Posted in Fiscal Policy, Government Incompetence | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Until yesterday, if someone asked me what I thought about Dr. Ben Cason, I would have had no idea who you were talking about. After listening to his speech (below) from the National Prayer Breakfast from a few days ago with President Obama just a few feet away, I thought this speech was too good […]
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Posted in Culture, Economics, Education, Fiscal Policy, Healthcare, History, Human Rights, Humor, Liberty, Political Correctness, Politics, Religious Liberty, Strategies For Advancing Liberty, Taxation, The Welfare State, Theory and Ideas | No Comments »
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
I finally finished reading Hitch-22, and this passage near the very end really caught my eye: It is not only true that the test of knowledge is an acute and cultivated awareness of how little one knows (as Socrates knew so well), it is true that the unbounded areas and fields of one’s ignorance are […]
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Thursday, February 7th, 2013
In light of the recent white paper release by the DOJ concerning the Obama administration’s drone policy, I thought it would be apropos to repost a post I wrote back in November 2011 entitled: Are You or Someone You Know a Victim of the Drone Mentality? I think it’s very telling how little interest there […]
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Crime and Punishment, Culture, Democrats, Doublespeak, Dumbasses and Authoritarians, Election ’12, Government Transparency, History, Hope n’ Change, Hubris, Human Rights, Legal, Media, Politics, Republicans, Security, Separation Of Powers, Technology, Theory and Ideas, War on Terror | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
By now most of you have probably listened to the testimony before congress of Bill Stevens – father of a girl who was at Sandy Hook Elementary the day of the shooting. Despite the grave danger his daughter was in that day, Stevens recognizes the importance of the right to bear arms and correctly places […]
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Constitution, Culture, Human Rights, Individual Rights, Keep and Bear Arms, Media, Multimedia, Security, Strategies For Advancing Liberty, Theory and Ideas | 4 Comments »