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April & May 2009

The Power of Statelessness
The withering appeal of governing
By Jakub Grygiel

Without Firing A Single Shot:
Voluntaryist Resistance and Societal Defense
by Carl Watner

A good counterpoint to the ongoing tsunami of propaganda against Iran.

http://www.stratfor.com/w...

June 12th, 2009

Anarchophobia: The fear of liberty’s logical conclusion
by Thomas Hill

“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 this, which also I believe-’That government is best which governs not at all’; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which we will have.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

June 10, 2009

Do You Really Want Freedom, Or Are You Just Kidding Yourself?
by Wilton D. Alston, rock.marathoner@gmail.com

“The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.” ~ Plato

“Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to ensure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.” ~ Disraeli

The Enron lobbyists gang should be under investigation, not lobbying for the Fed.

I think it's good to put a face on the enemy.

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The enemy? Yes.

Meet Linda L. Robertson
The FED has just hired her to spearhead the lobbying effort to stop the Audit of the FED.
This is the same lady who lobbied for Enron in 2001.
A little background:

June 8th, 2009

Anarchy: Rules … without rulers
by Steve Trinward

I’ve been hearing a lot of negative slams at the concept of anarchy lately. Some folks equate it with the little black-hatted guys carrying handheld bombs, as depicted in the yellow-journalist crap of the early 20th Century political cartoons. Some see it as a lack of societal rules, a gateway to disorder and chaos, and the province of terrorists and insurgency against our way of life here in good old America. For others, it would signal the end of civilization as we know it.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...

Murray N. Rothbard

By far the most secret and least accountable operation of the federal government is not, as one might expect, the CIA, DIA, or some other super-secret intelligence agency. The CIA and other intelligence operations are under control of the Congress. They are accountable: a Congressional committee supervises these operations, controls their budgets, and is informed of their covert activities. It is true that the committee hearings and activities are closed to the public; but at least the people's representatives in Congress insure some accountability for these secret agencies.

It is little known, however, that there is a federal agency that tops the others in secrecy by a country mile. The Federal Reserve System is accountable to no one; it has no budget; it is subject to no audit; and no Congressional committee knows of, or can truly supervise, its operations. The Federal Reserve, virtually in total control of the nation's vital monetary system, is accountable to nobody – and this strange situation, if acknowledged at all, is invariably trumpeted as a virtue.

http://lewrockwell.com/ro...

http://www.usdebtclock.or...

Hi Friends. I'm still in Taiwan. It has been a very busy trip, and I want to thank the fabulous DP mod squad for keeping things up around here while I've been away. I lived in Taiwan for two years, from 2003 - 2005. I didn't know a thing about this place before I came, but it is a place that I have grown to love very much. The people are kind and friendly, and I dare say it is freer than the US in many ways. (See pictures of the free market below). No airport searches, no taking shoes off before boarding planes. On my flight here, just before I got on the plane in San Francisco -- just as I was about to go down the tunnel to -- AFTER I'd already been searched inside out and upside down, shoes off and everything -- I got stopped again and had my bags pawed through.

The days here have been full visiting friends and family, so I haven't had much time to write, though I have seen so much. I thought I'd start by sharing some photos, and filling in the details when I get more time.

Taiwan is a modern country. It is the third largest buyer of US debt, behind China (Taiwan is NOT China! - more on that later) and Japan. Here are some photos that show what a frugal country this is:

Here is a traditional, free market in Taiwan. This is just about 5 minutes from my mother-in-law's house, on the outskirts of Taipei city:

May 29, 2009

Atheists, agnostics part of our individuality
By Saritha Prabhu, sprabhu@charter.net

A while back, I learned something that surprised me: Atheists and agnostics are a reviled group in this country.

The survey said that they are disliked more than even gays and Muslims. Are they despised more than illegal immigrants? The survey didn't say.

I also learned that in six states, atheists can't run for any public office.

Saturday, 23 May 2009 03:54

Being a Criminal
Larken Rose

As in just about every other culture on the planet, Americans are raised to respect "authority." They are taught that obedience is a virtue, and that the measure of whether you're a good person is whether you're a "law-abiding taxpayer" who "plays by the rules." Likewise, we're taught that the bad guys are all "criminals" who "have a problem with authority."

Governor plans to completely eliminate welfare for families
http://latimesblogs.latim...
May 21, 2009

[quote]Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to completely eliminate
the state’s welfare program for families, medical insurance for low-income children
and Cal Grants cash assistance to college and university students.

The proposals to sharply scale back the assistance that California provides

Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich

Americans know how to use the moving van to escape high taxes.
By ARTHUR LAFFER and STEPHEN MOORE | WSJ.com

Democrats:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...

Republicans:

Lysander Spooner: Libertarian Pietist
by Murray N. Rothbard
[Introduction to Vices Are Not Crimes]