I just received this e-mail from Angela, over at Antiwar.com, and wanted to share it with you guys. I love its message:

'We don't discriminate. Here at Antiwar.com, writers from both the Left and the Right are more than welcome, because we all agree on the need to change our foreign policy of global intervention.

We have all kinds of readers -- liberals, conservatives, and all points in between. And we do our best to bring them the best reporting and commentary on the international scene available on the Internet.

True story!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-11-15-bulletproof15_ST_N.htm

Listening carefully to "progressives" (heretofore to be referred to as regressives) over the past few months has lead me to some observations concerning their mindset or psychology.  All of them are at least partially wrong or illogical.

1.  The unfettered free market will lead to exploitation by Big Business.

2.  Conservatives support the free market.

3.  Since high marginal tax rates coincided with economic growth, high marginal tax rates caused economic growth.

4.  Since Reagan, there has been massive deregulation.

5.  A free market means the use of force and fraud is permissible.

"We can look at you naked or we can feel you up."

Jackie Fiest

This is pretty much the same as choosing between liberal/progressive Democrats and neoconservative/conservative Republicans.  It's up to you, fellow conspirators, to decide which party wants to see us naked and which one wants to feel us up.  I apologize for being a little crude, but keep in mind the subject matter.

My vote is for liberals feeling us up and conservatives wanting to see us naked.  My reasoning is this:  liberals like to keep up the pretense that they care about privacy while conservatives are always saying that people shouldn't mind intrusions because you shouldn't have anything to hide.

Government is always saying there must be anti discrimination laws to prevent employers & alike from discriminating against minorities etc.

It appears though in the case of the US government they don’t practice what they preach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Wa6qDtdEg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9daqOoUBoW8

If any NH activist thinks they've had it tough think about what Aung San Suu Kyi has had to endure

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Great article by free market economist (and NH resident) Howard Katz.  Note:  article contains revisionist history on the Great Depression.

http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1289226562.php

Yea, no joke. You didn't read it wrong. Freaking cow burps.

http://www.mygovcost.org/u-s-funds-700000-study-on-cow-burps-to-cut-gree...

Barry Hess posted this on his Facebook account a little while ago. I'm not too sure. On one hand, I can see the government covering it up in order to further their war machine. On the other hand you can fake just about anything with photoshop these days. What do you all think?

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http://www.cnbc.com/id/39886462/Chinese_Computer_Trumps_US_One_as_World_s_Fastest

I guess its no surprise that another Sputnik has happened, shaming the US.

The US, which is "supposed" to be a technological powerhouse, gets shown up by China.  China has been rapidly developing in the technological world, with 1 GLARING reason comming to mind: China does not have intellectual property laws.

To my surprise, we watched a TED lecture in my English class today(college).  This lecture was on the origin of great ideas, and supports the notion that intelectual property stifles innovation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0af00UcTO-c

I've seen this so many places, and what actually brought this to my mind is an article Gard posted on the front page (http://www.cnbc.com/id/39957072).

Its unbelieveable that people can try to say that debasement of currency is good so blatantly.  I will quote the article:

Gross added: "One of the ways to get even, so to speak, or to get the balance, is to debase your currency faster than anybody else can. It's a shock because the dollar is the reserve currency. But to the extent that that is a necessary condition for rebalancing the global economy over time, then that is where we are headed."

http://networkedblogs.com/9SC7F

Wow...

A friend of mine posted this and I really enjoyed, so I wanted to share. Another one of my libertarian role models...

Penn Jillete is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYBoi8NVyBk&feature=player_embedded

I agree, it's hatefulm cynical and theft.

Gard asked what "druthers" are in his podcast entitled Political Science v. Liberty.

As I am prone to look for precision in language, I looked it up.  This is what I found.

http://mydictionary.myresources.com/browse/druthers

Noun
the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake"

http://www.moneymorning.com.au/20101022/eco-terrorists-gaining-the-upper-hand.html

A strong free market article written by the guys at Money Morning Australia. Very sharp commentary fellow conspirators you will like it allot! I dug it. Check it out. Not all Austrian or Classical Liberal, but an interesting perspective.

cheers,

mothyspace

http://www.slate.com/id/2271265/?gt1=38001

I saw this article on the MSN homepage (sadly, I use IE still, and havn't cared to change it).  Peter Thiel gets so smeared in this article its ridiculous. And the author is the editor-in-chief for Slate on MSN!  The guy takes quotes way out of context, then beats him up over it.  He is just completely ignorant when he refers to Thiel backing seasteading; he doesn't get it at all, and obviously has no desire to figure it out.

Whats just as sad is all the comments worshiping college education.  But one comment a guy said made me laugh.

A students teach the B students how to be employees for the C students.

I thought of this question after reading over the small abortion topic brought up recently.

Say that you get put into a situation, such as a gas station thats being robbed.  You have a weapon on you, and you can safely stop this guy (safely being the key).  If you do absolutely nothing to stop him, are you immoral for your inactivity?

This is my question regarding abortion and libertarians.  If you really believe abortion is murder, is failing to act the same as supporting it?  I know acting on abortion can be very broad, but it could be as simple as verbal disapproval.

I also recorded it if anyone would like to listen.

http://www.fisherists.com/freetalklive7.mp3