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Have you ever encountered a very pro-military person who you think might at least identify with the themes of libertarian thought, if only you could get past the "they died for our freedom" mantre?  I came up with a response that may help to advance such a conversation past that point.

Next time someone attempts to hit you over the head with the fact that American soldiers died for you so you can have your freedom, respond by saying "No, American soldiers die for the STATE, which has been steadily taking your freedoms for a long time".

This doe not come across as soldier bashing and may just get them to open their mind's door a little and hopefully start to question the big military complex they believe so blindly in.  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9208815/Former-MI6-deputy-joins...

But hey ho Middle England aren’t ever going to listen to reason.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57410424-504083/minnesota-waitress-stacy-knutson-will-keep-her-$12000-tip-lawyer-says/

Minnesota waitress Stacy Knutson will keep her $12,000 tip, lawyer says

(CBS) MOORHEAD, Minn. - Stacy Knutson, a waitress in Minnesota, will now keep her $12,000 tip after police confiscated the cash claiming it was drug money, her attorney Craig Richie said.

"The county attorney's office and the Moorhead Police Department have now agreed to give her the entire $12,000," said Richie.

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Gard,

What a super awesome wonderful guest Mr. Kinsella was on the show. Great job on that one by both of you. If you have not yet, I encourage everyone to explore his website http://www.stephankinsella.com/ 

It is chock full of things that will interest the liberty minded person.  You are really starting to get the radio format dialled in, keep it up!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/02/oakland-shootings-gunman-ope...

7 people at Christian university have been slayed by a former student

So a Christian kills Christians at a Christian university which they once attended, some might conclude that maybe Christian dogma might have something to do with this guy having a psychotic break & going on a killing spree. Though of course its speculative as to why this guy did go on a killing spree but you just know Conservative types will blame Marilyn Manson or some other pop culture icon they despise; of course it never seems to be pointed out to conservatives that maybe all that repressive stuff they attempt to thrust on people might contribute to making some people go nuts.

Email and web use 'to be monitored' under new laws

When I first heard these proposed new police state measures I thought it might be an April Fools.

Sadly its not an April Fools & even sadder is that the majority of people will go along with this police state state crap :(

Senior members of the IOC have been in London today giving a final inspection of facilities prior to the Olympics.

Jacques Rogge (the head of the IOC) said that London 2012 was on track in delivering a legacy. Oh sure a hefty tax bill & a lot of white elephants.

I've noticed recently that when it comes to the Olympics the media hasn't been reflecting differing opinions as it often does with other issues.

You hear plenty of enthusiasm for London hosting the Olympics but you don't hear from anybody who objects to London hosting the Olympics & the consequence of London 2012.

The fuel tanker drivers have balloted for strike action over safety concerns & the Tory led government response to this isn't to find a resolution to this dispute but to cause panic & advise people to break the law.

It might sound like good advice from the government to stock up on cans of petrol but its already creating some panic at the pumps & in fact panic at the pumps is exactly what the government wants as will give them the propaganda edge against the fuel tanker drivers striking etc. Its also been pointed out that the amount of petrol that government ministers having been advising people to stock up om is against the law http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16197699

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/27/student-jailed-fabrice-muamba-t...

Prisons are over crowded enough without sending somebody to prison for making stupid comments on Twitter, but that is exactly what happened today & not for the first time.

Okay the comments this guy made were sickening specially considering the situation but there is such a thing as the right to free speech or at least I thought thee was such a thing as free speech but it looks as if its long dead in this country because as I say this isn't the first incidence of this happening.

So browsing through some new websites today, and I saw that the the ex-student that was linked to his roommate commiting suicide was found guilty and could be sentenced for up to 10 years in prision and deportation.

The article is found here http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/16/justice/new-jersey-rutgers-trial/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

The “great experiment”, the democratic republic that continues to exist under a unifying constitution granting liberties and freedoms to all, even to regular schmucks like us. This union of independent states, where a fed up populace once told a tyrant king to “suck eggs dude, we got this”. 

America, the land of the free, has somehow managed to survive long enough to see a day when technology has advanced to the point where we literally could pull it off. With all the interwebs and email and whatnot, one could imagine that anyone interested could log on to castmyvote.gov and have an actual role in the decision making goes into running a country.

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For anyone who enjoyed Gard's interview with Sheldon Richman, I would recommend "Ancient History":  U.S. Policy in the Middle East Since World War II and the Folly of Intervention as a good starting point.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16925280

This was a tax evasion case revolving around an $80 thousand deposit in an offshore bank account & ended up costing the public purse £8 million.

Somehow that constitutes value for money err not!

Libertarians & socialists don’t tend to agree on the issue of tax but for differing reasons they’ll likely agree with how unfair the policy the IRS here in Britain has become when it comes collecting taxes.

Last week the chief of the IRS said that lower paid workers such as cleaners & labourers were cheating the taxman out of billions.

Thing is just last month there was a report stating that £25 billion a year was being lost due to tax avoidance by large corporations & that this was due to a far too cozy relationship between the IRS & various corporations.

The attitude of the IRS seems to be that if you’re a lower paid worker not pay your cheating your taxes but if you’re wealthy not paying tax then hey that’s okay.

On last nights show, there was a NH bill being discussed which would "allow" for businesses owners to refuse to serve people who marriages they disagreed with.  Gard said that the bill didn't specify which type of marriages.  I haven't read the bill.  All of the callers, and surprisingly to some extent Gard, seemed to oppose it.  The way I look at it is that any business should be able to choose who they deal with for whatever reason.  That being said, if the bill does what Gard said it would do, the result will be a carving out of a small chunk of liberty that is currently being overridden by the 1964 Civil Rights (read:  government granted "rights") Act.  There was some intimation that because the author of the bill was opposed to gay couples, that w

Gard,

I hope you didn't take my $7/month subscription and run to Brazil. (No extradition).  I emailed you but got no response.  Let us know if everything's alright.