Complete Liberty Podcast

The state of statist intellectuals; victims of bad, contradictory memes For example - UN Plaza: The Soft Underbelly http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/18763 An interesting blogger discussion - Science Saturday: Just a Theory; Ancient violence and the fear of being eaten http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/18623?in=42:39&out=60:37 It's important to address politics from first principles--and to define one's terms If intellectuals thought logically and didn't take collectivistic memes for granted, they'd improve society immensely Individuals (or groups of them) logically don't have the choice to nullify others' choices What is the origin of human conflict? Not respecting others and their property, courtesy of sacrificial and statist memes The fact that most people comply with governmental edicts doesn't minimize the ills of government Other political insanity from around the world... China nabs website staff for erotic audiobooks http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/20/china_arrests_four_erotic_audio_books/ "Authorities" are basically authoritarian sociopaths Society consists of individuals using their own volitional mechanisms, which no one has the right to contradict Authoritarian sociopaths' demise will happen when their "legitimacy" is undermined The doctrine of self-sacrifice leads politically to sacrificing individuals for the so-called "good of the collective" (i.e., for other individuals) Australian censorship board site pwned (http://classification.gov.au) http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/87mqb/australian_censorship_board_site_pwned/ http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9880/miscs.jpg Saudi clerics urge TV ban on women, music http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29826511/ Somehow, the authoritarian sociopaths are able to convince the oppressed that their edicts are good and must be followed Extropianism means living the most flourishing lives possible, maximizing our potential via technological innovation (http://www.extropy.org/principles.htm) http://www.extropy.org/conferences.htm Liberty and Responsibility: Inseparable Ideals by Max More http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/liberty-and-responsibility-inseparable-ideals/ We must be careful not to romanticize America's founding; the Constitution only applied to those who agreed to it, and plenty of authoritarian sociopathy and collectivistic memes were present The parasitical legal profession lives off the meme of statism and strips people of their common sense and resources License is not responsibility; so, it undermines liberty "Without the liberty to choose our own actions and make our own choices, we lose the qualities of responsibility and virtue that make us uniquely human...Only freely chosen actions reflect character." M.M. The idea that governmental officials protect your rights is merely part of their public-relations scheme "Interventionism and welfarism act as a tax on responsibility." M.M. Politics, being the fourth branch of philosophy, deals with how individuals should treat each other; the only logical (i.e., non-contradictory) politics is voluntarism, or complete liberty http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/politics.html People naturally desire to be responsible in a society that respects their property Evil--the initiation of force--nullifies the capacity for humans to make choices To engage in voting, a process that is fundamentally irrational, is nonsensical and counterproductive It's Time to Get Passionate About Not Voting by Stewart Browne http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/browne/browne1.html "To all libertarians, I now pose the dilemma of Your Own Personal Bailout: If you could vote for or against a nice big government check written specifically for you, on a secret ballot, knowing full well that every day people all around you are voting to take large chunks of taxpayer change for themselves, what would you do? This, in a nutshell, is the problem with democracy. It is also why we advocates of liberty will never bring about lasting change via electoral politics." S.B. The Internet is spreading the libertarian memes far and wide, but government cannot be reduced or abolished via the ballot box We are essentially being ruled by moral imbeciles, the least productive, least creative, and least respectful people To pander to the governmental memes via the voting process is to ruin our culture, our society, and our economy Remember the bumper sticker - Dont Vote: It Just Encourages The Bastards bumper music "The Times They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/times-they-are-changin to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Complete liberty is about getting rid of the authoritarian/obedience memes that foster government Coercion and altruism both lead to self-sacrifice All About Greed by Sheldon Richman http://fee.org/featured/greed/ "as long as self-interest is held to be morally corrupt, the market order will be suspect." Is there a rational definition of greed? Wanting more, not less--when one takes responsibility for profits and losses "If we can't trust people with freedom, how can we trust them with power?" S.R Government is appeasement of, by, and for the irresponsible The ethical doctrine of sacrifice (of self to others and others to self) distorts the concepts of greed and selfishness Greed With John Stossel part 1 of 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0VHiONkot8 Step It Up! by Tyson Russell http://rebirthofreason.com/Articles/Russell/Step_It_Up.shtml Lower your tolerance for evil; don't let it win by default http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/moraljudgment.html Any sort of behavior that runs counter to a voluntary system (in which individuals make their own choices) is evil and wrong Objectivism is the philosophy for living on Earth; it's based on the facts of reality and the nature of humans (reasoning beings) Government is the opposite of respect, the opposite of rationality Property is how people manifest their values and trade with others Psychology of ownership is key http://www.logicallearning.net/libpsychologyofo.html The fundamental choice is to make one's philosophy explicit and define the terms objectively and logically, or not and advocate some variant of disrespect and statism Solutions by Larken Rose http://www.rogershermansociety.org/solutions.htm also read by Ian of FTL - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCDQgLyrG0 Violence can't kill bad ideas, namely the bad idea of statism: "To wit, the American Revolution ended up creating the largest extortion racket and the most powerful standing army in the history of the world." L.R. We don't need the permission of rights-violators in order to be free--no need to make sacrifices to the horrible volcano of the State Government can't be reformed; there's no such thing as a "nice master"; no one has to be "in charge" in a free market "You have to work within the system" is the mantra forwarded by statists and enslaved peasants (even some anarchists, unfortunately) Actions of self-preservation in a statist world must be distinguished from sanction of the victim http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sanction.html It's all about freeing your mind from the authoritarian/obedience memes "The greatest weapon the oppressor has is the mind of the oppressed." Steven Biko Statist thugs' "authority" only exists in the minds of those they dominate Callers (e.g., Kurt) logically explained the ills of voting to the hosts of FTL starts at 1:09:45 - http://www.blubrry.com/freetalklive/353052/ftl2009-03-03/ starts at 1:18:55 - http://www.blubrry.com/freetalklive/353630/ftl2009-03-04/ Might does not make right; majority doesn't rule; the end (liberty) doesn't justify the (coercive) means Trying to work within government to get rid of government doesn't promote the idea of voluntarism; rather, it fosters perceived legitimacy in the very system that is actually illegitimate Since government relies on extortion to survive, its various "employees" necessarily sanction its existence Imagine an outspoken anarchist saying: I won't take the position you elect me to; actually, I seek to abolish it immediately (if not sooner)! Participating in voting and elections is simply playing by the rules of statists; it's also part of the "legal" process by which people are plundered Noncompliance and re-education (e.g., http://tolfa.us) are keys to libertarian success Carbon Nanotube Muscles Strong as Diamond, Flexible as Rubber By Brandon Keim http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/nanomuscle.html bumper music "Sirens" by Authority Zero http://www.authorityzero.com/ http://www.myspace.com/authorityzero to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

The Liberty Forum (http://www.freestateproject.org/libertyforum) Exploring the many paths to liberty...and taking the objectively valid one The key educational path of unschooling (http://www.holtgws.com/whatisunschoolin.html) It's important for new intellectuals to challenge the contradictory philosophies of present intellectuals, so that truth and mutual respect can prevail in society http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/intellectuals.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/philosophy.html An objective ethics (values and virtues) demands the best of everyone http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/objectivetheoryofvalues.html How Do You Divorce Your Government? by Russell D. Longcore http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2009/tle507-20090222-05.html Are we witnessing the battered spouse syndrome, wit large?--more like children abused by domineering parents; Mommy/Daddy Government presides over our lives "Citizens" allegedly have a duty of allegiance to the State, in return for the "State's" protection--both of which are utterly false notions; search on YouTube: Liberty Forum 2009 Marc Stevens Do rights exist? Well, do freedoms exist? Or how about justice? All these concepts are valid and identify proper behavior http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/individual_rights.html As long any person disagrees with the political structure and are forced to comply anyway, that political structure is unjust and immoral Americans have never experienced complete liberty; there was never, ever a "happy marriage"; and, government is never chosen like a spouse is chosen, so the battered spouse analogy is less accurate than the obedient child/domineering parent model Those in the institution of government benefit from creating victimless crimes Intellectuals who are supported by statism don't want to bite the hand that feeds them, which is explained in the following book: How (Not) To Achieve Freedom by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#HNTAF I’ve Evolved … into an Anarchist by George Donnelly http://georgedonnelly.com/asides/evolved-into-anarchist The magnificent PR campaign of government, making victims look like criminals! The thugs in government aren't the only problem; those who aid and abet governmental memes are just as problematic How to Be a Successful Tyrant: The Megalomaniac Manifesto by Larken Rose http://www.amazon.com/How-Successful-Tyrant-Megalomaniac-Manifesto/dp/0977783413/ Kicking the Dragon (Confessions of a Tax Heretic) by Larken Rose http://www.kickingthedragon.com/ There is no hope for "reforming" government; institutionalized, unjust coercion must be abolished, not reformed Statists realize that trying to reform government into something that upholds liberty is futile Words of Kryptonite for the statist and for statism: I do not consent Those who choose not to respect others and their property ought to leave or be incarcerated No person has the right to nullify another's choices; choosing to deny choice is contradictory Who owns you? Glenn Jacob's (http://libertyradiounderground.com/) answer: http://media.switchpod.com/users/citizenx/SelfOwnership2.m4a George Donnelly's stellar to-do list: "Study the works of authors such as Lysander Spooner, Samuel Edward Konkin III and Murray Rothbard. End my membership in the LP and BTP. Cease all donations to political parties, candidates or organizations that participate in the electoral process. Hand over de facto control of the LP Transparency Caucus and shadow bylaw and platform committees to someone else (if anyone even wants them). I will also be ending the 'My LP' and Libertarian Party Candidates projects. Search for ways to work for greater liberty, without supporting governments. Evaluate all of my activities with the goal of ending any and all support for governments. Actively withdraw my consent from governments." If people acted on their own like those in government, they'd be put in jail by governmental workers Obama secretly ends program that let pilots carry guns http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/17/guns-on-a-plane-obama-secretly-ends-program-that-l/ Parade Of Interchangeable Starlets Delights U.S. Populace http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/parade_of_interchangeable?utm_source=b-section We need to see life as it should be and ought to be; we need fuel for the soul http://www.amazon.com/Romantic-Manifesto-Ayn-Rand/dp/0451149165 Heroism is demanded of us to foster a better world FDR1233 Free Will, Determinism And Self Knowledge - Part 1 http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/337/ What would aliens think of humans' beloved moral/political contradiction of government? Humans are presently unenlightened There are no necessary evils; evil is always unnecessary bumper music "Hey World" by Michael Franti & Spearhead http://www.spearheadvibrations.com/listen.php to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Mercatus Center at George Mason University - Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom by William P. Ruger and Jason Sorens http://www.mercatus.org/PublicationDetails.aspx?id=26154 A coercive State, i.e., government, will never respect people's rights A limited government can't stay limited for long What would happen if Libertarians got elected? What sort of "work" would they be doing? Basically, they would be employees of an unjust organization; case in point: NH legislators have busy schedule for 2009 http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090106-NEWS-901060349 What's the purpose of government if not to govern people! Because government funds itself through extortion, every person who works for it is supporting extortion No product or service should be provided at the barrel of a gun (hat tip to http://marcstevens.net) Civil disobedience, or non-compliance, prevents tyranny from overwhelming a society The media are typically cheerleaders for statism, i.e., tyranny Left/Right distinction is tenuous, but taxation, regulation, and "programs" are always anti-freedom Case in point: Trans Fats Banned in NYC Restaurants https://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/Trans-fats-banned-in-NYC-restaurants.shtml All of the several American states violate Americans' freedoms Can personal satisfaction and fulfillment occur without freedom? Are our bodies disconnected from our minds? We must beware the mind/body dichotomy concerning pleasure http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/soulbodydichotomy.html You can't be a slave to your job or to money, but you are made a slave by those in "government" If people didn't comply with taxation and regulation, they'd quickly determine how little freedom they have YouTube - 20/20 bailouts and bull http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=20%2F20+bailouts+and+bull&aq=f http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7067596&page=1 The Middle Class Is Doing Just Fine, Thank You by John Stossel http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Stossel/story?id=7055599&page=1 The nature of sacrifice http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sacrifice.html http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreedomethica.html Sacrifice is used as a weapon against individuals to get them to surrender their self-esteem, autonomy, and independence to other people (the selfish ones;) Jesus, making the ultimate sacrifice, promoted the philosophy of death No matter how difficult it is to make money in a mixed economy, an extortion racket will never be charitable or encourage self-responsibility True slavery comes from the guns of government The several states are cannibalizing their own economies What would be the point of moving to a slightly freer US state? Perhaps for organizing and doing smart activism (e.g., http://freekeene.com) DEA to halt medical marijuana raids: Holder confirms states to have final say on use of drug for pain control http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29433708 Medical MJ "reality check" from Mordor: California Medical Marijuana Information http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ongoing/calimarijuana.html Exactly How Legal Is Medical Marijuana? by Madeleine Brand http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93697469 Liquor and statist hypocrisy; Lew Rockwell interviews Dr. Mark Thornton http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2008-12-04_078_75_years_ago_prohibition_was_repealed.mp3 We as a society need to understand and apply a universal code of respectful morality: don't hit people and don't take their stuff; honor persons and property Really the only thing that should be illegal is the initiation of force (via coercion or fraud) Capitalism favors mutually beneficial interaction, which will eventually dissolve all arbitrary statist borders Against the State: An Introduction to Anarchist Political Theory by Crispin Sartwell http://www.amazon.com/Against-State-Introduction-Anarchist-Political/dp/0791474488/reasonmagazineA/ Played this short interview: Anarchist Philosopher Does Not Consent To Be Governed! http://www.reason.tv/video/show/638.html Worth watching: The Reason.tv Talk Show, Episode 3 http://www.reason.tv/video/show/587.html Voting is contrary to the agorist, voluntarist philosophy; might doesn't make right; majority doesn't rule; committees don't determine objective principles If we got rid of the violence that we know (government), will we thereby invite the violence and injustice that we don't know? In short, no, because all unjust violence will be seen as illegitimate and thus targeted for eradication Are you hopeful for the realization of freedom? I am. :) People need to make moral distinctions between wealth and extorted wealth, coercive organizations and the non-coercive marketplace, as well as challenge "authority" bumper music "Chimes Of Freedom" by The Byrds http://www.byrds.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Without property rights, no other rights are possible Applying self-ownership in a consistent fashion means complete liberty Time for a Trim? by Jim Davies http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/davies/davies5.html The principle of self-ownership is axiomatic and irrefutable, for any attempt to deny it requires utilizing it Government has been around for centuries, running on the pr scheme that they are our protectors and providers (as they violate individual rights) So, it's important to strike at the root, i.e., dispense with the idea of government itself, so unjust coercion doesn't remain institutionalized ‘Going Galt’: Everyone’s Doing It! By Eric Etheridge http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/going-galt-everyones-doing-it/ Who is John Galt? Modern intellectuals don't have a moral clue Taxation and regulation are violations of your freedom to choose and act as an individual Essentially, your mind should not be enslaved to other minds The nature of romantic realism in fiction requires the portrayal of humans as they might be or ought to be (as Aristotle noted) http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/literature.html Galt's main message: Live for your own sake, based on reason and reality, not for the sake of "others"--don't sacrifice What would make you want to stop paying a group of thugs extortion money and stop obeying their regulations? Could Eddie Willers ever have taken a moral stand against tyranny and self-sacrifice like John Galt did? Statism asks that we sacrifice ourselves to collectivistic abstractions that prevent people from taking responsibility for evil actions; communized anything is bad Going John Galt basically entails focusing on what's going to enlighten fellow human beings and encourage them to stand up for their own dignity--and to defy "authority" Something to ask "authorities": Other than threats of physical violence, what is the nature of the relationship between individuals and those in government? "Conservatives" vs. "Liberals" by Ayn Rand http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/conservativesvsliberals.html Both conservatives (mystics of spirit) and liberals (mystics of muscle) hold the lethal premise of the mind/body dichotomy "...each camp wants to control the realm it regards as metaphysically important; each grants freedom only to the activities it despises." (A.R.) Neither camp rejects the slave/master dynamic Who Will Build the Slave Roads? by Dale Everett http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2009/02/09/who-will-build-the-slave-roads/#more-273 What percent of a slave are you? Well, when you don't own yourself and property free and clear, you're one-hundred percent a slave! "Until no one else has first dibs on your productivity, and until you are supporting yourself and making your own decisions about your own life, you are 100% a slave." (D.E.) Successful businesspersons trick themselves into thinking that they aren't 100% slaves; yet, they continuously obey governmental edicts "Government roads are a necessity for modern slaves. They are slave roads." "When you’ve been trained to be a slave your entire life, it can be scary to imagine life as a free person, but I encourage you to try." (D.E.) bumper music "Whose Authority" from "Lucky" (2008) album by Nada Surf http://www.nadasurf.com/ http://www.myspace.com/nadasurf to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Are We All Socialists Now? Not at All by Robert Higgs http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/61504.html Is socialism as dead as the dodo? Its new guise as participatory fascism Authoritarian sociopaths are always on the lookout for new ways to blame the marketplace and go where they haven't gone before with coercive programs, be they in education, energy, or health care Authoritarian sociopaths engage in a constant process of breaking things and then breaking more things while trying to "fix" them Two of the wealthiest participatory fascists: Bill Gates and Warren Buffet Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Talk With UNL Students About Much More Than Money by Steve Jordon, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/260603/bill_gates_and_warren_buffett_talk_with_unl_students_about/ Authoritarian sociopaths waste the loot they steal from those who don't waste it (productive people) People are hoodwinked via indoctrination and propaganda--and many pick the low-hanging fruit of governmental jobs and contracts Dreaded participatory fascism health-care headlines: http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/wireless?issueid=0609794D-1FD7-4B20-836F-72B0230FA9EF&sid=72af7153-ad2d-4c88-ac7b-16b89b6c75b2 What would happen if people kept their money away from the authoritarian sociopathic programs? By what right, standard, or code can some people presume to "let" other individuals makes their own choices? No right, an unjust standard, and an immoral code Government delivers the lowest possible quality at the highest possible price Not only does the emperor have no clothes--there is no such thing as emperor! Because governmental action is based on coercion and involuntary interaction, no good can come from it; rational minds require choice to function The mainstream media gives you only a fraction of the info you need to make informed decisions A 'Rebel' With A Cause on CBSNews.com (Michelle Muccio http://www.acton.org/people/mmuccio.php ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go1HyZ6x-aI The problem of libertarian concessions to consistent statists is hindering the progression to freedom Each of us exists for our own sake, not for the sake of the State or "others" At the end of the day, Ron Paul is a politician; he writes in "earmarks" to bring home loot to his "constituents" in his "district" and concedes the statist premise of Constitutional government Immigration Reform in 2006? by Ron Paul (statist insanity!) http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul343.html In Defense of Ron Paul’s Earmarks by Eric Phillips (who thinks sound principles can be fudged) http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/phillips5.html Are "the masses" willing to accept personal responsibility? Higgs says "No" CLP says "Yes" In truth, a minority of the American population, the so-called intellectuals and the authoritarian sociopaths are the ones who are unwilling to accept personal responsibility Further reading: Freedom—An Intellectual Issue http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreedomintell.html A mixed economy confuses the moral issues and ideas in the statist extortion and regulation rackets Philosophers and intellectuals aren't using the method of non-contradictory identification (logic) in ethics and politics one wit The host doesn't need to parasites to survive and thrive; we don't need them (those in government) to survive and thrive Today's America is running on prior capital, which today's level of statism is unapologetically consuming Slumdog Millionaire winning awards is an indication or how morally bankrupt our culture is--the portrayal of wallowing in poverty, filth, and wretched contentment, coupled with rampant immorality and injustice Political systems throughout the world are impoverishing whole countries Is America Number One? by John Stossel (which includes inspecting the differences in starting and running a business in Hong Kong, Calcutta, and NYC--though all within the statist paradigm, in which you don't live for your own sake) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZpDjxIPpFc Widespread panhandling is an example of what government does to economies We don't need anyone hindering our choices or offering us tax dollars (extorted loot), essentially creating barriers to entry to the wealth of a truly free market Sitting in traffic is an illustration of the highway to hell paved by governmental employees Authoritarian sociopaths don't care about your life satisfaction, though they do care about keeping you enslaved Complete liberty asks that you demand the best in your life If individuals aren't being respected, you don't have a respectful society More participatory fascism: Genentech pushes more diagnostic-test regulation http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/02/23/newscolumn4.html?b=1235365200%5e1782424 Galaxy has 'billions of Earths' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7891132.stm bumper music "Everyday" by Authority Zero http://www.authorityzero.com/ http://www.myspace.com/authorityzero to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.co

The essence of complete liberty is mutual respect of persons and property If people in government really wanted to help people, they wouldn't do "business" at the point of a gun (the mafia with a flag) For statists, freedom is passe One damn fine statist automobile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant Uber Czar to be Renamed by Jennifer Kerfuffle http://manhattancapital.blogspot.com/2009/02/uber-czar-to-be-renamed.html The drug war has been greatly successful in destroying individual rights Shooting socialistic/fascistic fish in a barrel... Ending the Hidden Agenda Behind Tax Cuts by Joe Brewer http://www.truthout.org/021709R Liberals/progressives and conservatives are basically two statist peas in the pod of authoritarian sociopathy What is one thing that government (aka a legalized coercive monopoly) does better than any business in the marketplace? Perhaps public relations! A coercive monopoly imposes the lowest quality product/service at the highest possible price The various euphemisms of taxation... People don't need others to impede their trade--or take a cut of it; statists aren't needed It boils down to the productive people versus the parasites Should freedom be free? Of course You don't need representation: You represent yourself every day via the money you make, save, and spend Presidents merely posture and pretend to have authority The number one goal of authoritarian sociopaths is to control productive people; if it weren't for their pr scheme, they'd be shamed out of their "jobs" Key question: If what those in government provide is so valuable, why don't they provide it in a voluntary manner (i.e., without pointing guns at people and coercing them)? Words such as "must" and "require" simply reflect the ideology of violence The people who are attracted to governmental service are most interested in controlling others Gangsters and banksters run together; they're part of the same tribe in which legislation creates economic disasters, which subvert personal responsibility Progressives et al forward governmental solutions to government-created problems If you consider yourself a moral person, and you think that the institution of government is good, then you really need to check your contradictory premises Just because people comply and toss ballots in a box, doesn't mean they're not being coerced Citizens and states are legal fictions, arbitrary constructs that enslave individuals The nature of the (future) profit-driven health care system, versus the statist status quo with shoddy service and high prices Coercion is anti-reason and anti-life Statism is the philosophy of death bumper music "United States of "Whatever" (Bush Remix)" by Liam Lynch, directed by Jerry Gilio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3XiW9goo1U to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Read email from listener, living in the not-so-distant future, a transitional period between 20th century statism and complete liberty--competing justice agencies, flights of fantasy or not? No one is 'in control' in a complete liberty society; anarchy rules ;) Red pill reality versus blue pill reality; the ever-present matrix of false and destructive memes that distort most people's viewpoints The freest economies are the wealthiest economies The vast disparities between regulated and unregulated labor markets are typically overlooked by statists It's a fallacy to think that people (immigrants) are stealing jobs from other people--merely statist propaganda Retaliatory force (self-defense) must be used in proportion to the force that is initiated against you, though it's normally best to involve an independent third party for objectivity's sake (thus the need for justice agencies) Governmental police are a contradiction of the highest order--they extort money from you in order to protect you from thieves The governmental court system, with its men/women in black dresses, prosecutors, and public pretenders is a complete insult to the idea of justice Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_re_us/courthouse_kickbacks The evil nature of the unionized "corrections system," in which the people involved perpetuate the unjust status quo and increase their power and wealth--it's again wise to follow the money trail in these matters So-called privatization is still relying on extortion for funding--pure fascism Is the customer always right? Context matters, and in the realm of justice services, the concept of right entails upholding the principles of self-ownership and property--thou shalt not aggress, which also applies to any agent of justice "Customer service" at the DMV: pay or get shot (if you resist) Justice is a virtue that implements a respectful form of ethics; unjust acts must not be committed with impunity, i.e., without restoring the victim(s) Rand's take on the concept of justice: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/justice.html Understanding customary legal principles is key to a just society: http://completeliberty.com/chapter8.php#153 Justice requires a value system that understands self-ownership and respectful relations with others A germane article: Property, Causality, and Liability by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://www.mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae7_4_6.pdf Morally enlightened people will not tolerate agencies that are biased and violate individual rights Statism represents moral corruption and mass unenlightenment Justice agencies, like individuals, will be incentivized to minimize conflict Another germane essay: Does the State Resolve or Create Conflict? by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://www.mises.org/story/2075 Where there is competition in the marketplace, and therefore consumer choice, customary law that minimizes conflict (and thus reduces costs) will be the order of the day--people will naturally choose it over favoritism, bias, corruption, and injustice Reasonable and cost-effective insurance policies ensure that justice is served, no matter how badly particular customers might behave; one doesn't throw a just business model away on the whim of an unjust customer Prohibiting choice removes market indicators of what is good and what is not good Praxeology and the Austrian school of economics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxeology bumper music "Justice Tonight/Kick It Over" by The Clash http://www.theclashonline.com/music/super-black-market-clash to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Open access router network? The People’s Romance: Why People Love Government (as Much as They Do) by Daniel B. Klein http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=536 ; http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_10_1_1_klein.pdf "Why do some people never support a free-market proposal, even when they think it would work better than government intervention? For many, the reason is that collective political action offers the romantic notion that 'we’re all working together,' while market mechanisms seem to them less lofty because they rely on the self-interest of individuals acting privately." (D.K.) TPR (the people's romance) encourages governmental intervention for its own sake Pundits constantly conflate Americans with government, i.e., the people in government who rule over them Fearing, revering, and worshipping power and the process of indoctrinating a public that kowtows to "authority"--main aspects of TPR Encompassing sentiment coordination of the WHOLE group, whether you like it or not, is the nature of TPR In actuality, there are no "citizens" and there is no "State"--both are arbitrary collectivistic and legal abstractions that lead to coercive control of rights-respecting people and distortion and destruction of entire economies Without imposing a communized infrastructure, government would lose all perceived legitimacy The in-group and out-group dynamic is also part of TPR--the out-group must be either shunned or subdued Libertarian aphorism: The are two types of people--those who want to be left alone and those who won't leave them alone Most slaves don't like seeing other slaves trying to break free of their shackles--so they attack them and keep all enslaved TPR lives off coercion The conceptual common denominator between fanciful Objectivist government and actual government is the coercive monopolization of its "services" Feelings are tools of evaluation, not tools of cognition; people can have "joyous" feelings based on a whole host of contradictions--though they betray their true selves, their authentic selves The three types of libertarians: classical liberals; laissez-faire capitalists (or minarchists); anarcho-capitalists, or market anarchists, or voluntarists (or agorists) TPR lies at the heart of communism The differences between working for a communist boss and a capitalist boss are immense, although oftentimes diminished in a mixed economy like today's Statists are afflicted with slavespeak (http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.htm) and the Stockholm Syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome) The fatuous superstition of "the consent of the governed" leads to "being greater than kings and less than men" (de Toqueville) Taxation is an extortion racket to no end Lysander Spooner's 1840's attempt at competing with monopoly gang of the USPS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander_Spooner#Early_years_and_the_postal_monopoly Statists' version of a "civilized society" is one in which rights-respecting people are forced to do things against their wills--oh so civilized, isn't it! Penn & Teller: Bullshit!: Recycling http://www.sho.com/site/schedules/product.do?episodeid=121062&seriesid=134&seasonid=0 or watch here (though may go defunct) http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/92358/detail/ http://www.videosift.com/video/Penn-Teller-Bullshit-Recycling Understanding property rights yields a better environment Property Is An Extension Of Self-Ownership http://completeliberty.com/chapter3.php#68 Psychology of Ownership http://www.logicallearning.net/libpsychologyofo.html Regulatory "policies bind people together, like a bundle of sticks" (D.K.) Failing to strike the root of the welfare state...Dr. No's statist insanity: Immigration Reform in 2006? by Ron Paul http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul343.html Free trade brings respectful relations with former strangers Advocates of TPR abhor people withdrawing their participation by pursuing private interests The "war on terrorism" is the "new giant in the parade of war frauds" (D.K.) What Michael Phelps Should Have Said: Smoking pot shouldn't be a crime. Or the public's business by Radley Balko http://www.reason.com/news/show/131438.html Contrast mj with alchohol toxicity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol#Toxicity The four proposed origins of TPR: 1) Socio-biological and cultural evolution [though there are no innate ideas] The Early Human Condition: http://www.logicallearning.net/libearlyhumancon.html 2) Society as family, government as parent Radical unschooling is the most enlightened and respectful method of parenting, thus enabling a future society of complete liberty; Dayna Martin: What is Radical Unschooling? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiHyzS26N0Y 3) Society as being, government as head We need better integration and understanding of the facets of self; The Art of Self-Discovery http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=38 4) Society as organization, government as director The ill

CLP on new 24/7 Net station: Liberty Radio Network http://www.libertyradionetwork.com Thank Goodness I Live in a Free Country by Don Cooper http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/cooper1.html Control freak madness, aka regulatory agencies, and the adults they enslave Call Me an Abolitionist, Please by Glen Allport http://www.strike-the-root.com/62/allport/allport4.html The fear of anarchy and the common negative meaning of the term--and thus the fear of freedom People generally do what they're told (by rulers), instead of seeking to have no rulers The prison of statism demands conformity, and any deviation from it is "chaos"--thus, "anarchy" is to be avoided at all costs Laws created by statists are designed to control people and keep rulers in power Everyday Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux (dealing with people's ambivalence towards anarchy) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AidXSubb-2U Laws that infringe on individual rights cause constant conflict in society One should never pretend that government caters to its "customers," because good customer service requires voluntary patrons, or willing participants--not an extortion racket and hapless victims Let's abolish the initiation of force, shall we; abolitionists of statist slavery unite! Unjust law itself is a crime against peaceful people Are religions about love or coercion? "faith and force are corollaries," noted Rand: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Delivers State of the State Address (I play an abridged excerpt, and Arnie joins me on the show with a new pack of lies!;) http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/speech/11390/ Schwarzenegger's Green Challenge (politics--where acting is reality) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/19/60minutes/main4677334.shtml What could be a more efficient and economical way to meet people's needs than government?! Why Does the World Feel Wrong? by Will Groves http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/groves/groves1.html Do authoritarian sociopaths, aka psychopaths, have a conscience? Fat chance. Hmm...did psychopaths invent the State to take advantage of the rest of us? Choice quotes by W.G.: "Inhibiting critical thinking in the masses obviously benefits the state and psychopaths. When overtly self-serving, irresponsible, illegal, immoral, irrational behavior gets treated as normal, we can conclude that the educational system works quite well for our masters." "...without understanding our social systems, we will never escape from the tyranny unleashed on us by psychopaths." Essentially, we are being ruled by psychopathic morons, given that irrationality is their MO and a stupid system is the end result bumper music "Anarchy in the UK" by the Sex Pistols http://www.sexpistolsofficial.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

The crux of the educational problem: The age-old bad meme of an "authority" presiding over a learner's activities Sometimes, homeschooling mimics traditional pedagogy (i.e., teacher-directed learning), as do supposedly enlightened private schools (e.g., http://www.vandammeacademy.com/) Identifying, integrating, and experiencing what you're interested in--the essence of unschooling The leniency versus authoritarianism educational/parenting paradigm must be dispensed with and replaced by a respectful model Fears of parents about unschooling their kids, such as they're not "teachers"; but you don't need a permission slip, just an intrinsically motivated kid (which fortunately comes naturally:) A variety of useful resources for learner-directed homeschooling (unschooling): http://www.unschooling.com/ http://www.unschooling.info/ http://www.unschooling.org/ http://sandradodd.com/unschooling http://www.holtgws.com/whatisunschoolin.html http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/unschool.html http://www.unschoolingamerica.com/ http://borntoexplore.org/unschool/whatis.htm http://www.amazon.com/Unschooling-Handbook-Whole-Childs-Classroom/dp/0761512764 We need to see kids as little people, capable of achieving great things, just like good tutors do And we need to come to terms with the fact that the learner has a teacher within Only in the educational system are grades given supreme importance; objectively speaking, they are irrelevant to one's life and well-being An educational system that demands students' obedience to authority is primes people for accepting the principles of communism--even though Americans are taught, via statist propaganda, to see themselves as enemies of communism Around the world, it's the theme of statism that presides Virtually all monopolies are coercive (using the coercive tools of government), not natural monopolies, with government itself on the top of the sordid, unjust heap of protection rackets It's important to distinguish between what is unethical and what is unjust, as well as what is psychologically respectful (unschooling) and what is not (traditional, controlling, or teacher-directed, methods) The kinds of socialization that take place in the prison system, i.e., in the governmental schools, aren't good for anyone (Ayn Rand quote referenced in http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html) In order to maintain its power, government must control money and schools (fiat currency and fiat education) The discipline and self-esteem movements as manifestations of the coercive system http://www.logicallearning.net/learnerdrivened.html To doubt students' capability and initiative to direct their learning processes does NOTHING to foster their growth, and it only perpetuates widespread self-distrust Students should be seen as consumers of educational services, not obedient servants It's important to distinguish between self-efficacy and self-esteem, and to define self-esteem properly--as well as to see it as impossible to achieve in a coercive educational system, which is always contrary to development of intrinsic motivation Governmental school teachers are conduits for implementing a command-and-control pedagogy The idea of change on a national and individual level is pretty disconnected Job tickets as main goal of "higher education" (John Holt quote referenced in http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html) Unfortunately, it's easier (in the short term) to not take responsibility for one's learning process How Academic Guilds Police Higher Education by Gary North http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north632.html Freedom and Beyond (Innovators in Education) by John Holt http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Beyond-Innovators-Education-John/dp/0867093676 Holt's experience of teaching student-directed learning to Harvard grad students revealed the psychology of coerced students: "You don't care about us, otherwise you'd tell us what to do." Yet, the educational buck has to stop at some point, and it might as well stop at the individual learner, not some conjured "authority" (i.e., just another individual) Decompressing from a schooling environment to an unschooling environment takes a little time, time to restore the independent decision-making ability and intrinsic motivation of the learner Unschooling: What is Deschooling? (Dayna Martin) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9meP3a64MzY Dayna Martin: Common Unschooling Questions Answered http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NheCjqDMM Couple more resources: http://joyfullyrejoycing.com/ ; http://www.homeedmag.com/HEM/171.00/jf_art_unsch.html An idle (and busy) school teacher is a Devil's workshop--a teacher-directed learning environment commonly leads to controlling learners and thus stripping them of intrinsic motivation The chicken and the egg problem of statism and statist education; we need to reconfigure the dna to create a new species of thinking and acting--new and respectful memes need to replace domination memes Einstein, the rule breaker! Ad

Americans to Undergo Preschool Reeducation in Advance of Country’s Conversion to Communism http://www.newsmutiny.com/pages/Communist_Reeducation.html Coming to terms with communistic principles in America The Timeless Allure Of Communism: http://completeliberty.com/chapter1.php#15 Once the State controls education, the rest of the insanity naturally follows, such as forced "sharing" The double bind lessons from kindergarten: don't hit people and don't take their stuff; and, don't be selfish and share your stuff! The power of language to shape thought...defining anarchy, for instance It is essential to define one's terms in order to understand both concepts and reality The folly of basing one's conclusions on other people's conclusions--social metaphysics The ways that emotional issues can block logical analysis (http://www.logicallearning.net/liblogicforunder.html) and the mental trickery of rationalizations The nature of pretending that governmental "services" are voluntary... The latest from Mordor: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/education/#early-childhood There's no such thing as "voluntary universal" governmental programs About Last Night...Episode 1212 (Original Air Date: Nov 5, 2008) While the country celebrates the outcome of the election, the new President-elect catches everyone off guard when he arrives at the White House prematurely. http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1212/? The Greatest Thief Club In The World: http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/209730/ Charter schools are no threat to the communized educational system, because they too are dependent on stolen wealth and statist edicts "Public school" educators need to raise their self-esteem enough to trust their capabilities to provide their services in a non-domineering and voluntary fashion The hypothetical scenario of "pushing the button" to get one's way in society can be a device to expose the double standard of the statist code of morality (a vicious one-way ethical street) Notice how much people's claims for the "common good" entail their individual self-interest, albeit short-term and irrational Making unjust coercion look defensive and noble... "Leader of the free world," an authoritarian sociopath? Yup. If parents took responsibility for their kids' education, it could stem the tide of the real dropouts--that is, kids who drop in to coercive education and thus drop out of being intrinsically motivated learners Of course, without governmental "support," especially for education, civilization would simply implode and disappear into an abyss...right... The sick and twisted world of elitism; in a world of collective psychosis (where people detach from the actual reality of their situation) and deranged authoritarian sociopathy, coercive funding of coercive education makes perfect sense! The voracious nature of Leviathan... Governmental control of education is evil to the core, and it's psychologically damaging to everyone involved, serving to destroy people's self-esteem, i.e., their self-confidence and self-respect--and thus their confidence in and respect for others The welfare hook--"free" everything, though always at others' expense The three immoral lessons of governmental schooling: Don't bite the hand that feeds you; never look at what the hand is attached to; and, never ask how it got filled with free food Not only does "the Emperor" have no clothes; why are you calling someone "the Emperor"? Education: Free and Noncompulsory by Scott McPherson http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0802d.asp If there is one thing that the communistic educational system has done really well, it's to get people to think like central planners--"public policy" opinions galore! Unschooled doesn't mean uneducated; unschooled means self-motivated, independent, inquisitive, and creative Unschooling fosters trusting one's mind (and hence senses) and questioning the nature of arbitrary postulates (further perusing: http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreewill.html, http://www.logicallearning.net/libmentalshiftin.html, and http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html) The irony of scientifically minded statists criticizing Christian homeschooling... Active learning versus uncritical absorption Educational questions for the young and old alike, such as "What would you have done without school?" The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education http://lowryhousepublishers.com/TeenageLiberationHandbook.htm http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Liberation-Handbook-School-Education/dp/0962959170 What do you, as a student, really want to spend your time doing? Having a constructive conversation with parents to get out of the coercive system is key Let's Abolish High School by Robert Epstein http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/04/04/31epstein.h26.html?print=1 Trashing Teens: Psychologist Robert Epstein argues in a provocative book, "The Case Against Adolescence," that teens are far more competent than we assume, and most of thei

Understanding the Web and America's youth http://www.rocketboom.com/rb_08_dec_03/ (An Interview with Don Tapscott) net@night 79: Don Tapscott, Grown Up Digital http://twit.tv/natn79 What are the implications of always being connected to the Internet? Governmental schools are the main anchor around the neck of our society The common person seems to follow all the clueless statist intellectuals Coercively-funded "Public schools" cannot teach anything coherent about economics--because they operate outside the free market The ills of Keynesian (governmental) economics versus the goodness of Austrian (free market) economics What government does (perpetrate crimes) is prohibited to individuals outside of government Of course, government by nature has no interest in defending and upholding individual rights Being a "good student" leads to being a "good citizen," in which obedience and compliance are expected Liberation by Internet by Gennady Stolyarov II http://mises.org/story/3060 Surfing the Net via China? http://chinachannel.hk/ More and more access to information will eventually destroy the statist memes Focusing on technological improvements without focusing on getting rid of authoritarian pedagogy is beyond ridiculous http://www.grownupdigital.com/index.php/2008/12/teachers-and-technology-should-work-together/ Teaching is the highest form of manipulation, said one of my college profs The fine pedagogical art of of trimming leaves on a rotten tree...and singing teachers union songs Mimicking free market innovations in the governmental school classroom still retains an antiquated pedagogy and statist memes The entire authoritarian structure of governmental education must be hidden (in plain sight) with propaganda and threats Check out iTunes University for tons of educational stuff! http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning/ http://deimos3.apple.com/indigo/main/main.xml Finding ways to approach statist mentalities in a constructive rather than destructive (pugilistic;) fashion Explaining another's point view, so that he/she feels understood The main problem with minarchism is that it leads the statist apparatus (coercive monopoly) in place to abuse the populace Having a negative tone towards government (because those in it act unjustly and immorally) really means having a positive view of individuals (and the respect they deserve) Resourceful, creative, independent, innovative, and moral individuals are threats to government itself; thus governmental schools Basically, because people are not practicing enough self-responsibility, we have government Noble purposes must be ascribed to the unjust and immoral actions of governmental officials, in order to appeal to people's inherent virtues and make things seem not what they are People defend evil in order to prevent their worldview from dissolving Our task is to be objective and state the truth, especially when nearly everyone is defending falsehoods (particularly statist intellectuals) The importance of Wikipedia for fact-checking and information literacy Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Everybody-Organizing-Organizations/dp/1594201536 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_comes_everybody Web 2.0 technologies will eventually rid the world of powerful guilds, so-called experts, and sundry "authorities" Statism is anti-self-esteem and anti-change; complete liberty is pro-self-esteem and pro-change The agricultural revolution, industrial revolution, information revolution were all exploited by government to enslave and destroy individuals We still live in the age of pre-logic, where most people pay little attention to contradictions An attempt at a peaceful world? http://www.itakethevow.com/ Those in government ultimately depend on violence, theft, and deception in order to exist; since people already know this, why do they make excuses for statism? One of Stefan Molyneux's brilliant assessments of the subject: http://www.mediafly.com/Podcasts/Episodes/FDR1233_Free_Will_Determinism_And_Self_Knowledge Governmental schooling is an organization of authoritarian sociopathy the purports to be good for "students" Paul Dressel's smart quote: "A grade can be regarded only as an inadequate report of an inaccurate judgment by a biased and variable judge of the extent to which a student has attained an undefined level of mastery of an unknown proportion of an indefinite amount of material." Facts and Fancy in Assigning Grades. Basic College Quarterly, 2 (1957), 6-12 (referenced here: http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html) Grades and tests as essential methods of controlling students Brett's world history lesson in 10 seconds: A long story, continuously repeating itself, looping century after century, about how an extremely small group of people controls an extremely large group of people by fear or by force--and their best weapon is the ignorance of the people Though the Bill of

6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss Of Formal Schooling http://www.theonion.com/content/news/6_year_old_stares_down_bottomless What if children really knew what they were being dragooned into? "Public education" is group think writ large; "This is what we're supposed to do"; adults erroneously believe it's "good for socialization" Schools as prisons, basically forced "socialization" It's HOW you're taught that does the harm The Student as Nigger: Essays and Stories by Jerry Farber http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0303critic/030301studentasnigger.html "...imagine what the effect must be upon our apt and impressionable minds of a twelve-year course in servility. Think about it...What is it that they're teaching you? Twelve years pitted against your classmates in a daily Roman circus. The game is Doing What You're Told." The insanity of forcing people (either big people or little people) to learn things The Comprachicos by Ayn Rand (in "The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution", pp. 41-95. Signet, 1975); government school "socialization" leads to gang warfare and loss of conceptual thinking and objectivity http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/learning.html Choice quotations: http://www.stormy.org/edcompr.htm Ayn Rand and her thoughts on Rational Education by Michael S. Berliner http://tinyurl.com/8ylvr8 "Learning" by memorization rather than conceptual integration doesn't foster enlightened and healthy minds; it's dire and hopeless and soul-crushing "Public education" can't be rationally defended, but educators do have their rationalizations... Since "public education" is coercively funded, we can expect the aftermath--such as mass servility and obedient payment of property taxes Jerry Farber's "IF IT WEREN'T COMPULSORY..." http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0303critic/030301studentasnigger.html "It would be well if we stopped lying to ourselves about what compulsory schooling does for our children. It temporarily imprisons them; it standardizes them; it intimidates them. If that's what we want, we should admit it. There's not much point in going on about this. If you've somehow missed reading A.S. Neill's Summerhill, you ought to go out and get it." http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_School http://www.amazon.com/Summerhill-School-New-View-Childhood/dp/0312141378 Parents and other adults are much better able to create educational environments that cater to the varying interests and abilities of children, and kids should be free to pick and choose as they see fit Delayed adolescence courtesy of governmental schools Trashing Teens: Psychologist Robert Epstein argues in a provocative book, "The Case Against Adolescence," that teens are far more competent than we assume, and most of their problems stem from restrictions placed on them. by Hara Estroff Marano http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-20070302-000002&print=1 The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen by Robert Epstein; Ph. D. http://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Adolescence-Rediscovering-Adult/dp/188495670X Being able to conceptually integrate in an objective fashion is the hallmark of maturity (and the teenage brain has this capability) John Holt's five points on effective tutoring and learning (on page 202) http://books.google.com/books?id=oRk28eZoYNkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ViewAPI#PPA202,M1 Instead of Education: Ways to Help People Do Things Better by John Caldwell Holt (John Holt) http://books.google.com/books?id=oRk28eZoYNkC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ViewAPI#PPP1,M1 How individualism is stamped out by the system; one only creates resistance and problems by trying to control other human minds Successfully nurturing individual young minds via student-centered and self-directed learning is key In addition to stopping their coercive behavior, government school educators need to alter their pedagogy, particularly who's in charge Case in point: Project-based learning A choice quote from the teacher in the video below: "As long as they defended their answer, then that's what I want" Picturing the Possibilities - Project-based Learning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFt6qW0Pb4c Some choice "school sucks" videos by kids: School Sucks, Rants Rule (6:02) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlRv7Ky7bgE School Sucks! (4:48) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3SKC6zi2UA&NR=1 school sucks (2:14) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF6JfP4qJ2A Vouchers--promoting the illusion of freedom within a coercive paradigm Intrinsic motivation is key, which is impossible within a compulsory system; modern pedagogy discourages rational self-interest, as does our collectivistic culture; Dirty Dancing with The Fountainhead... Those who equate being selfish (i.e., concerned with oneself, or self-interested) with being antisocial are merely projecting their own antisocial views on those who are respectful; promoting coercive education and statism isn't social or virtuous True socializatio

Salting roads for the common good (and corroding vehicles) Private property owners have no interest in benefitting from commerce and trade--not! But what about the roads (and fire and police "services)! Nothing like institutionalized legalized monopolies as the best way to solve problems Bureaucratized utilities once again to the rescue; preservation of the status quo is always best, especially regarding the utility monopolies; thinking outside the statist electricity box; the genius of Nikola Tesla: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_tower#Theory_of_wireless_transmission But what about the schools! Most realize the massive failure in this area Harry Browne's hypothetical of government running the computer industry http://www.harrybrowne.org/articles/FreeTheSchools.htm Imagine if education worked like the computer industry; the sky's the limit So, in the spirit of Thoreau, we must strike at the root of coercive education, not merely hack at the branches http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/henrydavid161709.html Future School: Reshaping Learning from the Ground Up: Alvin Toffler tells us what's wrong -- and right -- with public education by James Daly http://www.edutopia.org/future-school It's way past time to abolish governmental schools, which are designed to produce "disciplined" industrial workers but don't even accomplish that; instead, they barely inculcate rudimentary skills while fostering compliance and obedient mentalities Leave it to Marx and Lenin to promote the essentials of authoritarian education And leave it to John Dewey and Horace Mann (and Henry Barnard and Josiah Quincy and Jacob Abbott et al.) to implement their authoritarian scheme Crossing Education's Rubicon With Horace Mann http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/cubedseducationblog/2007/05/education_is_a_.html Becoming the property of the State via compulsory education Education: Free and Compulsory by Murray N. Rothbard http://www.mises.org/story/2226 And leave it to religion to lay down a framework of blind obedience to "authority," in which "authority" is seen as benevolent Mann is seen as the father of American "public education"; in addition to being a master of phrenology;) he was also a big supporter of the temperance movement (abstinence), which led to the prohibition era championed by big Mann-fan and despot Woodrow Wilson Following the Prussian educationist model, Mann promoted the following: the debilitating "whole-language," or "look-say," reading method; a centralized educational system at the federal level; and, getting private universities to be publicly funded With governmental schools, the bad ideas and bad money (extorted via taxation) drive out the good ideas and good money (voluntarily exchanged); it's hard for the private sector to compete with "free" governmental schools The Spread of Education Before Compulsion: Britain and America in the Nineteenth Century by Edwin G. West http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=3872 Families find themselves "...caught in a choice-restricted monopoly system serving the interests not of the demanders but of the rent-seeking suppliers."--as in all things involved in government, follow the money trail... Coercive education, like coercive government, is predicated on the belief that some people know what's best for all people In order to implement his own form of arbitrary power, Horace Mann and those of his ilk gravitated toward the coercive educational models practiced in foreign countries where the cancer of statism had metastasized (i.e., the most consistent adherents to the principle of statism) The people in today's power-centers of coercive control see themselves as a cut above the rest The essence of being an authoritarian sociopath is choosing to deal with others in a disrespectful fashion, using threats and violence instead of persuasion and reason Hiding in and not taking responsibility for the system of authoritarian sociopathy is of course assuming its traits The theme promoted and modeled in the governmental schools is one of obedience The master/slave relationship is the ultimate example of racism "Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism." http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/racism.html The Student as Nigger by Jerry Farber, 1969 http://ry4an.org/readings/short/student/ Essays and Stories by Jerry Farber http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0303critic/030301studentasnigger.html "Authority addicts" defer self-responsibility to others (the "authorities") A little lesson on Farber's reference to the torturous "Procrustean set-up" of education: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes Slavery, like statism, tends to perpetuate itself from the inside Harriet Tubman: "I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/harriettub388682.html Dealing with the psychological/social resista

Throwing some scraps to the slaves in Taxachusetts (mj leniency), where 70% of voters endorsed the status quo of income expropriation Education is the main component for maintaining the meme of statism; governmental schools are seen as a necessary good "Education is a weapon" said Stalin Government Education Is Broken? It Just Ain't So! by Alan Schaeffer and Marshall Fritz http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=8366 Pundits typical "solution" to the problems of "public education": more money! Dropping out as psychologically healthy The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education http://lowryhousepublishers.com/TeenageLiberationHandbook.htm No school system can be all things to all students, and no coercive school system is good for anyone Even though it's always alleged to help them, kids from poorer families suffer the worse from governmental schooling, as did their parents Governmental employees are the perfect products of governmental schooling; they've inherited the bad memes fully The nerve-touching moral question always looms large: How exactly is this system funded? Statist arguments from emotional convenience--being treated with ridicule and outrage by those who don't want to face their history of statist indoctrination and advocacy Two fallacies: that the government school system is a failure, and that government can fix it! John Dewey's perverse coercive educational goals: to make good people; to make good citizens; to make each person his or her personal best From the horse's mouth: "My Pedagogic Creed" http://www.infed.org/archives/e-texts/e-dew-pc.htm Link (to a link) to Rand's take on Dewey: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/education.html The true aim of governmental education is, in H.L. Mencken's words, "to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality." John Taylor Gatto - State Controlled Consciousness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ogCc8ObiwQ Stupid in America by John Stossel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx4pN-aiofw Being shackled as a governmental school employee, or even a State-regulated private school teacher Regimentation, standardization, and segregation are the mainstay of coercive "public" education Maria Montessori's key insight: "The child has a teacher within" http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html Bad tendency of adults to interfere with kids' intrinsic motivation Alfie Kohn's insights on intrinsic motivation (versus extrinsic rewards and punishments): Punished by Rewards? A Conversation with Alfie Kohn by Ron Brandt http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/pbracwak.htm GRADING: The Issue Is Not How but Why by Alfie Kohn http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/grading.htm Understanding our natural gifts as children; being creative, imaginative, innovative, and fearless Keeping the entrepreneurial spirit and society alive with these gifts Kids are incessant question-askers, as opposed to most adults Why is it that most adults--and even libertarians--send their kids to governmental schools... Constitutional arguments against governmental education are invalid, because the Constitution itself is not a valid contract As Lysander Spooner pointed out: No Treason. No. VI, The Constitution of No Authority http://www.lysanderspooner.org/notreason.htm#no6 The false binary "choices" offered to us by the statist system To advocate coercion to provide education is beyond the pale Because "poor people" need to be educated so much, the market will quickly fill this need cheaply and effectively (sans government) The coercive "business" of governmental education, purported as being for "the common good" (which is never very common and thus never achieved) The fallacy of voting (collectivized plunder), in which people supposedly get something for nothing and extort those with supposedly more wealth If you don't want to be a standardize citizen, there's no place for you in a coercive society Obedience to "authority" is pervasive, both in and out of "school" The ending of governmental schools means the beginning of complete liberty Gatto: "Children need to know that the ultimate form of private property is full possession of one’s own mind and volition." The Alliance for the Separation of School & State http://www.schoolandstate.org/home.htm "The Alliance for the Separation of School & State has a two-fold mission: 1. Help parents and others understand the true nature and the dangers of compulsory state schooling. 2. Show parents and others how they can take back their freedom and ensure a bright future for their children and our country." All statist regimes rely on a tax-funded education system to perpetuate themselves, and to devolve into totalitarianism The American governmental school system is the perfect storm of convincing people in droves that tyranny is actually good for them, and that they are "free," relying as it does on the

Barack Obama pledges $700B public works plan to help economy by Peter Wallsten http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-stimulus_5sdec07,0,3049287.story Drunken sailer extraordinaire Best way to make federal buildings "energy efficient" is to close them down Obama sees 2.5 million more governmental jobs in our future, for starters Your Monday Message from the Libertarian Party: The LP Goes to Harvard, posted by Andrew Davis http://www.lp.org/blogs/andrew-davis/the-lp-goes-to-harvard Digging holes and filling them back up...all via extorted wealth The MO of government: distribute the costs and concentrate the benefits In order for government to refrain from intervening in the marketplace, it must disintegrate and disappear Government is nothing other than a coercively funded and arbitrarily imposed organization Government, being a parasite on the economy, doesn't make anything; it acquires money via extortion To "stimulate" an economy through coercion is evil Government isn't fit for a society of rational and respectful people, so it must be abolished No one, including those working in "government" have the right to impose a service at the barrel of a gun World's Shortest Political Quiz by Marc Stevens http://www.adventuresinlegalland.com/index.php?/content/view/88/33/ Win Every Political Argument by Marc Stevens http://www.adventuresinlegalland.com/index.php?/content/view/89/33/ Some people disingenuously assert that governmental employees don't impose their "services" at gunpoint; compliance isn't voluntary, as innocent people thrown in governmental cages can attest As long as slaves remain obedient, their masters treat them well Keynesians (statist economists) believe in the meme of authoritarian sociopathy writ large--that the State is legitimate and all-powerful; mystical God is to the believer as mystical Government is to the statist "Public property" just invites boondoggles, among other sordid things The collectivistic term "national debt" has no validity and must be repudiated Even though persons such as Milton Friedman have tried, one can't rationally perform a "cost/benefit ratio" on the use of coercion, which is forcing people to do things against their wills http://www.logicallearning.net/libcapitalismpol.html (search for choice quote by Friedman) You wouldn't allow people to force you against your will if they didn't call themselves "government," would you? The crimes committed with impunity by those in government are the same ones that those in government prohibit private individuals from perpetrating (assault, battery, kidnapping, theft, extortion, counterfeiting, murder, etc.) Obama has chosen to be the head of a coercive organization, an organization of people who treat others in an involuntary fashion, an organization of people who rely on propaganda, pr, and widespread obedience to maintain the illusion of legitimacy There shouldn't be political parties or a republic form of government; there should just be the free market, filled with enterprising entrepreneurs who ensure people's rights if need be (justice agencies http://www.logicallearning.net/liblegalagencies.html ) We shouldn't aim for "smaller government, lower taxes, and more freedom" We should aim for no government, no taxes, and complete liberty bumper music "Highway To Hell" by ACDC http://www.acdc.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Evil Concealed by Money by Walter E. Williams http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/08/EvilConcealedByMoney.htm Williams' new book: http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-versus-Tyranny-Socialism-Controversial/dp/0817949127 Let's talk about socialism, in America..."The forcible use of one person to serve the purposes of another" The perceived virtuous coercion to get people to do things is the essence of government The doctrine of self-sacrifice fits perfectly with statism The glaring contradiction of "people are selfish and greedy," so they must be coerced The irrational greediness of governmental bureaucrats knows no bounds The alleged virtue and "good intentions" of government versus allegedly lessor others in the marketplace Most people sense the wrongness of government, but they don't know what to do to fix it; they're not organized, for one thing The nature of integrity in relation to immoral, unjust edicts Feeling isolated by the repercussions for not complying with statists--and fearing being attacked by one's fellow slaves People are really ambivalent about freedom and government Freedom activist Lauren Canario's courageous and independent-minded civil disobedience http://www.youtube.com/tackletheworld http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/238 Lauren Canario was released from CT Prison yesterday http://www.keenefreepress.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=377&Itemid=36 or http://tinyurl.com/y58xuo FTL did an in depth interview with Lauren: http://media.libsyn.com/media/ftl/FTL2006-12-22.mp3 NH: Lauren Canario returns from jail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZTm-Hiz6Xs The most disturbing documentary about statism, imo: "Taxi To The Dark Side" - Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX0MPcN08Zc (full film, though link may become defunct at some point) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2987535946644608661 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_to_the_Dark_Side Five detainees ordered released "forthwith" after seven years at Guantanamo http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/20/guantanamo/index.html Goes to show that authoritarian sociopaths have no qualms about putting innocent people in cages for indefinite periods--and torturing them This is why we must strike at the root, at the meme of government itself; people really need to change their perspective about tyranny No good end ever justifies using coercion against innocent people; government actions are never virtuous on account of this "Compensatory justice" (i.e., getting one's "fair share" of the stolen loot) is a non sequitur "Congress" is another widespread term of slavespeak While the Founding Fathers were seemingly more aware of the principles of liberty than today's goons, they still sold out and used coercion Case in point: James Madison, the architect of the Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_madison JM was instrumental in this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bank_of_the_United_States The Constitution authorizes the initiation of force against individuals (e.g., the "power to lay an collect taxes"); therefore it's corrupt and contradictory to the core No 'right person' can be in politics, because he or she refuses in principle to be involved in a coercive institution A Dollar in Peril by Jim Davies http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/davies/davies8.html Creating cognitive dissonance by challenging individuals' statism memes (like voting); voting is violence, plain and simple JD "Voting is one of the most immoral things one can do," because it's all about laying obligations on people STR's powerful non-voting archive: http://www.strike-the-root.com/vote.html The collectivistic meme of the tribal premise http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/tribalism.html & http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/tribalpremise.html What is life if you lose your curiosity?!? A good question to ask others: Are there any aspects of your life that you'd like someone else to govern? Anarchy simply means freedom to make your own choices The youth are the main hope for a better world What if government imploded and collapsed...would people really want it back?...would they miss it?--especially when entrepreneurs would quickly, cheaply, and competently provide any and all desired services If you're getting a shoddy service and you don't like it, you shouldn't have to pay for it What would we do without a communized police force! Police Statism, Arizona style... License-plate scanning catching crooks, raising privacy concerns http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/11/23/20081123autotheft1123.html Contribute to the cause--buy the print edition of Complete Liberty (http://completeliberty.com) http://www.lulu.com/content/687618 bumper music "First They Brand You" (or "dodo-1") by friend and Free Stater Roger Grant http://www.politicalgraffiti.com; couldn't find exact link to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Bureaucrats Never Have a Case by Administrator (aka Marc Stevens) http://www.adventuresinlegalland.com/index.php?/content/view/20/27/ Statism is based on the illogical premise that you don't own your own life A "complaint" shouldn't be confused with a "case" The Stockholm Syndrome, writ large http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome IF IT’S NATURAL TO BE FREE, WHAT’S STOPPING US? http://completeliberty.com/chapter9.php "Citizens" and "States" don't really exist; they're unjust legal fictions The words on paper crafted by bureaucrats are necessarily open to vast interpretation, and many of words spell injustice The Constitution’s Problems: Article I Section 8...Sadly, A Template For Disaster http://completeliberty.com/chapter2.php#47 Once you allow taxation, you open society up to unending tyranny, saying in effect that extortion is good and proper and useful The two absolutely essential elements of legal standing: 1) violation of a legal right and 2) personal injury The unjust laws of the Nanny State create "criminals" out of everyone and generating constant "revenue" for the terrocrats The problem with our society today is not strictly the authoritarian sociopaths in the insane institution of government; it's all the people who are either tuned out or tacitly or directly support violent ideologies; mostly slave-on-slave violence keeps us enslaved Why does society need the monstrous contradiction of government, the preeminent violator of individual rights? Such a meme only promotes low self-esteem and perpetual enslavement "Tax cases" are an indication of how truly sick and twisted our culture is--governmental employees are putting people in cages who've violated no one's rights! Statists allege (but never prove) that the "State" has a legal right to "tax revenue" (your money) and governmental employees are "injured" when they don't get their extorted money "No attempt is made to put such allegations in an 'indictment' because it’s impossible to establish factually how an obligation to file a 'tax return' was created. To prove an obligation or legal right was created, there must be a connection between the people asserting the right and the person who allegedly has this obligation. Statists immediately point out the 'constitution.' And that is the point where they lose; and lose big time." Basically, people in government seek to deprive individuals of self-ownership and property rights simply by virtue of their geographical location, essentially claiming that we are born enslaved It's monstrously contradictory to claim the "right" to deprive innocent others of their rights to self and property The Constitution binds or obligates no one and created nothing; no one today has signed or agreed to it as a contract, except perhaps some brainwashed governmental employees, those who really need to unbrainwash themselves by reading the following: No Treason. No. VI, The Constitution of No Authority. (1870).* http://www.lysanderspooner.org/notreason.htm#no6 "The State" can't be a valid plaintiff; it's at best a fictional third party; "The State" has no standing in any case, not even regarding real crimes such as murder "There is no such thing as a legitimate government, so nothing they do is legitimate regardless of the endless red herrings statists throw up." "Government is men and women providing services on a compulsory basis; pay or get shot. To be legitimate they would have to drop their guns and provide their services on a voluntary basis. However, the moment they do so, they cease to be a government." Either you're for voluntary social interaction (complete liberty) or you're for anti-social human interaction (statism) "...statism and it’s supporting theology are not here to promote freedom or protect 'Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness'; it’s mind control to divert our attention away from the actions of anti-social individuals who are so desperate to 'protect' us they are willing to kill us and steal our property." The libertarian movement is crippled by the unwillingness to differentiate those who want a voluntary society and those who do not; any libertarian who promotes "limited" government or any form of statism whatsoever is engaging in this monstrous moral contradiction in society All governmental courts operate outside the bounds of natural and objective law, i.e., a voluntarily funded and provided legal system; statist courts, regardless of their rhetoric (used for public relations), are necessarily invalid Prosecution of alleged rights-violators must involve restitution and reparations; the ingenuity of justice service entrepreneurs will probably entail many elements of the insurance model As we transition to complete liberty, the need for rights-protection services becomes less and less; the threat against our lives and property will be extremely remote in a society of complete liberty, because the biggest violators of rights (governments) will be absent The only way to clarity in th

Free Talk Live Host Sentenced To 93 Days In Jail http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/024015.html Ian Freeman arrested and jailed for 93 days RAW FOOTAGE (by http://www.candid-world.com/ ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlcT-3niVes Those who posture as "authorities" who enact "justice" "Judges" as authoritarian sociopaths who have no standing and whose paychecks are derived from extortion (taxation) Rising for the Judge, Bowing to the State by Manuel Lora http://www.lewrockwell.com/lora/m.lora57.html http://freekeene.com for full details Properly holding in contempt those working in statist courts Authoritarian sociopaths who become their victims' servants (reflecting subconscious guilt, no less) The power of the Web to expose terracrats http://jailedactivist.info/bureaucrats/city-officials/mikaela-l-engert/ Does anyone in government understand (or want to understand) individual rights and how they're violated? The court as elementary schoolroom full of bullies... Authoritarian/obedience memes that arise from having one's will dominated as a child Progressives, truthers, and peaceniks who've been waiting to take their turn with the coercive tools of government (to rewards friends and punish enemies) Emotional regurgitation of propaganda, rather than using logic and objectivity to discern truth and moral principles The vast quantitative and qualitative differences between voluntary trade and regulated trade Prescription Drugs Kill 300 Percent More Americans Than Illegal Drugs by David Gutierrez http://www.truthout.org/111208HA The more regulated the industry, the more the corruption, immorality, and other bad effects Why do we need the FDA, or any other authoritarian sociopathic groups of individuals?! Zeitgeist Addendum critique (http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912 Resource based economy by Jacque Fresco http://www.thevenusproject.com/resource_eco.htm Zeitgeist Addendum: The Review by Stefan Molyneux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1JcUBx2dxU The alleged ills of the profit motive and selfishness The supermarket as a microcosm of capitalism's delivery of abundance to everyone--all via the profit motive and selfishness Obama's cabinet members as K-Street lobbyists and tax-fed parasites; Obama's grand fantasies of statism will acceleration economic decline Throughout history, the doctrine of sacrifice has predominated http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sacrifice.html Under capitalism, profits equal helping others http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/capitalism.html Enlightened, rational selfishness as the primary healthy goal Government directly fosters all the irrational selfishness we see in society Money and barter, and those who want to wish them away... Defining money as a naturally arising, handy, and universally recognized medium of exchange A reason-based society rather than a coercion-based society The one-way street of morality, based on the doctrine of sacrifice, is killing our civilization The abundance of violence in society is preventing us from evolving We need to apply the libertarian non-initiation of force principle to every individual and institution--no double standards The Venus Project as a parody of a socialist manifesto... Religious theme of attacking money - The Camel and the Needle's Eye by Robert Sheaffer http://www.debunker.com/texts/needleye.html Selling things in abundance! - Coca - Cola Admits That Dasani is Nothing But Tap Water by Trevor Datson http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0304-04.htm The Ultimate Resource 2 by Julian Lincoln Simon http://tinyurl.com/kdpj9 Understanding the nature of resources as the result of creativity, ingenuity, and free trade Making sacrifices for others and for the central planner... Money as a commodity that creates efficiency and more capital investment Freedom as the main ingredient to respecting everyone's choices; everyone is self-governing and self-regulating The blank out of money in Star Trek as template for the Venus Project? The main question to ask anyone posturing as a central planner: At whose expense? The future and beyond by Jacque Fresco http://www.thevenusproject.com/intro_main/essay.htm Do people really miss the USSR that much! The insanity of criticizing capitalism (which doesn't presently exist, btw) as well as the free enterprise sector The Venus Project as trying to give people a confused and conflicted red/blue pill combo As long as you give authoritarian sociopaths some semblance of legitimacy, they will never give up their power and control Does attaining complete liberty mean practicing CD and being thrown in jail? The fully communized "justice" system in America provides injustice as a way of life Never failing to pass moral judgment and exposing the gun in the room (the coercion of government) http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/moraljudgment.html bumper music "Jailbreak" by AC/DC http://www.acdc.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magaz

The Attack on Libertarianism by Aaron David Ward http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/ward-aaron4.html The End of Libertarianism: The financial collapse proves that its ideology makes no sense by Jacob Weisberg http://www.slate.com/id/2202489/ The three variants of libertarianism (classical liberalism, laissez-faire capitalism, and anarcho-capitalism), only one of which is logical (market anarchism and voluntarism, i.e., anarcho-capitalism, i.e., complete liberty) Capitalism And Current Political Views: http://www.logicallearning.net/libcapitalismpol.html Either you advocate statism or you don't; there's no wiggle room for a night-watchman State that allegedly would respect rights Libertarianism isn't on the continuum of statism, so it's neither left nor right The nature of human autonomy and the nature of reality We must show respect for each other; logic demands it; each person is deserving of respect and happiness The initiation of force is anti-reason and anti-life If you do not define your terms properly, it will lead you down contradictory paths http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/definitions.html We don't have "self-regulating financial markets," by any stretch of the imagination A communized fiat currency and a host of regulatory "agencies" are the main economic problems, not "unregulated credit market derivatives" Modern intellectuals' denial of individuals and focus on politics in midstream (out-of-context analysis) Alan Greenspan's betrayal of his own earlier views: Gold and Economic Freedom by Alan Greenspan (1966) http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north204.html Our present fiat currency (dollars) would disappear quickly in a free market, and be replace by gold and silver (or any other tangible commodity that can't be dramatically inflated and devalued) Regulation always compounds the political problem (whatever it is) and it obscures the real nature of the injustice (coercion) as well as the solution (get rid of the institution of government) Cato and Reason "libertarian" think tanks as apologists for statism; neither strikes at the root of the problem (government itself) The analytic/synthetic dichotomy in modern philosophy http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/analytic.html The arbitrary division of rationalism and empiricism http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rationalismvsempiricism.html http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreewill.html The basic metaphysical/epistemological issue is how well do one's concepts adhere to the facts of reality The concepts of libertarianism adhere perfectly to the facts of reality, because they are in accordance with a non-contradictory (logical) view of human nature; any other interpretation, any version of statism, would be contradictory Those who believe in "government" are supporting the bully mentality writ large, institutionalized disrespect of persons and their property Those who believe in "government" deny the irrefutable principles of property rights and self-ownership What we need are new intellectuals, able to think logically and objectively, especially in relation to challenging the meme of government (which Ayn Rand failed to do, though ironically she did denounce statism) http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/intellectuals.html Brief clip of Ayn Rand on the New Intellectuals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xKGZMwaIG8 Freedom—An Intellectual Issue: http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreedomintell.html Roundtable discussion!... Ridiculous laws and the practice of civil disobedience--where do you draw the line in terms of kowtowing to "authority"? If you're not willing to expose the coercive entities of the State, then you're granting them legitimacy Propaganda is used to promote the myth that those in government (authoritarian sociopaths) are our "protectors" and "providers" Using the Internet to reverse the statist propaganda; San Diego Free Press, perhaps Can you really change others? You can't delegate to others any rights that you yourself don't possess Most people worship government like they worship god; even most atheists worship government, regardless of it being a coercive monopoly that infringes on individual rights Once you plant the seed of authoritarian sociopathy (i.e., government), it will grow into an uncontrollable weed We don't need to be robbed in order to be protected! The sundry collectivistic and fascistic ills of HOA's, which aren't free market phenomena http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeowners%27_association One man's story about his encounters with HOA Nazis: http://www.parkingenforcementforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3 In order to transition to a free market, people need to deal with their fears about conflicts with others Objectivist's failure to understand and thus criticize corporations and corporatism Does child-rearing advice from someone who doesn't have any children have validity? Yes, because we were all children once, and we all know the nature of being respected and disrespected "Authority" figures believe they are behaving rationall

Front Page Article in Keene Sentinel on Free Staters http://freekeene.com/2008/08/31/front-page-article-in-keene-sentinel-on-free-staters/ Free State project is moving slowly: Like-minded people are still coming to the Granite State By PHILLIP BANTZ The nature of the FSP motto...to get rid of, or not to get rid of, government? The proper goal should be: To get rid of the powerful meme of government in the general populace Is the power of the government in the people's hands? The nature of the "idea of freedom" in California; reinventing yourself and your life, washing away useless traditions Versus California's status quo political oppression that people don't think about (which pretty much exists everywhere) Government rations things by having you stand in line Special guest: "The Governator" ;) Main question to him: Why didn't you let the government of California go bankrupt and thus disappear? The market creates and rewards independent, self-sufficient people Non-cooperative activists in Keene, NH challenging the "authority" of the governmental thugs The greatness of civil disobedience is that it reveals the way of life of governmental employees (coercion) Sam Dodson's great handiwork: The Obscured Truth Network - http://www.youtube.com/obscuredtruth Governmental-issued "ID" is a typically unnoticed form of tyranny The fear of liberty in a NH resident is typical in America; status quo, all the way! Excuses for not being an activist for liberty: Don't want to be bothered; it's too difficult; I'm afraid; I can't do it! Corrupt form of morality allows for political disrespect on a daily basis; "knuckling under for the common good" "Good" slaves attack other slaves seeking freedom What other people decided years, decades, and centuries ago has NOTHING to do with your individual rights in the present The NH constitution's "common good" nonsense In Search Of The Governed’s Consent http://completeliberty.com/chapter10.php "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights, cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." AR http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/minorityrights.html The culture of government; coercion and brainwashing The Zimbabwe catastrophe, caused by government of course; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe Expanding the U.S. government's military empire into Africa... http://www.africom.mil/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command Beware slavespeak: http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml Magnetic field 'aids coma victim' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7669056.stm Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation might be the cure for the terracrats in government... The tremendous ills of coercive funding of scientific research (i.e., via taxation) Basing your life on research money from government gives you little motivation to solve disease-related problems, unlike market-based research, which is currently hamstrung by authoritarian/obedience memes related to coercive organizations such as the FDA and protectionist rackets such as the AMA Basically, it's time WAKE UP! You don't have to go through a windshield to be in a coma bumper music "A Great Day for Freedom" from The Division Bell album by Pink Floyd http://www.pinkfloyd.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfri5tMXfc4 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Economics of Police Brutality by Art Carden http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=174 All of the world's problems could be solved is we had clearly defined ownership The contradiction of "public property" and the unaddressed fears of ownership WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT (AFTER A BIT OF INSPECTION) http://completeliberty.com/chapter3.php Psychology of Ownership http://www.logicallearning.net/libpsychologyofo.html Competition is a civilizing force; externalities explained (they're all around us) The Obviousness of Anarchy by John Hasnas http://www.mises.org/journals/scholar/hasnas.pdf Riding shotgun with a cop; the-end-justifies-the-means argument to provide "security" Part 1: http://freekeene.com/2008/10/21/conversation-with-shane-maxfield-kpd-lt-part-15/ Part 2: http://freekeene.com/2008/10/22/conversation-with-shane-maxfield-kpd-lt-part-25/ Part 3: http://freekeene.com/2008/10/23/conversation-with-shane-maxfield-kpd-lt-part-35/ Part 4: http://freekeene.com/2008/10/24/conversation-with-shane-maxfield-kpd-lt-part-45/ Part 5: http://freekeene.com/2008/10/25/conversation-with-shane-maxfield-kpd-lt-part-55/ Security comes with respect for individuals rights, not violation of them 'Competing' police forces follows from a privatized system (no "public property") The ills of socialized/communized "services"--denying individuals self-responsibility Crime is the Health of The State, The Kaptain's Log by Kapt Kanada, aka Manuel Miles http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2007/tle446-20071202-09.html Statists practices of the fine arts of theft, rape, murder, arson, and duplicity The Statist "justice" system grows with the creation of more unjust laws, i.e., those that infringe on individual rights Government people protecting their own, essentially ensuring their own security, not yours The practice of coercing you in order to "help" you; the immense propaganda needed to keep the sham going Ayn Rand's contradictions about government and objective laws http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/anarchism.html Anarchy simply means "no rulers"--no tyrants allowed The government is a naive floating abstraction; the meme of government isn't much different than the meme of God, except that government translates directly into violence Projecting one's fears onto the marketplace, creating gangs of armed thugs in one's mind to somehow maintain the meme of government (which is a giant gang of armed thugs, btw) More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime And Gun-Control Laws by John R. Lott Jr. http://tinyurl.com/elg5u For a rights-respecting person, the freedom to defend yourself is absolute Peaceful coexistence is impossible with the gang called government Defining one's terms: "competing governments" as contradictory A coercive monopoly in the realm of justice essentially ruins society Rand's (and big "O"bjectivists') strain of authoritarian sociopathy Basically, people's fear of conflict with other people enslaves them and perpetuates government A coercive monopoly of "justice" services, i.e., government (even one funded voluntarily) will always provide unjust and incompetent and expensive "services" One case in point: Laws against private electricity production commerce; Jon Udell's Interviews with Innovators: Jock Gill - On Energy, IT, Markets and Society http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3825.html My experiences with the local mafia with a flag--parking ticket Nazis--who look to make criminals out of rights-respecting individuals The brilliance of Ayn Rand was that she taught individuals to think independently and to use logic according to the main metaphysical laws (identity, causality, and non-contradiction) Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology by Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff, Harry Binswanger http://scholar.google.com.mx/books?id=_znYGPoNe2wC&dq=subject:%22Objectivism+(Philosophy)%22&lr=&as_brr=0&hl=en&rview=1&pgis=1 Objectively speaking, the coercive monopoly of government is a authoritarian mythology that contradicts the virtue of justice The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts by Harry Binswanger http://www.aynrandbookstore2.com/prodinfo.asp?number=CB02B Seeing "police" for what they are: individuals who join a gang that violates individual rights and only pays lip service to the virtue of justice (enough to hoodwink those they rule over and maintain their coercive monopoly) Central planning is authoritarian sociopathy writ large--in which fears and love of domination deny freedom of choice The most vile form of mysticism: the murderous meme of government, which has no "procedural safeguards" Government as the preeminent violator of individual rights: denying people's capacity to choose a real upholder of justice So naturally, real upholders of justice will be seen as threats to government Understanding individual rights is simple: Don't hit people, don't take their stuff, and honor your promises (though no involuntary servitude is valid) "Our Enemy, The Party" by SEKIII posted by Wally Conger http://wcon

Using the guns of government--for the "good" of whom? Report: 60 Million People You'd Never Talk To Voting For Other Guy http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_60_million_people_youd The endless rationalizations for unjustifiable statist coercion So-called informed voters as the most corrupt The contrary definitions of the word anarchy Who gets to enforce their views on others? Voters, of course Contrary to a democracy and even a Constitutional republic, in a just society there are no irreconcilable conflicts between individuals "Conflicts" of Men's Interests by Ayn Rand (audio) http://atlasshrugged.com/ayn-rand-works/ar-conflicts.html Local governments as biggest meddlers in our lives, who coercively monopolize whole swaths of the economy and extort money from individuals The fallacy of the night-watchman State Cognitive dissonance people retain between the nature of the market and government Ominous parallels from Nazi Germany; collectivism and kowtowing to authority The moral corruption in seeking a "license," getting approval from an unjust organization of people Regulatory madness under the guise of "protection" of consumers; selling the regulatory racket... How can someone claim to possess the authority to override your life and property? "Because I say so!" Parental mistreatment of children's wills, inducing fears and destroying their semblance of rationality with mythologies The article we didn't cover, for obvious reasons: The Case for Obama by Bruce Ramsey http://libertyunbound.com/article.php?id=24 None of the Above by Doug Casey http://libertyunbound.com/article.php?id=26 Five reasons why you shouldn't vote: 1) it's unethical 2) it compromises your privacy 3) it's a degrading experience (begging for your freedom) 4) it just encourages the bastards 5) your vote only counts in the sense that it makes you complicit in the crimes inevitably committed by its recipient; and, of course, voting booths are merely suggestion boxes for slaves A libertarian political party is contradictory; ballots can't be cast to determine and uphold principles An encounter with SEK3, who wrote: http://agorism.info/docs/NewLibertarianManifesto.pdf Why don't we vote for whether or not extortion is permissible in society! if you could really change things through voting, it would be illegal; the coercive funding of government is the crux of the issue The end of "public property" spells the end of government, which is why people always bring up "the roads" argument--they sense the demise of mommy/daddy government if the roads are privatized The authoritarian triad of family, church, and state Give me Libertarianism by D. Allen Kerr http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20081015-NEWS-81015016 Live and let live; don't hit people and don't take their stuff Unrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence by David Kelly http://theobjectivistcenter.org/showcontent.aspx?ct=38&h=51 Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand: Truth and Toleration in Objectivism by David Kelly http://books.google.com/books?id=C6x38zJL3ccC&dq=truth+and+toleration&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 (The rebuttal: FACT AND VALUE by Leonard Peikoff, Ph.D. http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_fv) Viable Values by Tara Smith http://books.google.com/books?id=v4U9Toa7CeQC&dq=viable+values&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 The fear of anarchy and our ambivalence towards it (and thus towards freedom) Everyday Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AidXSubb-2U http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/03/21/the-anarchy-boogey-man/ http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/04/18/lack-of-faith-is-a-virtue/ Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice; extremism as smear word and anti-concept http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/anticoncepts.html Free Talk Live (http://freetalklive.com) promoting the good memes of anarchism under the pragmatic watch of the FCC All humans are created equal; therefore, no one can rule over an equal 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics by John Stossel - Pt. 1 of 6 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Phs6CwnutoY http://abcnews.go.com/2020/stossel http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerindex?id=6062018 20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 6 of 6 (not present on abc.com) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hWVLr8Y18e0 (Check out the terracrat's despicable response to Stossel's sarcasm about why government just doesn't subsidize everything if it's so damn good; approximately 7'15" into the clip Pt. 5 of 6: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rTI9r4pUYh4) The immoral premise of statist "education": coercion is necessary to provide a service--the end justifies the irrational means Spontaneous order of markets, i.e., individuals making their own choices based on their own context, needs and knowledge Government fails, not only empirically, but also ethically L. Neil Smith's inspiring words, once again, beseeching people to get government out of the way of their own potential for immense prosperity Unanimous consent and the utopian

Freedom is always an inside job A New Beginning for e-gold? http://blog.e-gold.com/2008/07/a-new-beginning.html Kowtowing to the fascists in order to run a business Fed pot calling the e-gold kettle black: The U.S. government is the biggest money launderer in the history of humankind! The governmental "officials" are the REAL criminals Money laundering as primarily a phenomenon of the "war on drugs," i.e., the war on people Fed's modus operandi: printing "money" out of thin air and monopolizing the universal medium of exchange (e.g., via legal tender laws) Another hard money business, http://goldmoney.com, and issues with the Liberty Dollar http://www.libertydollar.org/ - latest news, btw: http://www.libertydollar.org/news-stories/pdfs/1222573426.pdf Perceived value of fiat currency...courtesy of governmental coercion, of course Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury--the biggest counterfeiters around The dynamic economy that governmental goons have deprived you of over the years Devaluation of fiat currency makes you more and more poor Trading dollars for real money as good monetary, political, and psychological action Paper receipts redeemable for metal money versus non-redeemable paper dollars The abandonment of the semi-free market gold standard and the sinister master stroke of pricing oil in dollars Info tech productivity effects as great counterweight to governmental insanity Governmental (communized) roads and bridges are NOTHING compared to governmental currency (communized "money system") Fractional reserve banking as financial alchemy and the ultimate Ponzi scheme Money as metal, and fiat currency as mere paper backed by guns (dominating the world today) All fiat currencies have failed throughout history Those "in charge" know less than nothing; they only know a lot of what isn't so; Keynesian economics is illogical and immoral http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_economics Spotlight on Keynesian Economics by Murray N. Rothbard http://mises.org/story/2950 Dissent on Keynes: A Critical Appraisal of Keynesian Economics Edited by Mark Skousen http://www.mises.org/books/dissent.pdf The Critics of Keynesian Economics Edited with an Introduction and new Preface by Henry Hazlitt http://www.mises.org/books/critics.pdf "The business cycle" as the result of nonsensical ideas Business Cycle Primer by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. http://mises.org/article.aspx?Id=606 So, those who cause recessions, depressions, etc., are the worst type of fascists, because they seek to control the very lifeblood of an economy--money We must look to the free enterprise sector to utilize sound money; e.g., Shire Silver (http://shiresilver.com/) The end of fractional reserve banking would make honest people out of present banksters The end of the State spells the end of the deceptive and corrupt corporate system too What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard http://mises.org/money.asp We would have so much more wealth in a free market economy; everything becomes more affordable, every year things become cheaper Stop Worrying about the Election by Isaac M. Morehouse http://mises.org/story/3129 Don't become accustomed to bondage - Keep the spirit of freedom alive! The biggest enslavement is of your own mind; A Prison for Your Mind http://tinyurl.com/lje25 The Shawshank Redemption - Final Scene - Movie Ending http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TjyR_3mUsM Being ungovernable (like the early Quakers in Pennsylvania and the freedom fighters in communist Poland) and generating freedom-based hope and a positive sense of life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Hand_Luke Cool Hand Luke - "Failure to communicate" scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fuDDqU6n4o If we didn't have regulation, or violence against creativity, we'd see more things like http://www.iconaircraft.com/ Freeing your mind by coming to terms with your own fears about others being free... What do you do every day to promote (or detract from) freedom in your life? bumper music "Money (That's What I Want)" by The Flying Lizards http://www.myspace.com/flyinglizards to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Reflections on the Origin and the Stability of the State by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://www.lewrockwell.com/hoppe/hoppe18.html The Hobbesian State remains in a perpetual state of nature Who governs the governors? It's turtles all the way down... The State itself isn't bound by any outside enforcer, so no external 3rd party exists to hold it accountable; the State is in a state of anarchy! The State as the mafia with a flag, the organization of authoritarian sociopaths who live off productive people The procedures of government are just public relations bs The basic structure of all government comes from the desperation of the authoritarian sociopathic personality within any given community realizing that they have nothing of value (no product or service) to offer their neighbors in voluntarily trade Those in government love the idea of forcing others to provide for them The mainstream media's complicity, and government schools' as indoctrination camps supplemental reading: The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/index.htm The gravity well of governmental coercion and corruption You don't need to steal to provide a product of service Fear of productiveness and the hatred of the good for being the good http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/envyhatredofthegoodforbeingthegood.html The cover-up: collectivistic and altruistic propaganda, and the ethics of sacrifice http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sacrifice.html Governmental employees true motives are the opposite of their rhetoric If you have to deal with a governmental bureaucrat, ask them this pointed question: Other than the threat of physical violence, what is the nature of the relationship between you (and your violent organization) and me? Making coercive thugs pay a spiritual price, just by asking some simple questions and making some simple ethical observations The State is a legal fiction; thus, there can be no crimes against the State An alternative pledge of allegiance: I pledge allegiance to the logic of my own life and my own well-being and to my own happiness for which it stands, one mind independent, purposeful, with liberty and justice for me Neither bullets nor ballot: Violence, including the vote, cannot bring liberty by Wendy McElroy http://www.wendymcelroy.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.165 "Benjamin Tucker maintained that one could no more attack government by electing politicians than one could prevent crime by becoming a criminal" No one has the right to a position of power over others; something Ron Paul Revolutionaries need to integrate Most people are conflicted philosophically, so their integrity suffers Essentially, voting is violence "Anarchism analyzes the State as an institution whose purpose is to violate rights in order to secure benefits to a privileged class...Thus, the political anarchist must explain why he aspires to an office he proclaims inherently unjust" The contradictory ideas and behavior of most Free State Project members (http://freestateproject.org) Rationalizing taking governmental jobs... Another question for governmental employees: If what you're doing is so valuable to the community, why don't you offer it on a voluntary basis? Exposing a contradictory code of ethics Various Free Staters' bad plan of joining the mafia and convincing their fellow coercers that putting down the guns will be a good thing Exposing the psychological, emotional, landscape... Transitioning mentally to the ethics of complete liberty; the growing snowball of awareness Making people aware of their fear of good ideas Message to Free Staters: Joining a criminal gang in order to get rid of criminality won't achieve freedom Freeing your personal life from statist mentalities, and then strategizing a plan to free your political life from statist mentalities Getting personal with those who seek to rule over you Signs of Autumn by B.R. Merrick http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/merrick/merrick5.html The violence of elections taken to its logical conclusion--guns pointed at you One reason that political anarchism (or any form of minarchism) will never work: Productive and respectful people will never want to get involved with the insanity and evil of politics Ron Paul's contradictions You "win" in politics by being a very crafty, deceiving, equivocating coercer--Obama as icon for this sociopathy bumper music "Bomb the World" from Everyone Deserves Music album by Michael Franti http://www.spearheadvibrations.com/listen.php to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Class and equality under statism versus a free market The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas Woods http://www.mises.org/store/The-Politically-Incorrect-Guide-to-American-History-P247C0.aspx?AFID=14 http://books.google.com/books?id=ltSIOnW6XLsC A video talk about the book: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=184310-1 How Capitalism Saved America by Thomas DiLorenzo http://tinyurl.com/4r37q6 Book's review: How Capitalism Saved America by Laurence M. Vance http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance90.html The Capitalist Manifesto by Andrew Bernstein http://www.andrewbernstein.net/books/capman.htm "Equality," like freedom, is an inside job The bloody credo of communism--ability required to feed "need" Rising prosperous economic tide of true capitalism lifts all boats Nature of "abusive" corporations; The Semi-Good, The Bad, And The Ugly http://completeliberty.com/chapter4.php#80 The free market never fails, but force and faith must always Forcing "equality" on people is anti-mind and anti-life; it represents the evil doctrine of sacrifice Coercive monopolies only exist because of the legitimacy granted to them by most people The Importance of Agorist Class Theory by Niccolo Adami http://catholicmarketanarchy.blogspot.com/2008/05/importance-of-agorist-class-theory.html The entrepreneurial class versus the parasitic class Problems with the idea of classes; http://completeliberty.com/chapter1.php#15 SEK3's essence of agorist class theory; http://agorism.info/docs/NewLibertarianManifesto.pdf Should agorists ban together as comrades? Religion as fosterer of conflicts between groups Pemes, or political memes, that are enslaving us #TL074: PEME-THEORY - BASIC, INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED By Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl074.shtml Challenging those, first and foremost in your personal life, who advocate statist aggression Voting Decisions Made Easy by Hal O'Boyle http://www.haloboyle.com/2004/03/voting_decision.html to "...those who refuse to shuffle off to the voting booth like Eloi in the thrall of the Morlocks' dinner siren." ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morlock - ominous parallels... "Representatives" don't represent you--no valid contract of agency The insanity of gun control laws, especially in Mexico War on drugs is war on individual rights, creating rampant crime both here and in Mexico What would happen if they held an election, and nobody voted? Evidence that people don't see themselves as slaves anymore! No such thing as a "Republic," and "Democracy" is a farce Only the voluntary marketplace is legitimate, i.e., a society of rights-respecting individuals What is Legitimacy? by Bill Orton, aka Hogeye Bill http://www.ozarkia.net/bill/anarchism/library/aa/p004.html Autonomy and self-ownership versus being ruled by other individuals (and governmental memes) Sacrifice is really the corrupt ethical doctrine we must confront Police State Mission-Creep by Scott McPherson http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/mcpherson10.html statist "strength in numbers" thuggery We aren't "customers" of the "business" of government 'Sensational' fossil illuminates birth of dinosaurs http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/08/22/scifossil122.xml bumper music "Freedom Now" from album Crossroads by Tracy Chapman http://www.myspace.com/tracychapmanfolk http://www.tracychapman.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

The need for courage, integrity, and certainty, to resolve the personal side of ethical and political contradictions in our relationships Episode: 947 The Next Thing (Part 1) by Stefan Molyneux http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/26/ Implications of the "against me" argument 927 Ron Paul and Politics versus Personal Liberty by Stefan Molyneux http://youtube.com/watch?v=0z-fhCFkISM http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_927_Ron_Paul_Politics_and_Personal_Freedom.mp3 http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/47/ The political contradiction of Objectivism's politics, which hinges on a collectivistic notion of a coercive monopoly; a couple extensive refutations: The Facts Of Reality: Logic And History In Objectivist Debates About Government by Professor Nicholas Dykes http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/philn/philn079.htm Laissez-faire, A More Enlightened View Of Capitalism—And Its Contradictions http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html Disproving the State: Four arguments against government by Stefan Molyneux http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/molyneux4.html Separating the messages from the messengers in the early Objectivist movement The Passion of Ayn Rand by Barbara Branden http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/books/other/passion.html I read my paper titled: Who is Nathaniel Branden? Psychologist/Psychotherapist: http://www.nathanielbranden.com His books, in order of most recent: Self-Esteem at Work (treatise that contains psychotherapeutic exercises) A Woman’s Self-Esteem (treatise that contains psychotherapeutic exercises) Self-Esteem Every Day (collection of thoughts on self-esteem) The Art of Living Consciously (treatise that contains psychotherapeutic exercises) Taking Responsibility (treatise that contains psychotherapeutic exercises) The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem (treatise that contains psychotherapeutic exercises) The Art of Self-Discovery (psychotherapeutic workbook; my favorite:) The Power of Self-Esteem (shorter book on the topic) My Years with Ayn Rand (revised edition of Judgment Day) How to Raise Your Self-Esteem (psychotherapeutic workbook) Honoring the Self (treatise) If You Could Hear What I Cannot Say (psychotherapeutic workbook for relationships) What Love Asks of Us (with Devers Branden) (question and answer book) The Psychology of Romantic Love (treatise) The Disowned Self (treatise) Breaking Free (compilation of vignettes from therapy) The Psychology of Self-Esteem (seminal work on the subject) Who is Ayn Rand? (deals primarily with Rand's novel moral code) Overview of his biocentric psychology, in relation to objective philosophy Volition as essential component in self-esteem and value-judgments Emotions as indicators of "for me" or "against me" The nature of the subconscious and automatization Comprehensive framework of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, from metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, to politics and esthetics Branden's revolutionary refinement of the concept of self-esteem, which can be seen as an integrated sum of self-confidence and self-respect; choice quotation from The Psychology of Self-Esteem: "To understand a man psychologically, one must understand the nature and degree of his self-esteem, and the standards by which he judges himself" Man's mental health depends on being able to deal with reality--in particular, his internal reality--in an unblocked fashion The Pillars of self-esteem: The practice of living consciously The practice of self-acceptance The practice of self-responsibility The practice of self-assertiveness The practice of living purposefully The practice of personal integrity Branden's humanistic focus on the methods by which to acquire and maintain self-esteem stands as the ultimate tribute to the human soul The respective roles of philosophy and psychology; inspecting the problematic modern dichotomy The nature of psychotherapy and its challenges, both inside and out To choose to change, even when change is often frightening As Branden has noted, we need not be prisoners to yesterday's thinking and decisions bumper music "Piano Concerto in A Minor, 1st Movement, Allegro Molto Moderato" by Edward Grieg Pianist Pawel Mazurkiewicz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF0WaXEf0xM Pianist Arthur Rubinstein: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxzpy1b1_BYPianist Leif Ove Andsnes (best sound, imo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL_DT4DRxVA to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

How – Actually – Does the State Work? 'Do As You Are Told, Or We Will Kill You' by Jeff Knaebel http://www.lewrockwell.com/knaebel/knaebel19.html Methods of domination... People who really value liberty are not so organized The ridiculous sporting event of politics, where winning equals everyone losing The free state project http://www.freestateproject.org Direct, raw violence perpetrated by individuals "working" for government Is democracy relative? Any initiation of force is wrong, absolutely Unjust laws...ad naseum The floating abstraction of "the public"; trying to hide government's true aims through the use of euphemisms Molding the minds of youth via "public education," i.e., extortion-funded governmental education Arguments against the notion that taxation is extortion and aggression, which are of course illogical Sick dependency created by those in government The monstrous ethical contradiction of using force as the means to (attempt to) achieve benevolent ends Stossel in America - ABC 20/20 Freeloaders - Creating Dependency Segment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4teq7aKTNJ4 http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2007/01/03/is_this_any_way_to_help_the_homeless Violence is not a way to "help" people Should we fear employees of the State (those in power) or, rather, our fellow slaves? The Next Thing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH_paOt6_ZI 948 The Next Thing (Part 2) http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/25/ the backstory: Episode: 947 The Next Thing (Part 1) http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/26/ Discourse on Voluntary Servitude by Etienne de la Boetie http://www.constitution.org/la_boetie/serv_vol.htm Inculcating obedience through nonsense statements such as, "As long as you comply, it's not force" Ruling through fear; http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler Conflating America with American government The popular values of equality, universal health care, and no child left behind can never be realized through force, and government is the biggest hindrance to realizing such values The initiation of force is the invalid means to achieve one's ends Only the free market can foster popular values, and then some! Obviously, the more government intervention, the worse the results Lessons From Tennessee's Failed Health Care Reform by Merrill Matthews, Jr. (beware the author's slavespeak) http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/BG1357ES.cfm The unpeaceful nature of Sweden, and other liberally praised authoritarian domains Sweden, Banana Republic by Per Bylund http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund12.html Per Bylund Archives: http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund-arch.html The argument from morality in relation to the welfare state The congressional umbilical cord to the military/industrial complex How The Military/Industrial Complex Works: You Scratch My back, Bombs Away! http://completeliberty.com/chapter2.php#45 Government "servants" that impose "services" on us, versus the beauty of services provided by businesses Government, by definition, is incapable of providing what we want; what we want are voluntarily chosen services (i.e., not to be forced) Speaking of which, my own new service :) http://www.happinesscounseling.com Ayn Rand had it right: happiness is our highest moral purpose http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/happiness.html The psychological payoff for avoiding the immoral essence of governmental "services" Worry as future related guilt, and our various means of dealing with it President as good domineering parent; Kings ordained by "God" and "the people" Democracy: The God that Failed by Hans Hermane Hoppe http://www.hanshoppe.com/publications.php#democracy http://tinyurl.com/4zt79u (searchable text from google books) http://www.mises.org/store/Democracy-The-God-That-Failed-P240C0.aspx Ah, government is beyond failure, because its employees perform magic tricks and miracles using the golden (blood drenched) gun of taxation and regulation and fiat currency! Apathy created by governmental "schooling," childhood indoctrination in obedience to authority, and the mainstream media of distractions and lack of logical analysis Obama's "hope" and "change" through coercion: put the following site-specific searches in google to see the essence of what politics is about, no matter the orator's popularity: site:www.barackobama.com require site:www.barackobama.com required site:www.barackobama.com mandate site:www.barackobama.com mandated Governmental employees use commerce and business language to try to hide their organization's thuggish nature Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins http://www.economichitman.com/ http://tinyurl.com/57w588 (google books) http://www.democracynow.org/2004/11/9/confessions_of_an_economic_hit_man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man#Controversy_and_criticism Fabricating external threats in order to gain more power and control http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flag http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_

Must the Government Combat Americans’ Addiction to Foreign Bananas? by Robert Higgs http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/53228.html banana crises sidenote: http://www.slashfood.com/2008/02/24/the-great-banana-panic-continues/ Understanding free market economics and international trade, for the umpteenth time Resistance to the truth is aided by rationalizations http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rationalization.html Is Richard an 'merican?... Keene Man (Russell Kanning) to Auction Off Vote by Kat Kanning http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/209 Exposing the hypocrisy of political vote buying "Representatives" don't represent you; don't fall for the slavespeak THE ANATOMY OF SLAVESPEAK by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml Statement from Jason Gerhard (incarcerated friend of tax resistors Ed and Elaine Brown) http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/197 Imposing "services" at gunpoint: the essence of government Parents forcing children to do things, which leads to uncritical acceptance of politics The Meaning and Value of Gold by Glen Allport (in reference to growth of government pie charts) http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/allport/allport2.html Self-esteem versus rationalizations and defense mechanisms No Such Thing as a Good Cop by Larken Rose http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/203 The horribly dangerous authority myth--the denial of personal responsibility "...committing immoral violence is an unavoidable part of every cop's job." (LR) The disorder created by government (and authoritarian parenting) Simple rules for persons in a free market: Don't lie, cheat, and steal What is the ~nature~ of parental influences? ~How~ the messages are delivered makes all the difference Introducing, particularly to adolescents--via the Web--the anti-authoritarian anarchistic philosophy, which is a kind of psychotherapy to deal with the various abuses of one's will by others, by family, culture, and governmental "officials" Authentic, independent challenging of "authority" versus inauthentic (typically collectivistic) revolting against it and replacing it with yet another "authority" People's ambivalence about anarchy Intro to Everyday Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AidXSubb-2U How – Actually – Does the State Work? 'Do As You Are Told, Or We Will Kill You' by Jeff Knaebel http://www.lewrockwell.com/knaebel/knaebel19.html Corrupt power cannot withstand moral courage Implications of the "against me" argument 927 Ron Paul and Politics versus Personal Liberty by Stefan Molyneux http://youtube.com/watch?v=0z-fhCFkISM http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_927_Ron_Paul_Politics_and_Personal_Freedom.mp3 http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/47/ Setting the standard for rational debate Defending the Undefendable: The pimp, prostitute, scab, slumlord, libeler, moneylender and other scapegoats in the rogue's gallery of American society by Walter Block http://www.mises.org/store/Defending-the-Undefendable-P136.aspx http://mises.org/books/defending.pdf One way to create a better world (especially for yourself): By not collaborating and compromising with those who forward evil premises http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/compromise.html Errors of Knowledge vs. Breaches of Morality by Ayn Rand http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/errorsofknowledge.html Nullifying the will of others: the essence of the love of domination ("authority") Respect presupposes a sovereign use of consciousness--which is why the initiation of force is NOT to be tolerated Objectivists distorted use of moralization Email dealing with the non sequitur of minarchism and fallacies about "human nature" We can't escape philosophy http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/philosophy.html The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier by Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill http://mises.org/journals/jls/3_1/3_1_2.pdf http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=552 The trader principle (value for value) as part of the virtue of independence Japanese researchers craft "e-skin" to let robots feel by Donald Melanson http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/japanese-researchers-craft-e-skin-to-let-robots-feel/ Getting corrupt relationships out of your life and challenging slave-on-slave violence--thus fostering a better, happier, more courageous self, and a better society The Next Thing... by Stefan Molyneux http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH_paOt6_ZI 948 The Next Thing (Part 2) by Stefan Molyneux http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/25/ the backstory: Episode: 947 The Next Thing (Part 1) by Stefan Molyneux http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/26/ bumper music "Politik Kills" by Manu Chao (Politik kills db remix DUB+vox_mastered) http://www.manuchao.net/ download it and check out all the remixes! http://www.politikills.com/les-remix.php to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Is RTR crackpottery? Judge for yourself: http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR Brutalization of the child "off limits" domains of morality Ethics: the relative and the objective Questioning the one-way street of authoritarian morality The psychological payoffs for evasion and obedience Catastrophizing http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/what-is-catastrophizing/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion Practicing RTR http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/stolenconcept.html Listening to feelings Questioning one's premises--can we look to peer-reviewed psych/phil journals for answers? Focusing on the psychological/philosophical essentials Being aware of the argument from morality The Argument From Morality by Stefan Molyneux http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/molyneux7.html The payoffs for love of domination--and for enabling it Experiments in liberty--questioning liberty is questioning oneself Having compassion for other people's feelings, and challenging "authority" http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rationalization.html Illogical philosophical catch phrases--Ayn Rand astutely noted that evil philosophies are systems of rationalizations Defining self-esteem--self-confidence and self-respect Staving off the feeling of being unfit to exist with defense mechanisms and pseudo self-esteem The brutalizing process of relativistic ethics and eating invisible apples (blue pill city) There are no conflicts among people's self-interest and self-esteem The error of "getting" a child to eat dinner...developing a context for normalization An anarchist’s declaration by Mike Gogulski http://www.nostate.com/an-anarchists-declaration/ Expressing anger in trying to understand the optimal context of childrearing Getting rid of parasitic memes John Gottman's (http://www.gottman.com) research: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse--Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling 'The Four Horsemen': Why Marriages Fail by Alix Spiegel http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4823861 http://www.gottman.com/press/releases/detail.php?id=13 Living an authentic life in relation to one's own mind, based on objective reality The Anatomy of Slavespeak by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml The Nature of Government by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07b.shtml The most important thing to show kids, besides your happiness: authentic and principled expression of values and virtues The truth shall set us free! Peer-reviewers' fest of altruism Developing self-trust in one's own understanding of objective morality--and living it! Just For Fans of Stefan Molyneux (when seemingly nice people turn nasty) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY30C6Grv3o The Art of Self-Discovery by Nathaniel Branden (examining subconscious premises) http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38 The Art of Living Consciously by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=28 Taking Responsibility by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=36 Personal evolution also means the evolution of our culture bumper music "See You on the Other Side" by Ozzy Osbourne http://www.ozzy.com/music/ozzmosis to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Early experiences with bad adult behavior Fear of authority and feeling a lack of authoritativeness It all starts with agreeing to the "invisible apple" A Transcript of Freedomain Radio Podcast 70: “The Parable of the Apple – or, How to control a human soul...” by Stefan Molyneux http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/how_to_control_a_human_soul.mp3 also in the book Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR Psychology of Education http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html Between Parent and Child - The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication by Haim Ginott http://tinyurl.com/598j76 The "normal" talk that drives kids crazy "Sanity depends on trusting one's inner reality," noted Ginott Honoring the volitional capacity of the child Parents' and teachers' love of dominion (as noted by Herbert Spencer) Misbehavior doesn't usually emanate naturally from the child "The child has a teacher within," noted Maria Montessori The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8977399 Respecting the will of the child, allowing the psychic energy to flow Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Mihaly-Csikszentmihalyi/dp/0060920432 Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi http://books.google.com/books?id=lNt6bdfoyxQC&dq=flow&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology) The Secret of Childhood: Normalization and Deviations-lecture given by Dr. Rita Shaefer Zener http://www.michaelolaf.net/lecture_secret.html There can't be familial harmony when there's love of dominion going on The early deviations fostered by adults Four characteristics of personality that signal normalization: love of work; concentration; self-discipline; sociability Statecraft 101 by Brad Spangler How do I start my own country? http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/1021 Human beings bullying others both politically and parentally Bringing war upon individuals, courtesy of those in government The Thin Blue Lie by Wendy McElroy http://www.wendymcelroy.com/news.php?extend.1698 The police are the enemies of freedom; they enforce unjust laws, are paid through extortion (taxes), and work for a coercive monopoly Why you should never talk to cops without a lawyer (video of lawyer and cop making this point) http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/342.html San Diego Plays 'Sophie's Choice' for Fascists by Lawrence M. Ludlow http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/ludlow/ludlow1.html "Law" as an opinion backed by a gun Law must be based on human well-being and happiness--to be objective and valid, it must adhere to the principles of individual rights, self-ownership, and property Cooking Stimulated Big Leap In Human Cognition http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/12/2036254 bumper music "Love Will Set You Free" by Starchaserhttp://www.myspace.com/starchaserofficial to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

The Dangerous Question by Marcel Votlucka http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/votlucka/votlucka2.html Why?...Do most individuals need/want Mommy/Daddy Government? Unquestioning adults as much less mature than children Kids are naturally predisposed to active-mindedness Ayn Rand's take on "Open Mind" and "Closed Mind" http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/openmindandclosedmind.html Listening to what your mind is telling you... Deism and Freedom by Robert L. Johnson http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/johnson/johnson1.html America is based on fear...What is fear? Punished for disobedience--the ties between Parents and Governments If we lived with our governmental oppressors... Which is worse: tyrannical parents or tyrannical employees of government? All political punishment is local Attila and the Witch Doctor...softening the bones and brain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_New_Intellectual by Ayn Rand For the New Intellectual by Ayn Rand http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_nonfiction_for_the_new_intellectual Review by Edward Tanguay http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~tanguay/70.htm The meme of government has jailed our minds (and thus limited our choices) a long time ago A prison for your mind http://tinyurl.com/yp4hdv Valid definition of God is impossible because it has no referents in reality Feelings about God aren't irreducible primaries The triad of supernatural consciousness: omnipotence, omniscience, and infallibility Will a post-technological singularity consciousness be Godlike? "God" as the Universe makes the notion superfluous Former atheist Antony Flew's and Peter Murphy's Deistic thinking... http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/atheist_philosopher_041210.html http://www.deism.com/dogmaticatheism.htm Scientist Stuart Kauffman's thoughts on catalytic closure of molecular species http://www.logicallearning.net/libevolution.html Kauffman's At Home in the Universe http://books.google.com/books?id=o-Owb5IDkSQC&dq=stuart+Kauffman+catalytic+closure&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 The secret of life is auto-catalysis review by Gert Korthof http://home.planet.nl/~gkorthof/kortho32.htm Beyond Reductionism: Reinventing The Sacred by Stuart A. Kauffman http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/kauffman06/kauffman06_index.html Consciousness is inextricably tied to material reality http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html To postulate supernatural consciousness is the ultimate metaphysical question-begging The laws of identity, causality, and non-contradiction must determine our beliefs http://www.logicallearning.net/libidentitycausa.html How belief in a "Creater" relates to fear... The mental sacrifice of taking the leap of faith http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html Faith and Force as corollaries... Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World by Any Rand http://freedomkeys.com/faithandforce.htm Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World by Any Rand (audio of Rand herself, speech and q&a) http://www.atlasshrugged.com/ayn-rand-works/ar-faith-and-force.html from Philosophy: Who Needs It by Ayn Rand http://www.aynrandbookstore2.com/prodinfo.asp?number=AR07B Scientists Close to Reconstructing First Living Cell Researchers get genetic material to copy itself in a recreation of a simple protocell that could have existed eons ago by Nikhil Swaminathan http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=scientists-close-to-recon Replicating clay particles and origin of life... Various hypotheses: http://scienceweek.com/2005/sw050429-1.htm http://originoflife.net/cairns_smith/quotes/ Cell as metaphor of complete liberty Reality is knowable and science is how we find out more about it Using logic to function optimally with our consciousness in objective reality Asking "Why?" as way to truth, honesty, and virtue (or uncovering pretense, evasion, and lies) Nathaniel Branden's quotation about the uniqueness of human consciousness and self-awareness http://www.logicallearning.net/libevolution.html The Psychology of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=54 bumper music "True Faith" by New Orderhttp://www.neworderonline.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Getting to the root of the problem Is depression increasing in society? Depressingly Easy by Kelly Lambert http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=depressingly-easy&sc=MND_20080731 Challenging one's silent assumptions Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns http://www.feelinggood.com/books.htm#book_fg http://www.feelinggood.com/ The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=35 Stop "Depressing" Checking one's conscious and subconscious premises Real-Time Relationships by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR False self vs True self The Art of Self-Discovery by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38 Living in accordance with rational self-interest and your own happiness WebWise Business: Where Confidence Grows, Cashflow Goes Chris Curtis of Web Business Ownership talks with Kirk Nugent on the VoiceAmerica Business Radio Network http://www.webwiseshow.com/shows/show4.htm Dealers of Deceit by Kirk Nugent (from: I Just Want To Testify "Pursue Your Passion Edition") http://www.kirknugent.com/ excerpt from Practical Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#PA excerpts from Everyday Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#EA The psychological need for questioning social axioms Rejecting the emotional trap of social metaphysics Social Metaphysics by Nathaniel Branden in The Psychology of Self-Esteem http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=54 We are lonely for ourselves Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=43 Solzhenitsyn, chronicler of Soviet gulag, dies http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/03/1718171-solzhenitsyn-chronicler-of-soviet-gulag-dies Solzhenitsyn's nationalism, Stockholm syndrome, and regimes of fear Pursue Your Passion by Kirk Nugent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4wDVrfLIq0 The Ultimate Answer by Kirk Nugent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4e0xCLf28s I Need You To Remember by Kirk Nugent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DH35qC1D34 bumper music "Right Here, Right Now" by Jesus Joneshttp://www.jesusjones.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

A Foundation for Panarchy by Michael S. Rozeff http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff210.html Are there primary and secondary rights? Run for your life whenever you hear a governmental "official" talk about your safety and happiness... Does the Jeffersonian rhetoric hold water? Government's "securing rights" is a non sequitur Because ideas are bulletproof, it's important to understand their origin and influence, particularly authoritarian ones How does one provide one's "consent" to the government, while maintaining one's rights? Certainly not by birth and physical proximity Individual rights defined Implications for so-called intellectual "property" Gated communities and HOA's versus governments Interacting on entirely private property based on the rules of the owner(s) SamIam's Obscured Truth Network http://www.youtube.com/ObscuredTruth The State has no standing and no actual legitimacy Elections make a mockery of choice ("suggestion box for slaves") http://www.panarchy.org/ Government versus governance; panarchism versus anarchism The essence of the Red Pill Tibor Machan's defense of government http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html "Private property" is a redundancy, as is "individual rights" "Public property" is a contradiction in terms Voting is a joke; your choices are not honored "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." H.L. Mencken http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes_by/h.+l.+mencken Invalid forms of governance If you like tyranny, then ~you~ can leave; in a just society, bullies are banned The Jeffersonian Matrix Robert Nozick's defense of government http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html Coercive monopolies of retaliatory force will always lead to injustice Acceptance of false moral premises; the psychology of statism Holding people accountable for their levels of immorality 927 Ron Paul and Politics versus Personal Liberty by Stefan Molyneux (the two magic words: would you be in favor of using force "against me"?) http://youtube.com/watch?v=0z-fhCFkISM http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_927_Ron_Paul_Politics_and_Personal_Freedom.mp3 http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/47/ Helping people look past their fears Microfiltering Sepsis by Jennifer Chu http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/20816/?a=f Innovation in free market medicine versus FDA hindrances bumper music "Revolutionary" Etude by Frederic Chopinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étude_Op._10,_No._12_(Chopin) to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Collectivistic statist turf war insanity King rejects govt's resignation, for now by Robert Wielaard http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/17/king-rejects-govts-resignation-for-now-1/ Governmental "officials" tear markets apart and extol self-sacrifical "public service" D.C. Arrests Residents For Missing Jury Service by Keith L. Alexander http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301798_pf.html Forced "justice" makes perfect sense, doesn't it; coercion is "cooperation" Jurors are essentially slaves of judges; jury nullification is illegal, sayeth "the law" The legal system benefits government and lawyers and screws the enslaved "customers" Once again, voting and jury nullification are not needed to achieve liberty; rather, people's independent mindset is Legislature approves bill banning trans fats by Samantha Sondag http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/15/MN0111OTUA.DTL The 'land of ban' scoffs at the nature of property rights; public pressure is voluntary; governmental pressure is coercive The most important thing in the world that needs protecting: Your right to choose a couple interesting scientific articles related to cardiovascular health: Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis -- The Role of HDL Cholesterol, Lp(a), and LDL Particle Size (just google the article title and click from there, if you get the annoying sign-in page) http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/439375 Measurement of LDL and HDL particle size does not improve CAD diagnosis http://www.lipidsonline.org/news/print.cfm?aid=6602 Genetic-testing start-ups asked to stop selling in Calif. by Stefanie Olsen http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9971383-7.html?hhTest=1 Perfect example of the regulatory State; following the money trail and areas of corporate convolution What a free market in medicine would be like: everything becomes more and more affordable Bush lifts executive ban on offshore oil drilling http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/14/bush.offshore/index.html Politics in midstream, once again, based on central planning; rather, all drilling areas should be privately owned and regulated--and thus be accountable here's a great blog post with lots of info: The Oil Pricing Squeeze Is On by David Theroux http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=140 Deadliest job in America: Working on cell phone towers http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/97827 OSHA fascists to the rescue! Give me a break; say goodbye to common sense and productivity; workers know their work best; rational tort law All the most vile forms of tyranny come from the edict that "This is for your safety"--as if we should look to a coercive monopoly to protect us The guiding light for people in the free market: Use your own judgment, do things reasonable and prudent based on the circumstances, and don't follow authoritarian rules for their own sake Loss of personal control and belief in Higher Powers http://atheists.meetup.com/518/boards/view/viewthread?thread=5064714 Need for self-esteem and individual choice "But Who Will Build the Roads" Market Anarchy Explained http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/166 The contradiction of government: Evil people controlling other purportedly evil people? Death By Government by R. Rummel http://tinyurl.com/rusyx The governmental employee modus operandi: passing the buck and shirking moral responsibility They Didn’t Attack Switzerland by Bill Walker http://www.lewrockwell.com/walker/walker32.html The whole "war on terror" is ill-gotten; US government only protects their own (and even that fails) Collectivistic thinking treats States as quasi-individuals; coercive government is the real problem, not a State that has an interventionist foreign policy bumper music "All You Fascists" by Billy Bragg And Wilcohttp://www.billybragg.co.uk/releases/albums/mermaid_avenueII/merII11.html to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Truthdig - Reports - The Hedonists of Power by Chris Hedges http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080623_the_hedonists_of_power/ Modern-day courtiers: The mainstream media Colbert stickin' it to The Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_at_the_2006_White_House_Correspondents'_Association_Dinner http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879 Fascism in America via State-created corporations Get rid of government--problems solved! Journalists' individual sacrifices Where people get their collectivistic fears... Ridiculous nation-state chest-pounding Philosophical rationalizations hide fears Stockholm syndrome writ large: Identifying with and apologizing for the actions of one's political abusers The youth in Iran as potential catalyst for positive change Dealing with political frustration Meddlings of governments as genesis of terrorism The individual values of journalists--or lack thereof Croc Dundee to tax authorities: 'Come and get me' http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx/?news=321662&GT1=28101 The Real Crocodile Dundee by Vin Suprynowicz http://www.lewrockwell.com/suprynowicz/suprynowicz48.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_William_Ansell Don't appease tax "authorities" (thieves); either you honor property rights or you don't Question for statists: Should any unsolicited product or service be imposed at gunpoint? Recognizing the difference between coercion and voluntary trade "It's hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head." (Sally Kempton) A society of complete liberty is a society of dignity Politics as reflection of self-concept Coming to terms with childhood trauma and fear vis a vis authority The Disowned Self by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=46 The Miracle Fruit, a Tease for the Taste Buds by Patrick Farrell and Kassie Bracken http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/dining/28flavor.html http://flavortripping.wordpress.com/ & http://www.miraclefruitman.com/ Riding a Flavor Trip :) http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=1615a44db1aa2c70758ae67c12b06cb1f4be9808 bumper music "Gimme Some Truth" by John Lennonhttp://johnlennon.com/html/discography.aspx?upc=724352485826 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

The Faux of July by Mike Wasdin http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/wasdin/wasdin1.html The nation of unwitting slaves; new planet shopping, anyone? Are Obama and McCain your typical Nazis? Declaration of Independence http://www.constitution.org/usdeclar.htm Ah, the land of collectivism, a place where all sorts of evils are supposedly sufferable The 'can-do' American spirit still exists and is vital to our future The nature of consent, contracts, breach of contracts, and unanimous consent Government, the antithesis of freedom Petition for redress of grievances; being humble has its drawbacks We The People Foundation http://www.givemeliberty.org/ The Lawsuit to Restore Constitutional Order http://www.givemeliberty.org/RTPLawsuit/InfoCenter.htm http://www.givemeliberty.org/RTPLawsuit/CourtFilings/ComplaintAmended-9-15-04.PDF http://www.wethepeoplefoundation.org/PROJECTS/Court-Docs/6700-2ndCirc-Full-Appeal-Oct-2007.pdf What makes jurisdiction? The contradictory concept of "state" and other deleterious collectivistic abstractions The Pentagon Is America's Biggest Polluter by Joshua Frank http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/85186/?page=entire The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives by Nick Turse http://us.macmillan.com/thecomplex A Pentagon's Who's Who of Your Life by Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt329.html Root of despotism: the "power" to lay and collect taxes Shays Fought the Revolution's Final Battle, and We Lost by George Smith http://www.strike-the-root.com/52/smith/smith4.html Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle by Leonard L. Richards http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/13777.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion Ever Wonder How Politicians Think? (the grasshoppers vs the ants, from A Bug's Life) http://www.adventuresinlegalland.com/index.php?/content/view/26/33/ The many facets of statism, and the fear and ignorance that creates them Shirking responsibility and rationalization Hiring leaps in public sector by Dennis Cauchon http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20080430/1a_lede30_dom.art.htm The ills of the parasitism of government Astronomers on Verge of Finding Earth's Twin by Jeanna Bryner http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080624-st-planet-tally.html bumper music "American Idiot" by Green Dayhttp://www.greenday.com/greenday.html to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

An Apolitical Approach To Libertarianism by Brain Police http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/04/05.aspx Voting as an lack of consumer choice Representatives don't represent you Supposed "checks and balances" Small government isn't beautiful; government itself is ugly to the bone Mississippi Drug War Blues, The Case of Cory Maye by Drew Carey http://www.reason.tv/video/show/403.html The folly of working for the State in order to get rid of the State False--and forced--"agency" Watered-down libertarianism, and its political rejection World's Smallest Political Quiz, and its erroneous divisions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Smallest_Political_Quiz Agorism and the informal (gray and black) market economy http://agorism.info/counter-economics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_economy Freedom Quotient--that is, Liberation Factor minus Enslavement Factor Economic Means to Freedom - Part X by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/economic/eco_10.html Participating in politics is illogical from the get-go Libertarianism as abolitionist in principle, not reformist The psychology of jailers and other perpetrators of heinousness The fallacy of "voting as an act of self-defense" and acquiescence to plunder--going behind the magic curtain The Nature Of Present Government (quoting Lysander Spooner on knaves, dupes, and the rest, and on taking responsibility for your political plunder) http://www.logicallearning.net/libnatureofgover.html Societal Structures Posturing As Proper: Democracies And Republics (quoting Benjamin Tucker on majority rule as evil and ballots as bullets) http://www.logicallearning.net/libdemocraciesan.html Some solutions: Economic disengagement from statism (agorism); education (www.tolfa.us); Hoppe's anti-intellectual intellectuals (delegitimizers of statism); civil disobedience Secular humanists faith in statism Religion and Libertarianism by Walter Block http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block103.html Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World by Ayn Rand http://freedomkeys.com/faithandforce.htm http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/mysticism.html "Redeem your mind from the hockshops of authority" http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html The church prepares the "flock" for the dictator FCC wants a magic, porn-free wireless Internet http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/24/fcc-wants-a-magic-po.html bumper music "Get Up Stand Up" from Songs Of Freedom (Disc 2) by Bob Marley and the Wailershttp://www.bamstores.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3017162 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Legalize Every Drug by John Stossel http://www.nysun.com/opinion/legalize-every-drug/80204/ Myths, lies, and downright stupidity of fear-ridden control freaks, so-called drug "warriors" The liberty to make bad choices too Trying to make a contradiction exist (government) Why Have Governments? by Peter Namtvedt http://www.reasontofreedom.com/why_have_governments.html "...a million men serving in wretchedness, their necks under the yoke..." Fearing choices and obeying authoriteye Five Ways to Survive Any Disaster by Jen Phillips (interview with survival researcher Amanda Ripley) http://www.motherjones.com/interview/2008/06/five-ways-to-survive-disaster.html Government as perennial go-to organization during crisis! Government-issued "crutches" Information flow restricted by governmental "officials" An Apolitical Approach To Libertarianism http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/04/05.aspx Problematic concepts that one accepts as valid, e.g., sacrifice Regardless of who you vote for, you're not getting what you want Note to statists: Don't hit people and don't take their stuff Libertarian voting...and then a miracle happens... Nathaniel Branden's powerful sentence completion exercises http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38 Liberty to me means-- Message to Ron Paul revolutionary candidates: The institutional framework of the State is for the purposes of statism Coffee is actually okay (a long-term study reveals) The One Minute Case For Individual Rights http://oneminute.rationalmind.net/individual-rights/ bumper music "Whiskey Lullaby" by Alison Krauss Feat and Brad Paisley from A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection albumhttp://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=6962 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Rape by government; the nature of unsolicited "services" Cooperation versus coercion Imagine defending the statist position Roping us into a collectivistic nation My first introduction to libertarianism and its central flaw: Libertarianism in One Lesson by David Bergland http://www.theadvocates.org/onelesson-interview.html Capitalism fosters good will; government fosters ill will The Facts Of Reality: Logic And History In Objectivist Debates About Government by Professor Nicholas Dykes http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/philn/philn079.htm The public relations scheme of statism (our protector and provider) Can you be expected to obey unjust government? Casting off the 'Santa Claus' of the State Ayn Rand's contradiction of government - the coercive monopoly of the State Competing justice agencies based on the principle of individual rights Laissez-faire, A More Enlightened View Of Capitalism—And Its Contradictions http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html Preemptive initiation of force doctrine (i.e., imposing government on society) Dealing with parking ticket Nazis and their irrational laws The ultimate conflict of interest - government (the accuser) judging the case! Thoreau: To follow unjust law makes one an agent of injustice Dave Ridley, the Outlaw Puppeteer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY9jx-VsHVo bumper music "Don't Tread On Me" by Damn Yankees http://lockgen.com/damnyankees/damn.php (fan site) to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Without responsibility there is chaos, i.e., government A thread on the truther message board http://9-11.meetup.com/279/messages/boards/thread/4766129/0 Anarchy is personal responsibility Rationalizations for State-run stuff, e.g., "education" Free riders and unfree "services" Turning the tables on the craziness Learner-driven education http://www.logicallearning.net/learnerdrivened.html Ending thuggery in education and coerced payment for it The Comprachicos by Ayn Rand Government school "socialization" leads to gang warfare The rapist in one's living room Everyday Anarchy Part 3 of 7 by Stefan Molyneux http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/molyneux/molyneux4.html Why people CAN handle complete liberty Why we must battle moral premises (or rather, immoral ones) bumper music "One" from Inquisition Symphony by Apocalypticahttp://www.apocalyptica.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Government is disorder; no government is order (and sanity) This brilliant essay sums it up--from both an empirical/legal point of view as well as a logical one "The Obviousness of Anarchy" by John Hasnas http://www.mises.org/journals/scholar/hasnas.pdf http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/hasnasj/?action=viewpublications&PageTemplateID=109 bumper music "You Look Good To Me" by the Oscar Peterson Trio from We Get Requests album http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/releases/default.aspx?pid=10113&aid=2867 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Meaning of complete liberty L. Neil Smith's inspirational discussion of the future of freedom The race to the bottom with governments Unanimous consent and the utopian vision by L. Neil Smith http://www.lneilsmith.org/utopian.html Immense economic benefits of freedom--nearly everything becomes affordable "All my life I always really wanted..." Is respect for individual rights utopian? The contradictory "we" and illogical "public property" A New Covenant by L. Neil Smith http://www.lneilsmith.org/new-cov.html Liberty - The Liberty Poll Results - 20th Anniversary http://www.libertyunbound.com/archive/2008_06/poll.html Analyzing the questions and answers... The Facts Of Reality: Logic And History In Objectivist Debates About Government by Professor Nicholas Dykes http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/philn/philn079.htm Minarchism's inherent contradictions and thus rights violations Does your 'right to life' trump the property rights of others? Run 151 miles in the desert? No sweat by Amy Turner http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article3725024.ece bumper music "Get Better" by Sandy Chambers with KMC http://www.myspace.com/sandychambersofficial to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Living in The Matrix and seeing the ethical/political code A prison for your mind http://tinyurl.com/lje25 Ron Paul at Duke and The American Form of Government http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5335883552107085649&hl=en The political spectrum revised, in The American Form of Government http://youtube.com/watch?v=DioQooFIcgE Fears that stuff and then knock down the straw man of "Anarchy" http://www.Agorism.info - real anarchy Limited Government slavespeak: The proper amount of aggression makes everyone freer! "Law" and "the proper amount of government" as despotism and slavery "Social contract/compact"? Rather, wrongdoers should leave, not free marketeers Sausage making at its worst Those who favor using force against you Constitutional nonsense and self-sacrifice LP Party platform debate and minarchism/anarchism turmoil The Dallas Accord Is Dead by Less Antman http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/antman1.html Governmentally fostered vermin: biting bedbugs and crazy rasberry ants Vancouver's Bedbug Plague by Christopher Pollon http://thetyee.ca/News/2008/05/15/BedBugs/ Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics by Linda Stewart Ball, AP Writer http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_re_us/texas_ants Market remedies to infestations (both political and insect) bumper music "All In My Head" (Decoder & Substance Mix) by Kosheenhttp://www.kosheen.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Congress Passes Bill Barring Genetic Discrimination http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=bill-bars-genetic-discrimination The chronic ills health care reform Free market health insurance Violence and obedience being seen as beneficial Living in the Matrix and seeing the authoritarian code Fear arguments Subtle messages of parenting Extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation http://www.alfiekohn.org/ Cuba Lifts Ban on Home Computers http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/03/1236214 Life on Castro's plantation - and on ours... Iron Man's statist theme Little Brother by Cory Doctorow http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/littlebrotheraudiobook/ Hacking the System Rule-of-law Anarchism: A Strategy for Destroying the State's Legitimacy by Kevin S. Van Horn http://freeamerica.ws/BBB1/rule-of-law-anarchism.html The giant legal conflict of interest - government courts Michael van Notten and the four different meanings of law Customary law in a free society - mechanics of voluntarism The State as outlaw against individuals Undermining the State's false authority and creating a stateless system of natural and customary law with non-violent enforcement Unjust law and police violence 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action by Gene Sharp http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations/org/198_methods.pdf Death of the sitcom frees up 2,000 Wikipedias worth of cognitive capacity http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/27/death-of-the-sitcom.html Post-podcast segment - collateral damage and other statist insanities Killing Enemies Without Trial by Jacob Hornberger http://counterpunch.org/hornberger05062008.html Inverting the media's statist messages bumper music "Washington Bullets" by The Clashhttp://www.theclashonline.com/music/sandinista to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Anarchy in your head - the Anarchy Boogey-man and people's fears http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/04/04/iron-fist-to-the-rescue/ Climate change alarmism - Is the sky falling? There Is A Problem With Global Warming... It Stopped In 1998 by Bob Carter http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/04/09/do0907.xml Putting things into perspective and examining fears of the free market and love of coercive control Climate and the Carboniferous Period http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/Carboniferous_climate.html Sorry to ruin the fun, but an ice age cometh by Phil Chapman http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23583376-7583,00.html Apparently, we're overdue for another ice age... Environmental grains of truth by an Objectivist... The Danger of Environmentalism by Michael S. Berliner http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?a532a6cc-17b3-424f-af03-6fbcc88a699f New solar technology...cool stuff No government in early America! Seriously! What it's going to take for Americans to make this to happen again... The Origins of Individualist Anarchism in the US by Murray N. Rothbard http://www.mises.org/story/2014 Andromeda headed our way in 2 billion years...prepare yourself for Milkomeda Hubble Photographs Dozens of Colliding Galaxies http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080424-colliding-galaxies.html bumper music "What On Earth" by bodymindsoul http://www.myspace.com/chrishaspeckmusic to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

79% - Say Tax Cheating is Wrong - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20080411/ts_pew/79saytaxcheatingiswrong Moral corruption of taxes The moral and the practical false dichotomy Taxation with representation is still tyranny by Mary Ruwart http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=1269 Feeding (and collaborating with) the beast... Don't vote: it just encourages the bastards Teaching subservience by Larkin Rose http://www.isil.org/channels/archives/14239 "Training the peasant larvae" Mark Twain's smarts Refusing governmental schools as the antidote Free Tibet? Hell, free America! by Mark Morford http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/04/16/notes041608.DTL& Celebrating Jefferson's birthday a crime? So About That Tree of Liberty… http://www.theagitator.com/2008/04/13/so-about-that-tree-of-liberty/ Issue of standing...adventures in legal land Standing Cross-Reference by Marc Stevens http://www.adventuresinlegalland.com/index.php?/content/view/52/27/ Amerikan Communism For the love of dogs Physicist off his rocker--or not? Teleportation and forcefields possible within decades, says Professor Michio Kaku http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/04/02/eakaku102.xml bumper music "Enemy" by Days of the New (Days Of The New II album) http://www.daysofthenew.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

The prison system--follow the money trail Hawaii’s Prison Gravy Train http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?53df994b-7b9c-49f7-8f78-724bca9c1434 Protester 'will go to prison again' http://www.stalbansobserver.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.2152227.0.protester_will_go_to_prison_again.php The injustices of police and courts Cheerleaders for taxes Sanction of the victim by Larken Rose http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=1226 Traffic cop authoriteye Individual's relationship to government Ayn Rand's brilliant "Anatomy of Compromise" http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/compromise.html Insufferable suffrage John Locke: Great robbers are rewarded with laurels and triumphs... Changing the psychological/moral status quo Road monopoly extortion racket Political elite and financial power Inequality and Excess by Arnold Kling http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=040708A Just 12% of Idaho parents would choose public school if had a choice http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/fischer/080404 Look-alike solar system found Fastest runner with a prosthesis! bumper music "Yell Fire!" by Michael Franti & Spearhead http://www.spearheadvibrations.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697

Can you trust the media? Military survey says... The U.S. Military Index http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4198 "The Obviousness of Anarchy" http://www.mises.org/journals/scholar/hasnas.pdf Are militaries EVER necessary? Doomsday clock Rational defense in a voluntary society The memes of war promoted by "new atheists" "Religion, Politics and the End of the World...For readers who weren'’t able to attend the Truthdig debate between Sam Harris and Chris Hedges, we now have full coverage. So sit back, relax and enjoy the fireworks." http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20070617_religion_politics_and_the_end_of_the_world/ Chris Hedges: I Don’t Believe in Atheists Posted on May 23, 2007 "Chris Hedges reads from his essay at the Truthdig debate “Religion, Politics and the End of the World” on May 22, 2007 (Page 3)" http://www.truthdig.com/report/page3/20070523_chris_hedges_i_dont_believe_in_atheists/ Insane state of the State in China a little satirical bumper music "Warriors of the World United" by Manowar ( http://www.manowar.com/ http://www.myspace.com/manowardefendersofsteel to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697