Our lives aren't served by the vices of government; collectivistic abstractions don't promote virtue
The Rejection of Liberty by Rick Flame
http://rejectionofliberty.bravehost.com/
http://www.tolfa.us/arts/roj.htm (from: http://www.tolfa.us/L18.htm)
How to Save Endangered Tigers: Kill Them?
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7544724
Part 4: 5/8/09 John Stossel's "You Can't Even Talk About It"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSPkVoGx5c4
Common pool problems are created by governments (http://completeliberty.com/chapter3.php#68)
The biggest understatement imaginable: "Government is undesirable from an economic point of view"
CLP listener's new site: http://www.whatisliberty.co.nz/
A Vision of Liberty: America in 2030 by Jim Davies (http://www.takelifeback.com/)
http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/bopubord/
People in government try to make the wrong seem right; whatever good intentions they have are undermined by the coercive institution of government itself
People naturally want to minimize conflict; for example, Merchant Law
Self-ownership isn't for sale: http://completeliberty.com/chapter3.php#65
People own things and they are sovereign
Semantics of "ownership" in relation to the self...
http://polycentricorder.blogspot.com/2009/03/retrospective-thoughts-on-convo-with.html
http://polycentricorder.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-i-reject-self-ownership-redux.html
The God Who Wasn't There - http://www.thegodmovie.com/ - History of the Gospels:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=696492648668420724
Mystics of spirit want you to surrender your mind to their hockshops of authority
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/mystics_of_spirit_and_muscle.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html
Both "God" and "Government are invalid concepts, just invalid in different ways
An Issue Of Mortality http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html
The noncepts of omniscience, omnipotence, and infallibility - In Our Own Image And Likeness http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyourownima.html
Our age of pre-logic promotes various contradictory mythologies
Grown adults advocating a worse life! Why?! Fear of Chaos. Favorite Problem. Analysis Paralysis. Family and Friends. Identification with the Government. Reluctance to Upset Existing Conditions. and... Religion. Vested Interests (working for the government).
Free Talk Live Extended Internet Only Edition (Sam and Ian discuss a eloquent letter at the end) http://media.libsyn.com/media/ftl/FTL2009-06-19.mp3
As more and more people reject fear as a motivator, we'll attain more and more liberty; self-esteem is the key to freedom
Advocating a night watchmen State (as the "final authority") is reflective of a lack of individuation from one's authoritarian parents
Supporting the status quo is easy
If friends and family persist in advocating violence and threats of violence (statism), then you know that their love of control, domination, and fear, is greater than their love of you and peaceful relations
Most parents are the recipients of the intergenerational transfer of tribal and statist memes, which result in pretenses and defenses that support aggression, power imbalances, and disrespect
If we don't speak up about the truth, the adults in our world will perpetuate the status quo and invariably bring about the destruction of the human race
A good reference guide in this process - Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR
We must individuate from the "group" - Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=43
Taking Responsibility: Self-Reliance and the Accountable Life
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=36
One of the biggest obstacles to liberty today is the vast governmental employment system and its myriad ties to the private sector
Individualists must strive to work in the free enterprise sector, and unschool their kids...
Episode 51 - From schooling to unschooling, respecting little people, the unenlightened job ticket process
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=425371
We must develop a consistent conception of liberty (complete liberty), based on property rights and individual choices
Abdicating your own decision-making process means rejecting liberty
The Crucial Faculty Of Choice http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreewill.html
Irrefutable philosophical axioms: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axioms.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axiomatic_concepts.html
Each and every self-contained neural system, each human, must be allowed (by other humans) to function naturally, according to reason
An assertion of determinism that attempts to deny choice still is a choice; to deny conceptual selection (volition) would be contradictory
It's crucial to explore your subconscious thoughts and feelings--and the most effective and efficient way to do that is via sentence completion exercises
Please visit my site http://happinesscounseling.com for more details!
bumper music "Rise" (Acoustic) by The Cult (could only find here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEyMdtMLjfI)
http://www.the-cult.com/beyond.html  http://www.myspace.com/cultmusic

Onion-like headlines from FEE In Brief (http://fee.org/fee-pubs/in-brief/)
http://fee.org/articles/in-brief/government-mission-change-gms-bureaucratic-mindset/
The melding of America with the USSR
Legacy health care costs out of control, but make perfect socialistic sense!
(further reading: The Relentless Process of Socializing Health Care by D.W. MacKenzie http://mises.org/story/2946)
Government just takes money from the economy (or prints it), leaving people poorer overall
Corporations are part of the systemic problem of government too, typically lobbying against competition
http://fee.org/articles/in-brief/ama-objects-government-insurance/
(further reading: Competition Would Save Medicine, Too by John Stossel http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/090609-stossel-medicine.php)
Insurance companies and their policies are the result of fascistic government; free market health insurance would be vastly cheaper and more sensible
Fighting for our liberties - http://www.livefreenow.org/images/cartoons/cartoon30.gif
Only "governments" go to war, which means groups of people hiding behind flags to kill people
Imagine celebrity political death matches between "leaders" of "nations"...on pay-per-view, with proceeds funding cancer research
Governmental schools teach "citizens" to become collectivized, willing and able to sacrifice their individual lives
The "collective" never suffers; only individuals suffer
The "universal health care" of the VA; communized medicine provides poorest service at highest cost--economics 101
Choices go up and the costs goes down in a complete liberty economy
The immense immorality and injustice of a fiat currency (courtesy of legal tender laws)
Recap on gansters and banksters: CLP37 - http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=390270
California, Out of Money, Reels as Voters Rebuff Leaders
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/us/21calif.html
We don't need government in the 21st Century! Governmental workers need to shift to the free enterprise sector and trade voluntarily and productively with others
Self-righteous state unions are coercive protection rackets
HASTA LA VISTA, ARNOLD! What California's Budget Mess Means for America
http://reason.tv/video/show/783.html
Socialism is economically unsustainable over the long term--and it's always immoral and unjust
Inflation as an insidious form of taxation; case study http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_dollar
The fiat currency stroke of evil genius: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system
Governmental "charity" drives out private charities (just like bad money drives out good money http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham's_Law)
"Doing business" in government is an insult to businesspersons everywhere (as is governmental "revenues")
The concept of political representation is insane
What part of your life would you like someone else to govern?
The Governator makes an appearance and tries to explain himself!
Schwarzenegger suggests state consider flat tax
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/flat-tax.html
Tax "Reform", Terminator-Style by William Shughart
http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=2374
California would really flourish under a 0% tax rate; violence isn't necessary to help people
The people in government are the most selfless people (and thus the most irrational)
Stealing is immoral, regardless if you try to hide behind a flag and big buildings with columns
We need to convert the slavespeak words, e.g., governmental "revenue," into truthful words, which exposes the sham
Worshippers of government need to be challenged on their slavespeak
http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2009/04/03/chains-we-can-believe-in/
Good question for others: What is it about freedom that you're so afraid of?
Those in government and their supporters are essentially preventing realization of the American Dream
Energy industry is a case study in governmental stifling of competition
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3825.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgeneration#Government_policy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_generation#See_also
Reason, reality, and morality are on our side
bumper music "Love Theme from The Godfather" by Nino Rota (performed by Andre Rieu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hQAO8QTnG8)
http://www.amazon.com/Godfather-1972-Film-Nino-Rota/dp/B000002OG5

The insanity of war and statism...
Poll: Most oppose closing Gitmo
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-01-gitmo_N.htm
The "war on terror" is really about fear, not significant risks
'Supermax' prison draws attention in Gitmo debate
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-06-03-supermax_N.htm
SamIAm update (after clp70 was recorded):
http://freekeene.com/2009/06/09/breaking-news-sam-kicked-out-of-jail/
http://freekeene.com/2009/06/04/trial-scheduled-for-sam-615-130pm-et/
Statists like to impose their stupid views known as "laws" on rights-respecting people
Historically, those in governmental militaries have terrorized civilians far more than non-statist terrorists
Dying To Win: The Strategic Logic Of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Pape
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400063175/qid=1123148762/
The collectivistic "we" makes despicable actions seem okay; groupthink fosters irresponsible and evil acts
Statist memes promoted by the mainstream media discourage people from thinking critically
The bromides about Americans' "freedoms" have hoodwinked people into embracing the tribal premise and collectivism
Early advocates of individualism knew better: American Anarchism -- 19th century individualist anarchism by Wendy McElroy
http://www.wendymcelroy.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.149
The Origins of Individualist Anarchism in the US by Murray N. Rothbard
http://www.mises.org/story/2014
Only by seeing yourself as an independent individual can you free your mind from statism
Fear-mongering can only be counteracted by reason and emotional awareness
Once people surrender to the "authority" of statism and militarism, they run roughshod over others' rights
Functional Rights: The Elephant in the Parlor, Part II by Scarmig
http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/scarmig/scarmig2.html
Rights are universal; they apply equally to all rights-respecting individuals everywhere
"Rights: Not granted or protected by any state, God or magical hoodoo monster. What we call rights are reciprocal agreements negotiated on the fly between individuals..." George Potter
Respect is simply reflected in peaceful negotiation of reciprocal agreements (which occur implicitly and explicitly among individuals on a daily basis)
Those in the U.S. military violate simple market principles of respect, and thus generate widespread conflict in the form of death and destruction
Most people are encouraged to be collectivistic, rather than individualistic, in their patriotism
Reason, Individualism, and responsibility resolve conflict best
Government breaks the order of an orderly society and causes people to denigrate rights
There is no such thing as collective authority; there are only individuals who choose to do good or bad
Cops are slaves to their system of employment, and they are masters in irresponsibility ("it's the law!")--with psychological problems galore
Protecting those in charge and doing their bidding is the name of the statist game (as well as self-sacrifice), from police to military employment
Liberties are publicly acknowledged and reciprocated claims of rights
Government equals domination and authoritarianism, by definition
Private property enables sensible and clear negotiations of agreements; "public property" enables people to get shoved around and violated
We learn to acquiesce to domineering and authoritarian (i.e., rights-violating) third parties known as governments, mainly from our early experiences with our parents
As a parent, it's important to enable little people to flourish, grow, and make their own choices; children need freedom and respect, which will be returned in kind
How to get kids to do boring (but necessary) tasks - http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/half_full/?p=836
1. Show empathy 2. Offer meaningful rationales 3. Imply that they have a choice rather than of using "controlling language"
Incidentally, all three of these are violated by governmental employees in relation to rights-respecting individuals (because they are "public")
"Public property" is controlled by those in charge, so naturally, rights-respecting people suffer and die in this domain
Traditional education subverts the natural exercise of the child's will and expression of his/her rights
Whenever someone says they have a right to something, always ask "At whose expense?" Case in point: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
Individual rights and property rights are inextricably, conceptually intertwined
The authority to make final, impartial, honest decisions can only be attained in a free market of private property rights
Any form of statism infringes on individual rights, even the rights of those who supposedly desire or simply acquiesce to it (e.g., minarchists and socialists--via aggression, collectivistic "jurisdiction," and preventing the choice to opt out)
Government, in principle, doesn't recognize peoples' right to be left alone; "choosing" statist masters is a non sequitur
In a complete liberty society, there are potent incentives to resolve conflicts with minimal cost
bumper music "World Comin' Down" by Billy Idol
http://billyidol.ning.com/  http://www.myspace.com/billyidol
http://www.amazon.com/Very-Best-Billy-Idol-Yourself/dp/B0018TLRTK/

United States of prisons...
1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/28cnd-prison.html
Law and order stems from people's respect for each other, not "laws" and jails
Government demonstrates unlawful and disorderly conduct on a daily basis
Invalid "public land" creates political conniving and "special interests" that exist at others' expense
Complete liberty would enable vast opportunities for work (and pleasure) and wealth-creation
Without property rights, no other rights are possible (hat tip to A.R.)
Government imposes "services" that you can't refuse without being accosted
CRISIS AND LEVIATHAN: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government by Robert Higgs
http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=15
People in government are "good" at creating crises and fear in the populace, and more government, and still more oppression
The governmental response to 9/11 wreaked further death and destruction overseas, and imprisonment of some in Guantanamo Bay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
Inside the Wire: A Military Intelligence Soldier's Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo by Erik Saar and Viveca Novak
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594200661/
Governmental "officials" have denied the necessity of habeas corpus and due process
Gitmo prisoners have been used as a political weapon in the "War on Terror"
Guantánamo Detainee Ruled Not Mentally Fit To Testify About Psychological Torture
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/guant_aacute_namo_detainee
Who Are the Gitmo Prisoners Released With Sami al-Haj? by Andy Worthington
http://www.alternet.org/rights/84907/
Even though governmental courts don't provide justice, alleged "enemy combatants" suffer even more injustice (usually without public awareness)
No End in Sight for the 'Enemy Combatants' of Guantánamo by Andy Worthington
http://www.lewrockwell.com/worthington/worthington9.html
Judge: Gitmo legal documents must be public
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31050764/
A Child At Guantánamo: The Unending Torment of Mohamed Jawad by Andy Worthington
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0906a.asp
REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION AS A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
Hospital Corpsman Daniel J. Lakemacher Petty Officer Second Class
http://coapplication.blogspot.com/
Day 9 - Reflections on GTMO
http://www.warisimmoral.com/2009/05/day-9-reflections-on-gtmo.html
To reject "God" and "Government" and the irrational/immoral actions of their adherents is a heroic achievement
Truth is determined by a rational faculty looking at reality in a logical fashion
Governmental rights-violations--law of the jungle
Most people's critical faculties whither under institutions supporting the tribal premise (churches and states)
Peer pressure and emotional turmoil take their devastating toll on people's independence
Every child is subjected to horrific authoritarian/obedience memes in our culture
Parents need to understand that they are naturally authoritative--and that being authoritarian is acting from insecurity
Thuggish actions don't encourage responsibility, reasoning ability, self-esteem, independence, or happiness
If you want your child to flourish, live a great life, and to respect you (and demand respect from others), then respect his or her mind, will, and belief in self
Encourage kids to think rationally, to challenge authority, and question any destructive and contradictory belief--this will enable a voluntaryist future
About War by John Cory (no longer posted on Truthout.org)
http://www.john-cory.com/warandpolitics.html
War is self-created hell; it starts with self-conflict and extends to conflict with others, exacerbated and perpetuated by the sick institution of government
Government relies on propaganda to further itself and promote fear and lies and obedience--in the name of sacrificing individuals
Foreign invasion would just change our masters; the slaves remain enslaved so long as there are governments
Without government, no masters (either foreign or domestic) have any power
The free market will have no problem ensuring people's security and prosperity
Super Sherpa repeats Everest feat (19 times for Apa!)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8061443.stm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10231450
New record for fastest climb of Mt Everest
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/691263.cms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemba_Dorjie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Everest#Various_records
bumper music "Time To Go Home" from Yell Fire! album by Michael Franti & Spearhead
http://www.spearheadvibrations.com/  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSeuLsNV4CA