http://completeliberty.com Weekly show that promotes total respect for self-ownership, property rights, and personal choice--amidst the authoritarian/obedience-oriented political and psychological memes in American culture (and elsewhere). Basically, governments and all they entail are the problem, not the solution. Voluntarism (or market anarchism, or anarcho-capitalism) and customary law principles, in accordance with reason and dignity, spell the solution. www.completeliberty.com en GNU General Public License (Public Domain) wes@completeliberty.com (Wes Bertrand) Liberated Syndication - libsyn.com podcasts@libsyn.com (Liberated Syndication) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:52:00 GMT 180 The Demise of the State and the Rise of Voluntary America Have you had it with politics-as-usual? Are you curious about why the vague notion of "public interest" is constantly forwarded by those who want to control you and your property? Do you yearn for a day when you are respected as an individual? Do you want to learn about the implications of self-ownership? Do you desire to live in a brilliantly better future? A dangerous myth perpetuates our political plight in America - the belief that we are free. In fact, scores of unjust laws violate our individual rights daily. We are taxed, regulated, and forced to fund governmentally monopolized services, and if we attempt to defend ourselves from any of these infringements, we are fined, arrested, punished, or even destroyed. We are no longer subjects to the King, but are we veritable slaves to the State? Most of us are afraid to answer this question, because it's easier to conform and pretend that the myth of our freedom is true. But living in fear and being obedient aren't the essence of the American spirit - embracing liberty is. Complete Liberty Podcast explains not only the sundry ills of statism, but also why political freedom is so important - and how we, as Americans, can achieve it. Visit the website of the book at www.completeliberty.com. liberty, libertarian, libertarianism, freedom, politics, anarchism, anarchy, capitalism, free market, natural law, rights Wes Bertrand wes@completeliberty.com Wes Bertrand http://libsyn.com/podcasts/completeliberty/images/newitunes.jpg http://completeliberty.com Clean http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=551380# Supreme Court to decide: What kind of innovations get a patent? by Warren Richey
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1108/p02s13-usju.html
High court considers whether business methods can be patented by Peter Whoriskey
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110903301.html
The patent industry relies on the coercion of government to garner profits
Patents being State-granted monopolies, rather than fostering innovation, work to hinder it
Much wealth is squandered on patent litigation, and the unseen costs are immense
Walking the tightrope of governmental regulation is illusory; any intervention is damaging and unjust
Threatening people with violence and limiting their actions doesn't promote progress in the useful arts and sciences
There is no such thing as a "limited monopoly"
Arbitrary is the name of the patent game, as well as the government game
Various Libertarians, such as Mary Ruwart (http://www.ruwart.com/), apparently have yet to question the IP memes, patents in particular
FDR interview - http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1504_dr_mary_ruwart_interview.mp3
You should not be able to control the property of others, regardless of whether they are using "your ideas"
A world without IP encourages constant improvement and innovation
If patented ideas are so great, just like governmental "services" (allegedly), people in a free marketplace will choose them
Intellectual Property Regime Stifles Science and Innovation, Nobel Laureates Say by Dugie Standeford
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2008/07/07/intellectual-property-regime-stifles-science-and-innovation-nobel-laureates-say/
IP creates a worse economic environment for the poor, in addition to the rest of society
When you accept the meme of government, you end up promoting all sorts of fallacies and non sequiturs in order to do damage control
Abolishing government (and obviously the FDA) would mean abolishing the unnecessary costs of drug development (the lion's share of the costs)
Where Are the Cures? by Michael Heller
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0811/030.html
Ownership rights shouldn't clash; given this, there is no such thing as "too much ownership"
Modifying the patent system won't work, and it isn't moral; IP must be abolished
Once a system of monopolistic privileges is set up, few will repudiate it
You don't make money within a patent system by being creative, so much as employ laws and courts to prevent competition
Harvard Among Six Schools Urging Drug Access for Poor by John Lauerman
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aa23AHBWnxew
The notion that without patents no profits could be made is simply a rationalization for the status quo
IP creates conflict by trying control what other people may and may not do with their own property
Seen and Unseen Cost of Patents by Jeffrey A. Tucker
http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker126.html
further Tucker reading...
The Hoax of Invention History by Jeffrey A. Tucker
http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker131.html
Do Patents Save Our Lives? by Jeffrey A. Tucker
http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker132.html
IP: It's a Market Failure Argument by Jeffrey A. Tucker
http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker135.html
Having to engage in defensive patenting or having to wade through thickets of "prior art" are simply wastes of time and money from a free market standpoint
...statement by Boldrine and Levine: "'Being a monopolist' is, apparently, akin to going on drugs or joining some strange religious sect. It seems to lead to a complete loss of any sense of what profitable opportunities are and of how free markets function. Monopolists, apparently, can conceive of only one way of making money, that is bullying consumers and competitors to put up or shut up. Furthermore, it also appears to mean that past mistakes have to be repeated at a larger, and ever more egregious, scale."
Apple's monopolistic tendencies - http://www.patentlyapple.com/
Patents Are An Economic Absurdity by FranÃois-Renà Rideau
http://fare.tunes.org/articles/patents.html
further reading...What Do You Do If Someone Already Patented Your Idea?
http://www.onestopinventionshop.com/AboutUs/ArticlesByEricDebelak/someonepatentedmyidea.html
Brett's School Sucks Podcast - http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com/
Daniel's site - http://warisimmoral.com
My other podcast - http://healthymindfitbody.com ...episode dealing with diet drugs:
http://healthymindfitbody.com/2009/11/18/10-magic-bullets-and-holy-grail-of-weight-loss/
bumper music "When Worlds Collide" by Powerman 5000
http://www.powerman5000.com/ ]]> podcasts Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:52:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=551380# 01:07:03 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=548743# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_bLcxOU4ww
Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29130
With the force of patent law, some producers supposedly have more rights than others?
Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' by David Meyer
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39481766,00.htm
Company that won $585M from Microsoft sues Apple, Google by Jacqui Cheng
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/company-that-won-585m-from-microsoft-sues-apple-google.ars
The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte TWiT 216: It's Pimpin' Time - http://twit.tv/216
Patent litigation spells a proliferation of conflicts in the marketplace
Time spent litigating patent claims is time spent away from catering to present and future customers
Money spent on litigating patent claims is money not spent on innovating and marketing
Patents are essentially monopolistic privileges granted by government that try to control other people's use of their own property
Barnes & Noble Sued Over Nook Design by Barb Dybwad
http://mashable.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-lawsuit/
Non-disclosure agreements are a problematic aspect of contract law
Promises to do or not do something that aren't based on actual property, but rather on IP, aren't valid
Promises that don't involve the transfer of property don't constitute contracts either
"...validly enforceable contracts only exist where title to property has already been transferred, and therefore where the failure to abide by the contract means that the other partyâs property is retained by the delinquent party, without the consent of the former (implicit theft). Hence, this proper libertarian theory of enforceable contracts has been termed the 'title-transfer' theory of contracts."
...from The Ethics of Liberty Chapt 19. PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE THEORY OF CONTRACTS by Murray Rothbard
http://mises.org/rothbard/Ethics/nineteen.asp
The title transfer theory of contracts is grounded in actual property
The work that Rothbard credits for insights about contract validity is:
Toward A Reformulation of the Law of Contracts by Williamson M. Evers
http://mises.org/journals/jls/1_1/1_1_2.pdf
further reading - A Libertarian Theory of Contract: Title Transfer, Binding Promises, and Inalienability by N. Stephan Kinsella (though there are some logical problems with some of his arguments against Rothbard)
http://mises.org/journals/jls/17_2/17_2_2.pdf
In a free market, people are free to honor original content creators by buying their stuff (or donating)
Producers of content must discover free market ways to receive compensation for their efforts
Identity theft is a form of fraud, the use of someone's property without consent, under false pretenses
Knockoffs are a form of flattery, and like in fashion, consumers choose which ones to buy (and they can afford)
Patent Claim Could Block Import of Toyota's Hybrid Cars
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/08/212200/Patent-Claim-Could-Block-Import-of-Toyotas-Hybrid-Cars
How Patents Are Harming Small Companies Too
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090601/0007575076.shtml
Patent holders, be they individuals or corporations, constantly hold back innovation in the marketplace
Fallacy Run Amok by Jeffrey A. Tucker
http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker130.html
Bringing even a "knockoff" product to market successfully takes time, effort, and money
Patents foster perverse incentives not to innovate and to discourage others from innovating
Property rights resolve conflict, whereas "IP rights" create conflict
Rights equal freedom to act in a social context, without conflict with others
Complete Liberty IP Chapter: http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php
audio version: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208107
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bumper music "Freedom '90" by George Michael  (and excerpt from Intellectual Property: How to Review a Patent Application http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dMf0fV4gqM )
http://www.georgemichael.com/ ]]> podcasts Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:05:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=548743# 01:07:40 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=545877# Is Halloween a form of sublimation for the scary aspect of the coercive nature of our society?
Police enforce arbitrary and unjust laws, regardless of the particular "state"
Police don't have property rights jurisdiction
The governmental system is set up for total lack of accountability (and of course appalling "customer service")
If property rights aren't logically defined in society, we're in big trouble
U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/u_s_continues_quagmire_building
The U.S. military is a communized organization, with fascist input via defense contractors
Because national military competence is impossible, the powers that be indoctrinate people about memes of necessary "national security"
School sucks, except for military planners, who are masters of existential (and monetary) clusterfucks
Afghanistan - The universality of war propaganda by Glenn Greenwald
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/10/28/propaganda/index.html
Empathy for people affected by war elsewhere is sorely lacking in many Americans
Self-responsibility and its Effects on Obedience and Aggression
http://www.logicallearning.net/obedience.html
Deindividuation, disinhibition, and dehumanization are key factors in evil actions
Revenge is a natural consequence of destructive and harmful actions; war begets more war
Authoritarianism is the conceptual common denominator between war and patent law
July 31, 1790: New Nation Issues First Patent by Randy Alfred
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/07/dayintech_0731
A Book that Changes Everything by Jeffrey A. Tucker
http://mises.org/story/3298
Ayn Rand's IP contradictions: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/patents_and_copyrights.html
Do Patents Encourage or Hinder Innovation? The Case of the Steam Engine by Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine, and Alessandro Nuvolari
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/do-patents-encourage-or-hinder-innovation-the-case-of-the-steam-engine/
Why do people seek to use legal protection rackets? Mainly, fear of not making money without them, in a free market and misunderstanding property in relation to the creative process, leading to control of others
It's vital to resolve the IP disagreement within the liberty movement, and logically define property rights
Complete Liberty IP Chapter: http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php
audio version: http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208107
Daniel's site: http://warisimmoral.com
Brett's site and podcast: http://edu-lu-tion.com  and http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com
bumper music "War" by Pearl Jam (originally recorded by Edwin Starr)
http://www.pearljam.com/  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfBSXbuQfcw ]]> podcasts Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:41:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=545877# 00:57:01 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=543050# http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php
Orthodox Objectivists tenaciously hold onto the IP meme
Marx's labor theory of value is in operation with the promotion of IP
Australia's Woolworths, Apple in logo dispute
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091006/bs_afp/australiaustrademarkwoolworthsapple
http://digg.com/apple/Apple_may_take_Woolworths_to_court_over_similar_logo
Apple patents The OS X Dock
http://digg.com/apple/Apple_patents_The_OS_X_Dock
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/08/apple_patents_osx_dock/
Time, money, and effort spent using the IP racket means time, money, and effort not spent on innovation
Innovation is the product of creativity, and creativity is the antithesis of conformity
IP means getting your corner on the market with the guns of government
Corporations engage in reciprocal licensing arrangements on account of patent combat; attorneys work deals so they can continue functioning
Nokia files suit against Apple by by Hibah Yousuf
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/22/technology/Nokia_Apple_lawsuit/?postversion=2009102211
IP law is used to control others in the marketplace; creators tend to see their products in the hands of others as still their property!
Property_Is_Intellectual by Russell Madden
http://www.russellmadden.com/property_is_intellectual.html
Especially in a non-IP marketplace, reputation for how you relate to content creators is key
What actually is property? Something you possess (own) and use without conflict with what other people possess and use; property rights thereby minimize the potential for conflict in society, as well as ascribe accountability and efficient use (and production) of resources
And what constitutes so-called intellectual "property"? It depends...
Against Intellectual Monopoly by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine
http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/againstfinal.htm
Monopolistic privilege granted by government is the essence of IP, which entails trying to control others' property rights
Being able to reproduce or duplicate something is qualitatively difference than taking it (thereby preventing another's use)
Theft by definition entails use or possession of someone else's thing, not allowing them to use and possess that thing
Being able to duplicate without conflict is the operational principle in the realm of property rights
"Tax Protester" Elaine Brown sentenced to 35 years in prison today....will do more time than murderers, rapist, or child molesters.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Libertarian/comments/9qc0a/tax_protester_elaine_brown_sentenced_to_35_years/
Those in government fear non-compliant political slaves most
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2009/10/02/nh_tax_evader_gets_35_years_in_prison_for_standoff/
Judge George Singal and Assistant U.S. Attorney Arnold Huftalen are outright criminals, responsible for the destruction of the lives of the Browns (and countless others)
Governmental judges and prosecutors "work" for the same team, which is the ultimate conflict of interest, a monopolistic privilege on "justice"
But this doesn't bother them: http://freekeene.com/2009/10/24/sam-dodson-guilty-in-uneventful-trial/
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=35+years+for+Elaine+Brown&articleId=d8e1ed41-d388-47c5-b8c5-db52b9fcc113
Comment that speaks for itself:
Dr. Brown was our dentist for 11 years. She is one of the most decent people I know. The government has taken her home, business, and possessions. That is enough. I feel she has more than enough paid for this. She is very old and I think it is outrageous to treat someone of her age like that. She spent her entire life helping other people. I think this state needs to pardon her and treat her humanely. I am sorry Elaine and all my 8 children love you. Thanks so much for your great work! You are awesome.
- Penny T, Plymouth, NH
Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_and_Elaine_Brown
Public acts of civil disobedience expose rights-violating "law" enforcement, thus delegitimizing those in government as our "protectors"
bumper music "Mind Control" by Stephen Marley
http://www.stephenmarleymusic.com/  http://www.myspace.com/stephenmarley ]]> podcasts Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:34:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=543050# 00:36:26 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=540317# Those in government shouldn't be welcomed onto private property
Question for terrocrats (terrorist bureaucrats): Other than the threat of physical violence, what is the reason for our relationship?
Another question for terrocrats: Other than your flag and pretended legitimacy, how are you any different than the mafia?
Government and statist media promote various 'scares of the day' to control people
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who want to live in peace, trade, and not be bothered, and those who don't
Why do those in government maintain a coercive monopoly on their "services"? Because they fear having to be compete and be accountable
In a free market, people would see that governmental "services" suck, so they'd either have to change or dissolve
Because they've monopolized various services, those in government accuse those who don't want to be extorted as being "free riders"
Agorist Class Theory: A Left-Libertarian Approach to Class Conflict Analysis by Wally Conger, drawing on the unfinished work of Samuel Edward Konkin III
http://www.nostate.com/2164/agorist-class-theory-audio-mp3-podcast/
http://agorism.info/docs/AgoristClassTheory.pdf
Modern politics serves as a distraction from the primary problem: people using the State to sacrifice others
Those in government want people to be part of their process (the parasitical class), so their actions appear justified
Statism as a cancer on society...
What happens when the host can no longer support the parasites?
If government is virtuous, the more the better, right?
A Vigorous Push From Federal Regulators by Lyndsey Layton
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101202554.html
Pentagon speeds up work on 15-ton bomb
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33293807/ns/us_news-military/
Obama has brought a lot of change to washington; unfortunately, it was all for the worse
We've Seen the Future, and It's Unmanned by Brian Mockenhaupt
http://www.esquire.com/features/unmanned-aircraft-1109
Militarism, imperialism, foreign occupation, and nation-building--the not-so-secret recipe for terrorism blowback
The demise of the dollar by Robert Fisk
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-demise-of-the-dollar-1798175.html
The monetary scheme of the Bretton Woods "agreement" has led to extreme devaluation of the US dollar, the ultimate fiat currency
The last thing that governmental "officials" want is to relinquish their control of the money supply and monetary system
Fiscal and monetary "policy"--two horsemen of the apocalypse
Currency inflation is an insidious and cowardly form of taxation; the US dollar is now only about 3% of its original value
Obama fails to win Nobel prize in economics by Tom Bemis
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-fails-to-win-nobel-prize-in-economics-2009-10-12
The Governator pays another visit to CLP!
Schwarzenegger Signs Tougher Anti-Paparazzi Law
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=8812090
California must go bankrupt by John C. Dvorak
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/california-must-go-bankrupt-2009-09-18
Government is a refuge for those who choose not to function voluntarily in a free marketplace
People can learn how to get along without being violent
Progressive Claptrap by Robert Higgs
http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=3506
Partisan Politicsâ-A Foolâs Game for the Masses by Robert Higgs
http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=3596
Socialist mentality entails developmental victimization and thus using the State to victimize others
The whole reason to live in a society is to interact with others voluntarily, offering and receiving knowledge and trade
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/free_market.html
Recognition of self-ownership and property rights is the solution to the ills of government
Most people are in massive denial about the nature of statism
People need to conceive of a society that is all privately owned
Those who currently survive via coercion need to realize their potential to survive by respecting others in the marketplace
It's vital to stand up and resist statist notions, to confront those in government (criminal mentalities) with a strong moral conviction based on property rights
Self-sacrifice is not a virtue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Render_unto_Caesar...
People who have spent their lives creating and producing are unlikely to desire ruling over others; yet "intellectual property" laws foster a major counter-example...
For instance, Snap Out of it NOW! trademark http://snapoutofitnow.com/ and one of Apple's many threats...
http://digg.com/apple/Apple_may_take_Woolworths_to_court_over_similar_logo
bumper music "Let Go Of My World" by Testament
http://www.testamentlegions.com/ ]]> podcasts Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:36:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=540317# 01:29:39 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=537224# Why don't we have a system in which people and their property are respected consistently and universally?
Objective law entails honoring individual rights
Ideas rule the world, not guns and jail cells
The idea of government gives "legitimacy" to rights-violations
Market monopolies are fundamentally different than coercive monopolies
The Question of Monopolies by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/articles_essays/question_of_monopolies.html
(also in http://www.amazon.com/Capitalism-Ideal-Ayn-Rand/dp/0451147952 )
Coercive monopolies exist in regulated economies like today's
Local utilities are a prime example of coercive monopolies
People tend to project their fears of others onto property owners, ignoring their present enslavement by statism
HOA's don't exactly uphold freedom principles
Surrendering one's autonomy is part and parcel of statism
Enforcing irrational, immoral, and unjust laws is the supposed "job" of "police officers"
Governmental laws are basically the nonsensical scribblings of control-freak mentalities
Teenâs DIY Energy Hacking Gives African Village New Hope by Kim Zetter
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/kamwamba-windmill/
Governmental "aid" (i.e., expropriated tax dollars) fosters dependence and perpetuates human suffering
Morality entails the virtue of independence, not dependence
FreedomâAn Ethical Issue - http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreedomethica.html
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Aid-Working-Better-Africa/dp/0374139563/
Dambisa Moyo, Author Of Dead Aid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBH47mByATc
Dambisa Moyo discusses Dead Aid with an MP - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Pkk2sq9Cg
Mysticism crowds out rationality, and when mysticism creeps into daily affairs, it can be deadly
Superstitions are rampant in tribes, where conformity to the group and mystical "causality" reigns
The Early Human Condition - http://www.logicallearning.net/libearlyhumancon.html
Creators are not selfless; each creator lives for his or her own sake
A mystical metaphysics inverts the nature of reality and logical causality
A solid, objective, metaphysics leads to understanding reality correctly and respecting others achievements
Identity And Causality, And The Use Of Logic - http://www.logicallearning.net/libidentitycausa.html
Female genital mutilation is one horrible outcome of the tribal mentality and superstitious beliefs
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_cutting
William Kamkwamba on building a windmill
http://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_windmill.html
Michael Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html
How much more generous and charitable would people be if taxation (and government itself) didn't exist?
Ask Dr. Ruwart - What is the libertarian approach to developing alternative energy sources?
http://www.theadvocates.org/liberator/vol-14-num-16.html
Coercion can't achieve benevolent ends
In a free market, entrepreneurs see needs, ascertain what people value, and respond accordingly
Inside the Nobel Prize: How a CCD Works by Charlie Sorrel
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/ccd-inventors-awarded-nobel-prize-40-years-on/
bumper music "It's My Life" by Dr. Alban
http://www.dralban.net/ ]]> podcasts Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=537224# 00:39:03 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=534519# Government is seen as a protector and provider for "the people"
If we're going to enact the principles of statism, why limit it?
The illusion of an ominous external enemy perpetuates the notion of governmental military "protection"
Without "freedom" rhetoric and propaganda to accompany their violence, those in government have no perceived legitimacy
Jan Helfeld who is a Minarchist Objectivist Debates Larken Rose an Anarcho-Capitalist.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/PFPMovementRadio/2009/09/06/The-Jan-Helfeld-Show
http://blogtalk.vo.llnwd.net/o23/shows/show_666179.mp3
Minarchism is simply a form of statism
Fear of freedom seems to be what largely separates minarchists from market anarchists
The credo of all statists: necessity validates the initiation of force
The political ideal of those in power is to convince the slaves that they are "free"
Comfort through compliance garners various "benefits," all while destroying untold, unseen possibilities
"Make believe is fun and comforting, but I wouldn't suggest it as a political philosophy." B.V.
The obedience training process has to incorporate rationalization in order to deny plain truths
A superman view of militaristic government (that can beat up all the bullies) can never be limited
The notion of a "final authority" with a legalized monopoly that prevents conflict among humans has its origins in corrupt parent/child and teacher/child relationships
Even in the "elite" private schools, obedience to authority is the MO
The central planning pedagogical ramblings of Alexander Inglis...
"The propaedeutic function of secondary education" http://tinyurl.com/y9cfm8d
John Gatto's take on Inglis: http://www.spinninglobe.net/againstschool.htm
A European example of the ideological/pedagogical aftermath: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_France
How much lack of self-trust does it take to want to dominate and control others?
Why do people think that those in government are different than other people?
If "people are stupid and dangerous," why on Earth should they be able to "govern" others?
Dumbocracy, where the "will of the people" fills the void of "God" as "authority"
Those in government feel that they deserve to rule over others (it's okay for them because they're special or "chosen")
Government is a fundamentally different concept than the "roving gangs" postulated by minarchists
"The law" is viewed an an authority that we must obey, and breaking "the law" is seen as one of the greatest moral/political sins
Because government is seen as a "protector" and/or "provider," its false legitimacy must be countered through discourse and non-compliance
The most cleverly conniving in society will always infiltrate the coercive institution called government
If you advocate the violation of one person's rights, then you advocate violence against an entire society
You can't just change the people who're staffing government; you have to get rid of the entire coercive system
The beauty of the free market is that you only pay for what you get, and you only get what you pay for
Wal-Mart and the corporate structure: http://completeliberty.com/chapter4.php#80
The "free rider" and "public goods" fallacies lead to further rationalizations for the initiation of force
Minarchism's political contradictions and errors about human nature - http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html
You can't protect someone while not protecting them (i.e., while taxing them)
"For your own good" perpetuates the governmental meme of tyranny over individuals
The Idea of a Private Law Society by Hans-Hermann Hoppe: http://www.mises.org/story/2265
Collectivism makes living as full-fledged individuals impossible
Objectivist ethics: don't sacrifice yourself to others, and don't sacrifice others to yourself
The moral contradiction of statism: freedom will give you less freedom; therefore, you mustn't be free
Why do people believe that government is less scary than freedom?
Check out http://larkenrose.com for all his books and essays
The impact of mysticism and governmental education on people has been immense
Violence isn't going to achieve non-violence in relation to governmental memes
Even limited government advocates want to initiate force against others in order to "protect" themselves
NAP (the non-aggression principle) is an irreducible primary in the realm of political philosophy; don't hit people and don't take their stuff
Because we are reasoning, volitional, individuals with property rights, no person or group may aggress against us
FDR1447 Post Debate Review Conference Call - Anarchism Versis Minarchism
http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1447_post_helfeld_debate_conf_call.mp3
http://www.anarchism-wow.com/2009/09/01/fdr1447-post-debate-review-conference-call-anarchism-versis-minarchism/
How would life be with complete liberty? It's important to portray this via art...
School Sucks Podcast - Episode 7.2: Conformity & Compliance vs. Conscience & Consistency
http://schoolsucks.podOmatic.com/entry/eg/2009-09-26T07_52_12-07_00
Brett's site: http://edu-lu-tion.com
When the good of individuals is honored, the greater good is thus served
Honoring little people entails unschooling and especially whole life 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.unschoolingamerica.com/ ; http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/unschool.html
Check out Sarah Parent's Humans Being podcast:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=292995258
and her blog: http://www.clanofparents.com/
If parents treated kids as equally deserving of respect, it would lead to the demise of the State
We are all in a process of shedding the bad memes, particularly the authoritarianism/obedience memes
bumper music "Points Of Authority" by Linkin Park
http://linkinpark.com/release/albums/hybrid_theory  http://www.myspace.com/linkinpark ]]> podcasts Wed, 7 Oct 2009 01:51:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=534519# 01:07:40 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=531893# There should be no contradictions in the realm of politics, yet self-ownership isn't recognized by governments
Government is allegedly designed to protect you and provide for you, but at whose expense?
Businesses in the marketplace don't impose their services on customers; they offer and revise their offerings according to customer desires
"Public good" and "free rider" arguments are based on economic falsehoods--and immoral premises
If you weren't threatened with fines, incarceration and other punishments for not paying taxes, would you pay them?
Collectivistic memes support unjust services such as the "military," which is funded via extortion and enslaves its own "employees"
Employers and employees are not slaves and masters; each can discontinue their relationship at any time for any reason
When people aren't allowed to opt out, daily rights-violations are perpetrated with impunity
Those involved in the authoritarian nature of government don't take responsibility for their immoral and unjust actions
As government grows, people blank out the essentials and avoid making moral distinctions even more
Scientists are notorious for blanking out regarding issues and ideas of immorality and injustice
Once again, the obedience meme is keeping us enslaved
Why do so many rational individuals allow so much of their lives to be controlled by the threats and coercion of those in government?
A disrespectful family environment tends to deny self-ownership and leads to enslaved "citizens"
Stop saying "Please"! by Larken Rose
http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3113
The sordid political tale of the Boston Tea Party... http://mises.org/story/2110#6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party#Tea_Act_1773  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party#Resisting_the_Tea_Act
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2008/04/bernstein_on_th.html
http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/related/sons.htm
The concept of individual rights is key to understanding the nature of rights-violations
We are made of star stuff, and as conceptual beings, we need to realize the implications of reason in relation to rights
Violent resistance won't destroy the authoritarian/obedience meme
Civil disobedience entails demanding that your rights be respected, with firmness and no slavespeak
"Police officers" are criminals themselves to the extent that they "make" money via extortion and work for the coercive monopoly of government
The jurisdiction to search for evidence of a crime (actual wrongdoing) naturally stems from property rights; owners have jurisdiction; cops don't
Freedom should be our highest value (assuming good physical and psychological health)
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In order for Free Staters (http://freestateproject.org) to achieve freedom, they need to see disobeying unjust "laws" and demanding respect for individual rights as virtuous
Resignation to the political status quo (obeying unjust "laws") is not the answer
To try to use government to get rid of government is not the answer either
Those in government don't care about individuals, but they do care about being seen as legitimate
Politics "works" by destroying people's lives
As long as we consider disobedience (and its consequences) less moral and less practical than obedience, we'll never achieve complete liberty
People who derive benefits from government are engaged in a ethical contradiction
The moral/practical dichotomy is the main deterrent to living an authentic and principled life, as well as a major impediment to experiencing freedom
If you're not respecting other people, you're not respecting yourself (and vice versa)
People in government essentially fear operating in the free market, i.e., acting in a voluntary fashion
Once a certain level of self-esteem is attained, there's no felt "need" to sacrifice others for your own sake
Governmental "law" is legalized, concretized authoritarian sociopathy
If the people in government actually trusted their own judgments, they would have no desire to control others
Visit http://larkenrose.com for more about his books
Beyond Rand by Jim Davies (review of Larken's The Iron Web) http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/davies/davies10.html
We don't need mass civil disobedience to pierce the false veil of legitimacy of "government"
Most people are complying with governmental injustices on account of fear of not complying, not out of any serious dedication to collectivistic self-sacrifice
Small, yet supportive groups of complete liberty lovers dedicated to speaking the plain political truth can embolden people with common sense
Pop behaviorism (operant conditioning) permeates our society, as noted by Alfie Kohn:
http://www.alfiekohn.org/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_Kohn
There are no rational or valid arguments for maintaining legalized coercive monopolies that violate individual rights
Fear, threats, and violence are what those in government rely on to promote their propaganda of perceived legitimacy
The only way that authoritarian sociopaths can live with themselves (as they follow fools' orders) is to believe that they're doing good and thus appearing righteous, as nabbers of the bad guys
An uncompromising moral stance is needed for achieving your freedom, which is forwarded via non-compliance
Arguments for governmental "laws" cannot stand logical scrutiny
Once the entire market is marketized--owned by individuals--people will live fully as human beings, according the rational rules
bumper music "Take The Power Back" by Rage Against The Machine
http://www.ratm.com/ ]]> podcasts Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:12:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=531893# 01:04:51 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=529054# The moral double standard of government must be challenged
People comply all the time for all kinds of reasons
"Agents of the State" do not work for us; they work for those "in charge"
Cops: America's one and only--by force!
A legalized monopoly on police force will always use that force against you
Public property leads to making victims out of all of us, by "agents of the State"
Impounding equals theft equals extortion racket
Many "businesses" collude with those in government and use the force of the State to make money
The goal of government is to maintain obedience (in order to "make" money and keep control)
In traditional education, kids are managed, watched, and told what to do by those who presume to be "authorities" over them, which leads directly to statism
Arbitrary enforcement of unjust laws makes perfect sense, doesn't it?
Typical "news" stories don't have truth and freedom in mind
Government as Jabba the Hut...
Episode 3: A Young Person's Guide to the American Political System
http://schoolsucks.podOmatic.com/entry/eg/2009-08-24T09_20_02-07_00
The illusion of freedom is fostered on multiple fronts in multiple ways
The "authority" of the family--i.e., the head of household--has always held sway and generated the fear mechanism
By what right, standard, and code do you presume to rule over me?
It's incumbent on parents to see their kids as equally deserving of respect
Unschooling principles are based on a mutually respectful code of morality
And kids who are unschooled according to rational moral principles won't tolerate tyranny as adults
Each generation is within reach of complete liberty; it's just a matter of how much of your life you want to take back that has been stolen from you
"Public property" is a contradiction in terms, and a sure-fire way for authoritarian sociopaths to treat others unjustly
Our distinct lack of freedom is the issue and idea of our age...
The common denominator of socio-economic problems is government, and the irrational/unjust memes fostering it
Hernando de Soto's misguided ideas about property rights
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitextlo/int_hernandodesoto.html
The illusion of property rights serves the interests of those in power to essentially harvest the products of the free-range slaves
Lack of understanding in economics and human motivation leads to fears about exploitation by property owners
Re-educate thyself in the nature of freedom: http://tolfa.us
Feel free to rate and review CLP...
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=254220370
The fundamental difference between Marxism and Objectivism (property understood and applied) is logic
http://wiki.objectivismonline.net/wiki/Introduction_to_Objectivist_Epistemology
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/epistemology.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/objectivism.html
Most philosophers throughout history have denied the validity of the senses and thus forward illogical epistemology
Do you think that freedom should be the highest value for human beings?
Reason, purpose, and self-esteem all require freedom
Both personal and political freedom are necessary to live a life proper to a human being
Rationalizations for statist memes serve as sick substitutes for genuine choices in a free marketplace
The founders of Sudbury Valley School unfortunately incorporated "democratic" statism into an unschooling school (free school) environment - http://tinyurl.com/leukmc
Being told that you have "a voice" in a democracy is basically saying that you don't exist as a respectable person
The obedience meme is widespread, even among the liberty movement
Some have decided NOT to obey - Lauren Canario Eminent Domain Arrest (in 2005)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ElrlwnMrA
Is the lack of freedom in your life preferable to experiencing the consequences of living freely?
With the moral code of altruism, there is no end to the sacrifices and thus rationalizations
Only a tireless disobedient minority (of agorist intellectuals) can accelerate the process of achieving complete liberty
If you're not doing anything to protest the injustices of those in government, and if you're not demanding better behavior, nothing is going to change
Lots of wealthy businesspersons "legally" try to pay as little taxes as possible, which concedes the immoral premise of statism and emboldens statist oppressors
Civil disobedience--based on the principle of self-ownership and property rights--is the moral thing to do, because individuals should be respected
"Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison." H.D.T.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Disobedience_(Thoreau)
Reacting violently to political oppressors not only plays into the hands (fists and guns) of the authoritarian sociopaths, but it also leaves the authoritarian/obedience memes intact
Nothing trumps your mind, volition, and life
The greatest motivation and benefit of defying unjust demands is internal
Those who believe that they are moral must come to terms with enslaving and incarcerating rights-respecting individuals
Supporters, video cameras and the Internet are the primary methods of showing the immoral and unjust behavior of governmental "officials" (and shaming them)
Complying--remaining libertarian talkers--makes it seem as if injustice isn't happening
Stefan Molyneux's contrary messages: http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1448_working_for_the_state.mp3
http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1369_Tricky_Trollz.mp3
If we believe that it's moral and practical to obey, then neither those in government (nor bullies) will change their behavior as a consequence
You're never going to get a significant fraction of people on board the liberty movement unless you do disobey, and incur the consequences of the code of immorality that's being foisted on people
Violent resistance to governmental "officials" unjust demands basically would lead to your death and their death, and perhaps death of the liberty movement
The authoritarian/obedience meme has existed for centuries--but it's time to evolve, and it would be a shame if we didn't
Check out the activism in Keene, NH - http://freekeene.com
Freedom Roundtable - 2009 Liberty Forum - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUAoeQ-6Q2o
In America, we have the rhetoric and pretense of freedom
The next-step challenge is to get rid of the behavioral contradictions, to walk the talk
All those in governmental schools need to listen to Brett's School Sucks Podcast - http://edu-lu-tion.com
The horrible injustice perpetrated on Irwin Schiff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Schiff#Convictions_for_1997_through_2002_tax_years
Peter Schiff on his father, Irwin Schiff - http://motorhomediaries.com/schiff/
The immoral man whose job Schiff wants - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Christopher_Dodd
The IRS is an institution that is evil to the core--they aggress against rights-respecting persons and their property
Even if you're fully educated about complete liberty, as long as you comply with tyrannical attitudes, nothing really changes for the better
For the convenience of the government, and on account of his heroic efforts, Daniel is no longer part of the Navy:
http://immoralityofwar.blogspot.com/2009/09/day-131-end-of-my-military-enslavement.html
War is the health of the State, and the State promotes war, first and foremost on "it's citizens" via taxation and regulation
http://warisimmoral.com
bumper music "Rise Above" by Black Flag (and Intro: "Richard Feynman: Disrepect for Authority" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhD0MxacnIE )
http://www.myspace.com/blackflag80shardcore  http://www.sstsuperstore.com/product.asp?showproduct=SST007-CD]]> podcasts Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:20:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=529054# 01:49:34 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=526325# Governmental tyranny boils down to violating property rights
If those in government were truly concerned about your rights, they wouldn't be the first ones to infringe on them
The epic myth of Libertarian slavery by Kevin Joseph Tull
http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3018
BIG UPDATE regarding Daniel's enslavement in the Navy (HE'S BEEN RELEASED):
http://immoralityofwar.blogspot.com/2009/09/day-131-end-of-my-military-enslavement.html
Military contracts are invalid, as they are not based on freedom
GTMO prisoners who are depraved of due process are used as a tool for political fear-mongering
The U.S. military, via politicians, creates blowback threats to Americans, while violating their (and others') property rights in the process
The real issue is the rights-violations perpetrated by those in government; government itself is the main problem regarding threats to our lives and well-being
Psych 101: Locking up individuals for years without any due process would naturally foster homicidal (and suicidal) thoughts in them
All rights originate from property, first and foremost self-ownership
Imagine government running the cell phone industry...of course, the FCC and lobbyists have done a number on it already
The FCC extortionist and regulatory racket, which ultimately costs consumers billions and results in greatly inferior services:
http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/default.htm?job=auction_factsheet&id=73
http://cases.som.yale.edu/spectrum/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9955376-7.html
The fantasy of monopolistic justice will remain so
Returning to the four pieces of paper (the USC) won't fix the moral contradiction of government
You cannot be required to obey a contract once you disagree with it, which would be acting as if you no longer have volition
In other words, you can't sign--and bind yourself to--a valid contract without your consent throughout the entire contractual term
Walter Block's monstrous contractual contradiction: Privatizing Rivers and Voluntary Slave Contracts by Walter Block
http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block134.html (links to his other papers within)
Using volition to deny volition involves concept-stealing: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/stolen_concept--fallacy_of.html
You have to be exercising volition in order to keep a contract, so a contract of enslavement is both unjust and epistemologically absurd
Clarity of concepts is key...
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/epistemology.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/definitions.html
People who use, or advocate the use of, initiatory force against others (or even themselves) exempt themselves from rational, volitional discussion
Excluding competition in the realm of justice is itself a form of injustice - http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html
Why are you doing this to me? Why do you hate me so much? by samadamscw
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/105656
Jan Helfeld checkmates Bill Richardson on Government and Rights
http://www.janhelfeld.com/video/35/bill-richardson-on-goverment-and-rights.html
Stefan Molyneux checkmates Jan Helfeld on the contradictions of minarchism:
http://www.anarchism-wow.com/2009/08/30/fdr1445-stefan-molyneux-jan-helfeld-debate-anarchism-versis-minarchism/
http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1445_jan_helfeld_debate.mp3
No one possesses the right to initiate force against others, so it can't be delegated to those in government either
Miniarchism is statism in principle, so advocating it means that the irrational, immoral, unjust meme of government remains intact
Dear Robert Ringer, by Carl Watner
http://www.voluntaryist.com/forthcoming/anopenletter.php
Bill of Law by Michael van Notten - http://completeliberty.com/chapter8.php#153
Root striking Hans Hoppe: http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2009-08-18_130_the_economics_of_world_government.mp3
Either you have property rights or you don't; public property is a contradiction in terms
When government exists, disobedience is the ultimate crime
Once the "legitimacy" of government is shattered, the people in it have nothing left but violence (just like a petty thug on the street)
"The mark of a truly civilized society should be 'the triumph of persuasion over force'" C.W.
If you advocate coercion, you're advocating a worse off life for yourself
Let's have protection without violation of our rights!
Fears, lack of trust, and obedience to authority all contribute to pseudo self-esteem and controlling others
Government is the last link in the corrupt philosophical chain, representing a culture of mediocrity
What's good for the individual is good for the collective, but not vice versa
Brett's new educational podcast and site - http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com and http://edu-lu-tion.com
Visit http://warisimmoral.com for more info from Daniel
True justice agencies will focus on restoring victims, not creating them
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bumper music "You Want What We Got" by Twisted Sister
http://www.twistedsister.com/  http://www.myspace.com/twistedsister ]]> podcasts Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:07:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=526325# 01:10:54 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=523974# http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/opinion/26coontz.html?_r=2
The Psychology of Romantic Love by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=45
http://tinyurl.com/musarz
The Romantic Love Question and Answer Book by Nathaniel and Devers Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_24&products_id=31
http://www.ebookmall.com/ebooks/what-love-asks-of-us-branden-branden-ebooks.htm
Madisonâs Folly by Thomas L. Knapp
http://c4ss.org/content/905
Humans are volitional creatures that choose to do good or bad things, based on their values
Are free staters angels of liberty?
Cutting the parasite of government down to a minimal size doesn't extinguish its tyranny
The unjust power to tax inherently creates unaccountability and irresponsibility
The ability to participate in government doesn't lesson the inherent tyranny of government
People use a selective filter when viewing the nature of the American government, due mainly to "public schools"
Democracies sacrifice the smallest minority, the individual, to the "agendas" of the collective
American "law enforcers" are no different than Hitler's SS if individuals accosted by them resist their aggression
The Ominous Parallels: A Brilliant Study of America Today - and the 'ominous parallels' with the chaos of pre-Hitler Germany by Leonard Peikoff
http://www.peikoff.com/lr/home.htm
Dealing With Friends and Family Who Donât Get It by Paul Rosenberg
http://www.fr33agents.com/573/dealing-with-friends-and-family-who-dont-get-it/
Stefan Molyneux and Larken Rose on The Peter Mac Show
http://www.petermacshow.com/show-archive.html?start=24
The two potent defense mechanisms of denial and rationalization prevent people from realizing political truths
Kids are expected to sacrifice their rational faculty to various mythologies
Extremely disrespectful parental behavior such as spanking or other types of punishment also reflects low self-esteem
Fear of disobeying perceived legitimate "authority" leads to mass political compliance
Parents can empathize with children's needs via self-esteem-building exercises
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=35
The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8977399
Between Parent and Child - The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication by Haim Ginott
http://tinyurl.com/598j76
Pseudo self-esteem tied to politics and political "leaders" fosters denial of self-responsibility and perpetuation of the statist status quo
Being ruled and being "part of the system" is a precarious mental house of cards
Having an opinion that contradicts rationality and individual rights, i.e., statism, isn't morally acceptable
Threats of initiatory force (clear and present dangers) warrant self-defensive measures
Militarism avoids widespread domestic governmental tyranny; it distracts people from the real enemy of their freedoms
It your relationship isn't based on respect, it's merely a pretense at a relationship, and harmful to your life and well-being
Try to find the rationality in people who are resistant to freedom, but don't tolerate being verbally attacked for advocating freedom
See the promotion of statism as a self-esteem issue
Unconditional love denies responsibility, accountability, and rational judgment
BRETT'S PODCAST AND NEW WEBSITE: http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com and http://edu-lu-tion.com
DANIEL'S SITE (with the latest updates): http://warisimmoral.com
MHD interview with Daniel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfdPsAaWrjI
http://motorhomediaries.com/war-is-immoral/
bumper music "Help Save the Youth of America" by Billy Bragg
http://www.billybragg.co.uk/releases/albums/talking_taxman/talking8.html ]]> podcasts Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:32:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=523974# 01:14:28 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=521029# Obedience to "authority" in the family and the classroom are the roots of our enslavement
Most of what people understand about government they learned in elementary school
American governmental mythologies are pounded into kids' heads in school
Why We Couldn't Abolish Slavery Then and Can't Abolish Government Now by Robert Higgs
http://www.lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs128.html
"If you don't like it, you can leave" is merely collectivistic slavespeak
The "government" doesn't own anything
People and their property shouldn't be pushed around on "public property"
Governmental laws violate individual rights, in defiance of natural law principles
Authoritarian sociopaths in government resort to violence against the non-compliant
A story of barroom allegations...
Ultimately, the barrel of a gun is the method of attaining obedience from the resistant
Underlying the pretenses of slaves and authoritarians is fear, fear of self-realization and self-reliance and fear of others
When people refer to "the sheeple," they are oftentimes projecting their own mindset
Many people have become sponges for other people's horrible ideas
People in the communistic organization known as government claim to know best for everyone else
Denial of self-responsibility is the essence of representative government
Your so-called "representative" likely doesn't even know that you as an individual exist
Government tries to turn people into unthinking rather than thinking animals by treating them like a herd
Lysander spooner had some wise words about accountability in relation to those who presume to govern others...
The Nature Of Present Government - http://www.logicallearning.net/libnatureofgover.html
Government is a euphemism for slavery by Kent McManigal
"Countries" are essentially collectivistic abstractions created by governments to rule people
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5723-Albuquerque-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Government-is-a-euphemism-for-slavery
Trying to get freedom by involving yourself in government is morally contradictory
Florida man spends three months in jail for possession of breath mints
http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/9c1ra/florida_man_spends_three_months_in_jail_for/
Statist judges violate individual rights on a daily basis
The myth of using the system to change the system...
Try to change a small coercive gang first before trying to change government
http://www.atlasmediaonline.com/hx-says/stefan-molyneux-philosophy-freedom-thoughts
http://freedomainradio.com/board/forums/t/21074.aspx
The system of government is not worth working in; one shouldn't try to work for a rights-violating institution
The moral is the practical and vice versa
Involving oneself in electoral politics (might makes right) is contradicting a rational moral code; the end (freedom) doesn't justify the means (coercion via illegitimate government)
Seeing the nature of the matrix entails thinking for oneself and thinking critically
Statist propaganda spans the globe, fostering self-denying collectivism
Government is the opposite of peace and happiness; it's based on the idea that it's good to exploit others
Having low self-esteem makes one vulnerable to obeying and legitimizing any would-be "authority"
the matrix is the state
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSLzXikXks
Government wasn't created as an answer to prehistoric and historic problems of aggression and violence; it's just a more powerful way to promote them
Children must be seen as independent and conceptual little people, worthy of respect
Brett's educational podcast - http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com/
Daniel's site (with podcast) - http://warisimmoral.com
bumper music "Happiness In Slavery" by Nine Inch Nails
http://www.nin.com/ ]]> podcasts Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:13:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=521029# 01:28:11 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=518278# http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/12/judge-sentences-man.html
Judges wield their power to initiate force against people
Our fellow political slaves are oftentimes the biggest hindrance to achieving freedom
A "republic" is just another form of statism--treating individuals in an involuntary fashion
Most fellow political slaves represent the ideas they were taught in governmental schools
For instance, most say that we need "good rulers" or political "leaders"
Political "leaders" thrive on arbitrary and involuntary collectives of people
Statist falsehoods such as "implicit contract" and "consent of the governed" are the mainstays of political slaves
It's important to follow the money trail in the so-called court system
Lawyers filter out any and all critical thinkers with peremptory challenges
The so-called legal system in America is communistic and tribal in nature
Statist judges and lawmakers are drunk on power, coercive and monopolistic power
Public property is a contradiction in terms that facilitates all the statist nonsense
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/public_property.html
Governmental courts have no jurisdiction because they directly violate property rights
The only rights are private property rights, i.e., individual rights
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/individual_rights.html
Authoritarianism seeks to control the most basic functions of people's lives
The orders in the court mimic the orders in the classroom
All governmental courts are kangaroo courts, in which unjust authority reigns, without individuals' consent
Go to http://freekeene.com to read comments by statist slaves to free stater posts about tactics of non-compliance
Justice agencies in a free market would honor individual rights
The only reason to take someone to court is on account of a rights violation
The purpose of law and justice in a free society is to right any wrongs perpetrated by aggressors
To question things about statism is to stand apart from the collective
Ignorance of natural and objective law (based on natural rights) is no excuse! Initiating aggression is wrong
Admitting to wrongdoing is not something that pretentious and authoritarian people tend to do
Seeking real justice in a statist society is nearly impossible; all that can be done is shaming the wrongdoers, informing others of the illegitimacy of the "court system," and not obeying their rights-violating edicts
LAWS THAT PROMOTE OUR PURSUITS OF HAPPINESSES - http://completeliberty.com/chapter8.php
Arizona Judge Tells Sheriff "Reveal Password Or Face Contempt"
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/15/212254/Arizona-Judge-Tells-Sheriff-Reveal-Password-Or-Face-Contempt
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, authoritarian sociopath par excellence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWJHu1wgPHU
Sheriff Joe Arpaio: The Fascist Face of the Drug War - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBQu1spxxFA
How to Survive Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Jail System - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqp0Bo_2644
The Murder of Scott Norberg - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BeOd_Ukm_s
Ernest Hancock interviews Lew Rockwell and MHD guys, and tells stories about AZ police state nonsense
July 23 - http://tinyurl.com/l6x7d4  July 24 - http://tinyurl.com/n94jza
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Standard-Page.htm?EdNo=001&Page=00189
Any organization that funds itself through taxation is invalid
Any monopoly provides the lowest quality service at the highest possible price
You don't have to do civil disobedience to speak the truth about "government"
The more one asserts one's individuality, the more one understands the nature of freedom and oppression
The less one asserts one's mind and life, the more the illusion of freedom is maintained
If you are worthy of happiness, then it's just a natural thing to assert yourself and respect others
Reason, purpose, and self-esteem are key values; rationality, productiveness, and pride are their corresponding virtues
Polycentric Order: On Slavery by Philip Hayes
http://polycentricorder.blogspot.com/2009/08/on-slavery.html
Involuntary servitude is invalid, whether or not there's a contract
There is no such thing as partial slavery; in the realm of statism, you're either a slave or you're not
Who owns you? Who are you the property of? Yourself
No "service" should be provided at the point of a gun
The solution to slavery is of course realizing your freedom (via property rights)
Crime simply won't pay in a society of complete liberty
You must respect yourself enough to respect others in a voluntary society
The vast majority of people don't initiate force, even under statism
People learn a very distorted view of human nature in governmental schools
Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive  alex.moskalyuk
http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog/yes-50-scientifically-proven-ways-to-be-persuasive
Most people have a very difficult time admitting flaws in their codes of morality
Being consistent and persistent with those resistant to truth and respectful morality is key
The public relations scheme of government provides ample evidence of its worthlessness
bumper music "Clampdown" by The Clash
http://www.theclashonline.com/music/london-calling ]]> podcasts Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:55:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=518278# 01:06:11 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=515482# Captured Audio Reveals What Border Agents Think of MHD, Gun Owners & Testicles
http://motorhomediaries.com/captured-audio/
https://www.checkpointusa.org/
Uniformed individuals disguise themselves in the cloak of virtue--that "gvmt is our protector"
NEW PODCAST BY BRETT - SchoolSucks Podcast: The END of Public Education
http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com/
Upwards of ninety percent of Americans are indoctrinated to not question "authority" in governmental schools
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
American Idol vs. High School - Opening Statements
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=166309&title=american-idol-vs.-high-school
American Idol vs. High School - Oswalt on High School
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=166311&title=american-idol-vs.-high-school
Unschooling parents understand that kids need to take responsibility and make their own choices
If you're not allowed to have freedom when you're a kid, how will you embrace freedom as an adult?
When your young mind is controlled by others, your decision-making ability is seriously compromised
Self-governing capitalism fosters self-regulation and self-responsibility
http://www.logicallearning.net/liblogicalpoliti.html
http://www.logicallearning.net/libmentalshiftin.html
Statism fosters mass compliance and thus more acts of authoritarianism
A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment Conducted at Stanford University
http://www.prisonexp.org/  http://www.lucifereffect.com/
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812974441/understandi0d-20
The tribal premise is still culturally predominant, which includes tactics of collective punishment
Stop Signs and Liberty by Jeffrey A. Tucker
http://mises.org/story/3570
The stop sign as a metaphor for the State
The more people reflexively obey the "authorities," the faster we devolve into a police State
There is no such thing as "citizens" or "States," so there exists no duties of allegiance or protection
Governmental "enforcement" attracts essentially control freaks who seek to dominate others and not honor property rights
Cases in point: http://www.rememberfallujah.org/why.htm
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/usiraq-rules-of-engagement-thrown-out-the-window
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080514_iraqs_mosul_a_ghost_city/
http://mindprod.com/politics/iraqvideos.html
The military, rather than protecting us, is really protecting their own
Mexican gun control evils - http://www.davekopel.com/Espanol/Mexican-Gun-Laws.htm
Conversing with a believer in government and liberty, curious about voluntaryism
It is not "our government"; one must beware collectivistic possessive pronouns
Everything the communists in government provide becomes the literal road to hell
Competition, coopetition, and cooperation all factor into providing highly accessible products and services of good value
Without control of the highways and byways, the way of life of coercive people ends rather abruptly
In for example Massachusetts, even road maintenance is beyond the capabilities of government
We don't know the optimal way for roads until they're marketized
Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog/yes-50-scientifically-proven-ways-to-be-persuasive
Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion by Michael Cloud
http://www.theadvocates.org/secrets.html
Arguments from effect and arguments from morality can both be employed, but the moral argument is key
Ultimately, an individual's relationship to "authority" is the crux of the argument
Ask basic questions about how a person was treated by "authorities" during childhood and their feelings about it
Advocates of statism commonly identify with their oppressors
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/collectivism.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/statism.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/tribalism.html
Collectivism, statism, and tribalism all deny the rights and fundamental needs of individuals
Statism is arguably the worst form of collectivism/tribalism because it coerces people
Even if you believe that humans are violent and dangerous, that is yet another argument against government
People in power basically fulfill their prophecy of the badness of humanity
Governments are the modern incarnation of the violence historically perpetrated by society's thugs
A Fable for Our Times By One of the Unreconstructed by Murray N. Rothbard
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard22.html
If you want a voluntary society, you can start by freeing up your personal relationships
Speak the truth and strike the root with a principled message
If you can't opt out, then you can't legitimately opt in - http://radgeek.com/gt/2009/01/08/can_anybody/
Protection is a realm of service that should not be exempt from the laws of economics and basic morality
There's no such thing as protection through aggression!
bumper music "I Fought the Law" by Dead Kennedys
http://www.deadkennedys.com/albums_give.html  http://www.myspace.com/deadkennedys ]]> podcasts Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:01:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=515482# 01:09:58 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=513105# Does evil come from our free will, as granted by "God"?
The concept of God can't be defined coherently
"God," a placeholder for good parents?
The people in power first used religion to control people
After the scientific revolution, they used determinism and behaviorism
The more correct knowledge you have, the better choices you tend to make
The Crucial Faculty Of Choice
http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreewill.html
The senses are valid means of acquiring knowledge via reason; anything else is contradictory
The metaphysical laws are needed to logically understand reality
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axiomatic_concepts.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axioms.html
Laws of identity, causality, and non-contradiction
http://www.logicallearning.net/libidentitycausa.html
Religions promote the principle of sacrifice in ethics
Individual rationality is sacrificed to religious doctrines and rituals
So few parents apologize for having their kids indoctrinated in religion and statism
Disobedience is punished in both religion and statism
"Laws" are based on operant conditioning, with punishment for breaking them
The carrots and sticks of statism don't treat people as reasoning beings
"God" and determinism are confessions of ignorance
Human consciousness is essentially a conceptual faculty (inextricably tied to volition)
The idea that you don't make choices is basically a really bad meme
Compatibilism reconciles brain causality with volition
Volition is a manifestation of causal properties in the brain in relation to its environment
We are autonomous, reasoning creatures that make our own choices
Our choices can't be determined by "society" or "government" or "God"
Both bad parenting and governmental schools stifle individual free will
Radical unschooling enables children to take responsibility and make their own choices
Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm
Posturing as the authority over another person's mind is a monstrous moral contradiction
Wealthy people tend to have even bigger rationalizations for goodness of government
The phrase "happy to pay taxes" is slavespeak for sanctioning evil
If various governmental "services" are wanted in a free market, they'll be chosen and funded voluntarily
Pragmatism is the dominant anti-philosophy in America, if not the world
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/pragmatism.html
Can anybody ever consent to the State? by Rad Geek
http://radgeek.com/gt/2009/01/08/can_anybody/
No government rules by consent, and no government possesses just powers
Taxation is simply extortion that enslaves individuals in society
The nature of evil is to initial force and destroy another's choices
People's reluctance to acknowledge tyranny is deeply psychological
The future of humanity resides within the child
bumper music "Freewill" by Rush
http://www.rush.com/ ]]> podcasts Sun, 9 Aug 2009 04:32:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=513105# 01:09:22 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=510459# http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/www.alternet.org/139923/
War is the end of the chain of consequences of statism
Extortion and fiat currency inflation are the statist means to war
Terrorism arises from statism; it won't be defeated until statism is extinguished
The "war on terror" isn't about freedom or justice; it's a con game to deny people's freedoms
The Historical Societal Problem http://www.logicallearning.net/libhistoricalsoc.html
Resorting to violence by Larken Rose
http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=2770
We live in a politically enslaved culture; people pretend they aren't slaves, as they slavishly obey
If government were voluntary...it would then become a justice agency that respects property rights
Government is the initiation of force
People in government don't own anything, so they have NO jurisdiction
Only smart acts of civil disobedience, coupled with education, will be able to appreciably change the status quo
Reason and reality prevail over violence and mythology
Just How Free Is the Worldâs Freest Economy? by John C. Goodman
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDgyZmI1NGNlNmYzYjA5YzFkMGQ3YjY4MTU2MzMwNWE=
"Free health care"...at whose expense?
Any and all governmental "benefits" are neither moral nor just--in addition to being terribly efficient
Property taxes mean that you don't own your property; those in government can seize it anytime
Voting to get goodies from government yields a giant welfare state
Voting destroys self-responsibility and free market prosperity
Humans must respect themselves enough to embrace and promote the ethics of liberty
Why I Write And Publish The Voluntaryist by Carl Watner
http://www.voluntaryist.com/articles/093.php
No people should presume to be authorities over your own mind and life
The "law" is something created by other human beings to control people; lawmakers have no understanding of individual rights and natural law--and therefore no understanding of justice
Philosophical enlightenment of our culture is key to successful change
bumper music "Masters Of War" by Bob Dylan
http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/masters-war ]]> podcasts Sat, 1 Aug 2009 17:09:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=510459# 00:45:20 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=507682# http://www.lostlibertycafe.com/index.php/2009/04/10/is-evil-necessary/
Changing the name for "government" won't get rid of its extortion racket and other rights violations...
FDR's 'Statism is Dead' makes the Freedom Force Report for June and July 2009
http://freedomainradio.com/board/forums/t/21237.aspx
CRISIS AND LEVIATHAN: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government by Robert Higgs
http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=15
When government violates your person and property, who protects you?
The boogeyman of anarchy (fear) prevents people from thinking critically
A stateless society will have FAR less criminality, courtesy of property owners and a justice-oriented culture
Real security is provided by other people in the marketplace
Those who fear the alleged ills of anarchism are those who embrace and perpetuate the vast ills of statism
It's the perceived legitimacy granted to the warlords and gangsters in government that matters most
Withdraw your moral sanction, and Colossus will be destined fall...
The Political Thought of Ãtienne de La BoÃtie
http://mises.org/MultiMedia/mp3/audiobooks/Boetie/Boetie_Introduction.mp3
If God were to exist, why would he/it allow evil? Ah, the "free will" escape hatch!
Beware philosophizing in midstream--the realm of supernatural metaphysics (non-perception, non-consciousness, non-reason)
Moral Orel theme song - http://www.markrivers.net/songs/heart.html
shows: http://www.adultswim.com/shows/moralorel/index.html
Faith is setting aside reason and what you know to be true
You were told to believe in and take bites out of "invisible apples," as Stefan Molyneux has astutely noted:
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
Omniscience, omnipotence, and infallibility are invalid concepts (impossible)
http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyourownima.html
Religion is a primitive form of philosophy - http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/religion.html
We must use our (fallible) senses in concert with reason to understand more and more of reality
http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html
Understanding emotions is key: http://www.logicallearning.net/libemotions.html
Religion gives every grown adult a pass for the evils that they perpetrate (because evil's in our "nature")
Evil defined: To initiate force, which nullifies the choices of a sovereign consciousness
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/evil.html
Evasion is the precursor to evil actions - http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/evasion.html
~40% out-of-wedlock births, from Taking Marriage Private By Stephanie Coontz - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/opinion/26coontz.html
Fear of not being able to survive and lack of self-esteem contribute to the meme of "necessary evil"
In survival mode, morality is most needed, so that no one is sacrificed
The phenomenon of the State is our real-life lifeboat situation
Survival "at all costs" is the nature of statism
It's heroic for a kid to contradict the irrationality of his or her parents
To assert oneself, regardless of one's age, means stating plain facts and spurning nonsense
The "benefits" derived from governmental "services" are illusory; it's vital to focus on the immense, unseen benefits of complete liberty
Ethic of Liberty - Title Transfer Theory 19. PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE THEORY OF CONTRACTS by Murray Rothbard
http://mises.org/rothbard/ethics/nineteen.asp
A kangaroo court (governmental court) is one in which the judge and plaintiff (prosecutor) work for the same organization
A fair trial is impossible in governmental courts; see http://marcstevens.net
No Charge: In Civil-Contempt Cases, Jail Time Can Stretch On for Years by ASHBY JONES
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123137263059962659.html
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/One_can_spend_a_long_time_in_jail_without_being_charged
http://freeminds.podbean.com/2009/06/14/ree-minds-radio-june-14-2009/
In a valid contract, you cannot logically impose a penalty of slavery for breach; volition is inalienable
The Nature of Contracts - http://completeliberty.com/chapter6.php#121
There are no necessary evils
bumper music "Lives In The Balance" by Jackson Browne
http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/discography/album/solo-acoustic-vol-1 ]]> podcasts Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:48:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=507682# 01:11:40 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=504684# Tyranny, oppression, and slavery are on the side of government
A "voluntary military" is part of the pr scheme
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/dictator.html
The coercive means of government become the ends
http://www.strike-the-root.com/archive/ludlow.html
All non-objective philosophies are the philosophies of death
If everyone worked for the government, rendering us helpless dependents, would our problems be solved?
Government fosters rampant irresponsibility, in which people are encouraged to live at others' expense
"Because I said so!" and shirking responsibility are the methods of military operation
Individual autonomy is shunned under command and control "management"
The Prussian educational system was designed to foster blind obedience to authority
Democracy is the worst form of government when it comes to the war machine
Reflections on State and War by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
http://www.lewrockwell.com/hoppe/hoppe17.html
The Political Economy of Monarchy and Democracy, and the Idea of a Natural Order by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
http://www.hanshoppe.com/publications/
McNamara: From the Tokyo Firestorm to the World Bank by Alexander Cockburn
http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn07072009.html
Robert S. McNamara, Architect of a Futile War, Dies at 93 by Tim Weiner
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/us/07mcnamara.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all
McNamaraâs Other Debacle by James Bovard
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0907b.asp
Nobody in the military wants to see themselves as a slave--even though the military enslaves people
The defensive process of rationalization helps to assuage people's crisis of conscience
http://warisimmoral.com raises people's awareness and creates cognitive dissonance in authoritarian sociopaths
Deficit "financing" of war is assisted by means of massive propaganda
Dispute over flag protest erupts in Wisc. village by Robert Imrie
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_us/us_upside_down_flag
People who are taught to worship symbols form their identity around them and thus attack others who desecrate them
The bare minimum requirement for complete liberty is respect for private property rights
"We're fighting for your freedom" is the favorite military mantra
Freedom, security, and economic stability are always jeopardized by governments and their militaries
Where do people in government derive their jurisdiction? Nowhere. Jurisdiction is a property rights issue
When the State is seen as a parental figure, people will obey it, in principle
Are the guys in GTMO POWs? Nope. They are in legal no-man's land, where there isn't a scintilla of justice
Disturbing documentary about the "war on terror" and statism, "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
U.S. military interventionism fosters blowback from people who resent the death and destruction being wrought upon them
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
Objectivist Goose-Stepping - http://www.strike-the-root.com/72/bertrand/bertrand1.html
Security pertains to respect for property rights, and so government is always anti-security because it violates property rights
Corporations are also part of the public sector and thus benefit from statism
Words of wisdom by Smedley Butler - http://warisaracket.org/
http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm
Militaries, being inherently communistic in nature, are also colossal wastes of money and resources
No communistic organization, no military, can defend people in the (supposedly free) marketplace
The false beliefs in religion and statism encourage people to use emotions as defensive tools
Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=43
People use statist and collectivist propaganda as a crutch for authentic self-esteem
The tribal premise is the nature of statism - http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/tribal_premise_(in_economics).html
Keeping attuned to the moral argument in the midst of contradictory pragmatic arguments is key
The Concept of Necessary Evil Explored by Joey Carlisle
http://www.lostlibertycafe.com/index.php/2009/04/10/is-evil-necessary/
Most lifeboat situations are pretty fanciful
Politics works by trying to make the violence less visible--and putting people in survival mode
Individuals in the military oftentimes drop the context of their plight
Sacrifice in not a virtue - http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sacrifice.html
It's important to acknowledge and communicate feelings so as to keep aligned with your chosen values
People better recognize political evil by virtue of those who refuse to comply
A statist military isn't a service by any stretch of the imagination
Free your mind; On Truth: The Tyranny of Illusion by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#OT
People most fear the social consequences of disagreement, the slave-on-slave violence
Follow the money trail, and the umbilical cord to the State
bumper music "Fight The Power" by Public Enemy  http://www.publicenemy.com/ ]]> podcasts Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:20:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=504684# 01:19:50 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=501685# Challenging the bureaucrats on their methods of immorality...
http://freekeene.com/2009/07/02/liberty-activists-pays-property-tax-in-1-bills/
The institution of government blinds people to its coercive nature, so ingrained it is
Activism must be accompanied with education
Caller ridicules free staters, but questions the nature of the statist system (first few mins of clip)
http://freekeene.com/files/Talkback2009-06-13.mp3
People putting the pieces of the statist puzzle together, only to reject the final product (and what it implies for their beliefs and behavior)
Passing principled moral judgment in the realm of statism can be scary, which explains why most avoid it
Stephen Colbert vs Ayn Rand?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-tIY99QFFk
If people had the freedom to make their own choices, would they starve?
Should self-interest and economic efficiency be favored over governmental coercion and its expropriated "safety net"?
Government is the complete invitation for the abdication of moral responsibility
From each according to their ability to each according to their need, the Marxist death knell for any economy
Central governmental planning has resulted in millions of deaths
A coercive social "safety net" is immoral and unjust and encourage self-responsibility
Selflessness is not virtuous, but those in government pretend that it is
Governmental programs basically create excuses to perpetuate themselves
The present form of tyranny, the status quo, is the real evil that plagues us, not the supposed evildoers abroad
"We" don't need "national defense"
Libertarian Accusations by Ayn R Key
http://aynrkey.blogspot.com/2009/05/libertarian-accusations.html
Accusations against liberty-lovers as selfish, greedy, or arrogant are merely the projections of the accusers
The philosophy of pragmatism dispenses with rational moral principles and upholds self-sacrifice and collectivism
Statist intellectuals are the new high priests asserting the divine right of Kings (governments)
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/pragmatism.html
Pragmatism, being philosophically bankrupt, adopts the ethics of altruism, the ethics of self-sacrifice and collectivism
Open letter from Edward-Lewis and Elaine-Alice Brown
http://newhampshirefreepress.com/node/423
Using mystical concepts to forward freedom ideas confuses rather than clarifies
The mafia must envy those in the governmental "justice system"...if they only had a flag
Governmental courts practice the unscience of injustice, as Lysander Spooner noted eloquently
A government is not a corporation; a corporation is an extension (legal fiction) of government
People's compliance with governmental edicts tends to foster the illusion that they're voluntary
High cost of texting, one big example of the costs of fascism in the telco industry...
http://techguylabs.com/radio/ShowNotes/Show492#toc7
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/20/why-do-text-messages-cost-so-much/
What Carriers Arenât Eager to Tell You About Texting
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/business/28digi.html?_r=1
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/06/if-text-messaging-is-so-cheap-why-does-it-cost-so-much.html
Government "works" by concentrating the benefits and dispersing the costs
The 4th of July: Collective Independence Day!...replacing one despotic government with an even worse government
One of the main problems with Democracy is that everyone has their own version of "representation"
The best way is the present way, so says pragmatism
Meet (and obey) your new mommy/daddy: Government
You can't opt out of a system that is inherently collectivistic
Can anyone really be an individual in the matrix called America?
http://www.lostlibertycafe.com/index.php/2009/04/10/is-evil-necessary/
The good-end-justifies-coercive-means-argument predominates our culture
It's wrong to aggress against a person and their property; 2+2=4
Clarifying the coercive nature of government and using the moral argument are key
When you were little, did you really experience making your own choices as a respected person?
The best "politics" can do is offer you bad choices based on the central planning premise
The family is the place where people learn to associate arbitrary power with protection, welfare, and love
Thus, the State
If persons don't have a firm belief in their self-worth, changing their mindset becomes quite difficult
Pseudo self-esteem results in all sorts of dysfunctional and disrespectful behavior
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/articles_essays/what_self_esteem.html
bumper music "The Way It Is" by Tesla
http://teslastaging.com/index.php  http://www.myspace.com/teslatheband ]]> podcasts Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:36:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=501685# 01:10:21 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=499172# Government consists of individuals who claim to have rights that others do not, which is the ultimate moral contradiction
Government by definition is coercive and monopolistic
Self-government stems from self-initiated and self-regulated action, i.e., making your own decisions
No one should have a superior claim to your life and property!
Obeying "authority" stems from corrupt family environments; "citizens" are children of the State
Leaps of faith require suspension of awareness, reason, rationality, essentially your own independent judgment
Seeing children as irresponsible (not able to make good decisions) is merely self-fullfilling prophecy
Honoring the rational faculty and ability of kids means respecting their self-responsibility
Principles and Politics: Like Oil and Water by Randall Holcombe
http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=2407
Principled politicians is oxymoronic
The political process is completely disconnected from self-responsibility
People in government are not valid agents; they are not engaged in voluntary association with people in the marketplace; rather, they are engaged in racketeering and extortion
Don't feed the beast of government by filling out their paperwork "voluntarily"; this is not voluntary, contrary to what Harry Reid wants you to believe:
Paying income tax in America is Voluntary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7mRSI8yWwg
Define terms, so that moral double standards are fully exposed
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/principles.html
Good question to ask statists: How do you live with such moral double standards
Strategies For Advancing Liberty â Building Alternative Structures To Government by Brad Warbiany
http://tinyurl.com/cwxjed
Just getting rid of the consequence of ideas (government) won't do; one must strike the ideological root
No civilized society can have taxation; all societies that tax are not civilized
Minimal self-respect means minimal respect for others
"Supreme Court" people are no different than the rest of us (except that they clearly don't understand natural and objective law)
No liberty lover should continue in efforts to work within government
It's important to use logic to understand one's beliefs and actions, so that one doesn't promote contradictions, i.e., things that defy the facts of reality
Empiricism mustn't be pursued at the expense of rationality; gathering evidence to determine a principle begs the question of the principle
People seem to naturally act contrary to what they profess; congruence is a challenge for all of us
Economic Means to Freedom - Part X by Frederick Mann
http://www.buildfreedom.com/economic/eco_10.html
Is the private sector really part of the public sector? in many ways, yes...
"People in the private sector typically support government by...
Licensing rackets mean poor customer service (http://completeliberty.com/chapter5.php#107)
Explore your subconscious with sentence stems: http://happinesscounseling.com
A main psychological goal is to think for yourself and take responsibility for your thoughts, feelings, and actions
Another great psychological resource: http://nathanielbranden.com
Subverting coercive nonsense: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/littlebrotheraudiobook/
your Liberation Factor minus your Enslavement Factor equals your Freedom Quotient
When non-compliance is done surreptitiously, it's not as powerful a promoter of liberty as overt non-compliance coupled with a principled liberty message
"The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves." Dresden James
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sanction_of_the_victim.html
In the workplace environment we really need to try to operate in the free enterprise sector, in order to live with congruence
One of the stipulations of http://tolfa.us is to quit your governmental job or any affiliations with government
The Rejection of Liberty by Rick Flame
http://rejectionofliberty.bravehost.com/
Taking governmental jobs and contracts is morally hazardous because it promotes the notion that initiatory force has a place in society
The people in government are caught in a paradigm of not behaving in a way that is morally consistent with what they know to be true: don't sacrifice others to self or self to others
http://agorism.info - one way to live freer
Treating people on equal (respectful) terms, regardless of what organization they're in, is the social goal
bumper music "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister
http://www.twistedsister.com/index-2.html  http://www.myspace.com/twistedsister ]]> podcasts Sat, 4 Jul 2009 03:13:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=499172# 01:24:09 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=496109# 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 ]]> podcasts Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:27:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=496109# 01:07:50 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=492859# 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 ]]> podcasts Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:28:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=492859# 01:09:39 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=490134# 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/ ]]> podcasts Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:48:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=490134# 01:30:30 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=487189# 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"
GuantÃnamo 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 GuantÃnamo 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 GuantÃnamo: 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 ]]> podcasts Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:14:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=487189# 00:49:51 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=484665# Walter Block believes that people are "hardwired" to reject free market economics (which denies volition)
Reparations and Restitution http://tinyurl.com/r3avdg (from: http://fee.org/library/podcasts/young-scholars-colloquium/)
Foundation For Economic Education Podcast rss feed: www.fee.org/podcast/rss.xml
Your mind is your tool of survival (nod to A.R.)
The tribal premise explains why most people reject free enterprise principles in politics
MSM encourages everyone to think like a tribal leader, and to worship political "leaders"
The deeper aspects of this learned behavior: http://www.psychohistory.com/
If religion and statism were natural outcomes of being human, indoctrination and propaganda wouldn't be needed
People have been conditioned to not challenge the corrupt forms of morality in their midst, in politics, in religion, and in the family
Academic intellectuals promulgate statist slavery for definite immoral reasons
Economic theories are rooted in people's moral codes, the two main ones being voluntary and involuntary
There's no such thing as legitimate crime
Dennis Prager's moral contradictions and self-induced political blindness (http://dennisprager.com)
You can never escape your own independent judgment to either follow your own moral code or follow someone else's moral code
The libertarian premise is about personal choice, making your own decisions
Playing politics is self-aggrandizement writ large
You can't create a just government (by definition)
What is Libertarian Centrism? by George Phillies
http://www.nolanchart.com/article6423.html
Libertarianism denounces the initiation of force, which means no rulers, no slaves no masters, no governments
Adherence to justice is the right thing to do; it has nothing to do with obedience
Equality laws beget more inequality and injustice; instead, everyone should be equally free
The Real Lincoln and Lincoln Unmasked by Thomas DiLorenzo
http://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Unmasked-Youre-Supposed-Dishonest/dp/030733841X/
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=204650-1
The only consistent form of libertarianism is libertarian anarchism (i.e., anarcho-capitalism)
The false nutritional theory of government (terrible things will happen if you don't have some gvt)
Rands three rules; inconsistent libertarians will lose in principle to the enemies of liberty:
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/principles.html
The idea of "President" is an invalid concept, just like the rest of the noncepts of politics, such as "states" of "nations"
Libertarians need to take off their rose-colored glasses of statism
Reaffirming Libertarianism by Tibor Machan
http://www.freedompolitics.com/articles/told-1014-libertarian-complacency.html
Being parasites, politicians create nothing; they bring no products or services to market
The American colonies were also collectives ruled by governmental rulers
Episode 24 - Another unfree birthday for America (for a logical analysis of the Declaration of Independence)
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=357077
Each person has the right to contract or not to contract, which those in government infringe upon
Government as "legitimate"--the horrible contradiction within the libertarian movement
It all goes back to the family, once again--disrespectful parenting
The contradictory meme of government disallows people to grow up and become full-fledged, independent adults
Everyday Anarchy Part 4 of 7 by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/molyneux/molyneux5.html
"It is more accurate to say that these contradictions were visible exactly to the degree that they were avoided. Everyone walked through a minefield, claiming that it was not a minefield, but unerringly avoiding the mines nonetheless." S.M.
When "law" is not based on natural laws principles, i.e., principles of justice (and rectification of wrongs), then it's merely a statist opinion backed by a gun
bumper music "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg" by the Ramones
http://www.officialramones.com/store.html  http://www.amazon.com/Ramones-Mania/dp/B000002LDX
]]> podcasts Wed, 27 May 2009 18:11:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=484665# Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=481581# http://ronpaul.meetup.com/93/calendar/9410200/
Anarcho-Capitalism Resources
http://ronpaul.meetup.com/93/messages/boards/thread/6854056#27484041
Some Fun With Definitions
http://polycentricorder.blogspot.com/2009/05/some-fun-with-definitions.html
bumper music "Carmina Burana - O Fortuna" composed by Carl Orff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff
e.g., http://www.amazon.com/Carmina-Burana-O-Fortuna/dp/B001XIM4MU/
and http://tinyurl.com/c8dl5b ]]> podcasts Wed, 20 May 2009 14:50:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=481581# 02:05:06 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=478034# Pirates vs. Emperors by Joseph Nevins
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/05/07-6
Cruise ship attacked by pirates used sonic weapon (couldn't find exact article referenced)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-07-cruise-blast_x.htm
Governments have once again prevented effective measures of self-defense, this time at sea
Accountability for mice and impunity for lions; U.N. is a ridiculous organization
"Government" serves as a shield to protect its employees from wrongdoing
Rulers nab bad guys so they themselves aren't perceived as bad rulers
Initiatory force versus retaliatory force is a critical distinction
The Authoritarian Mindset
http://aynrkey.blogspot.com/2009/05/authoritarian-mindset.html
The most docile slaves and the most demented dictators are psychologically similar; both are driven by fear and pseudo self-esteem, fostered in childhood of course and bolstered by the violent institution known as government
Fundamentals of Voluntaryism (nod to Carl Watner)
http://voluntaryist.com/fundamentals/introduction.php
The Epistemological Argument; The Economic Argument; The Moral Argument; The Natural Law Argument; The Means-End Argument; The Consistency Argument; The Integrity, Self-Control, and Corruption Argument
Ideas, both good and bad, are bulletproof
"Vital" services are determined by those in the marketplace, not by mafias with flags
All prosperity occurs in spite of the parasitism by the State
http://anarchy.tv - using logical ideas in fictional stories to reveal truths and portray a better world
Abolition of the coercive tools of government engenders respect in the populace, not rebelliousness and chaos
To restrict people's freedom is do a terrible thing
People aren't coerced to work in government--they choose to coerce others!
http://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728
Government (and parents) seek to alter "citizens'" (and children's) volition via threats and punishments
Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
http://www.constitution.org/la_boetie/serv_vol.htm
As people stop supporting their "rulers," they gain more freedom
Simple disobedience and non-compliance break the well-oiled (obeyed) governmental machine
Empathy begins with recognition of how oneself has been subjected to tyranny
Playing politics violates all the principles of voluntaryism
There is no respectful or logical alternative to individuals making their own choices
One man, SamIAm, refusing to comply with authoritarian sociopaths...
http://freekeene.com/2009/05/04/sams-jail-blog-wednesday-april-29/
The stupid pop behaviorism of laws and retribution fosters, among other things, the slacker mentality
People working in the "corrections system" are prime examples of irresponsibility, because they imprison rights-respecting people
"Judges" do a major disservice to the concept of justice; they violate individuals' rights on a daily basis
How does a group of people get a superior claim to your life and property? Illogically, immorally, and unjustly
Robo-scientist's first findings by Victoria Gill
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7979113.stm
Amazingly beneficial scientific innovations and discoveries are in store for us--especially as governmental funding declines
Scientists need to become fully aware of the moral issues and of how government stifles scientific progress
Metaphysical poem: Imagine
http://devernay.free.fr/paradoxlost/html/imagine.html
bumper music "Holiday in Cambodia" by Dead Kennedys
http://www.deadkennedys.com/albums_fresh.html  http://www.myspace.com/deadkennedys ]]> podcasts Wed, 13 May 2009 08:26:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=478034# 01:08:02 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=474572# http://www.strike-the-root.com/91/davies/davies8.html
"Government" pretends to be a higher authority than yourself
Become part of The Online Freedom Academy http://tolfa.us
Government is destined to destroy itself economically
There's nothing free about government
Twenty Twenty-Two by Jim Davies http://www.strike-the-root.com/71/davies/davies15.html
Capitalism creates a greater and greater supply of values
The bigger the supply or surplus, the more government steals
As long as people can reap the rewards of applying their own intelligence, prosperity is assured
James Burke's great Connections program - http://www.mahalo.com/James_Burke
...couldn't find referenced Industrial Revolution episode, but these two are pretty close:
James Burke : The Day The Universe Changed: "Credit Where It's Due", 3 of 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g413rYkYL7I
James Burke : The Day The Universe Changed: "Credit Where It's Due", 4 of 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YmR-BtJx-k
MO of government is to cater to special interests at everyone else's expense; "laws" are passed to facilitate this
Government is an easy (but unjust) way to take from some in order to give to others--while making it look virtuous
The principle of property is denied with any level of taxation
The scary thing about the prospect of undiluted freedom is that it challenges the deeply held belief in "authority"
The 5 Most Popular Safety Laws (That Don't Work) by Robert Evans
http://www.cracked.com/article_17216_5-most-popular-safety-laws-that-dont-work.html
Speed limits; Three Strikes laws; The Amber Alert; Sex Offender Registries; Zero Tolerance Policies at School
The Power of Design by Richard Farson, a statist intellectual with some stateless tendencies...
http://www.greenway.us/index.php?id=112
Government, as a coercive monopoly on so-called justice, can't effectively apprehend criminals, nor is it incentivized to do so
Another MO of government is inducing fear and paranoia in the populace
"Laws" don't prevent bad people from doing bad things; "laws" violate individual rights and foster irresponsibility
We should have zero tolerance of governmental nonsense
Commentary: Legalize drugs to stop violence by Jeffrey A. Miron
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/miron.legalization.drugs/
Story pertaining to Ca medical marijuana dispensary owner Charles Lynch
http://reason.tv/video/show/760.html ; http://reason.tv/video/show/510.html ; http://reason.tv/video/show/736.html
Change we can be jailed for by Greg
http://fr33agents.com/change-we-can-be-jailed-for/
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/226362/april-30-2009/ethan-nadelmann
The rights-infringing actions of governmental employees are mostly shielded by a false perception of legitimacy
Each person has the right to consume whatever he or she wants
We need to get rid of the prohibition on justice in the marketplace, i.e., get rid of government
The violence of government traumatizes entire civilizations
The Nature Of Present Government http://www.logicallearning.net/libnatureofgover.html
Contradictions will always be psychologically and existentially destructive
People fear their future in relation to others if they practiced honesty (via RTR http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR )
An active mindset is key to your personal evolution--and to getting rid of an institution that stifles your choices
Parents who listen to their children and treat them with respect help build a much better world
bumper music "I Can't Drive 55" by Sammy Hagar
http://www.redrocker.com/index.php?s=media&a=discography&aid=16
http://www.myspace.com/sammyhagar ]]> podcasts Wed, 6 May 2009 01:39:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=474572# 01:20:14 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=467558# Report #TL07A: THE ANATOMY OF SLAVESPEAK by Frederick Mann
http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml
"It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head." Sally Kempton
It's the nature of slavespeak to keep you in your place, i.e., oppressed
Terrocrat--coercive political agent
"...it's absolutely vital that you understand that the primary means terrocrats use to subjugate, control, and dominate their victims is words." F.M.
Beware the cattle guards for your mind, which are typically devised for you at an early age
The fundamentally irrational nature of spanking, or "tough love," rests on rationalizations for evil actions
Authoritarian sociopaths demand "respect" (in the form of fear and obedience), but turn-about is not fair play
Rationalizations support pseudo self-esteem and vice versa; if you don't honor yourself, you won't honor others
People in government commit crimes (such as extortion and kidnapping) with impunity, crimes which are forbidden to individuals
"[The State] will give you everything if you worship it, this new idol: thus it buys for itself the luster of your virtues and the glance of your proud eyes." Nietzsche
People have to maintain the language of seeming truth in order to maintain their power
People falsely believe that they would suffer if the State fell
The language of liberty (and euphemisms) are used to cover up the tyranny of statism
In general, slave-mentality can consist of many elements...
Each of us is responsible for our own happiness
Life is neither fair nor unfair; fairness is a concept that concerns human relationships
"It's the law" is slavespeak that denies taking personal responsibility for injustice and immorality
There are psychological payoffs for feeling down and out
"A belief that you have to sacrifice part of your earnings, property, etc. 'for the good of society'" spells complete enslavement
Absolute truth is absolutely true :)
http://www.ozarkia.net/bill/anarchism/Fallacies.html#Self%20Exclusion
Thanks for all the letters! by Sam Dodson (aka SamIAm)
http://freekeene.com/2009/04/23/thanks-for-all-the-letters/#more-1887
http://www.youtube.com/ObscuredTruth
How many civil disobedients and libertarian voices will it take to instill freedom memes in the general populace?
In a free market you get what you pay for, and you only get what you want--unlike imposed governmental "services"
Book TV on C-SPAN2 - Top Nonfiction Authors Every Weekend - Robert Higgs
http://www.booktv.org/watch.aspx?ProgramId=ID-10300
who's your nanny? by Trevor Bothwell
http://bothwell.typepad.com/whos_your_nanny/2009/04/american-the-idol.html
Conflation of State and society disarms the masses and perpetuates the Stockholm syndrome
Mass cognitive dissonance circulating in the culture on account of the State
Orthodox Objectivist claptrap: http://capitalism.org/faq/anarchism.htm
"Legitimacy" of government is fostered by virtue of being a coercive "legalized" monopoly
Individual rights exist prior to any government; you are free to make choices by virtue of being a rational animal
The magnitude of the problem of government is reflected in slavespeak and failure to reason from first principles (and defining terms) as well as rewards for obedience
The choice for budding Objectivists: become a Randroid, or become an independent thinker (and thus anarcho-capitalist)
Once you abandon your search for truth, you succumb to your fears
Government equals completely communized justice; a monopoly of "justice" will always provide the worst quality at the highest price
Galt's Gulch was anarchy!
Fear of "competing gangs" stems from fear of others, not trusting them to be responsible individuals
"I swear--by my life and my love of it--that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." John Galt
bumper music "drum-1a" by friend and Free Stater Roger Grant (better song title might be "Black Robe Incantation...")
http://www.politicalgraffiti.com; couldn't find exact link
]]> podcasts Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:06:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=467558# 01:03:59 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=456814# Most people believe in the memes of statism and collectivism, having attended governmental schools
The Ugly War on Immigrants: Snatch-and-Jail Justice? By Dave Lindorff
http://counterpunch.org/lindorff04142009.html
Lack of empathy for others follows from dehumanization of them and vice versa
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/racism.html
La Migra, the official U.S. kidnapper and ruiner of people's lives
The twisted bureaucracy of many names - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Naturalization_Service
Calling fellow human beings "illegal aliens" leads to violating their rights as human beings--first and foremost, their right to travel and to live and work in particular places
You simply can't be for liberty and for "border security"
"Representatives" don't and can't be valid agents for individuals
Ron Paul's statist ramblings based on economic and historical ignorance that play on unjustifiable fears, which is typical of politicians:
Immigration Reform in 2006? by Ron Paul
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul343.html
We all should look forward to the day when more people ignore unjust, immoral laws, which have NOTHING to do with legitimate torts and thus have no complaining party (in other words, no individual rights were violated)
Baptist pastor beaten + tazed by Border patrol - 11 stitches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUzd7G875Hc
My own recent story about dealing with the border patrol jackboots for about 6hrs; the scene of the crime was about a dozen miles north of the actual "border" - http://tinyurl.com/d9l4sq
It's vital to delegitimatize the collectivistic memes of nationalism and "citizenship"
Self-defense is hardly possible when criminal activity (of governmental "officials") is legalized and legitimatized
Playing the 4th Amendment card or using other USC appeals fosters police state dehumanization dynamics
The jackboots are destroying liberty in order to allegedly protect it
Obedience to a job description, regardless of its irrationality, is no excuse for rights-violating behaviors
The Third Reich has arrived, once again
It's important to parse out the language explicitly about having to bend your will to authoritarian sociopaths' immoral and unjust orders--in order to make them aware of their coercion
As more people wake up to the nature of tyranny, the tyrants' way of life will eventually come to an end
The Founding Fathers weren't asked for their "papers"; but present day "authorities" would consider them enemies of the State ("terrorists")
Humans owe no allegiance to any "nations"; that would be a form of slavery
The government is this magical place where crimes become legal (and evil becomes good, and ignorance is strength, and freedom is slavery, and war is peace...)
The Freedom to Move by Oscar W. Cooley and Paul L. Poirot
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-freedom-to-move/
A communized justice service (government) can never protect you against fraud and coercion
Unquestionable familial "authorities" train us to embrace a monopolies of coercion
http://freekeene.com, a place for cataloguing smart libertarian activism
People in government are not your "servants"; rather, they presume to be your masters
 http://www.marcstevens.net/content/view/26/33/
Obedience to unjust laws is contrary to living a rational life
Conformity to various customs is an individual affair, having nothing to do with law
Only one type of person pulls a gun and makes you do "business" with them: a criminal (or mafia with a flag)
Christian morality of self-sacrifice is quite problematic
Dispelling the various economic fallacies and fears of immigration...
Socialism's focus on consumption and "equitable distribution" ignores the nature of production and the ever-expanding marketplace
The Goal Is Freedom: Free To Migrate by Sheldon Richman
http://www.ilw.com/articles/2009,0402-richman.shtm
If you don't want people living off the dole, get rid of the damn dole!
Natural rights applies to non-english speakers with foreign traditions too; culture can't be engineered
"As long as people people live in peace, what's the problem?" S.R.
Thoughts on Freedom: Absorbing Immigrants by Donald J. Boudreaux
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/thoughts-on-freedom-absorbing-immigrants/
No individual has the right to infringe on another's rights, to impede another's travel and freedom of contract
"Public property" is a contradiction in terms; "private property" is a redundancy
Essentially all the area that government controls can be homesteaded by respectful people; "border patrol" or "police" simply have no jurisdiction
A free economy invites synergistic relationships; competition also fosters good customer service
The Privatization of Roads and Highways by Walter Block
http://www.mises.org/store/Privatization-of-Roads-and-Highways-P581.aspx
http://mises.org/books/roads_web.pdf
What Anarchism Means To Me by CatFarmer
http://www.catfarmer.com/str/whatanarchismmeans.html
"Anarchism is my statement of intention to mind my own business, and not to interest myself in yours beyond what is welcome, mannerly, and appropriate to our relationship, because I expect the same courtesy from you." C.F.
"We honor our differences with people we respect; they do not ask our approval or we theirs, yet behold, we get along with them. Mutual respect is an affirmation of shared humanity, and it speaks in a universal tongue." C.F.
"Good intentions are no excuse for making prisoners and hostages of people who have less political clout than you do." C.F.
"Anarchism is sincere belief in diversity put to the test in practice, and a guarantee that diversity will thrive." C.F.
Complete liberty is a system in which people are autonomous, making their own choices (as they do in the marketplace)
It's important to walk people through the corrupt concept of "legitimate authority" (via defining terms)
As a person, as a human being, you have a right to exist for your own sake
Further reading about a free society:
For A New Liberty by Murray Rothbard
http://mises.org/rothbard/foranewlb.pdf
The Market For Liberty by Morris and Linda Tannehill
http://freekeene.com/2008/02/07/the-market-for-liberty-pdf/
Practical Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux
http://freedomainradio.com/free/#PA
It's important to turn the moral tables on those who've chosen to be authoritarian sociopaths; never kowtow
NH: Cops drag liberty activists from court, arrest five
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AVnwBODuWY
Acts of violence beget more violence--and they tend to obscure the gun in the room
Asking for accountability from people engaged in an extortion racket is a fool's game
bumper music "Born In The U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen
http://www.brucespringsteen.net/songs/BornInTheUSA.html  http://www.myspace.com/brucespringsteen ]]> podcasts Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:51:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=456814# 01:59:37 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=454189# http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/04/libertarian-party-email-47-of-americans-reject-capitalism-fight-back-paul/
Just 53% Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/just_53_say_capitalism_better_than_socialism
Unfortunately, the current fascist welfare State is already pretty socialist; the memes of enslavement are here
The LP believes that defeating politicians via elections will defeat the socialistic memes, but liberty-minded voters is oxymoronic
If we could vote our way to liberty, it would be illegal!
Did the Founders "work within the system"? Nope
Yet, the Founders, rather than getting rid of government and its rulers, just changed the faces and created a more tyrannical State (now the biggest in the world)
Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Archenemy Betrayed the American Revolution â and What It Means for America Today by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
http://www.mises.org/store/Hamiltons-Curse-P534.aspx
Authoritarian sociopaths, i.e., "rulers," have pseudo self-esteem, a concept Nathaniel Branden outlined
What Self-Esteem Is and Is Not
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/articles_essays/what_self_esteem.html
Society can't be made better via the force and fraud of government
"The public" doesn't exist; only individuals exist
Do people understand what capitalism is? Its critics don't seem to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism#Criticism
The dictionary definition of capitalism: an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
We don't have capitalism today; we have fascism and socialism
Any interaction that doesn't involve free trade is a net loss, a zero-sum or less-than-zero-sum experience
Hmm, why do you think that governments--unlike businesses--don't offer money-back guarantees? Because they don't trade; they loot and destroy
Capitalism, i.e., free trade based on property rights, doesn't lead to economic turmoil or exploitation or pollution; only lack of property rights enforcement coupled with government and its attempts at "regulating" lead to those bad things
Kazakhstan: Nuclear Testing Aftermath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrTGloWEIAA
Russia's Black Future by Shanti Menon
http://discovermagazine.com/1996/feb/russiasblackfutu701
If you don't have private ownership, no one is going to take responsibility
FEE: Privatizing Roads and Oceans (Walter Block) MP3
http://odeo.com/episodes/24076766-FEE-Privatizing-Roads-and-Oceans-Walter-Block-MP3
The Privatization of Roads and Highways by Walter Block
http://www.mises.org/store/Privatization-of-Roads-and-Highways-P581.aspx
http://mises.org/books/roads_web.pdf
Superpower communized roads--great stuff! (except for 40,000 people dying on them every year in the USA)
The enemies of liberty (typical intellectuals) believe that people are weak and inept; they can't survive as responsible individuals in the marketplace; so, others (who are ~somehow~ responsible) must provide for them
Hypothetical Answer On Political Parties by Jonathan Wilde
http://www.distributedrepublic.net/archives/2004/11/05/hypothetical-answer-on-political-parties/
Public choice theory, etc. predicts that libertarians will always be at a disadvantage in an electoral system
Elections yield "laws" and redistribute wealth according to political wishes; voters want a "return on investment"
The "public good" of liberty simply can't be supplied by government, no matter what or who you vote for
Personal control of politics through voting is illusory
Two things that governmental people offer you: stolen wealth (tax dollars) and threats of coercion if you disobey
The free rider notion doesn't apply when a coercive monopoly is involved, that is, when services are being forced on you
Our Problem Is Immorality by Walter E. Williams
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/09/OurProblemIsImmorality.htm
To Walter Williams and anyone else who is morally confused: You own yourself and your property, and no one has an unjust claim on either. Period. Taxation makes you a slave.
The Constitution is not a contract; it doesn't give anyone legitimate authority to take your stuff
Defining one's terms exposes the moral corruption and evils of governmental officials; the morally "gray" area is where people get away with bloody murder
"The Cult of Moral Grayness" by Ayn Rand
http://freedomkeys.com/ar-moralgrayness.htm
Government is the result of a collectivistic Stockholm syndrome and generally low self-esteem in the populace, fostered by "authorities" in early life
Complete liberty represents a boost in the self-esteem of individuals; recognize yourself as 100 percent sovereign (fully self-owned)
Historic Senator Robert Byrd Imploded In Controlled Demolition
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/historic_senator_robert?utm_source=a-section
addendum notes:
http://www.agorism.info/start
http://www.karlhessclub.org/
http://www.amazon.com/Capitalism-Kids-Growing-Your-Boss/dp/0942617355
"forcing" anarchy on others isn't possible; not infringing on others' rights is the essence of peacefulness
Beware the fallacy of stolen-concept in debates - http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/stolenconcept.html
The God of Atheists by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.lulu.com/content/1338588
Self-attack (not honoring yourself) is the root cause of disrespect and societal ills; so, as usual, freedom is an inside job
Join the club - http://anarchme.ning.com/
bumper music "The Sith-Imperial March Remix" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCc0tmkvnBc
http://mp3.rhapsody.com/john-williams/the-star-wars-trilogy/the-imperial-march ]]> podcasts Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:05:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=454189# 01:14:53 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=451750# 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 ]]> podcasts Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:45:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=451750# 00:58:17 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=448953# 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 ]]> podcasts Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:23:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=448953# 00:44:02 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=446347# 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
Iâve Evolved â 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 ]]> podcasts Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:12:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=446347# 01:00:23 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=443707# 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/ ]]> podcasts Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:29:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=443707# 00:46:32 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=441251# 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
âGoing Galtâ: Everyoneâs 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 youâve 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 ]]> podcasts Mon, 9 Mar 2009 03:23:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=441251# 00:44:10 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=438584# 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 Paulâs 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: FreedomâAn 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 ]]> podcasts Sun, 1 Mar 2009 21:28:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=438584# 00:55:03 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=435992# 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 ]]> podcasts Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:03:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=435992# 01:20:26 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=433215# 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 ]]> podcasts Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:27:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=433215# 00:39:59 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=430960# The Peopleâs 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 'weâre 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 ills of identifying with the coercive gang and seeing their orders as legitimate
Pursuing one's rational self-interest entails respecting the rights of other people
Common decency entails respect for persons, property, and agreements
Libertarian principles cannot engender TPR
Wealth and technology enable people to withdraw and resist statism (http://freestateproject.org as a product of info tech)
The process and goals of civil disobedience--coupled with education in libertarian principles
Very commendable site: http://cdevolution.org/
Liberty lovers must raise "law enforcers'" awareness of the moral issues and make it unbearable for them (and statists in general) to pretend that their activities are legitimate, noble, and just
Police and courts depend on individual rights-violators to rationalize their own rights-violating gang--thus perpetuating their immoral scheme of unjust laws
Reaching out to the silent majority of Americans who share the libertarian credo of common decency is key to good activism :)
bumper music "Spanish Romance" by Liona Boyd - First Lady of Guitar (Album: The Best of Liona Boyd)
http://www.classicalguitar.com/
]]> podcasts Sun, 8 Feb 2009 05:28:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=430960# 01:37:12 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=428203# 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/ ]]> podcasts Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:27:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=428203# 00:57:29 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=425371# 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 astra, and beyond...
bumper music "School's Out" by Alice Cooper
http://www.myspace.com/officialalicecooper  http://www.alicecooper.com/ ]]> podcasts Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:51:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=425371# 01:07:22 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=423549# 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 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
Conforming Creativity by Doug French
http://www.lewrockwell.com/french/french104.html
The goal is to be a dynamic and curious individual, regardless of your age
Montessori's notice of the "camouflages of adults" who seek to dominate children and her wonderful observations of child psychology (referenced here: http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html)
bumper music "More Than Useless" by Relient K
http://www.relientk.com/music.aspx ]]> podcasts Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:15:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=423549# 01:42:29 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=420381# 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 Rights looks good on paper (supposedly restraining despotic government), it harbors a false premise--it legitimizes a coercive institution that violate individual rights on a daily basis
To defy property taxes (i.e., extortion) is heroic--it's crucial to stand up for logic, property rights, and especially individual learners
Sudbury model (the "free school" model) compared and contrasted with Montessori, Waldorf, and Progressive schools (and "student government"), as well as homeschooling
http://www.sudval.org/
A couple useful resources (basically, parentally unstructured homeschooling): http://www.unschooling.org/index.htm and http://www.unschooling.com/
The fastest and best way to help kids become educated, self-esteeming, and mature is to respect their right to make choices as individual learners
Interest (intrinsic motivation) is the only criterion for engaging in any activity, and satisfaction the only evaluation of success (Sudbury model, or any enlightened pedagogy)
My favorite child psychology book: The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8977399
A learner who doesn't know what to learn (no imposed lesson plan), will then learn how to know what to learn! Learning as manifestation of the entrepreneurial spirit
Boredom as learning experience; people's discomfort with themselves is yet another product of governmental schools
Democratic decision-making denies self-responsibility and objectivity, though it is a good tool for quelling dissent and imposing self-blame (You, it's what's for dinner!)
The two aspects of government that really suck--the one that doesn't work for you (even though it's supposed to) and the one that works for those in charge
Democracy: The God That Failed: The Economics And Politics Of Monarchy, Democracy, And Natural Order by Hans-Hermann Hoppe http://tinyurl.com/lv7xr
Psychologist Carl Rogers' fabulous quotation about the proper educational attitude: "To free curiosity; to permit individuals to go charging off in new directions dictated by their own interests; to unleash the sense of inquiry; to open everything to questioning and exploration; to recognize that everything is in process of changeâhere is an experience I can never forget." (referenced here: http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html)
Ultimately, the governmental school is a processing plant: The child goes in; the obedient employee/soldier/taxpayer goes out
What's needed: The Practice of Self-Responsibility by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=36
bumper music "Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance
http://mychemicalromance.com/ ]]> podcasts Thu, 8 Jan 2009 05:40:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=420381# 01:43:05 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=417562# 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 socialization entails independent people coming together with mutual interests, trading value for value, just like anything else in the marketplace
We need to see beyond the coercive monopolies that have blinded us from amazingly beneficial possibilities in education (and the rest of the economy)
bumper music "Schools Are Prisons" by the Sex Pistols
http://www.sexpistolsofficial.com/  http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/page/0,,1726210-4679121,00.html ]]> podcasts Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:40:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=417562# 00:35:50 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=416001# 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 resistance to change; being attacked by fellow slaves who accept the constant theft, violence, and lies of government; such attacks reveal that they know the moral nature of the argument and they concede defeat
Curiosity requires a level of emotional intelligence (respect for feelings) that most people still need to achieve
It's idiotic to believe that authoritarian sociopaths have any regard whatsoever for you as an individual, or for your freedoms
Just as farmers benefit from having free range chickens that produce more for them, authoritarian sociopaths benefit from giving their perceived "livestock" the illusion of being free so that they produce more for them; this is the matrix we live in
True News 13: Statism is Dead - Part 3 - The Matrix by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P772Eb63qIY
Who really are the human farmers, i.e., slave masters? Statist intellectuals who feed off others and thus justify institutionalized coercion (government)
The drug war as an example of erroneous thinking about morality and law, in which breaking "the law" is equivalent to being immoral (again, following from the master/slave relationship)
"The law" or "State" can never be the victim; individuals are the real victims within such a demented system--and governmental officials are the real criminals
The Socialism of Public Schooling by Jacob G. Hornberger
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0811c.asp
Elegantly exposing the contradiction: "Advocates of government schooling claim that parents are not competent to make educational decisions for their children. That raises an obvious question: Why not? Arenât most parents products of public schooling? If public schooling has produced a nation of adults who lack the competence to guide their childrenâs education, why do we want to continue a system that is likely to produce the same result?"
The communistic methods of coercive funding and provision of education utilize vouchers as a trojan horse to further control non-governmental education
The institution of government is based on the idea that you don't own yourself, that you are a slave to statist "authorities"
Thus it's crucial to challenge the pemes (political memes) that are in our heads
#TL074: PEME-THEORY - BASIC, INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED by Frederick Mann
http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl074.shtml
#TL075: PEMES = POLITICAL MEMES by Frederick Mann
http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl075.shtml
Project Abolish Stupidity & Increase Intelligence by Frederick Mann
http://www.buildfreedom.com/stupidity/abolish_stupidity.html
Further historical reading: The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/index.htm
bumper music "School Sucks" by White Birch Home School Players (starring Robert Ryan Keech)
School Sucks - Low Budget Music Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpkrWuXn2RE ]]> podcasts Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:29:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=416001# 01:04:19 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=413682# 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 oneâs 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 Founding Fathers' liberty-oriented rhetoric
An alternative historical view: Voices Of A People's History Of The United States by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove (eds) http://tinyurl.com/njfch
Most advocates of the governmental system deny and evade the "gun in the room," i.e., the coercive nature of their views
Essentially "the system" discourages individuals from challenging "authority," despite the objective need for a mutually respectful ethics
No one can make choices for you, fundamentally; objectivity demands that you open your mind
A free society entails people making their own choices about education
The key is to free your mind from the mythologies from childhood; remember that when you were being taught about government, it was likely by a governmental employee within a governmental school
You were told to believe in and take bites out of "invisible apples," as Stefan Molyneux has astutely noted:
http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/how_to_control_a_human_soul.mp3
bumper music "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd
http://www.pinkfloyd.com/  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bvT-DGcWw
]]> podcasts Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:57:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=413682# 00:54:13 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=411803# 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/
]]> podcasts Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:24:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=411803# 00:22:13 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=409309# 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
]]> podcasts Wed, 3 Dec 2008 06:48:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=409309# 00:48:30 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=406948# 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 ITâS NATURAL TO BE FREE, WHATâS 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 Constitutionâs 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 itâs 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 itâs supporting theology are not here to promote freedom or protect 'Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness'; itâs 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 these matters is to reassess the nature of one's volitional capacity and one's fears of others, which entails addressing the moral corruption and authoritarianism in family life; "Do this because I said so" is the same as "Obey this law (because we wrote it down)"
Are We There Yet, Are We There Yet? Letâs Check Marx and Engelsâs List by Robert Higgs
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2366
The Timeless Allure Of Communism
http://completeliberty.com/chapter1.php#15
Government needs to make slaves out of adults (property tax payers) to indoctrinate future tax payers (kids in schools of government)
"Remember the government's motto: you've got money, and we want it."
"Therefore, in the present distressing circumstances, we may be warranted in asking: is our politico-economic system finally going smash in a frenzy of monetary inflation, bailouts, and government takeovers? Weâll know the answer pretty soon."
So, what can we do? Focus on passing moral judgment; point out to others the coercion at the base of society (the gun in the room:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/molyneux/molyneux29.html); and, get people out of your life who behave in morally corrupt ways and advocate coercion
Ultimately, it's either statism or voluntarism; mutual respect of persons and property is the ideal
bumper music "Gimmee_Dada Orwell-REMIX" by Roger Grant and Dada Orwell (aka Dave Ridley)
http://www.politicalgraffiti.com/nhfree/music/Gimmee_Dada_Orwell-REMIX.mp3 ]]> podcasts Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:59:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=406948# 00:41:50 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=404742# 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/
]]> podcasts Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:36:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=404742# 01:20:54 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=402117# 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
FreedomâAn 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 rationally, so they can live with themselves; the thinly veiled rationalizations of authoritarianism in parenting
Honoring the feelings of little people; some great video clips by psychologist Haim Ginott:
http://www.betweenparentandchild.com/index.php?s=content&p=free_parenting_video_clips
No one likes to be disrespected
"Getting kids to do things"; the nature of brutalizing behavior that parents are prone to indulge in, which denies self-responsibility and autonomy
Operant conditioning (rewards and punishments) begets more of itself, and it sets up an inhuman living environment
Some great empirical analysis on this issue: http://www.alfiekohn.org/books.htm
Seeing children as irresponsible, naughty, irrational, deficient, or flawed, is no different than the religious doctrine of Original Sin--and it excuses authoritarian sociopathy, i.e., pervasive disrespect
The flawed medical school model, as noted by Harvard business prof Clayton Christensen:
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3798.html
Good parenting is really about self-trust, a healthy relationship to one's own mind, and cultivating self-esteem, so that one nurtures it in others (especially children)
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=35
Central planners of all guises always seem to know "what's best for you"
The so-called "age of reason" (seven for Catholicism, btw) is no guide in understanding how to treat children appropriately
Julia Sweeney - Letting Go of God...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNELNq4XJKs
Two books addressing the moral corruption in families and thus in society - On Truth: The Tyranny of Illusion & Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.freedomainradio.com/free/
One must respect the will of the child, while offering rational guidance and education, in order to make the world a significantly better place
bumper music "Fortunate Son" from Chronicle, Vol. 1: The 20 Greatest Hits (and Willy & The Poor Boys) album by Creedence Clearwater Revival
http://www.johnfogerty.com/albums.html ; fan site: http://www.creedence-online.net/all_in_one/ ]]> podcasts Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:30:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=402117# 01:24:54 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=399607# 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 Governedâs 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 ]]> podcasts Tue, 4 Nov 2008 02:57:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=399607# 00:59:45 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=396836# 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://wconger.blogspot.com/2008/10/our-enemy-party.html
The ills of "partyarchy," i.e., vote-chasing and power-seeking; the absurd oxymoron of politician libertarianism
"The hopeless utopia of minarchy"
Distinction between politics and ethics, objectively speaking
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/morality.html
Seeking freedom via the State is wrong; to be consistent, one must favor not only abolition over gradualism but also market over power as the means to achieve freedom
SEKIII: "The State loses by each free transaction committed in defiance or evasion of its laws, regulations and taxes; the State gains by every compliance with, acceptance of, and payment to its institutions. Thus does agorism create anarchy and partyarchy preserve the State."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-economics
Objectivists will always lose their argument for government to their more statist comrades
Coffee and chocolate are the key to long life by Richard Gray, Science Correspondent
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/health/3223650/Coffee-and-chocolate-are-the-key-to-long-life.html
bumper music "Letter From The Government" by Brother Ali
http://www.brotherali.com/  http://www.myspace.com/brotherali
]]> podcasts Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:44:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=396836# 01:09:01 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=394992# 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 vision by L. Neil Smith
http://www.lneilsmith.org/utopian.html
Strip the veneer of legitimacy from governmental employees, and you reveal simply a group of violent thugs
Freeing your personal life is key to freeing society; lifting the black cloud of oppression from your life
The governmental gang as the root cause of other gangs
Childhood acceptance of the argument "Because I said so!" leads to cognitive and moral dissonance (bad things must be ok because good people do them)
We always have the choice to do the right thing or the wrong thing--and to pretend we're not aware of it
Security can't be provided by those who extort money from you!
Pain caused by denial of the truth; "owning" one's pain and letting go of it; being optimistic and curious
bumper music "A New Philosophy" by Zen Mechanics
http://www.myspace.com/zenmechanics ]]> podcasts Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:55:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=394992# 01:28:03 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=390270# 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 ]]> podcasts Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:47:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=390270# 00:50:18 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=387879# 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 ]]> podcasts Sun, 5 Oct 2008 15:30:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=387879# 01:16:19 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=385555# 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/
]]> podcasts Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:04:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=385555# 00:58:21 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=382364# 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 CapitalismâAnd 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 Womanâs 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_BY
Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes (best sound, imo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL_DT4DRxVA ]]> podcasts Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:48:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=382364# 00:35:44 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=380690# 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_of_Tonkin_Incident
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_advance-knowledge_debate
FDR, Pearl Harbor and the U.N. by John V. Denson
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/denson8.html
The Conspiracies of Empire by H. Arthur Scott Trask
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/trask1.html
Pearl Harbor Was No Surprise by Don Hull
http://www.strike-the-root.com/columns/Hull/hull5.html
Do Freedom of Information Act Files Prove FDR Had Foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor? by Robert B. Stinnett, Douglas Cirignano
http://www.independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=408
The Truth About Pearl Harbor: A Debate by Robert B. Stinnett, Stephen Budiansky
http://www.independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=445
Sixty-Three Years of Lies by Anthony Gregory
http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/gregory/gregory27.html
Man accused of making license plate 'disappear'
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/04/1827266-man-accused-of-making-license-plate-disappear
Live in accordance with rights-respecting free enterprise http://agorism.info/
With complete liberty (voluntary exchanges), everything will become more and more affordable; cost of living will continually decrease and standard of living will continually increase
In the lose/lose scenario of government (involuntary exchanges), those wielding power become slaves too--it's a race to the bottom, economically and psychologically
bumper music "Uncle Sam Goddamn" by Brother Ali
http://www.brotherali.com/  http://www.myspace.com/brotherali ]]> podcasts Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:29:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=380690# 01:04:36 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=375223# 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 â Actually â 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 ]]> podcasts Sat, 6 Sep 2008 04:41:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=375223# 01:38:01 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=372642# 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 anarchistâs 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]]> podcasts Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:16:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=372642# 01:25:20 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=370532# 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: âThe Parable of the Apple â or, How to control a human soul...â 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 Starchaser
http://www.myspace.com/starchaserofficial ]]> podcasts Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:08:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=370532# 01:14:55 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=368420# 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 Order
http://www.neworderonline.com/ ]]> podcasts Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:59:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=368420# 01:04:01 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=366188# 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 Jones
http://www.jesusjones.com/ ]]> podcasts Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:10:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=366188# 01:02:24 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=364744# 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 Chopin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ãtude_Op._10,_No._12_(Chopin)]]> podcasts Sat, 2 Aug 2008 04:16:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=364744# 01:10:39 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=362258# 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 Didnât 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 Wilco
http://www.billybragg.co.uk/releases/albums/mermaid_avenueII/merII11.html
]]> podcasts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:15:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=362258# 01:17:40 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=359601# 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 Lennon
http://johnlennon.com/html/discography.aspx?upc=724352485826 ]]> podcasts Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:34:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=359601# 00:53:08 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=357077# 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 Day
http://www.greenday.com/greenday.html ]]> podcasts Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:14:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=357077# 01:13:46 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=355201# 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 Wailers
http://www.bamstores.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3017162]]> podcasts Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:30:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=355201# 01:02:35 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=353441# 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 album
http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=6962 ]]> podcasts Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:05:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=353441# 01:02:20 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=351716# 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 CapitalismâAnd 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)
]]> podcasts Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:40:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=351716# 00:59:51 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=348850# 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 Apocalyptica
http://www.apocalyptica.com/ ]]> podcasts Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:47:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=348850# 01:12:14 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=346053# 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]]> podcasts Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:49:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=346053# 01:09:43 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=343753# 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 ]]> podcasts Tue, 27 May 2008 22:46:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=343753# 01:13:59 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=340999# 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 Kosheen
http://www.kosheen.com/ ]]> podcasts Mon, 19 May 2008 16:38:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=340999# 01:01:50 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=338255# 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 Clash
http://www.theclashonline.com/music/sandinista ]]> podcasts Mon, 12 May 2008 00:30:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=338255# 01:27:49 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=335518# 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 ]]> podcasts Sun, 4 May 2008 02:16:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=335518# 00:59:20 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=332830# 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 Libertyâ
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/
]]> podcasts Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:37:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=332830# 01:08:49 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=329359# Hawaiiâs 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/
]]> podcasts Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:48:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=329359# 01:26:55 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=326508# 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'Ât 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 DonÂt Believe in Atheists
Posted on May 23, 2007
"Chris Hedges reads from his essay at the Truthdig debate ÂReligion, 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 ]]> podcasts Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:48:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=326508# 00:57:53 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=324393# By Ned Resnikoff, Peter Hildebrand
http://www.cracked.com/article_15974_7-insane-conspiracies-that-actually-happened.html
Played condensed (my edits) version of the following interview from C-SPAN After Words podcast:
Philip Shenon author of "The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation" interviewed by Michael Duffy, assistant managing editor of TIME magazine
http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=9172&SectionName=Politics&PlayMedia=Yes
Analyzed the above interview (as well as terrorism and the "war on terror") from a complete liberty standpoint
Observations about the 9/11 truth movement
]]> podcasts Thu, 3 Apr 2008 06:31:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=324393# 01:02:32 Wes Bertrand No http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208120# In Search Of The Governed's Consent
Changes In Many Points Of View
First, Free A State

The bumper music is from an electronic song titled "Svalbard Theme" by Icebird. This is the closest link I could come to finding it (used to be available for free download at the old mp3.com):
http://www.cddkmusik.com/icebird.html

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Noticing The Obvious, And Judging It Properly
Liberty-Oriented Values and Virtues

The bumper music is from an electronic song titled, "The promised land" by Lagoona. Here's a link:
http://andreasviklund.com/music/lagoona/

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Welcome To The Bill Of Law
Making Sense Of Foreign Policy Nonsense

The bumper music is from an electronic song titled, "Happy Theme" by The Cynic Project:
http://www.tcpmusic.com/e107/news.php

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What Abouts And What Ifs: Last Ditch Attempts To Save The State

The bumper music is from an electronic song titled "BOMB the BASE [Paradise Decay] by NINA - Goddess of Dance, whose site is:
www.ninagoddess.com

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The Legal Jungle Of Patents, Copyrights, And Trademarks
The Nature of Contracts
How About IP In Perpetuity?
Creative Commons, And So On
How The Market Performs Without Intellectual Property

The bumper music is from an electronic song titled "Free space" by ANTINOMIE, again, so we're only left with the site with the new name and music:
www.myspace.com/nemystic

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Thou Shalt Not Take Full Responsibility For Your Own Treatment - Authorities Will Handle That
Thou Shalt Not Do Business Without Joining The State Guild - Licensure

The bumper music in this one is from an electronic song titled "The rebel" by ANTINOMIE, which is now apparently a different name. This is the closest I could come to finding the song (didn't find it):
http://www.myspace.com/nemystic

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The Sand And Molasses Of Statism: Regulation And Preventive Law
For Whom The Market Fails
Imagine A Free World
Effects Of Government On Producers And Consumers
Schemes Of Villainy

The bumper music for this episode comes from two songs, the first being "Imagination" by OOZ, and the second being "TRIP to the MOON" by NINA - Goddess of Dance. Here are the links:
http://www.funender.com/music/ooz
http://www.ninagoddess.com/

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After finishing the rest of chapter 2, we cover all of chapter 3, which is titled "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT (AFTER A BIT OF INSPECTION)." It contains the following sections:
Freedom In A Nutshell
Self-Ownership
Property Is An Extension Of Self-Ownership
To Those Who Dislike Property And Profit

The bumper music used in this episode is from the electronic song "The Wake (Mercy Cage remix)" by Abney Park. This particular remix doesn't seem available for free on their site (I got it from the old mp3.com years ago), but other versions are. Here's their link:
http://www.abneypark.com/

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Common And Uncommon Political Sense
General Welfare, Common Good, Public Interest: The Gateway Abstractions
How Politicians Work: Let Corruption Ring!
How The Military/Industrial Complex Works: You Scratch My back, Bombs Away!
The Constitutions Problems: Article I Section 8...Sadly, A Template For Disaster

The bumper music used is from a song titled "Tiny Nucleus" by OOZ. Here are a couple links: http://www.funender.com/music/bands/137/ http://music.download.com/ooz/3600-8357_32-100151447.html

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The Timeless Allure Of Communism
America, The Land Of Political Opinions Shaped By The State

The bumper music for this episode comes from an electronic song titled "MATRIX_Trinity_reload_." Unfortunately, I couldn't track down the artist (or mixer) for this one, though I could for the rest of the songs used in all the other episodes. Btw, I downloaded all of them freely from the old mp3.com website many years ago.

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]]> podcasts Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:06:00 GMT http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208067# 00:46:52 liberty, libertarian, libertarianism, freedom, politics, anarchism, anarchy, capitalism, free market, natural law, rights Wes Bertrand The Demise of the State and the Rise of Voluntary America Clean