Every so often, something reminds you that good fortune has brought you in touch with a remarkable family. Friendship seems to work that way: it brings families as well as individuals together. When my mother came to the United States from the Netherlands after World War II, she lived in Minneapolis to see if my [...]
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Free Thinkers Not So Welcome
Posted in US Government, war, tagged Franz Gayl on 2010.11.20 | Leave a Comment »
Anarchy vs. Minarchy
Posted in Alabama, alternative medicine, animals, blogging, children, civil liberties, coercion, communist monopoly, complete fucking stupidity, Cops Gone Wild, corruption, Courts and justice system, distress, elections, environment, free your mind, freedom, frickin' 'tards, general silliness, government waste, human rights abuses, Humanity, lice, megabitchery, monopolies, personal responsibility, pigs, police state, reader survey, Survey Says, The Rapture, Too Many Categories, Tribal Council, unusual behaviors, wanker food fight, war, weird shit on 2008.10.06 | 9 Comments »
Nothing to add to what’s been said about this by others. Just my attempt to get a threadjacking off IPR and bring it to where it is on subject. That is, here. If you have thoughts on the question, whether you find this from IPR or elsewhere, please add them in the comments.
Candidate Endorsement: Chris Bennett for Vice President
Posted in 2008 Elections, activism, campaigns, Constitution, constitutional rights, drug war, elections, Libertarian, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, platform, politics, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, Ron Paul, Thinking of Denver 2008, war, tagged Aaron Russo, abortion, activism, African-American, anti-tax, anti-war, Badnarik, ballot access, Bernard Schoenburg, Bill Clinton, blogosphere, brochures, campaign brochures, candidacy, candidate, Candidate Endorsement, Cedar Rapids, Chris Bennett, civil liberties, civil rights, college, Colorado, concentration camps, Constitution, constitutional rights, credit card, debit card, declaration of war, Denver, donation, drug war, economics, education, Evonne Bennett, fair tax, First Amendment, Fuhrer Bush, George Phillies, goal, government control, health care, Heritage high School, Hitler, Illinois, Internal Revenue Service, Iowa, IRA, Iraq War, IRS, Jesse Jackson, legalize drugs, Legislative Chair, Libertarian, Libertarian Convention, libertarian movement, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Party Convention, Libertarian Party of Illinois, libertarian philosophy, Littleton, LP, Marrou, Matt Stone, media, Military Commissions Act, Minorities, nomination, North American Union, Oral Roberts, Patriot Act, PayPal, Political studies, politics, presidential campaign, pro-life, race relations, Real ID, Richard Boddie, Richard Roberts, Ron Paul, Scheduling Coordinator, Second Amendment, South Park, Springfield, Springfield State Journal-Register, Steve Kubby, Taxation, television evangelist, third parties, third party, University of Illinois, US Government, Vice President, volunteer, vote, war, women on 2008.03.26 | Leave a Comment »
[NOTE: Originally posted on Last Free Voice] As you are hopefully all by now aware, longtime LFV contributor Chris Bennett is seeking the LP’s Vice Presidential nomination. While he would have my support simply for being an LFV contributor and a great guy, there is so much more to his candidacy that I have decided [...]
Is the VA prescribing a fatal cocktail to returning soldiers?
Posted in injured veterans, war, tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Andrew White, anger management, Bethesda, Cheryl Endicott, children, death, Department of Veterans Affairs, disturbed sleep patterns, drug, drug cocktail, epidemic, Eric Layne, excessive weight gain, Family, fatal, fatal drug cocktail, health, Iraq, Janette Layne, Jay Rockefeller, Kanawha City, Kanawha County, Klonopin, Logan County, media, military, Nicholas Endicott, obituaries, Parenting, Paxil, post-traumatic stress disorder, prescription, PTSD, respiration, Robert White, Senator Jay Rockefeller, Senator Rockefeller, Seroquel, Shirley White, sleep, soldier, Stan and Shirley White, Stan White, strange coincidence, tremors, Veterans Administration (VA), war, West Virginia on 2008.03.14 | Leave a Comment »
I found this very disturbing local story while looking for updates on the cop who hit and killed a pedestrian, dragged his body under the police cruiser for over half a mile, then claimed he didn’t know he had hit anyone. Apparently a lot of young soldiers are making it through the war, and coming [...]
Soldier gets friend to shoot him so he won’t have to go back to Iraq
Posted in unusual behaviors, war, tagged .32 caliber, accidental shooting, account, AM/PM Mini-Mart, Apple Valley, Apple Valley Country Club Golf Course, Apple Valley Police, Apple Valley Station, armed suspect, caliber, California, complications, conspiracy, conspire, Courts & Justice System, crime, crime scene, DA, Daniel Dotterrer, deputies, deputy, description, District Attorney, emergency room, enlist, ER, friend, golf course, gun, gunshot, health, helicopter, hospital, identification, investigation, Iraq, Kentucky, Law, law enforcement, leave, leg, Matthew John Myers, Matthew Myers, media, military, military ID, People in the news, ploy, point blank range, prisons, protest, Randy Gwaltney, revolver, rob, robbed, robbery, San Bernardino County, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, SBCSD Sheriff, search, Sgt. Randy Gwaltney, sheriff, Shine on you crazy diamond, shoot, shooting, shot, small caliber, St. Mary's Hospital, suspect, temporary leave, unusual behaviors, US Army, wallet, war, weapon on 2008.03.08 | Leave a Comment »
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Current Press Release PC 245 ADW / PC 182 CONSPIRACY –2/25/2008 APPLE VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE , Apple Valley VICTIM: SUSPECT: MATTHEW JOHN MYERS – DOB: 06-10-87 WMA – 20 YOA, OF APPLE VALLEY & DANIEL DOTTERRER – DOB: 09-26-87 WMA – 20 YOA, OF APPLE VALLEY [...]
Libertarian Party’s Resolution on Iraq War
Posted in Libertarian, Libertarian Party, war on 2008.02.26 | 1 Comment »
WHEREAS the government of the United States should return to its historical libertarian tradition of avoiding entangling alliances, foreign quarrels, and military adventures and; WHEREAS the armed forces of the United States have invaded Iraq, a foreign nation that neither directly attacked nor imminently threatened to attack the United States and; WHEREAS the injustice and [...]
CIA destroyed videographic proof of torture
Posted in Iraq, war on 2007.12.06 | 9 Comments »
Does this actually surprise anyone? The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about the C.I.A’s secret detention program, according to current and former government officials. The videotapes [...]
Bush lies. Again.
Posted in Bush, Iran, war on 2007.12.06 | Leave a Comment »
Bush continues to ignore the latest report about Iran’s nuclear program, claiming Iran is a serious nuclear threat, while simultaneously taking credit for the end of Iran’s nuclear program. Huh? Is it just me, or does that not make any sense at all? The Bush administration has spent years warning that Iran’s development of nuclear [...]
Note to Bush: Iran has no nuclear weapons
Posted in Bush, Iran, war on 2007.12.03 | 4 Comments »
I thought I’d post this before it goes down the memory hole ….. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/middleeast/03cnd-iran.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains on hold, contradicting an assessment two years ago that Tehran was working inexorably toward building [...]
Lawsuit against US Department of Veterans Affairs alleges multiple abuses of injured war veterans
Posted in corruption, Department of Veterans Affairs, fraud, health, injured veterans, Iraq, military, war on 2007.07.23 | 2 Comments »
A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Iraq War veterans against the US Department of Veterans Affairs. A copy of the lawsuit complaint may be seen at http://www.mofo.com/docs/pdf/PTSD070723.pdf Along with a plethora of abuses alleged in that lawsuit, it is additionally alleged (as previously touched upon in this forum, when I noted [...]
Reno Gonzalez to accompany Cindy Sheehan to Iraq
Posted in Cindy Sheehan, Ed & Elaine Brown, free your mind, Iraq, military, politics, protest, Reno Gonzalez, self defense, war on 2007.07.20 | Leave a Comment »
From Reno Gonzalez’s myspace blog….. Understand this please… Current mood: peacefulfor those that do not yet understand; I am not at Elaine or Ed’s home any longer. There are three stories, what I was told by Ed and what Ed tells others, then the real reason. You can go ask ed why, I am tired [...]
And the propaganda machine keeps spinning …..
Posted in 9/11, CIA, complete fucking stupidity, corruption, crazy claims, free your mind, frickin' 'tards, George Bush, Guantanamo, human rights abuses, military, STFU, terrorism, torture, war, war crimes on 2007.07.20 | Leave a Comment »
According to this article, we’re supposed to believe that prisoners being held at Gitmo are being treated as if they’re merely guests of the goverment, while the only real abuse is directed at the guards. However, it’s far more likely that the government is sending military members back to the states with strict orders to [...]
Marine testifies that he sees nothing wrong with executing Iraqi civilians
Posted in 9/11, complete fucking stupidity, human rights abuses, Iraq, military, terrorism, unusual behaviors, war, war crimes on 2007.07.15 | 4 Comments »
From ABC News: A Marine corporal testifying in a court-martial said Marines in his unit began routinely beating Iraqis after officers ordered them to “crank up the violence level.” Cpl. Saul H. Lopezromo testified Saturday at the murder trial of Cpl. Trent D. Thomas. “We were told to crank up the violence level,” said Lopezromo, [...]
If The Chimperor Told The Truth…
Posted in 9/11, awefuckingtacular, chimperor, civil liberties, coercion, complete fucking stupidity, constitutional rights, cool new technology, corruption, free your mind, frickin' 'tards, general silliness, George Bush, human rights abuses, humor, insanetertainment, Martial Law, media, police state, politics, Republican Hacks, STFU, taxes, terrorism, texas, unusual behaviors, vote fraud, war, weird shit on 2007.07.01 | 3 Comments »
Yes, I know, I already had this up in the comments section, but more people probably read this than that, so I thought I’d put it up on the wall too…
CIA gone wild: secret prisons in Europe
Posted in CIA, human rights abuses, prisons, terrorism, war on 2007.06.24 | 6 Comments »
From ABC News: The CIA ran secret prisons in Europe, including in Poland, said the head of a European investigation who was to present new findings Friday on what he has called a “spider’s web” of human rights abuses during the war on terror. “We have proof, on the basis of information collected, of the [...]
God forbid that detainees should actually have rights …..
Posted in complete fucking stupidity, constitutional rights, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, George Bush, Guantanamo, STFU, war, weird shit on 2007.06.21 | 3 Comments »
By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 7 minutes ago WASHINGTON – The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility and move its terror suspects to military prisons elsewhere, The Associated Press has learned. Senior administration officials said Thursday a consensus is building for a proposal to shut [...]
Energy Vortex II
Posted in civil liberties, coercion, complete fucking stupidity, corporate welfare, draconian legislation, economics, environment, global warming, Gun Confiscation, health, history, homeless, Humanity, Iran, Iraq, Louisiana, Martial Law, media, Middle East, military, monopolies, NOLA, police state, political corruption, property rights, regulation, terrorism, The Katrina Fiasco, war on 2007.06.16 | Leave a Comment »
A while back I wrote about the Energy Vortex and others have commented on the same issue. The most cited instance of this is the War in Iraq (and possibly Afghanistan; it may have had a lot to do with the proposed oil pipeline through Afghanistan). This view of Operation Iraqi Liberation has worked its [...]
Pirates and Emperors
Posted in awefuckingtacular, civil liberties, coercion, communism, educational videos, free your mind, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, military, monopolies, politics, recruitment, terrorism, Uncategorized, war on 2007.06.02 | 4 Comments »
H/T djomama
Bush Administration Declares Anti-War Nobel Peace Prize Winner “Irrelevant”
Posted in 2008 Elections, 9/11, Big Brother, blogging, censorship, civil liberties, complete fucking stupidity, Constitution, constitutional rights, corruption, crazy claims, Democrats, free your mind, George Bush, Guantanamo, history, Humanity, Iraq, Jimmy Carter, Middle East, military, Nobel Peace Prize, police state, politics, Republican, Republican Hacks, STFU, terrorism, war on 2007.05.22 | 1 Comment »
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) – The White House on Sunday fired back at former President Jimmy Carter, calling him “increasingly irrelevant” a day after Carter described George W. Bush’s presidency as the worst in history in international relations.Carter, a Democrat, said on Saturday in an interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that “as far as the adverse [...]
McCain: The Manchurian Candidate
Posted in 2008 Elections, Adolf Giuliani, Alabama, censorship, civil liberties, coercion, communism, constitutional rights, corporate welfare, corruption, draconian legislation, fraud, Gun Confiscation, guns, history, Iran, Iraq, manchurian candidate, Martial Law, Middle East, military, monopolies, nanny state, personal responsibility, police state, political corruption, politics, Republican Hacks, Ron Paul, terrorism, The Second Amendment, war, weird shit on 2007.05.18 | 3 Comments »
With all the attention we have been paying to Republican Presidential candidates Adolf Giuliani and Ron Paul lately, I thought it would be only fair to say a word or two about creepy warmonger John McCain. Here he is singing “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” and laughing about it. What did the Iranians ever [...]
Eric Dondero to run against Ron Paul for Congress
Posted in 2008 Elections, 9/11, Adolf Giuliani, communism, complete fucking stupidity, insanetertainment, Libertarian Posers, local politics, megabitchery, Middle East, military, politics, Reason Magazine, Republican, Republican Hacks, Ron Paul, Rudolf Mussolini, STFU, terrorism, texas, unusual behaviors, wanker food fight, war, weird shit on 2007.05.16 | 38 Comments »
H/T Reason Hit & Run Eric Dondero, who commented on some of last night’s debate threads, has made an announcement at Redstate. I am this morning, declaring my candidacy for Congress in the GOP primaries against Ron Paul. If he does not resign his seat, and if another Republican candidate does not declare against him, [...]
Adolf Giuliani: As Far From Libertarian As Possible
Posted in 2008 Elections, 9/11, Adolf Giuliani, Big Brother, censorship, civil liberties, coercion, complete fucking stupidity, constitutional rights, corporate welfare, corruption, crazy claims, Department of Homeland Security, draconian legislation, drug war, economics, fraud, free your mind, Gun Confiscation, history, law enforcement, Libertarian Posers, Martial Law, megabitchery, personal responsibility, police state, political corruption, politics, prostitution, Republican Hacks, Rudolf Mussolini, STFU, taxes, terrorism, The Second Amendment, war, weird shit on 2007.05.11 | 12 Comments »
Despite what a certain milk shake would like you to believe, Rudolf Giuliani Mussolini is As Far From Libertarian As Possible (click on the link to read about his early history as a psychotically deranged persecutor of victimless white collar “criminals”). Even some of Giuliani’s admirers admit he has fascist tendencies. The amazing record of [...]
Dana Rohrabacher, Traitor to Liberty
Posted in civil liberties, coercion, complete fucking stupidity, constitutional rights, crazy claims, Department of Homeland Security, draconian legislation, George Bush, history, Libertarian, Martial Law, Middle East, military, personal responsibility, police state, political corruption, politics, prostitution, Republican, Republican Hacks, STFU, terrorism, war, weird shit on 2007.05.09 | 7 Comments »
Via Brad Spangler Dana Rohrabacher wants me dead. Well, not just me. Dana Rohrabacher wants a whole bunch of Americans dead. “I hope it’s your family members that [sic] die,” said US Rep. Dana Rohrabacher to American citizens who questioned the Bush administration’s unlawful extraordinary rendition policies. Rohrabacher, bring it you fucking traitor. “But in [...]
Ethiopians still in Somalia
Posted in coercion, guns, history, Islam, Middle East, military, personal responsibility, terrorism, wanker food fight, war on 2007.04.24 | 2 Comments »
I hate to say I told you so. But, I told you so.
Open Forum on Immigration
Posted in Big Brother, civil liberties, coercion, constitutional rights, Department of Homeland Security, free your mind, immigration, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, megabitchery, personal responsibility, platform, police state, politics, terrorism, unusual behaviors, wanker food fight, war on 2007.04.18 | 9 Comments »
This is an attempt to get Andy and Gary to stop sending this stuff to my email. Here you go guys, have at it. Source material for the debate: 1 (continues for 12 pages when you hit (“previous entries”). 2 The Case for Free Trade and Open Immigration Both sides OK, now you can quit [...]
Let Freedom Grow! for 04/01/07
Posted in 2008 Elections, drug war, immigration, Kubby, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, media, politics, recruitment, taxes, war on 2007.04.03 | 17 Comments »
In this week’s “radio address” (slightly late due to maintenance at the Gcast site) Steve Kubby discusses former Congressman Bob Barr’s decision to join the Libertarian Party (and the Marijuana Policy Project): I’m sure that Congressman Barr’s ideas about what it means to be a libertarian are very different from mine … and that’s okay. [...]
Bush to challenge 22nd Amendment and seek third term?
Posted in 2008 Elections, complete fucking stupidity, constitutional rights, corruption, Iraq, Middle East, politics, Republican, terrorism, war on 2007.04.02 | 17 Comments »
Hat tip Presidential Election ’08 blog: JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina. April 1 — Vice President Cheney delivered a speech early Sunday morning before a formation of soldiers at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The speech was not publicized and the prepared remarks were intended to boost troop morale. The comments were fairly unremarkable except for one [...]
Warn Your Kids!
Posted in Big Brother, children, coercion, constitutional rights, corruption, crime, failing public schools, Iran, Iraq, Martial Law, media, Middle East, military, personal responsibility, police state, taxes, terrorism, war, weird shit on 2007.03.26 | 11 Comments »
From Classically Liberal …sit down with the kids. Warn them. Tell that there will be people who pretend to be their friends. They hang out outsides the schools, at the malls, anywhere where kids hang out. They lurk around the internet. They will even call at home if they know the parents aren’t around. Not [...]
The iRack
Posted in awefuckingtacular, general silliness, humor, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, military, Steve Jobs, Tax Consumers vs. Taxpayers, taxes, terrorism, war on 2007.03.26 | Leave a Comment »
From Wally Conger by way of LeftLibertarian.org
The American Freedom Agenda
Posted in 2008 Elections, Big Brother, civil liberties, coercion, constitutional rights, Department of Homeland Security, George Phillies, Iraq, Kubby, law enforcement, Libertarian Party, Martial Law, Middle East, military, personal responsibility, police state, politics, terrorism, war on 2007.03.23 | 9 Comments »
The American Freedom Agenda has come forward with a Freedom Pledge which has been endorsed by some Libertarian candidates, including Steve Kubby and George Phillies (in the comment section at LP blog). We hope all the other candidates sign it too. LP Presidential nomination Candidates, supporters and staff, please let us know any other candidates [...]
Let Freedom Grow! for 03/18/07
Posted in 2008 Elections, Iraq, Kubby, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, media, Middle East, politics, war on 2007.03.23 | Leave a Comment »
In this week’s “radio address,” Steve Kubby discusses the war on Iraq: Over the last four years, a majority of Americans have come to agree with what libertarians have been saying all along: That this war was a mistake and that it is a continuing atrocity. That this war makes us less, not more, secure [...]
Trippin’
Posted in 2008 Elections, cops against drug war, drug war, George Phillies, Iraq, Kubby, law enforcement, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Party, media, Middle East, military, politics, recruitment, terrorism, Uncategorized, war on 2007.03.23 | 15 Comments »
This past weekend I went to the LNC meeting, State Chairs Conference and Florida LP Convention in Orlando and handed out some Kubby brochures, and then went to an Alabama Ballot Access Case hearing at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. More details in a later post. Several candidates for the LP Presidential [...]
Wanker Update
Posted in blogging, censorship, communism, complete fucking stupidity, general silliness, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, personal responsibility, police state, political correctness, politics, smoking, Uncategorized, wanker food fight, war on 2007.02.28 | 14 Comments »
For those of you who have been following this food fight, There’s a wanker who does not like our blog because we act rowdy and curse. I think the problem stems from him getting fired from the Badnarik 2004 campaign as webmaster, and he has had it in for Steve Van Dyke and Steve Gordon [...]
Dear Iraq: We’re Just Not that Into You
Posted in Iraq, Middle East, military, personal responsibility, politics, war on 2007.02.17 | 6 Comments »
By Brian Doherty and Angela Keaton This was a key document in a rejected version of U.S. plans for Iraq. It was found, damp, crumbled in a State Department trash can. Dear Iraq: When I decided that we belonged together, I had the best intentions. Our relationship was never about control for me. I truly [...]
The Energy Vortex
Posted in 2008 Elections, drug war, economics, environment, health, Kubby, Libertarian, Middle East, platform, regulation, taxes, war on 2007.01.31 | 7 Comments »
An exchange provoked by the Libertarian Response to Bush’s State of the Union Speech Andrew L Sullivan writes… You have a choice of drilling for oil in your own damn country or fighting for it in the Persian Gulf. PICK AND CHOOSE! http://www.terrorfreeoil.org/ Well, yeah, those are a couple of choices. But there are others [...]


