Many of us are educated in Austrian Economics. Far more are not. The language barrier seems formidable when we are trying to help our family, friends and acquaintences understand and insure themselves against the frailty of an economy based entirely on promises made of paper, ink and the honor of men in power.
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paper dollars
May 18th, 2012prison capital of the world
May 17th, 2012Exerpts here from an excellent article are intended to tempt you to go read it there. The real short summary is:
The prison system IS NOT doing what we wish it would.
It creates more crime, rather than reduce crime.
The USA has more slaves today than at the start of the Civil War.
Click on the title below to read the full article, complete with links to supporting documents.
Constitutional Posse
May 11th, 2012Richard Mack and other Constitutional Sheriff leaders have created an information website with a sign up page for those who seek to participate. They are building a national Constitutional Posse.
This is a very important organization for lovers of liberty in the USofA. The sheriff can be, should be and committed to being the preeminant law officer in the county that elected him. He can and should protect the people of the county from ALL enemies regardless of the gang or group they are members of.
Go to the Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officer page.
Study up.
They will send you daily e-mails chock full of information, education and action items.
modern world at risk?
April 25th, 2012Our world is dominated by electronics. Black boxes make things possible that simply weren’t a decade ago. Dramatic gains in turning hydrocarbons cleanly into power have made electronics central to transportation, electricity, food, water and information. The presence of these words in front of you are dependent on electronics in many, many ways.
Ted Dunlap for sheriff: U-Tube video
April 22nd, 2012Elizabeth Alan Hodge interviewed me at the recent Boise gun show for her U-Tube station, “F.Y.Idaho”.
I think this provides a good overview of who I am and what my campaign for Ada County Sheriff is about.
unsurprises of the secret service
April 20th, 2012You gotta be kidding??? There’s some big deal all over the news media about Secret Service using prostitutes?
For their entire careers they work to protect prostitutes, are surrounded by prostitutes, need to resist blabbing about the base, evil character of those prostitutes, watch their protectees lie, cheat, steal, rape and pillage, and suddenly the protectors who are most higly prized for their discretion in the brothel that is Washington DC, are under scrutiny for patronizing women who honestly and openly exchange sex for money.
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Patriot’s Day Proclaimation
April 19th, 2012I typed out the proclaimation from the Idaho governor that I am scheduled to read and share with you below. It is good to realize, remember and commemerate what these farmers faced. I continue to be impressed with what Terry Shepard accomplished by getting this event created via the Idaho legislature and by working and organizing every year for seven years now to present it to the people on the capitol steps.
It is unfortunately raining at this moment and threatening to rain the whole thing out. The odds on anyone coming to stand in the rain for an hour are slim-to-none, plus none of the period-outfitted speakers want to ruin their costumes. Terry has us standing by for a decision..
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Patriot’s Day
April 18th, 2012I have a speaking gig tomorrow at high noon. I share the cause with you here:
PATRICK HENRY, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND BETSY ROSS WILL APPEAR ON THE STEPS OF THE IDAHO CAPITOL FOR PATRIOT’S DAY COMMEMORATION
Colonial Patriots will appear on the steps of the Idaho Capitol on April 19th, 12:00 P.M to commemorate the Battles of Lexington and Concord Massachusetts in 1775 which began the American Revolutionary War.
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honest money
April 10th, 2012What’s the quickest way to eliminate the public burden of national debt?
The shortest route to economic recovery and stability?
Happily, it is also the quickest way to remove power from the central bankers. Happier still, it removes their ability to wage international wars of conquest… oh, I mean spreading democracy so favored organizations can sell us stuff instead of unfavored ones.
Stop using Federal Reserve notes.
What is the one thing the central bankers and their embedded employees cannot let happen? Allow competing currencies.
What should be a major priority for seekers of a free country?
Real money.
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are you busy yet?
April 7th, 2012I’ve read that the way to get something done is to give it to a busy person. They get stuff done.
There may actually be a limit to that. I’m testing. I’ll get back to you on that.
The question of the day was, “Where did all my time go?”. So I started organizing. First step in organizing is, of course, to make a list. Oh. No wonder.
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the point?
April 6th, 2012In the April 4th Kuna Melba News, Steven Ricks reported on the Republican caucus. He observed that three presidential candidates actually came to Idaho for the first time in, well, forever.
His tepid review of those events (“tedious and entirely uninspiring”) implied that he didn’t come to any of the packed, enthusiastic Ron Paul appearances. My wife and I did, and regardless of the Republican delegate results, we are grateful to have experienced one of those in our lifetimes.
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question -> answer
March 28th, 2012No sooner do I pose the question than someone publishes a complete book as an answer. Well, not exactly. The book was published in 2009, but the review of it came to me this morning.
We’ve allowed elected and unelected EMPLOYEES make much of what we commonly do illegal. Thus anytime we piss them off, or they are feeling onery, or pompous, or whimsy strikes, we lose everything.
Okay, before I run off at the keyboard, on to the review: Three Felonies a Day reviewed by Wendy McElroy
ugly Americans
March 27th, 2012Are Americans far and away the most immoral, evil, destructive, anti-social, mean and nasty people on the planet?
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Just checking.
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The reason I ask is I don’t know of another explanation for this (unless we are just plain stupid):
Thrive
March 25th, 2012I went to the Egyptian Theater last night to see the movie Thrive. It turned out to be more of an event than just a movie. It is more a movement than an event. In fact, that is what their website is called, Thrive Movement .com.
The movie is worth seeing, the video worth buying, the event worth participation and the movement worth joining. If you are paying attention and, therefore, concerned, the Thrive Movement offers more hope than anything I am aware of, including my run for sheriff, the Sheriff’s First movement, the Libertarian Party, Ron Paul’s candidacy, the Tea Party, and just about anything else that lands liberty lovers on the FEMA roll call list.
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Abe’s upgrade
March 22nd, 2012
I haven’t been to the Lincoln Memorial since I was stationed at Fort Lee Virginia a couple of lifetimes ago. I didn’t remember it looking like this, but I’m really impressed that Lincoln had a good side heretofore unknown to me.
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One Big Thing
March 18th, 2012Our March 15th Kuna Chamber of Commerce luncheon featured a dynamic, inspirational speaker: Ronda Conger. Most of us have heard it before, but she was excellent, and helped me focus NOW. She challenged each of us to chose and write down the One Big Thing we wanted. Then make it happen.
My big thing is too big. It is too complicated. It depends on too many other people. I am already working on it. My One Big Thing simply won’t fit on a one big thing list. I have to keep slogging away as time permits realizing if things don’t go well I’ll at least know I tried.
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quote trio
March 16th, 2012My daily dose of Liberty Quotes included a trio that begged to be shared together. They provide a compelling argument for procuring and reading FDR: My Exploited Father-In-Law. Of course if you have been paying attention this will merely add further confirmation that the POTUSA is a puppet; the puppetmasters have been in charge for 150 years.
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dog selection
March 16th, 2012
A lovely post by Claire Wolfe with cute dog pictures and comments inspired me to play back our conversion from the between-dogs state to where we so happily are today.
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about idaholiberty.com
March 7th, 2012I updated my “about idaholiberty.com” page. Lest you (horror of all horrors) miss the fruits of my labor, I duplicate it here as a post. The big change is a result of my ideas on the copyright laws which threaten to be the tools THEY use to destroy the freedom of speech, thought and resistance that is the Internet.
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mission statement
March 7th, 2012Several months ago my wife and I tripped over a group of like-minded individuals studying The Law by Frederic Bastiat. It was exciting, stimulating and joyful to be a part of. But, like so many groups of truly independent thinkers, there have been collisions of strong personalities resulting in [unnecessary] attrition.
Liberty has no chance at all if we cannot agree to accept our differences and focus on our united needs. The remaining group agreed to review our foundation. When we agree on this, we can begin building from there. Below is my draft Mission Statement that we will be discussing at the first meeting of our fresh start.
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