August 13th, 2008
I ran across a great essay called The Voluntaryist Spirit By Carl Watner.
I’d almost forgotten what it was to immerse oneself in philosophy and to challenge my intellect. I found the full essay well worth reading. Go there. Read it.
Meanwhile, I clipped some choice sentences and phrases that really hit me. They are all below. But trust me, they are a fraction of the whole. Go read the whole.
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August 8th, 2008
I tripped over a response I wrote exactly two years ago in my run for governor of Idaho. Interestingly, I don’t think I’d change a thing in it. The problem has become apparent to most folks who can fog a mirror, but the solution still escapes them. Here’s to hoping they will get it soon.
What are your feelings about Idaho’s economy and what should the state do to improve it? Read the rest of this entry »
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August 3rd, 2008
There is a lot of discussion amongst “normal” people about voting Obama or McCain because the other is so awful. This seems to be the pattern of the last several elections. Depending on which chat group you are with at the moment, the one candidate is so clearly awful that it leaves “no choice” but to vote for the other. I answered one such discussion in a conservative, preparedness forum with religious underpinnings:
What would happen if just once every vote placed was brought to the polls by men of honor and principle?
What would happen if nobody voted for evil? … the lesser of two evils being … EVIL. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 2nd, 2008
I sent this to friends as an e-mail. I left the link to our farm off. You’ll get the picture without it.
Our friends introduced us to Google Maps. I must say I am impressed with the scope and utility of this project. If you click on the link below, it will take you to our new farm. You can move the arrows around to get different views. When they took the pictures to produce this, the surrounding 40 acres was high in corn. This year it is wheat. The road, house and front yard look pretty much the same. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 1st, 2008
There is an excellent ten-minute presentation on self-ownership here. Those of us who accept the philosophy and even necessity of liberty have a hard time understanding why this simple, straightforward, easy-to-understand and obviously right explanation of the concept doesn’t immediately change the viewer, and snowball to change the world within a few weeks or months.
The answer is simply that people cannot apply it to their world and are overwhelmed by any attempt to do so. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 28th, 2008
Many gun-rights advocates are celebrating the Supreme Court’s ruling against Washington DC’s current ban on personal firearms for self-defense. Unfortunately, the court has opened the door for more restrictions on self-defense and ruled against the people who would arm themselves against a tyrannical government… which was THE reason for the Second Amendment. In a ruling that a thoughtful, educated 12-year-old could have made correctly in a few sentences, nine post-retirement-aged authorities in black robes spent 157 pages of print to explain away our Constitutional right and cultural responsibility to be armed against an over-reaching government. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 18th, 2008
Our 12-year-old grandson is spending a few weeks with us. He wanted to play chess. The last game of chess I played might have been around his age when for the first time I won a game against my dad. I found myself blissfully moving pieces around opposite him when I awoke to a game nearly over. “WHOA! If you don’t start thinking real darn quick, he won”. You’d have to know him to know how bad that would make the next two weeks.
He rang my bell. I dove two-levels deeper into concentration. I started looking at all of the pieces. I fought off the immediate threats and began a hurried, but effective offense. Things worked out a lot better. Had I slept just one or two moves longer, he had the game.
This morning, several days later, I woke up with several pieces of US and world event manipulation swimming around in my head. It was bothering me to know that there is a plan and a fit to all of them, but I can’t see it. I need to organize what I do know and try to figure out what the game is. Perhaps I ‘ll survive with my liberty intact. I don’t want to know how bad failure will make the rest of my life. I’ll share the pieces with you here. Read the rest of this entry »
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