I've been hearing some direct talking points from Ron Paul these days, rather than just hearing them through others (i.e., debates and interviews, instead of just the high level "he's libertarian" analysis ( Read more... )

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2011132171_pitts21.htmlThis is an editorial that gets some fine credit in my book ( Read more... )

A plane crashed into a federal building in Austin. IRS workers, mostly. It is an unfortunate event. I don't think it's cause to panic or freak out or change any policies nationally (at elast directly). I'm posting for a different reason. The pilot wrote a diatribe. I want to comment on it ( Read more... )

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This is something I've been saying for how long now? And I based it both on principle and on facts.

We need to make things. Without making, you merely export all of your resources and end up as slaves to the people who are making things. Read: us being slaves to China and India. India ends up being slaves to anyone who ( Read more... )

Said today on IM with a friend ( Read more... )

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A lot of people have been posting about bailout issues. Hell, it is essentially the most important thing happening in our world today ( Read more... )

I will be accused by certain colleagues in my various endeavors as betraying ideals. I will be accused of losing sight of fear of socialism. I have been. I will be accused by persons who believe in the hand up of being cold. I have been. I will be accused of fierce independence. But I do not fit in any box ( Read more... )

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A dear friend e-mailed me a link to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece entitled A Capitalist Manifesto. It makes some good points. Over all, I feel like some uber-capitalists are not placing the emphasis in the right places. They are right about the role of government and that the current situation is not solved by keeping big banks from ( Read more... )