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My audio commentary on Obama and torture, published by Associated Content
Obama Continues Bush Policies of Torture and Secrecy
Obama promised to get the troops out of Iraq, but they're still there. He promised "change," but he's continued the Wall Street bailouts and left Bush's secretary of defense in power. He promised "transparency," but now he's decided to block -- with no constitutional authority whatsoever -- the ( Read more... ) -
Awesome: Letter from ex-slave to former master
I found this letter online. It is from an ex-slave to his former master, who has asked the former slave to come back and work for him.
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The Alchemist
The premise and setting sucked me in from Page 1: a young Spanish shepherd roaming the countryside with his sheep, meeting travelers in an unspecified age, presumably around 1000 A.D. The boy has a recurring dream, which he enlists the help of a Gypsy lady to interpret. She says that since it's a child that shows him something in his dream, it must ( Read more... ) -
The moral bankruptcy of government is confirmed
It was big news when Pennsylvania "moderate" Arlen Specter switched from fascism (GOP) to socialism (Democratic Party) a little while back: why? Who cares? Specter is a life-long criminal parasite with no integrity and whose certainly no "moderate" when it comes to the destruction of liberty. But check out this quote the moron uttered on Tuesday ( Read more... ) -
America's Great Depression by Murray Rothbard
In this book, first published in 1963, Austrian school economist Murray Rothbard completely demolishes the myths that (1) the Great Depression was caused by "under-regulation," (2) that Herbert Hoover was a "laissez-faire" president, and (3) that FDR and his New Deal got us out of the Depression. That these myths can still be perpetuated within the ( Read more... ) -
The Ten Worst Presidents in U.S. History
This was originally published as a series of two articles by Citizen Economists, for whom I wrote two articles each week from May, 2008 through January, 2009. The originals had commentary at the beginning and end of each list, which I've omitted here. You can see the originals here (6-10) and here (1-5).
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The sad and pathetic death of the Tri-Cities Libertarian Party
Upon moving to Bay City in 2006, I was interested in joining the Tri-Cities Libertarian Party (TCLP), which represented Bay City, Midland, and Saginaw. I joined the mailing list and was immediately bombarded with xenophobic, anti-immigrant rants. I wrote a reply saying, "you people are not libertarians," unsubscribed from the list, and never ( Read more... ) -
My chat with Charter customer service
Today I got a flyer from AT&T U-verse offering an alternative to our crappy, monopolistic Charter cable service. Charter, by the way, recently filed for bankruptcy.
AT&T U-verse offers high-speed internet at $25 (1.5 Mbps), $30 (3), $35 (6), $55 (10), and $65 (18Mbps). Right now, I'm paying $55/month through Charter, but I wasn't sure what my Mbps ( Read more... ) -
The Mystics Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death
"You fucked asshole?" "Yes. But he's acting like every asshole I ever fucked by turning into a dick now that he's gotten some." Typical. Seriously, more "dicks" and "assholes" appear in the same sentence in this book than in the worst gay-male erotica, I'm sure ( Read more... )
