The insurgent candidacy continues

January 4, 2008 Politics | 1 Comment

There are too many people on the major social news sites mocking Ron Paul for finishing 5th in the Iowa caususes yesterday. I couldn’t disagree with their sentiment more, and I question whether they are even conservatives to begin with.

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Immigrants will bail on a bankrupt America

January 3, 2008 Politics | 1 Comment

In 2006, the number of immigrants in America hit an all time record of 37.5 million. In the 10 years between 1990 and 2000 the number of foreign born people living within the country rose by 57.4% and almost half the newborn children could be identified as part of a racial or ethnic minority.

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Is modern democracy fascist?

January 1, 2008 Politics | 1 Comment

fas·cism [fash-iz-uhm]
–noun
1. A governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

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Are libertarians radical?

December 31, 2007 Politics | 5 Comments

In the process of trying to convert a socialist friend to support the principles of freedom, she remarked, “ya, you’re not radical”. I didn’t really know what to make of that statement, so I asked if she was being sarcastic. Of course she was. My instinctive reaction was to become somewhat defensive and disagree. The conversation had to be cut short for an unrelated reason, but if it had continued I surely would have tried to convince her that supporting freedom and the sovereignty of nations is not radical. To the contrary, supporting massive taxation for the benefit of corporate parasites and global hegemony is quite radical.

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Do people fail because they lack opportunity or because they aren’t capable of success?

December 30, 2007 Politics | 5 Comments

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that successful parents are more likely to raise successful children, but rarely do socialists look for any reason to explain this correlation outside the conventional market bashing anti-capitalist rhetoric.

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Global warming revisionism

December 29, 2007 Politics | Leave a Comment

If the data supports a belief in human induced global warming, then nobody should be afraid to discuss the views held by many dissenters. Personally, I’m sitting on the fence. I have noticed in my own hometown a gradual increase in winter temperatures, but that in itself does not prove a correlation with human activity. I admit I have not read the scientific papers… I should probably do that. Anyhow, the following is a summary of the opposing perspective.

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The MSM just doesn’t get it

December 28, 2007 Politics | 2 Comments

Update 2: It’s official, Ron Paul has been excluded
Update 1: This may have been a misunderstanding. The article still stands for now, we’ll see how this plays out.

Ron Paul is excluded from the next FOX news debate.

Everyone is disgusted with both party establishments and this only serves to remind us why. Of course we would rather Ron Paul be on stage, but what FOX news doesn’t understand is that a major part of his appeal is his ability to make the Republican establishment feel pain and humility. The more they play to Ron Paul’s outsider image the more he appears to be the only guy capable of truly significant changes and the more his appeal will ultimately grow.

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Change the World

December 27, 2007 Politics | 1 Comment

Ron Paul’s speech is after the introduction. Please watch this and tell me if you can imagine any other candidate speaking the truth with such clarity. A candidacy like this comes along once in a generation. This is the last chance to save America from bankruptcy. Please pass this along to more people. I’m very serious about this. Ron Paul is the only one worthy of a vote.

Worst. President. Ever.

December 27, 2007 Politics | Leave a Comment

Seven years of flaming Bush… not one useful law.

As we begin the annual process of reviewing the year that was and preparing for the year that begins, I thought it would be painfully interesting to re-live the past 7 years of Bush. Keep your spirits up, just one more to go… hopefully.

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The Great Libertarian Dilemma

December 26, 2007 Politics | 2 Comments

In the end, every argument descends to this fundamental philosophical question — Is it more important not to obstruct the best of us, or to help the worst of us even we fail. I don’t believe these two options are mutually exclusive, but at the core of every political disagreement I have ever had is this question, and it is simply a matter of priority. The great dilemma is how to win this argument.

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