Thomas Jefferson once said: “The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government”
There are 22 states that have or are considering bills commonly known as “Firearms Freedom Act”. The bill basically declares that firearms, accessories and ammo, made within a sate, sold within a state and kept within the state are NOT subject to federal laws. The feds have long since used the “Interstate Commerce Clause” to work around many things and usurp power away from the states. South Carolina is going so far as to try and pass a law that says “no public official of ANY jurisdiction can require registration of firearms in South Carolina”.
We started a discussion a few articles ago and got side tracked on the subject of liberty. We started talking about the concept of self-ownership, what it means, and how all stems from there.
Maybe the easiest way to put it is that you own your life. To deny such is to say that someone else has a higher claim on your life than you do. It is yours to protect against force or fraud. To allow others to control your life is to be their slave. The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible should have made this clear to anyone who read the book.
For those who did not read the book but are still interested in the lessons. Perhaps this video can sum it up for you in a succinct fashion that is easily understandable.
Now that you have watched the video, assuming you did, what do you think?
Ron Paulians, the Tea Party movement, and neoconservatives such as Sarah Palin, have never seen eye to eye. Recently, the former Alaska governor endorsed Rand Paul in the Kentucky Senate race as she is a new found supporter of the Tea Party movement. Dr. Rand Paul, an eye surgeon, is the son of Texas congressman Dr. Ron Paul, and shares the same political beliefs as his father. In her endorsement, Sarah Palin commented: “It’s time to shake up the status quo in Washington and stand up for commonsense ideas.”
Rand Paul, with his inherited Libertarian ideals, are indeed shaking things up; it is now wonderful to see Sarah Palin crossing the aisle to do so as well. Palin’s apparently former ideological match up with the neoconservative movement is still a bad taste I can’t get out of my mouth, however, there is no time to dismiss any support that does come our way. Rand Paul certainly agrees, saying: “Governor Palin is providing tremendous leadership as the Tea Party movement and constitutional conservatives strive to take our country back.” Additionally, Rand Paul maintains: “Sarah Palin is a giant in American politics. I am proud to receive her support.”
Saturday February 6th at the Gainesville Target Range
Featuring
AlexanderSnitker
Libertarian and Tea Party Candidate for US Senate Snitker will be speaking at 3 PM
The Snitker campaign is picking up steam and recent polls show the Tea Party candidate could win in the next election, Alex Snitker is that candidate and has been fully vetted by most TP organizations. You won’t want to miss this event which includes talk show host Bob Rose along with other guest. Festivities begin at 12 noon Place: Gainesville Target Range 1610 NW 65th Place Gainesville, Florida
Jonathan has been writing a lot of opinion articles here while I have been writing more about the news. He asked that I write an opinion article to see what type of response it would generate. I decided to write this one for you and ask one simple question: Does the government have the right to spy on you?
What do you have to hide? If you are not doing anything wrong there is no reason for you to worry? Right?
HAH
The answer could shock the crap out of you. Like most people, you have far more to hide then you think. NOT doing so is putting you and your family in real danger. I ran across a book, Three Felonies a Day, by attorney Harvey Silvergate. In that book he illustrates that the average person commits at least three federal crimes a day. It is done all simply by doing their regular everyday tasks. They commit these crimes without even realizing it. The ONLY thing keeping them – you or me – out of prison – is because the federal prosecutors have not look at us yet.
In recent debates here on libertarianviewpoint, the question was called on whether or not congress can legislate the poor into prosperity. After much debate, I have concluded that taxes can be used for whatever the government deems necessary for it function and services, however, political objections can me made if tax dollars are used for something deemed “uncalled” for. For example, people object to taxes funding abortion, stem-cell research, and entitlement/welfare programs, etc.
Saturday February 6th at the Gainesville Target Range
Featuring
AlexanderSnitker
Libertarian and Tea Party Candidate for US Senate Snitker will be speaking at 3 PM
The Snitker campaign is picking up steam and recent polls show the Tea Party candidate could win in the next election, Alex Snitker is that candidate and has been fully vetted by most TP organizations. You won’t want to miss this event which includes talk show host Bob Rose along with other guest. Festivities begin at 12 noon Place: Gainesville Target Range 1610 NW 65th Place Gainesville, Florida
To get back on the taboo track, lets have a little discussion on Stem Cell Research.
First, the facts. According to a 2006 publication, “Stem cells—a clinical update” by Australian Family Physician, Stem cells are cells found in most, if not all, multi-cellular organisms. They are characterized by the ability to renew themselves through mitotic cell division and differentiating into a diverse range of specialized cell types. Research in the stem cell field grew out of findings by Canadian scientists Ernest A. McCulloch and James E. Till in the 1960s. The two broad types of mammalian stem cells are: embryonic stem cells that are isolated from the inner cell mass of blastocysts, and adult stem cells that are found in adult tissues. In a developing embryo, stem cells can differentiate into all of the specialized embryonic tissues. In adult organisms, stem cells and progenitor cells act as a repair system for the body, replenishing specialized cells, but also maintain the normal turnover of regenerative organs, such as blood, skin, or intestinal tissues.
Now for something not as Taboo of a topic as stem cell research, the Carbon Tax is definitely something to have a discussion about. A carbon tax is an environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is considered to be a heat-trapping “greenhouse” gas, and the purpose of a carbon tax is to protect the environment by penalizing emissions of carbon dioxide, which is supposed to cause global warming.
So, global warming and its superstitions are the primary reasoning for the Carbon Tax, and as such, we ought to exam it: It is said Earth is currently experiencing rapid warming, which the vast majority of climate scientists says is due to humans pumping huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It appears that when looking to the “scientific facts”, both sides of the global warming issue can be sited with too little warrant, however, I choose to accept the other side. In instead of going into negating the “facts” that say global warming is man made, I’d like to focus on why it isn’t. If you are on CO2’s side, make yourself heard in the comments section below.
More often then I’d like to see, taboo topics such as abortion, marijuana, same-sex marriage, and stem-cell research, find their way into political discussion/action, rather than philosophical/moral discussion. The impacts of such misplaced taboo topics are so damning, they make political discussion just as taboo. For this, it is easy for us to cast blame on other people’s ignorance, however, I would argue the finger can be pointed at the transparency of what the role of government ought to be.
There are a lot of ways to approach the abortion debate. Congressman Dr. Ron Paul has his approach, which I can safely say coincides with a majority of libertarian perspectives, however, lets look at the issue and see what everyone thinks.
I would argue, as Dr. Paul does, the federal government should not be involved with the abortion issue. According to the Constitution, there is no explicit mention of abortion, however, the Supreme Court held that a woman may abort her pregnancy for any reason, up until the “point at which the fetus becomes ‘viable’”. The Court defined viability as the potential “to live outside the mother’s womb, albeit with artificial aid,” adding that viability “is usually placed at about seven months (28 weeks) but may occur earlier, even at 24 weeks.” The Court rested these conclusions on a constitutional right to privacy emanating from the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, also known as substantive due process – more on this later.
The FairTax is a proposed change to the federal tax laws of the United States that would replace all federal income taxes with a single national retail sales tax. The plan has been introduced into the United States Congress as the Fair Tax Act (H.R. 25/S. 296). The tax would be levied once at the point of purchase on all new goods and services for personal consumption. The proposal also calls for a monthly payment to all family households of lawful U.S. residents as an advance rebate, or ‘prebate’, of tax on purchases up to the poverty level. The sales tax rate, as defined in the legislation, is 23 percent of the total payment including the tax ($23 of every $100 spent in total—calculated similar to income taxes). This would be equivalent to a 30 percent traditional U.S. sales tax ($23 on top of every $77 spent—$100 total).
Marijuana was legal until the 1930’s. The FBI helped promote legislation to ban Marijuana because it was publicly associated with Mexican Immigrants. By making consumption illegal, it was a way to deport Mexicans who were found in possession. The reason Marijuana is illegal is primarily discriminatory rather than having any legitimate concerns for the people’s general welfare. A close look at the historical record will warrant this reason well.
“It’s fashionable to support Ron Paul – and I understand that. Mucho coolio to have Ron Paul bumper sticker, etc.
But, did you know that Ron Paul support building a 700 mile fence along a 2100 mile border with Mexico? I’m not a mathematician but that doesn’t add up to me. Not to mention that even if we did build it, chances are it could be easily bypassed. Go… around it! under it, through it, over it… They do have ladders in Mexico, you know. The plurality of illegal immigrants in our country are on expired visa’s anyway, not just random guys who walked past the border and said “Yo, we’re in america now sonny!”
Ron Paul is against a womans right to chose.
Ron Paul would abolish Federal Education – which is one of the most important things in advancing our country.
Ron Paul is against net neutrality: (In ten years, without Net Neutrality, think about this as your new Hosting package. Alarmist? Yes. Unrealistic? Nope.)
Ron Paul is Against the 17th Amendment. That means more power in the hands of less elected officials.
Ron Paul is for the complete removal of any gun restrictions. I’m Pro-2nd Amendment, but so-much-so that I’m for for the completely removal of Gun-Free Zones (Schools, for instance)
He’s against Children’s health care. Seriously, who isn’t for an extra 3 dollars per year per person in taxes to fun health care for children? Not just the 2 kids/2 adults/20,000 yearly income that Medicare currently covers, full health care for children.
Ron Paul is for the complete removal of the IRS, and in it’s place wants nothing. He wants to completely remove the Income tax and reduce the size of government to account for it. I’m no mathematician, but once again – I don’t think the math works out there.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t vote Ron Paul – but if you do, know who you’re voting for. Don’t do it because it’s fashionable.”
I received this in an email recently, thought you might like it. It is rather long (about an hour and a half)
Karl Denninger is the former CEO of MCSNet, a major regional Internet company in the 1990s that served the greater Chicago area. Today he writes The Market Ticker, a daily Internet publication focused on the economy and capital markets. He received the 2009 Reed Irvine “Accuracy In Media” award for his coverage of the 2008 / 2009 financial market meltdown. Increasingly well known and widely respected, He is a YouTube market commentator, CNBC television guest, and contributor to 321 Gold, the Burning Platform, DollarCollapse.com, LewRockwell.com, and probably a dozen other websites I haven’t seen yet.
Calling all Freedom loving people,
On Jan 19, while the bicameral uniparty was busy pretending to hold an election for the Senate seat in Massachusetts, the Libertarian Party of Manatee County was holding a candidates symposium. The room was packed! We had participants from Sarasota, Orange and Pinellas county as well as from Manatee. We had Libertarians and Non-Libertarians present. The energy was really something as the Libertarian Party showed its unity of purpose and growing strength.
Speaking at the event:
and as a special surprise, Kimberly Light announce she would be running for Florida House district 67!
Our message is getting out.
Our strength is growing.
It was especially poignant that we had so many new faces that came to hear our message and meet our candidates.
FUND RAISING?!? You know it! The event raised some money for the candidates and the Manatee affiliate. This is a huge sign of just how far things have progressed. It’s one thing to have people attend a meeting, and another to have them start donating their hard earned money.
Also, of no small importance, the Manatee affiliate is now one year old and elected officers for 2010:
PASCO COUNTY - U.S. Senate candidate Alexander Snitker will be speaking at the Pasco County Libertarian Party meeting, 7pm this Thursday at Denny’s, 12105 Highway 19, Bayonet Point. Snitker, the 2010 Libertarian challenger for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat being vacated by George LeMieu, has been embraced by both conservatives and classical liberals of the Tea Party grass-roots movements. The meeting is open to the public.
Snitker will be promoting his plan to stand up against the two-party political machine by working toward Congressional term limits and restoring a Constitutionally-limited federal government. He has been described as, “the only viable Senate candidate that can has consistently held to the philosophies of the grass-roots, Tea Party movements.”
“What we desperately need is the brand of public servants our founders envisioned. We need the kind of citizen-statesmen who will go to Washington, bringing American common sense, and then return home to their own pursuits,” said Snitker. “We must eliminate the cartel of Democrat and Republican career politicians and end the outrageous Congressional perks and pensions.”
As a Libertarian, Snitker promotes a strict interpretation of the Constitution, and the restraints it places upon the federal government. He states that all enumerated individual liberties are inalienable, not just the ones that are “popular or politically expedient.” Snitker supports sound monetary policy, and putting an end to the spiraling, multi-generational debt created by the Federal Reserve central banking system.
Libertarian Party promotes individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money, free markets, and a non-interventionist foreign policy. The Libertarian Party is the third-largest political party in the U.S., with over 200,000 registered voters. In recent elections, Libertarians have run more candidates for office on the local, state and national levels than all other third parties combined. More information can be found on Snitker’s official web site, http://www.snitker2010.com.
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Campaign to Elect Alexander Snitker for U.S. Senate
Contact: Adrian Wyllie adrianwyllie@gmail.com
I met Sheriff Jim Schwiesow on line. One of his articles came through my email and I had to track him down and ask for permission to share his thoughts with you. His only request was that any of his articles be delivered intact. I have agreed to this request since I did not actually write the articles to begin with.
Many a time in conversations I have hinted at or out right stated that I thought the government was fully corrupted and nothing more then a legalized mafia. There is the constant pilferage of our liberties being stolen at slow and steady pace. There is the wealth of our nation being siphoned by the “powers that be”.
BRADENTON - U.S. Senate candidate Alexander Snitker will be speaking at the Manatee County Libertarian Party meeting, 7pm this Tuesday at Denny’s, 610 Cortez Road West in Bradenton. Snitker, the 2010 Libertarian challenger for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat being vacated by George LeMieu, has been embraced by both conservatives and classical liberals of the Tea Party grass-roots movements. The meeting is open to the public.
Snitker will be promoting his plan to stand up against the two-party political machine by working toward Congressional term limits and restoring a Constitutionally-limited federal government. He has been described as, “the only viable Senate candidate that can has consistently held to the philosophies of the grass-roots, Tea Party movements.”
“What we desperately need is the brand of public servants our founders envisioned. We need the kind of citizen-statesmen who will go to Washington, bringing American common sense, and then return home to their own pursuits,” said Snitker. “We must eliminate the cartel of Democrat and Republican career politicians and end the outrageous Congressional perks and pensions.”
As a Libertarian, Snitker promotes a strict interpretation of the Constitution, and the restraints it places upon the federal government. He states that all enumerated individual liberties are inalienable, not just the ones that are “popular or politically expedient.” Snitker supports sound monetary policy, and putting an end to the spiraling, multi-generational debt created by the Federal Reserve central banking system.
Libertarian Party promotes individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money, free markets, and a non-interventionist foreign policy. The Libertarian Party is the third-largest political party in the U.S., with over 200,000 registered voters. In recent elections, Libertarians have run more candidates for office on the local, state and national levels than all other third parties combined. More information can be found on Snitker’s official web site, http://www.snitker2010.com.
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Campaign to Elect Alexander Snitker for U.S. Senate
A friend of mine wrote an article the other day on his perspective of the immigration policy. He has given me permission to post the article here and so I decided to share it with you. I thought it might be a little thought provoking as to how to handle the problem.
From a Libertarian perspective, I view the problem as moot in terms of immigration. In terms of what are government does – well – that’s a different story. You see, to me, they have as much right to be here as any of us do. The real issue is not that they are here; the real issue is they are taking advantage of the government freebies.
If we remove the incentive of government handouts, there will be less people trying to come here illegally. If the numbers do NOT slow down, then who cares, they are supporting themselves and NOT sucking off of society. They have just as much right to a living as we do and if they are responsible for themselves then who am I or anyone else to say they cannot.
Read John’s article; see what you think and then comment accordingly.
Many moons ago I told readers about getting out of debt, saving and preparing for the possible bad times ahead. I doubt seriously that I have affected as many lives as the Federal Reserve is reporting – however, their report does show I am not the only one thinking or preaching the idea.
According to the Federal Reserve people are cutting debt like crazy. The largest decline came in the credit card world. It fell $17.5 BILLION in November. That was much, much larger then the $5 billion expected by analysts. See the actual report here http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/Current/default.htm
Total outstanding credit now stands at $2.5 TRILLION the lowest since July 2007. This is certainly welcomed news but unfortunately it is NOT good enough yet. If I look at GDP across the last decade and look at credit expansion across the same period, both have risen at the same percentage rate. What this indicates is that people are spending everything they make rather then saving.
Adrian Rogers was an American Pastor, author and president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, he decided to enter the ministries at the age of 19. He dies of pneumonia in November of 2005. I am not the religious type. Though raised as a Catholic I do not follow the church teachings any longer.
None-the-less, I did found info on Adrian to be very informative. He pushed the conservative agenda from the pulpit and believed that Christians had a duty to be involved in government. He had a series titled “God’s Way to Health, Wealth and Wisdom”. In that series he talked about how young people don’t understand the importance or value of “honest” labor. The series produced one of the most famous quotes seen widely across the internet.
I ran across the quote the other day and it started to look into Adrian so I could present it to you here with a little background. Enjoy!
So this article is inspired by the following comments:
Jimk says:
“Jonathan
OK – I guess
I always understood freedom meaning: being without external controls, regulations or interference, the power to determine action without restraint
Based on this – yes – if someone else makes your choices for you then your freedom is negated.
I guess if you have a different definition that you want to discuss we can – to me – I interpret this to mean I have the ability to make my own choices – pray tell, how do you interpret it differently?”
I respond:
“I don’t know if I have an interpretation, that is, different from the one you described (as far as the one I hold on a day to day basis). However, I believe any society I live in with the rule of law would conflict with the way you describe freedom and thus isn’t met for me.
I guess I can make an interpretation of my own for freedom, however that interpretation is just my own. Freedom described by one can be described differently by another. I guess in order to understand what freedom is, assuming something like freedom even rightfully exist, one would beforehand would have to establish a meaning to life. In fact…..”
I received an email from Donna Mitchell some time back. A few nights ago, in a conversation with some friends, I remembered the mail and so I thought I would share it with you today. The email talked about a link that was very interesting.
By the name you can guess what the article was all about. There are several political parties in the US today. Most of them are very minor parties with little to no significant input in to the system at this point. They just merely exist as a place for people to go. The article talks about the 21 most active and significant of these parties. Giving a little info on what these parties are and what they stand for.
During the conversation, we had discussed the idea of actually creating a course on this very subject. The final thoughts on this course are not complete yet but I thought you guys might enjoy somewhat of a preview with this link.
Thomas Jefferson once said: “The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government”
Jonathan has been writing a lot of opinion articles here while I have been writing more about the news. He asked that I write an opinion article to see what type of response it would generate. I decided to write this one for you and ask one simple question: Does the government have the right to spy on you?
I met Sheriff Jim Schwiesow on line. One of his articles came through my email and I had to track him down and ask for permission to share his thoughts with you. His only request was that any of his articles be delivered intact. I have agreed to this request since I did not actually write the articles to begin with.
A friend of mine wrote an article the other day on his perspective of the immigration policy. He has given me permission to post the article here and so I decided to share it with you. I thought it might be a little thought provoking as to how to handle the problem.
Many moons ago I told readers about getting out of debt, saving and preparing for the possible bad times ahead. I doubt seriously that I have affected as many lives as the Federal Reserve is reporting – however, their report does show I am not the only one thinking or preaching the idea. 
Adrian Rogers was an American Pastor, author and president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, he decided to enter the ministries at the age of 19. He dies of pneumonia in November of 2005. I am not the religious type. Though raised as a Catholic I do not follow the church teachings any longer. 
I received an email from Donna Mitchell some time back. A few nights ago, in a conversation with some friends, I remembered the mail and so I thought I would share it with you today. The email talked about a link that was very interesting.
