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_______________ Why the growing grassroots movement can’t fight big government at home while supporting it abroad. BY RON PAUL | AUGUST 27, 2010 As one who is opposed to centralization, I am wary of attempts to turn a grassroots movement against big government like the Tea Party into an adjunct of the Republican Party. I [...]

From Time online: “Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn’t violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway – and [...]

White people did not invent slavery; it has been around the world since ancient times. Slavery existed in African long before Europeans set foot there, and in Mauritania, Nigeria, Benin, and Ghana, some slavery still exists. Black Africans, who enslaved Black Africans, were the first and some of the main suppliers to the European slave [...]

I guess Obama figures destroying gasoline powered engines so repairmen are needed constantly is job creation.

Aghast I do say, to those who do not sway, all other colors be banished away; the yucky yellow, the barbaric brown; these cheeses, I do not pray. A sandwich bar I go, to the cheese course do I so, and thy say upon to me what of a duo? Is it yellow that I [...]

Human rights can be listed, defined, premised, within an array of different frameworks in which may lead to inconsistency and conflictual patterns of recognition. Through a Libertarian framework, three premises exist in the determination of what are human rights without any conflicting understandings: 1. One has the right for another person to not take his [...]

The meaning of Federal waters is generally waters from 3 – 200 miles offshore which is defined in an excerpt from the Coral Reef Information System, part of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Pundits argue that the BP (British Petroleum) oil spill occurred in federal waters, and as such is a federal [...]

If we feel the need to change our constitution, we are free to amend it. In 1817, James Madison reminded congress that the framers had marked out in the constitution a safe and practicable mode of improving it as experience might suggest. Social Bookmarking

When the government borrows money from the Federal Reserve or when a person borrows money from a bank, it almost always has to be paid back with interest. In other words, almost every single dollar in existence must eventually be returned to the bank with the principal and the interest as well. However, if all [...]

The United States Federal Government decides it needs some money, so it calls up the Federal Reserve and says it needs 10 billion dollars. The Fed replies “Sure, we will buy 10 billion dollars in government bonds from you.” So the government takes some fancy paper and calls it treasury bonds, assigns this paper a [...]

Three amendments — 5, 6 and 7 — deal with redistricting, due to take place in 2012 as a result of the 2010 census. The political implications are huge, particularly for incumbents. Most Democrats favor Amendments 5 & 6, which would redraw boundaries to create compact districts and reduce gerrymandering. Most Republicans favor Amendment 7, [...]

Jim Weber FULL TEXT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT: BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA THAT: Article II, Section 7. Natural resources and scenic beauty of the Florida Constitution is amended to add the following subsection: Public participation in local government comprehensive land use planning benefits the conservation and protection of Florida’s natural resources and [...]

Lots of people are cheering Arizona for creating the law and plenty of others are condemning it. In short, the new law says that Arizona police can now question people of their status in an attempt to curb illegal immigration across their borders. Many people thin this is a good thing. From a Libertarian Viewpoint [...]

Happy 420 fellow libertarians, cannabis culture day is here. Another shameful year has gone by as federal drug laws prohibiting the smoking of cannabis still are on the books. ^^^ Indeed ^^^ In Liberty, Jonathan Raof Social Bookmarking

Did anyone send theirs in? I sent mine in, and couldn’t have been happier to do it. I truly felt like a real American, serving my civic duties. I love arguing in defense of the Census and it’s questions, so please feel free to make arguments. In Liberty, Jonathan Raof Social Bookmarking

So let’s know what we are talking about and how it came to be. The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872) is a reconciliation bill passed by the 111th United States Congress to make changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590, Public Law No. 111-148). After much [...]

Yes. Libertarians the world over would and should praise the god given right for Midgets and Handicapped People to be able to have unconditional, full access, to prostitution. I believe there ought to be a FEDERAL LAW prohibiting the government from discriminating against Midgets and Handicapped People as far as having access to prostitution. Naturally, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Why is Cannabis, or Marijuana illegal? 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 [...]

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 [...]