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417 Ted Visner Lives... and you can write to him here Brian Wright 20190505
416 A New Voice for Truth and Sanity: Helen Buyniski Brian Wright 20190310
415 Randy and Dianne Szabla for Producers of Liberty Brian Wright 20190224
414 Flyer for the USS Liberty Screenplay Brian Wright 20190210
413 Everyone Wants to See Atlas Shrugging... Brian Wright 20190203
412 Proposal for a Common Sense Coalition Third Party Brian Wright 20181223
411 New Leaf for a New Year Brian Wright 20181216
410 George HWB, You Manifestly Deserve the Best... Brian Wright 20181202
409 Letter to the House... Brian Wright 20181104
408 What Jesus Would Do, How Jesus Would Be Brian Wright 20180916
407 The Religion of FLOW (Increment #2) " " 20180218
406 The Religion of FLOW (Increment #1) " " 20180211
405 The Religion of FLOW (Starting Segment) " " 20180204
404 Alderson FPC Turnaround " " 20180128
403 The Fifth Dream " " 20180121
402 American Heroine " " 20180114
401 The Fourth Dream " " 20180107
400 The 2018 Grand Truth Convergence (GTC) " " 20171231
399 One More Sweep to Fourteen " " 20171224
398 Falun Dafa " " 20171217
397 My CtC 'Frivolous' Adventure Begins " " 20171203
396 First Principles' Initiative, Starter Kit " " 20171126
395 Whither Lady Liberty... " " 20171124
394 9/11 Truth EZ " " 20171112
393 Three Dreams " " 20171105
392 Shawnee Mission, Hail to Thee " " 20171029
391 First Principles and Independents' Movements " " 20171022
390 Las Vegas and the Grand Jury Solution " " 20171008
389 Global Spring Special Announcement " " 20171001
388 ...Shall Convene... " " 20170917
387 Special Note on 9/11/2017 " " 20170910
386 Up on the Farm " " 20170903
385 Indians vis a vis Palestinians " " 20170820
384 American First Principles Day, August 2 " " 20170806
383 The (USS) Liberty Meme " " 20170730
382 Dis Israel, Lose $250K… and Worse " " 20170723
381 Brian Wright's Days of Golden Memories, 1 " " 20170625
380 Letter Laying Out Idea of (USS) Liberty Meme " " 20170618
379 Unraveling... USS Liberty-Israel-Zio Links Page " " 20170611
378 The Joy Spot " " 20170604
377 Way Better Than Winning the Lottery " " 20170528
376 07: Life on the Less Unreal Side " " 20170521
375 06: Who ARE These People?! " " 20170514
374 Reflections on a Noble Soul " " 20170507
373 05: Additional Notes on the Running Start " " 20170430
372 04: Playtime Overture " " 20170416
371 911 Truth Advent Day " " 20170409
370 03: Here Comes the Neighborhood " " 20170402
369 02: Speaking of "A Christmas Story" " " 20170326
368 01: To Change a Tire " " 20170319
367 The 'Love' Catalyst " " 20170312
366 Good Big Idea (GBI) Twitter Brigade(s) " " 20170305
365 Twittering for the Cause-Oriented " " 20170226
364 Allah, Truth Meet 'n' Greet in Detroit " " 20170219
363 Time to Remove and Replace DJT and All the Rest " " 20170212
362 Three 9/11 Truth Champions Will Speak in Detroit " " 20170205
361 Letting Go of 'the Noise,' Part Two " " 20170129
360 Letting Go of 'the Noise,' Part One' " " 20170122
359 The Truth Tsunami " " 20170115
358 New Beginning " " 20170101
357

'Trump's Team,' Ghosts of Christmas Past

" " 20161225
356 "The Russians Are Coming!" Gate " " 20161218
355 Check One's Premises... " " 20161211
354 Trumanists of the World Unite " " 20161204
353 Where Can I Do the Most Good, Part 2 " " 20161127
352 Where Can I Do the Most Good, Part 1 " " 20161120
351 Trump: Catalyst for Global Spring or... " " 20161113
350 Tuesday is Independents' Day " " 20161106
349 With Hillary Inciting WWIII, Gotta Go Trump " " 20161030
348 Is Hillary Clinton a Deep Op?! " " 20161023
347 The Justice Action Movement " " 20161016
346 While the Would-Be Emperors are Diddlin' " " 20161009
345 More Thoughts on Election 2016 " " 20161002
344 First Trump vs. Hillary Debate 2016 " " 20160925
343 10 Easy Pieces times 7 " " 20160918
342 World People's Grand Jury on Crimes against Humanity " " 20160911
341 The Blue Pillar Syndrome, Part 2 " " 20160904
340 The Blue Pillar Syndrome, Part 1 " " 20160828
339 The Sane, Sober Prez Ticket for 2016? " " 20160821
338 Update on the Truman Prophecy " " 20160814
337 American Gandhi: Doreen Hendrickson " " 20160807
336 Doreen Hendrickson, American Gandhi " " 20160731
335 Speculation on Johnson-Weld Prospects 2016 " " 20160724
334 People's Movement to End Public-Terror Acts " " 20160717
333 Cars and Change, 2016 " " 20160710
332 Reflections on Independents' Day 2016 " " 20160703
331 Warm Bodies for Liberty " " 20160626
330 Musings on the Week That Was " " 20160619
329 A Retraction Regarding Johnson-Weld " " 20160612
328 A Presummer's Night Dream " " 20160605
327 National LP Convention 2016 " " 20160529
326 Snowden-Manning 2016 Meme " " 20160522
325 Going on the Offensive with Virtual Grand Juries " " 20160515
324 Elated Educated Filer, Victory #1 " " 20160508
323 Why Do We Care Who's President? " " 20160501
322 Truman Prophecy, the Preview Pictures " " 20160424
321 The Elation of a First-Time Educated Filer " " 20160417
320 The Micro Spiritual Magic Move " " 20160410
319 What the World is Coming to " " 20160403
318 Firewalling Tyranny the American Way " " 20160327
317 "Not like the others..." " " 20160320
316 Is Donald Trump the 'Apple Girl'... or " " 20160313
315 The Independents' Qualification (IQ) Test " " 20160306
314 'Aggregate' Doreen Hendrickson " " 20160228
313 Donald Trump (Re)visited " " 20160221
312 Grave Injustice to Doreen Hendrickson " " 20160214
311 Form Grand Jury on the FBI Shooting " " 20160131
310 The Turning of Analyst Smith " " 20160124
309 Whither the LP/LPM? " " 20160117
308 My Spiritual 'Magic Move' " " 20160110
307 Resolving the Oregon Standoff Peacefully " " 20160103
306 Time for the 9/11 Justice Movement " " 20151227
305 The Truman Prophecy (2015), Foreword " " 20151220
304 The Truman Prophecy, Excerpt #13 " " 20151213
303 Michigan Republican Liberty Caucus " " 20151206
302 Truman Prophecy Preview " " 20151129
301 The Truman Prophecy, Excerpt #10 " " 20151122
300 The Truman Prophecy, Excerpt #8 " " 20151115
299 The Truman Prophecy, Excerpt #6 " " 20151108
298 The Truman Prophecy, Excerpt #4 " " 20151101
297 The Truman Prophecy, Excerpt #2 " " 20151025
296

Blood of Patriots and Tyrants

" " 20151018
295 Dead Horse, New Horse " " 20151011
294 Dorothy " " 20151004
293 The Death of Death Star Politics " " 20150927
292 Boyhood Visits to the Farm " " 20150920
291 Notes on the 2d Edition of After 9/11 Truth " " 20150913
290 Reality? " " 20150906
289 Fantasy Football and Donald Trump " " 20150830
288 American Freedom is Ours NOW! " " 20150823
287 Truman Prophecy Context " " 20150816
286 Truth and Justice Caucus " " 20150809
285 The Vaccine Holocaust and Grand Juries " " 20150802
284 The SAIL Fallacy " " 20150726
283 The Delta Declaration " " 20150719
282 Cellphone Demolition Derby " " 20150712
281 The Truman Prophecy " " 20150705
280 Doreen Hendrickson News Release " " 20150628
279 Snowden-Manning Campaign " " 20150621
278 Snowden-Manning Nation " " 20150614
277 Doreen's Status, Please Help " " 20150531
276 Toto Worldwide Organization " " 20150524
275 "General, I'm a civilian, I outrank you." — Jim Rockford " " 20150510
274 Occupational Hazard " " 20150503
273 Project Toto " " 20150426
272 The Doreen Freedom Files " " 20150419
271 A Convenient Truth: Cracking the Code " " 20150412
270 Local Government inAction " " 20150329
269 Mourning for Imus " " 20150322
268 Let's 'Bring It' to Doreen's Heresy Sentencing on April 9 " " 20150315
267 GMO Breakthru on the Satyagraha Front " " 20150308
266 After 9/11 Truth, Ch. 12: Leverage to Other Causes " " 20150301
265 Citizen Libertarian in MIGOP's Court " " 20150222
264 Coming to Jesus on Vaccines " " 20150215
263 After 9/11 Truth, Ch. 2: Truth Work Digest " " 20150208
262 After 9/11 Truth, Ch. 7: Share it Forward " " 20150201
261 After 9/11 Truth, Ch. 4: Satyagraha " " 20150125
260 After 9/11 Truth, Ch. 5: Authentic Swing " " 20150118
259 First Principles' Grand Jury... and Remediation " " 20150111
258 Fifteen_Fatal_Flaws " " 20150104
257 The Threat Matrix " " 20141228
256 The Foreword to After 9/11 Truth " " 20141221
255 9/11 Truth Letter Template, Part 3 " " 20141214
254 9/11 Truth Letter Template, Part 2 " " 20141207
253 9/11 Truth Letter Template, Part 1 " " 20141130
252 After 9/11 Truth " " 20141123
251 Media PC Slime Machine Slimes Ted Bishop " " 20141109
250 Threat Matrix and Sunshine Antidote " " 20141102
249 After [Name the Deception] Truth " " 20141026
248 Channeling Patrick Henry " " 20141019
247 'Life and Times' Prospecting " " 20141012
246 Detroit Breakdown: New Citizens' Pledge " " 20141005
245 Motor City Witchcraft Trial(s) Release " " 20140928
244 Good Neighbor Libertarian Quick Start Guide " " 20140921
243 Special Announcement: 9/11 Truth Film Launch " " 20140901
242 The Grand Shi of Nakagiri " " 20140824
241 A Shot Heard 'Round the World, II " " 20140817
240 A Latesummer's Night Dream " " 20140810
239 The Motor City Witchcraft Trial(s) " " 20140727
238 6: Leaving the Sandbox, We the Jury " " 20140713
237 3: Leaving the Sandbox, The Good Neighbor Libertarian " " 20140706
236 5: Leaving the Sandbox, Raise Your Voice " " 20140629
235 1: Leaving the Sandbox, "Heal Yourself, Heal the World" " " 20140615
234 Context for Leaving the Sandbox " " 20140608
233 Meander vs. Monsanto " " 20140601
232 The Howell Statement " " 20140518
231 The Parables of Nocium " " 20140504
230 RINOs and DINOs and Trolls, Oh My! (Part 1) " " 20140421
229 Organic Marketing, What Would Jesus Do? " " 20140414
228 Wikipedia Suppression " " 20140407
227 Open Letter for Satyagraha " " 20140323
226 Snowden-Manning 2016 " " 20140316
225 Foreword to Leaving the Sandbox " " 20140217
224 Notes on LP Strategy, Part 2 " " 20140210
223 Notes on LP Strategy, Part 1 " " 20140203
222 Of, By, and For... Part One " " 20131215
221 Shakabuku Choo Choo " " 20131124
220 Shakabuku 9-1-1 " " 20131104
219 Libertarian Macho Flash, Next Generation " " 20130929
218 New Paradigm Rising " " 20130923
217 Open Letter to a Prospective Sheriff " " 20130914
216 An Inconvenient 'Poof!' " " 20130901
215 Libertarian Local Action Network " " 20130819
214

Shlabotnikian Agorism

" " 20130812
213 The Jesus Catharsis " " 20130805
212 Open Letter to Joe Shlabotnik " " 20130707
211 Breaking the Spell " " 20130429
210 Omamacare VII " " 20130415
209 The National Boycott " " 20130401
208 Phyllis Joy Wright—Patriot, RIP " " 20130311
207 Omamacare VI " " 20130225
206 Truthwalkers " " 20130211
205 Omamacare V " " 20120813
204 Open Letter to Melody and Tanya " " 20130121
203 Next Step for the LP, Part 2 " " 20130114
202 Next Step for the LP " " 20121230
201 The Truth Torpedo " " 20120625
200 Johnson: Be Libertarian with Me " " 20120611
199 Huckleberry Hiatus " " 20120528
198 Memorial Day Thoughts, 2012 " " 20120514
197 Torture Boycott " " 20120419
196 The Freedom Philosophy " " 20120326
195 The Insufferable Acts—What to do? " " 20120312
194 Destructive of These Ends " " 20120227
193 Liberty Forum 2012 " " 20120206
192 Ron Paul Media Spoof " " 20120123
191 All Aboard the Ron Paul Freedom Train " " 20120109
190 25 Perks: Gangsta Guv on Last Legs " " 20120102
189 Here's Ronnie! RP on Leno " " 20111219
188 The Flow Fellowship " " 20111128
187 The Paterno Catharsis " " 20111114
186 Omamacare_IV " " 20111107
185 Sovereignty and Severance " " 20111031
184 Omamacare III " " 20111017
183 Social Security 'R' Us? " " 20111003
182 911 at 10 " " 20110912
181 He Who Has the Gold... " " 20110829
180 Visiting the Sick " " 20110815
179 Robert Ettinger takes a Breather " " 20110801
178 FLOW " " 20110620
177 In Borg We Trust? " " 20110606
176 Memorial Day Thoughts, 2011 " " 20110530
175 Invasion of the Mind Snatchers " " 20110516
174 Osama Redux " " 20110509
173 Spillin' with Dunkin' " " 20110425
172 Atlas Shrugged, the Movie, Phenom " " 20110418
171 Speaking a Different Language " " 20110411
170 Church of Being, Part 2 " " 20110328
169 Welcome to the Church of Being " " 20110321
168 Libertarian Alternative Government " " 20110314
167 Full Circle " " 20110307
166 The Joy of Being, Part 2 " " 20110228
165 The Joy of Being, Part 1 " " 20110221
164 Tax Season Shuffle " " 20110214
163 Russell Means and Our Common Goals " " 20110207
162 Emperor's New Clothes 2011 " " 20110131
161 Finding the Place of Peace " " 20110124
160 Ex Libris I, Publications Catalog " " 20110117
159 Second Thoughts on Old Glory " " 20110110
158 Barrier Cloud and 9/11 Truth " " 20110103
157 Homeland Security Bulletin: Fantasy Football " " 20101227
156 Panarchy Papers, 3 " " 20101220
155 Barrier Cloud and Open Letter II " " 20101213
154 Panarchy Papers, 2 " " 20101206
153 Panarchy Papers, 1 " " 20101129
152 O-Mama-Care_II " " 20101122
151 Wanted: Locker Room Attendant " " 20101115
150 Election Postmortem, Winning Idea " " 20101108
149 Atlas Strikes: Assuming Election 2010 fails, "fire" the state " " 20101101
148 Societism: A constructive worldview whose time has come? " " 20101025
147 Losing Bowling Balls, Finding Success " " 20101018
146 The Solution " " 20101004
145 More Joys of Christmas Carding " " 20101003
144 Pirates on the Veranda " " 20100906
143 The Good Ol' Bars " " 20100822
142 Something Old, Something New " " 20100815
141 How to End the Great Recession " " 20100808
140 Free Pete Hendrickson, et al, NOW! " " 20100719
139 Spirit of '76 Requires the Truth '01 " " 20100704
138 Step Up for the Liberty Dollar Four " " 20100614
137 The Grand LP: Breakthru Year? " " 20100531
136 The Case for 9/11 Truth Urgency " " 20100517
135 Old Paradigm to New Paradigm " " 20100419
134 The Constitution Solution " " 20100405
133 O-Slammer-Care and the Constitution " " 20100329
132 Healthcare Revolution " " 20100322
131 SNaP II: A Book " " 20100308
130 SNaP Vision Statement " " 20100301
129 SNaP Chapter 5: Breakthru Strategies " " 20100222
128 Libertarian Children's Story " " 20100215
127 SNaP Chapter 3: The Roots of Nonaggression " " 20100208
126 Citizens United " " 20100201
125 SNaP Chapter 6: Alternative Econ 101 " " 20100118
124 SNaP Chapter 4: The Jesus Immunity: Cracking the Barrier Cloud " " 20100111
123 Google as Big Brother or Big Mother? " " 20091207
122 SNaP Chapter 2: Nonaggression 101 " " 20091122
121 SNaP Chapter 1: Kindergarten Rules " " 20091115
120 Standing up for the Law: Part 1 " " 20091101
119 End the Fed, by Ron Paul: Book Review Special " " 20091019
118 SNapShots_01: Open Letters to Friends " " 20091005
117 Obamacare and the Constitution " " 20090921
116 Obamacare vs. Omamacare " " 20090907
115 Obamacare or Roncare? " " 20090831
114 Transcendent Liberty " " 20090803
113 Thank You Note to the Four Sisters " " 20090713
112 Grocery Prices and Independence Day " " 20090706
111 Gang-Tackling the 900-# Gorilla " " 20090629
110 Post-911_Truth: Letter to Mitch Albom " " 20090622
109 Fanning the Godspark " " 20090615
108 Liberty Dollar: Game On! " " 20090608
107 Support Your Local Libertarian Party " " 20090601
106 Modern Declaration of Independence, Part 2 " " 20090525
105 Modern Declaration of Independence, Part 1 " " 20090518
104 Liberate Online Gambling, Part 2 " " 20090511
103 Liberate Online Gambling, Part 1 " " 20090504
102 Springtime and the Motor City " " 20090420
101 April 15: What would Jesus do? " " 20090406
100 Rider Theory and Scratchy Coats " " 20090330
99 The Launch of the Deaggression Movement " " 20090316
98 FSP Liberty Forum 2009 " " 20090309
97 The Big-Three Real-American Stimulus Package of 2009 " " 20090302
96 May the SNaP Be With You, Part 2 " " 20090223
95 May the SNaP Be With You, Part 1 " " 20090216
94 Nonaggression 101: An analysis " " 20090209
93 Spiritual Kindergarten " " 20090202
92 The Sacred Nonaggression Principle--Basics " " 20090126
91 Mr. Obama Goes to Washington " " 20090119
90 Liberty and Celebrity " " 20090112
89 Looking Ahead to 2009 " " 20090105
88 Laissez Faire Fascism?! " " 20081229
87 Happy Solstice Day 2008 " " 20081222
86 The Fed, The Big 3, and the BCS " " 20081215
85 Legalize Plaxico Burress! " " 20081208
84 How to Make Money on the Web " " 20081201
83 Prosperous Thoughts on Thanksgiving " " 20081124
82 Obama Comedown and Ending Politics Addiction " " 20081110
81 Gotta Go Bama... reluctantly " " 20081021
80 A Cat Named Thomas " " 20080929
79 Political Lessons of Late Summer 2008 " " 20080908
78 An Open Letter to Engineering Colleagues re: 911 Truth " " 20080813
77 Epiphany at Morningside " " 20080721
76 The Rise of Spiritual Liberty " " 20080623
75 Reason, the Foundation of Liberty " " 20080616
74 Left, Right, and Obama " " 20080609
73 Memorial Day Reflections, 2008 " " 20080526
72 Kleptocons and Kings, Part 2 " " 20080519
71 Kleptocons and Kings, Part 1 " " 20080512
70 Free State Flourishing " " 20080428
69 The Blood of Patriots and Tyrants " " 20080414
68 The Libertarian Party Option " " 20080331
67 Race and Consciousness " " 20080317
66 "Conceit of the Anointed" " " 20080310
65 Architects, Engineers, and 9/11 Truth " " 20080226
64 Liberty: It's the Law: The Bill of Rights Enforcement Project " " 20080219
63 Open Letter to the Law Enforcement Community " " 20080205
62 Brave New Worldview " " 20080128
61 The Lynching of Kelly Tilghman " " 20080114
60 The Best of Coffee Coaster 2007 " " 20071231
59 The Joy of Christmas Carding " " 20071217
58 911_Catharsis " " 20071210
57 Ron Paul Nation 2 " " 20071203
56 Cryonics Movement " " 20071126
55 Liberty Dollar 2 " " 20071119
54 Balance the Budget " " 20071008
53 Golf in the Provinces, Part 4 " " 20070924
52 Social Insecurity " " 20070910
51 Fantasy Football Nation " " 20070903
50 Danes in the Wolverine State, 2007 Danish Festival " " 20070827
49 The Rightwing Randian Blankout Syndrome, Part 2 " " 20070820
48 The Rightwing Randian Blankout Syndrome (R2BS), Part 1 " " 20070813
47 Bridges, Politics, and Microsoft Windows " " 20070806
46 Sherwin Wine, RIP " " 20070730
45 Demise of the Jalapeno Slider " " 20070723
44 Four Horsemen of the Liberation " " 20070709
43 Golf in the Provinces, Part 3 " " 20070702
42 Golf in the Provinces, Part 2 " " 20070625
41 Golf in the Provinces, Part 1 " " 20070618
40 Ron Paul Nation " " 20070611
39 Little John the Pizza Mon " " 20070604
38 Hey, Minutemen, Hold on a Second! " " 20070528
37 Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich 2008 " " 20070521
36 Reflections on a Noble Soul " " 20070514
35 Border Blues " " 20070507
34 Immigration Nation " " 20070430
33 LEAPing Forward for Freedom " " 20070423
32 Imus in the Mourning " " 20070416
31 Cellular Demolition Derby " " 20070409
30 America: From Freedom to Fascism, Aaron Russo (movie) " " 20070402
29 Morality and Homebrew " " 20070326
28 Analog Guys in a Digital World " " 20070319
27 Time to Tool Up " " 20070219
26 The 15-Minute Spirit Charge " " 20070216
25 Why I'm a Free Stater " " 20070209
24 From Bush to Hillary?  King George to Queen State? II " " 20070205
23 From Bush to Hillary?  King George to Queen State? I " " 20070202
22 New Words for 2007 " " 20070129
21 Save the Species: Legalize weed " " 20070126
20 Rich and Poor: Gilded CEOs and minimum wage laws " " 20070122
19 Ann Coulter Revisit " " 20070119
18 Jami Lee Knox: Perhaps poor judgment but where's the crime? " " 20070112
17 Dr. Bette Erwin, RIP " " 20070108
16 Happy Birthday, Lauren Canario " " 20061222
15 Sacred Nonaggression Principle, Part 2 " " 20061218
14 Sacred Nonaggression Principle, Part 1 " " 20061215
13 Leaving Fat City " " 20061213
12 Handicapper Generals " " 20061211
11 A Modest Proposal for a New Political Party " " 20061208
10 The Wal-Mart Syndrome: Friend or Foe of Citizen Empowerment? " " 20061206
9 Ann Coulter Gets it Right: Queen of Demean Has Sane Moment " " 20061204
8 Monopoly Money: Feds Fear Liberty Dollar " " 20061201
7 A Bridge to Real People, Pt. 2 " " 20061129
6 A Bridge to Real People, Pt. 1 " " 20061127
5 Corporation Man " " 20061124
4 Libertarian Letter to Michael Moore et al " " 20061122
3 Milt and Bo: RIP Moral Leaders " " 20061120
2 Post-Mortem Election Banter " " 20061117
1 Good Morning, Mickey D " " 20061115
       
       

                            

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218   Wright, Brian 20130923
 
New Paradigm Rising

But whether these guys in charge over there in DC (or Tel Aviv) are into mass suicide or simply mass homicide, I think it's safe to say, and as clear as the radioactive glow on their faces, that they are stark, raving mad. No doubt whatsoever...

217 Open Letter to Prospective Sheriff
" " 20130914

These are my people, Mike. These are the people that the federal government and federal tyranny will be rounding up, and, with local police help, would be rounding up right now if they could. Frightening stuff, Mike, and I'm certainly alarmed by the federalization and militarization of police all across the country.

216 An Inconvenient 'Poof!'
" " 20130901

But relating directly to this Inconvenient 'Poof!' story of tonight, sweetie, a worldwide project is going into effect for all of September 2013 to seek a full people's investigation of the destruction of 47 and its brothers. Those who committed the crime will be brought to justice. The good guys will win. Happy Ending!

215 Libertarian Local Action Network
" " 20130819

The subtitle of my column represents a play on words of the PNAC mission. And what I'm suggesting is that many of us in the core-universal truth, the peace, the liberty, and the spiritual enlightenment movements are rapidly coalescing into a revolutionary force that is in the inevitable process of blowing off the New World Order just as our American ancestors blew off the Old One.

214 Shlabotkian Agorism
" " 20130812

And for the most part the mini-gangs are glad to cooperate with Thor's Gang, until in theory Thor steps out of bounds and they spin off independently. Igor's Gang and Hagar's Gang, etc., each of them exhibit different behavior vis a vis the individuals in their region. What's more, on the state and local level, these minigangs are closer to 'the people' and theoretically more responsive. But, yes, each of these minigangs are coercive governments, as well.

213 The Jesus Catharsis
" " 20130805

Never in my life have I felt the alignment of celestial forces as I do today. The proximate causes are "my twins'" viscerally negative reaction to Mother's Stone and the ceremony celebrating the passage of a good friend of mine back into the realm of the Great Spirit.

212 Open Letter to Joe Shlabotnik
" " 20130707

The following reveals my underlying thought processes as I work on an individualized letter of personal appeal to my 'huckleberries.' My letter will be a heartfelt humanitarian plea for my huckleberries to WAKE UP! Any comments to help it be the best it can be are surely welcome. — bw

211 Breaking the Spell
" " 20130429

Approximately one month ago (after all these 63 years!), it dawned on me that a vast number of people—many of them friends and family, or even hardworking people in the liberty movement—have morphed into a different form of consciousness from my own...

210 Omamacare VII
" " 20130415

After conferring with the staff physician, I chat with Henry Ford Hospice Nurse Chuck and agree to set up an appointment for Friday to have a final discussion of hospice and sign the papers for Mom to be admitted 'there'... as opposed to any further attempts to pursue rehab...

209 The National Boycott
" " 20130401

I have created a name and a Website url for the national boycott, simply The National Boycott (TNB) and http://www.thenationalboycott.org. [A powerful innovation of TNB lies in its phased-participation feature, allowing any one individual to support the entire set of demands thru ...

208 Phylllis Joy Wright--Patriot, RIP
" " 20130311

What’s missing in most obituaries, and particularly the forgoing, is aside from all the activities and accomplishments, what was the person really like? In Phyllis’s case, you experienced a profound benevolence of spirit in her presence: she always sought out and responded to the best in people....

207 Omamacare VI
" " 20130225

The question of the hour is a) how does the system work now, and b) how to make it better. You can see for now, there exist far too many cooks and bottlewashers, an assembly-line approach where the individual (Mom in this case) is passed from one station to the next....

206 Truthwalkers
" " 20130211

So truthwalker is the term I came up with for those of us who care for the truth and have serious skin in the game. We know the cost of standing for freedom, and we do it anyway. So many great ones have paid the ultimate price for walking and standing for the truth...

205 Omamacare V
" " 20120813

I give myself the relief of experiencing the immensity of sadness, and yes, I do let some tears come for that. But only so long. I'm not done yet. She's not done yet. We're not going to give the bastards the satisfaction of her going quietly into that great night.

204 Open Letter to Melody and Tanya
" " 20130121

What you start to realize as you get into the so-called truth movement is one piece of the puzzle connects another piece somewhere else, until the whole picture becomes clear. The GMO DVDs are the final pin in the tumbler for me. It all makes sense; I finally see the BIG PICTURE.

203 Next Step for the LP, Part 2
" " 20130114

As of this five minutes of geologic time, any sort of rational liberty-focused political-party activity has to achieve success—defined as winning more elections against the Duop than they win against it—in the near-time horizon.

202 Next Step for the LP
" " 20121230

Though I've had an epiphany over what it appears the LP needs to be doing, its full presentation is going to require more than a couple of hours to write a Web commentary. So please consider this a work in progress, starting with a skeletal draft on 12/30/2012.

201 The Truth Torpedo
" " 20120625

We now have it within our power to blast thru and end the BC: The SNaP (~ the Freedom Philosophy), lived from the grass roots, is the practical antidote to the patriarchy of the MOPS. A corollary of the SNaP is Truth, that is, foundational truths embraced and asserted by millions....

200 Johnson: Be Libertarian with Me
" " 20120611

… and on the success-orientation of the Libertarian Party in particular. The lower turnout and candidate totals this year for the LPM convention are dramatically due to the hoped-for success of Ron Paul in the modern incarnation of the original American fascist-corporatist party:

199 Huckleberry Hiatus
" " 20120528

The following open letter represents my Memorial Day 2012 message obliquely offered to the tens of thousands of individuals throughout the world who have come to embrace the freedom philosophy, yet find many of their esteemed peers do not see the value of that philosophy and, more pointedly, the peers deny the dire central-state threats to our liberty...

198 Memorial Day Thoughts, 2012
" " 20120514

Since my Memorial Day column from 2008 has been such a perennial visit-gatherer—and I must admit it touches all the libertarian emotional, intellectual, and spiritual bases—I’m going to continue that tradition this year… with more thoughts on paying tribute to those who fought and died for (or partly in) human liberty...

197 Torture Boycott
" " 20120423

A countrywide protest-with-teeth against the outrage of torture, in particular, must be launched as a humanitarian necessity! Torture of the likes we have been made aware of, even so minimally through MSM barrier cloud, is such an extreme horror—like the Nazi Holocaust or the Soviet Gulag[4]—good people as individuals must act in unison, outside the legal apparatus, to thwart it.

196 The Freedom Philosophy
" " 20120326

Possibly the earliest use of the phrase comes from Leonard E. Read of F.E.E. (Foundation for Economic Education) as he sets down some key ideas in his monograph on the subject. His summary: 'The freedom philosophy has been outlined as the free market, private property, limited government way of life.'

195 The Insufferable Acts—What to do?
" " 20120312

My choice, as of this five minutes, of the best single tactic is 'nullify,' and I shall tell you why in a moment. Let me state, as well, that all of the responses listed are vital implements in the liberty toolbox, and each individual must decide the best and most effective for his/her own situation:

194 Destructive of These Ends
" " 20120227

Today, GOTUS stands in the same relation to Americans as British Tyranny did to the American colonies of 1776: the chief difference lying in official documentation: Jefferson had no founding charter against which to identify English-government violations; we do. It's called the Constitution....

193 Liberty Forum 2012
" " 20120206

So let's celebrate the Free State and normal life of making our work effective here, enjoy the many fine speakers and events, the literature and music and discussions into the wee hours. It definitely will be one for the books. But as Alex Jones points out, and recent events confirm, we are in End Game...

192 Ron Paul Media Spoof
" " 20120123

O was thought to be a shoo-in... but that quo warranto business about L'il Baby O not having been natural US born finally caught up with him. Rats! One phony birth certificate too far. On the Labor Day eve of the nominating convention, the Supremes ruled No Way, O-Say-Can-U-See. Off the ballot...

191 All Aboard the Ron Paul Freedom Train
" " 20120109

Personally, I envision a runaway Ron Paul nomination in the making. Then I see a complete evisceration of the Republican/Democratic duopoly in the course of Dr. Paul's 50-state victory over the false-flag pseudo-man known as Obama ('The Kenyan'). After that, well, not Utopia...

190 25 Perks: Gangsta Guv on Last Legs
" " 20120102

What a promising year has passed! The Truth and Freedom movement has forced the Controllers of the Unspeakable into a nothing little corner of the universe from which they will not escape. Their only option is to push the self-destruct button...

189 Here's Ronnie! RP on Leno
" " 20111219

The Leno Show appearance comes at a time when Paul is polling at first or second in national polls, despite the fact that the mainstream media (MSM) continues to exclude him from coverage. It's almost comical: you can watch a CNN or MSNBC program like the Chris Matthews' Show and...

188 The Flow Fellowship
" " 20111128

I am happy to report the principles of a widespread spiritual movement of inner peace, outer peace, and abundance have been discovered... and it's but a few more months to general distribution. This column is a transcription of my FLOW Fellowship brochure, complete with several worthwhile Weblinks.

187 The Paterno Catharsis
" " 20111114

This is my point, my idea behind creating the term 'Holy Paterno Blankout Syndrome (PBS):' Penn State is (or was) the apotheosis of Jock Culture (AJC). AJC is an all-American patriarchal, hero-worshipping, martial system of belief and behavior that afflicts large numbers of (mainly) men and boys...

186 Omamacare_IV
" " 20111107

When you get much beyond three drugs, the permutations of effects and interactions become GINORMOUS, a handful of which will kill. After 3-4 power drugs even the smartest new Ben Casey alchemist on staff is playing Russian Roulette... with the gun pointed at the patient....

185 Sovereignty and Severance
" " 20111031

In light of the out-of-control, viciously coercive government in America, with that government at all levels now crossing the threshold into a complete Police-Military State, we need to establish some groundrules going forward. By going forward I mean getting the paperwork straight for abolishing the USG...

184 Omamacare III
" " 20111017

At some point she announces we'd better better go after all. We have to walk to the car, and the breathing seems to be getting worse. I tell her I'd better call an ambulance. She says, 'I can darned well get to the car on my own!' Next minute she's crumpled on the wet lawn by the sidewalk.

183 Social Security 'R' Us?
" " 20111003

In the interim we need to lunch the best we can off the carcass of the OP. And that's how I justify taking my Social Security payments. I really don't feel too bad about it. As Rand was wont to say, 'Morality ends where a gun begins.' So when you're dealing with a system ...

182 911 at 10
" " 20110912

Today, on the 10th anniversary, we Americans remember not only our countrymen suffered and perished as a direct consequence of the criminal terror operation (CTO) of that 11th day of September 2001 (9/11)... we also mourn the suffering and loss of millions of victims worldwide ...

181 He Who Has the Gold...
" " 20110829

For this week's column I'm going to paraphrase Mr. G. Edward Griffin's description, in The Creature from Jekyll Island, of how the Fed works, how it creates 'money.' Like turning lead into gold, the central bankers believe in magic... and would have us believe they're Mandrake the Magician...

180 Visiting the Sick
" " 20110815

A lot of young people have time and could stand to learn about the various complex systems we've accrued. Let's create a volunteer corps of young advocates and companions, let them spread out and meet the loneliness and practical help needs of millions ...

179 The [First] Legacy of Robert Ettinger
" " 20110801

Though we are not precisely contemporaries, Robert Ettinger-author of The Prospect of Immortality and Man into Superman, founder of the cryonics movement and the Cryonics Institute (CI)-and I inhabited the same milieu of SE Michigan in the days when liberty and life extension became primetime, iconic ideas in society ...

178 FLOW
" " 20110620

Taking this opportunity to plug my new 'religion' and 'church.' It's all in a special three-fold brochure entitled FLOW, which can be accessed as a PDF file at this location. I'm presenting at the 2011 Free State Project Porcfest in Lancaster, New Hampshire, on June 24. The title of my presentation there is Liberty as a Spiritual Practice...

177 In Borg We Trust?
" " 20110606

For the past several years I have been trying to develop a good term for this external cause of the Barrier Cloud, or rather for the <central controlling entity> that has emerged in modern times to execute the plans of the small minority of humans who suffer from the Disease of the Power Sickness. Many words have emerged...

176 Memorial Day Thoughts, 2011
" " 20110530

Granted this is a polemical piece, and civilian casualty numbers are always a matter of strong debate on every side, so I simply want to make it clear that in each of the eight Borg-US-inspired-or-enabled actions above men serving in the US military have made possible more than a few civilian deaths of noncombatant human beings...

175 Invasion of the Mind Snatchers
" " 20110516

What else can I say? The sad thing is my favorite pod-huggers are smart, often inclined toward libertarian notions of self-government. What is it that condemns them to wanting to lie down with pods, failing to see the threat of the pods to their personhood? Further, they will treat me as if I'm the one who is the threat....

174 Osama Redux
" " 20110509

Wake up citizens of the world! Especially, brain-sucked-dry Americans. The government and its Media Ministry 'pressitutes' are in a war for your mind: don't give it to them. Think and examine the facts. Just as the citizens of Germany being told the Reichstag Fire was caused by Jews and commies, you are being set up.,,,

173 Spillin' with Dunkin'
" " 20110425

While waiting for the sandwich part of my order, I crack the cover for a sip. Not too bad. Not too good, either. Can coffee be bland? Who knows the blend of beans—corporate doesn't regard that information as important, probably proprietary anyway—but it's certainly not a full-flavored arabica, nor is it an excessively bitter robusta...

172 Atlas Shrugged, the Movie, Part 1
" " 20110418

When I walked out of the theater, there was a newfound spring in my step and confidence in my voice and bearing. On the most profound level, it made me feel as if I were 'right,' and have been all along. Certainly others who have fond familiarity with the Randian oeuvre felt the same....

171 Speaking a Different Language
" " 20110411

Rarely in the previous 10 years have I been able to 'talk superficial human-relations trash,' invariably going into a (far too long) description of the conceptual nature of the kind of work I do—usually complex system technical descriptions and descendant documents. The fact is, IMHO, outside of a few medical and legal-field specialties...

170 Church of Being, Part 2
" " 20110328

No human agency may forcibly interfere with these choices or with the free, nonaggressive actions of any other human(s)—in any realm of conduct. Thus, socially, the Beist embraces and practices the nonaggression principle as his highest moral principle in a social context. The SNaP is “the Principle.” Walking the Principle means...

169 Welcome to the Church of Being
" " 20110321

The fundamental thrust of Beism and the Church is spiritual growth, a felt connection with Being. [This is the Truth: Watching the Thinker side of the Rainbow Feather inverted pyramid.] But because of the Church's active support for the Sacred Nonaggression Principle and libertarian resistance to all coercive governments...

168 Libertarian Alternative Government
" " 20110314

'That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any … government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it…' or to fire the dipwads and find someone else to do the job....

167 Full Circle
" " 20110307

Jean the Queen, more a ball-buster than a man-hater. No mystery she'd outlived Hubby Harold. To Jean, Tarzan the Ape Man was weak and effeminate. And Harold (Hal)-Mary read between the lines-was more the gregarious George of the Jungle type....

166 The Joy of Being, Part 2
" " 20110228

If the joy of being is accessible to a person individually, why form a church? I mean aside from its ability to accelerate a benevolent, abundant social system without coercion. The answer is: because people like to share their joy with one another, help one another in the struggles of life, and otherwise make time for ‘worship’ and celebration....

165 The Joy of Being, Part 1
" " 20110221

So qua religion I want my specific ‘nonaggression faith’ to bear some natural attraction for people in each of the above areas. Thus I want my religion to help people realize first and foremost the essential benefit of spiritual fulfillment or enlightenment. Second, though more urgently in the material world, I want my religion to help people dispel...

164 Tax Season Shuffle
" " 20110214

Well, it's that time of year, you bet, all the reporting forms—Wn's and 1099s and the corresponding ones for 'income'-tax-enabled states—are supposed to have been delivered to the pigeons, er, 'taxpayers', by the end of January. I love the banter you hear from the victim class: "I'm getting a lot of money back!" ...

163 Russell Means and Our Common Goals
" " 20110207

Please everyone find an hour and a half today or within the next few days to watch the video 'Welcome to the Reservation,' linked to the image on the right. It is an exclusive interview conducted by Infowars.com with American Indian activist and libertarian hero Russell Means...

162 The Emperor's New Clothes
" " 20110131

The only way for a length of column at the top to free fall straight down to the bottom is for lengths of column to be successively and instantaneously severed below it. That means precision use of explosives, that means controlled demolition, that means access and months of expensive preparation with cognizance of building management...

161 Finding the Place of Peace
" " 20110124

Name: Church of Being (Beists). Metaphysical doctrine: natural reason and the nonaggression principle. Moral practice: noncompliance with significant acts of coercive government. Practical effect: by opposing those acts en masse, on moral grounds, ending them in the near term ...

160 Ex Libris I, Publications Catalog
" " 20110117

This page contains a table for my books and other documents that are published and available for sale. It will be updated as needed and include not only my books and booklets, but other key works—key to the freedom movement—that I've posted on my site or linked to....

159 Second Thoughts about Old Glory
" " 20110110

Then with 9/11, the false wars, the genocide, the mass detentions, the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of civilians, the dispossession of millions, the routinely massive torture and renditions—all directed from the highest levels of the American state and military and security apparatus...

158 Barrier Cloud and 9/11 Truth
" " 20110103

The Barrier Cloud stands between us and the New Paradigm, between the past of domination and aggression and the future of love and abundance. It's very important that normal humans—which I believe (self-evidently) are inclined toward the NaP—learn exactly what inside and what outside stand in the way of our destiny.

157 Homeland Security Bulletin: Fantasy Football
" " 20101227

Oddly enough, when the manure of blind nationalist faith hits the fan, the wildest imaginative fiction cannot touch the frightening strangeness of the truth. The following conversation could realistically happen in United States Bizarro World 2010...

156 Panarchy Papers, 3
" " 20101220

As a mature human person, I declare and assert my full natural freedom to live as I choose without initiating force (aggressing) on others and without others aggressing on me. I declare and assert my freedom voluntarily to contract—or not—with any agency, company, or person for all social services I desire....

155 Barrier Cloud and Open Letter II
" " 20101213

Do not become an employee of the FC, and if you are an employee, simply refuse to engage in thuggish, unconstitutional behavior unbefitting a human being. Just stop. It is within your power. Become a moral person, refuse to cooperate in any way with any of a hundred preliminary steps...

154 Panarchy Papers, 2
" " 20101206

The MOPS is as I have described in my Sacred Nonaggression Principle, Chapter 4: The Barrier Cloud. Far too many libertarians maintain the classic Randian or classical liberal view that lack of general knowledge is what drives our plunge into tyranny....

153 Panarchy Papers, 1
" " 20101129

So the evils are manifest, far more menacing than in colonial times when mind control was in its infancy and the ideas of liberty actually spread like wildfire through all of society. To me, and to many, these evils inflicted by the state will not be overcome—much less their perpetrators brought to justice—in the context of a state...

152 O-Mama-Care_II
" " 20101122

During this six-day period, my primary point of information has been RN 4 and RN 5. And they are both exceptionally motivated and caring; I have no concerns that Mom is going to fall through the cracks. But I constantly want information about the surgery and its results, the dialysis results, and so on...

151 Wanted: Locker Room Attendant
" " 20101115

So if you wonder why Main Street is full of potholes, think of the $trillions spent turning Iraq and Afghanistan into depleted-uranium dumps. Or since most of that money was borrowed (created as IOUs by the Federal Reserve system), just consider why that tube of Pepsodent now costs you $10.

150 Election Postmortem, Winning Idea
" " 20101108

Believe it or not a combination of dreams and spiritual readings, within the previous two weeks, have presented this Big Winning Idea (BWI) to my consciousness. My ego takes no credit, yet somehow I feel my mind has stumbled upon a major technique for winning liberty imminently... in the United States and the rest of the world.

149 Atlas Strikes: Assuming Election 2010 fails, "fire" the state
" " 20101101

In developing the Sacred Nonaggression Principle, I discovered that a barrier stands in the way of human beings reaching a benevolent society without coercion, which is our natural destination. The exterior cause of this 'Barrier Cloud' can readily be shown to be a relative minority of rich, powerful, psychopathic men who carry the Power Sickness...

148 Societism: A constructive worldview whose time has come?
" " 20101025

From my as yet brief exposure to Societism.org, I feel Zimberg's heart is in the right place... and his mind, too. The site and recreated movement is about like the Coffee Coaster, three years young, and the kinks are still being worked out. In the grand scheme of the cosmos, Societism is a workable ideological framework for liberty.

147 Losing Bowling Balls, Finding Success
" " 20101018

The concept of wellness—let's simply define wellness as total health and fitness—jibes with any system promising positive life transformation. We are all physical beings, and the fitness of our bodies works synergistically to promote the health of our minds and our spirits.

146 The Solution
" " 20101004

Hello Coffee Coaster Beaniefans and first-time viewers. Despite having what may appear to be a presumptious title—'Like, dude, who are you to tell me you have some sort of universal answer?'—this column identifies a common-sense belief system and a down-to-earth business practice for achieving material well-being for the 'average guy.'

145 More Joys of Christmas Carding
" " 20101003

I realize it isn't even Halloween yet, but they keep moving the public relations so that shoppers are supposed to think about buying stuff for Christmas right after Labor Day. In keeping with the spirit of unbridled commercialism, I'm running my Christmas card sentiment column earlier this year.

144 Pirates on the Veranda
" " 20100906

What will the millions of private retirement-account holders do when the federal pirates pull their ship alongside and say 'your money or your lives?' To mix a metaphor: will the IRA/401K holdup be the straw that breaks the camel's back (unleashing the revolution) or the last link in the chain of perpetual bondage.

143 What Happened to the Good Ol' Bars?
" " 20100822

Wound up checking out a place on Novi Road just north of 10 Mile. What a dive! Younger. Loud. Sports stuff and ultimate fighting on the TVs. The barmaids, all triple-D cup size, spoke in monosyllables... if you got their attention. No point in a quiet martini there. No badinage. I miss the manners and class, reasonable friendly conversation, and yes, even the cigarettes... shaken not stirred. And I am so sick of friggin' TVs in bars.

142 Something Old, Something New
" " 20100815

But I don't want to get ahead of myself. From what I'm reading in the Life Extension piece, and gathering from a cursory surf of the Web, the magic bullet is here. Or certainly, the radical and immediate cure for arthritis, diabetes, cancer, asthma, heart disease, sagging skin, and male pattern baldness—every cellular disease and deterioration, including aging—has arrived in the building.

141 How to End the Great Recession
" " 20100808

So the freedom movement has, believe it or not, come a long way from early 2009. Nearly all the causes I've articulated on these pages-though certainly not the earliest adopter in most of them-are in the range of acquiring that needed critical mass in the general population. Without further analysis, let me list my five measures that will rapidly produce an economic revival the likes of which the world has never seen, nor will likely ever see again-don't forget that the Singularity approaches. They are:

140 Free Pete Hendrickson, et al, NOW!
" " 20100719

Pete Hendrickson, author of Cracking the Code: The fascinating truth about taxation in America, having been convicted of obeying the law, has reported to Milan federal prison in Michigan, where he is to begin a 33-month stay. He was not allowed to remain free while on appeal, even though grounds for the appeal are a slam dunk on the level of human reason, decency, and justice:

139 Spirit of '76 Requires Truth of '01
" " 20100704

In a recent column I assert there is no more important cause on the planet today than 9/11 Truth... primarily because so many Americans refuse to consider any alternative to the monstrously absurd official conspiracy theory (OCT) put forward, virtually overnight, by US Government, Inc. and its mainstream media propaganda machine.

138 Step Up for the Liberty Dollar 4 " " 20100614

Those of us who fight for freedom and are on the outside need to speak up for and fight for the liberation of our colleagues who have been imprisoned/tormented/killed by an out-of-control coercive government. As Reverend Niemoller put it, otherwise (as the holocaust proceeds) 'there will be no one left to speak up for us.'

137 The Grand LP: Breakthru Year? Wright, Brian 20100531

Would Gandhi have been more successful as a political activist than he was by his absolutist nonviolent resistance? I don't think so. Also, if, according to my view in the SNaP, the world is dominated by a Matrix of the Power Sick (MOPS), wouldn't that MOPS prefer a political activism that stood no chance of challenging its power.

136 The Case for 9/11 Truth Urgency " " 20100517

As I describe in the Sacred Nonaggression Principle, a minority of humans suffers from a psychological syndrome that makes pervasive, stealthful aggression central to their lives. This minority--having coalesced and acquired immense material resources and political power thru the centuries--has demonstrated its intent to end us.

135 Old Paradigm to New Paradigm " " 20100419

But lately I've heard respected members of the 'spiritual growth movement' referring to the Old Paradigm and the New Paradigm. The former encompassing the whole mass of Western institutions that seek to dominate, impoverish, and destroy thru tyranny and war; the latter decidedly more humane... embracing the next stage of human consciousness, not to mention the Sacred Nonaggression Principle.

134 The Constitution Solution " " 20100405

But she totally gets the Constitution argument. Then she says, "You know what, anyone who runs for office needs to hand out copies of the Constitution to all his/her constituents. Not only that, everyone in government should be able to demonstrate that he/she has read and understood the Constitution.

133 O-Slammer-Care and the Constitution " " 20100329

As I posed my rhetorical question it came to me that not only does the Constitution resolve the health care issue positively, the simple Constitution may prove to be the "Chicken Soup Concept to Solve All Our Political-Economic Woes in the Best Way for All Time, Hallelujah, Jesus."

132 Healthcare Revolution " " 20100322

At the Free State Liberty Forum, I found several individuals commenting that for the government to pass this unbelievable bill will lead, as a minimum, to massive civil disobedience, and possibly open rebellion. This is perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch all the wondrous statist (in this case Democratic) goombahs choke on their stupidity, malice, and arrogance.

131 SNaP II: A Book " " 20100308

Yes, the second edition—or as I prefer to call it, the "second-first" or "kindergarten" edition (SNaP II)—of the book, the Sacred Nonaggression Principle, is finished. Hopefully, March 7, 2010, will go down in history as the point when the fully viral SNaP meme was introduced to the world.

130 SNaP Vision Statement " " 20100301

The practical achievement of liberty requires action. The action must be creative and purposeful. Further, especially if we expect others to follow, the actions we propose must produce positive results in the material world for the actors.

129 SNaP Chapter 5: Breakthru Strategies " " 20100222

Chapter 5 discusses the so-called Grand Strategy for dispelling the Barrier Cloud, by moving along all three liberation axes, particularly overcoming mind control. Then some Home Run solutions and street-level tips.

128 Libertarian Children's Story " " 20100215

The other day when I received the public-domain story with the punchline "Welcome to the Republican Party," I simply couldn't leave it alone. We all know about big-government "Republicans in Name Only" (RINOs), and it isn't the least bit funny how they posture as advocates of liberty.

127 SNaP Chapter 3: The Roots of Nonaggression " " 20100208

...However, the SNaPstrip of Figure 2.4 does point the way toward understanding. In this chapter, I’m going to describe the SNaPstrip in more detail, showing how it is an accurate predictor of progress of an individual consciousness (and individuals’ consciousnesses) toward the nonaggression ideal.

126 Citizens United " " 20100201

Amazingly, what should have been a routine narrowly construed remedy to a violation of a nonprofit conservative group's (Citizens United's) freedom to show a documentary about Hillary Clinton seems to have opened a floodgate for corporate money and power into the campaign process...

125 Alternative Econ 101 " " 20100118

In a word: the free market. As in, the black market in a controlled economy is the real market. Freedom of production and trade—the unfettered right of individuals to earn a living—is cemented into the United States Constitution and into virtually every state constitution. That natural right is what the American colonists were fighting for...

124 The Jesus Immunity: Cracking the Barrier Cloud " " 20091122

In the beginning there was the nonaggression principle (NaP), and it was good. As we have seen from my first two chapters[1] of the so-called Kindergarten Edition of my book of the same name, human beings are naturally inclined toward adhering to the nonaggression (or natural rights) idea.

123 Google as Big Brother or Big Mother? " " 20091122

If you surf the Web, several pages are found portraying Google as Big Brother. I say 'Big Mother' is more like it, because of the apparent matriarchal tyranny of bureaucratic correctness they would impose 'for the sake of a positive user experience of my site.' Images of a fat-woman commissar ...

122 SNaP Chapter 2: Nonaggression 101 " " 20091122

Not many of us live in a region of Earth where the SNaP is so recognized as the holiest of holy callings. Duh. Indeed, even in the United States, a country founded on the nonaggression principle—aka liberty—we see encroachments, make that a full-scale rout, of the Bill of Rights and a headlong rush into Gangster Statism Left and Right ...

121 SNaP Chapter 1: Kindergarten Rules " " 20091115

Closely related to the moral premises of civil societies that disallow aggression—premises that the Kindergarten Rules engender—are the “sacred” values that all good citizens in a given society intuitively understand and accept. In the United States today there’s even a “Core Values" ...

120 Standing up for the Law: Part 1 " " 20091101

It is obvious that higherup Treasury officials are defecating frisbees because of the new discovery and they are devoting resources to scaring away would be educated filers. Typically, that means attacking and imprisoning leaders, hoping the truth will go away.

119 End the Fed, by Ron Paul: Book Review Special " " 20091019

End the Fed is probably not a great book. But it's the perfect book for now. 'There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come,' says Victor Hugo. And there is nothing else so important to an idea—liberty—than a book that makes the idea crystal clear and stirs the blood.

118 SNapShots_01: Open Letters to Friends " " 20091005

The immediate question on the table is, 'Does the United States federal government serve as an aggressor and a violator of the Constitutionally recognized natural rights of human beings... or as a protector of those rights?'

117 Obamacare and the Constitution " " 20090921

So if the activity ain't in here, the government doesn't have the power to engage in it. Is there a clause in the Constitution granting the federal government a power to fund or authorize a national system of health care? Nope. Not even close.

116 Obamacare or Omamacare " " 20090907

Who's in charge here? Does anyone introduce themselves, extending a welcome to Mom or to me, letting us know what's going on? No. Large #1 is nice but let's just say unswift. Plus, she's clearly a drone bee. Next, Large #1's boss(?)/replacement(?) shows up and seems to be taking charge. This woman has a 'tude.

115 Obamacare or Roncare? " " 20090831

So that's my caveat-intro to the current BIG ISSUE of 'what shall we do in America to take care of ourselves medically.' I'm only marginally informed about what the President and his Democratic majorities in Congress are up to. Let's see: I have heard that there is a bill, in fact a bill of some 1,000+ pages, making its way through the Byzantine channels of Capitol Hill. Further, this bill—official title, 'America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009'....

114 Transcendent Liberty: A Spiritual Conspiracy " " 20090803

Many people—probably most of them guys—in the freedom cause will look at the above sentimental outpouring and claim, "Kind of mushy, guy, how's all that going to put food on the table, enable my family to get by?" And, candidly, not too many years ago I would have been right there grabbing another beer and disdaining any such touchie-feelie-isms...

113 Thank You Note to the Four Sisters " " 20090713

It sometimes comes off to many as corny or square to hold up the Bill of Rights and the Constitution as practically holy documents. The fact that their eyes glisten when they do so makes me want to be a better citizen… redouble my efforts to reclaim humanity (especially American humanity) from the alien space lizards and podpeople...

112 Grocery Prices and Independence Day " " 20090706

In my own life, and in the lives of of my freedom-movement allies, I feel so many have become locked in to the "isolated outcast passionate bringer of truth" syndrome, and it's been mainly counterproductive. Surely the intensity and dedication and emotion of a Jim Garrison is vital to the fight for truth and justice...

111 Gang-Tackling the 900-# Gorilla " " 20090629

Similarly, in our human societies, the leaders of the resistance to tyranny receive most of the tyrants' attention. Or more to the point in our partially free American society: those of us who point out the ravages of a bully or would-be tyrant—analogous to the gorilla above—will likely feel that bully's wrath first... just like dealing with the cops in a corrupt town... or the IRS.

110 Post-911 Truth, Open Letter to Mitch Albom " " 20090622

Further, in the absence of a genuine impartial investigation of the attacks, all evidence (and reasonable inferences from the evidence) indicates the attacks were false-flag, black operations of the US government in cooperation with other Western-government intelligence agencies....

109 Fanning the Godspark " " 20090615

Speaking on "the level of effect," as carriers of the sacred truth of the way of the nonaggressor, we need to keep our eyes on the ball for every swing at the plate. Like Jesus, like Gandhi, like Tolle, those of us who choose to work and play on these 'fields of dreams'—where the vision of the simple humanity of a free world is at stake—need to stay at it....

108 Liberty Dollar: Game On! " " 20090608

My thoughts and good wishes are with Bernard and other victims of the American Prosecutocracy. Please, for those of you who still have resources not yet stolen by the state or its corporate beneficiaries, help the Liberty Dollar win this legal battle. Many other such battles are shaping up this year...

107 Support Your Local Libertarian Party " " 20090601

Well, as I continue on my walk around the community center, I recall the obnoxious 'Clickit or Ticket' banner across the street from our meeting room. It appears to be posted in front of the Jackson Police Department. Our defiant 'Enough is Enough' guy has finally found a perfect message to lampoon...

106 Modern Declaration of Independence, Part 2 " " 20090525

As time goes by and our need to evolve becomes apparent, as sovereign individuals we must honestly assess the political institutions that lay claim upon our living energy and determine whether these claims rightfully apply. If not, we must decide—individually, peacefully, and voluntarily—whether to accommodate the political authority or to end the relationship... establishing a better system to satisfy our needs.

105 Modern Declaration of Independence, Part 1 " " 20090518

The precious words written by Thomas Jefferson still take my breath away, bringing chills from head to toe. To me, and to all my kindred souls in the freedom movement, what the Declaration of Independence captures is nothing less than the meaning of sentient life in the Cosmos.

104 Speaking Up for Online Gambling, Part 2 " " 20090511

You know, reading through all the horror files of what the government is doing to men who haven't committed any crimes and aren't US citizens, I'm reminded of the so-called War on Terror. The modern US government has reverted to absolute monarchy... where the king's men exercise pure, unmitigated, arbitrary power over everyone.

103 Speaking Up for Online Gambling, Part 1 " " 20090504

To me poker has always been a 'casual gambling' opportunity, where I meet with some friends, eat copious quantities of bratwurst and starchy fillers, drink beer, tell stories, fart prodigiously, and occasionally play a hand of cards.

102 Springtime in the Motor City " " 20090420

This morning driving with Mom down to the Wayne State area again—the university is midtown and directly across Woodward Avenue from the DIA—the one book that rolls over and over again in my mind is Jane Jacob's Death and Life of Great American Cities. I remember her classic assertion: "The cities of America did not die, they were murdered... by the city planners."

101 April 15: What would Jesus do? " " 20090406

I have a young friend from the Free State, and I asked him a couple of years ago whether he was paying his income taxes. He replied, 'No, I won't support torture.' Somehow his simple phrasing has stuck with me and become a shorthand for characterizing any refusal to give money to the state based on moral principle.

100 Rider Theory and Scratch Coats " " 20090330

Well, I wanted to start by suggesting that one shouldn't try to forcibly dictate exactly what one plans to do when you set off on the journey of life. My way, which is certainly not conventional by any means, is to set out in a certain direction that seems right—e.g. early moving to the Free State—and just let Nature take its course. As long as you keep moving, 'keep riding,' it normally works out. I've been right so far.

99 Deaggression Movement " " 20090316

And so it begins, at least my two cents worth of hopeful contribution to the general cause of freedom. I've been occupied for the past several weeks on these pages in the development of the Sacred Nonaggression Principle (and book of the same name)—the SNaP basically elevates the simple nonaggression principle [the kindergarten axioms: don't hit, don't steal, be honest] to the highest moral standard in society...

98 FSP Liberty Forum 2009 " " 20090309

This year I'm going to try to stay as current as possible with day-to-day activities, so no one has to wait for a few weeks to get the news. And news it is, at least in the Live Free Before You Die crowd, the Free State Project minions now well established in New Hampshire and planning to make their stands here come hell or high water. Things can always go our way, too, even with the advent of the Obamanon.

97 The Big-Three Real-American Stimulus Package of 2009 " " 20090302

The Kleptocon pundits are completely correct that we need something quickly because the patient is going into cardiac arrest and will soon be a corpse. But where these power-elite intellectuals and economists would administer a shot of the same poison of statism—government spending, borrowing, plunder, and war—I propose a massive hit of the adrenalin of economic freedom.

96 May the SNaP Be With You, Part 2 " " 20090223

Stated for the record, my objective is to quickly and effectively spread and teach the SNaP. I want to see the SNaP become the mother's milk of human civilization, its sine qua non, its political alpha and omega, its new social metaphysics. As I mention in the subtitle for the SNaP field manual, the advance book is particularly addressed to teachers and public servants.

95 May the SNaP Be With You, Part 1 " " 20090216

In the former installments we've proceeded from the general uneasiness that freedom-sensitive people feel, to who we (and they) are, to the spiritual calling toward liberty that comes from our kindergarten lessons, finally to the 'sacred argument' that insofar as the nonaggression principle goes... there is none higher. In this chapter we come to the fueling of a grass roots movement dedicated to that proposition.

94 Nonaggression 101: An analysis " " 20090209

What we learn in kindergarten—don't hit, don't steal, keep promises—suggests that an adult society without coercion should be a straightforward achievement, the rule rather than the exception. Alas, we see this isn't true, that humans indeed seem be losing out in a world of the 3 Fs: faith, force, and fear. Why?

93 Spiritual Kindergarten " " 20090202

To me the little boy in the Kleptocon living room the five-year-old kid who knows that the answer to our problems lies in what he and his peers are taught in kindergarten: don't hit people, don't steal their stuff, and keep your promises. And that is especially true if you work for the government, since the purpose of government is to protect people from aggression.

92 The Sacred Nonaggression Principle " " 20090126

So 'what if' the main reason people insist on initiating force is 'for the good of the whole' (an altruistic argument)? Then 'what if' we counter that the good of humankind cannot be achieved by violating the highest moral concept possible to humankind—the (sacred) nonaggression principle?

91 Mr. Obama Goes to Washington " " 20090119

To answer my own question, on the peace and civil liberties front, will OP stand and deliver? I think we can clearly state right now OP's administration will stand head and shoulders above its predecessors... or at least head... perhaps forehead only. But better, okay?

90 Liberty and Celebrity " " 20090112

The empire gets a free pass because we've been led to believe—through our government schools and our media and our court intellectuals—that what's truly important is whether Anna Nicole Smith is abusing drugs, or Paris Hilton deserves jail, or Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes can reconcile their religious beliefs...

89 Looking Ahead to 2009 " " 20090105

I seriously believe 2009 will witness the full propagation of the crack in the Monolith—the Oligarchy, the Kleptocracy, the Whatever 'They' Is—that brings that wretched, trembling old Wizard out from behind the curtain once and for all... where Dorothy and the rest of us can keep an eye on the pathetic little psychopath...

88 Laissez-Faire Fascism?! " " 20081229

It's becoming an epidemic, one journalist or columnist after another blaming the free market for the financial failures of recent times. Only the term they use as emblematic of the failed policies of the Bush Administration is "laissez faire capitalism." Arianna (Huffington) is the latest celebrity journalist to join the chorus in her column last week...

87 Happy Solstice Day 2008 " " 20081222

Here's a comment from investment leader Jim Rogers, which I found particularly illuminating. He's the first one I've seen saying anything about the immorality of loaning money (ultimately taken from competing businesses that have acted prudently and are successful) to firms that are not acting or have not acted with similar financial care or acumen.   

86 The Fed, the Big 3, and the BCS " " 20081215

The sad irony is, too, that by government's distortion of investment information—turning a proud economy that was once capitalized to make real-man stuff like Oldsmobiles and bridge trusses into a pantywaist marketplace of Starbuck's franchises and sliced-and-diced loan papers—so many of the solid product advances made by the Big 3 were artificially obscured to would-be buyers or investors.   

85 Legalize Plaxico Burress " " 20081208

Anyway, it may not be intuitively obvious, but liberal—widely distributive of freedom—gun laws that enable American citizens to arm themselves with appropriate firearms in public consistent with the Constitution are an essential quality of a free, civilized country. I believe if you saw what it's like in the Free State, you would feel the same way.   

84 How to Make Money on the Web " " 20081201

Times are tough and we're coming up on Christmas, which can be a time when temptations are high to invest in activities that promise to bring in a healthier amount of the legal tender.  I'm offering this column as a public service to readers who may be so tempted, hoping they'll profit from my own missteps in the newfangled world of "online businesses."    

83 Prosperous Thoughts on Thanksgiving " " 20081124

So many others in the freedom movement are continuing to work toward self-government, too. I see the combination of these forces as virtually unstoppable, and I view this incoming literate administration —regardless of its tack and pomp—as a catalyst toward liberty, even despite itself.   

82 Obama Comedown and Ending Politics Addiction " " 20081110

For continuing to prosecute the nonaggression principle, I believe the Obama election made it easier to do so successfully, as well as less difficult to let go of the strain of politics addiction.  For one thing, we seem to be getting a new administration in which what we say and think and write matters.   

81 Gotta Go Bama... reluctantly " " 20081021

The question is will That One tune into the freedom vibe.  Yes, I think so, at least partly.  Clearly Barack enjoys conversing with others, indeed, with all Americans—recall the footage of his eye-to-eye chat with 'Joe the Plumber'—and he listens as well...  

80 A Cat Named Thomas " " 20080929

Seriously, as purely evocative as the words seem, I'm convinced they point to a fundamental reality. And most cats—at least at a certain stage of life—'get it.' And what I miss most about my mom's cat is when he was stretched out in a catsleep on a chair absorbing the energy of the sun...  

79 Political Lessons of Late Summer 2008 " " 20080908

And as much as I regard the freedom credentials of Bob Barr as a bit shaky, I'm glad he's our nominee. He's respectable, he's polling in double digits in a few states, and he's going to probably take more votes away from the neocon-lunatic Republicans than from the seriously flawed yet essentially-and-redeemably human Democrats.   

78 An Open Letter to Engineering Colleagues re: 911 Truth " " 20080813

If an explosive projectile can strike a building (or in the case of WTC7: alien brainwaves) causing it to free fall symmetrically into its own footprint, then wouldn't controlled demolition companies all over the world clamor to develop that technique? It has to require considerably less money and time than the intensely laborious multimillion dollar technology they use today.   

77 Epiphany at Morningside " " 20080721

It's fine, definitely not the Taj Mahal of senior-care facilities, but certainly not One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, either... if you'll forgive the mixed, and stretched, metaphors.  Even though the floors are clean and the staff seems professional and caring, candidly, the place unsettles me.    

76 The Rise of Spiritual Liberty " " 20080623

And I'm looking forward to discovering how spirituality, especially in the Buddhist/Tolleian vein, can invigorate and elevate our freedom movement to center stage. I feel the Sacred Nonaggression Principle I have articulated is a start.     

75 Reason, the Foundation of Liberty " " 20080616

But if a leading CL messenger like Dr. Paul believes in Biblical creation, that blows the nuts clean off the buggy.  He may as well believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny... and hey, doc, how about bleeding your patients to cure cancer?!     

74 Left, Right, and Obama " " 20080609

With Obama securing the Democratic nomination, what are the bets on him seeing through the Kleptoconic ideological filters and tacking, as I have hoped (or wishfully thought, depending on who you talk to) toward the planet-saving principle of Constitutional liberty (CL)?    

73 Memorial Day Reflections, 2008 " " 20080526

Did our fathers die on the beaches of Normandy so we would cave to mandatory seat-belt laws, smoking bans, drug testing, and 0.08 BAL? (etc.). A heckuva mess, but nothing that a little Gandhi and Thoreau can't solve.     

72 Kleptocons and Kings, Part 2 " " 20080519

So as liberty seekers, let's apply the Law of Attraction to our own ends... recognizing that 90% of success, of reaching the fairway of our imagination, is a) grasping the nature of what stands in the way and b) joyously struggling together with other creative souls to remove those impediments.    

71 Kleptocons and Kings, Part 1 " " 20080512

Over the past four years, I feel I've come to understand the essence of what has stood in the way of liberty's success.  The obstacle is at once far more specific than commonly understood while also being cleverly concealed from general awareness of its victims...   

70 Free State Flourishing " " 20080428

I've made my own move [to the Free State] and can tell you from experience that if you really want to be part of the resurrection of freedom in this country and on this planet, some kind of connection with this (mostly) young vanguard in New Hampshire is highly practical.  

69 The Blood of Patriots and Tyrants " " 20080414

But, as we read in David McCullough's book or see in Tom Hanks' series, American freedom would have been stillborn had not men of conviction—John Adams appears to have been the leader in this regard—stood their ground, worked together, and told King George and his corporate lackeys to stick it where the sun don't shine.  

68 The Libertarian Party Option " " 20080331

Most of the arguments around the dinner table will proceed as if the choice between Democrat and Republican exhausts the available options. Of course, readers of this column—as politically noncomatose Americans everywhere —know the Libertarian Party (LP) has been around and running presidential candidates every year since 1972... and this year will be no different.  

67 Race and Consciousness " " 20080317

Race—or more precisely, racial conflict—is mainly what I want to talk about today, especially the black/white American issue, which has become a much warmer button with the emergence of Barack Obama as a potential presidential nominee.  

66 "Conceit of the Anointed" " " 20080310

Keep in mind, with Clinton or McCain, we have absolutely no hope of economic liberty... or civil liberty or peace; each is hopelessly in bed with the real enemy of us all, the Cartel Pathocracy (CP). With Bama we at least stick it to the enemy on two out of three salients (civil liberties and peace), and give the enemy potential trouble on the other salient (economic freedom).  

65 Architects, Engineers, and 9/11 Truth " " 20080226

A conversation with fellow engineers with whom I've worked.  Recently, I joined Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and I conveyed to these fellows some of my reasons for coming to believe that the official conspiracy theory of the 9/11 attacks represents a blatant lie and coverup.  

64 Liberty: It's the Law: The Bill of Rights Enforcement Project " " 20080219

Rational Review refers to its five-step program generically as a Bill of Rights compliance program through recognition of the BoR as the fundamental law of the land, holding all government officials to The Law, and refusing as citizens to obey any statutes that violate The Law.

63 An Open Letter to the Law Enforcement Community " " 20080205

Everyone on this side of the grass who's given it a second thought knows we're at a crossroads in the epic conflict between the Grand Imperial Collective (GRIC?) and the rights of the individual.

62 Brave New Worldview " " 20080128

So here are the seven fundamental arguments why I believe we have the bad guys on the run for good starting this epochal season of 2008.

61 The Lynching of Kelly Tilghman " " 20080114

And the general sense of the golf community comes courtesy the Palm Beach Post golf writer and blogger Craig Dolch: "If Woods doesn't have a problem with it, why should anyone else?" 

60 The Best of Coffee Coaster 2007 " " 20071231

The Coffee Coaster began in the latter months of 2006 with a general notion to comment on public affairs from a homey "rational, spiritual, libertarian, transhumanist" perspective.  

59 The Joy of Christmas Carding " " 20071217

Socially maturing, finally, through my 40s I found that I looked forward to personally writing Christmas cards every year... to the point I'd plan to spend several hours normally through the week of Thanksgiving sending up these heartfelt messages.

58 911_Catharsis " " 20071210

Just as the Holocaust and the allies bringing (some of) the Nazi leadership to justice impelled (we hope) the broad mass of Germans to purge themselves of brutal dictators, exclaiming 'Never Again!', so, too, bringing our pathological power elites to justice will set up a whole new humanitarian system of free minds and free markets.  

57 Ron Paul Nation 2 " " 20071203

Now that Dr. Paul occupies center stage on the world's emerging pathway to political and economic liberation, why won't he at least speak up for widely known and respected immediate victims of wanton government aggression?  I mean in particular the federal raid and confiscation operation on the Liberty Dollar (LD) organization conducted November 14, 2007.  

56 Cryonics Movement " " 20071126

Seeds of CI were planted back in the days of the Cryonics Society of Michigan in the 1960s, based on the 1962 radical life-extension masterpiece The Prospect of Immortality by Robert Ettinger.  In 1976, CI was founded for the express purpose of providing "cryostasis services: careful preparation, cooling, and long term patient care in liquid nitrogen."

55 Liberty Dollar 2 " " 20071119

On the morning of Wednesday, November 14, 2007, a dozen agents of the FBI and Secret Service raided the offices of the Liberty Dollar company (LDC) in Evansville, Indiana.  The Liberty LDC is a private precious-metals and value-based currency business that seeks to provide competition to central bank government debt-based paper notes (Federal Reserve notes (FRNs)

54 Balance the Budget " " 20071008

Michigan's budget for prisons is approximately $2 billion per year.  As with other state jurisdictions in the so-called Union, roughly half the people languishing in Michigan prisons have committed no acts of aggression on others.  If you cut the prison population in half by freeing the nonaggressors—to be fair you must also expunge the convictions of all victimless "criminals"—you easily save more than a billion dollars.

53 Golf in the Provinces, Part 4 " " 20070924

Keep in mind the average level of play for the typical company league is anywhere between bogey and "why bother?".  But because the scramble format—you take the best of four shots—tends to lift all games to par or better, if you can get over some of your own abysmal strokes, you can actually feel the elation that would come if you were ever to reach par or birdie all by yourself for an entire 18 holes....

52 Social Insecurity " " 20070910

Oddly and tragically, this government is also guilty of a serious crime of omission: not a single Congressman has issued articles of impeachment against a warmonger president. Moreover, in light of these deepest transgressions, what's amazing is no massive civil disobedience seems to be in the works 

51 Fantasy Football Nation " " 20070903

This is the time of year boys from teen age to middle age huddle around dining room tables drafting mythical football teams consisting of the best players in the National Football League (NFL).  It's become big business, or rather big unbusiness... 

50 Danes in the Wolverine State, 2007 Danish Festival " " 20070827

The Danes were also hugely pro-American from the earliest days, about 1 in 10 Danes coming to the States during the 19th century... escaping unemployment or for political freedom—since 1912 Denmark has celebrated America's Independence Day. 

49 The Rightwing Randian Blankout Syndrome, Part 2 " " 20070820

Elaborating on Part 1. If someone were to come up with a pro-Randian group with a name like "Reasonable Objectivists of the Libertarian Left" (ROLL), or even simply Reasonable Objectivists for Humanity, I'd certainly consider enlisting.

48 The Rightwing Randian Blankout Syndrome (R2BS), Part 1 " " 20070813

Hence, a peculiar and relatively dangerous affliction—dangerous because the views one refuses to change are manifestly antireason and thus antilife—is what I have come to call the Right-Wing Randian Blankout Syndrome (R2BS). (The blankouts mainly take the form of denials):...

47 Bridges, Politics, and Microsoft Windows " " 20070806

The feds and probably some higher level pols at the state level have already tried to make hay out of I35-W, proposing increased funding of this or that.  Both honest left and honest right seem focused on making sure the real infrastructure, i.e. bricks and mortar, will get more attention...

46 Sherwin Wine, RIP " " 20070730

And this what is so special about Rabbi Wine.  Yes, he had a scintillating personality that stirred the brain cells if not the blood.  Yet he essentially transformed a small part of an existing faith-based religion, Judaism, into a reason-focused one. 

45 Demise of the Jalapeno Slider " " 20070723

When a computer behind the scenes behaves as a random-number generator, too many people accept the numbers without critical thinking.  The results are sometimes comical, but such lapses of mental independence can lead to the more dangerous affliction of "blind obedience to authority."

44 Four Horsemen of the Liberation " " 20070709

Rarely in history do freedom people get the opportunity to leverage three simple pieces of national legislation into a massive victory over the Forces of Darkness: the Hinchey Amendment, the Industrial Hemp Farming Bill of 2007 (HR 1009), and the Kucinich resolution to impeach Dick Cheney (H. Res. 333).

43 Golf in the Provinces, Part 3 " " 20070702

We haven't discussed much about the etiquette, sociology, or even some of the performance characteristics of social golf in the provinces, mainly because it's such a big subject and it's been covered in books by professionals.  Still, let me give you a few parochial insights:

42 Golf in the Provinces, Part 2 " " 20070625

I guess you could say it just clicked. By 1994 we became a Regular Foursome. I use the initial capital letters to suggest that a Regular Foursome is one of the bigger deals in the universe... like the mating of wild yaks:

41 Golf in the Provinces, Part 1 " " 20070618

This weekend, watching the 2007 US Open golf championship, one of the more brutal contests in the game (where par is an achievement), it occurs to me these men are playing a game "with which I am not familiar."

40 Ron Paul Nation " " 20070611

The wait is over.  They have money, they have numbers, and they're motivated.  The idea of Ron Paul and the ideas of Ron Paul may galvanize millions of people looking for radical liberty, seeking a way out of our mess, eagerly anticipating a zero-BS restoration of a potentially great country.

39 Little John the Pizza Mon " " 20070604

Little John is a former bartender for the E.G. Nicks' establishments.  John was my primary mixologist toward the end of my alcohol-laden primetime...  We've stayed in touch occasionally via email over the years as I sobered up and he launched into SE Michigan entrepreneurship....

38 Hey, Minutemen, Hold on a Second! " " 20070528

These are the days of neverending self-righteous political hand-wringing and pandering about "illegal immigrants."  Today in the paper a poll says that most Americans want to throw out these hordes of alien invaders—especially those south-of-the-border minions that "take our jobs and ..."

37 Ron Paul/Denis Kucinich 2008 " " 20070521

And it appears genuine humans are going to have some sayso in this campaign.  Ron Paul on the two TV debates thus far has led phone-in opinion polls; Kucinich has done similar in the Dem forums.  Both Dr. Paul and Mr. Kucinich have appeared effectively on Bill Maher's HBO program Real Time.

36 Reflections on a Noble Soul " " 20070514

I wanted to work the insights into my rewrite of New Pilgrim Chronicles where I describe what's happening in the Free State on the leading edge of the freedom movement.  Catalyzed by Forrest's character, particularly his naturalism and love of children and animals, I reached an epiphany of sorts.

35 Border Blues " " 20070507

... As they made the uneventful crossing into the new Mexican paradise of liberty and abundance, Kevin and Kate unfurled two Bill of Rights flags, then set them securely, one on the north side in English, one on the south side in Spanish...

34 Immigration Nation " " 20070430

If we give up the bogus War on Terror and the insane War on Drugs, the government would have a cool trillion to play with, like right now. That could buy a lot of 'pushing people around to make sure they have their papers.'

33 LEAPing Forward for Freedom " " 20070423

Retired police detective Howard Wooldridge rides high in the saddle to end the drug war.  Not high as in buzzed, but in taking the high road.  He's the Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) education specialist for Congress and in town at Michigan State for a lecture on how to end the War on Drugs.

32 Imus in the Mourning " " 20070416

Let me add my three cents on the Don Imus affair.  Does anyone remember the adage Sticks and Stones?  What's the best policy for constructive human relations?  How about some 'Getoverital' and focus on serious matters.

31 Cellular Demolition Derby " " 20070409

Reminds me of Velda back in 2002 when New York implemented a handheld-cellphone-use ban. She heartily agreed, saying 'Here, here! I'm tired of being cut off by some bimbo-princess in an SUV bubble-gumming her girlfriend!' 

30 America: From Freedom to Fascism, Aaron Russo (movie) " " 20070402

Aaron Russo starts off with an inquiry as to whether or not the income tax is legally valid, then proceeds to make some scary discoveries. We heal our world by living free, by unleashing our individual creative spirits...

29 Morality and Homebrew " " 20070326

Next time you take that slow aromatic, sumptuous draw on your favorite independently crafted India Pale Ale (IPA), pause for a moment to salute the moral achievement it represents, a simple manifestation of the best within us. 

28 Analog Guys in a Digital World " " 20070319

The real people of the world are the ones screwed the worst by the 'synthetics' (big oil, big pharma, big government), and they'll rise up and free the American 300 million.

27 Time to Tool Up " " 20070219

Sometimes you don't have to be on the right side of the social causes, just fix the downstairs toilet.

26 The 15-Minute Spirit Charge " " 20070216

Take a breather and learn how to chill with a cosmic hookup to the universal life force. Columnist Brian Wright shares a simple meditation technique for helping you to 'maintain an even strain.'

25 Why I'm a Free Stater " " 20070209

The Freedom Rider recommends moving to the Free State as the best means of achieving a free society in our time.

24 From Bush to Hillary?  King George to Queen State? II " " 20070205

From Cheney-Bush to Hillary? Do the horrors of King George mask the hazards of Queen State? In part two, discuss whether Hillary a good choice, what are some better alternatives.

23 From Bush to Hillary?  King George to Queen State? I " " 20070202

From Cheney-Bush to Hillary? Do the horrors of King George mask the hazards of Queen State? A review of the Bush years and the several crimes against humanity, against the environment, and against the Constitution. Is Hillary a good choice?

22 New Words for 2007 " " 20070129

Just a humorous bit of copy making its way around the Internet, probably some older terms like prairie dogging, but several that I haven't seen.

21 Save the Species: Legalize weed " " 20070126

In the Free State a bill has been introduced that will legalize the possession of small quantities of marijuana for personal use. This is a small step for reacquiring our constitutionally guaranteed rights to self-ownership persons.

20 Rich and Poor: Gilded CEOs and minimum wage laws " " 20070122

The issue of excessive compensation for corporate executives has been around for a long time. We can solve the problem by removing special government privileges. Minimum wage legislation is NOT a solution.

19 Ann Coulter Revisit " " 20070119

Ann Coulter is wrong about the 'war' for several reasons. And she is not alone. The Coffee Coaster shows some real solutions for the occupation in Iraq that don't require blaming people who didn't want to go to war in the first place.

18 Jami Lee Knox: Perhaps poor judgment but where's the crime? " " 20070112

A Michigan woman is unjustly headed to jail for sexual activity with a 15-year-old boy. What can we do to prevent such cruel and unusual punishments for natural sex... even if it shows poor judgment?

17 Dr. Bette Erwin, RIP " " 20070108

Dr. Bette Erwin dies from gall bladder infection. She was a leading figure in the Libertarian Party of Michigan in the 1970s and the 1980s, as well as a leading PHD psychologist-therapist in Southeast Michigan. Her spirit lives on in all who love reason and liberty.

16 Happy Birthday, Lauren Canario " " 20061222

Lauren Canario, the woman twice arrested and incarcerated for protesting eminent domain in Connecticut, is a perfect inspiration for growing the Sacred Nonaggression Principle in society. Let's all get behind the Public Official Nonaggression Pledge (PONaP) program.

15 Sacred Nonaggression Principle, Part 2 " " 20061218

The next step is education.  People are still fairly unaware of what aggression is and what it is not; this phase provides the training.  Finally we hold public officials to the SNaP by pledge.

14 Sacred Nonaggression Principle, Part 1 " " 20061215

The Sacred Nonaggression Principle provides the solution to all major problems faced by humankind. Here's a summary and prognosis.  First step is making the SNaP "sacred."

13 Leaving Fat City " " 20061213

We all have fat friends, and we all worry about their happiness and health. Oprah's way of eating, the Bob Greene "best life diet," offers hope to everyone with eating disorders. The numbers of people affected are staggering.

12 Handicapper Generals " " 20061211

The laws on handicapped individuals make matters worse for everyone. Whenever a "need" makes a right, the ones with take back seat on bus of normal human compassion.

11 A Modest Proposal for a New Political Party " " 20061208

Why not form a new political party for normal people who don't want to live as corporate-state drones and do want to live in a healthy community of individuals who live for their own sakes without sacrifice of anyone to anyone. Could we possibly agree on a Society without Coercion? That would be a libertarian dream to be shared with everyone.

10 The Wal-Mart Syndrome: Friend or Foe of Citizen Empowerment? " " 20061206

Is Wal-Mart scorching the earth with its special treatment by the state and lack of concern for the communities it inhabits or the people it employs? A nice complement to the movie, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices.

9 Ann Coulter Gets it Right: Queen of Demean Has Sane Moment " " 20061204

Ann Coulter, the Queen of Demean, despite her predilection for eating children is not always wrongheaded in her political opinions. Here she gets it close to being right, arguing sensible airline policy to profile Islamic clerics... especially when they are chanting anti-American slogans and holding one-way tickets.

8 Monopoly Money: Feds Fear Liberty Dollar " " 20061201

Bernard von Nothaus and the Liberty Dollar organization endure federal threats to bring Americans honest money. Round One: freedom fighters.

7 A Bridge to Real People, Pt. 2 " " 20061129

The challenge is to find the connection between what relatively few people are now doing in the Free State and what community activists are doing all across the country.

6 A Bridge to Real People, Pt. 1 " " 20061127

The basic argument of New Pilgrim Chronicles and the Free State Project, itself, is citizen empowerment through application of the Sacred Nonaggression Principle.

5 Corporation Man " " 20061124

Can't resist a reflective take-off on Johnnie River's ditty: Corporation Man, sung to the tune of Secret Agent Man. The swan song for the corporate wretched excess.

4 Libertarian Letter to Michael Moore et al " " 20061122

Michael Moore writes a letter to the former Republican majority and to disheartened conservatives about the recent mid-term elections. Michael, you need to have the ideas of liberty explained to you; here's my letter to you and the others, both Republicans and Democrats.

3 Milt and Bo: RIP Moral Leaders " " 20061120

Two very good exemplary men die in the same week: Bo Schembechler and Milton Friedman We have a lot to be thankful for in their lives and a lot to emulate.

2 Post-Mortem Election Banter " " 20061117

The Mid-Term 2006 elections are significant in forestalling full-blown fascism in this country. Unfortunately, the winners were Democrats and they miss the point the voters were trying to make: we want peace AND liberty.

1 Good Morning, Mickey D " " 20061115

Commentary about the breakfast menu at McDonald's, it's cheap and filling, gets you going in the morning, cutting the corporate giant some slack.

 

   
       

                            

 

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