Non Aggression Principle

"SAN ANGELO, Texas — The mothers of children removed [kidnapped] from a West Texas polygamist sect's ranch after an abuse allegation are appealing to Gov. Rick Perry for help."

And this comment sums the situation up nicely:

Tubal wrote:

Wow. Baptist ministers* rape teen girls too. Let's go take all the Baptist kids and lock them up. Then when their mothers want to come see them, lets tell them no. Then when the mothers that they rounded up too want to call their loved ones to tell them what's happening, lets take away their cell phones.

In reality, it takes two to tango and a marriage is both give and take. It constantly baffles me that the majority of American woman don't seem to understand that their husbands have biological needs. And you woman, by agreeing to be married, have committed your life to meeting those needs, and if you don't accept that, you should just start the divorce proceedings already.

Now men, don't think you get off scot free here, your wife has physical, biological, and emotional needs that you too have committed your life to meeting.

House Democrats recently adopted a budget with massive tax hikes, many of which are directed at those Americans who can least afford them. By allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire in 2010, this budget will raise income taxes not only on those in the highest income brackets, but raises the lowest bracket from 10% to 15% as well. Estates would again be taxed at 55%. The child tax credit would drop from $1000 to $500. Senior citizens relying on investment income would be hurt by increases in dividend and capital gains taxes. It's not just that the Democrats want to raises taxes on the rich. They want to raises taxes on everybody.

The problem is, policing the world is expensive, and if elected officials insist upon continuing to fund our current foreign policy, the money has to come from somewhere. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have already cost us over $1 trillion. The Democrats' budget gives the President all the funding he needs for his foreign policy, so one wonders how serious they ever were about ending the war. While Democrats propose to tax and spend, many Republicans aim to borrow and spend, which hurts the taxpayer just as much in the long run.

Congress is poised to pass the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) authorizing up to $50 million in unconstitutional foreign aid. The bill passed out of the Foreign Affairs Committee with a bipartisan agreement to nearly double the President's requested amount. It is always distressing to see officials in our government reach across the aisle to disregard Constitutional limitations.

Much of this aid will run through government-to-government channels and will be vulnerable to corruption. Some of the aid will be sent to faith-based organizations who, along with accepting government largess, will now be subject to governmental controls and will soon become more dependent on taxpayer funding than private funds. If they accept the aid, they must be careful of the vague language regarding what types of programs they can run. For example, the requirement that 33% of any funding received must go toward abstinence-only programs has been dropped and replaced with a 50% requirement toward behavior change. Many humanitarian organizations are incensed by the politicized requirements placed on their work, and feel they are being forced to continue failed programs at the expense of more effective ones.

Many of the old guard libertarians just don't get it. Ron Paul isn't an “Us vs. Them” internal libertarian / conservative republican fight, it's a:

Holy Crap! We're damn near Toast!

Is there ANY one we can support or even marginally get behind that will at least slow the United States slide into a drooling Hitler dreamscape of Big Brotherism?

Because I don't know about you, but I only see two options on the table. 1) Fight like hell, and 2) Get the fuck out.

Class: Sociology 203
University Mandated Assignment
Due Date: 4/15/2029

Assignment: Discuss the sociological ramifications of the Presidential Lottery held on November 7, 2007.

Additional Class Notes: As you know, the Presidential Lottery was never held again, due to the public outcry. You may use as reference the still small minority who continue to try to re-introduce the Presidential lottery. If you do, be prepared to analyze in depth the claims that the actions of that day are the only thing that allowed our country to (using their language) “turn back from the slide into a Nazi type Fascism so prevalent among the ruling class at the time.” And unless you can provide incontrovertible proof that Mr. Bush, or anyone for that matter, survived the destruction at the old Verizon Center, please don't regale me with your fantasies they are living on a Tropical Island. The attached diary entry may be used to compare and contrast what officially happened, to what did happen, and to what was planned.

As per University rules, the best paper on campus will be printed in the University Times.

Foreign policy must be grounded in moral principles, specifically that peaceful trade should be the norm, and military action be strictly limited to self-defense. The same principles of self-defense and non-initiation of force that applies to individuals also apply to nations threatening one another. A military attack must be repelled, but should be prevented, if time permits, with diplomatic means. Objectivists and Libertarians have some common thinking on foreign policy. The question is whether their forces can join in implementing such a policy for our nation.

Some time over two years ago I submitted RtF to LS Blogs[1], which is a blog only directory. Basic, you scratch my back by linking to me and I'll scratch your back by linking to you. Which is topical, as we've recently installed software to manage our “Friends” reciprocal link directory. And in a blatant plug, we're looking for a few good friends to exchange links with, so click that link above and add yourself already :) (political orientation not required, but a big bonus for those supporting truth, justice, and the American way, well the American way that I remember)

Well, getting back to LS Blogs, they've just sent their, “you're accepted” letter. How nice! And we were only suppose to link to you for two years, before you could be bothered to even review us for inclusion into your hip and happen'n Blog directory?

Foreign policy must be grounded in moral principles, specifically that peaceful trade should be the norm, and military action be strictly limited to self-defense. The same principles of self-defense and non-initiation of force that applies to individuals also apply to nations threatening one another. A military attack must be repelled, but should be prevented, if time permits, with diplomatic means. However, if another nation that has made military strikes on others in the past and now threatens us with attack and begins mobilizing troops and armaments and testing rockets to determine how far they will reach, a defensive strike would be called for. The most threatening weapons and facilities should be destroyed, but an all-out war should not be launched unless the foreign attack proceeds. At this time, in October, 2007, the USA faces no such situation, and is unlikely to develop unless our government provokes it. Legislation or constitutional amendment is needed to avoid the American empire-building military idiocy we are seeing.

Foreign policy must be grounded in moral principles, specifically that peaceful trade should be the norm, and military action be strictly limited to self-defense. The same principles of self-defense and non-initiation of force that applies to individuals also apply to nations threatening one another. A military attack must be repelled, but should be prevented, if time permits, with diplomatic means. However, if another nation that has made military strikes on others in the past and now threatens us with attack and begins mobilizing troops and armaments and testing rockets to determine how far they will reach, a defensive strike would be called for. The most threatening weapons and facilities should be destroyed, but an all-out war should not be launched unless the foreign attack proceeds. At this time, in October, 2007, the USA faces no such situation, and is unlikely to develop unless our government provokes it. Legislation or constitutional amendment is needed to avoid the American empire-building military idiocy we are seeing.

Representative Charles Rangel’s recently announced plan to address the impending Alternative Minimum Tax’s application to middle-class Americans demonstrates limited economic understanding.

The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) began in the late 1960's because 155 wealthy taxpayers had become savvy enough with loopholes that they managed to avoid income taxes altogether. Very few Americans avoided taxes completely this way, nonetheless, policy was enacted that now threatens 25 million Americans.

Rangel's plan boasts loudly about repealing the AMT, but under the Democrats’ pay-as-you-go rules, actual tax cuts are not allowed. Congress must replace any tax revenue reduction with an increase somewhere else, and of course, there are no rules preventing tax hikes. Thus, a new 4% surtax on incomes over $150,000 for singles and $200,000 for couples is proposed to "pay for" the estimated lost revenue. This simultaneously raises $36 billion MORE than simply leaving the AMT alone, and creates a huge new marriage penalty tax. It won't be long before $150,000 is an average income, and middle class taxpayers will again face the situation we see coming today from inflation and the AMT. Overall, the Rangel tax plan is estimated to increase taxes by $3.5 trillion over the next 10 years.

Since Raul Castro seems to be transitioning to a more permanent position of power, the administration has begun talking about Cuba policy again. One would think we would be able to survey the results of the last 45 years and come to logical conclusions. Changing course never seems to be an option, however, no matter how futile or counterproductive our past actions have been.

The Cuban embargo began officially in 1962 as a means to put pressure on the communist dictatorship to change its ways. After 45 years, the Cuban economy has struggled, but Cuba 's dictatorship is no closer to stepping to the beat of our drum. Any ailments have consistently and successfully been blamed on US Capitalism instead of Cuban Communism. They have substituted trade with others for trade with the US , and are "awash" with development funds from abroad. Our isolationist policies with regards to Cuba , meanwhile, have hardly won the hearts and minds of Cubans or Cuban-Americans, many of whom are isolated from families because this political animosity.

A few months back, I wrote back-to-back weekly messages regarding globalism and isolationism. In writing those columns, I focused on the fact that our nation’s interventionist foreign policy was precisely what was isolating us from other countries.

Turkey’s recall of their U.S. ambassador in the wake of last week’s resolution, passed in the House Foreign Affairs Committee in condemnation of Turkey, is a perfect example of what I wrote in those columns, as well as what I have been saying for years.

The House has passed similar resolutions for years, praising some foreign countries or political groups while chastising others. It is my policy to vote against resolutions of this sort whenever they have the impact of placing our country in the middle of an internal political problem of some other nation, or involving us in some regional conflict. In fact, this is almost always the specific intent of resolutions of this sort. Often, I am the only Member of Congress to vote against these resolutions.

It's a sad day in the libertarian world. Laissez Faire Books has just closed its doors. We here at from Reason to Freedom will miss Kathleen and all she stood for. And she stood for more than most in our incestuous libertarian world. As it's not enough to believe in the libertarian and non-aggression philosophies, one must at least try to make a difference on our fellow mankind; that fascism, communism, collectivism, dictatorships, the right of kings, and all other methods of thieving the rights from people is a crime and should not be accepted.

Translating the above gobblygook, it indicates that someone clicked on a link to us from one of LewRockwell.com's Gary North's articles. So, being slightly ego stroked I wandered over to the story in question to see what they had to say about us. Except there was nary a link to us there. Nor does there even seem to be any reference to Crockett or Paul, which would at least give sustenance to the, “There was a link, but it's now been removed.”

So, what gives?

Sure, setting up a 'bot, or a proxy filter, or a dozen other methods to change the Referer field is dead simple, but that really falls into Black (or at best Dark Grey) Hat SEO tactics [1]. Which is rather unseemly, and highly annoying, given the tiny population of the libertarian web space. And it was from Lew!