Saturday, March 15, 2003

Harry Browne - Bring Back America - Mr. Browne wants back the America of his youth. Me too. [rrnd] [End the War on Freedom] I doubt Mr. Browne is really old enough to remember when America still tried to live up to its ideas, but it's a nice article. America sounds like a great place--I wish it still existed, somewhere in the world. comment () trackback ()  11:08:13 PM     L. Neil Smith at Rational Review - If you want peace, free the slaves - a little history lesson about the enslavement of Americans, all Americans. [smith2004] The day will come, however, when maintaining a worldwide empire will force this or successor regimes to begin conscription again. This time, they will draft our daughters, as well. Likewise, circumstances will compel them to raise taxes massively, if not simply to finance the military occupation of the whole Moslem world, then in a Keynesian attempt to absorb the runaway inflation brought about by their idiot policies. It will take a lot more than Vietnam-style street demonstrations to prevent this (although they are a good beginning). Americans at every level of the culture and in every walk of life must come to understand that taxation is the fuel of war, and that conscription is slavery. [End the War on Freedom] comment () trackback ()  11:03:03 PM     Garry Reed, The Loose Cannon Libertarian - Who Hates Our Freedom? - when the Twin Towers fell, Bushnev and company made it clear that it happenned because the Islamists hate our Freedom and democracy. Now that we no longer have any freedom, thanks to the Busheviks, they've had to take a stance a little closer to reality. Funny how Arabs without membership in the al Qaeda Club see things just the opposite. According to an Associated Press article last October, a Zogby International poll of 3,800 adults in eight different Islamic countries came to this conclusion: "A comprehensive survey of attitudes and opinions in the Arab world has found that Arabs look favorably on American freedoms and political values, but have a strongly negative overall view of the United States based largely on their disapproval of U.S. policy toward the region." Oh. So they don't hate us for the Freedom and Democracy we used to have. They hate us for our foreign policies that we still have. [End the War on Freedom] comment () trackback ()  10:56:06 PM     Debate on America and Iraq. The Reason Foundation is co-sponsoring a debate tonight in Los Angeles on the question of America's possibly pending war with... [Hit & Run] This is taking place at the Wiltern Theater, a few blocks from my apartment. I'm not particularly interested in going, although I wouldn't mind seeing a transcript after it's over. comment () trackback ()  10:26:01 PM

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