Recent content by gte811i

The hand-wringing is overcompensation from the 70s and the Vietnam War. We went from cries of "baby-killers" to military hero worship. Anyone who puts on a uniform is somehow elevated to some mythical status where they can do no wrong. IMO what many people do not understand is how very deeply...

I actually think the lowering of the employment population ratio is a good thing. For almost 25 years it bounced between 55-57/58 percent. As soon as we went off the gold standard it started going up. What caused the rate to climb so much? Was it more women entering the work force because...

For long term charts such as these it is instructive to view the log of the chart (shows more the rate of increase). http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?chart_type=line&s[1][id]=CURRCIR&log_scales=Left What is interesting is you can see why we either had to go off the gold standard, or...

Yeah things are craaazzzy. We've got our own little crapstorm brewing in the South. Some local party hack leader (Republican Appointee to the County Board of Elections) wrote a blatantly racist article in an online blog (it had to be one of the sickest things I've read in quite a while) and...

This. I firmly believe that one of the reasons why third parties can't survive in the US is because of the way the Electoral college currently functions, with the genesis being 1st-past-the-post/winner-take-all elections. This really needs to happen. I understand "presenting a clear victor"...

Sorry for posting in the general forum, but seeing how the sub-forums are not used too much. http://gaforliberty.com/Home.aspx Sign up so we can kick out the corrupt Party leadership in GA and promote liberty and peace in GA!

Here, here. We have some serious RPers in the Atlanta area.

It's not counterfeiters . . . those who want to take from others are in control. The source of violence is a desire for power over others.

What I am arguing is that they only way to actually restrain government to a legitimate constitutional governance is through the threat of succession, without that the 51% will always feel empowered to pass whatever laws to plunder the 49% because they can with very little repercussions. It's...

I might be quibbling over words, but there is no "protection of the law" there is enforcement of the law. Ultimately, law is enforced through violence. If someone breaks in your home, you have the right to protect what is yours, not because the law gives you the right to do so, but because...

And how's that worked out for ya? The United States is required to be a republic, not a democracy . . . that worked out real well now didn't it. And in effect it doesn't matter, 51% of the voting public, 51% of the lawmaking body it is still the same. As soon as 51% of whichever body sees...

And what is the "rule of law"? It is simply what politicians have passed and what judges say it is. And what do politicians pass? Whatever laws the 51% have given authorization for by electing said politicians. What I am trying to say is that the "rule of law" is a farce. When laws are...

See below (or see above:-)), without the power to secede from the system, it will always devolve into extortion. As soon as 51% of those voting believe that that the remaining 49% have something that the 51% wants, it turns into extortion. Without the power of the 49% to secede from the law of...

I subscribe along Judge Napolitano's line of thinking. Just as a state has the right to secede, so should counties and individuals. Some people would like the protection of the state, that's fine and well. But it is wrong to force everyone to accept it at the point of violence. Counties...

As a homeowner, the power and extortion by the state offer nothing for me. I am extorted every year to pay property taxes. What happens if I don't pay my property taxes? Oh yeah, that's right the county takes my home. Guess that means I'm not truly a homeowner, I pay rent to the government...