May 2011
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War
War is the most destructive act man can undertake. It robs innocents of life. It divides those that might otherwise be friends. It decimates land and property. It extinguishes the fires of culture and tradition. It makes widows of wives and turns pride into sorrow. It transforms its survivors into amputees, suicides, and vengeance seekers.
How are wars most often carried out? Can it be said that...
January 2011
1 post
“‘Other evils there are that may come; for Sauron is himself but a servant...”
– Gandalf the Grey in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King The Last Debate
The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S. →
“Wealthier people are consuming,” Watkins says. “They don’t want to build a future. They don’t have a reason to invest in the community.” For that matter, neither do young people — because their futures likely involve moving out of San Francisco. According to Joel Kotkin, “San Francisco is Disneyland for adults, or a place people go until they grow...
November 2009
2 posts
August 2009
3 posts
A day in the life of a Statist
This is my satirical response to the seemingly anonymous and pretty clever “A Day in the Life of an American Conservative Shithead”:
This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock, which was certified safe by the independent Underwriters Laboratories. It was powered by the unnatural and unprofitable energy monopoly enforced through violence (which I refuse to see).
I then took a shower...
Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
When the credits...
April 2009
0 posts
“You see a wrong? Right it. And how do you right wrongs? There ought to be a law....”
– The Invisible Heart by Russel Roberts
March 2009
3 posts
“It used to be said that only three things were definitely true of the Holy Roman...”
– The Indefensibility of Political Representation by Gerard Casey
“Let me here remind you that the essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. ...”
– Science and the Modern World by Alfred North Whitehead
February 2009
2 posts
“Adam, I’ve been concerned about the economy and the value of the dollar...”
January 2009
4 posts
“[the] first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to...”
– Jonathan Kozel
“The worst lesson compulsory government schools teach [their students] at an...”
– Stormy Mon via The Voluntaryist
October 2008
2 posts
The Indefensibility of Coercive Voting
I recently posted the following comment on the MissionMission blog:
What I am saying is that voting, if it can ever be justifiable, is only valid if its goal is to delegitimize the state, but voting is something that inherently legitimizes the state. Government insists they rule by the consent of the governed, but I do not remember a government official ever asking me(or my neighbors) if I would...