(Source: oneordinaryperson)
We do not live in a truly free country. In a free country, there would be a free market, not government regulation of business; parents could educate their children as they saw fit instead of sending them to a failing public school system; privacy would not be invaded by atrocities like the Patriot Act; taxation would not exist because every person would be in control of the money he earned; the military would strictly be used for national defense because foreign alliances would not be tolerated; social issues like gay marriage and abortion would not exist because individual rights would reign supreme; immigrants would receive no handouts and would either sink or swim like all other citizens. None of these are true in the United States. I cannot understand how our society so willingly relinquishes freedom in exchange for a false sense of security. Thomas Jefferson said, "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." I stand for liberty.
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“God…a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man’s power to conceive.”
— Ayn Rand
“There are no differences between Obama and Romney, in reality. But there are huge differences between Ron Paul and everybody.”
— Polish Ron Paul supporter (via eltigrechico)
(via scatteredaesthetics)
Faces of a coin
follow for the best atheist posts on tumblrPretty sure I’ve reblogged this before. But it’s still one of my favorite things on the internet.
“What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.”
— Tom Clancy (via thinksquad)
Obama, Apologists
So I have spoken to several people who are strongly in favour of Obama, and basically all of their arguments hang entirely upon this one statement:
- SO MUCH BETTER THAN BUSH, MAN.
And when posed with the fact that people elect candidates contingent upon campaign promises, Obama has fallen short. Generally, I like to give the example of his heightening of the war in Afghanistan, and — seriously — the only reply I ever get from them (before they quickly change the subject) is:
“Yeah….”
#douchenoodle
lol’d
SO MUCH!!
While I agree with this, I almost feel like trying to reclaim “capitalism” is much like libertarians trying to reclaim “liberal.” It just ain’t gonna happen.
(Source: georgeoughttohelp, via unapologeticallylibertarian)
![citizens-concerned:
Since the end of the Second World War, the United States of America has …Attempted to overthrow more than 50 governments, most of which weredemocratically-elected.[1]Attempted to suppress a populist or nationalist movement in 20 countries.[2]Grossly interfered in democratic elections in at least 30 countries.[3]Dropped bombs on the people of more than 30 countries.[4]Attempted to assassinate more than 50 foreign leaders.[5]In total: Since 1945, the United States has carried out one or more ofthe above actions, on one or more occasions, in the following 69countries (more than one-third of the countries of the world):AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAngolaAustraliaBoliviaBosniaBrazilBritish Guiana (now Guyana)BulgariaCambodiaChadChileChinaColombiaCongo (also as Zaire)Costa RicaCubaDominican RepublicEast TimorEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorFijiFranceGermany (plus East Germany)GhanaGreeceGrenadaGuatemalaHondurasIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqItalyJamaicaJapanKuwaitLaosLebanonLibyaMongoliaMoroccoNepalNicaraguaNorth KoreaPakistanPalestinePanamaPeruPhilippinesPortugalRussiaSeychellesSlovakiaSomaliaSouth AfricaSoviet UnionSudanSurinameSyriaThailandUruguayVenezuelaVietnam (plus North Vietnam)Yemen (plus South Yemen)Yugoslavia
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Since the end of the Second World War, the United States of America has …
Attempted to overthrow more than 50 governments, most of which were
democratically-elected.[1]
Attempted to suppress a populist or nationalist movement in 20 countries.[2]
Grossly interfered in democratic elections in at least 30 countries.[3]
Dropped bombs on the people of more than 30 countries.[4]
Attempted to assassinate more than 50 foreign leaders.[5]
In total: Since 1945, the United States has carried out one or more of
the above actions, on one or more occasions, in the following 69
countries (more than one-third of the countries of the world):
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Australia
Bolivia
Bosnia
Brazil
British Guiana (now Guyana)
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo (also as Zaire)
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Fiji
France
Germany (plus East Germany)
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Libya
Mongolia
Morocco
Nepal
Nicaragua
North Korea
Pakistan
Palestine
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Russia
Seychelles
Slovakia
Somalia
South Africa
Soviet Union
Sudan
Suriname
Syria
Thailand
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam (plus North Vietnam)
Yemen (plus South Yemen)
Yugoslavia—Shared by Elle.
“I… don’t like to use those terms: gay rights, women’s rights, minority rights, religious rights. There’s only one type of right; it’s the right to your liberty.”
— RON PAUL 2012 (via scatteredaesthetics)
(Source: youtube.com, via scatteredaesthetics)
College philosophy classes in a nut shell. AMEN (Taken with instagram)
Also, when people worship things just because they’re told they should.
But you know what’s worse? People who don’t capitalize letters and use “u” in place of “you.”
Who will you believe this time?
(Source: youtube.com)
