“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)
(via a-petro-manifesto)
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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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)
“As the United States officially ended the war in Iraq last month, President Obama spoke eloquently at Fort Bragg, N.C., lauding troops for “your patriotism, your commitment to fulfill your mission, your abiding commitment to one another,” and offering words of grief for the nearly 4,500 members of the U.S. armed forces who died in Iraq. He did not, however, mention the sacrifices of the Iraqi people.
This inattention to civilian deaths in America’s wars isn’t unique to Iraq. There’s little evidence that the American public gives much thought to the people who live in the nations where our military interventions take place. Think about the memorials on the Mall honoring American sacrifices in Korea and Vietnam. These are powerful, sacred spots, but neither mentions the people of those countries who perished in the conflicts….
These attitudes have consequences. Perhaps the most important one — apart from the tensions created with the host governments, which have been quite vocal in protesting civilian casualties — is that indifference provides permission to our military and political leaders to pursue more interventions.”
— John Tirman, “Why do we ignore the civilians killed in America’s wars?” (via hipsterlibertarian)
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Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: “I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s expense.” An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man—his own and those of others.
An individualist is a man who says: “I will not run anyone’s life—nor let anyone run mine. I will not rule nor be ruled. I will not be a master nor a slave. I will not sacrifice myself to anyone—nor sacrifice anyone to myself.”
”— Ayn Rand (via the-capitalist)
(via swansonsmustache)
“I’m supportive of all voluntary associations and people can call it whatever they want. “
“That’s right. That’s your Right under the Constitution and it’s your Right in a free society”
“I don’t want the federal government having a marriage police. I want the states to deal with it. Really, why do we have to have a license to get married? Why don’t we just go to the church? What other individuals do, why can’t we permit them to do whatever they call it that is their problem not mine? Just so nobody else forces their definition of marriage on you. That is what we have to prevent.”
“But, I think the government should just be out of it. I think it should be done by the church or private contract and we shouldn’t have this argument - who’s married and who isn’t married. I have my s|andards but I shouldn’t have to impose my standards on others. Others have standards and they have no right to impose their marriage standards on me. And I just don’t like it. But, if we want to have something to say about marriage, it should be at the state level and not at the federal government. Just get the government out of it.”
Ron Paul refuses to sign the NOM (National Organization for Marriage) pledge
“NOM has reached out to the current crop of Republican presidential candidates to sign the groups pledge. The pledge supports a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman as well as preventing same-sex couples from adopting children. Every candidate has signed the pledge except Ron Paul. Whether you agree with Ron Paul or not, there are times when he steps away from the party line and sticks to his ideology. Though Paul does recognize marriage as one man and one woman, he is against a federal amendment to ban same-sex marriage because it would take power away from the states to legislate the issue locally.” “CNN:Most of our closest allies, including Great Britain and Israel, allow gays and lesbians to openly serve in the military. Is it time to end Don’t ask, don’t tell policy and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the US military?
”Ron Paul: I think the current policy is a decent policy. And the problem that we have with dealing with this subject is we see people as groups, as they belong to certain groups and that they derive their rights as belonging to groups. We don’t get our rights because we’re gays or women or minorities. We get our rights from our creator as individuals. So every individual should be treated the same way. So if there is homosexual behavior in the military that is disruptive, it should be dealt with. But if there’s heterosexual sexual behavior that is disruptive, it should be dealt with. So it isn’t the issue of homosexuality, it’s the concept and the understanding of individual rights. If we understood that, we would not be dealing with this very important problem”
On June 8, 2009, the Hon. Ron Paul of Texas voted YES for passage of H.R. 2965 [111th]: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010Ron Paul is SO ANTI-GAY omg
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One day libertarians will rule the world.
Socialists will all die off when there’s no more productive citizens left to pay for their food stamps.
(Source: swansonsmustache)
