TSA Desktop Image Makes Joke of Cavity Searching Children

TSA Desktop Image Makes Joke of Cavity Searching Children

As the TSA and the government overlords descend into more and more depraved policies intended to free/enslave us, the people are beginning to wake up. It is still not a rapid enough awakening for me, but it is happening.

This is where we, as Freemen, must take a stand...do we live on our knees? Or are we willing to die on our feet?

Stand up!!!!!!

Counting down

For anyone that may read this, my apologies upfront in that this post is not about current events in the worldly sense but rather a more personal post...venting for my own sake... :-)
I am finally (almost) at the terminus of my adventures in the military-industrial complex... The closer I get to my freedom, the more I find myself agitated that it can't come soon enough! I walk around the base, confident in my knowledge and awareness of who I am, and I view my fellows in arms with suspicion, alarm, and pity. I shouldn't project my aversions to my service onto them, but it is difficult to not view them as sheep, lined up for an eventual slaughter...and the tenuous reality is that should I be set up for the same slaughter prior to my liberation from this "chicken-shit outfit", what could I do to avoid the looks of pity of others? Not much. My actions are constrained...so close to freedom and yet the proximity is a maddening reminder of my bindings!!!
Nevermind that...I very much look forward to the near day that I (and my family) are free of these trappings and able to stretch our legs and smell the air of freedom of choice and action. I have no illusions that it will be easy or the land of milk and honey, but the mere thought that there is a forge against which we can test our mettle heartens me to the prospect of truly living...of facing life with all of its possibilities and, God willing, succeeding.
We are going to be Free Staters in new Hampshire. Whether we will live as Anarcho-Capitalists, Agorists, Voluntaryists, or mere mundanes remains a mystery...what is not a mystery is that the page is yet unwritten...and thank God for that! :-)

Rights

I was listening to a podcast the other day and was somewhat surprised to hear the commentator make, what I felt was a major gaffe, given his solid libertarian-esque creds. Basically, he was advocating for gay rights which, on the surface, one could argue is valid. Everyone has a right to associate as they wish as long as it does no harm to anyone else... But there-in lies the key. Everyone.
In other words, the distinction of 'gay' rights is an arbitrary classification of rights that pertain to all and is thus superfluous, and worse than that, dangerous as it creates interest groups that can be exploited by the state. Better that we recognize the human rights inherent in all (citizen, non-citizen, black, white, gay, handicapped, etc) than to break those rights down as exclusive to a certain segment of society.
I say, we all loudly proclaim all rights as ours. If we must operate in the current paradigm of divisions of rights, then rightfully claim your gay/straight/black/white/jewish/atheist/minority/one-eyed/too-hairy/fat/etc rights as YOURS! They all belong to you as a human right...there should be no other distinction.

Letter to a Friend

I wouldn't normally consider posting something that I shared in private with a friend, however in this particular case there is no harm as the person is not mentioned by name in what I am about to share.
The background is this: My friend sent me a message asking if I would mind if they 'de-friended' me on Facebook. The friend's concern was that he/she was going to be seeking a government security clearance and that the background check would undoubtedly include (yes, it seems silly but it is true) his/her Facebook profile. Being friends with me could possibly sully my friend's chances of getting the security clearance because the prevailing tenor of the majority of my posts are decidedly anti-state and anti-war and, even if he/she hid my posts on Facebook, I would still be on his/her "friends list".
Now, being a friend and, perhaps more importantly, being pragmatic, I let my friend know that I understood and that by all means, do what needed to be done. However, through out the course of the day, the motivation behind the request began to really nag at me... In a matter of hours it dawned on me why I was so troubled. Following is what I wrote to my friend:

"I've been thinking all day long about the concerns that you expressed...and although I recognize your concerns and the pragmatism of your actions (you are right to do what is right for your situation), it really, really disturbs me that we (you and I) are intimidated into cowing before our government for the prospect of a 'better' job. In essence, we are boot-licking!
I understand that what I may think, say, or post is explicitly anti-(bad) government but nothing I have done is unpatriotic, whatever that means in today's wacko world! Do we not still have the freedom of speech, the freedom of association, the freedom to be secure in our persons and properties, the right to disagree with the actions and political philosophies of our elected representatives?
Sadly, as we act to hide ourselves from our government, the answer is stunningly clear...it appears that we do not have any of these anymore in any meaningful way. Liberty is not a half-measure. We either are free, or we are not. And, your request/explanation to me today, regardless of my understanding of the purest of intentions behind your actions, brought it home to me this morning - WE ARE NOT FREE.

I had to share this little epiphany with you, if anything to thank you for clarifying some of my thoughts, but perhaps also to offer you some unsolicited food for thought: Is a job that requires this kind of acquiescence from you worth the price?"

So, epiphany for the day: We are not free.

Actually, it is not so much an epiphany as it is a more clear understanding of the extent of the loss of our liberties. It is depressing...and it is a call to action. How much longer do we continue to play the game of good sheep? I, for one, am very weary of the boot on my neck and shackles on my actions...

Gas Stations in the Sky: $35 Billion in the Corporate Welfare Pipeline

Gas Stations in the Sky: $35 Billion in the Corporate Welfare Pipeline

As the author states, the numbers may be a little dubious but when you are talking about $35B, the equivalent of about 3% of the entire US spending on offense, what is a few billion among friends? Disgusting, really.

Government is evidence of failure

Government is evidence of failure

"Taser Monkey"...Now that is catchy! :-)

President Obama, White House: Al Qaeda Is Racist - Political Punch

President Obama, White House: Al Qaeda Is Racist - Political Punch

OK - this one was a bit too 'hot' to post to my FB page so to my blog it goes...

What in the hell kind of pap pronouncement is this that Al Qaeda is racist? They may be a lot of things (CIA boogey man; US government straw man; convenient distraction from the tyranny at home; callous murderers; etc) but racism is probably the last quality that I would ascribe to them. That is just damn silly!!

However, stepping back from the fray, what other nefarious organization has been deemed to be racist, or at least have 'racist elements'? Yes, the Tea Party folks and, by the current statist reasoning, anyone who opposes big government and big government agendas. (For example: oppose Obamacare, you are racist; oppose illegal immigration, you are racist; end the fed - racist; oppose greater taxes - racist; oppose the wars - hippie racists!...and the list goes on.) So, although the link hasn't been explicitly made yet (though some would say it has citing the MIAC report as evidence), it certainly appears that the administration is but one small step away from equating the Tea Parties and all opposed to a statist agenda, as being terrorists...

It won't be long before an event will occur here in the US that will be portrayed as an act of (racial) terrorism and it will be squarely affixed to the Tea Party or an anti-state individual or group...and the crackdown will commence in visible earnest on our freedoms. The framework is in place. The means are being set. The ends are approaching...