Ok, they aren’t really mugging churches and pocketing from the collection plate, or hitting foster kids up for their lunch money. That would be wrong. That kind of behavior is only appropriate when you do it to rich folks. Rich folks, in this case, being those making 250K a year. Read more…
Here’s the thing I’m trying to get across. All those of you who voted for change? Pretty much a Fail if you ask me. Not because I have anything in particular against Mr. Obama, but because Democrats and Republicans are pretty much the exact same creatures until you get on Read more…
How about Rahm Emanuel? You think it is a good idea for the State to watch your every move? Should the FBI, the ATF, the IRS and Customs and Immigration be able to track you wherever you go? Wouldn’t it be nice if every municipality was able to issue speeding Read more…
We have a new law, something that should warm the cockles of every Statist’s heart. Oh, and deary me, it protects the children. Oh then why would I be against such a law? I must hate the children. . . I suggest you read this. (linked from here.) From the Read more…
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. . . The country’s in a crisis, it is desperately urgent that we act now by passing sweeping legislation that massively expands government intrusions into ordinary citizen’s lives. We must pass it quickly, must not examine it too closely, and should anyone Read more…
I’d probably go on a long rant about the IRS planning to tax virtual economies, but frankly, my head’s not up for it. I’ll just note this sucktastic marriage of stupidity and inevitability is just the intractable creep of the state into every facet of our lives. I mean, cops Read more…
From Dear Author we have something that just amazes me in shear economic WTFry. We all know at the wonderful, and oh so successful, way that major content providers (MPAA, RIAA, Viacom etc.) have tried to impose 19th century “this is my widget” mentality to IP law in the digital Read more…
To be enshrined along with “we had to destroy the village in order to save it.” “I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system.” George Bush, announcing that American Capitalism has jumped the shark.
I don’t usually post similar posts back-to-back, but occasionally the stupid comes fast and furious and I can’t help but stand by and mock. Since this all is my blog, I can do that. So, with this in mind I present to you the latest in a long line of Read more…
One of the fun things about being a libertarian is that you really have no problem coming up with really good examples of bad government intervention. It’s almost a given, and I think even the most statist of both my liberal and conservative friends would agree that Sturgeon’s Law applies Read more…