Liberty always a worthy collectible

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for December 3, 2023)

Like almost everyone, there are certain things I like to collect. Kerosene lamps being among my favorites. At one time I only wanted enough oil lamps to light the house in case of a power outage. They are useful to have around, even though power outages are rare.

Then I started liking them just for how they look.

Once I had a lamp for every room of the house, plus a few spares, I realized it was time to stop collecting them. This is when I learned that collecting has an inertia of its own. It's hard to stop collecting something once you've started, even when you know you have enough. It's hard to accept "enough" as even a possibility. I did stop, though. Mostly.

I deny being a hoarder, but I can see how it happens. I understand it and I'm not going to judge.

One thing there can never be enough of is liberty.

As I've pointed out before, since liberty is freedom tempered with responsibility, it's not possible for "too much liberty" to exist. As long as there are political governments, with their twisted view that they have a right or the imaginary authority to limit-- violate-- your liberty, there will never be enough liberty in the world.

Liberty will always be too scarce in this government-haunted world. Scarcity is a good reason to start collecting something.

Liberty isn't like kerosene lamps. It can't sit motionless on a shelf and look nice. It has to be put into action or it ceases to exist at all. Liberty isn't just a word, it has to be an action. To collect it is to live it.

You can collect a little more liberty by doing things you have a right to do whether or not the regional political types want you to. Let their disapproval encourage you.

Maybe your liberty collection includes some free speech to exercise in spite of government's corporate censorship machinery. Speak the truth responsibly, to the best of your ability, but don't let your opinions be silenced.

Perhaps you have a collection of weaponry, and the ability to use it responsibly. Or classic cars which burn a type of fuel government is trying hard to make go away.

It's your liberty. Use it!

Collect liberty for yourself and give a little to those who need a jump-start. It will make the world a better place.

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Free people can't be governed

There are zero politicians in office who actually respect your right to own and carry weapons. They ALL cling to the outdated notion that government can (and should) control who owns what and where they can possess it.

You won’t find one who rejects “red flag” infringements, the NFA/GCA, background checks, FFL licensing, “gun free zones” in their entirety, etc.

Even those who say many of the right things have a big "but".

Maybe they realize they couldn't govern if the people were free. As hard as they work to prevent freedom and liberty it sure looks as if that's what's going on.

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Release him and pay him the bounty he rightfully earned

Once again, I'm behind the curve. I only recently became aware of the story.

If the story about Gypsy Rose Blanchard is true, she should get a refund from government of any of her relatives' tax money, and her boyfriend should have been paid a bounty (taken from "law enforcement" budgets). There shouldn't have been any imprisonment for either of them.

That's IF the story is true, which is never a good bet.

Mentally ill people, like (apparently) her mother, can't be immune from the consequences of their actions, even if they "can't help themselves". If you do something like that to your child, no reasonable person would fault your child for doing whatever it takes to escape your clutches. 

I have a friend who was in less severe, but similar circumstances. She was so scared of her mother, and what she imagined her mother would do to her if she moved out-- even after she had turned 18-- that she stayed in the abusive home for several more years than she should have. Long after she could have walked out without her mom being able to send the cops after her to force her back into the home-- which is what she truly believed would happen. 

So I understand why Gypsy Rose didn't "just leave". She didn't believe she could.

The state, by punishing her and her boyfriend, continued the abuse her mother had been committing. The state owes restitution to them both, and her boyfriend needs to be immediately released from prison.

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Activism corrupts

There are groups out there who I used to support-- and I still reject anyone who seeks to violate their rights-- but then they became politicized "activists" and started trying to dictate the words people used. They ganged up and "canceled"-- with the help of gov/corporations-- anyone who didn't submit to their bullying.

That's one line in the sand where my support ends.

You have a right to do anything that doesn't violate anyone else, but dictating the words others use does violate the equal and identical rights of others; it is not something you have a right to do. 

Freedom of speech is non-negotiable. Censorship is something I will never support.

Basically, as soon as any group gets polluted by activism they start doing things that violate the rights of others and they become the enemy.

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Government forces aren't defensive

I know many people are inclined to "support" the military or the police. Often, due to some govschool brainwashing that makes them believe these government forces are there to protect and defend them.

How silly.

I even see libertarians who can't seem to shake the brainwashing, and express "pride" when a family member takes up arms for The Ancestral Enemy. This hurts!

The military is not defensive. Neither are the police. Both are there only to protect the interests of those who hallucinate a "right" to govern you. This isn't to your benefit.

Any useful thing that either of these government forces do could be done by a normal, armed populace. Voluntarily. No taxation or govthug worship needed. YOU are enough.

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Government's "job" is to...

Government’s "job" is to put up roadblocks to stifle the economy and innovation. 

Government’s "job" is to "get in a man's way".

Government's "job" is to throw its military around to make you less safe.

Government's "job" is to whittle away at your standard of living.

Government's "job" is to counterfeit money.

Government's "job" is to muddle language so you are unable to think clearly or identify reality.

Government's "job" is to make sure you don't have options to escape its reach.

Government's "job" is to make up and enforce legislation that violates your natural human rights and destroys liberty.

Government's "job" is to indoctrinate children and make sure they aren't too educated for its purposes.

Government's "job" is to make you as dependent and helpless as it can get away with.

Government's "job" is to steal from you to make sure you aren't self-sufficient.

Anything else you've been told is "government's job" is a lie. The lies you've been told about the purpose of government should be obvious to you. If not, you'll keep making excuses.

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Welcome 2024

Happy arbitrarily chosen day for beginning a new calendar year!

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Ready for America to be free again

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for November 26, 2023)

How long has it been since you heard someone say "It's a free country"? I used to hear it almost every day. I haven't heard anyone say this for years now. Another thing people no longer say is "This mammoth steak is delicious". No one says either phrase anymore for the same reason. No one is eating mammoth steaks and America isn't a free country.

Sure, if all you want to do is agree with government opinions and be obedient to its edicts, you're still free. A slave is completely free if he wants to be enslaved. This isn't what I want. I want more.

See how free you are, or remain, if you have a difference of opinion with government. Or if you simply won't accept and repeat its lies. The political prisoners of the January 6th protest discovered how unfree America has become. I wasn't surprised. Were they?

The single purpose of Congress is to make up legislation, each word of which chips away a little more of your freedom. If you establish a system explicitly designed to destroy freedom, how long until you have no freedom left?

Can you name anything not regulated by a large number of government rules? I can't think of a single thing. That's not freedom. Even with rules applied to everything, additional rules are constantly piled on top of those already imposed.

What sort of sick person would think this is any type of freedom?

"Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do." ~ former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, March 1994

No, Rudy. You couldn't be more wrong. That's authoritarianism-- the opposite of freedom. You either don't understand freedom or you were lying for political reasons.

Freedom is doing anything you want. This is why freedom needs to be tempered with responsibility to result in liberty, not crushed by political authority.

The late author L. Neil Smith had proposed a moratorium on new legislation to last one hundred years; the only thing Congress would be allowed to do in the meantime is abolish laws. It's a good start.

I'm ready for America to be free again; to hear people say "It's a free country" and mean it.

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His claim falls flat

I saw a quote from a “conservative” spokesthing saying that “undecideds” are destroying the country from within.

Of course, his solution is for them all to join his cult.

It must truly suck to be that dishonest or clueless.

I’m not “undecided”; I consciously rejected his kind years ago. I decided. 

It is those like him— political archators— who are destroying everything. I reject them. I choose liberty and ethical behavior instead.

He will never talk me into being like him. He can’t shame me into being evil— as if that’s even a thing. Those who reject his backwardness aren’t the problem. 

I see him and those like him, of any political cult, as the real problem. He’s a loser.

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Accept the solution

It bothers me when people complain to me about a problem, I give them a solution, they don’t like the solution so they ignore it and continue complaining about the problem they now know the solution to. 

If I repeat the solution every time they complain I’m the one who sounds like a broken record. So I don’t. And the complaining continues.

One example I see in my life over and over: someone is driving when the sun is low in the sky and complaining about the sun in their eyes. The sun visor can't be adjusted well enough to shade the eyes without blocking the view too much. I point out that wearing a hat with a brim allows one to subconsciously tilt the head to shade the eyes without blocking the view. But Driver doesn't like hats, so won't listen. The complaining continues for YEARS. The known solution isn't acceptable, but the problem is?

It's not only individuals, but "society" that does this. 

Respecting liberty can solve most problems-- it is already demonstrated. But most people don't want to give up certain things (control, political positions, beloved programs, etc.), so they only want disjointed pieces of liberty that don't offend them. 

It doesn't work like that! So, they'll keep grasping at things they already know won't work and complaining that they don't work because not everyone is on board with the designed failure.

If someone offers an easy, reasonable free solution, but you don't like it, at least stop complaining and suck it up.

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A warning from an enemy

Klaus Schwab— “You have this anti-system movement…There is of course an anti-system which is called libertarianism. Which means to tear down everything which creates some kind of influence of government into private lives.” (link)

Schwab is an evil loser every bit as much as any mass shooter or freelance terrorist. He just uses politics as his "assault weapon".

If a system is based on archation-- which his system is-- it needs to be dismantled and opposed. It doesn't need to be fixed. It needs to be torn down. Destroyed forever and salt poured upon the ruins.

Those who want government to have any influence in your private life are your enemy. They are pro-slavery. They are evil. Klaus is a lot of things, but none of them in any way good or benevolent.

He has laid out his plans for you. You've been warned. Are you going to believe him, or give him the benefit of the doubt?

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Trip to the urologist

I had the ureteral stent removed this morning (Tuesday, Dec. 26). So, it wasn't in my urethra where the scar tissue is, after all.

It was painful, but I feel a lot better now. Finally. So, the kidney stone saga is over, and no one said anything about more stones lurking like they did last time. I hope I don't ever have another one.

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Merry Christmas!

 I hope your day is filled with love and peace.

Government is always the enemy

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for November 19, 2023)

If you aren’t against the institution of government yet, you will be. If you're still taking government's side, you haven't realized government considers you the enemy, and treats you as such. Actual criminals and terrorists are not government's top concern or seen as a real threat-- you and your liberty are, and have been far longer than you'd be comfortable admitting.

Just look at a couple of things the omnipotent State has planned for your future: car shutoff switches and digital dollars which can be turned off. Government will hold the keys to both. The plan is for you to be unable to go anywhere or do anything without government's permission since you are assumed to be a criminal who simply hasn't been caught yet.

Do you have an opinion government doesn't like? Your car may be disabled and all your money turned off or transferred to the government's treasury. They'll say this is to keep everyone safe. The national mainstream media corporations will approve, and public opinion will be against you.

I'm sure this power would never be used against someone just for expressing an opinion against whichever crooks are in power at the moment. Just ask the political prisoners of "January 6th".

Car companies and banks who push for this change are helping the wrong side. They are choosing to align with those who want everyone equally enslaved-- "equity" and "inclusion".

Others who comply quickly, without dragging their feet or monkeywrenching the plans of the supervillains in power are choosing sides against you and your rights. I understand government already has them over a barrel and it's dangerous to resist-- licenses can be revoked-- but it would be the right thing to do. Will any have the fortitude to do the right thing? Time will tell.

Of course, government also plans to do whatever it can to make sure you are unable to effectively defend yourself from its gang or from freelance bad guys. Expect more calls for "gun control", and more convenient mass murders by evil losers on medication who are "known to law enforcement".

Those who say any of this is for your own good or for safety are your arch-enemy.

In the meantime, prepare yourself mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically to be an outcast with a low social credit score. Or, choose to stand against liberty and all that America was founded to protect by siding with overbearing, authoritarian government.

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Back when I used to v*te

Back when I used to v*te it made no positive difference. 

If the candidate I didn’t v*te for won, I hated the things they did with their power. 

If the candidate I v*ted for won, I hated what they did when they inevitably stabbed me in the back.

Either way, I always lost. Liberty always lost. It always made me feel bad, like I’d been scammed— because I had been.

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Rigging the next election in plain sight

Keeping Trump off the ballot in certain states is rigging the election. They are proving him right. 

Is this really what they want to do? 

Are they so desperate to “win” by any means they don’t care if everyone sees what they are doing?

I guess they don’t care too much about “our democracy” after all.

Welcome to the party, Pal.

Politics makes people stupid. 

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Justifying The State

I've never figured out why I'm supposed to be impressed-- much less convinced-- when someone is able to make an intellectual argument for the state. 

People have been making intellectual arguments in favor of all types of slavery for as long as they felt the need to justify it. 

The reason they have felt the need to justify it is the deep-seated (perhaps subconscious) awareness that it's wrong. Appreciate their confession.

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Life's bumps and potholes

With the surgery coming up on Wednesday (unless I can squeeze out the kidney stone before then), I feel less Christmassy than ever before. Or, at least it's tied with my horrible Christmas in 2003. That Christmas lowered my expectations forever.

I've also had a hard time focusing on writing. 

Which brings me to a favor I'd like to ask: Are there any topics or issues you'd like me to address? If so, either put them in a comment or email me and I'll see what I can do. Otherwise, I may just make fun of anti-gun bigots some more.

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Liberty essential, worth fighting for

(My Eastern New Mexico News column for November 12, 2023)

All sides that don't prioritize liberty are the same.

Excuses don't matter. If you're angry about the other side doing something which violates liberty, but you justify your side violating liberty in some other way, you're not helping.

It's not Democrat vs. Republican, nor "Left vs. "Right". It comes down to liberty vs slavery. It may be "slavery-light" instead of what you've been trained to consider slavery, but is gentle slavery better?

Most people are so motivated to find ways to keep others under control they'll sacrifice their own liberty to the cause.

If you really want the liberty to live your faith, but are willing to use the violence of government to prevent people of another faith from doing the same, don't whine when the tables are turned. And the tables will turn-- just wait.

When one political side uses government against those trying to move freely from place to place, to ingest what they choose, or to love who they love, they are every bit as much the enemy of liberty as the political side looking to criminalize the tools of defense, censor, or portray a segment of the population as "colonizers". Both are the enemy of humanity.

Cars, guns, words, and beliefs can all be misused to hurt or kill innocent people. If you want to punish the innocent for the misdeeds of others, you are setting a pattern which will be used against you. If not next year, then soon. There is no excuse to ban anything or to allow government to control anything.

Government is used to kill more people than all the lesser dangers combined, yet I wouldn't use something like government legislation to ban government. I can't imagine anything sillier. There is no way to use government correctly-- every use is a misuse. Instead I would defend myself from those using government against individuals, and encourage others to do the same. There will always be bad people doing bad things. It is up to each of us to fight back.

Regardless of what those addicted to control will say, liberty is essential to the survival of our species. Is it safe? No. Life never is. Is the risk worth it? Without the slightest shadow of a doubt, it is.

Like Thomas Jefferson, "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." Liberty is worth fighting for.

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Misguidance

People can be guided by truth and they can be misguided by ignorance (guess which one seems most prevalent). Often at the same time. That's why there are still DemoCRAPublicans.

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