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This is a quick update. It looks like this guy that works at the IRS decided not to pay his taxes.
This might make for an interesting news story, but there are actually quite a few people within the IRS, Congress, and in government in general that are delinquent on their taxes. Our personal favorite is "Pure Class" Charlie Rangel. On top of all this, top tax man, Tim Geithner had trouble navigating the tax code. Hey - maybe it's just too burdensome. Just a thought.
Too many laws, like too many physicians, is a sign of malady.
(That's not our's it's actually Voltaire who said it first)
Dots and Dashes
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Pre-Emptive Mocking of Tea Party Movement
It seems that the strategy right now is to belittle the outrage around the power grab and free-for-all spending that is currently underway.
This is a typical tactic, but it looks like it has been sanctioned by whomever is quarterbacking the propaganda now. This just barely worked against Ron Paul in the primaries last year. Had that campaign cycle lasted another few months, there may have been a much different outcome. People are waking up to what is going on at an accelerating pace. It's not just hardcore libertarians - it is also everyday people who simply see the level of intrusion and confiscation has gotten so out of hand that mere phone calls and emails will not convey their disapproval anymore. This scares the hell out of the folks pulling the strings.
The political class knows there will be people in the streets on April 15th - the day set for the Tea Party protests. They are simply trying to minimize the visible outrage by trying their best to talk people out of showing up. For instance, this entry in the semi-intellectual Huffington Post.
I'd like to go on record as saying that I understand full well what is going on, so that may make me an "intellectual" - and it's OK for the thinking person to show up and protest on tax day (April 15th) as well.
This is a typical tactic, but it looks like it has been sanctioned by whomever is quarterbacking the propaganda now. This just barely worked against Ron Paul in the primaries last year. Had that campaign cycle lasted another few months, there may have been a much different outcome. People are waking up to what is going on at an accelerating pace. It's not just hardcore libertarians - it is also everyday people who simply see the level of intrusion and confiscation has gotten so out of hand that mere phone calls and emails will not convey their disapproval anymore. This scares the hell out of the folks pulling the strings.
The political class knows there will be people in the streets on April 15th - the day set for the Tea Party protests. They are simply trying to minimize the visible outrage by trying their best to talk people out of showing up. For instance, this entry in the semi-intellectual Huffington Post.
I'd like to go on record as saying that I understand full well what is going on, so that may make me an "intellectual" - and it's OK for the thinking person to show up and protest on tax day (April 15th) as well.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Local Action Comittees
We just got a request on Facebook to join a group. This is a group of people calling themselves "conservatives", but the general theme seems to be Constitutionality.
The thing to notice is that it is formed locally and most of the members are local. It's a small group, but more of these are popping up.
http://www.csa-1776.org/
If you're looking at forming your own group up, might we suggest using Facebook's group functionality and Meetup.com to schedule the meetings and events? It is a lot easier than building your own web site.
The thing to notice is that it is formed locally and most of the members are local. It's a small group, but more of these are popping up.
http://www.csa-1776.org/
If you're looking at forming your own group up, might we suggest using Facebook's group functionality and Meetup.com to schedule the meetings and events? It is a lot easier than building your own web site.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Gary North on George Soros and Inflation
Gary North writes about impending inflation and what it means to "Main Street".
These types of articles get very little play in the media. I think it's partly because the story is not understood and partly because people want to hide it.
However, it's pretty important to understand what he's talking about here. Take a moment to check out this article.
Also, that's his 699th article for LewRockwell.com. Talk about production. The guy is a machine.
These types of articles get very little play in the media. I think it's partly because the story is not understood and partly because people want to hide it.
However, it's pretty important to understand what he's talking about here. Take a moment to check out this article.
Also, that's his 699th article for LewRockwell.com. Talk about production. The guy is a machine.
Friday, March 27, 2009
The Path to Secession
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The Path to Secession
By Frank Speiser
March 2009
The time has come to speak clearly.
Plainly.
Honestly.
Let us realize and confront the circumstances and times in which we now find ourselves.
Can anyone reading this feel as though they are adequately represented in the House or Senate?
Does your Senator or Congressman listen to your concerns and represent your state or district when your life's work, savings and earnings are being carved up by those you do not and cannot elect?
Can you “petition your government for a redress of grievances ”, as specified in the very kernel of our founding ideals?
What was once a federal government is now a national government. The difference between the two was once commonly understood. Our country's concept of local representation, formed in order to protect the competing interests that are inherent in a large federation of people, is now gone.
James Madison warned us, even explicitly in The Federalist Papers #10. Alexis de Tocqueville saw this, as well. Factions are dangerous if not checked by moral integrity and respect for personal liberties.
Today, our purported leadership has not only chosen to be blissfully unaware of the necessary and successful ingredients for large and diverse groups of people to co-operate - they have opted to devolve into a war bracket of competing factions for their own political gain. This is unacceptable to anyone wishing to pursue our hallowed ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Politicians are in large part a Machiavellian lot. They operate on zero-sum assumptions. If someone is to benefit, someone must lose. When choosing which course of action to take, these types of people understand that it is only prudent to act when the cost of action is less than the cost of inaction. The factions fighting within this framework insulate the very few who benefit from this spiral of conflict.
We, the remaining patriots steadfast in our ideals of individual liberty and property rights, have been burdened with the responsibility to provide the “cost incentive” necessary for political action. There is little to lose for those of us that comprise the general citizenry. Confiscation is planned and new designs for encroachment are being made each day.
We needn’t be aggressive, nor initiate aggression. In fact, that would be philosophically untenable and morally corrupt. We need only assert our natural right of self-ownership. Our cost of inaction is to watch idly as the embers of individual life, liberty and pursuit of happiness are snuffed out to a round of celebratory applause. I, speaking for only myself, find this unacceptable.
We (those of us that may agree with me) seek only peace and absence of tyrannical interference. Most of us can agree that a step closer to this, is a step in the right direction. However, those of us that have hoped to remain politically disengaged while we focus on important issues like family and prosperity have been squarely targeted. It is now time to act, or it is clear that our actions will become increasingly directed and planned.
We should follow the only path that has been tested and proven to yield a peaceful and co-operative society. If we’re being true to our ideals, we owe this to ourselves, and even those misguided enough to try to rule us by force. We need to assert our right to self-government.
We need to assert our natural right of peaceful secession.
Our path may be a bit more complex than our forefathers, tactically. However, there is hope. It may be true that you can’t fight city hall – but you can have city halls fight each other.
There seems to be no local representation for us. Therefore, we should secede from our counties and states. Why pay state taxes, property taxes or sales tax if the money is just passed up the chain to the federal government and doled out according to a philosophy of confiscation? Why do we allow those in the states to represent us?
We should send a message that if you – the state and local representatives – will not represent us, we will secede and cease to pay taxes that only go to the federal government anyway. Let’s just cut out the middle man and pay only our federal burden. To many of us, this will result in some much-needed discretionary income that we may retain.
If the states will not represent us as designed, they should not see a dime of our tax dollars. The same goes for our municipalities and counties. You can see this sentiment starting to bubble in places like Oklahoma, with opposition to the REAL-ID bill and in New Hampshire with state resolution HCR-0006.
Of course, we do not seek to empower a monolithic and all-powerful federal government. The way districts and voting blocs are configured, very few states have the incentive or mechanics to secede and those in power have little impetus to act. Let’s give it to them. If your representatives will not protect your interests, then they do not deserve the support of their productive class. We do not need our states to join us. We only need those areas with concentrated productivity and income to assert their right to the fruits of their labor.
Let the state governors realize that they will see no tax revenue from us until they represent us, and stop the savage confiscation that has been building for more than a century. It is only becoming more efficient and is accelerating rapidly. Local representation is critical, and if it is absent, it should not be rewarded.
We can secede, and we should offer to do it peacefully. There should be no violent repercussions for our wanting to retain the fruits of our labor. The states, counties and municipalities should either pass legislation making the confiscation and re-distribution of our wealth illegal – and do what they are empowered by our specific enumerations – or step out of the way and understand they will not see a dime. As our production is no longer accessible to them, their power will wane. Even if our initial attempts are not successful any politician can see how this will erode their means to advancement.
Let the governors of our states represent us, or we will rescind our permission tentatively granted for them to do so. Now!
It is time to start our work on secession. We need to assert our right to self-ownership, reclaim our right of self-determination and demand representation, or agree that we will withdraw and represent ourselves in the face of federal encroachment. It will surely yield more advances in liberty than the current broken structure. The few good men and women that are elected to do this and would like to hold true to our word, need this kind of leverage to begin to yield a constitutional imperative.
Represent us, or represent the federal apparatus. Either way, we’re giving notice that we have had enough, and from here on out, the true patriots will not yield in their pursuit of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, nor will we shrink from the service in protecting these individual ideals.
The Path to Secession
By Frank Speiser
March 2009
The time has come to speak clearly.
Plainly.
Honestly.
Let us realize and confront the circumstances and times in which we now find ourselves.
Can anyone reading this feel as though they are adequately represented in the House or Senate?
Does your Senator or Congressman listen to your concerns and represent your state or district when your life's work, savings and earnings are being carved up by those you do not and cannot elect?
Can you “petition your government for a redress of grievances ”, as specified in the very kernel of our founding ideals?
What was once a federal government is now a national government. The difference between the two was once commonly understood. Our country's concept of local representation, formed in order to protect the competing interests that are inherent in a large federation of people, is now gone.
James Madison warned us, even explicitly in The Federalist Papers #10. Alexis de Tocqueville saw this, as well. Factions are dangerous if not checked by moral integrity and respect for personal liberties.
Today, our purported leadership has not only chosen to be blissfully unaware of the necessary and successful ingredients for large and diverse groups of people to co-operate - they have opted to devolve into a war bracket of competing factions for their own political gain. This is unacceptable to anyone wishing to pursue our hallowed ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Politicians are in large part a Machiavellian lot. They operate on zero-sum assumptions. If someone is to benefit, someone must lose. When choosing which course of action to take, these types of people understand that it is only prudent to act when the cost of action is less than the cost of inaction. The factions fighting within this framework insulate the very few who benefit from this spiral of conflict.
We, the remaining patriots steadfast in our ideals of individual liberty and property rights, have been burdened with the responsibility to provide the “cost incentive” necessary for political action. There is little to lose for those of us that comprise the general citizenry. Confiscation is planned and new designs for encroachment are being made each day.
We needn’t be aggressive, nor initiate aggression. In fact, that would be philosophically untenable and morally corrupt. We need only assert our natural right of self-ownership. Our cost of inaction is to watch idly as the embers of individual life, liberty and pursuit of happiness are snuffed out to a round of celebratory applause. I, speaking for only myself, find this unacceptable.
We (those of us that may agree with me) seek only peace and absence of tyrannical interference. Most of us can agree that a step closer to this, is a step in the right direction. However, those of us that have hoped to remain politically disengaged while we focus on important issues like family and prosperity have been squarely targeted. It is now time to act, or it is clear that our actions will become increasingly directed and planned.
We should follow the only path that has been tested and proven to yield a peaceful and co-operative society. If we’re being true to our ideals, we owe this to ourselves, and even those misguided enough to try to rule us by force. We need to assert our right to self-government.
We need to assert our natural right of peaceful secession.
Our path may be a bit more complex than our forefathers, tactically. However, there is hope. It may be true that you can’t fight city hall – but you can have city halls fight each other.
There seems to be no local representation for us. Therefore, we should secede from our counties and states. Why pay state taxes, property taxes or sales tax if the money is just passed up the chain to the federal government and doled out according to a philosophy of confiscation? Why do we allow those in the states to represent us?
We should send a message that if you – the state and local representatives – will not represent us, we will secede and cease to pay taxes that only go to the federal government anyway. Let’s just cut out the middle man and pay only our federal burden. To many of us, this will result in some much-needed discretionary income that we may retain.
If the states will not represent us as designed, they should not see a dime of our tax dollars. The same goes for our municipalities and counties. You can see this sentiment starting to bubble in places like Oklahoma, with opposition to the REAL-ID bill and in New Hampshire with state resolution HCR-0006.
Of course, we do not seek to empower a monolithic and all-powerful federal government. The way districts and voting blocs are configured, very few states have the incentive or mechanics to secede and those in power have little impetus to act. Let’s give it to them. If your representatives will not protect your interests, then they do not deserve the support of their productive class. We do not need our states to join us. We only need those areas with concentrated productivity and income to assert their right to the fruits of their labor.
Let the state governors realize that they will see no tax revenue from us until they represent us, and stop the savage confiscation that has been building for more than a century. It is only becoming more efficient and is accelerating rapidly. Local representation is critical, and if it is absent, it should not be rewarded.
We can secede, and we should offer to do it peacefully. There should be no violent repercussions for our wanting to retain the fruits of our labor. The states, counties and municipalities should either pass legislation making the confiscation and re-distribution of our wealth illegal – and do what they are empowered by our specific enumerations – or step out of the way and understand they will not see a dime. As our production is no longer accessible to them, their power will wane. Even if our initial attempts are not successful any politician can see how this will erode their means to advancement.
Let the governors of our states represent us, or we will rescind our permission tentatively granted for them to do so. Now!
It is time to start our work on secession. We need to assert our right to self-ownership, reclaim our right of self-determination and demand representation, or agree that we will withdraw and represent ourselves in the face of federal encroachment. It will surely yield more advances in liberty than the current broken structure. The few good men and women that are elected to do this and would like to hold true to our word, need this kind of leverage to begin to yield a constitutional imperative.
Represent us, or represent the federal apparatus. Either way, we’re giving notice that we have had enough, and from here on out, the true patriots will not yield in their pursuit of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, nor will we shrink from the service in protecting these individual ideals.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Ep:003 - Taxes
EP:003 : Taxes
Frank and Mike discuss taxes covering the direct easy to see types as well as the super special hidden kind...
Here are the links discussed:
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?DocID=543&Topic2id=30&Topic3id=39
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_supply
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_reserve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxes
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BASE
Frank and Mike discuss taxes covering the direct easy to see types as well as the super special hidden kind...
Here are the links discussed:
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?DocID=543&Topic2id=30&Topic3id=39
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_supply
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_reserve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxes
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BASE
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Ep-002: Now up!
Ep-002: Frank & Mike discuss morals, saw-like situations and moving Keloz... very late one night.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Open for Public Commenting
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
The Pursuit : Ep 001
The Pursuit Cast : Episode 001
In this episode, Frank and Mike discuss the current spending spree, universal health and child care and the reasons for starting the podcast in the first place.
Make It Rain, America
You can now ask your government to make you feel important, even if they don't actually view you as important.
Ask those "POLL" dancers to get with the program and at least pay us the lip service in return for our dollars.
MAKE IT RAIN!
Ask those "POLL" dancers to get with the program and at least pay us the lip service in return for our dollars.
MAKE IT RAIN!
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