Constitution 2021

They live

travisbenning — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:03:20 +0000

The enemy is still there everyone. The gray, formless mass of ill-concieved ideas and hollow promises is still skipping down the road to serfdom and we're all in lock step with them.WTF?!Their new blog home:

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John Roberts

travisbenning — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:47:12 +0000

As I'm sure everyone who is paying attention to news these days knows already, John Roberts was confirmed and is up for vote. I, for one, hope he gets in for several reasons.The main one being that he upholds the constitution, not 'the little guy' as the Left wishes he ...

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The Courts vs The House

Photios — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 08:50:30 +0000

At my own blog I have fisked a letter written by a reader to the New York Times who is unhappy with an effort by the House of Representatives to deny funding to removal of Ten ...

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The inequality of wealth and income

Pooklekufr — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:51:39 +0000

The inequality of individuals with regard to wealth and income is an essential feature of the market economy. The fact that freedom is incompatible with equality of wealth and income has been stressed by many authors. There is no need to enter into an ...

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The concepts of freedom and bondage ...

Pooklekufr — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:13:57 +0000

The concepts of freedom and bondage make sense only when referring to the way in which government operates. It would be highly inexpedient and misleading to say that a man is not free because, if he wants to stay alive, his power to choose between a drink of water and ...

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Man cannot have both the advantages ...

Pooklekufr — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:56:36 +0000

Man cannot have both the advantages derived from peaceful cooperation under the principle of the division of labor within society and the license of embarking upon conduct that is bound to disintegrate society. He must choose between the observance of certain rules that ...

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Rights

travisbenning — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:12:24 +0000

Tom has a great post on rights on his blog at http://hamstermotor.motime.com/post/444704 "Rights are individual claims to the requirement for human survival of the absence of coercion. They are bound up and ...

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First Fisking, feedback, and a necessary overhaul

Pooklekufr — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 04:17:36 +0000

The New Blog Showcase has highlighted my First Fisking of the 2020 Constitution Movement over at hamstermotor. I hope to receive criticism about two specific failings: My arguments were deficient. ...

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Howard replies to the ominous quotes

Pooklekufr — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:05:22 +0000

Howard responded to my Ominous Quotes post: A couple of quick points... If the "American people" (a term that badly needs a definition to be meaningful, but I've gotta get to bed!) ...

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Ominous quotes

Pooklekufr — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:31:14 +0000

"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."-

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