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The Adventures of Citizen X |
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| As more and more Americans are beginning to realize, the differences between the two major political parties are minuscule. While Democrats and Republicans do differ on some issues, their solution is generally the same: more or less status quo. Instead of offering radically different alternatives, the alternatives they offer only differ by degrees. Instead of engaging in vibrant debates, we simply hear the same old tedious platitudes. To be sure, there are some individuals such as Ron Paul who use their position to disseminate ideas which lie outside popular convention, but their voices are drowned out in the cacophony of the pop media. By and large, the two parties have merged into wings of the same party.
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| In the free market, there is no "guy" who is in charge of setting prices. Unfortunately, an understanding of the market process is sorely lacking in the establishment media... |
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| When hard money advocate Peter Schiff is on the financial cable networks he's often treated like an eccentric, grumpy relative. The problem is that time and again Schiff turns out
to be right. Does he have a crystal ball? No, Schiff understands a basic economic truth that the high priests of the Church of Paper Money have dismissed as a relic of a barbarous age:
money is not only a society's medium of exchange, it is a commodity. Therefore, inflating the supply of money has effects on other goods and services. Namely, monetary inflation causes
price inflation (as well as ... |
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Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
-The Who, Won't Get Fooled Again
The ultimate goal of militant environmentalists is totalitarian government. Militant environmentalists salivate at the thought of controlling every aspect of human life from the cars we drive to the light bulbs we use to how many children we have. While the average person who considers himself an environmentalist simply wants a clean planet (as almost all of us do), militant environmentalistsactually see human beings as the enemy. After all, the byproduct of human respiration is CO2, according to environmentalists, ... |
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I will say this, however. I was, frankly, surprised would be a mild word, to say that anyone that would suggest that the Attorney General should resign because some
religious fanatics murdered themselves.-Bill Clinton
April 19, 2008 marks the fifteen year anniversary of the debacle at Waco, TX which resulted in the deaths of 76 people including 27 children. Now known simply as "Waco," the FBI assault on the
Branch Davidian complex at Mt. Carmel, along with the federal government's subsequent reaction, stands as a solemn and ominous reminder of the grave consequences of a government out of control.
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| The forces of freedom in North America are always facing an uphill
battle, with every aspect of society, be it the media, education system, courts, and legislative bodies, to name a few societal structures, working to stifle freedom and increase their own
power. Citizen X is among the best commentators when it comes to the political and legislative concerns, but something today made me come out of my shell and speak up after a long time.
This morning, I was saddened to learn that the forces of freedom lost a champion, and ... |
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| The outcome of the D.C. gun ban case, District of Columbia v. Heller, is certain to make both sides of the gun control debate happy. Statements made by the Court indicate that the majority of Justices will find that the 2nd Amendment does indeed protect the individual's right to keep and bear arms (which the pro-gun lobby will hail as a victory) subject to reasonable State restriction (validating the anti-gun lobby's arguments). |
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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.—Mao Tse-tung
Americans have been brain washed into believing that government is a benevolent institution. Unlike our forefathers who recognized its true nature (George Washington was famously quoted as saying government is force and like fire it "is a dangerous servant and a terrible master"), many modern Americans aren't even curious as to how government compels our compliance. Government simply is...and it is good.
The simple fact of the matter is that government has a monopoly on the legal initiation of violence. In other words, if you don't do as the government says, men with guns are eventually going to force you to comply. If you still resist, you may go to jail, you may lose your property, or you may end up dead. It is a simple, brutally efficient operation and one that too few Americans now recognize. The establishment has done a masterful job of camouflaging the nature of government by ascribing it near omnipotent powers. Indeed, worshiping the State is now a form of religion in the United States; imbued with enough power, there is nothing the State cannot accomplish.
Leaving aside the argument about the efficiency of government, let us consider the method by which government achieves its objectives: force and violence. Ironically, those who say they oppose guns the most, liberals and socialists, are often the ones who cheer on the government's use of guns the loudest. Perhaps, however, they have an excuse. Maybe they have never considered what government really is. A recent conversation I had with a Hillary Clinton supporter illustrates this.
When I asked why I should vote for Hillary, the young woman responded that Hillary is for health care and education. "That's very admirable," I responded, "and so am I. I just don't believe that I should be forced to take care of you or your children, nor should you be forced to take care of me and my children." She corrected me and said that no one is forcing me to do anything. Yes, you are, I said, because if I choose not to participate in your program, men with guns are going to force me to do so.
At this point the young woman threw her hands up in a warding off gesture and said, "whoa, who said anything about guns?" Therein lies the problem; never before in her life had anyone pointed out to this woman that all government programs rely on coercion, intimidation, and violence. Everything the government does is backed by the implicit threat of lethal force.
No matter how noble the end may seem, if the means are immoral, the end cannot be justified. In fact, throughout history tyrants and despots have used the excuse of the ends justifying the means, of promising utopia, to make Earth a living Hell for their subjects. Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot, and Stalin all tried to make their perverted visions of a perfect world reality. In the process, millions were killed, scarring mankind for generations.
The political debate in America today is who should control the guns and for what purposes the guns should be used. This debate leads to division and resentment. It's time Americans recognize government for what it is. It's time we start putting the guns away.
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