Government’s War on Terror causes bad breath and “BO”
Posted in Liberty Rant by R Lee Wrights on May 31st, 2007 by Donna Mancini
“Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power. The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.”
- Daniel Webster
I’m mad as hell and I just can’t take it anymore!
Have you ever been so mad you could say… well… a really bad word?
Well, I am. Hey, I’m cheap! I hate waste. I work hard. I save all I can. I don’t litter. My creed is, “Waste not, want not.”
That’s one of the many reasons I deplore government!
In the last essay we discussed some commonality between Libertarians and Greens on the issue of wealth. I would like to add some additional insights in this segment.
So after reading about the silly French artists demanding more taxpayer funded time on their derrieres, I knew I would read something on the domestic front that would remove all reason for patriotic smugness.
North Carolina legislators have found the latest fix for their addiction. Like other addicts, they didn’t earn the money to pay for the fix; they took it from others, North Carolina taxpayers.
The Ideas of Libertarianism
Part I - The Problem
An old term, my title. While it means the same as a more common phrase that starts with Bull, it is a kinder, gentler term - more suitable for our audience. I use this term as it is the most succinct way of saying what I think of some law enforcement officers’ publicly stated “opinion” on medical marijuana.
“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”
We have marveled at the heavens since our first bipedal ancestors gazed up at the night sky and said, “Hey, those five specks of light sort of look like a duck.” They had absolutely no idea what those little specks of light were, but since there was nothing on television, it was the best show in town.
First, there was the McCarthy-Dingell bill. The folks on Capitol Hill have been telling you we need HR 297, a bill to greatly expand the Brady Law. They say it will stop future Virginia Tech shootings. And, oh yes, there’s one more thing: they want you to believe the McCarthy-Dingell gun control bill isn’t really gun control.
