The pot calling the kettle black
Posted in Liberty's Lessons by R Lee Wrights on September 30th, 2009 by Jessica Pacholski
I was recently told that I’m not a “real” anarchist by several people who call themselves anarcho or libertarian socialists. Most people like to think of themselves as being reasonable and logical, rarely is this the case. A side effect of this is that once they have an idea they are usually pretty dogmatic in their ideologies. Many accuse others of this same trait and are lacking enough self awareness to see how wedded to their own ideas they actually are, this is just the pot calling the kettle black.
As for me I am trying to augment my education, on my own time and under my own direction. The result is that I expand my mind and explore new ideas. As I learn I grow. However, once I find an idea that I see as logical and cogent I am tenacious about it. Is this rigidity? Maybe it is, however my ideas can be swayed if the counter point is reasonable and logically coherent. However, most of the debates I have had recently have offered nothing of the sort, they are emotional and reactionary arguments made by people who believe they are being logical. It’s a case of rationalization usurping being rational.
Recently I was called “authoritarian” because I am an agorist. According to my critic I am more a “classic liberal than an anarchist.” I would like to ask the question: And your point is? Classic liberalism is the basis of the libertarian philosophy when taken to its logical conclusion is market anarchy, agorism. It is the belief that people should not only be free politically, but economically as well.
Barack Obama’s presidency is in complete disarray. His approval ratings are now in the high 40s. By this time next year, they will be in the low 40s or maybe even the high 30s. I have never witnessed anything like this in my entire life. His support seems to be eroding right before our eyes. The hostility expressed to his health plan at the Town Meetings across the country is unprecedented. He has now announced that he no longer regards the public option as crucial to his reformation plans for the health care system.
US-Iranian relations are in meltdown. Fears of a U.S. strike against Iran in the last unaccountable days of the Bush presidency - after John McCain’s defeat but before Barack Obama’s inauguration - gave way to a reassuring calm after Obama took office. The new US president made diplomatic overtures to Iran, and kept a cool, careful distance during Iran’s summer post-election upheaval. Now, Obama faces new pressure to use force against the Islamic Republic.
Objective journalism is dying, and it can’t happen soon enough as far as I’m concerned. It was always a crock anyway. What once was a sweet noble lie attempting to serve the facts has become the open enemy of truth and knowledge. People are instinctively recognizing this and starting to take their business elsewhere.
The brilliant thinkers that wrote our Constitution had it right… They had just fought a war to overthrow an oppressive government, and they had won it by having similar technologies to this oppressive Government and tactics more suitable to the type of war they were fighting. These geniuses wrote the Second Amendment to ensure that this balance continued for the future of this great Nation. 
The Second Amendment Foundation today renewed its pledge to sue Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels if he pushes through a proposed rule that would ban legally-carried firearms in city Parks and Recreations Department facilities.
There are times when it hurts that your predictions comes true. It’s especially painful when it happens again and again, and its Colorado’s working families and small businesses who must shoulder the burden.
Mind you, when you aren’t up to publishing the newsletter regularly, threatening to take it away loses savor as a threat.
