tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post7112566068448410424..comments2024-03-08T07:09:46.527-07:00Comments on Pro Libertate: Recovering Lawns, Failed States, and Reasons for HopeWilliam N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-24502548456665958652008-09-02T16:15:00.000-06:002008-09-02T16:15:00.000-06:00anon 329:Wow... blow away innocents to fry the bad...anon 329:<BR/>Wow... blow away innocents to fry the bad guys. This is supposed to be good for "America". Dude, people live in the real world. America is a metaphysical nonentity. You seem willing to whack real live humans in pursuit of benefiting "America".<BR/>I think that the collapse of the system is a much better alternative.<BR/><BR/>troll Doc Ellis 124Doc Ellis 124https://www.blogger.com/profile/08543939658083915285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-48676421295015251152008-08-28T16:29:00.000-06:002008-08-28T16:29:00.000-06:00As an American Patriot who loves my adopted counrt...As an American Patriot who loves my adopted counrty(I`m originally from Europe but became an American<BR/>some 45 years ago), my views are quite similar to yours - at this point, Al Qaeda nuking Wash DC off the face of the earth and/or the US gov`t collapsing(a la the Soviet Union back in `89), would be the best thing to happen to America in a very long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-61572839306630675552008-08-28T09:19:00.000-06:002008-08-28T09:19:00.000-06:00"'To put the matter simply, for our civilization t..."'To put the matter simply, for our civilization to recover, the United States of America needs to become a "failed state."'<BR/><BR/>Hear, hear!....<BR/><BR/>I've never understood the belief that our current government has the right to exist in perpetuity on the backs of those yet to be born. Where is that written?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-85842616824139479752008-08-27T18:37:00.000-06:002008-08-27T18:37:00.000-06:00Will, your eyes only,You mentioned Stang. I have ...Will, your eyes only,<BR/><BR/>You mentioned Stang. I have his book, Tax Scam. I have not paid any tax on labor since 1997. I will go to prison before I pay taxes on my labor. Stang notes that if everyone refusing to pay labor taxes went to prison, instead of complying with the Gang, the Gang would go broke. I believe him. <BR/>Doc Ellis 124Doc Ellis 124https://www.blogger.com/profile/08543939658083915285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-18333605100766394022008-08-27T15:36:00.000-06:002008-08-27T15:36:00.000-06:00'To put the matter simply, for our civilization to...'To put the matter simply, for our civilization to recover, the United States of America needs to become a "failed state."'<BR/><BR/>Verily. What usually brings 'failed state' status to the attention of the people is either military defeat or domestic economic collapse.<BR/><BR/>Curiously, the US has suffered a string of overseas military defeats -- Vietnam, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan (pending). Yet you still see silver-haired former Nixon voters tooling the streets in their vintage Detroit iron, with the little American flags hooked to the windows. I guess nothing's gonna get through those thick skulls. We're No. 1, no matter how many times we get whipped!<BR/><BR/>As for economic collapse, the US economy has been in relative decline for decades now. What makes its excessive indebtedness sustainable, short term, is that USgov can borrow at rates between 2% and 4% (T-bills and T-notes). This is a NEGATIVE real rate of interest, when the CPI is rising at over 5%.<BR/><BR/>What I'm getting at is that until rates go MUCH higher, USgov has tremendous additional borrowing capacity. It wouldn't be pleasant to borrow half a trillion to bail out the US financial system. But if it had to be done, it could be done.<BR/><BR/>Not until Treasury yields are back in double digits (as they were in the late 1970s and again in the early 1980s) will USgov truly find itself up against the wall. Then Congress's mindless "blank check" spending mentality will have immediate, grim, Zimbabwesque implications.<BR/><BR/>At best, a US crack-up is another business cycle or two down the road. And whether freedom will emerge from an economic crisis is still a long crap shoot. After all, Frank Roosevelt used the 1930s depression to triple the size of government, eviscerate economic freedom, and institute the great evil of tax withholding. Short of revolution, a more manageable intermediate goal would be to abolish withholding. USgov is so profligate, and penniless, that shutting off its flow of withholding for even a week would cause it to wither and die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-9653405951430717322008-08-27T09:43:00.000-06:002008-08-27T09:43:00.000-06:00America's greatest hope is thetotal abject collaps...America's greatest hope is the<BR/>total abject collapse of the fiat<BR/>dollar.<BR/><BR/>Jubilee.<BR/><BR/>The federal debt is just that, federal.<BR/><BR/>The feds have discarded the portions<BR/>of the constitution that work in<BR/>Our favor; it's time for Us<BR/>to discard the rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-67338019271744120302008-08-27T09:29:00.000-06:002008-08-27T09:29:00.000-06:00Looking for a job? Your job should be writing. I...Looking for a job? Your job should be writing. It is who you are. Though I don't hold to all of your views, you are nine or ten times the writer of nine out of ten professional writers in the typical "news" paper or magazine.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately there is no money in the positions for liberty that you espouse. Liberty does not get a single penny transferred from one hand to another by government compulsion, therefore liberty has no corporate sponsors. <BR/><BR/>The <A HREF="http://www.christianconstitutionalsociety.org/educationresources/moore/corporatemedia.mp3" REL="nofollow"> corporate media </A> will continue to push the writing of those whose moral flexibility will permit them to shill for continuing expansion of government at home and belligerent interventionism abroad.<BR/><BR/>Just before a <A HREF="http://www.christianconstitutionalsociety.org/educationresources/moore/dayofthelord.htm" REL="nofollow"> Day of the Lord </A> (not necessarily THE Day of the Lord) the economy gets like this. Men who refuse to play the game and compromise their integrity find it harder and harder to make an honest living.Mark Moore (Moderator)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17386056132530808723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-8909327316016390202008-08-27T04:18:00.000-06:002008-08-27T04:18:00.000-06:00will, i think it might have been worthy to mention...will, <BR/><BR/>i think it might have been worthy to mention that the Islamic Courts were able to do in 6 months what the previous govt could not do in 15 years--put down the warlords.<BR/><BR/>on another note, something from the past crept up. i remember in one class the issue of piracy came up. the teacher brought up an interesting point in saying that yes piracy was a problem, but is it all piracy? states acknowledge 12 nautical miles out as their domain. he was saying certain somali warlords controlled certain sections of the coastline and were thus collecting taxes on those passing through. wouldn't be piracy at this point would it? secondly, i've heard that the 12 mile limit is for security purposes, but the "economic zone" goes out to 250 nautical miles.<BR/><BR/>now i'm not over there, and i do believe piracy is going on, i just wonder how much of it really is piracy and how much is the troll of billy goat gruff collecting a tithe for passing through his turf.<BR/><BR/>rickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-37214968908621703402008-08-27T02:07:00.000-06:002008-08-27T02:07:00.000-06:00Will, the weather has been great up until now and ...Will, the weather has been great up until now and the cold front moving through has things feeling "crisp".<BR/><BR/>I'm in the same boat as you and will be scouring around the valley and beyond for employment so I'll be prayin' fer ya!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-68235675607955735312008-08-26T22:17:00.000-06:002008-08-26T22:17:00.000-06:00Brother Adams:Amen! I wanted you to know, as well,...Brother Adams:<BR/><BR/>Amen! <BR/><BR/>I wanted you to know, as well, that I received your personal note, which I really appreciated. I most likely commit some version of the Seven Deadlies every day -- Pride being (as far as I can tell) my biggest weakness, Gluttony being the most obvious, and Sloth quickly gaining ground.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for your very inspiring comments, and God bless.William N. Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-11011381127249611882008-08-26T19:03:00.000-06:002008-08-26T19:03:00.000-06:00Mr. Grigg,I'm sure the reformers during the Protes...Mr. Grigg,<BR/>I'm sure the reformers during the Protestant Reformation, when they looked at the religious landscape, could have easily become overwhelmed by what they saw. They saw that the field before them was infested with weeds and not only weeds but ravenous wolves seeking to tear them apart. They also knew that there is a God in heaven that presides over man, and they knew that no one could stay His hand.<BR/><BR/>Your article bring this scripture to mind.<BR/><BR/>Proverbs 24<BR/><I>30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;<BR/> 31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.<BR/> 32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.<BR/> 33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:<BR/> 34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.</I><BR/><BR/>This seems to apply not only to our personal lives but our nation as well.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Grigg, I see the possibility of a liberty reformation, one where thinkers and writers will have great influence on the people. However, I believe it will only happen when the people are oppressed to that point where their only choice is to look to our Great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, without whom there is no true liberty.<BR/><BR/>Psalm 2 <BR/><I>1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?<BR/>2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,<BR/>3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.<BR/>4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.<BR/>5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.<BR/>6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.<BR/>7I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.<BR/>8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.<BR/>9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.<BR/>10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.<BR/>11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.<BR/>12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com