XBOX As A Tool Of Political Education
Posted on December 27, 2007 - Filed Under Living Free | 1 Comment
It’s always a struggle trying to educate people when it comes to politics and government. Although it’s often easier to educate children because they haven’t been quite as brainwashed by the state (yet), the conversations tend to be quite different. Today, Jim Pontillo from the formykountry blog, gives us a great example.
The bulk of the post relates his tale of woe at being regularly defeated at Halo 3 by the neighbor’s 12 year old. Once he finally achieves a victory the…
Happy Birthday Comrade Kropotkin!
Posted on December 21, 2007 - Filed Under Living Free | Leave a Comment
Part of the Applied Anarchy Series - Previous in series
Okay, so it’s kind of late for this, but it’s still 12/21 here in California and I’ve had a crazy kind of day. It’s amazing I’ve got any work done at all. If anarchists were immortal, Peter Alekseevich Kropotkin would be 165 years old today. I’ve always been open with y’all that I haven’t read much of the historical work on anarchy, but Kropotkin I’m somewhat familiar with.…
I Didn’t Say Anything When They Came For The Guns…
Posted on December 20, 2007 - Filed Under Living Free | Leave a Comment
Y’all are familiar with Pastor Martin Niemöller’s poem First They Came…, aren’t ya? Well, british sword fans pobably wish they’d read it a little closer. Once again from Reuters-
LONDON (Reuters) - The government said Wednesday it would ban the sale of samurai swords because the weapons had been used in a number of serious, high-profile attacks.
The Home Office said the swords would be added to the Offensive Weapons Order from April next year, meaning they could not be imported, sold…
First Hand Account of The Boston Tea Party
Posted on December 15, 2007 - Filed Under Boston Tea Party, Living Free, Vote 2008 | 4 Comments
Part of the Boston Tea Party Series - Next in series
George Hewes was a member of the band of “Indians” that boarded the tea ships on December 16, 1773. His recollection of the event was published some years later. We’ll join his story as the group makes its way to the tea-laden ships-
“It was now evening, and I immediately dressed myself in the costume of an Indian, equipped with a small hatchet, which I and my associates…
What Is Applied Anarchy?
Posted on December 11, 2007 - Filed Under Applied Anarchy, Living Free | 2 Comments
Part of the Applied Anarchy Series - Next in series
In the process of implementing the newly installed In Series Wordpress plugin here at Philaahzophy I realized that not only do I already have a dozen entries in my Applied Anarchy series, but I never really explained what the label itself means. This series is essentially a response to all of the anarchists, agorists, libertarians and general freedom lovers who are wondering what they, themselves, can do right now to…
NC Woman Sues County To Drain Lake They Sold Her
Posted on December 11, 2007 - Filed Under Living Free | Leave a Comment
More of your tax dollars at work in Raleigh, North Carolina -
Kristin Wallace bought some very wet land as an investment. Eight acres of it, all underneath Lake Lynn.The Cary woman bought the land for $12,500 last year at a public auction of property with delinquent taxes. Now she is suing to try to force the city of Raleigh or Wake County to buy the soggy land from her or drain it.
“It’s extremely valuable to me,” Wallace said, “dry.”
City and county…
