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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…

Research Into The Amount Of Tea Tax Inspiring Boston Tea Party

Posted on December 17, 2007 - Filed Under Boston Tea Party, Taxes | 7 Comments

Part of the Boston Tea Party Series - Previous in series         

On Saturday I posted a first hand account of the Boston Tea Party written by George Hewes, an impoverished colonial cobbler and member of the Sons of Liberty. In that article I stated that it was a 3% tax on tea that inspired the famous Boston Tea Party. Sara left the following comment-

Aahz, I totally agree on the apathy of citizens about paying INTOLERABLE taxes….In my younger days,…

Interest Rate Cuts Mean Metal Prices Are Rising Again

Posted on December 10, 2007 - Filed Under Personal Finance | Leave a Comment

The Federal reserve is expected to cut interest rates by 1/4% again tomorrow morning. This will be the third time The Fed has cut the interest rate this year causing more inflation in their attempts to further manipulate the supposedly free market in America. Last week the Bank of England also cut their interest rate. All these rate cuts are contributing to the weakening power of the dollar, but they could be good for you. That is, if you have…

Anarchy Case Study - Somalia, Pt. 1 of ?

Posted on October 12, 2007 - Filed Under Anarchy, Anarchy Case Studies | 1 Comment

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I’ve been working on a case study of the anarchist “state” of Somalia for a couple of months now. But have been unable to work it all into a cohesive whole. There’s just too much data from too many sources to water it all down to a single post. At the same time, I don’t want to just give you a bunch of links to…

Dream Concert Only 10 Weeks Away

Posted on September 16, 2007 - Filed Under Fatherhood, Shopping | Leave a Comment

Y’all know I’m not much of a music fan, but when Z called me this morning to ask permission to attend a Kelly Clarkson concert as part of a friend’s birthday party I couldn’t turn her down. When I was 8 years old my mother refused to give permission for my father to take me to see a concert in Los Angeles - Pink Floyd’s The Wall. I can only imagine how different my life would have been had I…


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