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Schwarzenegger Says “Hasta la vista, baby!” To All New Laws!

Posted on August 6, 2008 - Filed Under Living Free | Leave a Comment

From the San Jose Mercury News-

SACRAMENTO—A frustrated Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger turned up the pressure on lawmakers Wednesday, saying he will veto any bills sent to him until they pass a state budget.The governor called a mid-afternoon news conference to express his dismay that Democratic and Republican lawmakers have not yet compromised on a spending plan. They remain at odds over…

Who Knew Fox News Hired Intelligent Correspondents?

Posted on February 11, 2008 - Filed Under Anarchy | Leave a Comment

I’ve never watched The Colbert Report, so I need to give a big thank you to Marisa of Marisa’s Dandelion Patch for the heads up on this great quote. Andrew P. Napolitano a former New Jersey Superior Court judge, is now an analyst for Fox News Channel. He’s also the author of several books, the latest of which, A Nation Of…

Pushing The Political Easy Button

Posted on January 16, 2008 - Filed Under Living Free | 24 Comments

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Staples has been running an advertising cmpaign for some time now featuring the “Easy Button”. They even sell actual Easy Buttons that can be purchased and placed on your desk for when work just gets too stressful. The whole concept is that whatever problem you’re…

How Oblivious Would You Like Your President?

Posted on January 2, 2008 - Filed Under Vote 2008 | 1 Comment

Okay, I know all of the Presidential candidates are mighty busy with less than 24 hours before the Iowa Caucus, and my opinions on the television writer’s strike have been made pretty clear, but can the so-called leading Republican candidate really be this oblivious-

NEW YORK (AP) — The return of TV’s late-night funnymen after a two-month strike hiatus turned into a…

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…

More Political Debate Theater

Posted on December 2, 2007 - Filed Under Vote 2008 | Leave a Comment

CNN continued its history of providing political theater rather than either political news or commentary last week with the latest Republican Presidential Debate. They supposedly teamed up with YouTube to gather questions from the masses for the candidates to answer. But, according to Wired, it was all another sham-

“The notion that the CNN-YouTube debate represents a grass-roots triumph of the…

Anarchy Case Study - Somalia, Pt. 2 of ?

Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under Case Studies | Leave a Comment

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Wow, it’s been almost a month since I added to the Case Study of Somalia. I apologize for the delay. I’ve been slowly working my way through Michael van Notten’s The Law of the Somalis: A Stable Foundation for Economic Development in the Horn of…

Applied Anarchy - Listen To Your Kids

Posted on November 4, 2007 - Filed Under Fatherhood, Living Free | Leave a Comment

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Yesterday while having a birthday lunch with Z and her friend K the topic of government came up somehow and brilliant 10 year old K just jumped in with “I hate the government since I read that Oklahoma book Z recommended”. She was referring to The…


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