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Using law against someone uncivilized Aug 12, 2016

(My Clovis News Journal column for August 12, 2016) Using laws to meddle is uncivilized (my chosen headline) I can relate when someone gets upset about laws being used against them. Especially the phony laws which have nothing to do with protecting life, liberty, or property. To me, this is the height of uncivil behavior. If someone has a problem with me, and goes behind my back instead of bringing the problem to me first, I can't take them seriously. Involving the law seems, to me, a cowardly act. They skipped right past being an adult and ran to tell...

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“We have to have some kind of government…” Aug 11, 2016

Yes, someone just said those words to me. I wish I had been able to take the time to dig deeper into why he thought this was so, but my daughter was waiting in the car. Is it because "we" have always had some kind of government, and he can't imagine life without it? Is it because he believes that without government, society would collapse? Is it because he believes there are things he (or others) requires which can only be provided by government? Is it because of the "sunk cost fallacy"? Does he feel we have put too much...

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Statism is unacceptable Aug 10, 2016

There are many behaviors which are simply unacceptable. Rape, murder, theft, kidnapping... the list includes all violations of life, liberty, and property. There is simply no justification for them that holds water. Yet, there is a belief system which excuses all of these within certain parameters: statism. In fact, without those behaviors, statism would cease to exist as anything real. It wouldn't be able to hurt anyone, except the person who holds the belief in statism in his own mind. Statism is anti-social and uncivilized. If there were such a thing as a "social contract", statism would be the breaking...

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Taking government seriously. Seriously? Aug 9, 2016

(If you use Steemit, please go there and upvote this post.) Really, people. How can you take government seriously? You have the clowns campaigning for president. An unhealthy old harpy, and an orange blowhard. Both statist to the rotten core. Then, just look at your state and local politivermin. They are no better, and if you believe they are, it's a sign you are delusional. Some around here are having an adolescent cat fight. I've seen two year-olds act more mature. Yet, somehow, people look to these morons for guidance, and believe their opinions have weight. I absolutely don't get it....

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Patriotism Aug 8, 2016

(If you use Steemit, please go there and upvote this post.) Blind patriotism is bizarre to me. And, I think all patriotism is blind. "My country, right or wrong" is a great example of this. It means the person uttering this phrase values a "country" more than rightness. It means they are willing to overlook wrong- evil- just because of who is committing it. It is totally devoid of reason or ethics. It's like supporting a person to the point of covering for that person, even if he is a mass-murdering psychopath. It's likesupporting cops. A country, which is to...

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Here’s an idea… Aug 7, 2016

I'm going to be trying out Steemit-- cross-posting all my blogs there. At least to see how it works for me. It appears some people are making decent money over there, and I'd like to see if it can work for me. This is a way you can apparently help me make money without spending a cent. Just upvote and share the blog links. For a while I will include a link to the Steemit blog post with every post, and I would really appreciate if you'd go there and upvote everything I write. Thank you, very much!

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Where did humans go wrong? Aug 7, 2016

Somewhere along the way-- beginning long, long ago and continuing into the present day-- most humans got the bizarre notion that things which could never possibly be any of their business, were their business. And not only that, but so critically "their business" that they should murder people over these things. Things like... Which invisible beings they believed in, and how they showed their belief. Which things they ingested. Who they loved and/or had sex with. How they comprised their family units. Which tools they owned, and how they carried them. What they lived in, and what they surrounded their living...

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Claire Wolfe’s new site! Aug 7, 2016

I am guilty of assuming everyone was already aware... but then I realized I was wrong! Claire Wolfe has a new website and has moved her "Living Freedom" blog. Her site is still being worked on, but the blog is up and running full speed. Go check it out, and add it to your daily "must reads". You won't regret it.

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Statists mis-define words Aug 6, 2016

"Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do." ~ domestic enemy and terrorist, NYC's Rudolph Giuliani, March 1994 If you let the bad guys define your terms, you have lost. They will always define words to put themselves on top. To make you do what they want. They want you to believe anarchy is chaos and destruction, rather than self-ownership, personal responsibility,...

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Political slavery hidden in plain sight Aug 5, 2016

(My Clovis News Journal column for August 5, 2016) McManigal: All politics, laws lead to slavery All politics comes down to slavery; mainstream politics being pro-slavery, regardless of any denials. The "right" and the "left" may quibble over details, and whether you are owned by "society" or "the State" (usually conflating the two), but they never question that you are owned...read the rest...

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Helping others makes me happy Aug 3, 2016

I love helping people. I really do. It's one of the happiest things I can do. I love the feeling of being useful and seeing how happy I can make people when I solve a problem they are facing. It doesn't have to be a life or death crisis, either. I sometimes spend money I probably shouldn't spend just to be able to help people. Very recently I was able to loan a back up battery to someone whose phone was dying so she could talk to her son in the midst of a problem. I also have adapters so...

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The cure Aug 2, 2016

V*ting is a symptom. If you v*te you are showing you believe in the "system". Because you do. When you stop believing in it, you'll stop going out of your way to prop it up. It's an entirely different mindset. You will no longer really care what opinions the politicians turn into "laws"- you'll see politicians for what they are: bullies with some power. Most of their power doesn't actually come from their guns, it comes from those who still believe in them. When enough people stop believing in them enough that they stop v*ting (for or against, it doesn't...

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The Truth Aug 2, 2016

Those who want me to doubt that anarchy (self ownership and individual responsibility) is the best, most moral, and ethical way to live among others are asking me to accept that theft, aggression, superstition, and slavery are perhaps better.

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Don’t worry. It won’t happen because it hasn’t yet. Aug 1, 2016

Just as soon as someone reassures me that because something bad hasn't happened yet, it's not ever going to happen... it happens. This happens to me personally all the time. Yay, right? I don't like being reassured because of this trend. So, I wonder if that applies in the larger world as well. The US dollar hasn't yet experienced hyperinflation- even though by all measure, it should... so will it simply because "experts" assure me it won't? And, I wonder if it might apply for things that would arguably be bad, but which I wouldn't mind seeing. Like a nice solar...

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Harping on cops Jul 31, 2016

I really hate focusing on cops so much recently. But... cops are THE biggest threat to Rightful Liberty and a voluntary society. Nothing else even comes close. Not a president, not federal judges, not congress. Nothing else. Cops are where the boot heel of tyranny meets the human face. Cops are how politicians impose their arbitrary opinions on you and me. Cops are the occupying army of domestic enemies we should have been fighting off before they got too big to beat. Or, at least, too big to beat without becoming a martyr. Cops are nothing but a criminal gang-...

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Market for aggression Jul 30, 2016

(with video here) There will always be a market for theft and aggression, because people want the benefits it can gain them without taking the risk of doing the evil themselves. So, people without principles will offer to commit aggression and theft for a price to meet that "need". Cops are one example, but not the only one. Mafia hit men, government troops, and anyone else who commits violence- in exchange for money or favors- against someone who isn't already using violence (no matter how much you might dislike the peaceable, property respecting things they are doing) is marketing aggression....

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Free market works despite laws Jul 29, 2016

(My Clovis News Journal column for July 29, 2016) Most people do the right thing (my chosen headline) I try to assume everyone is generally decent until they prove otherwise. If they weren't, society would be impossible; government or no government. Good people don't need to be governed, bad people can't be, and smart bad people become government. Look for problems, and you'll find them. If you treat people as you want to be treated, most will meet you halfway...read the rest...

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Fred goes all copsucker on us Jul 28, 2016

Fred's off his rocker this time. "Do you know any cops? Have you ever known any? I mean known them well enough to have a beer with after work, or to invite to a get-together at your house. Have you ever really talked to a cop?" Yep. It was a big part of my education and wake-up call where cops are concerned. "Has it ever occurred to you that there might be another side of the story?" Yep. Rapists have a side to their story too. I don't have to become a rapist to know rape is wrong. "Now, why...

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Time’s Up, plus 10 years Jul 28, 2016

It was 10 years ago this summer that I created the Time's Up flag. I don't remember the exact date- although if I looked back through some photos and such I could figure it out within a day or two. It's not that important. But, I know exactly where I was when the idea of making the Gadsden flag's snake stop rattling and strike first hit me. I was sitting in a folding chair, in front of my parents' motorhome, in an RV park on the western outskirts of Albuquerque. I was looking at the Gadsden flag flapping on the...

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You know what would be really helpful right about now? Jul 27, 2016

I've been trying to avoid writing a post specifically to ask for money, however... donations are down and subscriptions are, too. But the cats still need to eat, and my daughter still needs and/or wants some things (and so do I), we still need gasoline to get to where we need to go, and there are still way too many bills to pay. So, if you can, and only if you want to, please make a one time donation or become a subscriber. There are a few options over there to the right on my blog. If you can't or...

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