by Runaway Slave | Oct 21, 2010 | Current Affairs, Freedom, Government, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Liberty, Terrorism
A favorite tactic of tyrants the world over is to simply toss the opposition in jail. No charges. No warrant. No problem. Just pick them up off the street, or in their homes in the dead of night. You treat them badly to the point of torture, and maybe later you...
by Runaway Slave | Jul 8, 2010 | Current Affairs, foreign policy, Inflation, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Ron Paul, war, what if
This man makes too much sense to ever be president.
by Runaway Slave | Jun 12, 2010 | Current Affairs, Libertarian Curmudgeon
I've see other reports about this, mainly from Matt Simmons about the real leak not being the one in the photo, but miles away and very much worse than what we've been told. This is the first I've seen a report that a submersible with humans in it had gone...
by Runaway Slave | Mar 11, 2010 | Current Affairs, Libertarian Curmudgeon
If there is a stronger argument against universal suffrage I haven’t seen it.
by Runaway Slave | Dec 3, 2009 | climategate, Current Affairs, Ecology, Essays & Articles, global warming fraud, global warming hoax, Libertarian Curmudgeon, warmists, warmsters
As historians look back at the explosion of information technology we’ve experienced starting into this new century, they will likely agree that it is at least as important as the invention of the printing press and gunpowder were five hundred years ago. Those were...
by Runaway Slave | Nov 4, 2009 | Current Affairs, Economics, Essays & Articles, Free Market, Freemarket, government jobs, Libertarian Curmudgeon, stimulus money, stimulus package
Fighting capitalism is a thankless task that requires not only a colossal arrogance, but a masterful mendacity. A notable example is the Obama administration’s bragging about having created 640,000 jobs with $159 billion of “stimulus” money. Whether that many jobs...
by Runaway Slave | Oct 23, 2009 | constitution, Current Affairs, Essays & Articles, Freedom, Libertarian Curmudgeon, obama, Politics, war on terror
“Delusions are states of refuge. The mind, unable to comprehendrealities or to deal with them, finds its ease in superstitions,beliefs and modes of irrational procedure. It is easierto believe than to think.” ―Garet GarrettPresident Obama, like all our public...