by Runaway Slave | Mar 4, 2011 | economics, Essays & Articles, government jobs, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Uncategorized
Standing in the street with a picket sign doesn’t make you right, or mean you are oppressed. I say this not to discourage or disparage people who stand in the street with picket signs. On the contrary, I am a great admirer of public displays of righteousness. I’ve...
by Runaway Slave | Jul 29, 2010 | Essays & Articles, Freedom, Government, History, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Liberty, War, War On Terror (WOT)
The difference between a drafted soldier and a slave doesn’t amount to a frosty mug o’ spit. Congress, apparently longing for the good old days of Viet Nam, Korea, and WWII, is proposing to enslave not just healthy young men, but pretty much all of us. Most of the...
by Runaway Slave | Jan 14, 2010 | bomb, briefs bomber, crotch bomber, Essays & Articles, Government, jock bomber, lab bomber, Libertarian Curmudgeon, terror, Terrorism, terrorism, TSA, War On Terror (WOT)
'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.' – Ronald ReaganI’ve been making fun of the granny-goosers at the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) for as long as they’ve been around. When they banned styling...
by Runaway Slave | Dec 18, 2009 | climate change fraud, climate fraud, climate gate, climategate, Ecology, Essays & Articles, Fraud, global warming fraud, global warming swindle, hid the decline, Libertarian Curmudgeon
I just had the unfortunate experience of watching the intro video for the Copenhagen Global Warming Circle Jerk. Because of an unusually solid constitution I was able to hold down this morning’s beans and rice, but just barely. The...
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 18, 2009 | bailouts, capitalism, corporate state, Economics, Essays & Articles, fascism, Freemarket, Libertarian Curmudgeon, state capitalism
There have been many deeply mistaken ideas that enjoyed almost universal acceptance until reality overtook the illusion. Take for instance the once unquestioned truth that “Key West real estate never goes down.” The persistent and widely accepted falsehood I have in...
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...
