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 | 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 | Apr 22, 2009 | Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Terrorism
The new “leaner, smarter” Department of Homeland security under Obama’s recent appointee, Janet Napolitano, issued a report last week that identifies a broad swath of Americans as dangerous “rightwing extremists.” The report, which is just a summary of a much...
by Runaway Slave | Jul 16, 2008 | Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Terrorism, TSA
The silly charade that passes for security at American airports is more disturbing to those of us who resent being treated like prisoners. I once received an e-mail critical of my pointing and laughing at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) buffoonery. It’s...
by Runaway Slave | Oct 4, 2007 | Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Terrorism, TSA, War On Terror (WOT)
"Get ’em skeered and keep the skeer on ’em" – Lt. General Nathanial Bedford Forrest, CSA Nathanial Bedford Forrest was described by such military luminaries as Robert E. Lee and William T. Sherman as the most brilliant cavalry commander on either...
by Runaway Slave | Feb 2, 2007 | Freedom, Government, Iraq, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Liberty, Politics, Terrorism, War On Terror (WOT)
“The practices of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.” ─ Alexander Hamilton Since the events of 9/11/2001 particularly, but even before that, the shepherds of the Nanny State in Washington, D.C. have...
by Runaway Slave | Jan 7, 2007 | Essays & Articles, Fraud, Iraq, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, Terrorism, War On Terror (WOT)
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ─ Aesop There’s nothing quite like a public hanging to brace the spirits and fortify a sense of moral rectitude. The days are long gone when engraved invitations were sent out for the executions of...
by Runaway Slave | May 11, 2005 | Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, Terrorism, TSA, War On Terror (WOT)
The friendly winds of the War on Terror (WOT) are blowing bureaucrats and freshly printed cash into sunny Key West like a hurricane driving flotsam across the Straits of Florida. Where security from terror is concerned, money is no concern. There’s an excellent...
