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Step Up for the Liberty Dollar Four
Kevin Innes, in particular, wrongly jailed in North Carolina via gross petit treason, needs our help

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Libertarian Party: Time for a Breakthru?
The Libertarian Party (LP), at least here in the Hinterland, seems ready for primetime

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The Hurt Locker
Good movie, unworthy of the two Oscars __ 7/10

Moreover, why hand the top awards to The Hurt Locker, which only reminds you of the war/occupation? It's as if to say, "We don't care how the people feel about the war/occupation, we're going to rub their noses in it. Like 'We're from the government, and we're here to help.'" Yes, I realize Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman director to have won an Oscar, and James Cameron is supposedly a self-absorbed jerk. Perhaps the Academy was simply having a faux-feminist hissy fit. [Full Review]

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9/11 Truth Urgency
Must call out the Naked Emperor real soon

The barbarians are not only at the gate, they're a-fixin' to kill our women and rape our buffalo. Fortunately, we have a magic button—9/11 Truth—that pushing will turn the tables immediately. Not only will awareness of the truth about the attacks themselves avalanche within the general population, the broader awareness of the 'coordinated hostile intent' of this hidden cabal of rich, powerful psychopathic men will give the people an immediate edge in imminently and decisively ending the Oligarchy's reign of terror indefinitely. Here are a few immediate benefits: ... [more]

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SNaP II: The Book
Second Edition: "Mantra for a Nourishing Planet"

It's here and it's right. The completion of this second-first edition of the SNaP book is a total thrill. It feels like being the engineer and/or stoking the firebox on a majestic old train locomotive on its maiden run. Or, in modern terms, writing some computer code to enable SpaceShipOne[1] to accomplish its mission. I’m so proud and fortunate to be a part of the freedom movement, and I hope my book provides substantial fuel and ideas for everyone pro-free or thinking of being so.... [more]

Please also check out my revised Don't Throw Mama off the Turnpike booklet, which now contains four road stories:

1. Don't Throw Mama off the Turnpike
2. Defeat of the Original Free State Smoking Ban in 2006
3. Ron Paul Libertarian Party Convention of 1987
4. Detroit Woodward Dream Cruise #15

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Hannah's Revenge, by Juanita Carey

Well, if you have an hour or so—Hannah's Revenge is only 31 pages long, double-spaced, with large font—take a journey down the English colonial paths and streams of yesteryear. As indicated in the opening quotation from page one, settlers in more remote areas had to constantly be concerned with Indian raids and kidnappings, where the victims would wind up as slaves and breeders for the Indians or for French interests. Ms. Dunston, having only six days previously given birth to her 12th child, was brutally taken from her home—along with Hannah's newborn baby and a neighbor woman, Mary Neff—and force-marched northward.... [more]

Carved in Granite II, Several
America: the Book, Jon Stewart
Technopoly, Neil Postman

A little change for the last week before the new year, catching up on some reading. First a 2d anthology of short stories by New Hampshire authors, fine seasonal fun. Come in from the cold, pull up an easy chair, and kick back for lotsa good reads in Carved in Granite, v2. For a daily laugh, or a dash of subtle and sophisticated satire, pick up the Daily Show's Jon Stewart's America (the Book): A citizen's guide to democracy inaction. Finally, for some deep thinking on how to preserve culture over runaway and runoverya technology, read Neil Postman's Technopoly .... [more]

Special "Take Action" Column:
Pete Hendrickson and Standing Up for the Law, Part 1
by Brian Wright

Pete's situation and what it represents for Americans is a microcosm of Will Kane's (Gary Cooper's) search for deputies to face down the criminals coming into town. There are some of us now, but it sure won't hurt if all my righteous Beanies educate themselves about the federal "income" tax and stop writing checks to the federal aggressor-class that they are not obligated to pay. Further, you are entitled to full refunds for what you have had wrongfully deducted or have paid in the past (up to three years back).
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Guest Column
Reflections on Petit Treason
Tying the knot on rude behavior by public officials
by Dean Hazel

When lower public officials violate the people, they commit treason of a special kind: petit treason. The remedy for this infraction in old English law, and supported by Mr. Hazel, is hanging. Sounds harsh. I'd settle for a Truth and Reconciliation program, but if we stretched the necks of a few of the worst bad cops, prosecutors, and judges-at least those Dean and I and others have had to deal with over the years-we might achieve more polite society and a better world tomorrow. [more]

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Trip Report: Magic at the Old Fillmore
Sixties shows its good nature in classic venue
by Dave Spencer
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Seriously I feel the sense of history that extends beyond the incredible albums and music recorded here. The beautiful black-light chandeliers glisten above me as the opening band is finishing their set. The room itself is half as long as a hockey rink and about half as wide. But it is sooooooo beautiful… and look a bar right behind me… SOB… I love this place. These are not just bars but the original dark wood that’s been here, like, forever, manned by mid-aged hippies who I can totally relate to....

This section contains the latest columns primarily by Website proprietor and main content-provider/writer, Brian Wright. For any of these pieces, please share your comments on the CC blog or send us a letter to the editor. [main]

9/11 Truth Urgency Must call out the Naked Emperor real soon...	Yes, the facts are in. We know to a certainty that the OCT is false. We also know to an incredibly high likelihood (99+%)—considering the nature of the evidence, along with motive, means, and opportunity to commit the crime (and past behavior)—that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated by personnel operating secretly under auspices of the US government in coordination with various allied 'black' contractors, governments, and financial interests. We further know the 9/11 Commission Report and all the various government reports purporting to investigate 9/11 are lies, omissions, and coverups... and that the CIA-controlled mainstream media remains nothing but a propaganda ministry whose job is to bury the truth. [more]
Old Paradigm to New Paradigm A read-view list for the 'New Way'	So Old Way vs. New Way? It's a no-brainer, we simply must move on. What leads me to this column is essentially a conversation I have repeatedly with so many of my conventional peers—middle class, college-degreed, engineering or science. They simply refuse to even consider the evidence that official media-government orthodox explanations of political and economic catastrophes—such as the 9/11 attacks and wealth transfer of untracked $trillions to unknown international banksters—are bunk. [more]
The Constitution Solution Another reason to always listen to your mother	This one continues again from the previous two columns that resulted from general consternation over O-Slammer-Care... I mentioned to Mom that the Constitution is simple: no federal authority for health care. She said she agreed with me on this one. "It isn't in there. Government officials should know and make available the 'C' to their constituents." [more]

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The Coffee Coaster attempts to review near-term movies as well as those you'd find on Turner Classic Movies... also films that were not wildly popular during their time, but deserved to be. For any of these reviews, please share your comments with me on the Coffee Coaster blog or send us a letter to the editor.

A great revolution of character in just a single man
will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation
and, further, will cause a change in the destiny
of all mankind. — DAISAKU IKEDA

Recurring Special Message

Two vital and urgent books for all mankind, but especially Americans:

1. The first is a book I've reviewed by G. Edward Griffin that dissects the Federal Reserve System: The Creature from Jekyll Island. Not only does Mr. Griffin explain clearly where the money went and how the theft was accomplished, he explains the sociology of the deception. You will learn that war is the ultimate moneymaker for the elites behind the curtain of the Fed, and that we will only achieve peace and liberty when we stop feeding the Beast of the moneychangers... i.e. the Oligarchy. [main]

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2. Relative to unfeeding 'the Beast,' the second vital book is by Peter Hendrickson: Cracking the Code: The fascinating truth about taxation in America. Equally remarkable and more directly useful, Pete—thanks to digital technology, he was able to track down every reference in federal revenue statutes and regulatory codes—patiently explains that the so-called income tax is not a direct tax... and that it was never legally enacted as one. [According to the Constitution, direct taxes are only permitted via apportionment.] Thus, unless you are a federal employee or official, or employed by a federal corporation, your earnings are not income as defined in the law. [main]

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   Further, federal and state treasury departments, obeying the law, have refunded more than $10 million to thousands of individuals who have filed corrected returns. What this means is the vast majority of Americans now stand at the threshold of ending the tyranny of the IRS and getting their lives and wealth and freedom back. Simply by standing up for the rule of law and insisting on its compliance by government. Please read my review for more details.
   
   Here is the video from LostHorizons.com we want to share with our fellow citizens. Naturally, the cabal that has usurped power, especially at the federal level, is none too happy that people are figuring out that they are no longer mandatory taxpayers. [main]
   

These two books frame the issue of restoring our republic. For honorable mention as key books, I would like to include my own Sacred Nonaggression Principle, which is currently in rewrite for friendliness, and Eckhart Tolle's classic, The Power of Now.

Reflections on Memorial Day 2008
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Did our fathers die on the beaches of Normandy so we would cave to mandatory seat-belt laws, smoking bans, drug testing, and 0.08 BAL? (etc.)

"Son, I'm never going to wear a seat belt; it's my right as an American to drive as and how I choose—[Dad was a highly skilled driver who would probably, eventually have come to wear seatbelts voluntarily].  It violates everything I believe in... and fought for.  I won't do it, I won't pay the fine, and they can put me in jail 'til the cows come home."

For the previous 30 years Memorial Day has always had a somber quality for me: My father, Truman, a WWII veteran, died on May 28, 1978, Memorial Day Weekend—I was 28 years old at the time.  [Then, to make it even sadder, last year we lost my brother, Forrest, also a veteran, possibly to the same heart condition that killed my dad.]  

Memorial Day was to commemorate Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War, then later expanded to remember all those who have given their lives for their country in military service. And though technically neither my dad nor my brother perished while fighting for their country, I feel the holiday belongs to them and, more important, to any American who stands for, argues for, fights for, and is willing to die for American liberty—the principles embodied in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution... [full column]

June 8 , 2010

Share price for stock in the oil production giant responsible for the ecological catastrophe spreading across the Gulf of Mexico has already plunged by more than a third. No surprise. The story Imagining the Worst in BP's Future in the Business section of today's NY Times suggests that the ultimate costs associated with the /Deepwater Horizon/ disaster are as unquantifiable as the amount of oil still leaking into the ocean.

Clean-up and restitution alone, it is estimated, could reach $40 billion -- enough to break even a company that turns a $17 billion-per-year profit. And that's before any regulatory penalties for negligence or punitive damages imposed by juries that will inevitably be drawn from the devastated areas.

So it appears increasingly likely that BP will follow such other icons of (what is mistakenly called) "American capitalism" as financial giant AIG and automotive giant GM into the ranks of the "too-big-to-fail." Meaning that corporate executives will walk off with billions of dollars in bonuses, leaving taxpayers to clean up the mess they leave behind. The aforementioned /NY Times/ article explains how the too-big-to-failures manage to pull this off:

http://www.smallgov.us/2010/06/08/bp-muck-run-amok

Tim O'Brien, Small Government Alliance

March 26 , 2010

BR

I gotta weigh in once and a while: I have high hopes for Obamacare. It seems credible from my privileged-to-not-give-a-shit vantage that something had to be done about the pathetic performance and outrageous costs of health care in good ole USA. Surely our standing behind numerous third world nations in all sorts of health care metrics for the populace indicates we needed to make some significant changes.

More broadly, I have come to believe that the invisible hand of free enterprise (all too often aka greed) has no place in health care. There are greater goods in caring for one another than riches and power. In other words, I'm self diagnosing that I'm an advocate of socialized medicine. I don't fear the screwed up feds doing any worse for me than the all-too-profit-motived Blue Crosses of the nation. I don't see socialized medicine as any less logical than socialized roadways (aka the interstate highway system).

RB

February 9, 2010

Regarding the Citizens' United Case

I guess we will have to continue to disagree, however benevolently.

My point is that libertarians too often spend time 1-pontificating about issues that the public does not care about (conspiracy theories for example) and 2-in private (to each other on computers). This isn't all bad because if they did it publicly on what the public views as trivia, we would appear to be all nerdish.

How often do you ever see real libertarians discuss real issues in real publications where the public can learn from them? ...If I want conspiracy theories, I'll watch Glenn Beck who at least has real live libertarian guests like Steve Moore and actually uses the word "libertarian." So I've gotten away from proportional representation, NOTA, term limits, how to govern outer space, multiple impeachments, Bilderbergers (sounds to most like a competitor to Burger King) and other trivia. Which reminds me. I need to write two letters to the editor this weekend about real issues so real voters (or editors) can learn something.

Well, some of them.

Best, as always,

Keith of Macomb County

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