tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3611244349469905946..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Ron Paul: "The same thing will happen to the Federal Reserve as happened to the Soviet Union."Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86313784685074681942013-03-31T23:44:26.452-04:002013-03-31T23:44:26.452-04:00http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/world/americas/2...http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/world/americas/23iht-23prison.12253738.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0<br /><br />You can't be free if you are in prison. Doesn't take any subjective thought here. GoldenScroogehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13160915500071860841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-69111378852255953232013-03-31T17:46:35.840-04:002013-03-31T17:46:35.840-04:00Nate, can you honestly convince yourself you have ...Nate, can you honestly convince yourself you have complete control over your money, home, car, travel or even your marriage? Try having three wives. Try traveling with $50,000 in cash. Try driving without a license plate. I can't think of one thing you DO have control over. It takes a tortured definition of Freedom for any American (or Brit, Italian, Canadian, etc.) to call himself a free manAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793820973411108858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56073546095848492722013-03-31T17:46:24.117-04:002013-03-31T17:46:24.117-04:00Nate, have you been asleep for about 20 years!? T...Nate, have you been asleep for about 20 years!? Try reading 'Patriot Act,' 'Homeland Security,' 'Military Commissions Act,' 'DOMA,' 'CISPA,' 'PIPA,' and 'NDAA.' If you read those documents (or just go to any expert - like Glenn Greenwald - who has read and understands those pieces of legislation and can articulate the specific parts which Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661106134978509305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59586245799946153402013-03-31T17:45:53.514-04:002013-03-31T17:45:53.514-04:00Nate, have you been asleep for about 20 years!? T...Nate, have you been asleep for about 20 years!? Try reading 'Patriot Act,' 'Homeland Security,' 'Military Commissions Act,' 'DOMA,' 'CISPA,' 'PIPA,' and 'NDAA.' If you read those documents (or just go to any expert - like Glenn Greenwald - who has read and understands those pieces of legislation and can articulate the specific parts which Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661106134978509305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52646157591192857122013-03-31T17:43:13.655-04:002013-03-31T17:43:13.655-04:00Nate, can you honestly say you own anything comple...Nate, can you honestly say you own anything completely? Is not your home, car, money and travel subject to control and permission by the state? Can't any of the above be taken from you for an infraction of rules you never explicitly agreed to? It takes a tortured definition of freedom for an American (or Brit, Canadian, etc.) to call himself a free man.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793820973411108858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71134698821150151662013-03-31T16:32:12.741-04:002013-03-31T16:32:12.741-04:00Given the fact that almost everything you do is re...Given the fact that almost everything you do is regulated in some way I cannot understand why you can't find the examples on your own. Just off the top of my head I see simple thins such as the cars, appliances, lightbulbs, toilets, and showers that you buy are heavily regulated by government agencies that force you to buy products with features that you do not want or are inferior to what VangelVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18253765145016548748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57871127402282737092013-03-30T20:32:14.484-04:002013-03-30T20:32:14.484-04:00Never mind.Never mind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900138774537215027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41963671271776130062013-03-30T18:08:55.376-04:002013-03-30T18:08:55.376-04:00"If we do nothing to promote correct ideas, t..."If we do nothing to promote correct ideas, the other side will prevail."<br /><br />To speak of marginal improvements through politics and politicians is meaningless and pointless if those politicians do not promote correct ideas. With the retirement of Ron Paul from politics, there is now not a single politician that consistently promotes correct ideas. <br /><br />Rothbard was bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74672308270533725092013-03-30T15:40:29.499-04:002013-03-30T15:40:29.499-04:00Read LewRockwell.com daily, including its blog, an...Read LewRockwell.com daily, including its blog, and in a month you'll have more examples than you need.Scott Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270655527655803743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59788995809205992542013-03-30T13:09:46.332-04:002013-03-30T13:09:46.332-04:00Is this the "performance humility" of th...Is this the "performance humility" of the new Pope Francis you are talking about?<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRPjSI-vIzg#t=6m12sTenbobnotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10134620475840340160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55187620037709446362013-03-30T11:59:40.739-04:002013-03-30T11:59:40.739-04:00In what ways have we lost personal liberties? Econ...In what ways have we lost personal liberties? Economic liberties? I always have trouble articulating the libertarian position on issues with people, mostly because they still believe that America is the land of the free. To a degree, I can see their point: we are still free to speak our minds and to become whatever we want. Please, give me some links or examples to point out to these people so myAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329235616048711912noreply@blogger.com