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<br />Openly Voluntaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239494869142915755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-75249355723866825822016-11-01T18:13:00.005-07:002016-12-04T10:34:34.250-08:00Dash Digital Currency - Amanda B. Johnson<br />
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A few weeks ago, I was thrilled to spend an evening dining with my old pal Pete and new acquaintance Amanda B. Johnson. She is a digital currency expert and is working on several projects with Dash. <br />
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I complained to her about my ignorance in understanding digital currencies, and she shared with me her series Dash School. If you or anyone you know is not geeky and ... <a href="http://openlyvoluntary.com/dash-digital-currency-amanda-b-johnson/">READ MORE</a>Openly Voluntaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239494869142915755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-77680542417633310232016-07-26T06:09:00.004-07:002016-07-26T06:30:28.653-07:00Openly Voluntary Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08292419661012047050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-62162640687250915612016-07-26T06:09:00.003-07:002016-12-04T09:54:42.705-08:00In The US Taxes Are Voluntary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>This great thought from our friend and noted humanitarian <a href="https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Funding/Project/000010/The-Mirror/" target="_blank">Larken Rose</a>:</b><br />
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Every once in a while someone brings up the idea that certain "excise" taxes, such as taxes applied only to certain activities or products, count as being voluntary because they are fairly easy to avoid (don't engage in that activity, and you won't owe that tax), and that taxation, in that case, is therefore not theft.<br />
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<br />Openly Voluntary Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08292419661012047050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-64941176250278970262016-06-15T06:27:00.000-07:002016-06-15T06:27:05.116-07:00Just After Orlando Gay Nightclub Violence 2016<br /><br />6-14-16 - Larken Rose:<br /><br />"No one needs an assault rifle!"<br /><br />So why do so many cops carry them? Is there some evil force that magically is a threat to them but not to me? Where are the leftists calling for disarming the mercenaries known as "law enforcers"?<br /><br />"These are weapons of war!"<br /><br /><br />So who are the cops at war with when they carry AR-15's?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />6-12-16 - Larken Rose:<br /><br />This might sound odd, especially to people who are accustomed to the usual paradigm spewed by the media, but it's true: I carry a firearm out of love, not out of fear or hatred.<br /><br />Yes, I spend a lot of time loudly and vehemently condemning injustice and aggression. I do that BECAUSE I value and love peace and justice. If I didn't care about the innocent, I wouldn't rail against, and be armed against, those who try to harm the innocent. (I think the likelihood of having to defend MYSELF with a gun is a lot lower than the likelihood of me having to defend someone ELSE with my gun.)<br /><br /><br />The vast majority of gun owners I know do not think, "I can't wait to kill someone!" Instead, they think, "Killing someone, even if justified, would be completely horrible. But I will do it if I have to in order to protect the innocent." That attitude and mindset comes from LOVE, not hatred.<br /><br />Now, if you personally are NOT willing to take on the risk, burden and responsibility of being a protector of the innocent, that's your choice. But kindly refrain from demonizing those of us who are.<br />- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/larken.rose.7">Larken Rose</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />6-12-16 - Larken Rose<br /><br />Soooooo…. an anarchist running for President. Let’s consider the possible outcomes, shall we?<br /><br />1) At the time of the election, nowhere near a majority of Americans are anarchists, so the anarchist loses, and can’t do anything “within the system.” By playing the game and “participating in the process,” the anarchist also validates the game that was just lost, thus implying legitimacy to the new statist regime.<br /><br /><br />2) At the time of the election, a majority, or at least a significant minority, of the population is anarchistic. Most of them, being anarchists, don’t believe in the legitimacy of “government” and therefore won’t vote. However, they also won’t NEED to vote, because when 50%—or even 10%—of the population stops believing in the myth of “authority,” they can simply disobey the ruling class out of existence (with actual resistance being optional).<br /><br />Is there some third option I don't see? Because the first two make such an endeavor seem drastically pointless.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />6-12-16 - Larken Rose<br /><br />The best way--damn near the only way--to stop bad people from committing violence against innocents, is to have GOOD people able and willing to use defensive FORCE to stop them. This isn't really debatable.<br /><br /><br />"We need a law!" Words on paper? And then what? Guys with GUNS to enforce it? Congrats, you just acknowledged that BRUTE FORCE is necessary to stop violent aggressors. Unfortunately, you also chose to rely on professional aggressors to "protect" you, which is both logically and historically asinine, AND constitutes advocating aggression against lots of people who haven't harmed or attacked anyone. But hey, at least you got the first part right.<br /><br />If you're a good person who is tired of hearing about other good people being victimized, maybe you should BECOME one of the good people who has the ability and willingness to use FORCE to stop the bad guys. Nothing else will stop them. Why would you assume it's always someone ELSE'S responsibility to do it?<div>
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Openly Voluntary Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08292419661012047050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-83274140399853269092016-05-25T03:43:00.001-07:002016-12-04T09:33:10.345-08:00What Voluntaryism Means to Me by Carl Watner<br />
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I don’t have any special qualifications to define ‘<a href="http://voluntaryist.com/fundamentals/introduction.html">voluntaryism</a>,’ except that I have been publishing THE VOLUNTARYIST newsletter since its inception in 1982, and am a long-time student of the concept. Both in historical tradition and in contemporary usage, <a href="http://voluntaryist.com/fundamentals/introduction.html">voluntaryism</a> coincides with my personal philosophy of non-violence and non-participation in politics... <a href="http://openlyvoluntary.com/voluntaryism-means-carl-watner-2/">READ MORE </a>Openly Voluntary Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08292419661012047050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-5534277758985624312016-05-25T03:32:00.001-07:002016-12-04T12:13:45.839-08:00Better than the Alternative – False Dilemma<h2>
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Openly Voluntary Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08292419661012047050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-31924584256893480752016-04-14T04:37:00.002-07:002016-04-14T04:40:31.970-07:00LaVoy Finicum - A Good Man or Enemy of the State?<br />
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LaVoy Finicum, who was shot at a roadblock by Oregon State Troopers and left to bleed to death in the snow, was not a violent criminal. He and his colleagues from the group calling itself Citizens for Constitutional Freedom were traveling to John Day, Oregon to organize political resistance to federal control over lands in the western United States.<br />
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After trying to run the roadblock, Finicum plowed his vehicle into a snowbank. He exited with his hands in the air, staggering in the snow before making a motion with his right hand that the FBI claims was an effort to grab a handgun. Another possibility is that Finicum, as some witnesses claim, was shot while his hands were raised in a posture of surrender, and that his subsequent movements were involuntary.<br />
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The carefully planned ambush, which displayed detailed intelligence regarding the plans of Finicum and his friends, was a joint operation between the FBI and the Oregon State Police. It was not carried out in defense of persons or property, but to enforce the will of those in control of ... <a href="https://exposingmodernmugwumps.com/2016/02/01/tyranny-defiance-and-the-death-of-lavoy-finicum/">READ MORE</a><br />
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<br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><br />*Note: Voluntaryists do not support the State as LaVoy did. LeVoy, while a statist, would have been a welcome neighbor to voluntaryists. Read his book, and you will like and respect him, even though some of his theistic and philosophic perceptions differ from ours.</span></i>Openly Voluntaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239494869142915755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-39754623160995820932016-04-09T09:18:00.002-07:002016-04-09T09:18:05.432-07:00"Under Control of..." "ghost-written" facebook Posts for You<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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When Hitler was in control, he required special license for people of most professions. Even something like hair-cutting was regulated, and a person had to have a license to cut hair in exchange for money.</div>
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Hitler cited "hygiene" as his excuse to collect money and have even greater control over all aspects of his citizen's lives, 'after all, we don't want little children to get lice." Like Marxists, Hitler recognized capitalism's existence, and like them, he did not want to leave citizens free to pursue their happiness, with risks and returns being uncertain.</div>
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Of course, all intelligent observers know that Hitler and other similar mentalities don't REALLY care about someone getting hair-bugs ... it is about control, and of course he was supported by barber schools and the government licensing board as well as many established barbers who welcomed this artificial barrier to entry.</div>
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For those of you that live in places where both young children and wise old women would be disbelieving that such tyrannical totalitarianism could have been accepted by the citizens, be grateful for your enlightened community! Freedom IS wonderful!</div>
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Under the violent iron fist of Pol Pot, a Cambodian citizen was not allowed to build an addition to their home without first receiving a government "license" to do so.</div>
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This violation of the human right of use of property seems ridiculous and unbelievable to most peaceful people today, but those that do not study history are doomed to.... smile emoticon</div>
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Pol Pot obviously couched this and other oppressive government dictates in an aura of "caring about comrades and their safety." Today the thinking person recognizes it as absolute totalitarian tyranny.</div>
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For those of my friends that do not have to live under these conditions or at least recognize their inherent wrongness, salute an intellectual today.</div>
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This kind of totalitarian statism is obviously oppressive, even when hidden under the specious veil of "safety." Evidently the Chinese people are not "made of the stuff" to stop their government from this kind of ridiculous insertion into their private lives and entrepreneurial endeavors. The victims should not be hated, but rather pitied.</div>
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Openly Voluntaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239494869142915755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-25538337380988879312016-04-09T03:26:00.001-07:002016-04-09T09:16:34.049-07:00"Under Control of..." facebook Posts for You<b>This is a series of facebook posts that a voluntaryist made that had a great response. Feel free to cut, paste & edit without attribution (or with). You can find a picture of the antagonist mentioned and post it.</b><br />
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When Hitler was in control, he required special license for people of most professions. Even something like hair-cutting was regulated, and a person had to have a license to cut hair in exchange for money.<br />
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Hitler cited "hygiene" as his excuse to collect money and have even greater control over all aspects of his citizen's lives, 'after all, we don't want little children to get lice." Like Marxists, Hitler recognized capitalism's existence, and like them, he did not want to leave citizens free to pursue their happiness, with risks and returns being uncertain.<br />
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For those of you that live in places where both young children and wise old women would be disbelieving that such tyrannical totalitarianism could have been accepted by the citizens, be grateful for your enlightened community! Freedom IS wonderful!<br />
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Under the violent iron fist of Pol Pot, a Cambodian citizen was not allowed to build an addition to their home without first receiving a government "license" to do so.<br />
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This violation of the human right of use of property seems ridiculous and unbelievable to most peaceful people today, but those that do not study history are doomed to.... smile emoticon<br />
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Pol Pot obviously couched this and other oppressive government dictates in an aura of "caring about comrades and their safety." Today the thinking person recognizes it as absolute totalitarian tyranny.<br />
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For those of my friends that do not have to live under these conditions or at least recognize their inherent wrongness, salute an intellectual today.<br />
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People who say they are proud to pay "their taxes"
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by Larken Rose<a name='more'></a></h3>
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1) You might be proud to voluntarily help some poor person,
but if some poor person robbed you at gunpoint, what is there to be proud of?
Why take pride in something that wasn't your idea, and that you didn't have a
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2) No one approves of everything that "taxes"
fund. Even if you would have voluntarily donated to help the poor, build a
school, etc., you know damn well that you would not voluntarily fund every
stupid, destructive thing that "government" pays for. How can you be
proud to fund things you oppose?</div>
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3) Unless you're a masochistic weirdo, there is no way you
would voluntarily fill out all the stupid forms that the IRS makes you fill
out, and there is pretty much no chance that you would voluntarily happen to
give the exact dollar amount that your tax return says is due. So unless you
donate MORE than you supposedly owe, obviously the COERCION is what is making
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The reason people falsely claim to be proud to pay
"their taxes" is because it sounds better, and feels better, than
admitting that they are someone else's slave. It's either fake pride, or this:
"Oh, I CHOOSE to live and work on this cotton plantation! And I'm proud of
how much I produce for the master! Sure, he would beat me if I tried to escape,
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I would rather pretend I'm
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Best Books to Learn About Voluntaryism</span></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><i>by Openly Voluntary One</i></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I appreciate your interest in philosophy. The path I have taken since 2008 has been a
wonderful one, and I feel so much more enlightened than I did for the first 34 years of my life. I must warn you that ignorance
IS bliss. While I feel far less
ignorant, following an honest path free of pre-conceived notions is not popular
and is not great for one’s standing in the mainstream community.</span></div>
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There are a number of mediums I will suggest below, from
YouTube videos of lectures, animations and rants to books, articles and audio
podcasts. I spent many
hundreds/thousands of hours sifting through things, and I will share with you
fewer than 80 hours worth of them. You are awake
5,840 hours each year, and those hours are precious. Only you can evaluate if spending 1.4% of
your waking hours on philosophical exploration is right for you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not everything that every person from whom I enjoy learning from says is
accurate, correct, and logical or is exactly what I believe. I like to learn from many perspectives, shake
them all up, remove what looks wrong, enjoy what looks right and form my own
opinions. As you explore voluntaryism, I
suggest not discussing it with folks or calling it “Anarchy” until you have well
over 40 hours of knowledge under your belt.
95% of arguments will go like this:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Me:</b> “I just wonder if
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<b>Statist:</b> “Yeah, that sounds
good, but we have to have cops, military and who would build the roads? Some government is good, it just has to be
constitutional.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Then, if you start to
offer solutions to their questions about how people and free market private
businesses might solve problems, defend themselves, build roads, feed the poor
etc, the statist will find a tiny hole in one of your arguments and will use
that as conclusive proof that anarchy is stupid and that you are naïve.</b> It is better to say that you don’t know. This is a good 4-minute video. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntaKwMyrQAY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntaKwMyrQAY</a>
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First thing, let me know if you will read it and I will get
you a copy of the best book ever, Larken Rose’s <b><i>The Most Dangerous Superstition</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I think a good start is G. Edward Griffin’s 22 minute video
discussing Collectivism and Individualism: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqmBesHL_Es">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqmBesHL_Es</a>
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Next, jump in all the way with this 12 minute video by
Larken Rose. You might want to watch it
again each month for a while. “Statism: The
Most Dangerous Religion.” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uVV2Dcqt0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uVV2Dcqt0</a>
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Another video by Larken that is worthy of consideration is: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLNSniVSXhI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLNSniVSXhI</a>
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Stefan Molyneux is at times quite full of himself and is
sometimes incorrect, I don’t always like his style, and he sometimes tosses in
some illogical fallacies, but he is well worth listening to and considering his
ideas. He is an atheist and is very
straightforward about it. If you are
not, please bear with him. This is a
good one. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P772Eb63qIY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P772Eb63qIY</a>
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This is another good Molyneux video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbp6umQT58A">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbp6umQT58A</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink">Read or listen to Lysander
Spooners’ piece from over 100 years ago, <b>No
Treason, The Constitution of No Authority</b>. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWESql2dXoc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWESql2dXoc</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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If you like Larken Rose, he has a great podcast at <a href="https://www.connectpal.com/larken-rose">https://www.connectpal.com/larken-rose</a>
. It is only $3.79/month and I will pay
for your first 3 months if you promise to listen to the first 10 episodes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is a good video by Thomas Woods and Doug Casey
discussing minarchy (small government) versus anarchy (no government). <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpmqy9tC4uI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpmqy9tC4uI</a>
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Another Tom Woods with Larken Rose as a guest. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jszKbJhx9I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jszKbJhx9I</a>
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So far, you have spent only 9 hours investigating. Interesting, huh?<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, there are different schools of thought in
macroeconomics. Most people, both
liberal and conservative in the US don’t REALLY understand or think about
economics. They mostly fall into the Keynesian
and Marxist schools. Most slightly
interested conservatives and entry-level-liberty folks like the Chicago School,
which is most famous for Milton Friedman.
As one uses logic and takes things to deeper and more philosophically
consistent conclusions, many thinkers find themselves more in agreement with
Austrian Economics. Everything you need
to know about Austrian Economics can be found at <a href="http://www.mises.org/">www.mises.org</a>
and from there you will have a solid foundation to move forward. This includes many articles, free audio and
video downloads etc. Peter Schiff and
Doug Casey are “Austrian-leaning economists and investors. They are worth checking out, even though
Peter is a statist. Peter <a href="http://www.europac.com/">http://www.europac.com</a> and Doug <a href="https://www.caseyresearch.com/team/staff/doug-casey">https://www.caseyresearch.com/team/staff/doug-casey</a>
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Listen to for free, or buy the book by <b>Walter Block, Defending the Undefendable</b>. It is available for free on Mises.org and on
YouTube.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Get the book <b>I Must
Speak Out</b> by Carl Watner. It is a
great collection of many years’ worth of articles from his publication, The
Voluntaryist, which is the longest running libertarian publication around. I also subscribed to it. His website has great stuff on it, including
my story of coming to Voluntaryism. <a href="http://voluntaryist.com/howibecame/gunner.html#.VVIN7qly9Xk">http://voluntaryist.com/howibecame/gunner.html#.VVIN7qly9Xk</a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Get the book, or listen to the 6-hour series on YouTube of
John Taylor Gatto, The <b>Underground
History of American Education</b>. Take
everything he says with a grain of salt, it is not the most scholarly book
ever, buy it is an incredible eye opener.
The book is way better than the YouTube series. <u><span style="color: red;">If you watch the
YouTube, skip ahead 20 minutes into the first video</span></u>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQiW_l848t8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQiW_l848t8</a>
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Get the book <b>Everyday
Anarchy</b> by Stephan Molyneux.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For kicks and giggle, watch the movie <b>Guns & Weed, the Road to Freedom</b> by Michael Dean and Neema
Vedadi, whom I introduced to each other.
I have a short part in the movie.
<span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> They now do a podcast, <b>Freedom Feens</b>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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from, listen to podcasts etc…<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->L. Neil Smith - <a href="http://www.lneilsmith.org/">http://www.lneilsmith.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Market for Liberty - Morris Tannehill</div>
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Openly Voluntaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239494869142915755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-74254960539193773622016-03-14T06:33:00.001-07:002016-03-17T15:51:33.168-07:00Why is the Thinking Person Repulsed by Agenda 21?Agenda 21 is a plan for how individuals ought to live. Over the last 30+ years its ideas have been pushed, and became more formalized in Brazil in 1992. While it was published by the United Nations, proponents will hastily point out that it is non-binding and voluntarily implemented, more of a "suggested blueprint." In this way it is much more like <a href="http://www.nambla.org/" target="_blank">NAMBLA</a>, in that no one of forced to carry our the ideas presented, but it is offered as a "best practices" provider and as a support group. Groups like <a href="http://www.iclei.org/" target="_blank">ICLEI</a> bring it to individual communities.<br />
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Wait a minute, what is Agenda 21 really about? Agenda 21 essentially says that the way humans have been conducting themselves thus far is inappropriate and that in order to be sustainable, people must live differently. Sounds like an OK idea, right? So what is "<span style="color: red;">sustainability</span>" from the UN's perspective? See the following Venn diagram:<br />
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So, of the three spheres included, the small portion in which there is an overlap is what they consider to be <i>sustainable</i>. To the person unfamiliar with logic, reason and the scientific method, this might sound reasonable. For those with an even elementary knowledge of philosophy, there are many blatant warning signals that pop up. <br />
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Notice that only three "spheres" were included, which is very subjective. Environmental, Social and Economic were the three chosen factors, but what about the hundreds of others that might have been selected? To put ANY confidence in A21, one would first have to accept that indeed the three spheres are the three most important factors.<br />
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Even withing the overlapping areas, look at the chosen terms, for example in the "Economic-Social" area. Business Ethics, Fair Trade and Worker's rights are listed. Perhaps these three were suggested by Karl Marx before his death? The collectivist overtones are obvious, which is absolutely appropriate if a group of communist, socialist and democratic philosophers were having a think-tank weekend and chatting among themselves. What is NOT appropriate is for this philosophy to be forced upon other individuals..<br />
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My few paragraphs of argument above only make up about 1% of my argument against Agenda 21. Others have explained the elements of Agenda 21 far better than I am able. What they have not done is clearly explain why it is a bad thing.<br />
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<b>Human liberty</b>. That is the answer. There are things in life that are perhaps "better for us" than others, but what makes life a fun and exciting life is the journey, including the making of mistakes and the challenges that arise because of this. <br />
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Let's take the example of a mother and her 9-yr-old son on a Saturday afternoon. For the sake of this argument we will assume that she is not a business owner and therefore has Saturday off from work. She and her some throw a ball in the park for an hour at his school, and as they walk home they are laughing and having a great time. They see an ice cream truck and decide to have an orange push-up. They continue walking along laughing and eating their treats.<br />
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From a sterile perspective, this was a good couple hours. The throwing of a ball is associated with competitive sports, an activity in which 1 team always loses and suffers the resulting mental anguish, which can lead to depression, suicide and in some cases even sadness. Next, they buy a corn sugar syrup food item, which scientists agree is not healthful and is in fact bad for one's body.<br />
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I ask you to consider this set of decisions the mother made, and the billions of other decisions made by the 7 billion of us on earth. Perhaps we could have made a "better" decision than the mother about the treat, perhaps a snack of fresh organic free-range kale would have been better? This is where the philosophic question of human freedom of choice comes into our conversation.<br />
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<b><i>"Is it acceptable for some people who think they know better to force other people to change THEIR preferred behavior?"</i></b> <br />
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I am passionate about human freedom. While I think that meth, bibles, beer, patchouli oil and other things and actions are not great, I think the <u>greater bad would be be forcing a person</u> not to use meth, read a bible, share a brew with pals at a pub, wear patchouli oil to a folk festival or participate in other nefarious activities.<br />
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<b>A great resource for discussing voluntaryism. </b></h4>
This is a list of statist fallacies, click on one for a description including arguments for and against.<br />
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<a href="http://v.i4031.net/StatistFallacies">http://v.i4031.net/StatistFallacies</a><br />
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<br />Openly Voluntaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239494869142915755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-90425744966995300672016-02-28T10:35:00.002-08:002016-03-14T06:23:57.304-07:00Article by The Last American Vagabond - Anarchapulco 2016<div class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 19.5px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I had the distinct pleasure of representing <span style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://new.thelastamericanvagabond.com/" style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Last American Vagabond</a></span> at the 2</span><span class="s2" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup>nd</sup></span><span class="s1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Annual Anarchapulco conference in Acapulco, Mexico; the world’s largest anarcho-capitalist conference. For some who might not know what <span style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/anarcho-capitalism-the-philosophical-structure-for-a-new-society/" style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">anarcho-capitalism</a></span> means or have a distorted view let’s break it down. It comes from the word anarchy and capitalism. Anarchy simply means “one without rulers” or self-ownership. In this context, </span><span class="s3" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anarchy is against having a <span style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/featured/decentralized-revolution-states-standing-against-federal-government/" style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">centralized state</a></span> and advocates for freedom through self-governed societies with volunteer institutions.</span><span class="s1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Then there is capitalism, which is largely misunderstood, yet is nothing more than free trade amongst individuals in which they own their own means of production. Combine the two and one has anarcho-capitalism, which is essentially voluntary free trade amongst people without any centralized control over the system. The ability to self-govern and trade freely is seen in this community as the ultimate form of human freedom.</span></div>
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With this idea of freedom in mind, the conference has morphed into the ultimate free-thinker conference merged with Austrian economics, which spans a wide variety of subjects from free market economic analysis, sound money investments, <span style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/expanded-knowledge/websites/" style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">independent media</a></span>, <span style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/health/trauma-transcendence-neuroplasticity/" style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">spiritual transcendence</a></span>, <span style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/featured/top-ten-misunderstood-psychedelic-drugs-understanding-post-modern-shamanism/" style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">psychedelics</a></span>, crypto-currencies, proactive activism, rational physics, personal relationship dynamics, “<span style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/conspiracy/the-biggest-conspiracy-of-all/" style="border: 0px; color: red; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">conspiracy</a></span>” knowledge (although I would call much of it hidden truths), and independent education, among others. As you can see, it’s pretty hard to encompass the conference into one idea or one belief system other than ....<a href="http://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/anarchapulco-2016/" target="_blank"><b>READ MORE</b></a></div>
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<b>Larken Rose is a human rights activist that shares his views on peace throughout the world. Many intellectuals in the liberty movement consider Larken to be the foremost mentor for liberty and peace advocates.</b><br />
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At the 2016 Anarchapulco conference in Mexico, Openly Voluntary organized a "train the trainer" event at which Larken provided training for one of his most effective presentations, the <b><i><a href="http://openlyvoluntary.com/island-analogy-larken-rose-html/">Island Analogy</a></i></b>. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Many thanks to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvZPkgjeE0s" target="_blank">Nathan</a> & <a href="https://www.dollarvigilante.com/" target="_blank">Jeff</a> for helping make this training happen and <a href="https://news.bitcoin.com/">Roger Ver</a> and other attendees for their excellent questions!)</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a>It is the mutual hope of Larken Rose, <a href="http://anarchapulco.com/anarchapulco-2017/" target="_blank">Anarchapulco</a> organizers and <b><i><a href="http://www.openlyvoluntary.com/" target="_blank">Openly Voluntary</a></i></b> that this video series, totaling less than 45 minutes, will be learned from & then improved upon and used by many human rights activists for many years!<br />
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Since 2013 this blog has not been very active, however with the addition of new authors, we look forward to posts at least once each week for the rest of 2016 under our new branding of "Openly Voluntary!"<br />
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As the founder of "Openly Voluntary" I will refer to myself as "Openly Voluntary One" and those wonderful thinkers that contribute will be numbered "Openly Voluntary Too." :) (OV1 & OV2)<br />
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<br />Openly Voluntaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239494869142915755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-89947209106971240582016-01-19T06:58:00.002-08:002016-03-14T05:56:07.385-07:00I respect what Michael J. McFadden is doing to stop one branch on the tree of evil oppression. Please support his work. :) - Openly Voluntary One (OV1)<br />
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<br />Openly Voluntaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239494869142915755noreply@blogger.comYavapai County, AZ, USA34.743701508914832 -112.1183690902344134.639344008914833 -112.27973059023441 34.848059008914831 -111.95700759023441tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-2310748557292963132015-10-18T04:30:00.000-07:002016-02-18T17:35:19.686-08:00Child Molester of the Year - Please Vote!<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #bf8f00; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">In the spirit of community, we must learn to respect our
differences. We agree to disagree about
many things, and our hobby is clearly one of them. Our members do SO much more than just molest,
including donating to food drives and other charitable events. We encourage you to be active and we want to
hear your voice! Please vote for
Molester of the Year 2016!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fondling little boys in his suburban neighborhood. In 2014 & 2015, he helped his 9-yr-old
nephew, a 12-yr-old neighbor boy and 2 pre-teens from his church youth group
learn about the pleasures that can be shared using only one’s mouth and he has
never invaded orifices below the neck of any child.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #bf8f00; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Herb:</span></b><span style="color: #bf8f00; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"> Herb is a particularly enthusiastic
practitioner of pleasure. Herb boasts
over 500 pleasure partners as of 2015, all between the ages of 3 and 8 years
old, and he was able to sodomize all of them!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><a href="http://www.nambla.con/mol2016"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">www.NAMBLA.con/mol2016</span></a><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> <span style="color: #bf8f00; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #bf8f00; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Answer:</span></i></b><i><span style="color: #bf8f00; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"> We admit that neither man is
perfect, but in fact ONE of them is going to be selected, so we encourage you
to be active and choose the lesser of the two evils.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #bf8f00; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">Answer:</span></b><span style="color: #bf8f00; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"> Yes, we get that a lot. We have used our current system for selecting
candidates for many years, and we plan to continue using it for a long
time. If you would like us to change the
system we do have a process for that under Article 321 subsection 3.i.(c)4ii of
our bylaws. It is a long read, but if
you can get the required 2.3 million signatures within a 21-day period, our
board, including secretary Herb and Treasurer Chester will be happy to place it
on the agenda as a possible topic for visioning meetings in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Question:</b> It seems like the process is “fixed”
and is not reasonable, and I think maybe I would be better off spending my time
writing articles and convincing friends that your child molestation organization
is just wrong and that just because one molester is not as bad as the other, <b>he is still bad</b>. In fact, molestation and those that support
it are sick and wrong.<o:p></o:p></div>
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patronizing, perhaps you need a tin foil hat looking for a utopia? Lol. It
seems that you clearly don’t like the way we do things in North America, so
perhaps you should move to another part of the world? If you decide that maybe things are not so
bad here, and that it wouldn’t kill you to be patriotic, we encourage you to be
active in the process. Oh yeah, and your
membership fees are due. We need that
money to pay Chester and Herb for their tireless work on the board that serves
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Openly Voluntaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239494869142915755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-47163419625848869702015-10-11T17:10:00.000-07:002016-03-14T06:33:17.452-07:00Brilliant Thought LeaderA couple brilliant thought leaders in the philosophic and economic arena frequently post on facebook. A few hundred or so people see the post, then it will never again be seen, except if the folks at the Utah Data Center. This is a waste!<br />
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On this post, I will from time to time add comments and original posts that he makes. I hope you enjoy them.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfFvLb_Nj2IYjjLWu3s6BjOCTYXfJnbCi_07ivIqLuDEk6CtAQjxGzgNfhRMF-BEGT1CJA_WEwvqz5uJo0g48w5L0TwtMDTkTeTNi4ZqVChuB6aDIBe8twSg1VTe2vb6o6JAtk4WiwX4/s1600/to+all+americans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfFvLb_Nj2IYjjLWu3s6BjOCTYXfJnbCi_07ivIqLuDEk6CtAQjxGzgNfhRMF-BEGT1CJA_WEwvqz5uJo0g48w5L0TwtMDTkTeTNi4ZqVChuB6aDIBe8twSg1VTe2vb6o6JAtk4WiwX4/s320/to+all+americans.jpg" width="320" /></a><span data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.08px;"><span data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end/=1$text2/=010">Muslim is not the same as "middle eastern". In fact, there are more Muslims in Asia than in the middle east.</span></span><span data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3" style="background-color: #f6f7f8; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.08px;"><span data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0"><br data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text1/=010" /><br data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text3/=010" /><span data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text4/=010">Islam is not a book. It has some holy books, but it is not a book. </span><br data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text5/=010" /><br data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text7/=010" /><span data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text8/=010">This is not the time to be accepting of Islamophobia and the cottage industry that peddles it. This is a time to question the intent of every retard who regurgitates nonsensical gibberish whilst pretending to inform you of a danger. In any other context, we call these people "charlatans". </span><br data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text9/=010" /><br data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text11/=010" /><span data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text12/=010">Retardery and charlatanism are very dangerous. They can make you appear to be an uninformed moron, and if consumed on a long enough timeline, they will lead you to actually becoming retarded, not just looking the part. </span><br data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text13/=010" /><br data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text15/=010" /><span data-reactid=".7t.1:5.0.1:$comment10205184481596371_10205184482156385/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end/=1$text16/=010">Be on your guard. Question the intent of anyone who tells you to fear someone else. ESPECIALLY question the intent of those who promise to protect you from boogey-men.</span></span></span>
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The government needed animal fats for making explosives and for feeding soldiers. Fats have the highest density of calories per unit of mass, as well as proteins needed in physically stressful situations, like infantry warfare. Ask any good drug smuggler or truck driver and they will tell you that increased potency or concentration in a smaller mass is a good thing when transporting long distances.<br />
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To soften the economic shock of this new and sudden demand, especially on the heels of the disastrous Hoover and Roosevelt agricultural policies, the government took to all sorts of programs and propaganda designed to get the American consumer to self-ration fats, rather than imposing outright price controls and rationing. One of these had to do with outright lying about the health effects. <br />
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Then, after the war was over, the substitute markets and the fellow travelers who sprung up around them saw their fortunes threatened.......so they hired a doctor........who produced a study showing that he studied the population of 7 countries and found animal fats to contribute heavily to the onset of heart diseases and obesity.........The problem was that he actually studied 22 countries and found no causal link in 15 of them, so he threw out that data. To this DAY, that doctor's "study" is the basis for all of this bullshit.........<br />
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Openly Voluntaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239494869142915755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646083989314942103.post-83369275489232035192015-07-07T04:14:00.002-07:002016-02-25T08:16:10.372-08:00Eric the Magic PenguinHow about Eric, the god eating magic penguin? Does the logic break down or does it make sense?<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.16px; line-height: 17.766px;">Since Eric is God-Eating by definition, he has no choice but to eat God. So, if God exists, He automatically ceases to exist as a result of being eaten. Unless you can prove that Eric doesn’t exist, God doesn’t exist. Even if you can prove that Eric doesn’t exist, that same proof will also be applicable to God. There are only two possibilities: either you can prove that Eric doesn’t exist or you can’t. In both cases it logically follows that God doesn’t exist.</span></div>
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