Ron Paul’s Interview on Face the Nation by Jacob G. Hornberger November 22, 2011 Ron Paul's interview with Bob Schieffer on CBS's Face the Nation last Sunday provides a fascinating look at the mainstream media mindset. Referring to the 9/11 attacks, Schieffer remarked, Basically what you're saying is that it was Americas fault that 9/11 happened and it was our fault that it happened. As Paul made clear in his response, he has ...
Advancing Liberty in Oregon by Jacob G. Hornberger November 21, 2011 Last weekend, I experienced one of those great libertarian highs that come with advancing liberty! I spoke at two separate venues in Portland, Oregon the first at a great private school named the Delphian School and the second at a great freedom seminar that has been held annually for some 20 years. The Delphian School was an ...
Electing a Torturer-In-Chief by Jacob G. Hornberger November 14, 2011 The last Republican presidential debate — the one on foreign policy — was absolutely pathetic. Except for John Huntsman and Ron Paul, the candidates seemed to be fighting to show that they would be bigger and better torturers, aggressors, and assassins than President Obama. While the dismal state of the economy is likely to hurt Obama’s chances at reelection, he ...
A Worthless and Destructive Proposal from the New York Times by Jacob G. Hornberger November 11, 2011 The lead editorial in the New York Times today explains why the U.S. dollar is worth only about 5 percent of its value compared to when the Federal Reserve was established in 1913. The editorial doesn’t specifically address the U.S. dollar. Instead, it’s about the financial crisis in Italy. But the reasoning of the editorial provides an ...
Warping the Economy with Welfare and Warfare by Jacob G. Hornberger November 10, 2011 Let’s assume a society in which there is no income tax, no welfare state, no overseas military empire, and no military-industrial complex. Assume that the tax burden amounts to an average of 2 percent per person, with it being collected with a sales tax on imported goods People are keeping 98 percent of their income. In such a society, people ...
Stirring Up Crises and Wars by Jacob G. Hornberger November 9, 2011 Talk of war with Iran is back in the air. Conservatives and liberals alike are doing exactly what they did when the U.S. Empire was ramping up the crisis environment in the build-up to the Empire’s undeclared war on Iraq. Interestingly, the same rationale is being cited by the statists: WMDs. “The Iranians are acquiring WMDs!” the warfare statists ...
Bordertown: Laredo by Jacob G. Hornberger November 8, 2011 I watched a couple of episodes of a new television reality series on A&E called “Bordertown: Laredo” since Laredo is where I grew up. The series is about the drug war and follows a special drug-enforcement team within the Laredo Police Department. In the two episodes I watched, the series tracked the team as it monitored suspected drug dealers, ...
Cuba, Greece, and the United States by Jacob G. Hornberger November 7, 2011 Well, it seems that Greece and the United States aren’t the only countries that are suffering the consequences of socialism. So is Cuba. But the difference is that unlike Greece and the United States, Cuba seems to be moving in the right direction. The Cuban regime has just announced that for the first time since the Cuban revolution in 1959, ...
Imperialism Is Complicated by Jacob G. Hornberger November 4, 2011 Imperialism sure is complicated. Consider, for example, Libya. Imperialists tell us that the U.S Empire’s military machine hammered Libya with missiles and bombs in order to free the Libyan people from tyranny. The idea was that the Empire was so concerned about the freedom and well-being of the Libyan people that it simply could not stand by and permit them ...
Dying for Nothing by Jacob G. Hornberger November 3, 2011 Yesterday I attended a funeral for a friend’s mother at Arlington National Cemetery. During the service, my eyes focused on three nearby gravestones — a Lt. Colonel, a 1st Lieutenant, and a captain. The inscriptions on the gravestones stated that all three had served in Iraq and Afghanistan and that all three had died in 2011. I noticed that ...
Concealed Carry in Virginia by Jacob G. Hornberger November 2, 2011 Like many states, Virginia has long had a concealed-carry law, one that permits citizens to carry concealed weapons upon securing a permit from the state. However, for a long time there was a glaring exception to the law: Concealed-carry permit holders were not permitted to carry their weapons into restaurants or bars that served liquor. This meant that people ...
Neocon Lamentations on Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger November 1, 2011 Neocons are attacking President Obama for his plan to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq by the end of December. Never mind that Obama is operating under the contractual agreement entered into between former President Bush and the Iraqi regime his invasion installed into power. And never mind that there will still be thousands of U.S. diplomats, military personnel, ...
