Showing posts with label oppression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oppression. Show all posts
President Obama’s Department Of Injustice
by Alec Karakatsanis. The policy should be considered a crime. Last month, President Obama
used his clemency power to reduce the sentences of 46 federal prisoners
locked up on drug-related charges. But for the last six years, his
administration has worked repeatedly behind the scenes to ensure that
tens of thousands of poor people — disproportionately ... MORE
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government,
incarceration,
justice,
Obama,
oppression,
policy,
prisons,
punishment,
sentencing
5 Yes Or No Questions To Determine If You Are A Statist
by Larken Rose. The 5 Questions: 1) Is there any means by which any number of individuals can delegate to someone else the moral right to do something which none of the individuals have the moral right to do themselves? 2) Do those who wield political power (presidents, legislators, etc.) have the moral right to do things which other people do not ... MORE
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authority,
government,
individual liberty,
morality,
obedience,
oppression,
politicians,
power
John Stossel: Disobey!
How to deal with stupid laws. Charles Murray, already controversial for writing books on how welfare hurts the poor, on ethnic differences in IQ and on (less controversial, but my favorite) happiness and good government, has written a new book that argues that it's time for civil disobedience. Government has become so oppressive, constantly ... MORE
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civil rights,
disobedience,
government,
oppression,
rebellion,
regulation,
restrictions,
rules
Jeffrey Tucker: 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Libertarians
How to sustain a lasting passion for liberty. What does it mean to be an effective advocate of liberty? It means to love what you do and adopt sustainable patterns of thinking and living that contribute to making the world a freer place. Sustainability is key. Most of today’s attacks on freedom lovers include a dismissal that libertarianism is an ideology for idealistic (or maybe deluded) kids, not one for adults. ... MORE
Cuban Communism: Its Days Are Numbered
by Barry Farber. It was already doomed. Over 99 percent of 3-year-olds believe the glass screen on a television set is to keep the people from falling out. And that’s smarter than what their parents are saying to each other and hearing from the media about Cuba, Obama the Castro brothers and this over-hyped, totally misunderstood, non- ... MORE
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communism,
Cuba,
embargo,
oppression,
policy,
politics,
sanctions,
standard of living,
trade
John W. Whitehead: The Devil's Bargain
In return for your liberty, I will give you ... It’s no coincidence that during the same week in which the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Yates v. United States, a case in which a Florida fisherman is being threatened with 20 years’ jail time for throwing fish that were too small back into the water, Florida police arrested a 90-year-old ... MORE
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authority,
crime,
government,
individual liberty,
oppression,
police state,
safety,
security
Barry Farber: Obama's U.N. Insult To Every American
Our president seems ashamed to be American. A hen lays one egg and cackles an hour. A sturgeon lays 10,000 eggs and never lets out a peep. We call it “caviar.” President Obama laid at least 10,000 eggs in his U.N. speech last week, but caviar it was not. They were all rotten. At one point Obama reached probably the worst 60 seconds of his a ... MORE
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America,
deception,
evil,
ISIS,
morality,
Obama,
oppression,
philosophy,
politics,
United Nations
VIDEO: The REAL Bundy Ranch Story
The day free American citizens stood down their heavy-handed government.
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