I Want YOU to Bend Over!

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sun, 22 Aug 2004 12:00:00 GMT

From lrtdiscuss:

I've always thought that if the worst that they did was steal 1/3 of my money, I could sort of put up with that even though I wouldn't be happy about it. The problem is, as you note above, that they don't just stop at simple theft, but instead use my money to deprive me of my liberties.

Which leads to the reasons why the Mafia would be better at running things that the current gang:

When you buy protection services from the Mafia, you *really* get protection. And those protective services are usually purchased for a significantly smaller percentage of your income than the much poorer quality government "service."
The Mafia has a sense of honor. Bureaucrats don't. When a Mafia don says he's going to do something, he does. When a bureaucrat says he's going to do something, just remember, his lips are moving.
When the Mafia goes to war, they tend to only kill members of other families with little "collateral damage." When governments go to war, they kill thousands to millions of innocent civilians.
The Mafia has absolutely no reason to keep you from being successful in your business. In fact, they prefer that your business thrive, because they can then charge more for "protection." Compare that to bureaucrats, who would just as readily kill your business as look at you. And you won't get protection even when you pay more for it.
The Mafia has little or no interest in keeping you from enjoying your favorite vice. In fact, they will readily set up an infrastructure to ensure a stable supply. The government will react by declaring war on you.
The Mafia has absolutely no interest in curtailing RKBA. To the contrary, they are happy to help you acquire almost any sort of weaponry you desire. Bureaucrats, on the other hand, are scared stiff that you might heed Jefferson's advice about trees and time schedules, and will try to add even more restrictions to the 23,000 laws and regulations now limiting ownership.
Mafia members have a sense of style and are generally easy on the eyes. Bureaucrats dress like, well, bureaucrats.
"Dork"

ScaryJohnKerry.com - Scary John Kerry and Michael Moore - Flash animation. Annoying eery background music, but some good (and bad) quotes from Michael Moore. I think the creator of it thought that the quotes would be interpreted as obviously insane. I think a lot of them are spot on. But then I think that Bushnev is a lot more scary than John Kerry. [scopeny]

# Star Spangled Blindfold is a Café Press store with some good subversive messages. [saltypig]

# Chickenhead Productions - United States of America Armed Forces Draft Registration - Uncle Sam wants YOU for U.S. global crusade! A satirical take-off on the coming enslavement of Americans. Make sure to read the check boxes and look at the choices in the "Opinion Profile". Hehe. If you're a conscientious objector, you can click the link to apply to schedule a formal appeal with this message: [root]

To: objectors@draftregistration.us
Subject: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR

I, [INSERT NAME HERE], of [INSERT ADDRESS HERE], do hereby formally request that I be classified as a conscientious objector to the War Against Terror. Furthermore, when hordes of filthy, Allah-loving ragheads descend upon my cul-de-sac and begin killing and raping innocent, blue-eyed babies and puppies, I can be counted on to cower in my closet like the Communist homosexual that I am.

Signed.... ME.

# Dana Larsen and Chris Bennett at Cannabis Culture - Marc Emery sentenced to 3 months in jail - Marc Emery, president of the British Columbia Marijuana Party and founder of Cannabis Culture magazine, was sentenced to 90 days in the pokey for passing a single joint to a supporter last March (trafficking). More stories about Mr. Emery at MAPInc. Strangley, very few of them mention his mail-order marijuana seed business. [cures-not-wars]

# Carl Bussjaeger - A Fine Fighting Retreat - a little more on Hunter's plea bargain. No jail time, and he gets all his stuff back, including the guns. Hunter himself has chimed in at the Claire Files post to which I linked yesterday.

On Friday, August 20, 2004, the state of Ohio finally gave in on Hunter's case. After initially yanking an agreed-to plea bargain in May, Ashland County Prosecutor DeSanto reluctantly bowed to the inevitable and allowed a misdemeanor bargain. All of Hunter's attorneys say this was a very good deal, but in Hunter's own words:

"... I consider this settlement at best a damn fine fighting retreat, not a victory."
Hunter is currently visiting his family at a "safe ... undisclosed location outside Ohio", something the Ashland County legal system refused to allow while they still had their claws in him. He is preparing a formal statement, which will probably be released on Monday.

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Government doesn't work. Never did. Never will. Can't. But there are lots of good people. Love them.

-- Bill St. Clair

The Atlanta Declaration

Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon -- rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission.

-- L. Neil Smith

Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing the right of the people to keep and bear arms is treason. What else do you call an act that endangers "the security of a free state"? And if it's treason, then it's punishable by death. I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.

-- L. Neil Smith

A Penalty Clause for the Bill of Rights

Any official, appointed or elected, at any level of government, who attempts, through legislative act or other means, to nullify, evade, or avoid the provisions of the first ten amendments to this Constitution, or of the Thirteenth Amendment, shall be summarily removed from office, and, upon conviction, deprived of all pay and benefits including pension, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.

-- L. Neil Smith

Based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, and some of its own empirical work, the panel couldn't identify a single gun control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents.

-- John Lott, commenting on the National Academy of Sciences report on gun control laws.

Who is a libertarian?

Zero Aggression Principle ("Zap")

"A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim."

-- L. Neil Smith

(Formerly called the "Non-Aggression Principle", or "NAP")

Why Did It Have to be... Guns?

Make no mistake: all politicians -- even those ostensibly on the side of guns and gun ownership -- hate the issue and anyone, like me, who insists on bringing it up. They hate it because it's an X-ray machine. It's a Vulcan mind-meld. It's the ultimate test to which any politician -- or political philosophy -- can be put.

If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash -- for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you.

If he isn't genuinely enthusiastic about his average constituent stuffing that weapon into a purse or pocket or tucking it under a coat and walking home without asking anybody's permission, he's a four-flusher, no matter what he claims.

What his attitude -- toward your ownership and use of weapons -- conveys is his real attitude about you. And if he doesn't trust you, then why in the name of John Moses Browning should you trust him?

-- L. Neil Smith

Concise

"Tell me," I was once asked, "What do you think about gun control? Give me the short answer." To which I replied, "If you try to take our firearms we will kill you."

-- Mike Vanderboegh

Also from The Atlanta Declaration:

... like going to the bathroom, breathing, eating, sleeping, or making love, it turns out that self-defense is a bodily function one cannot safely or effectively delegate to a second party.

-- L. Neil Smith

This does not mean that "Marijuana should be available by prescription." It means that morphine sulfate should be available in five pound bags at the supermarket for a couple of bucks, like sugar... but probably in a different aisle, to avoid confusion.

-- Vin Suprynowicz

If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

-- Edward Abbey

The state can only survive as long as a majority is programmed to believe that theft isn't wrong if it's called taxation or asset forfeiture or eminent domain, that assault and kidnapping isn't wrong if it's called arrest, that mass murder isn't wrong if it's called war.

-- Bill St. Clair