War and Love

2006-05-04T14:29:00.000-07:00

The Great Conservative Hoax by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.: "The problem with American conservatism is that it hates the left more than the state, loves the past more than liberty, feels a greater attachment to nationalism than to the idea of self-determination, believes brute force is the answer to all social problems, and thinks it is better to impose truth rather than risk losing one soul to heresy. It has never understood the idea of freedom as a self-ordering principle of society. It has never seen the state as the enemy of what conservatives purport to favor. It has always looked to presidential power as the saving grace of what is right and true about America."

2006-05-02T09:52:00.000-07:00

Beam Christians by Laurence M. Vance - An excellent article on Christian support for war.

2006-04-21T15:00:00.000-07:00

This Is Horrible by Bill Bonner An enjoyable life-story about happiness.

2006-03-23T11:47:00.000-08:00

James Wolcott: The Red and the Black V for Vendetta - Go see it.

2006-03-02T12:37:00.000-08:00

"To love liberty is to oppose the state’s timeless assault on it" - On Being Anti-State, Anti-War, and Anti-Bush by Anthony Gregory

2006-02-23T10:10:00.000-08:00

Viet Dihn vs. Paul Craig Roberts by Paul Craig Roberts: "Destroying America does not mean blowing up buildings. It means destroying the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the separation of powers. "

2006-02-09T12:40:00.000-08:00

Rothbard on the Fall and Rise and Fall�of�Liberty by Ryan McMaken: "The real history of the State is one of power, war, and domination. Real freedom has advanced in great salvos against the State from political revolutions and from industrial and technological ones. "

2006-01-31T12:59:00.000-08:00

From Leo Tolstoy, Writings on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence - Nikolai Palkin by Leo Tolstoy

2006-01-24T13:14:00.000-08:00

Why Not Post the Beatitudes in the Courthouse? Guardian Unlimited Books | Extracts | Custodians of chaos

2006-01-24T13:13:00.000-08:00

Why Not Post the Beatitudes in the Courthouse? Guardian Unlimited Books | Extracts | Custodians of chaos

2006-01-23T16:04:00.000-08:00

Annual Amnesty International Lecture: Noam Chomsky, 'The War on Terror', (full text) / Front Page centre panel content holder / Home Page - Amnesty International Irish Section: "Annual Amnesty International Lecture: Noam Chomsky, 'The War on Terror', (full text)

Noam Chomsky

18th January 2006"

2006-01-19T18:27:00.000-08:00

An amazing write-up of a screening of Kingdom of Heaven in Beirut: Robert Fisk: Screening "Kingdom of Heaven" in Beirut

2006-01-05T12:50:00.000-08:00

Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy

2005-12-28T13:10:00.000-08:00

Ted Rall on why torture doesn't work - uExpress.com: Ted Rall by Ted Rall -- (12/20/2005) RALL 12/20/05: "Blowing Up the Ticking Bomb Myth"

2005-12-21T21:39:00.000-08:00

Ron Paul on the proper American foreign policy -> The Blame Game
Video here -> Buildasx.asp (video/x-ms-asf Object)

2005-12-20T16:51:00.000-08:00

Arise, Ye Useless of the Earth by Fred Reed : The virtue of vice is everywhere underestimated. Something is wrong with those who are always proper, careful, and as they should be. I would rather talk to a bourbon-swilling correspondent in a bar in Manila, with a cigarette in his hand and a barmaid on his knee, than to the cleverest chemist at Yale, tamer of ketones.

2005-12-13T17:46:00.000-08:00

The Impossibility of Imposed Freedom by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.: "We flatter ourselves into believing that our central planning mechanisms are imposing not socialism but freedom itself, with Iraq as the most obvious example and the reductio ad absurdum, all in one. Here we have a country that the US invaded to overthrow its government and replace it with martial law administered by tanks on the street and bombers in the air, a controlled economy complete with gasoline price controls, and handpicked political leaders, and what do we call it? We call it freedom."

2005-12-08T11:19:00.000-08:00

Nobel Lecture - Literature 2005: "How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described as a mass murderer and a war criminal? One hundred thousand? More than enough, I would have thought."

2005-12-02T14:12:00.000-08:00

Soldiers Against War by John V. Denson: "Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have sat us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin!"

2005-11-30T12:25:00.000-08:00

Soldiers and Reporters by Fred Reed: "the press consists of leftist commy anti-American liberal tree-hugging cowardly backstabbers who probably like the French and would date Jane Fonda."

2005-11-22T17:00:00.000-08:00

The Internet vs. the State by Eric Garris: "And so, when the revolution comes – when the state declines and freedom triumphs – the Internet will have played a deciding role. And I am hopeful of that future, and the move our culture is making toward it."

2005-11-11T16:47:00.000-08:00

Exiting Iraq Now by Michael S. Rozeff: "HOW TO GET OUT OF IRAQ"

2005-11-10T10:29:00.000-08:00

Forgetting Armistice Day by Anthony Gregory: "To fight or even die for the government is now the greatest, most honorable achievement for an American."

2005-11-02T12:11:00.000-08:00

Scapegoating on a ‘Scooter’ by Butler Shaffer: "Libby’s indictment on charges of perjury, making false statements, and obstruction of justice has given a false sense of hope that the Bush administration’s lies, duplicity, corruption, and crimes against humanity, are about to get a more formal public airing."

2005-11-01T17:04:00.000-08:00

Malevolent Hegemony by Michael S. Rozeff: "The rulers of the United States rule over far more than you and me. They control and strongly influence many foreign rulers of dependent satellite countries. This extended rule makes our Presidents the powerful emperors of a vast Empire."

2005-10-17T11:06:00.000-07:00

Consortiumnews.com: "'Al-Qaeda Letter' Belies Bush's Iraq Claims

By Robert Parry"

2005-09-26T16:55:00.000-07:00

Hurricane KatrinaTimeline: "Was the federal response to Katrina too slow? Here is a timeline of events that may help us decide."

2005-09-26T15:29:00.000-07:00

My Speech at the Antiwar Rally - Mises Institute: "Lew Rockwell gives an anti-war speach at a leftist anti-war rally"

2005-09-23T14:29:00.000-07:00

Crooks and Liars

2005-09-12T13:22:00.000-07:00

Gandhi: “The individual has a soul, but the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from the violence to which it owes its very existence.”

2005-09-12T13:10:00.000-07:00

A Monopoly on Life by Butler Shaffer: "People express surprise that government didn’t come to the aid of stricken people sooner. But aiding people is not what government is about; that is the function of the marketplace and other voluntary activity. The state is about menacing, threatening, commandeering, and killing. You will not see mayors, senators, governors, or even presidents, wading through waist-deep waters to rescue a trapped family: their functions are confined to holding press conferences and muttering platitudes."

2005-09-02T11:51:00.000-07:00

The State and the Flood by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.: "It was the failure of the public infrastructure and the response to it that brought down civilization."

2005-09-01T17:34:00.000-07:00

Origins of the Species Neo-Con by Roger Morris

2005-09-01T17:04:00.000-07:00

How New Orleans Was Lost by Paul Craig Roberts: "What we have is a Republican war for oil company profits while New Orleans sinks beneath the waters."

2005-08-29T10:53:00.000-07:00

Feeling Like a Brown Leaf by Bill Bonner: "It is at times like this that we see the merit in modern art. You can look at globs of paint or bands of color and see nothing."

2005-08-29T10:50:00.000-07:00

Lies of Mass Deception, Text Only, May 03: "After months of complete US military occupation, our government has yet to produce a single shred of evidence to show that Iraq possessed a single 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'. However, Not In Our Name has uncovered these weapons of mass deception that were used in an attempt to justify the immoral, unjust, and illegitimate invasion of Iraq."

2005-08-25T09:47:00.000-07:00

The Hidden Costs of War by Gary G. Kohls, MD

2005-07-26T11:15:00.000-07:00

The Decline and Fall of Conservatism by Butler Shaffer: "As I read and listen to the conservative rampage against the very values that once defined their position, I am reminded of my young adult years, when those of us who held individualist views had to work, ever so hard, to confront collectivist doctrines. The Marxist/socialist camp was wrong on just about every issue, but they offered a challenge to the mind that had to be met. I find no inner substance to modern conservatism that requires careful examination. Their oratory remains at the level of adolescent taunting, or what one might hear at a labor union beer-party. Like sharks lurking offshore, most conservatives are a deadly force to be avoided, not intellects with which to reason."

2005-07-21T17:21:00.000-07:00

News Flash: The Military Doesn’t Protect Our Freedom by Brad Edmonds: "Freedom IS free"

2005-07-21T11:12:00.000-07:00

Meeting a Suicide Bomber by Butler Shaffer: "everyone who supports the war system takes on the character of a “suicide-bomber.” Such people are often prepared to die – and to send their children to die – to perpetuate the “necessity” and “glory” of this self-destructive ritual. So, too, are those that the state defines for us as our “enemies,” and who are prepared to give their lives for such madness."

2005-07-15T11:27:00.000-07:00

Saving a Dying Corpse by Butler Shaffer: "if you can cut through the veneer of propaganda as “news,” and begin to ask such questions as how US-supported persons and organizations (e.g., Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, the Taliban) could suddenly became threats to America, you will begin to understand the nature of the herding game being played at your expense."

2005-07-14T16:37:00.000-07:00

Why Are They Killing Us? by Patrick J. Buchanan: "'(S)uicide-terrorist attacks are not so much driven by religion as by a clear strategic objective: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland. From Lebanon to Sri Lanka to Chechnya to Kashmir to the West Bank, every major suicide terrorist campaign – over 95 percent of all incidents – has had as its central objective to compel a democratic state to withdraw.'"

2005-07-12T12:12:00.000-07:00

The Asymmetrical Rhetoric of War and Peace by Gary North: "The case for peace is mostly logical. The case for war is mostly rhetorical. So, men keep going to war."

2005-07-11T09:53:00.000-07:00

The Tiananmen Square Massacre didn't happen.

Jay Mathews describes what did . . . The Myth of Tiananmen

Wikipedia also describes the event in detail, including what happened to those arrested. The questionable fate of the "Tank Man" is also discussed here.

Here too . . . http://www.alternativeinsight.com/Tiananmen.html
"The first hand accounts described a confrontation that came close to a battle but was peacefully settled. Students left the square without fatalities."

And here . . . Remember Tiananmen Square!! by Jude Wanniski

2005-07-11T09:31:00.000-07:00

Lest We Forget; These Were Blair's Bombs by John Pilger

2005-07-08T17:34:00.000-07:00

The Inevitability of Terrorism by Paul Hein

2005-07-08T17:28:00.000-07:00

The Failed War on Terrorism by Anthony Gregory

2005-07-08T17:27:00.002-07:00

Is Bush Unhinged?

2005-07-06T13:00:00.000-07:00

A Solution?
More Nuremberg Trials? by Murray Polner

2005-06-30T17:37:00.000-07:00

Bush Is Right to Link 9/11 With Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger

2005-06-27T18:22:00.000-07:00

Heroes of Star Wars: What the East Can Learn From the West by Subuddh Parekh

2005-06-22T12:58:00.000-07:00

People Die in War by Anthony Gregory

2005-06-16T18:28:00.000-07:00

Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole by Tom Engelhardt and Jonathan Schell

2005-06-15T18:35:00.000-07:00

A Walk On the Dark Side by Butler Shaffer

2005-06-14T18:08:00.000-07:00

TorontoSun.com - Eric Margolis - Web of cold-blooded lies

2005-06-02T11:44:00.000-07:00

How to Be a Southern Gentleman in 10 Easy Steps by Brad Edmonds

2005-05-31T17:45:00.000-07:00

The Neo-Conservative Biased Media

2005-05-30T09:38:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day Remember by Roger Young

2005-05-26T18:04:00.000-07:00

A Great Finish: Star Wars Episode III by Bob Murphy

2005-05-26T18:03:00.000-07:00

Attack of the Clones: "by Bob Murphy"

2005-05-26T17:36:00.000-07:00

"Republics become Empires when they permit governments to consolidate in the name of fighting threats that they themselves concoct and inspire!" On Star Wars II

2005-05-26T17:26:00.000-07:00

Why Star Wars Always Beats G.I.�Joe by Casey Khan

2005-05-20T10:30:00.000-07:00

Living in Two Worlds

2005-05-09T16:51:00.000-07:00

The Glory of War

2005-05-09T16:49:00.000-07:00

Soviet pride, shame

2005-04-29T14:48:00.000-07:00

It's Time To Support the Troops

2005-04-21T12:29:00.000-07:00

Making War Normal

2005-04-12T14:10:00.000-07:00

Who You Are

2005-04-12T10:02:00.000-07:00

A mother grieves

2005-03-30T10:24:00.000-08:00

Which Way for Liberty?

2005-03-16T14:44:00.000-08:00

2005-03-15T12:47:00.000-08:00

The Goverment is the Cause of Violence in Society

2005-03-09T15:50:00.000-08:00

Our Godless Constitution

2005-03-08T12:22:00.000-08:00

The Largest Covert Operation in CIA History

2005-03-02T17:30:00.000-08:00

Sean Hannity Is a Great American

2005-02-24T17:01:00.000-08:00

Lies That Got the US in to WWII

2005-02-22T13:16:00.000-08:00

Non-embedded News Here

2005-02-22T13:02:00.000-08:00

The Real Significance of the 'Civil�War' by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

2005-02-22T09:17:00.000-08:00

The Fortunate Decline of Modern Media

2005-02-18T13:17:00.000-08:00

A Modest Proposal by Steven Berger: "A Solution. Honest."

2005-02-17T12:23:00.000-08:00

How To Be a Bum by Tom Chartier

2005-02-15T11:43:00.000-08:00

Freedom Fragile by Charley Reese

2005-02-07T08:33:00.000-08:00

Democracy Is Not Freedom by Ron Paul

2005-02-03T13:04:00.000-08:00

LRB | Eliot Weinberger : What I Heard about Iraq

2005-02-03T12:47:00.000-08:00

War Is the Health of the State by Randolph Bourne: "War is the Health of the State"

2005-02-01T09:16:00.000-08:00

Power and Principles in Iraq by Charles H. Featherstone: "Power and Principles in Iraq"

2005-01-28T16:54:00.000-08:00

A Big Mistake by Rep. Ron Paul: "America’s policy of foreign intervention, while still debated in the early 20th century, is today accepted as conventional wisdom by both political parties. But what if the overall policy is a colossal mistake, a major error in judgment? "

2005-01-26T09:49:00.000-08:00

The Sociopathic Cult by Butler Shaffer:"At base, politically-minded people believe what every street-thug believes: that dishonesty and violence are the most efficacious means of promoting one’s self-interests."

2005-01-25T12:44:00.000-08:00

Devastated Iraq by Tom Engelhardt and Dahr Jamail - Get the news from a reporter that is not embedded.

2005-01-24T18:09:00.000-08:00

Utopia and Reality by Butler Shaffer:" As our formal world continues to disintegrate before us, it is time that we abandon the utopian fictions in which we are conditioned and face the stark reality that whatever future we have will be decided by the content of our thinking. Because only you and I are in control of – and, thus, responsible for – our thinking, only you and I are capable of bringing order to our world."

2005-01-24T17:56:00.000-08:00

The Importance of Free Expression by Butler Shaffer: "The institutional order resists such change. It is premised on the maintenance of the status quo; but a vigorous and creative society depends upon resiliency, the capacity to make effective responses to a changing environment. "

2005-01-14T11:55:00.000-08:00

The Rose

Some say love it is a river
That drowns the tender reed.
Some say love it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed.

Some say love it is a hunger
An endless, aching need
I say love it is a flower,
And you its only seed.

It's the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken,
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live.

And the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long.
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong.

Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed that with the sun's love,
In the spring, becomes a rose.

2005-01-13T15:43:00.000-08:00

Iraq will be a Cakewalk . . . by Paul Craig Roberts

2005-01-13T10:24:00.000-08:00

2005-01-11T11:56:00.000-08:00

Your government is worse that all serial killers put together . . .
http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance29.html

2005-01-03T21:42:00.000-08:00

Organ Transplants
Everyone needs to join this, including me . . . LifeSharers

2005-01-03T21:34:00.000-08:00

Drug enforcement is Doomed to fail by the sheer impossibility of preventing consenting adults in a free society from engaging in extremely profitable transactions involving tiny amounts of illegal drugs.
A Small But Important Victory by James Ostrowski

2005-01-01T09:16:00.000-08:00

How the cold war ended . . . "In August 1989 the Hungarian government opened its borders, allowing East German tourists to escape into Austria.
When word got back to East Germany, the trickle of escapees became a tidal wave. And three months later the Berlin Wall came down.
A year later the Soviet Union fell apart. The Cold War was over.
The impossible had happened.
(. . . Mikhail Gorbachev's economy measures had caused Soviet troops to withdraw from the satellite countries, with a warning that the Soviets wouldn't help the satellite governments put down any rebellion. The Hungarian government was already liberalizing in many ways, living standards there were rising, and the government no longer saw a reason to prevent people from moving freely in and out of the country.)"
- The Future Is Not Hopeless by Harry Browne

2004-12-28T10:34:00.000-08:00

Live without Regret
Ki ga tsuita koto - Realizations by Mike Rogers

2004-12-27T11:35:00.000-08:00

FREE YOURSELF
A Gift for My Daughter by Harry Browne