ALL governments

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted." - Frank Herbert

Ron vs. Ben

Ron Paul's last stand against Ben Bernanke as a congressman. Dr. Paul singlehandedly made The Fed--and all its inflation/theft--a mainstream issue for the first time in 100 years.

Night of the Living Statists

Statist: "But without the state, who would build the roads?"

Libertarian: "Hmmm. Good point. And who would build the cars?"

Statist: [tries to eat libertarian's brain]

Force

“People try to argue that government isn’t really force. You believe that? Try not paying your taxes. When they come to get you for not paying your taxes, try not going to court. Guns will be drawn. Government is force — literally, not figuratively.” - Penn Jillette

For international friendships, dismantle the military empire

Economic liberty, free trade, and genuinely limited government is the key to peace, prosperity, and harmony with the people of the world, says Jacob Hornberger.

http://fff.org/2012/07/09/for-international-friendships-dismantle-the-military-empire/

The Bubble

Wanna know why the the financial crisis happened? The all-stars who predicted it exactly will explain why in this film, coming out in the Fall. Watch this trailer!

Welcome to Bizarro World

Welcome to Bizarro World, where the fool is a highly regarded Nobel Prize winning economist, and the sage is an often mocked or ignored failed presidential candidate.

The prevailing "wisdom"

Note: the majority of those in power actually believe this.

Statism

War is a racket

War is a racket. It always has been. 

U.S. Marine Corps Major General Smedley D. Butler explains:

"[War] is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives."

"A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small “inside” group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes."

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html

The Oil Change Co-Pay

With this great analogy, Eric Peters explains why the real problem with routine healthcare insurance is that it exists in the first place, and why having government even more involved than it already has been for decades will continue to force prices to rise and quality to fall.

http://ericpetersautos.com/2012/07/06/the-oil-change-co-pay/

War drums

Yeah, they're all starting to sound the same at this point.

Nothing hurts quite like government "help".

Who Won World War II? (or, WWWW II?)

Contrary to the notion that "we" are "back-to-back World War champs", the people of the US have lost more in our government's past century of war than is even calculable. "We" never win anything in war. The state and the military industrial complex, on the other hand, profit immensely.

For example, Jacob Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation explains who really won WWII.

http://fff.org/2012/02/16/won-world-war-ii-2/