At the Conservative Political Action Conference last weekend, the nation’s largest annual gathering of conservatives, many speculated that the GOP might be veering in a more libertarian direction—or at least influential leaders within the party might be prodding it or might be anxious for it to go in that direction. The Daily Beast ran the headline “Libertarians run the show at CPAC.” In his CPAC speech, former presidential candidate Rick Santorum warned that conservatives should not surrender their principles, referring specifically to social issues.
Some on both the left and right …

In an age where politeness seems to be a missing piece in America, isn’t it amazing how polite inanimate objects can be? There are signs that say “Thank You for not smoking”.
First off when a sign says thank you for not smoking the question that needs to be answered is.. How did it know? What are signs now able to watch us or worse are precognitive and can anticipate our every move?
It is sweet though that a painted sign is concerned about my health.
Computers are the updated version of the …

A Libertarian friend of mine posted this picture on facebook today, and it got quite a few likes, favourable comments and shares. This came as no surprise to me because for some reasion at least in the circle of Libertarians (capitol L) I know they seem to have a loatheing for Christianity, that undoutably stems from the legalism and judgmentalism that the church has been known for because of groups like the Westboro Baptists and other, so called, “Christian” bigots. This all being said I wouldn’t say that I completely …

For those of you not old enough to remember the Lil Abner cartoon strip, Shmoon (plural of Shmoo)
“were fabulous creatures that bred exponentially, consumed nothing, and eagerly provided everything that humankind could wish for. Besides producing both milk (bottled, grade A) and eggs (neatly packaged), they tasted like pork when roasted, chicken when fried, and steak when broiled. Ironically, the shmoo’s generous nature and incredible usefulness made it a threat to capitalism, to western society and perhaps to civilization itself.”
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Even as a young man, I was disturbed …

From about 2007 to 2012, I was constantly accused of being a propagandist for Ron Paul. It was true. I believed in Dr. Paul 100%. I had been waiting for a political figure of his type to emerge my entire life. For the 2012 campaign, he even hired me to be his official campaign blogger. It was an honor.
Those who made such accusations were typically other Republicans who were fans of—depending on the day, time, election and direction of the wind—Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Michelle …

Brad talks about the ‘new rude’ and the necessity of common courtesy.

Over the years we have seen many recurring names in politics, Kennedy, Clinton and Bush are some of the most noteable. People who seem to have a political gene that runs deep in their family, or reletives who simply ride on the coat tails of a family member who has made a name for themselvs in politics. Weather good or bad, typically these political household names become like an empire of sorts and they stick around for a long time leaving an iconic wake impacting America profoundly, and yes in …

The ACLU often catches heat from American conservatives for the causes and people they choose to defend, and rightfully so… They do seem to flock towards the most haynes people in this country and defend them in court when they do despicable things. But every now and then the ACLU finds themselvs on the right side of history, that is certainly the case with this story from San Antonio Texas where a Public School is requireing students to carry an RFID chip on their person at all times while they …

If you ever needed a reminder of how worthless the Republican Party generally is, last week’s “fiscal cliff” vote saw a majority of Republicans joining with Democrats to increase taxes, push through pork-barrel spending, and add trillions to the national debt. This is what most Republicans do. It is what they have always done. They talk a lot about small government but then always vote to make it bigger. Sadly, this sickening hypocrisy has defined the GOP for almost the entirety of my adult life.
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