Jun

30

Why Preaching to the Choir is a Good Thing

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I’ve always said that the libertarian movement would be farther along if more libertarians understood direct marketing. (Ok, Bruce, I haven’t always said that, but I have said it for the last several years.)

Sometimes I almost cringe when someone starts talking about the "voters." As if that word had any real meaning. It doesn’t, and trying to appeal to the "voters" is a waste of time, IMHO. Read more

Jun

30

Bullion and Bandits: The Improbable Rise and Fall of E-Gold

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I had some dealings with e-gold a few years back. They foolishly decided not to list one of my old sites on their site. It was a strange decision too as my old site was one of the only places regular people could actually earn e-gold (by writing articles). So, yes, perhaps I am still bitter.

I still like the idea of digital gold though. Like the Liberty Dollar people, they should be free to run their own businesses as they want to.

Here’s the article. Please leave comments below!

Bullion and Bandits: The Improbable Rise and Fall of E-Gold

"MELBOURNE, Florida — In a sparsely decorated office suite two floors above a neighborhood of strip malls and car dealerships, former oncologist Douglas Jackson is struggling to resuscitate a dying dream.

Jackson, 51, is the maverick founder of E-Gold, the first-of-its-kind digital currency that was once used by millions of people in more than a hundred countries. Today the currency is barely alive. Read more

Jun

29

The Uncompromising Rothbard

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The Uncompromising Rothbard
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

This originally appeared in the September 2005 issue of The Free Market

There are many varieties of libertarianism alive in the world today, and they owe a great debt to the work of Ludwig von Mises. His top American student was Murray N. Rothbard, and Rothbardianism remains the center of its intellectual gravity, its primary muse and conscience, its strategic and moral core, and the focal point of debate even when its name is not acknowledged. The reason is that Rothbard forged a blend between Austrian economics and natural-rights political theory of the old liberal school to create a modern libertarianism, a political-economic-ideological system that proposes a once-and-for-all escape from the trappings of left and right and their central plans for how state power should be used. Libertarianism is the radical alternative that says state power is both unworkable and immoral. Read more

Jun

29

Greens, libertarians team up

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 From the Politico:

An unlikely coalition of environmental and libertarian taxpayer groups are joining forces to fight legislation that would create a national disaster insurance pool to protect home­owners in hurricane-prone areas.

The group — SmarterSafer.org — is getting behind legislation sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) that would provide $100 million annually over four years to states to strengthen homes, apartment buildings and small businesses against heavy-hitting storms.

Thompson’s package of three bills, expected to be introduced Wednesday, would provide grants for mitigation activities such as building new water barriers to prevent flooding, securing roofs and garage doors, and putting storm shutters on windows. It would also authorize an additional $100 million over five years to bolster emergency response during storms by upgrading communications, creating mobile nurse units and improving evacuation of the elderly from their residences.

For More info:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/24115.html

 

What do you think about this? Please leave a comment or two below!

Jun

8

Ask a Florida Libertarian

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I’m thinking about doing a series of interviews with Florida libertarians…could be anyone, possibly even you!

I will send the questions by email to the lucky Florida libertarian and then post the answers on this site.

For the first interview I’ve managed to get Jim Kearney, former chair of the Broward LP; his blog is at: LibertarianViewpoint.com.

So…do you have any questions for JimK? Just leave them in a comment below and I will forward them to him.

And if you’d like to be interviewed do the same. I’ll have a contact form up soon if you’d rather do it anonymously.

May

16

Towards a Libertarian Strategy for Victory?

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I’m interested in discussing libertarian strategy.

Maybe you are too?

If so, leave a comment below. Give me your greatest question, thought, insight, whatever about libertarian strategy.

I’ll start a series of posts and maybe we can learn something!

Apr

9

Throwing Paint on Faux Libertarian Coats

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I’ve always warned about the dangers of libertarians working with republicans. This is just one of the reasons…

Throwing Paint on Faux Libertarian Coats

Faux libertarianism is somewhat similar to regular libertarianism. Read more

Apr

9

Animal Wars Continue…

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The latest news from the animal wars front:

This time it’s crocs vs. dogs…Crocodile numbers rise in south Florida, but at what risk to dogs? Read more

Apr

9

BTW

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BTW, if you are interested and I have not contacted you just leave a comment below and I will get back to you. Thanks! sean

Apr

8

FloridaLibertarian.com?

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Comrades, hope you like the idea of FloridaLibertarian.com. But more than that, I hope you will join me and post some interesting libertarian news and commentary…perhaps one day we will be able to live in a free “state”