tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83129680148559997782011-12-01T18:42:36.447-05:00Views of the world from an Objectivist who embraces Anarcho-CapitalismDarren Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055259906316988117noreply@blogger.comBlogger781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8312968014855999778.post-53611137940653880572011-11-27T23:42:00.001-05:002011-11-28T09:10:42.334-05:00

Must see video of the press conference: On November 27, 2011 the Liberate Philadelphia Tea Partiers held a press conference at the Occupy Philadelphia site. It didn't go well for them. They were joined by the local, conservative radio talk show host, and advocate of torture, Dom Giordano. (He's the man interviewed in the second half of the video linked above. He can be seen defending

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It’s Veteran’s Day once again. A time to reflect on the fact that if I’d known years ago what I know now I wouldn’t have joined the US Army. Back then I too thought I was doing my part for freedom. “We’ve got to stop the communists,” they said. Now Jihadists supposedly threaten us.  These poor people living so far away aren’t the threat to our liberties. The real threat, the US government,

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This excerpt is from Patrick Henry's greatest speech, "Shall Liberty or Empire Be Sought?"  where he argued against adoption of the Constitution: In this scheme of energetic government, the people will find two sets of tax-gatherers — the state and the federal sheriffs. This, it seems to me, will produce such dreadful oppression as the people cannot possibly bear. The federal sheriff

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“The kick that the left really needed “ are the words of one of the protesters. These are high hopes that will not be realized. Who are these Occupy Philly people? What do they stand for? Who do they represent? Let’s take a look. In the video below there are two interviews with participants in the Occupy Philadelphia movement and a Karl Marx impersonator that performed there. These are

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On September 24 Darren Wolfe will gave a speech titled "The New Peace Movement: Ending the Wars by Uniting all Ideologies Around the Issue that Matters Most" at the second Agora I/O unconference.     Check us out on Facebook too: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=281738058519645 Below is a transcript of the speech: Thank you Ken, & thank you my fellow liberty minded peace

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Now my friends at Stratfor have gone and done it. In "9/11 and the Successful War"  George Friedman, Stratfor's founder and CEO, writes: Of course, there are those who believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy carried out by the CIA in order to justify interference in our liberty. But an organization as capable as they believe the CIA is would not need a justification to abridge liberty. That

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Protesting the shameful closings of children's lemonade stands around the USA, Robert Fernandes organized Lemonade Freedom Day. Protests took place in several cities. In Philadelphia Mr. Fernandes and his family were part of setting up a lemonade stand in Rittenhouse Square in center city. He explains why they're doing this in the video below: All went smoothly in Philadelphia, the lemonade stand

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The Brandywine Peace Community strikes again, this time protesting against Lockheed Martin building parts for nuclear missiles on the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. The protest went well with speeches, music, and the use of crime scene tape to block the entrance. The civil disobedience squad was arrested trying to deliver documents to Lockheed Martin.

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Braving the one-hundred degree heat, and looking like Brave Heart, Michael Heise lead a group that protested the brutal macing, arrest, & abuse of four young men on July 3 by the West Chester, PA police. He tells the sad story of what happened that night in this video. All was going fine at the protest until the police stepped in to stop the bullhorning. See it for yourself: In another

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 "Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty." - Thomas Jefferson We have also learned that despots prefer timid subjects. In the USA the imperial government desecrates the memory of Thomas Jefferson by insisting that all behave timidly in said place. Words like “solemn” and “reverent” flow from them to describe the atmosphere and behavior they expect at the

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The Focus on Peace trip to New York City for The Seventh Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair 2011 was a great success. From our table we got a large number of fliers and other literature out. Our message was well received by most attendees and fellow exhibitors. I was interviewed on camera twice. Support for Focus on Peace continues to grow. Veronica Nunn of Brooklyn for Peace  wrote in an email "I

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Once again Philadelphia raised the bar for an End the Fed rally with Fedstock II. Jordan Page played his great music. Yours truly was the first speaker followed by a great line up, Scott Davis, Ernest Hancock, and Adam Kokesh. A big thanks to Mike Salvi, Rob Pepe, the sponsors, and everyone else that worked hard to make Fedstock happen. Enjoy the video and pictures:

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It was a great honor to be allowed to address the liberty minded activists at Fedstock II in Philadelphia, PA. On April 23, 2011 we again hit the streets to educate everyone of the dangers of central banking. A big thanks to the organizers, the other speakers, and participants. The title of the speech is "The Fed and the Empowerment of the War Machine". It is based on an article I wrote entitled

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The founder of Focus on Peace, Darren Wolfe, speaks about the new organization at the Agora I/O unconference in Valley Forge, PA on March 26, 2011. He explains why there is a need for a peace movement that isn't part of the political left. Darren goes into how a politically neutral peace movement, such as Focus on Peace, can bring into the movement many who will now have nothing to do with it.

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King of Prussia, PA – Focus on Peace held its first action the "Sign Wave for Peace on the Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq" on Saturday, March 19, 2011. It was a success with five peace lovers coming out to mark the 8th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. We stood on a very busy street corner in King of Prussia, PA. Our message seemed well received there compared to other places I've done

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Like most libertarians I want to advocate for peace. I’ve worked with the left’s peace movement and have been frustrated by the fact that they insist on attaching their social and economic agendas to their activism. They then strangely say they have an "inclusive" peace movement. An excerpt from "An Inclusive Antiwar Movement?" illustrates this point well: Libertarians are reaching out to the

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This article was originally published at OpEdNews.com on February 15, 2009 With Abraham Lincoln’s birthday just passed on February 12th the media was replete with praise for him. Unfortunately, this whitewashed view of him is misguided. Rather than being the honest and resolute knight in shining armor that he is made out to be, on closer inspection he turns out to be one of the worst politicians

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It would appear that a judge in Orlando, Florida, Belvin Perry, Jr. , likes his juries not to know that they have the option to nullify the law. He has put out an administrative order "GOVERNING EXPRESSIVE CONDUCT TOWARD SUMMONED JURORS". The order may be read in its entirety here. Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA) activists have been tireless in their efforts to educate Florida juries of

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Last Saturday the weekly demonstrations for and against the wars in West Chester, PA were joined by some special visitors. One was an activist I only know as Barbara advocating the closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba. This is a US military facility that has been the subject of much controversy. Terror suspects are kept there and many are tortured. The other visitor was local

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On Martin Luther King Day I had the pleasure of joining the "Make War No More" protest at the defense contractor Lockheed Martin's property in King of Prussia, PA. It is the largest arms manufacturer in the world which is the reason it has been the object of these protests for so many years. The people that were arrested in an act of civil disobedience there have earned our respect. See video:

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The federal government is charging FIJA activist Julian Heicklen with jury tampering. Professor Heicklen is a long time activist and leader in educating juries. He has been harassed and arrested many times for handing out FIJA literature at federal courthouses, especially the one at 500 Pearl Street in New York City where he has to appear for a hearing on January 24, 2011. The video uses a

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The US government really wants Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. They’re mad at him for releasing video of the military’s murder of civilians in Iraq and more recently a list of sensitive diplomatic cables too long to get into here. A grand jury has been empaneled in Alexandria, VA  to consider criminal charges against Assange. He may never be extradited to the US for trial, but what if he is?

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On January 6, 2011 the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) hosted a conference on the Transportation Security Administration's Advanced Imaging Technology scanners and their abusive pat-down searches. Their website billed it as: This one-day public conference will be devoted to an assessment of the TSA airport security procedures and recommendations for reform. Experts in law, aviation

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A great example of how people of diverse views can come together to stand for peace and against the empire. This protest took place at the White House in Washington, DC. We met several libertarians there, hopefully more will turn out for future peace rallies. Below are pictures and two videos of the event:

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The Brandywine Peace Community held a protest on November 27, 2010 at the defense contractor, Lockheed Martin, property in King of Prussia, PA, outside of Philadelphia. About ten protesters attended. This libertarian had some good conversations with the other protesters who were of varying left wing ideologies. They were quite open to the idea of working with libertarians and anti-war

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This was definitely the best End the Fed rally we've put on so far! Turn you back on the Fed (Federal Reserve System) was the theme. Thousands of fliers were distributed, many more saw the signs and heard the message of liberty. Oh, and we had fun too. Let's start  with a picture and a thought for future rallies. The two people in the picture below had a great idea about the Fed and bubbles:  

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"They’re Democrats here!". That’s what a man said when he saw me standing on the anti war side of the street. This was last Saturday in West Chester, PA where there are pro war and anti war factions demonstrating opposite each other each weekend. What got him started was seeing me holding up my Gadsden flag and a sign that reads "End the Fed - End the Wars" *: (This picture is actually from a

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The International Action Center (IAC) is having a conference this Saturday, November 6, 2010. Named the "Regional ANTIWAR Conference and a National meeting to STOP FBI Repression", they’re hailing it as "…a discussion of a new kind of unified & inclusive antiwar movement that can challenge the wars abroad and at home". As is usually the case with left wing antiwar organizations this one too comes

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What looked like it would be just another Saturday protesting the war in West Chester, PA turned up something different this time. The alleged American patriots, who are always across the street from our peace vigil, had another country's flag with them, namely Israel's: At least they're being honest about who benefits from the wars the troops are fighting and dying in! The pro war side seems

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The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. The price of justice is eternal publicity. Podcast: 2010-10-23 Julian interviews Darren Wolfe on the FBI raids against antiwar activists and jury nullification: http://tyrannyfighters.com/podcast-2010-10-23/

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"Why are you wearing that flag here?", a confused young man asked about my choice of capes last Saturday at the peace rally in Philadelphia. Since the crowd was basically left, lefter, and far left they seemed only to associate the Gadsden flag with neocon TEA Partiers. So why was this antiwar libertarian wearing it? The Gadsden flag represents the will to resist tyranny. "Don’t Tread on Me"

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"…law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." --Thomas JeffersonThe Supreme Court's decision in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project to uphold the "material support" of terrorism statute (18 U. S. C. §2339B(a)(1)) has truly turned the law into the tyrant’s weapon. In their June 21, 2010 decision they wrote,

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This vigil happens every Saturday from 11am to 12pm. Stop by if you're in the area. See: http://peacerally.org/

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In the face of the government's attempts to silence antiwar activism, libertarians and socialists came together to protest. The object of their outrage was the series of raids conducted by the FBI on antiwar activists in Minnesota, Chicago, Michigan, and North Carolina; and the issuance of subpoenas to appear before a grand jury to many of the same. While the government claims that the raids are

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On September 23, 2010 I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Pastor Butch Paugh on his radio show Call to Decision. Though I'm secular and he's religious we gladly came together to advocate liberty. We had a great discussion about my article "Principled Nonvoting: The Beginning of Disengaging From the State" and fielded several good questions from his listeners. Enjoy the show by clicking

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The US government frames a peaceful photographer. Photography is not a crime. This video shows the brutality of US marshals in Allentown, PA, the ability of state agents to frame peaceful people, and how the libertarian community can overcome the tyranny of a powerful central state. The government cited the war on terror to justify their aggression so this quote seems apropos: "No

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Labor day has come and gone, and there is an election this November. The campaign season is on. The airwaves, the internet, and what’s left of the print media are saturated with political ads. All of this leads many Americans to wonder who they’re going to vote for. Quite a few realize that the choice is essentially limited to the Democratic scoundrel or the Republican scoundrel. Regardless, to

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Just like the September 11th of nine years ago this year’s was also a perfect late Summer day in West Chester, Pennsylvania. On this sad anniversary of the horrible terrorist attacks I had the pleasure of joining the weekly peace vigil held by United for Peace & Justice.My libertarian message was well received. The key was explaining that at its core libertarianism is about abolishing the use of

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Finally, a legal travesty is over. It all started on May 11, 2010 with three activists handing out Fully Informed Jury Association literature in front of the federal courthouse in Allentown, PA. It ended on September 1, 2010 with George Donnelly being sentenced to time served and paying a $525.00 fine. All of his property was returned though the video he took of the incident was deleted from his

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The recent decision by the City of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania to require a Business Privilege License (cost $300) of blogs and that the blogs be taxed on any profits has generated a well deserved outcry from free marketers across the country. Many have invoked Chief Justice John Marshall’s famous words, "The power to tax involves the power to destroy." They are right, this will be the end of

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With the economy apparently souring further without having recovered from the current recession a look at two articles written in January of 2009 on the subject seems timely. This article and Recovery Depends on Investment and Capital Accumulation were originally published at the Nolan Chart.With the government going into overdrive with all manner of so-called stimulus to revive the sick economy

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Some of the feedback I've received on the article "An Economy on Life Support Is Not Recovering" shows a fundamental misunderstanding my critics have about the arguments presented there. In retrospect I see that a more detailed explanation is needed. In reply to the article there are those who state what the article acknowledges, that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew and unemployment dropped

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Philadelphia, PA - At the end of their week in Philadelphia Liberty on Tour's Adam Mueller and Pete Eyre joined local activists to do Fully Informed Jury Association outreach. All went well, no one was arrested or questioned by authorities.The purpose of the outreach is to distribute pamphlets explaining that juries should not only judge the facts of the case but the merits of the law in question

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This time it started out differently. Adam Mueller and Pete Eyre from Liberty on Tour were there with Antonio Musumeci (otherwise known as "Bile" for his blog, Blog of Bile) and, of course, Julian Heicklen.As you will see in the videos things started out peacefully with the feds studiously ignoring us as Julian started handing out the Fully Informed Jury Association pamphlets. We did an interview

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So far July has been a successful and peaceful month for Julian Heicklen and the rest of us distributing FIJA pamphlets . The International Libertarian was at two of the events, July 29 in Allentown, PA and July 30 in Philadelphia, PA.In Allentown a reporter from WFMZ, a local TV station, interviewed Julian and filmed him distributing some pamphlets:The Philadelphia event was much better attended

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This post is to encourage all those who care about liberty to help with Julian Heicklen's efforts in NJ, PA, MD, VA, and DC during July and August. Attend and tell all you know about them. Thank you.Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 11:45 am–1:15 pm at the U. S. District Courthouse, 402 East State Street, Trenton NJ 08608-1507http://www.facebook.c...Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at 8:00 am–9:30 am at the

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Here it is in its entirety: PROGRESS REPORT 7/12/10 Court action I still have not been able to recover all of my property from the arrest of May 25, 2010 when I was imprisoned in Riker’s Island prison. I have sent requests to judges of both the Criminal Court of Manhattan and the District Magistrate Office of the the U. S. District Court of the Southern District of New York to issue

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Many times liberty activists handing out information for the Fully Informed Jury Association have been told that they can’t film federal property by the US Marshals and other law enforcement officers at the US District courthouse in lower Manhattan, New York City. Here are some examples of this federal anti-liberty behavior:In Philadelphia, PA there have been attempts to shut down filming of the

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I thought I was having a nightmare, but unfortunately it was reality. Senator Dodd (D- CT) revealed his plan for financial reform. All quotes below are from "Summary: Restoring American Financial Stability".Lucky us, we get some new bureaucracies to protect us! Starting with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Here are some of its powers: Independent Rule Writing: Able to autonomously

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Those who aren’t familiar with the Donnelly case please click here and here to get the details.The hearing started at 10:30am in Allentown, PA. Attending the hearing were George's wife, his son, and myself. He was represented by Paul Hetznecker, the attorney that won the acquittal of the protesters arrested at the Army Experience Center at the Franklin Mills Mall in Philadelphia, PA. Things went

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The place just isn’t the same. Going near the courts in lower Manhattan, New York City seems under siege. Streets are blocked off with mechanized metal barriers. Police from all levels of government, local, state, and federal, abound. Some are busy inspecting under cars with mirrors. Some aren’t so busy standing in little guard houses keeping an eye on their surroundings. Others just milling

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The recent video of Seattle Police Patrol Officer Ian P. Walsh punching a 17-year-old woman in the face as she tries to help her friend evade him has caused much controversy. There is an understandable reaction among many decrying the young women’s lack of respect for authority. This is correct, they do lack respect for the police, but the question is why?Let’s start with the jaywalking citation

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There is an increasingly vocal and aggressive direction being taken by some Christians. That many American Christians supported the Bush administration and its wars is well known. At present the level of dehumanization of Muslims and outright advocacy of genocide is becoming much louder.Consider the following exchange on Facebook (I'm going to keep these people anonymous). Someone

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FREE GEORGE DONNELLY Rally at the Edward N. Cahn US Court House and Federal Building in Allentown, PA on June 4 2010. While filming a FIJA.org outreach George was kidnapped and charged with simple assault. The Federal Marshall lied in an affidavit but confiscated the evidence that shows what really happened to George Donnelly. If George's video camera's footage is brought to discovery we

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The rally on Friday June 4, 2010 in Allentown, PA demanding the end of George Donnelly's legal ordeal was a smashing success. About thirty people marched in support holding signs and chanting. All was peaceful, the US Marshals behaved themselves this time.The local TV station WFMZ covered the march:A local weekly Spanish language newspaper, El Torero (no website), also covered us. Their next

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2010 Contact: Darren Wolfe email: friends_of_george@hotmail.com Outraged Citizens To Protest Unjust Arrest In Allentown, PA Reacting to the May 11, 2010 arrest of Fully Informed JuryAssociation activist George Donnelly, the newly formed “Friends of George Donnelly” will rally at the federal courthouse in Allentown at 11:15 AM on June 4, 2010. Allentown, PA – May

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The video of the Columbia, MO SWAT raid of a family's house on 2/11/2010 has gone viral. The police are using the same tactics as US forces in Iraq. The same methods as they're using to occupy a foreign country! Watch the these two videos and judge for yourself:Not much difference, is there? The government is seeing that the political system is in crisis. Fewer people support it everyday. The

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Want to see a piece of paper that gives me the RIGHT to rob you? You don't believe there is such a thing? Are you SURE you don't believe it?

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So this is what we've become, a land where peacefully handing out information the government doesn't like gets you arrested. The Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA) seeks only to inform people of their rights and powers as jurors. That the government doesn't like this is understandable, wrong but understandable. That they arrested one of them is unpardonable.Read the full details at "Fed

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May 10, 2010 — This week Julian Heicklen is expanding his jury rights pamphleteering tour to New Jersey, and multiple locations in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Today Jim Babb and George Donnelly joined him at the federal district courthouse in Trenton, New Jersey. They were only minimally hassled and managed to hand out 200 pamphlets before retiring to lunch. Tomorrow they'll be in

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Since I haven't seen the movie I can't say. Stacy Litz, the Philadelphia County Libertarian Examiner , says it does. Her review can be read here.

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Jury Rights Advocates Hand Out 250 Pamphlets, Stand Up to Violent Federal Security Guards April 29, 2010 — Philly Jury Rights activists repeated their successful April 8th event with another record-breaking outreach. This time, nine fine folks turned out and they added a second location. Although word was apparently given not to hassle them, three confused and angry thugs

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On April 8 around noon, liberty lovers met at 601 Market in center city Philadelphia with Julian Heicklen to hand out jury nullification pamphlets to the public. 17 officers of the law also showed up and threatened to shove a camera down one man's throat and charge him with interfering with a police investigation. For the most part though, they behaved themselves and more than 120 members of the

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Liberty Lovers Liberate Locality from Litter17 liberty lovers from around the Delaware Valley met up at Plymouth township's Bicentennial Park to pick up litter and socialize. Every one had a grand time, lots of litter was picked up and even the next generation got to compare notes.(The handsome guy in the straw hat is me.)Liberty Lovers Liberate Locality from Litter - Plymouth Meeting Open

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This debate was held recently in San Diego, CA. It was about whether there should even be a government or not. While not the greatest of debaters the two libertarians held their own, making many points the socialists couldn't counter, much less even understand sometimes.After viewing part 1 just click on video response to see part 2. Likewise for the following parts.

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Global Ecosystemic Meltdown! Sounds scary, doesn’t it? That is the latest term for global warming coined by Daphne Wysham, a major climate alarmist at the Institute for Policy Studies. In a recent podcast interview with OpEdNews.com’s Rob Kall titled "DAPHNE WYSHAM climate change- how to respond to global warming deniers, when they point to snow 02 17 2010" the two shamelessly discussed how to

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Abajo cadenas means down with chains and is part of Venezuela's national anthem. Below are translations of text that appears at the beginning of the video:Venezuela"s ConstitutionArticle 68Citizens have the right to demonstrate, peacefully and unarmed, with no restrictions except those established by law.***********************The students march peacefully towards the National Assembly to

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Electricity, water, crime. Three strikes, you're out, Chavez. Luz, agua, inseguridad. 1,2,3 Chavez tas ponchaohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xXNx7ccgD0At a baseball game on 1/24/2010 they started chanting "It will fall, it will fall. This government will fall."Y va a caer, y va a caerEste gobierno va a caer.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-EDKItvnP8&feature=video_responseWhile I'm at it:Chavez

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This article was originally published at OpEdNews.com. Given the direction the US government is taking today it seems more relevant than ever.Socialism in GuyanaBy Rehana WolfeImagine for a moment what life would be like if you had to queue up at every grocery store just to get basic food items for your family. While you’re standing in line, your palms get sweaty , your heart pounds hard against

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Jake Towne's speech on the Federal Reserve at the Constitution rEVOLution Tea Party event in Philadelphia on 11/22/2009.Towne is an independent candidate for US Congress (Pennsylvania's 15th district) in 2010. You can learn more about his thoughts on the FED here. http://towneforcongress.com/platform-...Transcript the above video can be read here.Later that day Jake Towne delivered a thirty

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The Washington Examiner is reporting that the proposed healthcare bill the Democrats are pushing would have the Internal Revenue Service (yes that IRS, the tax collectors everyone so fears) enforcing the reforms. Read about it here. There is no mistaking this for anything but a naked power grab. Please consider the points this author made in "How Dare You Want To Know What "Your"

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Here in Pennsylvania our governor, Ed Rendell, is spending $22.2 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The program is called PA Conservation Works! and it is "a new grant program for local government and non-profit entities seeking to conserve or reduce energy use. PA Conservation Works! will provide up to $250,000 for individual projects and $500,000 for joint projects

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According to the New York Times President Obama is considering using “preventive detention” with terror suspects. It is not definite, only talk at this point, but very scary talk none the less. Given the government's propensity to abuse its powers and the broad definition of what makes one a terror suspect this can't be allowed to happen. If this is truly Obama's view it is obvious that

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When I read this part of their letter quoted below I thought that John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon must have had a crystal ball and seen what our politicians today are like! The more things change, the more they remain the same:They are therefore stupid politicians, who would derive advantages from a distinction which is manifestly without a difference: It is like, however, that they may improve

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On this beautiful Mother's Day an email from the HispanicLibertarians Yahoo Group landed in my inbox. It was a post titled "Troops and Law enforcement officers say not on my watch!". The entire post was this link, http://www.oath-keepers.blogspot.com, the Oath Keepers website. At first glance I thought good for them; this is a step in the right direction.Unfortunately, further examination quickly

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According to the Huffington Post the Internal Revenue Service is hiring 800 more agents to inflict taxes on us. Didn't Obama say he wasn't going to raise taxes? Collecting more money is raising taxes. It will have the same bad effect on the economy as raising tax rates. What we're seeing is the Clinton style of government. Smile in our faces while sticking the knife in our backs. This is

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Ending the War on Drugs would save countless lives from being lost or ruined. An enormous drain on our economy would cease. It would be great. Ending the War on Drugs would be a tremendous first step, but then what?The government would still have all the police powers it used to have. Perhaps they could be convinced to cut them back a bit, but we know from painful experience how hard it is to get

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In his excellent article "Bad Regulation Drives Out Good" Mr. Richman makes the point that government regulation doesn't work very well. One thing that he doesn't mention is how Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is actually advocating secret government.While describing regulatory changes on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the senator states: There will be a strong, quiet, hopefully more unified federal regulator

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