Do we have the moxie needed to regain our liberty, to defeat tyranny and aggression, to retake control of our lives and property? Will the masses ever rise up? Will the sheeple wake up? I see these questions posed frequently, and usually with a negative response. Yet they are the wrong questions. The hidden subtext […]
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La Boetie wonders in his Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (this month’s Liberty Reading Group selection) why people are so easily fooled and enslaved by tyrants. With that question on the brain, I approached progressive and Obama supporter “vdaze” on twitter in the following conversation. As you read, please consider how I could have handled myself […]
Jay4Liberty, an online acquaintance, said the other day that he happily forked over his tax payments knowing it would keep him out of jail and couldn’t give a damn about the consequences. Upon questioning, he confirmed that he did not care one iota about the death and destruction reigned down on innocents courtesy of his […]
Are you a liberty-lover looking to connect with like-minded folks for mutual gain? Then Twitter – a service that enables you to broadcast short messages and find a network – is for you. We libertarians are so few and far between that networking is critical. It’s a force-multiplier. It’s a survival strategy. Tons of Liberty-Advancing […]
Congressman John Culberson (R-TX) reports via Twitter that the Committee on House Administration of the US House of Representatives is considering classifying all content posted by members of the House on websites outside the house.gov domain to be official communications [PDF], which must “meet existing content rules and regulations”. Current rules require that content be […]
My latest Twitter Tale. Ian: “Me!” Brad: “No. Me.” Marika sauntered in, chatted up a girl. Ian offered her a beer and a smile. Brad joked, she blushed, they talked. # Ian spilled beer on Brad’s famous shirt. “Sorry!” he giggled. Ian joked and Marika laughed, touching him. Brad dropped ice down Ian’s shirt. # […]
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The Big Fish (My First Twitter Tale)
My concept of a “twitter tale” is a three-part story, each part being a twit of exactly 140 characters, that includes an inciting incident, an event that pushes the character to the ending, and a twist ending. Here’s my first one. (i.e., don’t expect too much yet.) The Fish Mike saw the sunken dock. A […]