tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post8076806308002389059..comments2024-01-13T07:38:36.064-05:00Comments on Target Liberty: Charles Murray Gives Up on Political Process, Calls for Civil Disobedience Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-78666932200357796342015-05-18T22:40:40.086-04:002015-05-18T22:40:40.086-04:00Nick -
Respect.
Nick -<br /><br />Respect.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-20886795591588063252015-05-18T22:25:41.223-04:002015-05-18T22:25:41.223-04:00You temper my points eloquently though I think not...You temper my points eloquently though I think not invalidate them.<br /><br />You are right the government’s disinformation attributes responsibility for trashing the economy to everything but its own money printing. But here’s the catch. The bargain struck with the populace for the carte blanche mandate to micromanage the economy is consistent prosperity. When the economy crashes, voters donAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-58473392178859864572015-05-18T19:38:04.629-04:002015-05-18T19:38:04.629-04:00No offense taken. Different strokes for different ...No offense taken. Different strokes for different folks.Brian Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188778202762603278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-64303110867078497692015-05-18T16:44:12.168-04:002015-05-18T16:44:12.168-04:00We are all a bunch of wimps. Stop cooperating. I k...We are all a bunch of wimps. Stop cooperating. I know, there are risks. There are also risks to going along to get along.<br /><br />As individuals we divulge our personal financial information to the state (tax returns, etc.) and acquiesce to ridiculous law. Even worse our businesses actually enforce some of these ridiculous laws such as payroll taxes and immigration. <br /><br />Once I AlexZouglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903419350475485505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-38762868205809712732015-05-18T16:22:45.417-04:002015-05-18T16:22:45.417-04:00"Home schooling is fine if you can afford it...."Home schooling is fine if you can afford it. But it is very expensive"<br /><br />Brian,<br /><br />I don't want to offend you in any way, shape, or form. That being said, I take issue with the above statement. <br /><br />When my business was suffering dramatically my wife and I made some very big concessions to make sure she stayed home, as well as the kids.<br /><br />Obviously Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-20582383929923094442015-05-18T14:47:51.611-04:002015-05-18T14:47:51.611-04:00Home schooling is fine if you can afford it. But i...Home schooling is fine if you can afford it. But it is very expensive and not necessary to counteract the effects of the Progressive movement. My wife and I read to our children before they were born and continued to do so throughout their childhood. We also focused their attention on reading, writing and arithmetic throughout school and assured them that grades were only important in those Brian Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188778202762603278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-56041945364412341982015-05-18T14:16:17.272-04:002015-05-18T14:16:17.272-04:00".. it can’t escape the consequences like inf...".. it can’t escape the consequences like inflation and economic damage." The history of two world wars and the great depression of the 1930's and 1940's not to mention the one we are in right now shows that government escapes the consequences quite handily. In fact they grow and thrive in these situations. The Civil Rights movement was co-opted by the 1964 Civil Rights Act Brian Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188778202762603278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-28467437367083564032015-05-18T11:00:03.830-04:002015-05-18T11:00:03.830-04:00"The most important thing you can do to smash..."The most important thing you can do to smash the Progressive State of America is to take your kids out of K-12 government schools, perfectly legal."<br /><br />All four of my kids have been(are being) home schooled from start. Thankfully I have a super wife that pulls it all off.<br /><br />I can see how it grate's on many of those connected with the government school Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-63719450743173277472015-05-18T08:54:44.534-04:002015-05-18T08:54:44.534-04:00My kids have been homeschooled from the begining. ...My kids have been homeschooled from the begining. They are now enrolled in the Ron Paul Curriculum and loving it. Tom Woods and Gary North's classes are worth far more than what you pay for. Every libertarian should look into it. I can't recommend RPC highly enough. iakoboshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154484739450723530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-62661809099548807832015-05-18T08:47:35.797-04:002015-05-18T08:47:35.797-04:00Yes, the effort would need to find ways to maximiz...Yes, the effort would need to find ways to maximize the ratio of state resources the effort consumes vs. its own resources. With some clever planning and rapid adaptation that ratio can be kept quite high. And while the government can always just print more money, it can’t escape the consequences like inflation and economic damage.<br /><br />Plus you're overlooking an additional category Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-4600699027547610932015-05-18T06:58:46.825-04:002015-05-18T06:58:46.825-04:00The most important thing you can do to smash the P...The most important thing you can do to smash the Progressive State of America is to take your kids out of K-12 government schools, perfectly legal. This and numerous other perfectly legal tactics are outlined in my last three books.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03136499688626739994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-90811352870502600132015-05-18T00:28:03.999-04:002015-05-18T00:28:03.999-04:00I must agree with Switchblade on this one. The ins...I must agree with Switchblade on this one. The insidious strategy of the government is that it nickels and dimes us all and there is never a large enough group or a significant enough financial incentive to challenge any one regulation. And in any event their ability to print their own money means a limitless war chest which would quickly deplete Murray's fund.Brian Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188778202762603278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-81631408846031106032015-05-17T23:58:52.717-04:002015-05-17T23:58:52.717-04:00My reaction to this is...finally. An action plan....My reaction to this is...finally. An action plan. Something people can do other than seethe and write blogs.<br /><br />Civil disobedience intentionally structured to bog down the state in the impracticality of its own fundamental nature makes so much tactical sense. A monolithic, bureaucratic, inflexible, unthinking foe of giant might is taken down exactly thus. Compel divisions of enemy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-42622849410499963652015-05-17T23:26:42.476-04:002015-05-17T23:26:42.476-04:00Can our minds react quickly, and in sufficient num...Can our minds react quickly, and in sufficient numbers to address the boot that is aimed at our necks? Honestly I doubt it, because we are forced to always be on the defensive, and we are simply reacting to what the state has long desired. It may be time to start utilizing a different tactic that is very difficult to overcome, laughter, and ridicule.<br /><br />Everyone wants respect, especially Switchbladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030679651268818692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890852736639676808.post-44512551334151737472015-05-17T21:20:05.921-04:002015-05-17T21:20:05.921-04:00OK, here's the deal: "Trust, but verify&q...OK, here's the deal: "Trust, but verify".<br />i..e, accept what he says as true.<br />Keep an eye on what he does rather than what he says.<br />THEN declare yea or nay.<br />As for me, I'll sign on whole hog UNTIL he demonstrates that he's a turncoat CATOite.<br />In the meantime, I'll take him at his word and hoist a glass to the effort.<br />Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.com