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The Humble Libertarian : The 30,000-lb Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bomb Works So Well It Earned A Rare Honor

Sun, 9 Sep 2012 13:11:50 +0000

I'm actually kinda torn here. Because if this weapon was designed, as the article says, to reduce dependence on our nuclear stockpile, then it's not all bad. I do, however, worry that -because- it isn't nuclear, then it will likely see much more use than our nuclear stockpile will... So I'm torn here. I do like to see us reducing our nuclear stockpile, but I am afraid that nuclear weapons -also- prevented OUR politicians from attacking with them, because they ARE nuclear.

The Humble Libertarian : Rand Paul Votes NO on GMO Labeling

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:55:14 +0000

If the market wants the food labelled.. It will demand it. Government needs to stay the HELL OUT OF THE MARKET. What part of that don't you understand? THAT is what liberty is about!

The Humble Libertarian : Rand Paul Votes NO on GMO Labeling

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:47:42 +0000

Voting "No" for a government mandate is somehow being portrayed as anti-liberty? rofl, seriously? How about customers tell the places they shop to do it.. instead of using government to do it?

The Tea Party Economist : A $176 Million Navy Spy Drone Crashes Over Land in Maryland

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:46:22 +0000

A drone will not refuse an order to illegally spy on American citizens, whereas a citizen-soldier, with a conscience, just might.

The Tea Party Economist : A $176 Million Navy Spy Drone Crashes Over Land in Maryland

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:45:10 +0000

It crashed (while) over land..

The Tea Party Economist : Three Life Sentences for Witnessing a Drug Deal

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:42:30 +0000

As a proud southerner, and a libertarian, I find that last little bit to be unnecessarily antagonistic. Perhaps you watch too many movies that portray us all as dumb backwards rednecks... I'm not sure.. In any event, it was completely irrelevant to the subject at hand.

The Humble Libertarian : Alex Jones Makes Fun of Jack Hunter\'s Hair

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:39:08 +0000

"My incredibly good looks are off limits" AHAHAHAH THATS why I love Jack :P

The Tea Party Economist : Oregon Woman Cons Government Out of $2.1 Million, Claims State

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:32:15 +0000

This is why taking taxes out of a paycheck, and then getting it back if you've overpaid, is a BAD IDEA. Pay your taxes like a business.. Quarterly, only pay what is needed.. This will give the added benefit of knowing JUST HOW MUCH YOU PAY IN TAXES, so you can be properly PISSED OFF BY THE AMOUNT

The Humble Libertarian : Mitt Romney App Misspells “America”

Thu, 31 May 2012 15:15:21 +0000

It's a Freudian slip! Amer CIA..

The Humble Libertarian : Do Young Libertarians Become Middle-Aged Moderates?

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:21:09 +0000

Eric.. I was a New Orleans Saint's fan for decades.. but they only recently stopped being called "The Aint's, cuz they aint gonna do shit" Yea.. they finally won a SuperBowl, and proved they can actually play real football... It took DECADES.. people laughing.. etc.. My philosophy is "I dont give a *bleep* what anyone else thinks." and it has been for as long as I can remember.

The Humble Libertarian : Sending Your Kids to Public School Is Child Abuse

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:25:59 +0000

Not everyone can afford to pay both taxes for the public schools, and tuition for the private schools... In that sort of case, you just have to roll with the public school, and watch your kids and their teachers like a hawk. Upshot is, in small towns (like mine) where everyone knows everyone, even the public schools are pretty good, considering... Plus, a lot of the private schools in this area are either full of obnoxious kids with same parents, who simply pay for their kids to get better grades. Some of the smaller, grade-school only schools seem to be OK, but as a kid who started out in private school, went to a public school, back to a private, before graduating from a public high school, I can say that, without a doubt, I wish I'd stayed in one or the other.. hard to make friends when you're school-bouncing. I took AP/Honors classes throughout most of my public highschool "career" and feel that I actually got a pretty decent education.

The Humble Libertarian : Cops in Cruisers Sniff Out Cars Carrying Pot Smokers

Fri, 4 May 2012 21:08:04 +0000

This is happening in my home state of Alabama, as well.. Drug "Checkpoints" on Interstate 10, between the AL-MS border, and AL exit 10.. For the past few days.. I ranted it about on my FB page, and immediately wound up with a splitting headache as otherwise sane people I've known literally my ENTIRE LIFE said they'd happily give up their rights to "keep drugs off the streets" and even when I pointed out that they were giving up their rights, and drugs WERE STILL ON THE STREETS, they stuck their collective heads in the sand, fingers in the ears, going "la la la la, I can't hear you, la la la la"

The Humble Libertarian : Free market capitalism: Fortune 500 companies and privatized prisons have brought back ‘convic

Fri, 4 May 2012 16:35:20 +0000

In theory, I agree with private companies contracting to manage prisons.. I'm just not sure how to deal with the corruption problem, but I feel that in damn near everything, competition is NEVER a bad thing.. I have a feeling, however, if there were more companies doing the private prison thing, there'd be more competition, and the corruption would, by necessity, work itself out... The problem is that transition period....

The Humble Libertarian : Falling home prices drag new buyers under water

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:08:36 +0000

It's anecdotal, but, my wife and I started home shopping for our first home in Spring of 2004, we were looking for a brick 3/2, on a nice sized lot, and found many good possibilities for around 60-65k, but we decided to wait a little bit, let our financial situation settle a little more. In 2005, we lost our rental home to a hurricane, and the home owner was unable to rebuild, so our home search became.. well.. frenzied. The same size, style, and general location of 65k homes in 2004, were now, in early 2006, going for 100k. Just before the housing bubble finally popped, home prices had nearly doubled here from 2004 levels. Insane. The prices NEED to fall back to sane levels. Pricing in this area -heavily- outpaced any rise in cost-of-living, and wage levels.

Antiwar.com Blog : North Korea's Toy Weapons

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:26:07 +0000

Or more afraid, since our own "intelligence" analysts obviously have no clue what's going on over there, and therefore have absolutely NO IDEA how to protect our nation... *sigh*

The Humble Libertarian : Ron Paul, New England powerhouse

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:55:44 +0000

Southerners are generally hawks when it comes to foreign policy. Which is why, until the last couple of decades, it was a traditionally Democrat stronghold. Paul is portrayed by the media as anti-military, and southerners are proud of our military heritage. However, don't write us off yet... :)

The Humble Libertarian : Twitter lynch mob: George Zimmerman is out on bail? Let’s kill him!

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:43:09 +0000

http://www.change.org/petitions/matthew-owens-jus... --- This happened in my neck o' the woods.. and even in the stories that mention it, no mention of race of any of the people involved.. But it's clear that it was racially-motivated "This is for Trayvon" really? seriously guys? Meh..

The Humble Libertarian : 10 Disgusting Examples Of Very Young School Children Being Arrested, Handcuffed And Brutalized By Po

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:14:24 +0000

The actual story in Georgia, was, the 6yr old was breaking things, and had even attacked the principle with various heavy objects. The school was unable to contact the parents, so called the police. The officers were unable to get the screaming kid to calm down, so had to handcuff her to keep the tantrum from escalating...... http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/17/justice/georgia-stu...

The Humble Libertarian : US Special Forces Trained Foreign Terrorists In Nevada To Fight Iran

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 22:03:20 +0000

W....T....F.... We didn't learn our lesson with Bin Laden? meh

The Humble Libertarian : Park Slope Parents Want Ice Cream Trucks Banned To Avoid Testy Tantrums From Tots

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 13:03:57 +0000

As a parent, I have to say, while I understand the frustration caused by -someone else's- kid's acting like spoiled brats, I simply turn to my daughter, and exclaim "I am so glad that you don't act that way!" At the very least it makes her feel good for being good.