From an article sent to IPR by Jim Burns:
During my youth, teachers employed by the government told me that the government is us. If that were true, I lived in bad neighborhoods – run by bullies, thieves, and murderers because these are some of the actions of government. Experience has shown me that my neighbors are mostly friendly, honest, and I have as yet to meet any murderer that I know about. I, therefore, concluded that there must be something more to our government other than democracy.
Perhaps, democracy is a facade concealing something good and bad. Upon further study, I found we have a Representative Constitutional Republic. I find that the Constitution favors limited government but there are large loop-holes which can and has allowed the increase in the size and scope of government.
Our goal is well stated by Benjamin Franklin “God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: “This is my country.”
I advocate that the vehicle that can achieve our goals is the combination of the first 111 words of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence*, and Libertarianism**: I call it Revolution 2.
I advance the idea that we examine the system we have and find strategies that can implement our objectives. To those who demand an instant and permanent solution, I point to words of Thomas Jefferson “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”
Jim Burns
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Good to see Mr. Burns attempting to get the message out! Where can I find part 1 of this article? Anyone have the date (?) it was published on IPR? Thanks.
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Mr. Burns’ link (in Why I’m Libertarian) to Dr.Rummel’s (U of HI) studies is very enlightening as to WHY we should resist BIG gov’t now while we still can, before it can reach this (remember the “watch lists” put out to law enforcement over the past few years included some of OUR NAMES, those names would be on this list if and when it happens in the U.S.) !!
“I handled hundreds of signals to all parts of the Soviet Union which were couched in the following form”:
“To N.K.V.D., Frunze. You are charged with the task of exterminating 10,000 enemies of the people. Report results by signal.–Yezhov.”
And in due course the reply would come back:
“In reply to yours of such-and-such date, the following enemies of the Soviet people have been shot.”
—-Former Soviet Spy-Chief Vladimir Petrov
Serial Killers fascinate many these days, think if they were the heads of a super-power or any country(Cambodia-Pol Pot) then you get:
DEKA-MEGAMURDERERS: http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/MEGA.HTM
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Since it is the WEEKEND again, for your viewing enjoyment I give you a BLAST from the past speaking at a LP of MI meeting! I hope you enjoy:
Murray N. Rothbard: Libertarianism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONS33ukkTtE&feature=related
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Please share this little video with all your family, facebook, friends, groups, etc.
What is a Libertarian ?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMvKck3KvfU&NR=1
Go Viral, Thank you!
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And may ALL visitors to IPR remember:
“A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one” — Benjamin Franklin, “Poor Richard’s Almanac.”
How true-LOL !!!
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