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Stateless Marriage: The Solution to the ponzi scheme Gay Marriage debate UPDATED Jun 27, 2015

As everyone already knows, the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage a constitutional right according to the 14th amendment. Obviously progressive leftists and gay rights activists were in overwhelming celebration while traditionalist conservatives condemned it for judicial activism and called for a constitutional amendment that would protect states' rights to define marriage however they wish within their borders. In principle, I'm not against the idea and in fact could be used to prevent other abuses from this federal govt (such as the EPA, Obamacare, BLM etc). However a more practical solution in relating same-sex marriage is simply this: END GOVT INVOLVEMENT...

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Rand Paul 2016! Apr 9, 2015

Right after he had officially announced via twitter, I had went ahead and donated 25 bucks to his campaign. I support Rand Paul because this federal govt is out of control and needs to be returned to its constitutional confines. I support Rand Paul because this federal govt has forgotten what the 4th amendment means and constantly violates our right to privacy through the NSA spying on millions of Americans without a justified warrant. Reign it in and end the program. I support Rand Paul because Obamacare is killing whatever little innovation there was in US healthcare. Not only repeal...

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I’ve Had It With The Left Apr 7, 2015

They've gone into total lunacy! From Dipshit Harry accusing Mitt Romney not paying taxes for 10 years with no evidence and his tirades against the Koch Brothers, to the daily batshit craziness of Salon.com and the gaystapo warping IN and AR's RFRA's out of context etc etc etc. I'm on twitter daily looking at lefty tweets and I've been focused on #BoycottIndiana of late. My brain nearly melts after looking at those tweets for less than 30 minutes. I'd rather sit through two hours of Batman & Robin. Batman & Robin!!!! The lunacy of the left forces me to compliment...

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Markets Should Be Allowed To Discriminate Apr 6, 2015

In a genuine free market, businesses are allowed service or deny service whoever the hell they please. What we live in isn't a free market. It's a crazily regulated, partially socialized one. If a business were to turn away somebody cause they were black, that would be illegal. And here's where the recent events in Indiana come to play. I honestly think the law recently passed there didn't go anywhere near far enough. Businesses should be allowed to turn whoever they don't want to service for any reason. I've made cases over on twitter and loony lefty fascists have pulled...

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Can Ted Cruz win over libertarians? Apr 6, 2015

That's the question for today. Seems as though libertarians have somewhat mixed feelings for Ted Cruz (though that's also kind of the case for Rand Paul). I personally right now am a Rand Paul supporter, though if the situation were different or change (like Paul not entering the race or pulling out at some point) I'd go over to support Ted Cruz. Judge Andrew Napolitano recently in a Fox News interview gave Cruz a perfect score on every area except for two: education which Cruz *bafflingly* called a federal right and foreign policy and intervention (was one of the 47...

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Why the 17th amendment must be repealed Feb 19, 2015

Prior to the establishment of the direct voting election of US Senators, they were appointed by state legislators. The US Senate chamber itself was actually formed out of a compromise with the smaller states such as Delaware and Rhode Island who threatened to leave the Union as their votes in the House of Representatives would be vastly outweighed by large states of the time like VA, PA and NY since it's based on population. The Senate however has two Senators per state regardless population so as to give smaller states a fair edge when it comes to legislation. For some...

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Why should there be a 435 seat cap in the House of Representatives? Feb 11, 2015

This is something I never really thought about until I recently watched Tom Woods speaking at the Mises Institute in which he was making the case for secession and decentralization. He also talked about the structure of the House of Representatives which is caped at 435 members regardless the population changes. This got my thought process going. Why is it the House of Representatives needs to be capped at 435 members? As of 2014, average pop. per congressional House district is 713,000. Under that model, cities like LA or NYC have lots of representatives with the size of the district...

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The Top Ten Goals for the next President (and Congress) Feb 10, 2015

As this president continually implodes and our liberties shrink and shrink and shrink along with the economy in favor of the state's increasing size, the next president whoever is it (preferably Rand Paul) has a lot on the plate in terms of reigning in govt spending, growth, taxes, civil liberties violations, overseas interventions etc. Here's my top ten goals for what the president must do. 1. Repeal Obamacare and revitalize free market healthcare Wherever socialized medicine has been tried whether it's the UK or Canada, it has been disaster and Obamacare is turning out that way. It must be repealed...

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Marriage Privatization: My case to the traditional right Feb 10, 2015

Why is it that we continue this worthless debate over what marriage should be as defined by the state? Whether gays should be allowed or just straight traditional couples, seems as though most people just except that the state has the last say on marriage. By that logic, shouldn't they have the last say on political speech? Should you have a govt paper that authorizes your freedom of speech? Should you be required to have license to own property or a business? To own a house? Most people don't submit to those types of logic cause they know it's total...

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New Year’s Resolution for the Liberty Movement Jan 1, 2015

As 2015 dawns, I've decided to list some priorities for the liberty movement for this new year. 1. Stop this endless out of control federal government and president. As the GOP takes control of Congress, their first acts should be to override this administration's unconstitutional executive orders on immigration. While I in principle favor open borders, these times are not the right conditions for that and most certainly this was approached completely in the wrong way. The GOP doesn't seem so eager to override the executive orders so this takes us to the next priority. 2. Replace Boehner as Speaker...

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My Favorite Breeds of Chickens Dec 24, 2014

Honestly I don't know if I can say that there’s any breeds I have negative views of. Every chicken breed just has its positive and negative attributes. So it’s pretty hard for me to actually name my favorite breeds. Though having to twist my arm, here’s a list of my favorite chicken breeds. 1. Cochins: By nature, Cochins are just very very sweet and very personable too. I have about 5 at the moment (3 bantams and 2 giants). Also the fact that they make great protective mothers makes them popular in fostering other chicken breeds and even other poultry...

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Why I’m Pro-Life Oct 26, 2014

Part of why I'm pro-life is that I grew up in a religious household. Though it's primarily based on science fact that shows life does indeed begin at conception. As a libertarian, I do believe that government's one of few (perhaps only) legitimate role is defending a person's right to life. If you're pro-life like me then we're on the same page. If you're one of the more pro-choice types, please think about this. If an individual can be killed before birth than what's to stop well after? Without the right to live all other rights such as freedom of...

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Taking the debate in a new direction Oct 19, 2014

As same-sex marriage is legalized in more states, the traditional right has decried "judicial activism" and called for passing a federal amendment defining traditional marriage abroad. My only question is why? Why do you continue supporting a broken relic of a system started under Jim Crow to prevent blacks and whites from marrying? What they're essentially doing is trying to support a foundation of a house that is inevitably going to collapse on itself. Very much like how this president is trying to save Obamacare via executive fiat by delaying key parts from going into effect. Why should the State...

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How did the Golden State fall so far from prosperity? Oct 18, 2014

Fifty years ago, California was the no. 1 state in education and business friendliness. It's dead 0r near dead last in those categories as well as brewing with much government corruption with 15 politicians indicated this year. This is the same state that gave us Ronald Reagan who's arguably the greatest president in the post-WWII era and among the best in US history. Politically the GOP use to thrive in California up until the mid-late 90's. It was very competitive at the state level and reliably voted Republican from the early 50's to the early 90's at the presidential ballot...

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Yea for UKIP! Oct 14, 2014

Just recently UKIP (UK Independence Party) picked up it's first seat in Westminster with former Tory MP James Carswell in Clacton. Who not only won but won big time and surpassed the margin of which he won as a Conservative 4 years ago. Shows that UKIP is really picking up traction. The Tories and Labour were way behind and the Lib Dems picked a dismal some of 400 hundred votes. Meanwhile in the north of England in Middleton and Heywood, UKIP almost picked a seat in Labour Party stronghold falling just short of several hundred votes. Several weeks before UKIP...

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What happened to the black community? Oct 14, 2014

What's happened to the black community for the past several decades? It's entrenched with poverty, crime and welfare. These are several prime examples I'll giving in this article. 1. Roe v. Wade and abortion on demand: What is in my humble the opinion the worst Supreme Court decision in US history (followed very closely by Dred Scott and Obamacare), abortions kill more individuals in the black community than anything else in the African-American community. Prior to Roe v. Wade, most illegal abortions were done on white women. After the SCOTUS said though that it's a right to kill another human...

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Why it’s important the GOP win the Senate next month Oct 13, 2014

For as much as I have disdained for both parties, I have even more for the Democrats. ESPECIALLY for the guy currently leading them in the Senate. I'd rather have a weakling like Mitch McConnell in charge than Harry Reid. A GOP Senate would actually try pursuing Obama on Fast and Furious, Benghazi, IRS scandals. Harry Reid is just a lapdog for this administration. Admittedly things the GOP has done for the past year has really pissed me off such the MS Senate race where they along with Haley Mobster Barbour used race baiting to get the African-American vote out...

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Time to repeal the 16th amendment Oct 13, 2014

It was established over a century ago with the help of Progressive God Woodrow Wilson and is primarily responsible (along the 17th) for the unlimited growth of the federal government for the past hundred years. It started out at only a 1% rate for the wealthiest taxpayers, but quickly accelerated to over 70% during Wilson's presidency. Then it went down dramatically under Harding and Coolidge to 25% and back up to 63% under Hoover and even higher than ever before under FDR. So basically it's gone up and down for the past hundred years or so giving the federal government...

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Privatize Marriage: Why the State shouldn’t be involved Oct 13, 2014

Recently this past Monday, the Supreme Court turned down 7 same-sex marriage cases and as result it became immediately legal in five states one of which is my own Oklahoma. Soon afterwards, a three judge panel struck down bans in Idaho and Nevada legalizing marriage in those respective states too. Of course both sides had a lot to say about those decisions. The left was praising it like mad and the traditional right was condemning those decisions and were furthering pressure on the GOP to defend traditional marriage in the legal system. My reaction; eh... Because what's the difference between...

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My Love for Star Wars and why it matters to me Oct 13, 2014

For as far as I can remember, I've always been a Star Wars fan. It's one of my first true obsessions (my others being vacuum cleaners and Winnie the Pooh). I have early memories watching the Original Trilogy and saw the prequels in the cinema which I enjoyed almost as much (admittedly fans are very split on them but I'll talk about that another time). Star Wars is one of those things which I immediately recognize on site anytime. After a time admittedly my interest waned and almost died. That is until The Clone Wars came along in 2008. The...

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