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Title: Your 2nd Amendment Cop Buddy Will Take Your Guns
Source: Lew Rockwell
URL Source: http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/04/ ... cop-buddy-will-take-your-guns/
Published: Apr 5, 2013
Author: David Hathaway
Post Date: 2015-01-01 16:43:31 by Hondo68
Keywords: None
Views: 17560
Comments: 40

There is a lot of chatter amongst conservative "2nd Amendment cops" and military folks about how they will not obey the orders when the grand pronouncement is made to take guns. It will be a cop sit out. What will really happen is quite different. Your Republican cop or military buddy will gladly and patriotically take your guns.

Gun grabs and grabs of anything else 52; children, money, real estate, raw milk 52; don't come down the chain of command as such. There is not an edict that comes out saying:

Obama Executive Order 666:

All federal, state, and local law enforcement officers and all active duty military personnel are hereby ordered and required to seize firearms from all persons whose only crime is non-compliance with the firearms transfer provisions contained in the Children's and Puppies' Omnibus Health and Safety Act of 2014. Operation Patriot Crush will commence at midnight on June 1, 2014. All will be required to participate from that date forward and to actively engage in door-to-door gun seizure operations against fellow Americans. Constitutional objections by officers will not be recognized and are hereby deemed meritless.

What really happens is that good ol' patriotic cops are told by their bosses to show up at the police department at o dark thirty for a briefing about the execution of a search warrant. This happens hundreds of times every day. These law enforcement agencies often have military personnel and resources dedicated to assist in their mission as well. No one ever objects. There is action afoot against n'er do wells. It is based on a hush-hush deep dark sinister undercover deal. It can't be discussed because cooperators are "in deep" and it's all "need to know."

Fortunately, your buddy gets to be in on the action the day that the door kicking is done. It will be cool. It's like black ops. It's like a video game. It's like a military adventure against the ferreted-out scum of society. It's exciting and he gets to be there. He can meet his cop pals at Pizza Hut later on for lunch and brag about how he punched a guy who "had an attitude" and made him throw up and said, "How'd you like that home boy? Get used to that. You are going to get a lot more of that in the joint, if you're lucky!" Before the raid, he is already getting a few comic one liners ready to go with the catchy punch lines to be thrown in later describing something like how a perp soiled himself when your cop buddy demonstrated his manhood by pointing an M4 at his forehead. These guys are scum and he has to get his licks in and deal firmly with them before those pansies in the courts get ahold of them and dismiss everything on some technicality.

On the day of the raid, there are lots of cops milling around until the master of ceremonies begins the sermon. The M.C. is someone who is praiseworthy due to rank; somebody like the Chief of Police. A general tirade slowly builds from the orator about what various scum infiltrators have done to our communities. Veiled references to politics are made. It is mentioned how "the current administration, I won't name names" is mollycoddling the crooks and not keeping our children safe. Then a hush of silence comes over the room as the M.C. introduces the plain clothes detective, investigator, or case agent.

The detective, in a dramatic almost whispering voice, says that no details can be given to the mass of assembled cops. People are in deep. There are sensitive infiltrators inserted in the group that need their identities protected, "So we can't talk in detail but, just let it be known that these people we are going after today are the worst. They walk amongst our families at the mall. They go to school with your kids. They are a thorn in our side." He looks over at the Chief of Police and begins a reciprocated round of suggestive head nodding, like yeah boy, I hear that. The uniformed crowd stays silent in awe of the plain clothes guy who has risen in the ranks to the point where he can sleuth together paper cases, even when no crimes are apparent, and bust down doors with another piece of paper. The detective says, "Seize computers, papers, and containers. Take cell phones and address books. Take reading material like gun magazines so we can show the judge where these people's heads are at. Separate the subjects and get down incriminating statements. If there are any minors present, we have social services on standby to take the kids."

The detective continues, "These folks have been given the chance to work things out and they refused to cooperate. They have been approached and would not comply. They were blatantly hostile. They very likely have it in for us. They didn't say so in so many words but, we are dealing with fringe people here folks, so assume that their intentions are hostile to be on the safe side. We have people posted watching this place and there is not a lot of movement over there. They are lying low. That is not normal. These people have something to hide. We don't have any arrest warrants but, we may file charges depending on what we find today."

None of this is defined by the detective. This is a pre-game pep talk. Specifics will get in the way. Details are not given concerning how mama met the cops at the door one day holding her baby and said, "I do not consent to any searches" when they asked her to open the door and let them in. Why were they there? Well, that doesn't matter for purposes of the briefing either. The family had returned a vaccination consent form to the school unsigned. The cops, responding to a request by a social worker who had been contacted by the school, were making a "welfare check." In other words, they were going to snoop around and try to have a lengthy coerced conversation and get some juicy quotes for somebody's collectivist social agenda. No one had observed a crime but, these people must be brought in line.

When the cops got snubbed at the door, they got there hackles up. So they went to their in-house detective, Al, who punched his password into the post-9/11 Regional Fusion Center website and asked for a full profile on the address, the residents, and the license plates. Good thing because, although the reports came back with pages of N/A, suspect Bob had bought a gun.

The detective then went to the gun store where the gun was sold. When he looked at the store's records, he found out that Bob had bought another gun there. Detective Al always wanted to be a federal agent, so he had an excuse to drop by the ATF office, talk to the feds, and ask them to run a check. He left ATF giddy because he now had some new buzzwords to impress his bosses and co-workers.

He proudly proclaimed back at the office, "We bounced his name off of e-trace. Yup, he's in there boys. The ATF has this guy's number. His name is in their system. The computer lit up like a Christmas tree when we ran his name. We bounced him off of Operation Gunrunner too." That was another database the detective heard mentioned while over at ATF. There was nothing in there for Bob, the guy he was snooping on but, the words sounded cool. Detective Al told his bosses that "ATF is all like, yeah, we are all over this guy but, they said we could deal with him."

So, long story short, Bob filled out ATF forms when he bought a couple of guns and the information from those forms was put in a computer saying that he had bought those guns. Period. But, Detective Al needed to make some hay to get his next promotion so, he latched on to whatever was passing under his nose right then. To put the icing on the cake, the detective got some federal DHS funds from the sergeant in his department that controlled Operation Stonegarden funds and decided he would do something that would excite the bosses; send a snitch in to have a recorded talk with Bob and grab some good sound bites. Detective Al was rolling in glory now; federal funds, federal databases, and now getting in good with his bosses by sending a snitch in to throw out some ideas to a suspect.

The snitch posed as a landscape guy and offered to mow Bob's lawn. Bob said, "No thanks. I mow my own lawn." The snitch made a few more failed attempts to try to sell him some stuff out of the trunk of his car. Bob got suspicious and called 911. The police station went into Defcon 1.

The Chief called in Detective Al and said, "Shut the door. We got a call from your target's house. Your man on the inside is compromised. We've got to move on this now, pronto, ASAP!!

Al didn't want to admit that he had nothing, so he alternately shook and nodded his head to the chief, and mumbled, "That scum bag. Man this guy is trying to mess with us. I'm going to get paper on him."

"Do it!! The Chief yelled. Do it yesterday!! Get this piece of garbage out of this town. Call the paper so they can have a reporter at the raid briefing that can snap some cop pictures without faces, except mine. Ted down at the Gazette is good for that. He will hold the story u2018til we round up the perps. Get a news release roughed out about how potential school shooting violence was averted, etc."

Al then got a moment in the sun with the local prosecutor's office. He got all his fancy words ready. He made sure to work in "e-trace" and thankfully remembered "Operation Gunrunner" at the last minute. He thought the buzzwords would awe the local prosecutor but, swamped with DUI cases, he couldn't care less about the Regional Fusion Center data checks and all the ATF lingo.

The prosecutor asked Al if he had filled out the abbreviated telephonic search warrant form. Al said, "No, how do I do that." The prosecutor pointed at a form, handed Al the judge's phone number, and instructed him to just call the judge. The prosecutor told Al that he could get the telephonic warrant signed by the judge after the raid.

The detective continues talking to the assembled cops, "These people are heavy into guns, so we aren't taking any chances. SWAT will flash bang the premises and then we will hit the door and take every one down. We don't want to give them a chance to load up, chamber rounds, and start firing. Apparently their kid is a problem child at school, and the parents are backing the kid up. We have guns there and a deviant child. That is a bad mix. We are talking about something going on here that is not kosher and we don't need it to explode at the school into something serious. Need I say more? Need I say Littleton or Newtown? The psychiatrist on contract with family services gave us the go ahead to proclaim the parents and child as potentially dangerous, so we can take any guns we find."

After the plain clothes detective gins up the crowd, baiting them with spy novel intrigue, the SWAT commander takes over the briefing. Random scenarios are discussed. He gives a long-winded speech using lingo like "active shooter."

"What will we do if we have an active shooter? You will SITREP the metrics of the active shooter into the Command Post. If we have enough positive granularity, we will go green." A few older rube sheriff's deputies roll their eyes at all the military lingo and bureauspeak that had crept into police work. The younger echelon of shaved head cops from multiple agencies, nod and smile showing that they don't want to be left out of the enchanting aura of groupthink. One of the young cops says to his buddy, "Take u2018em out!" and laughs.

Another Iraq vet says, "We knew how to deal with these trouble makers in Fallujah." The vet had actually never done anything more interesting than order a 12-inch meatball sub at the Subway in his megabase in Iraq, and he wasn't sure if he had ever actually even seen an Iraqi or maybe just brown imported contractors of some other nationality that cleaned the base but, he hoped the comment would up his street cred with the other cops.

The SWAT commander continues, "Remember folks, we are in a post 9/11 paradigm here! We aren't playing games. These people are in it for real folks, and you better have your head in the game too! The SWAT commander had been briefed for 3 minutes by the detective before the mass briefing and chose to copy some of his cool jargon to help build the sinister aura of the evil organization. After "paradigm," he gets out e-trace, Operation Gunrunner, and throws in, just for fun, that "these folks might get hammered with RICO" because he heard that one before. He pretends like he is in the know but, just can't say more. He dramatically says, "I'm not going to say hate crime because, well, let's not go there, if you know what I mean." He cagily acts like he barely caught himself before accidentally revealing who the new head of Al Qaeda is. The SWAT guys in the corner snicker because they know their boss is grand-standing and knows nothing about the case.

He dramatically states, "Just keep this in mind; these people may come off all like Mr. Innocent but, they are the worst of the worst and they will shoot you just as soon as say Hello. So, remember, the most important thing, I want you all to go home to your families at the end of the shift today. Not in a body bag. If someone goes home in a body bag, make sure he is not wearing a uniform. If you see somebody going into an aggressive posture, deal with him immediately; need I say more? These people hate you and hate the government. If we have a shooting, we will have a huddle and get our story straight before anything goes out. Got it?" No one in a uniform objects to anything being said.

Different scenarios are discussed. "If we get a barricaded subject, contact me, the SWAT commander. We have ways of dealing with that. Just pull back and we will bring the armored vehicle in and we will get them out of there whether they like it or not." He puts on a big smile and there is a wide round of chuckles from the audience as each cop looks at the guy next to him with a cheese eating grin.

One cop is heard saying loudly, "That's what I'm talking about" which causes an uproar of laughter to overtake the crowd. Another one blurts out, "Crispsy critters" which gets an even bigger laugh.

Guys swagger around with their low thigh-mounted holsters that they don't always get to wear on regular patrol duty. Extended magazines are velcroed all over the web gear. Guys have extra ordnance hanging all over them that they usually don't carry on regular patrol duties. It will be a fun day for all, and they might get to pull a pin on an explosive or gas dispenser that shoots out hot flames. If they are lucky, they might even see a house burn down and have a great story to tell for months. It will all be good versus evil though, so no one will need to give in to that prick from their conscience.

After the operation, the cops discuss with each other in smug fashion how "that was a cluster." When the emotions die down and they get a clear look at grandpa lying on the ground with taser barbs in him, they all make high-minded critiques amongst themselves talking about how messed up the case was. They then conveniently forget their feelings, their lessons learned, and leave the crime scene they created and go to lunch. All these conservative cops will respond to the next call though, earn their overtime, and not ask any hard questions. The sinister hard looks will be given during the sermon to justify the next raid and they will comply with that one as well. Details will again be minimal, for security, as always but, it will be made clear that the targets are really bad guys and that legal issues don't allow the raid orchestrator to lay out the case to the door crashers.

When everyone gets sued someday, the cops didn't know any better. The perps were all scum anyway. It's a cover story they came up with. The story about the autistic son choking on smoke from a gas grenade was an intentional tear jerker to get the jury turned off on cops. Grandpa limping to the door without his crutches and then getting tasered was all an act to throw the cops off.

During these escapades, your conservative, "Christian," Republican, pro-2nd Amendment cop buddy will be raring to go. He will be ready to take someone out. He acts like he believes it all. He likes the power, the force, and the feeling of loyalty to a group identity that is unquestioningly focused on "the mission." He is ready to kick someone if they resist. And, he sure as shootin' rounded up the evil scum's guns when he broke down the door of Bob and his family, even though he had no personal knowledge of them or any illegalities committed by them.

He will use this latest war story in the Sunday school class he teaches to add to the mystique of his personal life and to show how his profession gives him a unique ability and perspective to comment credibly on Bible lessons. And yes, your cop buddy will still insist that he will never follow the gun grab orders when they come down from Obama.


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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)

This article reads like a wet dream from some paranoid lunatic with The Turner Diaries open at their bedside.

You may want to post it over at Liberty Post. It is an anti-police orgy of paranoia and yellow journalist pieces like this.

Nexus6  posted on  2015-01-02   0:53:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Nexus6, tater, gatlin, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#1)

post it over at Liberty Post

Geeze, you've got like six posts under your belt n00b, chill out. YOU head over to LP if you don't like it!

Plenty of statist boot-lickers over there.


The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party


"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2015-01-02   14:00:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: hondo68 (#2)

I'm just saying that this kind of tripe is welcomed over there. Lew Rockwell's insanity is something I try to avoid. That's why I signed up here. The lunatics have the run of the place over there.

Nexus6  posted on  2015-01-02   15:36:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Nexus6 (#3)

" The lunatics have the run of the place over there. "

And it will get a lot worse there soon enough.

Stoner  posted on  2015-01-03   9:58:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: hondo68 (#0)

"Obama Executive Order 666:"

SWAT teams going door-to-door and seizing guns under the authority of an Executive Order?

Yeah. That'll happen.

misterwhite  posted on  2015-01-03   10:57:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Stoner (#4)

And I wouldn't be afraid to say its on purpose.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-04   12:12:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: misterwhite (#5)

Only at LP can anyone post fear monger BS over the course of 5 years, non of it comes true... but they keep their credibility.

I'm waiting for Infowarrior to claim Goldi's death was a false flag. Plenty of brainwashed tool bags would believe it.

DirtyHarold  posted on  2015-01-18   10:54:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Nexus6, hondo68 (#3)

Lew Rockwell's insanity is something I try to avoid.

And Rockwell’s insanity is something you should continue to avoid. Lew Rockwell’s site is chocked full of insanity on just about every subject. Rockwell is a destructive influence for the liberty movement. He tries to cloak himself as the sword bearer of libertarianism but is ever too quick to use the sword chop the head off anyone who disagrees with his own idiosyncrasies.

The man is not really a libertarian. He’s just a contrarian. All he does is oppose or reject popular opinions and actions, doing so as if he is just being contrary for the sake of being contrary. Rockwell and his buddy, Ron Paul, do nothing more than engage in armchair economics and armchair philosophy, while they never actually produce anything that goes anywhere.

Born Free  posted on  2015-01-18   11:33:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Born Free (#8)

The man is not really a libertarian. He’s just a contrarian. All he does is oppose or reject popular opinions and actions, doing so as if he is just being contrary for the sake of being contrary. Rockwell and his buddy, Ron Paul, do nothing more than engage in armchair economics and armchair philosophy, while they never actually produce anything that goes anywhere.

Of course, you have freely dismissed any existing government body within the context of your own opinion. The USA has an official estimate of the government lethargy: 18Tr.

Don't worry, you shall pay for the bureaucrats.

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-01-18   11:45:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: hondo68 (#0)

In the above article, Rockwell's crackpot author, David Hathaway, offers readers a simple "get rich quick scheme" - save and store nickles. Yep, nickles.

Storing Nickels

April 3, 2013

(Copyright 2012 LewRockwell.com)

Are you doing due diligence with nickels? As many LRC readers know, nickels are the only real “money” being distributed by the U.S. Government at this point in time. The value of the metal in a nickel equals the fiat value assigned to it by the state. This cannot be said about the currently produced pennies, dimes, quarters, or half dollars and certainly cannot be said about the paper money or the even more insidious and plentiful computer digit money that we are forced to use. Nickels are uniformly marked, impractical to counterfeit, and easily recognizable for their metallic content (75% copper, 25% nickel).

So, is it really that easy to get real money in exchange for the worthless stuff floating around? Yes, it still is. You walk into a bank, hand the teller a 20-dollar bill, and walk out with 10 rolls of nickels. There is no dealer markup. There is no sales tax. There are no shipping fees. There is no capital gains tax or value added tax. It almost seems impossible in this day and age. It soon will be impossible. We are temporarily in an era with nickels that is analogous to the pre-1965 silver coinage period. Coin composition is slated to change during the 2013 fiscal year. So, what are the issues that would preclude a person from taking advantage of the inevitable increase in the value of nickels when compared to the fiat dollar? Well, there is one small issue and one slightly bigger issue. The small issue is obtaining the nickels and the bigger issue is storage. Both issues can be resolved fairly easily for most people. First, let’s look at the smaller issue.

Vinny  posted on  2015-01-18   11:51:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Vinny, get rich k0oK (#10) (Edited)

offers readers a simple "get rich quick scheme" - save and store nickles. Yep, nickles.

It doesn't claim to be a get rich quick scheme of any kind. It's a way to store wealth. Federal Reserve Notes are steadily decreasing in value. Metal retains it's value, since it's a commodity on the market.

Not buying your "get rich quick" kookery!


The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party

"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2015-01-18   12:30:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: DirtyHarold, Born Free, (#7)

I'm waiting for Infowarrior to claim Goldi's death was a false flag.

Hmmm...looks like we more members of the "clan" aboard.

What were your screen names at LP?

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state.
They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-01-18   12:39:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: Vinny, hondo68 (#10)

Nickels are uniformly marked, impractical to counterfeit, and easily recognizable for their metallic content (75% copper, 25% nickel).

Scrap copper is roughly $2 lb and Nickel goes for $2-4 lb.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-18   12:41:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: Vinny (#10)

1. Calculate 75% copper value :
(2.6215 × .00220462262 × 5.00 × .75) = $0.0216725

2. Calculate 25% nickel value :
(6.6364 × .00220462262 × 5.00 × .25) = $0.0182882

3. Add the two together :
$0.0216725 + $0.0182882 = $0.0399607

$0.0399607 is the melt value for the 1946-2014 nickel on January 16, 2015.

misterwhite  posted on  2015-01-18   12:42:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: Deckard (#12) (Edited)

Hmmm...looks like we more members of the "clan" aboard.

What were your screen names at LP?

Ya think? LOL.

We have a canary echo chamber in here.

“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

CZ82  posted on  2015-01-18   12:43:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: Born Free (#8)

He tries to cloak himself as the sword bearer of libertarianism but is ever too quick to use the sword chop the head off anyone who disagrees with his own idiosyncrasies.

You really are delusional,. aren't you?

How ironic to see a poster with the screen name "BornFree" having a hissy fit about two of the most iconic champions of liberty, Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state.
They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-01-18   12:45:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: Pridie.Nones (#9)

Don't worry, you shall pay for the bureaucrats.

I am not worried. I also am not worried about the paradox of libertarianism or libertarianism ever becoming anything of importance. Libertarians cannot come to grips with the fact that there has never been, and never will be, a type of government they seek and one that functions according to the principles they subscribe to.

Libertarianism is only relevant in that it reminds us about the importance of freedom. Other than that, it is the ideology of crying, fit throwing and selfish brats. Libertarians are promoting an untested political system that has only rhetorical appeal. Since there is no model in action anyplace, the faults cannot be pointed out and neither can fact proven advantages. Where liberalism has been tried, it has inevitably fallen short of all predictions. That alone is enough for thoughtful persons to reject it.

I would rather vote for any politician who has demonstrated that his programs have really worked, than to vote for a humorist promoting libertarianism….however amusing the person may be.

Born Free  posted on  2015-01-18   12:46:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: Born Free (#17)

I would rather vote for any politician who has demonstrated that his programs have really worked,

I've read that Hitler got the trains to run on time.

You really seem to have no core values as you have indicated that you would vote for "any" politician.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state.
They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-01-18   12:49:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: Born Free (#17)

Ronald Reagan -If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories.

The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state.
They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-01-18   12:52:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: Deckard (#16)

....two of the most iconic champions of liberty, Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell.

While Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell produce words, words and more words….the are only empty words with unfilled promises of better things that never come. That’s all we have to go on from them. The fact that both speak often and devote brainpower to chit-chat while actually getting a buzz out of hearing their own voices does not make them “iconic champions of liberty” in any way whatsoever.

Born Free  posted on  2015-01-18   13:01:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: Deckard (#19)

Ronald Reagan -If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.

This is no reason for a love fest and organism when thinking about Ronald Reagan and name drop. While Reagan was loved by conservatives and by big business, he had many faults. This is yet another of the not so pleasant untruths from the “great” Ronald Reagan.

The Libertarian Party cannot be a viably provider of necessary change. The Libertarian Party only serves as an educational platform and will never win a major political office. While the Republican Party remains, faults and all, our only hope in the battle against liberals.

Oh, one of my best friends is a libertarian, but I don’t hold it (too much) against him.

Born Free  posted on  2015-01-18   13:27:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: Born Free (#21)

The Libertarian Party cannot be a viably provider of necessary change. The Libertarian Party only serves

In high school Mrs Pleasant the Government teacher had a libertarian come to our class to give us his views. I think that libertarianism is basically just the philiosphy of amorality. Do what thou wilt.

They do have some good points from time to time that I agree with.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-01-18   13:31:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: Born Free (#21)

What are organisms and viably doing in your sentence?

It seems you have an issue with the English language. Makes people think your intellectual prowess is at about the level of a canary. Just sayin.... Maybe you can proof read? Would you be able to catch your obvious flaws? I remain pessimistic, but will be checking...

BTW, the whole premise of Libertarianism is to NOT pass laws that have 'programs' attached. Do you even know what you are talking about? And yes, your screen name is hilarious!

Dead Culture Watch  posted on  2015-01-18   16:10:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: Born Free (#21)

...love fest and organism...

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“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state.
They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-01-18   16:17:31 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: Born Free (#21)

While the Republican Party remains, faults and all, our only hope in the battle against liberals.

Gee sparky, what do you do when the Republicans are every bit as "liberal" as the Democrats?

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state.
They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-01-18   16:19:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: hondo68, *Bang List* (#0)

Ping.

Why don't you people (all of you,not just Hondo68) that post these articles hit the bang ping list when you post them?

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-18   18:34:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: sneakypete (#26) (Edited)

I can't ping to the bang list, even though I'm a subcriber, I'm not a co-owner. I believe that only the owner Sarajevo, can create co-owners. IOW, it's not setup to automatically make subscribers, co-owners.

What I can do in the future is to ping you, and ask that you ping the bang list. Also I'll PM Sarajevo, and ask to be made a co-owner.


The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party

"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2015-01-18   18:42:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: hondo68 (#27)

I can't ping to the bang list, even though I'm a subcriber, I'm not a co-owner. I believe that only the owner Sarajevo, can create co-owners. IOW, it's not setup to automatically make subscribers, co-owners.

My apologies. I became a co-owner because it was set up to make all new subscribers co-owners at the time. I have no idea why he changed it.

What I can do in the future is to ping you, and ask that you ping the bang list.

Please feel free to do so,and I will be happy to hit it for you.

As for PM'ing Sarajevo,good luck with that. I don't think he posts here anymore.

Still,it's worth a try.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-18   18:49:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: Dead Culture Watch (#23)

And yes, your screen name is hilarious!

With your screen name Dead Culture Watch
that you can find my screen name hilarious is,
Listen for it (Cue the drum roll): ....Badum Tish....
....bwahaha....bwahaha....bwahaha!

Born Free  posted on  2015-01-19   9:50:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#30. To: A K A Stone (#22)

The Libertarian Party....

They do have some good points from time to time that I agree with.

The only one that comes to my mind that I agree with is limited government.

But then one need not be a libertarian to want that....many folks do.

Sorry I could not get back to you sooner, but I am limited to 5 posts.

Born Free  posted on  2015-01-19   9:54:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: Deckard (#16)

How ironic to see a poster with the screen name "BornFree" having a hissy fit about two of the most iconic champions of liberty, Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell.

If Paul & Rockwell were truly champions of freedom they'd have a larger following than an average Shakers meeting.

Vinny  posted on  2015-01-19   12:35:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#32. To: Deckard (#25)

What do you do when the Republicans are every bit as "liberal" as the Democrats?

Gee sport, since I don’t feel the way you do, I have therefore never given your question any thought.

Since you asked the question, it is quite obvious you feel that Republicans have now become every bit as “liberal” as the Democrats.

So, you tell everyone what you are personally are going to do about the political dilemma you find yourself in.

And I will continue to say:

While the Republican Party remains, faults and all, our only hope in the battle against liberals.

Born Free  posted on  2015-01-19   16:34:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: sneakypete (#28)

As for PM'ing Sarajevo,good luck with that. I don't think he posts here anymore.

Maybe the Devil can make you owner.

Dead pinglists are frustrating for everyone. The shared-to-all-members *Bang List* at LP worked well. We never had any real problems from it.

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-01-19   21:43:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#34. To: TooConservative, Devil Anse (#33)

As for PM'ing Sarajevo,good luck with that. I don't think he posts here anymore.

Maybe the Devil can make you owner.

Or you.

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

sneakypete  posted on  2015-01-19   22:37:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#35. To: hondo68 (#27)

You are now the owner of the Bang list.

A K A Stone  posted on  2015-01-19   23:17:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: Pridie.Nones (#9)

This was your first post, on January 18. I was expecting to find January 4.

Vicomte13  posted on  2015-02-07   21:15:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: Vicomte13 (#36)

To realiastically explain the issue would be over your head.

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-02-07   21:19:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: Pridie.Nones (#37)

To realiastically explain the issue would be over your head.

It's your birthday, then? The 4th or the 7th? It's not your first posting date. That was ad XII Kalends.

Vicomte13  posted on  2015-02-07   21:20:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: Vicomte13 (#38)

There is quite a bit of "lag" when signing up and posting a first post on this website. Blame the management.

Pridie.Nones  posted on  2015-02-07   21:28:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: Pridie.Nones (#39)

Ah, so you established your account on the 4th, but were only able to begin posting on the 18th.

The old terms make me smile. I have not seen them in ages. - Pridie Kalends Quinctilius

Vicomte13  posted on  2015-02-07   21:34:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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