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SOCIALISM:

The battle in Wisconsin isn't about small government versus big government. It's about which ruling class faction controls most of the loot.

EDUCATION:

IT grads not well-trained. Duh. That's socialist education for you. I never learned a thing in college that I used on the job except programming C, and that wasn't part of the curriculum. I've never understood why corporations in the same markets don't dominate the curriculum for their hires. If I had a choice of attending a generic socialist university versus attending a college that catered to the needs of the biggest companies in my target career market, I'd take the latter every time.

HEALTH CARE:

As we know, the primary function of every government activity is to loot the people, but all looting programs must promote the illusion of legitimacy. Therefore all are masked in the illusion of a public service. I believe identifying and labeling these so-called government services as pseudo-services at every opportunity will boost our cause. By doing so, we can instill it in the public consciousness. I've started doing so at every opportunity. Here's another example of a government pseudo-service:

"More than 100 of the 553 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuges such as Moapa are part of a national consortium of federal parks and the National Environmental Education Foundation now using this prescription tactic. It's funded by a $75,000 grant to improve family health through a two-year pilot project linking the federal agencies with health care providers. The aim is to turn doctors, nurses, teachers and therapists into "nature champions" who steer children and their parents into the outdoors."

Government steals money from people in the form of taxes then it uses some of that money to market federal parks to families under the guise of fighting obesity. Then the accomplice press, faithfully represented by this article, presents the looting as a good thing, boosting the illusion of legitimacy of the government. I advocate libertarians use the word pseudo-service whenever possible to point out the real nature of these looting programs.

GLOBAL WARMING AND ENERGY:

Ancient, natural global warming.

POLICE STATE:

Article claims the TSA will begin taking genetic samples of fliers this summer, but I can't find any other source for this information.

LOCAL:

This is a perfect example of how government money, especially big, federal money, corrupts everything it touches. These local aristocrats are salivating over capturing the funds stolen from people all over the country based on the census and using them to their advantage. It's sick. It's an entitlement mentality. Nobody seems to notice or care that this money is stolen from other people at the point of a gun.

MISC:

Back to Rothbard's Soviet foreign policy:

"Since their victory over German military aggression in World War II, the Soviets have continued to be conservative in their military policy. Their only use of troops has been to defend their territory in the Communist bloc, rather than to extend it further. Thus, when Hungary threatened to leave the Soviet block in 1956, or Czechoslovakia in 1968, the Soviets intervened with troops – reprehensibly, to be sure, but still acting in a conservative and defensive, rather than expansionist, manner. (The Soviets apparently gave considerable thought to invading Yugoslavia when Tito took that country out of the Soviet bloc, but were deterred by the formidable qualities for guerrilla fighting of the Yugoslav army.) In no case has Russia used troops to extend its bloc or to conquer more territories."

Calling Soviet aggression in Czechoslovakia, Poland and elsewhere "defense", not aggression, is quite a stretch. It smacks of apologizing for violence and aggression. By that standard, any country could take over the world and justify it as defense because nobody can say with certainty where the next attack would come from. Sounds a lot like the war on terror, which I doubt Rothbard would invent apologies for. Plus, Soviet pilots flew in Korea and Vietnam, and Soviet "advisors" were on the ground. I would call both Soviet troops. In addition, the Soviets funded and armed communist movements in Cuba, South America and all over the world. Not to mention Afghanistan, but this was written before that. I realize that our government grossly exaggerated the threat from the Soviets to the advantage of our ruling class. I recognize the US government was comparably aggressive and violent in projecting the ambitions of our ruling class, and that it has increased since the fall of the Soviets. But portraying the Soviets as a peaceful nation instead of an aggressive, evil empire is inaccurate.

Tolkien estate tries to use the government's gun to censor the word Tolkien. Imagine if they were successful. Nobody would ever read his books again.

During the Oscars, which I almost never watch, it became very clear the guy, James Franco, and the girl, Anne Hathaway, had decided as team that he would play straight man to her sizzle in order to energize the show. I predicted stupid people would attack Franco as wooden while praising Hathaway without realizing it was a performance chose by the team to rock the show. About an hour after the show ended, the Washington Post proved me right. Franco deserves every bit as much credit as Hathaway for a great performance, but critics aren't that smart.