Why terrorists will continue to attack

Terrorists are after the nation that has almost 800 military installations around the world. Terrorists are after the nation that has a military presence in 130+ countries. Terrorists are after a nation that sends predator and reaper drones into countries we're not at war with to murder innocent men, women, and children.

As you can read here, the U.S. killing machine marches on with Obama at the helm. Where's the outrage from the Left? Does anyone actually think that there's any good to come out of Afghanistan and Pakistan? Time to leave the empire and become an ex-pat. Wouldn't it be better to be an ex-pat than a hypocrite voting for and supporting the regime?

More eyes and ears

Unfortunately, the U.S. government continues to grow, increasing its presence in our daily lives. Some of the American sheeple called for a consumer protection agency, and we got one. You can read about it here. Notice the paragraph titled "More eyes and ears." Americans will notify this new agency about the "bad guys" who are charging too much for services. More spying. First it was the government telling us to be alert and to report suspicious activity to thwart terrorism. Now this. Why can't all the busybodies, nags, and control freaks just leave us alone? They should worry about their own lives. The book 1984 should have been title 2011.

Shut, locked, barricaded, bolted

When governments large and small use Keynesian economics and violate the property rights of citizens, bad things happen. Hundreds if not thousands of municipalities, and states as well, are going broke. As you can read here, a city official of this small Michigan town said they'd hang on until the doors were "shut, locked, barricaded, and bolted."

This is just a preview of the entire country. As China, India, Russia, Brazil and dozens of other countries lose their appetite for U.S. debt, the U.S. inches closer and closer to insolvency. Get ready to mow empty lots, dispose of garbage, put out fires, and police your own streets. It's going to get ugly.

Office of Foods

Only the government can create something so silly as the Office of Foods. God forbid our omnipotent government lets farmers grow what they want, which would be dicated by demands from consumers in a free market. No, no, no, say the government control freaks, busybodies, and nags, we, the all-powerful state, must check out everything so everyone is safe.

Gee, I wonder how George Washington and Thomas Jefferson lived so long without the Office of Foods checking their meals?

Obamacare trailer

I love movie trailers - they give you an enticing quick look at a movie. This article is like a movie trailer - it gives us a quick look at the current and future healthcare system in the United States.

As was expected, Medicaid is now struggling mightily to cover costs and provide services. And enrollment has grown steadily as the recession continues. Once the full Obamacare health plan is implemented in three years, the enrollment will swell, the costs will rise, and the services will decrease.

This is why Austrian economics is so important. Only the Austrians have been predicting the horror that is now healthcare. You may not be feeling it yet, but you will. The home of the Austrians on the web is mises.org.

Typical government run program

See what happens when the government gets involved in something - it fails. As you can read here, state governments are going broke and the people suffer. If I could only go back in a time machine to 1965 and warn Lyndon Johnson about signing into law Medicare and Medicaid.

Government mishandles registrations - for planes!

You'd think the ever-efficient government (sarcasm there) would be able to handle the paperwork for plane registrations, but obviously they can't. As you can read here, there are thousands of planes with missing paperwork, questionable registrations, and so on. Is there anything the government does right? It's time to privatize the FAA and all the airports so we'll be safer.

American teens gets crushed

The government run schools have been failing for almost a century. The title of this article just shows us that this is China's century - get used to it. Well, at least we had a century - a lot of countries can't say that. Bulgaria never had a century. Chile never had a century. You get the point.

Let's be nice to China and keep trading. After all, they can put an army on the ground the size of our population and still have over 1 billion people back at home!

Thou shalt not read the truth!

Amazing. The government has ordered its workers not to read what the government has produced. Must be too embarrassing. Everyone else can read it, I guess, but not government workers. If I was a federal employee, I'd want to read everything - maybe I'd be looking for my name in there somewhere. Read the article here. And sshhhh. Don't tell anyone I told you - it's a secret.

Truman was barbaric

Thanks to the Mises Institute and Ralph Raico for reminding us about the barbarity of using atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. Note the quotes from American generals and historians stating how terrible and medieval it was to murder civilians. American textbooks never discuss how Japan knew it was beaten and was trying to surrender. Japan's fear of "unconditional surrender" eventually led to Truman ordering the destruction of two cities.

Rogers understands Ben Bernanke

Jim Rogers, the billionaire investor who left the empire, tells us here that the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, is clueless and doesn't understand economics. Rogers is right - all Bernanke knows how to do is print money out of thin air. The consequences? We'll see, but if I were you, I'd be buying gold and silver every month.

Super Secret NSA to be used on Americans

As you can read here, the super secret National Security Agency, which has the capacity to monitor each one of us (read our e-mails, listen to our phone calls, etc. etc.), will be used to keep an eye on the internet and other cybersecurity issues. The NSA allegedly has the computer storage capacity to hold every American's e-mails for ten years. That trillions of e-mails in their database, if they choose.

I feel safer already, now that Big Brother is watching.

Global taxes?

Many Americans are fearful that the ruling elite want to bring about one world government. One organization that would probably want this would be the WHO (World Health Organization). As you can read here, this organization seems to want to tax the planet. Don't ever forget that the ruling elite have a never-ending thirst for our dollars.

Peace Prize winner Obama continues to murder

The U.S., led by its commander-in-chief Barack Obama, continues to send predator drones into Pakistan to murder innocent men, women, and children. But didn't Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize? No wonder there are always demonstrations in Pakistan and other countries with one constant theme: death to America. Maybe we should just leave everyone alone.

After financial war, the real war

As the United States causes financial havoc with the rest of the world, other countries are making moves on their own to help their economies. As reported in the Wall Street Journal on Oct. 8th, in September China supported a Russian proposal to start direct trading between the yuan and the ruble. China has also set up a similar deal with Brazil.

Also, Premier Jiabao Wen was in Istanbul to reach an agreement with Turkey to use their own currencies (no U.S. dollar included) in tripling trade to $50 billion over the next five years. According to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan: "We are forming an economic strategic partnership . . . In all of our relations, we have agreed to use the lira and the yuan."

So much for the U.S. being the world's central bank. As these types of moves continue (who can blame other countries, since our economy is a wreck), the U.S. will become increasingly upset. Don't forget, the U.S. government doesn't like to lose at anything, especially a financial war.

So the question is: When does the U.S. launch a real war against China, since China will ultimately win the financial war?

We are Japan

The U.S. is going to be the new Japan - a few decades of a lackluster economy. How do I know? Besides studying Austrian economics, which provides a good roadmap, there's a quote in this article from a Keynesian economist from Stanford. Nuff said. When a Keynesian says one thing, expect the opposite. And expect to live a more subdued, quiet lifestyle as the economy struggles.

Afghans don't like us - what a shocker!

Throughout history, people all over the world have hated being occupied, and the Afghans are no different. Thanks to antiwar.com for this article - read here.

Ready for National Service?

While young Americans were enjoying their summer vacation, Charles Rangel, representative from New York, introduced H.R. 5741 in the House on July 15th. This Selective Service Act requires a two year mandatory service for the United States. The first paragraph reads:
To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.
Interesting. All persons means women too. And what does "for other purposes" mean? Sounds like a catch-all phrase for anything the government wants.

CIA Assassins

Evidently, the CIA runs assassin squads. But I don't remember seeing the CIA or U.S. assassin squads in the Constitution. Maybe I missed it. But don't miss this article from antiwar.com that gives the details. How terrible.

Govt delcares war on poverty 45 years ago - now 50 million Americans are poor

Since the government fails at everything they do, the title of this post should be no suprise. Back in 1965, Lyndon Johnson, one of the worst presidents in history, declared a "war on poverty." 45 years later, more Americans are poor (over 50 million) than ever before in history. The cause: fiat currency, excessive regulation, the U.S. worldwide empire, and massive taxation. Read here.

In a few years we'll be in 10th place

The U.S. economy is struggling and will continue to do so for decades. As you can read here, the U.S. is slipping. We're now fourth, and in a few years I wouldn't be suprised if we fall out of the top ten.

Tell the truth general!

Wouldn't it be nice if our politicians and armed services personnel always told the truth and didn't put their "spin" on everything? Good article from antiwar.com about what's really going on in Afghanistan, where empires go to die. Read here.

Finally, some good news!

As you can read here, the bloated public sector is selling its stuff! The more roads, buildings, zoos, libraries, etc. that we can get out of the hands of bureaucrats into the hands of entrepreneurs, the better!

After all, who does a better job - bureaucrats, who have not invested a dime, or entreprenuers, who have their own money at risk?

Obamacare doesn't work in Taxachusetts

The health care plan enacted into law earlier this year, which will take full effect in a little over three years, will be a disaster. It doesn't work in Massachusetts, and it won't work for the entire nation. This article explains in all.

It also didn't work in Maine, Oregon, and Tennessee. Change we can believe in. Nonsense.

China vs. U.S. - eventually it will happen

As it was in the schoolyard, so it will be globally. Eventually, the two big kids on the block go toe to toe to see who's top dog. China's navy and armed forces, in reaction to our global presence, have been growing steadily. As you can read in this article, the first testing ground is the South China Sea.

Sadly, some 10 to 15 years from now, the U.S. will launch on China. The reasons? Well, we're broke, and we'll be in worse shape then. And what better way to distract us from that drafty bridge we're living under or that overcrowded tent city than to attack the "bad guys."

The question is: Will you still be here in the the empire, or by then will you be safely tucked away off the grid?

Amazingly, Pax Americana is melting right before our eyes, just like Pax Romana.

America is broke and the future is dark

If you're thinking of staying here in the empire, you better be planning to make some serious money. If you don't have a plan to make some serious money, then your best bet is to find some small place on the globe that's off the grid and doesn't have the empire's problems.

Here's a serious and sobering article that should have you in the planning stage. It's going to end badly - that's why my family and I are getting out soon.

Social Security is broke

As many Austrians have been warning for quite some time, Social Security is unsustainable, especially with a severe permanent recession and the aging baby boom population. Fourteen years from now, workers will really be paying through the nose. As you can see in this article from cnn.com, the tipping point has been reached. More government failure.

Government giving away our money

As reported on CNN, the federal government fails miserably at keeping an eye on our tax dollars. The government admits that in 2009 it wasted $110 billion of our dollars. The waste? Some of the money went to the wrong people. Over a three year period, $180 million went to 20,000 dead people, and $230 million went to 14,000 fugitive or incarcerated felons. Fed up? As we all know, the government fails at everything they do.

Empire is costly

As you can read here in this article from antiwar.com, the cost of our on-going wars is tremendous and shows no sign of slowing down. Afghanistan - where empires go to die.

Big Brother grows bigger and bigger

Justin Raimondo, one of the best at foreign policy and writer for antiwar.com, a great website, here tells us about how Leviathan continues to grow. In fact, it's getting so big in the area of "security" and "anti-terrorism" that no one seems to know how big it is. Note the fourth paragraph from the end where he details how many agencies have been created. Of course, we all know who pays for all of these agencies, bureaus, commissions, administrations, and departments, right?

Jefferson was pro-natural rights and anti-force

Thomas Jefferson wrote to Francis W. Gilmer in 1816:
"Our legislators are not sufficiently apprized of the rightful limits of their power; that their true office is to declare and enforce only our natural rights . . . and to take none of them from us. No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him . . . and the idea is quite unfounded, that on entering into society we give up any natural right."

World Cup needs instant replay

Although not politics (even though many governments get involved in their country's soccer team), a statement about the World Cup is needed. It's time to use instant replay since the officials are terrible. Adu's (U.S.) goal was nullified because he was called offside when he wasn't; England's goal was not counted because the official missed that it was one foot over the line (would have been the equalizer against Germany); and Moller got a yellow card for a ball that he unintentially let hit his upper arm (Germany was way ahead at the time, the end of the game, so it was a non-factor), he then missed the match against Spain which dramatically impacted Germany's offense.

IT IS TIME FOR REPLAY! Let's get with the times, FIFA - it's not 1930 anymore.

Great article from mises.org

The government and the clueless pundits on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox won't explain to you why the dollar is now worth only four cents. In fact, they don't even want you to know that. In a step-by-step process, the government destroyed the value of our dollar since they created the Federal Reserve in 1913. Now nothing backs our fiat currency.

This great article explains a lot of what the government did to us. Thanks to the Mises Institute for another great article on economics.

The Empire Marches On

The US empire and its little twin, Israel, are gearing up for more war and endless intervention in the Middle East. As you can read here, the US taxpayer will now pay for the Israeli missile defense. Glad to help out, boys.

Yet another massive government failure

Somehow, the U.S. government got into the business of telling us what we can and cannot put into our bodies. And of course, they are hypocritical about it - "allowing" us to drink alcohol while refusing other drugs.

But their efforts have done lots of good, right? Think again. As you can read here, they've accomplished nothing. Can we have our trillion dollars back?

Best Paul Krugman site out there

Paul Krugman, so far the worst economist of the 21st century (and the worst of the last two decades of the 20th century) is chastized, villified and made out to be the loon that he is on this great website by William Anderson. Check it out!

It's krugman-in-wonderland.blogspot.com

Fannie Mae wants more of our money

Why did the government ever get into the "you-ought-to-own-a-home-and-we'll-make-it-easy-for-you" business? The knuckleheads in D.C. created the Federal National Mortgage Association, nicknamed "Fannie Mae." Well, you can't run government like a business because of the lack of prices, so walaah! - it's now broke. In fact, they want billions more of our money to stay afloat, as you can read here.

If the government had just followed the Constitution, which doesn't mention home ownership, we wouldn't have Fannie taking so much of our money.

The Fall of Rome

Part of the reason the Roman Empire collapsed was that the government debased the currency. The coins were becoming cheaper and cheaper with less and less precious metals content.

As you can see by this article, people around the U.S., more now than ever (and more now than any time since the Great Depression) are beginning to use their own currency! No longer having much faith in the four cent dollar issued by the district of corruption, towns are issuing their own currency. Just another sign of the times.

When the treasury can no longer sell its securities (treasury bonds, notes, and bills) at the monthly auction and the dollar collapses, what are you going to use?

Welcome to Gattaca

As you can read in this cnn.com article, the government has been collecting the DNA of newborns for quite awhile. They also collect the DNA of anyone arrested by a federal official. Soon they may require everyone to give a sample. So in a generation or so, the all -powerful omnipotent state may have ALL of our DNA on file. Welcome to Gattaca.

Austrian rap video!

It's a sign of the times! Austrian Economics is no longer a strange term. Millions of Americans are aware of it now, and now there's even a great rap video out. Just go to youtube and click on Videos at the top. Then type in Keynes v. Hayek. It's great! Included are economic terms, and don't miss the names of the bartenders! (Ben for Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Fed, and Tim for Tim Geithner, Treasury Secretary).

Government failure once again

The government fails at everything they do. Yet another example is the Hanford nuclear site in the state of Washington. Once a site to produce nuclear material for the empire, it is now 600 acres of nuclear waste, millions of gallons of contaminated water, and underground tanks that are full of nuclear sludge. This site will take billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars and years to clean up.

Can you imagine the ruckus in Washington D.C. if a private company had done all this? But since it was a government operation, the liars and thugs inside the beltway are silent. Yet every day, more of the sheeple call for more "government solutions." What a joke.

Thirty years from now the map will be different

Many people, especially those who study history and the history of empires, believe the map of the U.S. will look different 20 to 30 years from now. They know that ALL empires break up. Empires break up for many reasons, including moral decay, a debasement of the currency, and attack from outside their borders.

Many people in America want out now. As you can read in this article, there a many candidates in Vermont who want to split off from the empire, I mean the U.S. In fact, there are active secessionist movements in 33 states. So go down to the local CVS or Walgreen's and buy a $5 map of the U.S. and write "2010" on it. Thirty years from now, you can pull it out and show your kids and grandkids, telling them that "this is what America used to look like."

What states we can secede? The Declaration of Independence, of course. In the second paragraph it says that if the government doesn't serve you, you have a right to abolish it and start a new form of government. I'm ready!

Maine has tried "Obamacare" - and it doesn't work

In 2003 the state of Maine put into action its version of universal health care. The results just six years later? Disaster. The system the government of Maine put in place was supposed to save money, but it has cost Maine taxpayers $155 million and the costs are still rising.

First of all, Maine got $50 million from us (I mean the federal government) to start the program. Then, the plan tried to save money by squeezing payments to hospitals and doctors (they really built in a nice incentive for hospitals and doctors to deliver quality care, didn't they?).

The program had a "public option," plus, people were not to be turned down for pre-existing health problems. Guess what happened. Well, as usual when the government tries to repeal the fundamental laws of economics, perverse conditions occur. So Maine has experienced a 74% increase in premiums. A healthy male who is 30 and single pays a montly premium of $762 in Maine, but in nearby New Hampshire, the same person pays only $222. The program is such a bust that they've closed it down to new enrollees, and people are put on a waiting list.

This is Obamacare in a nutshell, tried out in tiny little Maine (and also in Oregon, Tennessee and Massachusetts, with the same results). So when it's applied to the whole nation? - yes, disaster. Time for a return to a free market in medicine with no government involvement.

Taxpayers will lose on this one

Don't you just love government bailouts and government owned enterprises? Now the government (I mean, taxpayers) owns 56% of GMAC, which has been bailed out a few times and will post a massive loss this year. With the billions being lost on waging war around the globe, the looming health care "reform" that will break the bank, and the continued decline in the housing and other markets, is there any doubt in you mind that this thing (the U.S.A.) is headed for a massive meltdown?

Time to own physical gold and stock your closets with supplies. The situation looks more and more perilous every day.