Libertarians sometimes say that we are really “classical liberals”, “19th century liberals”.
Of course if I actually found myself in Victorian Kettering my political opinions (against the establishment of a School Board, anti prohibition of booze, hostile to land nationalisation or even taxation…….) would mark me as a “Conservative” indeed an “arch Conservative” or a “blackhearted [...]
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Liberalism and Nationalism - a fatal 19th century alliance?
Roman law, modern law and “Feudal” law - a hint as to what that wild madman Paul Marks is on about.
I am no legal expert (”we have noticed Paul”), but I do want to give an hint about what I am on about when I mention the words “Feudal law” or Roman law or modern law - it if be wrong….. well see later for my “get out of jail” card on that.
Before I say [...]
Strawmen
Meanwhile, “libertarians” all over the place are hollering about how Civic Virtue is an Eeeevillll plot of “Xtians” and the morally-oppressed generally.
Julie, not the informed ones:
H/T Catallaxy Files
Vote for Gary Johnson.
Here’s a handy cut-out and keep reminder of why whether it is Obama or Romney it matters not the mote in the eye of a weasel.
(Apart from to the assorted vested interests and corporations who have been cosying up to Dumbo or Eeyore).
I don’t think Allen will mind my theft here!
Please don’t vote for [...]
It may amaze you to know…
… that your dear blogger here is now an officially ordained minister of religion. Seriously. I mean really seriously. This cost nothing and for $5 I can get a letter of good standing that enables me to conduct marriages in several US states and some European countries (not the UK). Unless the couple are [...]
The terrible year of 1986.
A post on an often overlooked year - 1986. A year in which events occured that had (and are having) terrible consequences.
A British person when hearing of the date “1986″ will think (if they think of anything) of the “Single European Act” - formally it came into effect in 1987, but the agreement was made [...]
Did Charles the Bald help create the West - by accident.
What is the post Roman West? How does it differ from the Roman Empire?
Well, for example, under the Roman Empire the army was a professional force - it was the state.
The warbands of the Germanic chiefs were not the world of the Middle Ages either - the armies of the Middle Ages were Feudal, the [...]
Question time ~ where are you politically?
Confession; back in the dim and distant days of my youth, when politics was something I first became aware of, I was a socialist. I quite happily believed that the state should organise society ‘fairly’ and coercive taxation was absolutely fine to that end.
To be fair, I was just finishing my time in a state [...]
Quote of the Day
“To crib a line from Bill Buckley, that 1950s conservative who loathed both high taxes and The Beatles, Andersen is a pyromaniac in a field of straw men. His presumption that free market types are motivated by “greed” is a common one — and one that doesn’t acknowledge the many schisms, factions and gradations of [...]
Tossed the toilet and jumped the shark…
The heir to the Dutch throne was in the small eastern village of Rhenen on Queen’s Day, April 30, where he entered – and won – a traditional village game of toilet-bowl tossing.
Throne, geddit?
Well, I guess we have Morris dancing which is vastly more embarrassing.
But speaking at a function [not a bodily one we hope] [...]
Custer’s Revenge.
From Wikipedia…
Custer’s Revenge (also known as Westward Ho and The White Man Came) is a controversial video game made for the Atari 2600 by Mystique, a company that produced a number of adult video game titles for the system. The player character is based on General George Armstrong Custer. The game was first released on [...]
In Praise of Free Market Sport.
This has been the most exciting Premiership football contest I recall. Oh, so much still to play for for so many teams with just two games left (I wrote this before hearing Mancini’s chaps won 2-0 at St James’ Park - I shall be cunterated before I call it the “Sports Direct Arena”) . I [...]
Rambo V
Sylvester Stallone says, at the age of 65, he is ready to don his jungle gear again and star in Rambo 5.
The actor says he is working on a script that will see the former Vietnam veteran fighting his final battle.
With what? Reality, plausibility, drug lords. Yes, drug lords. He is going to be taking [...]
Why I became a libertarian and learned to love…
…the unbridled lust for absolute power.
I first saw the birds flying against the Zulus in the early ’60s (or early ’90s - depending on your view of reality). And I did it, and why not me? I was afterall the President of an English Democratic Empire that spanned three continents (and some strategic offshoots). I [...]
