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Number 707, February 3, 2013
Government kills. Government steals.
Government kidnaps. Government enslaves.
Government lies. Government is vastly
worse than anything or anybody it was
created to protect us from.


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The Impeachable Offenses of Barack Hussein Obama
Part 3

by Terence James Mason
I've had no additional commentary on Part 1 or Part 2 since the Part 2 publication, and there have been no significant new developments in terms of the President's executive orders on "gun control," including actual publication of the text which he signed. (Impeachable offenses and simple disgraceful performance by other officials at the recent hearings on the subject are not the subject of this series of articles). So I will continue from my point of departure in Part 1....
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Letters to the Editor
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"And That's the Way It Is..."
by L. Neil Smith
The other day I saw somebody complaining that long-respectable, often revered institutions are collapsing all around us. Government for one: governors, state legislators, judges, senators, representatives, presidents, generals, and admirals are all turning out to have feet of clay, right up to their navels. The police are nothing more now than another urban gang to avoid or, in the worst case, defend yourself from.
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TNM's Official Response To White House
by Bob Phipps
The White House recently responded to a petition on their "We The People" website regarding the issue of Texas independence. Below is the official response from the Texas Nationalist Movement.
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Comments on the 2nd Amendment
by "Finn"
First let me preface my remarks by stating that I am not a 'gun guy'. I do not hunt. I do not target shoot. I do not collect guns. I do not belong to the NRA. I do not live in a 'rough' part of town. I own no guns, nor have I ever needed to have one. The last time I fired a shot in anger was in 1968. That being said, there are many people today, (myself included), who have a deep (and a legitimate), distrust of the government.
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The Americans With No Abilities Act
by Unknown
President Barack Obama and the Democratic Senate are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition.
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Haberdashery
by A.X Perez
Recently I acquired a Texas Star 2 piece belt buckle. It's a cheap copy of a Confederate uniform buckle. I'll probably replace it down the line with a better version of the same thing. I'm from Texas and a bit of a history nerd (professional requirement if you think about it.).
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The Flu Vaccine
A Necessity or Unnecessary Evil, You Decide

by Dawn Eckel
IAPP-NWU KANSAS CITY: Fear resonates throughout the world as multiple flu cases and viral infections become widespread coast to coast. The most common decision plaguing individuals during this time is whether to vaccinate themselves in an effort to escape the plight of several missed days at work, crouched in pajamas, riddled with symptoms varying from aches, pains, sniffling, coughing and fever. In some cases escalating to camping out in their home lavatory to pay penance to a porcelain god in the form of vomiting until they're exasperated and writhing from dry heaving for hours on end.
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Proper Forms of Resistance
by Paul Bonneau
I suppose it's beginning to dawn on people that we are in a country at war. No, not a war with Yemen, or whatever other Middle Eastern plunderzone du jour is on the menu. What I mean is war between the ruling class and the people the rulers think of as peons—us.
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Musings of a Libertarian Buddhist
by Ish Calleros
Recently, I was challenged by an Obama supporter friend of mine. A fellow "Buddhist" as to my views on gun control. The fact that I thought guns kept people safe from criminal and tyrannical activity apparently disqualified me from walking as did The Buddha. This statement already illustrates the problem at hand. Coercion.
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The "Left" is NOT anti-war!
The Kaptain's Log

by Manuel Miles, aka Kaptain Kanada
I often read articles bemoaning the absence of the "left" from the anti-war movement these days. People ask why "liberals" only oppose the imperial wars when a "right wing" Republican is the president of the empire but not when a "liberal" Democrat is leading the slaughter. The answer is simple: the "left-liberal" types are not against war—especially not imperial war.
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Message to a Mini-Statist
by L. Neil Smith
I butted into a conversation earlier today that was being held on a Facebook page dedicated to defining the principles and practices of a free society. Despite the tenor of our times (or likelier because if it), I think this sort of thing is more important than it's ever been.
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What Monopoly of Force?
by Paul Bonneau
I was reading Sobran's excellent article The Reluctant Anarchist, in the context of the current imbroglio about firearms, when it struck me how inadequate the notion is, that "The essence of the state is its legal monopoly of force." In virtually all articles where I have seen it mentioned, it is expressed as a given, as unquestionable, that the state has a monopoly of force or of violence. Yet how descriptive of reality is this notion?
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The Tension within American Exceptionalism
by Wendy McElroy
The concept of American exceptionalism is a key foundation of American freedom and militarism, individualism and imperialism. The meaning of the term seems to be elastic, changing through time and depending upon the purpose of each speaker. It has suffered a fate similar to the word "liberalism" in drifting far from its historical roots.
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Atlantea The Beautiful No. 213
by L. Neil Smith and Rex May
Number 213 of a weekly cartoon series.
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The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to acquire 7,000 5.56 x 45-mm NATO "personal defense weapons" (PDW)—also known as "assault weapons" when owned by civilians. The solicitation, originally posted on June 7, 2012, comes to light as the Obama administration is calling for a ban on semi-automatic rifles and high capacity magazines.
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