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Refutation is simple
Monday, March 23rd, 2009All you have to do is just state something as a fact! Don't believe me? Watch how simple it is! When I saw his list of questions that he would supposedly refute, I was very interested in number 3: "Isn't having to work for a boss in capitalism the same as having ...
24: Torture is A-ok
Monday, January 12th, 2009A number of my friends have Facebook statuses (stati?) about the new season of 24. Apparently, they're doing a two night double header, in which they showed one episode last night to be followed by an additional one tonight. I feel compelled to comment on my thoughts of 24. I saw ...
The Kel Weaver Political Bit
Monday, December 8th, 2008My brother, whom I would describe as a Christian Fundamentalist Republican, once made a comment that I was "more right" than he was, simply because I wanted even less government than him. This seems odd to me, considering that I'm opposed to laws against gay marriage, drugs, or many other ...
Time To Bail On The Dollar
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008With the bailouts that have been going on over the past week, with Dictator Paulson pledging half of our national productivity to bail out failing financials, I think it's clear time to get out of the dollar. About two months ago, I had devised a plan. To buttress myself against ...
What If…
Thursday, November 20th, 2008David Z over at No Third Solution has a series of posts in which he talks in great detail about taxes that show he is way more knowledgeable about economic issues than I am. They are quite long, and I will admit to not have read all of them completely yet ...
Bill O’reilly – Liar Extraordinaire
Friday, November 14th, 2008It has recently been brought to my attention that during a recent Daily Show interview, Bill O'reilly - one of the worst big-government neocons - told Jon Stewart that he was an anarchist. Sure enough (check the 4:02 mark): That's right. Bill O'reilly, the same guy who could find no fault ...
Failblog captures the essence of government
Friday, November 14th, 2008I don't blag enough on this shared blag between John and I. So when I do these drive-by postings, I feel guilt that I've gone so long without providing something of actual substance. But regardless, here I go again. I will frequent FAIL Blag for laughs. Today, they had this gem: At ...
On the Use of Language
Monday, November 3rd, 2008As the economic collapse grows larger and larger, should it really surprise anyone that the parasitic government would begin to determine new ways to leech off of the citizenry? Behold. Obviously, private citizens cannot properly save for retirement themselves. No, instead we need a Social Security system Part II. But I don't ...
Educating for Anarchism, Blagnet.net edition
Friday, October 31st, 2008Mike over at nostate.com has an occasional post entitled Educating for Anarchism, in which he posts real life exchanges of his political beliefs with others. Below, you will find an exchange with my brother in a Facebook message thread (which sadly, is the best means he has of keeping in ...
Hamburgers
Friday, October 24th, 2008In a valient effort to not be very productive at work on a Friday, I stumbed across a group on Facebook that has a collection of amusing pictures. Like most of my college aged cohorts that populate Facebook, this group is unabashedly pro-Obama. He's the new Jesus, so sayeth the ...
A Question
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008For many of our readers here, it may be surprising to find that I am a veteran. It's not really something I bring up often, and typically when others do, I try to change the subject. I do have a post planned for the near future that addresses some of ...
Welcome Red and Black Readers!
Friday, September 12th, 2008Welcome esteemed readers of the Red and Black. Undoubtedly, some of you may have stumbled here from an article that was published today in the school paper. If you're interested - though the school actually almost produced my article word for word, for which I thank them - you can ...
It’s published
Friday, September 12th, 2008My last entry was published. You can see the entry here. It's only 9:44 in the morning, and I've already been told I'm an idiot.
Why I Don’t Vote
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Following yesterday's article in my University's paper, another writer wrote a follow up article which essentially praises both Presidential candidates. I'll admit, I didn't read the whole thing since the first few sentences seemed to be filled with glowing praise of politicians, and I'd rather not waste my time. Instead, I ...
Voting
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008My University's paper today had an opinions article in which the author announces his distaste for both of the political parties candidates. However, he still shows us his faith in Democracy - otherwise known as Mob Rule - when he states: I am a firm believer that by not voting, a ...
Government: The Demotivator
Monday, August 4th, 2008Because I love those zany demotivator posters: Courtesy of Despair, Inc.
Huzzah for the SCOTUS
Thursday, June 26th, 2008If I'm to understand http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/ correctly, it would seem that the Supreme Court just recently released their ruling on Heller vs. The District of Columbia which has decided that the second amendment protects an individuals right to bear arms. This is outstanding news. Therefore, I hereby declare today Second Amendment ...
The Drug War
Thursday, June 19th, 2008I realize that it's bad form for me - the one author of this website that hardly ever authors - to have my most recent article in several weeks be nothing more than a simple drive by linking, but you know what? I do what I want! Here, John Stossel makes ...
“Ralph’s ambition is to one day become a politician”
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Take a moment and read this article. No, really. You'll thank me. In fact, allow me to reproduce parts of it here for your enjoyment. Essentially, a kid in Texas - Ralph, whom I imagine looks kinda like this - stole his father's credit card and proceeded to run up a ...
Google’s Quote of the Day
Thursday, May 15th, 2008For those of you that have a personalized google page, I certainly hope y'all noticed the quote of the day. Sitting beside my news bar - which is filled with news about Bush's vision for the middle east, and the Edwards endorsement of Obama - lays a quote by Lord Acton, ...
Even Cartoons Get It
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Why are you looking at me like that? You act like you haven't seen me in a while or something. This past Sunday, lacking anything to entertain myself, I tuned into an episode of King of the Hill. The fates must have been smiling upon me that day because it turned ...
Giant Douche vs. Turd Sandwich
Thursday, February 7th, 2008A friend of mine, Chris, wrote a cheerful and optimistic note about the upcoming election on Facebook: Due to extreme boredom, a desire to exercise my brain, and the fact that I am still apparently unqualified to be hired for any job in the Athens area, I have decided to write ...
He Needs More Cowbell.
Monday, January 14th, 2008You've probably already read this. But regardless, I'm linking it anyway. Christopher Walken is awesome. Last Second Clarification Edit: It should be noted that this is not actually written by Christopher Walken (or at least I suspect heavily it is not - if it is, though, it would be much more ...
Habeas Wha?
Friday, December 28th, 2007Is posting a speech a total cop out when it comes to submitting a post? You bet. But that doesn't make this speech, concerning the ever growing disdain the Federal Government has for every American's natural right to habeas corpus, any less relevant. Please, enjoy the wonderful Judge Napolitano. ...
Rhino Repellant
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007Wow, it seems that by agreeing to begin a libertarian blag with my friend John, I seemingly have unleashed a monster onto the world. When he approached me with the idea, I was concerned that we would not have frequent enough updates. It seems this fear was absolutely unfounded, since ...
Defining Libertarianism
Friday, December 21st, 2007Welcome to Blagnet.net. It is our intention here to have a forum for the discussion of libertarian philosophy and how it applies to modern American politics. However, before we begin to do so, it is important, dear reader, for us to first clearly define what we mean when we say "libertarian". ...