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LDS articles, political commentary, principles of freedom, proper role of government by liberty-minded latter-day saints.
Archive for October, 2009:
Public Option is a Trojan Horse
This quick video shows all the big Democrat players talking about the public option paving the way to an eventual single-payer system. President Obama told reporters that those claiming the public option was a Trojan horse for such were lying. Who's lying? You decide, YouTube, 4m, 8s.
Democracy’s Most Critical Defect
Dr. Robert Higgs, Senior Fellow of the Independent Institute has explained the most critical defect of democracy, ie. it's effect in corrupting the people's moral judgement. An excerpt:
From a moral point of view, I am hard pressed to see how [elected officers'] employment status gives them a defensible right to ...
How The Free-Market Works
A great, readable short essay on the Austrian School of Economics' accurate view of how the free-market works was written by Daniel Krawisz for the Ludwig von Mises Institute. An excerpt:
As we see, production requires the convergence of several conceptually different elements. There must first be savings. Then there must ...
In Defense of Insider Trading
I've come across a very interesting argument in defense of insider trading, by George Mason University Economics Dept. chairman Donald Boudreaux, written for the Future of Freedom Foundation. Here' an excerpt, and you can go here for other resources on insider trading:
Perhaps the greatest benefit of insider trading is that ...
An Open Letter to Detractors of W. Cleon Skousen and His Works
In 2005, the year before his death, I had the opportunity to learn from a modern-day Founding Father, W. Cleon Skousen.
I, and others, sat before him as we studied the book, The 5000 Year Leap, asked questions and received commentary directly from the principle author of the book, Dr. W. ...
Foundation for an Ideal State–Part VI Enforcement of Law and Limited Government
This is an essential exercise for Latter-Day Saints to know how a government of liberty should be structured in order to safeguard freedom and individual rights against the judicial and legislative attacks that have eroded our inspired Constitution. This essay contains Principles 7, 8, 9 and 10.
This is a continuation ...
Introducing LDSFreedomNetwork.com
Over the years that I've been involved in creating websites such as LatterdayConservative.com and LDSFreedomForum.com, I've bookmarked other Freedom-related websites I've come across which were created by Latter-day Saints. I finally got around to implementing my idea of creating LDSFreedomNetwork.com.
LDSFreedomNetwork.com is basically a directory, or network, of website, Blogs and ...
Introducing LibertySearch.info
I'm happy to announce the creation of my latest website, LibertySearch.info. I'm constantly going to Google and searching for things on specific sites that I've come to trust as valuable resources on liberty. I decided to create a one-stop search that is limited to just those resources. Check out LibertySearch.info ...
Witness the Freest Market
Writing for the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Dan O'Connor does a fantastic job explained why the Internet is the freest market on Earth. Here's to hoping it stays that way and becomes even freer in countries like China. His introduction:
One of the few places in the world not yet plagued ...
Parasites & Freebies
I couldn't say this any better, so I'm going to post the whole thing. From Karen De Coster at LewRockwell.com. Her analysis at the end is spot-on. Statism is primitive in all it's forms:
Decivilization broke out at a Burlington Coat Factory store in Columbus, Ohio when some nutcase announced to customers ...
A Fool’s Game That is Partisan Politics
Fantastic article by economic-historian and Senior Fellow of the Independent Institute Robert Higgs on what he calls "a fool's game for the masses" that is partisan politics. He describes both major parties in great, though short, detail. His introduction:
Because I despise politics in general, and the two major parties in ...
Religious Freedom
Truly, this nation’s most important export is its constitution, whose great principles stand as a model “for the rights and protection of all flesh.”
Transcript of Elder Dallin H. Oaks speech given at BYU-Idaho on 13 October 2009.
My dear young friends, I am pleased to speak to this BYU-Idaho audience. I ...
Obama Deserved It
Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in a stunning decision...
As reported by the Associated Press on October 9, 2009 "President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision... " Most people would agree, Obama’s friends and foes alike, that it was "stunning" ...
End The Fed Now
There's one reason why the dollar has lost 95% of it's value since 1913, the economy experiences booms and bubbles, and then busts, government has grown, liberty has been lost, and massive, on-going wars have been financed all over the world. That reason is central banking. In the United States, ...
Following Satan’s Plan: the State as Enemy to God
Many liberty-loving Mormons base their politico-economic views on the pre-mortal war over agency versus force. In that war of ideas Satan’s plan was to rob man of his agency by forcing everyone to be good—a utilitarian utopia—while Jesus’ plan was to secure man’s agency and eternal right to choose—a moral ...
LDS Liberty Podcast – Warfare Part III
Listen Here
The False Gods We Worship by Spencer W. Kimball / Afghanistan and Iraq Wars / What is Seen and What Is Not Seen by Frederic Bastiat / Franken-Currency
Liberty & Property – Mises
Most of the works of Austrian School economics pioneer Ludwig von Mises are for the advanced reader. I have yet to really dive in and study his monumental works, such as "Human Action". He wrote smaller essays (much smaller) and the one I recently completed is titled "Liberty and Property". ...
Why Are We Punishing Cubans?
With a trade embargo? That's never made sense to me. We don't like the Cuban government, so we restrict trade between Americans and Cubans, punishing both Americans and Cubans. Where is the sense in that? And will Obama put an end to it? Sheldon Richman wonders the same in his ...
Surrendering Liberty
Too many surrender their birthright—liberty—for a mess of pottage: bondage
photo credit: cricechen
Difficult circumstances have many results, one of which being that a person’s true character is likely to be exposed throughout the process. In times of trial, the way a person acts or reacts is a raw indication of what their ...
Public Option is a Trojan Horse
This quick video shows all the big Democrat players talking about the public option paving the way to an eventual single-payer system. President Obama told reporters that those claiming the public option was a Trojan horse for such were lying. Who's lying? You decide, YouTube, 4m, 8s.Democracy’s Most Critical Defect
Dr. Robert Higgs, Senior Fellow of the Independent Institute has explained the most critical defect of democracy, ie. it's effect in corrupting the people's moral judgement. An excerpt: From a moral point of view, I am hard pressed to see how [elected officers'] employment status gives them a defensible right to ...How The Free-Market Works
A great, readable short essay on the Austrian School of Economics' accurate view of how the free-market works was written by Daniel Krawisz for the Ludwig von Mises Institute. An excerpt: As we see, production requires the convergence of several conceptually different elements. There must first be savings. Then there must ...In Defense of Insider Trading
I've come across a very interesting argument in defense of insider trading, by George Mason University Economics Dept. chairman Donald Boudreaux, written for the Future of Freedom Foundation. Here' an excerpt, and you can go here for other resources on insider trading: Perhaps the greatest benefit of insider trading is that ...An Open Letter to Detractors of W. Cleon Skousen and His Works
In 2005, the year before his death, I had the opportunity to learn from a modern-day Founding Father, W. Cleon Skousen. I, and others, sat before him as we studied the book, The 5000 Year Leap, asked questions and received commentary directly from the principle author of the book, Dr. W. ...Foundation for an Ideal State–Part VI Enforcement of Law and Limited Government
This is an essential exercise for Latter-Day Saints to know how a government of liberty should be structured in order to safeguard freedom and individual rights against the judicial and legislative attacks that have eroded our inspired Constitution. This essay contains Principles 7, 8, 9 and 10. This is a continuation ...Introducing LDSFreedomNetwork.com
Over the years that I've been involved in creating websites such as LatterdayConservative.com and LDSFreedomForum.com, I've bookmarked other Freedom-related websites I've come across which were created by Latter-day Saints. I finally got around to implementing my idea of creating LDSFreedomNetwork.com. LDSFreedomNetwork.com is basically a directory, or network, of website, Blogs and ...Introducing LibertySearch.info
I'm happy to announce the creation of my latest website, LibertySearch.info. I'm constantly going to Google and searching for things on specific sites that I've come to trust as valuable resources on liberty. I decided to create a one-stop search that is limited to just those resources. Check out LibertySearch.info ...Witness the Freest Market
Writing for the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Dan O'Connor does a fantastic job explained why the Internet is the freest market on Earth. Here's to hoping it stays that way and becomes even freer in countries like China. His introduction: One of the few places in the world not yet plagued ...Parasites & Freebies
I couldn't say this any better, so I'm going to post the whole thing. From Karen De Coster at LewRockwell.com. Her analysis at the end is spot-on. Statism is primitive in all it's forms: Decivilization broke out at a Burlington Coat Factory store in Columbus, Ohio when some nutcase announced to customers ...A Fool’s Game That is Partisan Politics
Fantastic article by economic-historian and Senior Fellow of the Independent Institute Robert Higgs on what he calls "a fool's game for the masses" that is partisan politics. He describes both major parties in great, though short, detail. His introduction: Because I despise politics in general, and the two major parties in ...Religious Freedom
Truly, this nation’s most important export is its constitution, whose great principles stand as a model “for the rights and protection of all flesh.” Transcript of Elder Dallin H. Oaks speech given at BYU-Idaho on 13 October 2009. My dear young friends, I am pleased to speak to this BYU-Idaho audience. I ...Obama Deserved It
Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in a stunning decision... As reported by the Associated Press on October 9, 2009 "President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision... " Most people would agree, Obama’s friends and foes alike, that it was "stunning" ...End The Fed Now
There's one reason why the dollar has lost 95% of it's value since 1913, the economy experiences booms and bubbles, and then busts, government has grown, liberty has been lost, and massive, on-going wars have been financed all over the world. That reason is central banking. In the United States, ...Following Satan’s Plan: the State as Enemy to God
Many liberty-loving Mormons base their politico-economic views on the pre-mortal war over agency versus force. In that war of ideas Satan’s plan was to rob man of his agency by forcing everyone to be good—a utilitarian utopia—while Jesus’ plan was to secure man’s agency and eternal right to choose—a moral ...LDS Liberty Podcast – Warfare Part III
Listen Here The False Gods We Worship by Spencer W. Kimball / Afghanistan and Iraq Wars / What is Seen and What Is Not Seen by Frederic Bastiat / Franken-CurrencyLiberty & Property – Mises
Most of the works of Austrian School economics pioneer Ludwig von Mises are for the advanced reader. I have yet to really dive in and study his monumental works, such as "Human Action". He wrote smaller essays (much smaller) and the one I recently completed is titled "Liberty and Property". ...Why Are We Punishing Cubans?
With a trade embargo? That's never made sense to me. We don't like the Cuban government, so we restrict trade between Americans and Cubans, punishing both Americans and Cubans. Where is the sense in that? And will Obama put an end to it? Sheldon Richman wonders the same in his ...Surrendering Liberty
Too many surrender their birthright—liberty—for a mess of pottage: bondage photo credit: cricechen Difficult circumstances have many results, one of which being that a person’s true character is likely to be exposed throughout the process. In times of trial, the way a person acts or reacts is a raw indication of what their ...LDSFreemen.com Newsletter
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LDS Liberty Podcast
- The Free Capitalist – Part I March 6, 2010
- Suffer the Illegal Immigrants February 27, 2010
- The Coming Apostasy February 20, 2010
- You Don’t Have To Be Poor February 13, 2010
- Who Owns Your Children and Ideas February 6, 2010
