LDS Freemen
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Archive for December, 2009:
Health-Care Reform and Wealth Re-distribution
One of the biggest contributors to personal bankruptcy in America is health-care debt. This can be created in a number of ways: an accident, such as breaking your arm; as people get older their bodies begin to shutdown; people can be born with conditions requiring constant medical care; and in many ...
Letter to a Christian Young Man Regarding Joining the Military
[Originally published by Laurence Vance at LewRockwell.com on February 13th, 2009. Re-published with permission.]
The following letter was sent to a Christian young man I know who was considering joining the military. He hasn’t joined as of yet, and I hope and pray that he doesn’t. I am posting this letter ...
Who Said This?
"We will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable."
"We will continue to use every element of our national power to disrupt, to dismantle and defeat the violent extremists who threaten us, whether they are from Afghanistan or Pakistan, Yemen or Somalia, or anywhere where ...
Property Rights: The Foundation of Freedom
The right to own property is essential to maintaining a free society. The Founding Fathers of the United States considered property ownership as a God-given foundational right, and this belief was the underlying cause of the American Revolution. The doctrine of property rights was so important, that it was canonized ...
A New Year for Patriotism
America has long been on an IV drip of political poison, its vitality and well-being slowly being sapped as a result. This steady erosion of liberty has been augmented to an increased dosage in the past year under the rule and reign of Mr. Obama, his authoritarian Czars, and a ...
Mormon Scholars Testify
My initial study of the Gospel quickly turned to reading various works of scholarship. I've read 90% of Hugh Nibley's works, and many other Mormon scholars. An interesting new website was just launched titled "Mormon Scholars Testify". I don't know how often it will be updated, but I'll be following ...
Anybody Else Feel This Way?
I'm glad the health-care bill passed. The federal government is already bankrupt. Anything that will help push it over the edge, such as this and the new stimulus bill, will be a blessing in disguise, don't you think? Or am I off-base? Let's here your thoughts in the comments!
Philosophy vs. Conspiracy
Anyone who has worked in support of the liberty movement knows an unfortunate truth: it is all too often associated, rightly or wrongly, with "conspiracy theories" -- those all too often unsubstantiated, speculative viewpoints on various topics such as the assassination of JFK, the attempted assassination of Reagan, 9/11, the ...
What Conservative/Liberal Division?
This letter the the manager of WTOP Radio by Donald Boudreaux is too good not to share:
Mr. Jim Farley, Station Manager
WTOP Radio
Washington, DC
Dear Mr. Farley:
Each time your station runs a comment by Colbert King, Cal Thomas, and other pundits, your anchors announce “WTOP brings you commentary and analysis from both ...
The First Christmas – A Libertarian Event, Too
Christmastime is arguably the best time of the year. We all know the reasons why, though many forget. My intention with this short essay is not to examine those, the most important parts. Rather, what I thought I'd share here are the details that make the Christmas story a libertarian ...
The 28 Principles of Liberty: Principle 18
"The Unalienable Rights of the People are Most Likely to be Preserved if the Principles of Government are Set Forth in a Written Constitution."
The one weakness of the Anglo-Saxon common law, was that it was unwritten. Due to the fact that the whole people were aware of the principles, they ...
The Hyper-Sexual Indoctrination of Children
In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley writes of a dystopian future in which children are raised on sexual gratification and regular drug use as basic staples of entertainment and psychological well-being. So ingrained in the culture is this practice that the “brave new world” in which the characters live considers ...
In Defense of Ebenezer Scrooge
I couldn't believe it when I saw it. A defense of that universally-loathed villain Ebenezer Scrooge. I recently came across this exceptionally written piece and absolutely must share it. I should warn you, however, that reading this may well destroy for you what is regarded as a well-beloved Christmas story. ...
Global Trade is Good
Global trade (globalization) is a good thing. Despite what those who protest it believe, globalization is the best way to end poverty throughout the world. To demonstrate that point, I want you all to watch a documentary by Johan Norberg called Globalization is Good. Johan Norberg is also the author of ...
What is Morally Right About Economic Freedom
This is a great lecture by the Rabbi Daniel Lapin at the 2009 Austrian Scholars Conference, held at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. He explores, in a very lively and entertaining way (he is Jewish, after all) what is morally right about economic freedom. That to exchange ...
Government Charity
The latest from Jacob Hornberger is a lesson to remember:
As we reflect on Christmas during the holiday season, let us also reflect on how the socialistic welfare state, with its process of forcible taking and redistributing people’s money constitutes a grave violation of the laws of God. Let us also ...
The 11th Commandment of the Book of Mormon
FORWARD
Early in 2009 I took the time to express my concerns about alarming events going on in the world to my Stake President that I felt should be of concern to him and our Stake.
He asked if I was getting my own revelation and why he hadn't seen what ...
Preamble to The Bill of Rights
In celebration of today, Bill of Rights Day, I share the preamble of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution (emphasis added):
The Bill of Rights
The First 10 Amendments to the
Constitution as Ratified by the States
December 15, 1791
Preamble
Congress of the United States
begun and held at the City of New ...
10 Tenets of Freedom
Fantastic list created by Jacob Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation, detailing 10 tenets of freedom. Excerpts from each tenet, read the entire 2-part article here:
Income Taxation
How can a person be considered truly free if the state has the power to take whatever percentage of income it wants from ...
Health-Care Reform and Wealth Re-distribution
One of the biggest contributors to personal bankruptcy in America is health-care debt. This can be created in a number of ways: an accident, such as breaking your arm; as people get older their bodies begin to shutdown; people can be born with conditions requiring constant medical care; and in many ...Letter to a Christian Young Man Regarding Joining the Military
[Originally published by Laurence Vance at LewRockwell.com on February 13th, 2009. Re-published with permission.] The following letter was sent to a Christian young man I know who was considering joining the military. He hasn’t joined as of yet, and I hope and pray that he doesn’t. I am posting this letter ...Who Said This?
"We will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable." "We will continue to use every element of our national power to disrupt, to dismantle and defeat the violent extremists who threaten us, whether they are from Afghanistan or Pakistan, Yemen or Somalia, or anywhere where ...Property Rights: The Foundation of Freedom
The right to own property is essential to maintaining a free society. The Founding Fathers of the United States considered property ownership as a God-given foundational right, and this belief was the underlying cause of the American Revolution. The doctrine of property rights was so important, that it was canonized ...A New Year for Patriotism
America has long been on an IV drip of political poison, its vitality and well-being slowly being sapped as a result. This steady erosion of liberty has been augmented to an increased dosage in the past year under the rule and reign of Mr. Obama, his authoritarian Czars, and a ...Mormon Scholars Testify
My initial study of the Gospel quickly turned to reading various works of scholarship. I've read 90% of Hugh Nibley's works, and many other Mormon scholars. An interesting new website was just launched titled "Mormon Scholars Testify". I don't know how often it will be updated, but I'll be following ...Anybody Else Feel This Way?
I'm glad the health-care bill passed. The federal government is already bankrupt. Anything that will help push it over the edge, such as this and the new stimulus bill, will be a blessing in disguise, don't you think? Or am I off-base? Let's here your thoughts in the comments!Philosophy vs. Conspiracy
Anyone who has worked in support of the liberty movement knows an unfortunate truth: it is all too often associated, rightly or wrongly, with "conspiracy theories" -- those all too often unsubstantiated, speculative viewpoints on various topics such as the assassination of JFK, the attempted assassination of Reagan, 9/11, the ...What Conservative/Liberal Division?
This letter the the manager of WTOP Radio by Donald Boudreaux is too good not to share: Mr. Jim Farley, Station Manager WTOP Radio Washington, DC Dear Mr. Farley: Each time your station runs a comment by Colbert King, Cal Thomas, and other pundits, your anchors announce “WTOP brings you commentary and analysis from both ...The First Christmas – A Libertarian Event, Too
Christmastime is arguably the best time of the year. We all know the reasons why, though many forget. My intention with this short essay is not to examine those, the most important parts. Rather, what I thought I'd share here are the details that make the Christmas story a libertarian ...The 28 Principles of Liberty: Principle 18
"The Unalienable Rights of the People are Most Likely to be Preserved if the Principles of Government are Set Forth in a Written Constitution." The one weakness of the Anglo-Saxon common law, was that it was unwritten. Due to the fact that the whole people were aware of the principles, they ...The Hyper-Sexual Indoctrination of Children
In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley writes of a dystopian future in which children are raised on sexual gratification and regular drug use as basic staples of entertainment and psychological well-being. So ingrained in the culture is this practice that the “brave new world” in which the characters live considers ...In Defense of Ebenezer Scrooge
I couldn't believe it when I saw it. A defense of that universally-loathed villain Ebenezer Scrooge. I recently came across this exceptionally written piece and absolutely must share it. I should warn you, however, that reading this may well destroy for you what is regarded as a well-beloved Christmas story. ...Global Trade is Good
Global trade (globalization) is a good thing. Despite what those who protest it believe, globalization is the best way to end poverty throughout the world. To demonstrate that point, I want you all to watch a documentary by Johan Norberg called Globalization is Good. Johan Norberg is also the author of ...What is Morally Right About Economic Freedom
This is a great lecture by the Rabbi Daniel Lapin at the 2009 Austrian Scholars Conference, held at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. He explores, in a very lively and entertaining way (he is Jewish, after all) what is morally right about economic freedom. That to exchange ...Government Charity
The latest from Jacob Hornberger is a lesson to remember: As we reflect on Christmas during the holiday season, let us also reflect on how the socialistic welfare state, with its process of forcible taking and redistributing people’s money constitutes a grave violation of the laws of God. Let us also ...The 11th Commandment of the Book of Mormon
FORWARD Early in 2009 I took the time to express my concerns about alarming events going on in the world to my Stake President that I felt should be of concern to him and our Stake. He asked if I was getting my own revelation and why he hadn't seen what ...Preamble to The Bill of Rights
In celebration of today, Bill of Rights Day, I share the preamble of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution (emphasis added): The Bill of Rights The First 10 Amendments to the Constitution as Ratified by the States December 15, 1791 Preamble Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New ...10 Tenets of Freedom
Fantastic list created by Jacob Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation, detailing 10 tenets of freedom. Excerpts from each tenet, read the entire 2-part article here: Income Taxation How can a person be considered truly free if the state has the power to take whatever percentage of income it wants from ...LDSFreemen.com Newsletter
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LDS Liberty Podcast
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