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Great closing line

By Varrin Swearingen | October 30, 2008 - 10:59 PM |May 21, 2014 Freedom

This whole video is good, but the closing line is fantastic V-

Dishonest journalism

By Varrin Swearingen | October 27, 2008 - 9:57 PM |May 21, 2014 Freedom

This article was a great read. Here’s the text: Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? By Orson Scott Card Editor’s note: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of … Continue reading →

Redistribute the Wealth

By Varrin Swearingen | October 27, 2008 - 2:22 PM |May 21, 2014 Freedom

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This came across my email and I thought it is a good enough illustration to pass along… Redistribute the Wealth Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read “Vote Obama, I need the money.” I laughed. Once in the restaurant my server … Continue reading →

Blaming Liberty for the State’s Depredations

By Varrin Swearingen | October 24, 2008 - 4:44 AM |May 21, 2014 Freedom

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I won’t past the text, but I’d encourage you to read this article on Lew Rockwell. It’s an excellent response to an article that appeared in Newsweek blaming the financial collapse on libertarianism. Both trade barbs (the statists started it, mind you), but both present clearly contrasting views of the … Continue reading →

Hot Air Baloon

By Varrin Swearingen | October 4, 2008 - 3:53 PM |May 21, 2014 Freedom

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This was cute enough I thought I should repost it. Hot air balloon A woman in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude and spots a man fishing from a boat below. She shouts to him, ‘Excuse me, can you help me. I promised a … Continue reading →

Jennifer Horn for House

By Varrin Swearingen | October 3, 2008 - 4:02 PM |May 21, 2014 Freedom

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In a bizarre twist, New Hampshire’s Republican Senators Judd Gregg and John Sununu voted yes on the $700 Billion boondoggle bailout bill and New Hampshire’s Democratic Representatives Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter voted no. Shame on the Republicans and kudos to the Democrats (disclaimer: I’m running for office as a … Continue reading →

Visiting Part 1

By Varrin Swearingen | September 27, 2008 - 4:44 PM |May 21, 2014 Faith, Freedom

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This week, we’ve done a lot of catching up with friends. I’ll highlight one of those visits in my next entry. Here’s a summary of the rest of them, some of whom haven’t been mentioned before in this blog (hence the introduction tag). On Tuesday, we finally made our way … Continue reading →

My friends are libertarians

By Varrin Swearingen | September 6, 2008 - 11:04 AM |May 21, 2014 Freedom

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My friends are libertarians. I knew I had a lot of libertarian friends, but until today, I couldn’t have given you any statistics. Thanks to the Advocates for Self Government and their Facebook application, now I not only know my own score, but the scores of all of my friends … Continue reading →

The RNC

By Varrin Swearingen | September 5, 2008 - 8:20 PM |May 21, 2014 Freedom

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I’m on my way home now from the Republican National Convention. I spent the last two days there and was able to watch in person as both Sarah Palin and John McCain gave their acceptance speeches. Several things caught my attention at the convention. Some of this qualifies as news … Continue reading →

You vote, we decide

By Varrin Swearingen | September 4, 2008 - 12:15 PM |May 21, 2014 Freedom, Travel

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America has voted. John McCain is the Republican nominee for President of the United States of America. That decision, for practical purposes, was made well prior to the Republican National Convention this week in St. Paul. But officially, the decision had not yet been made until last night. I was … Continue reading →

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