Epitaph?

"To grasp the horror of military Keynesianism, consider this statistic: By 1990, production for the Department of Defense amounted to 83 percent of the value of all manufacturing plants and equipment in the US. Only 17 percent of the US manufacturing base actually made products not meant to kill."--Trends for Downsizing the US: The Bright Side of the Panic of ‘08, Sunday, 27 January 2008, Christopher Ketcham

Monopoly buster

... the monopoly of the use of force [by government] is a European concept. It’s not an American one. A State Monopoly in violence is explicitly forbidden by the 2nd Amendment, just as a State Monopoly on press, assembly, or church is forbidden by the 1st. --Dan tdaxp, Ungoverned Megacites, 03 Nov 07 at 9:57 pm,

Pots & kettles

What exactly does it mean when the biggest bully on the block -- the U.S. Government, for example -- calls someone else a "troublemaker?" --L. Reichard White, Oct. 28, 2007