"Unfettered Capitalism" - - -

"Unfettered Capitalism" = protected from competition -- usually by "regulation" -- (and/or subsidy) by a government. Otherwise "capitalists" are seriously fettered by "we the customers." Which is why the capitalists engineer protection -- usually by regulation -- (and/or subsidies) from a government.  --L. Reichard White, Saturday, July 20, 2013 10:54 AM

P.S. This is the ultimate result of what, when applied to bank bailouts, is called "moral hazard" as businesses learn how to get governments to underwrite their operations -- using taxpayers' money. 

Where Chaos Comes From

Chaos doesn't come from folks with many different ideas, it comes when someone tries to impose one of those ideas on everyone.  --L. Reichard White, Friday, July 05, 2013 11:31 AM

Seriously twisted priorities - - -

When someone points out a robber, murderer or Peeping Tom, do you go after the robber, murderer or Peeping Tom -- or do you go after the person who points them out? 

So why is Uncle Sam going after Mr. Snowden instead of going after the FBI, CIA and NSA? 

It's NOT us.

Always remember, The U.S. is NOT us. --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, June 25, 2013 5:17 AM

A little help please - - -

I heard yesterday that "There are some questions one just doesn't ask."  What are they so I can ask them?  --L. Reichard White, Sunday, June 16, 2013 2:48 PM

Necessity really IS a mother - - -

The greatest strength is not born until necessity readies the canal for birth. --Dr. Amanda Kim Case, Saturday, June 15, 2013 12:11 PM

What do you have to hide?

The correct answer when asked "What do you have to hide?" is, "I don't know, but with all the laws on the books, I'm sure there must be quite a few things." --L. Reichard White, June 15, 2013, 08:26:20

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Time for Plan B?

The Constitution & Bill of Rights applies only to and limits government, those who are elected and swear an oath to uphold them, and those they hire to help them to do that job.  Unfortunately, we-the-people trusted those documents, the oaths, and the honesty of politicians to abide by those limits.  Clearly, that didn't work. -L. Reichard White, June 12, 2013, 13:20:27

Responsibility or blame?

We cannot begin to sort ourselves out until we understand that there is such a thing as responsibility, that it has nothing to do with blame, that blame is a fixed, socially-agreed-upon thing, while responsibility is self-defined, something we choose to take upon ourselves independent of social agreements, and is only as great as we are great. -- Victims and Blame by Dean Blehert

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Do you support slave owners?

"To presume to have the authority to remove another's inherent right to self-determination is the assumption of the slave owner." --Dr. Amanda Kim Case, June 3, 2013

Bad girls - - -

Nearly all girls are bad girls some of the time.  --L. Reichard White, Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:54 PM

Why not UNBANK?

Having money in a bank is like having a joint account with the government. --Dr. Amanda Kim Case, Sunday, May 26, 2013 10:19 AM

Why not unbank?

WHY our teachers didn't tell us - - -

The sad thing is, our teachers didn't know they were lying to us. --Barbara Nutt Whetstine, Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:54 PM

Their secret weapon

"Courts and their costs are weapons of the well-funded." --L. Reichard White, May 13, 2013, 11:45:40

Surprised by the U.S.?

What do you expect from a fascist police state posing as a socialist democracy?  --L. Reichard White, Friday, May 03, 2013 5:22 AM

Creative accounting - - -

The way the unemployment rate is calculated, if everyone quit, we'd have 100% employment.  --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, April 09, 2013 8:31 AM

You can die safely - - -

The truth of the matter is, you can start with a mini-government and, if you're lucky, safely die before it seriously screws over your posterity - - - L. Reichard White, Saturday, April 06, 2013 5:55 PM

How to do anti-american propaganda

Anti-American propaganda is easy today - - - just tell the truth. --L. Reichard White, Wednesday, March 20, 2013 9:00 PM

IMPORTANT MESSAGE!!

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ALL ANTI-USA GROUPS -- YOU KNOW, Al'Qaeda, Iran, Venezuela most Moselm countries and all well-meaning folks everywhere: 

DO NOT GIVE THE FAILING GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON DC THE AUTOMATIC SUPPORT IT GETS WHEN "WE THE PEOPLE" ARE ATTACKED!! Switch off that back-pack nuke you've smuggled into the country, call off your anthrax plans -- even back off on those scary cyber attacks. 

Just step back and let Washington D.C. continue destroying itself. 

Thanks!

What controls governments?

Customers control businesses -- and can put them out of business by not patronizing them anymore.  What exerts the same control over governments?  --L. Reichard White, Friday, March 08, 2013 12:56 PM