It FITS!

"Well, it *is* the New York Times: All the news that fits the narrative."  --Gordon Runkle

Your choice

Who do you want guessing -- and gambling -- on what's going to happen next in the economy -- politicians and bureaucrats with your money, or businessmen with theirs? --L. Reichard White, Sunday, September 25, 2011 12:03 PM

How to get more spare time - - -

"[L]et's spend a little more time leaving everybody alone." --Clint Eastwood

Government doing nothing - - -

The government doing nothing isn't everyone doing nothing.  However, the government doing something often causes others to do nothing.  For several reasons.

1. Government uses up resources others would otherwise have to do something.

2. People assume that if the government is doing it, they don't need to. 

3. People worry that if they do something and the government doesn't approve, they may be prosecuted for doing something.   --L. Reichard White, Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:43 AM

The Standard of Deviation

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." ~Frank Zappa

War or revolution?

"War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.” --Anonymous via Jeffrey Jones

What ARE they good for?

What do governments provide that can't be provided by other organizations and/or means? --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:04 AM

Fiat ambience

Weimar times are always so sepia and brown. --Heidi Luckin on Facebook

What SHOULD you call it then?

"If a department of government creates more and more enemies that are so angry at you they will blow themselves up to get you, should you call that department a 'Defense Department?'" --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, August 02, 2011 12:33 PM

Why do governments collect taxes??

...governments do not collect taxes to provide services, they provide services as an excuse to collect taxes. --Richard J. Maybury, "Justice," Chapter 30, page 159

The rest of us - - -

Most men live lives of quiet desperation. The rest of us are vocal about it. --Jomama, Saturday, July 30, 2011 9:27 AM

Woodstock or Auschwitz?

When you let people do whatever they want, you get Woodstock. But when you let governments do whatever they want, you get Auschwitz. --Doug Newman, TSA Does Not Protect You. Period.

Establishment Lying: Master Plan?

...if you control the narrative - the initial story that's widely told and accepted - you control what everyone knows is true. For generations if not forever. --Victor Milan, Who lies first, determines Truth

Who determines modern truth?

Who lies first, determines Truth. --Victor Milan, Tragic Waste, Monday, July 25, 2011

He/she who lives by credit dies by credit:

There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. --Ludwig von Mises, Human Action (pg 572)

The difference it makes - - -

What's the difference between private sector and public sector?

In the private sector, the customer is always right. --L. Reichard White, Monday, July 24, 2011

Democracy!!

Democracy: You get to vote for who oppresses you. That's freedom. --Unknown

THE appropriate question

Unfortunately, the appropriate question when viewing Western Main Stream Media is, "Who paid you to lie?" --L. Reichard White, April 6, 2011

Humanitarian war?????

"The phrase 'humanitarian war' is an oxymoron." --Noam Chomsky

Seer?

"If the so-called "anti-terrorist bill" [U.S.A. Patriot Act] is indeed signed tomorrow in the expected form, it will be looked on by future historians as the end of the United States as even a quasi-constitutional state and the beginning of potentially the most repressive police state in the history of the world." --L. Reichard White, N+N" The BIGGEST One, October 25, 2001, 07:33:16