Complete Liberty Podcast

The need for courage, integrity, and certainty, to resolve the personal side of ethical and political contradictions in our relationships Episode: 947 The Next Thing (Part 1) by Stefan Molyneux http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/26/ Implications of the "against me" argument 927 Ron Paul and Politics versus Personal Liberty by Stefan Molyneux http://youtube.com/watch?v=0z-fhCFkISM http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_927_Ron_Paul_Politics_and_Personal_Freedom.mp3 http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/47/ The political contradiction of Objectivism's politics, which hinges on a collectivistic notion of a coercive monopoly; a couple extensive refutations: The Facts Of Reality: Logic And History In Objectivist Debates About Government by Professor Nicholas Dykes http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/philn/philn079.htm Laissez-faire, A More Enlightened View Of Capitalism—And Its Contradictions http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html Disproving the State: Four arguments again

How – Actually – Does the State Work? 'Do As You Are Told, Or We Will Kill You' by Jeff Knaebel http://www.lewrockwell.com/knaebel/knaebel19.html Methods of domination... People who really value liberty are not so organized The ridiculous sporting event of politics, where winning equals everyone losing The free state project http://www.freestateproject.org Direct, raw violence perpetrated by individuals "working" for government Is democracy relative? Any initiation of force is wrong, absolutely Unjust laws...ad naseum The floating abstraction of "the public"; trying to hide government's true aims through the use of euphemisms Molding the minds of youth via "public education," i.e., extortion-funded governmental education Arguments against the notion that taxation is extortion and aggression, which are of course illogical Sick dependency created by those in government The monstrous ethical contradiction of using force as the means to (attempt to) achieve benevolent ends Stossel in America - ABC 20/20 Freeloade

Must the Government Combat Americans’ Addiction to Foreign Bananas? by Robert Higgs http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/53228.html banana crises sidenote: http://www.slashfood.com/2008/02/24/the-great-banana-panic-continues/ Understanding free market economics and international trade, for the umpteenth time Resistance to the truth is aided by rationalizations http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rationalization.html Is Richard an 'merican?... Keene Man (Russell Kanning) to Auction Off Vote by Kat Kanning http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/209 Exposing the hypocrisy of political vote buying "Representatives" don't represent you; don't fall for the slavespeak THE ANATOMY OF SLAVESPEAK by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml Statement from Jason Gerhard (incarcerated friend of tax resistors Ed and Elaine Brown) http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node/197 Imposing "services" at gunpoint: the essence of government Parents forcing children to do things, which lea

Is RTR crackpottery? Judge for yourself: http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR Brutalization of the child "off limits" domains of morality Ethics: the relative and the objective Questioning the one-way street of authoritarian morality The psychological payoffs for evasion and obedience Catastrophizing http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/what-is-catastrophizing/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion Practicing RTR http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/stolenconcept.html Listening to feelings Questioning one's premises--can we look to peer-reviewed psych/phil journals for answers? Focusing on the psychological/philosophical essentials Being aware of the argument from morality The Argument From Morality by Stefan Molyneux http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/molyneux7.html The payoffs for love of domination--and for enabling it Experiments in liberty--questioning liberty is questioning oneself Having compassion for other people's feelings, and challenging "authority" http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rat

Early experiences with bad adult behavior Fear of authority and feeling a lack of authoritativeness It all starts with agreeing to the "invisible apple" A Transcript of Freedomain Radio Podcast 70: “The Parable of the Apple – or, How to control a human soul...” by Stefan Molyneux http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/how_to_control_a_human_soul.mp3 also in the book Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR Psychology of Education http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html Between Parent and Child - The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication by Haim Ginott http://tinyurl.com/598j76 The "normal" talk that drives kids crazy "Sanity depends on trusting one's inner reality," noted Ginott Honoring the volitional capacity of the child Parents' and teachers' love of dominion (as noted by Herbert Spencer) Misbehavior doesn't usually emanate naturally from the child "The child has a teacher within," noted Maria Montesso

The Dangerous Question by Marcel Votlucka http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/votlucka/votlucka2.html Why?...Do most individuals need/want Mommy/Daddy Government? Unquestioning adults as much less mature than children Kids are naturally predisposed to active-mindedness Ayn Rand's take on "Open Mind" and "Closed Mind" http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/openmindandclosedmind.html Listening to what your mind is telling you... Deism and Freedom by Robert L. Johnson http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/johnson/johnson1.html America is based on fear...What is fear? Punished for disobedience--the ties between Parents and Governments If we lived with our governmental oppressors... Which is worse: tyrannical parents or tyrannical employees of government? All political punishment is local Attila and the Witch Doctor...softening the bones and brain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_New_Intellectual by Ayn Rand For the New Intellectual by Ayn Rand http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_nonfiction_fo

Getting to the root of the problem Is depression increasing in society? Depressingly Easy by Kelly Lambert http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=depressingly-easy&sc=MND_20080731 Challenging one's silent assumptions Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns http://www.feelinggood.com/books.htm#book_fg http://www.feelinggood.com/ The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=35 Stop "Depressing" Checking one's conscious and subconscious premises Real-Time Relationships by Stefan Molyneux http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR False self vs True self The Art of Self-Discovery by Nathaniel Branden http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38 Living in accordance with rational self-interest and your own happiness WebWise Business: Where Confidence Grows, Cashflow Goes Chris Curtis of Web Business Ownership talks with Kirk Nugent on the VoiceAmerica Business Radio Network ht

A Foundation for Panarchy by Michael S. Rozeff http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff210.html Are there primary and secondary rights? Run for your life whenever you hear a governmental "official" talk about your safety and happiness... Does the Jeffersonian rhetoric hold water? Government's "securing rights" is a non sequitur Because ideas are bulletproof, it's important to understand their origin and influence, particularly authoritarian ones How does one provide one's "consent" to the government, while maintaining one's rights? Certainly not by birth and physical proximity Individual rights defined Implications for so-called intellectual "property" Gated communities and HOA's versus governments Interacting on entirely private property based on the rules of the owner(s) SamIam's Obscured Truth Network http://www.youtube.com/ObscuredTruth The State has no standing and no actual legitimacy Elections make a mockery of choice ("suggestion box for slaves") http://www.panarchy.org/ Government versus governance;

Collectivistic statist turf war insanity King rejects govt's resignation, for now by Robert Wielaard http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/17/king-rejects-govts-resignation-for-now-1/ Governmental "officials" tear markets apart and extol self-sacrifical "public service" D.C. Arrests Residents For Missing Jury Service by Keith L. Alexander http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/13/AR2008071301798_pf.html Forced "justice" makes perfect sense, doesn't it; coercion is "cooperation" Jurors are essentially slaves of judges; jury nullification is illegal, sayeth "the law" The legal system benefits government and lawyers and screws the enslaved "customers" Once again, voting and jury nullification are not needed to achieve liberty; rather, people's independent mindset is Legislature approves bill banning trans fats by Samantha Sondag http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/15/MN0111OTUA.DTL The 'land of ban' scoffs at the nature of property rights; public pressure is volu

Truthdig - Reports - The Hedonists of Power by Chris Hedges http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080623_the_hedonists_of_power/ Modern-day courtiers: The mainstream media Colbert stickin' it to The Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_at_the_2006_White_House_Correspondents'_Association_Dinner http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879 Fascism in America via State-created corporations Get rid of government--problems solved! Journalists' individual sacrifices Where people get their collectivistic fears... Ridiculous nation-state chest-pounding Philosophical rationalizations hide fears Stockholm syndrome writ large: Identifying with and apologizing for the actions of one's political abusers The youth in Iran as potential catalyst for positive change Dealing with political frustration Meddlings of governments as genesis of terrorism The individual values of journalists--or lack thereof Croc Dundee to tax authorities: 'Come and get me' http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx/?news=3

The Faux of July by Mike Wasdin http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/wasdin/wasdin1.html The nation of unwitting slaves; new planet shopping, anyone? Are Obama and McCain your typical Nazis? Declaration of Independence http://www.constitution.org/usdeclar.htm Ah, the land of collectivism, a place where all sorts of evils are supposedly sufferable The 'can-do' American spirit still exists and is vital to our future The nature of consent, contracts, breach of contracts, and unanimous consent Government, the antithesis of freedom Petition for redress of grievances; being humble has its drawbacks We The People Foundation http://www.givemeliberty.org/ The Lawsuit to Restore Constitutional Order http://www.givemeliberty.org/RTPLawsuit/InfoCenter.htm http://www.givemeliberty.org/RTPLawsuit/CourtFilings/ComplaintAmended-9-15-04.PDF http://www.wethepeoplefoundation.org/PROJECTS/Court-Docs/6700-2ndCirc-Full-Appeal-Oct-2007.pdf What makes jurisdiction? The contradictory concept of "state" and other deleterious collectivist

An Apolitical Approach To Libertarianism by Brain Police http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/04/05.aspx Voting as an lack of consumer choice Representatives don't represent you Supposed "checks and balances" Small government isn't beautiful; government itself is ugly to the bone Mississippi Drug War Blues, The Case of Cory Maye by Drew Carey http://www.reason.tv/video/show/403.html The folly of working for the State in order to get rid of the State False--and forced--"agency" Watered-down libertarianism, and its political rejection World's Smallest Political Quiz, and its erroneous divisions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Smallest_Political_Quiz Agorism and the informal (gray and black) market economy http://agorism.info/counter-economics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_economy Freedom Quotient--that is, Liberation Factor minus Enslavement Factor Economic Means to Freedom - Part X by Frederick Mann http://www.buildfreedom.com/economic/eco_10.html Participating in politics is

Legalize Every Drug by John Stossel http://www.nysun.com/opinion/legalize-every-drug/80204/ Myths, lies, and downright stupidity of fear-ridden control freaks, so-called drug "warriors" The liberty to make bad choices too Trying to make a contradiction exist (government) Why Have Governments? by Peter Namtvedt http://www.reasontofreedom.com/why_have_governments.html "...a million men serving in wretchedness, their necks under the yoke..." Fearing choices and obeying authoriteye Five Ways to Survive Any Disaster by Jen Phillips (interview with survival researcher Amanda Ripley) http://www.motherjones.com/interview/2008/06/five-ways-to-survive-disaster.html Government as perennial go-to organization during crisis! Government-issued "crutches" Information flow restricted by governmental "officials" An Apolitical Approach To Libertarianism http://mises.org/Community/blogs/brainpolice/archive/2008/04/05.aspx Problematic concepts that one accepts as valid, e.g., sacrifice Regardless of who you vote for, you're not

Rape by government; the nature of unsolicited "services" Cooperation versus coercion Imagine defending the statist position Roping us into a collectivistic nation My first introduction to libertarianism and its central flaw: Libertarianism in One Lesson by David Bergland http://www.theadvocates.org/onelesson-interview.html Capitalism fosters good will; government fosters ill will The Facts Of Reality: Logic And History In Objectivist Debates About Government by Professor Nicholas Dykes http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/philn/philn079.htm The public relations scheme of statism (our protector and provider) Can you be expected to obey unjust government? Casting off the 'Santa Claus' of the State Ayn Rand's contradiction of government - the coercive monopoly of the State Competing justice agencies based on the principle of individual rights Laissez-faire, A More Enlightened View Of Capitalism—And Its Contradictions http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html Preemptive initiation of force doctrine (i.e

Without responsibility there is chaos, i.e., government A thread on the truther message board http://9-11.meetup.com/279/messages/boards/thread/4766129/0 Anarchy is personal responsibility Rationalizations for State-run stuff, e.g., "education" Free riders and unfree "services" Turning the tables on the craziness Learner-driven education http://www.logicallearning.net/learnerdrivened.html Ending thuggery in education and coerced payment for it The Comprachicos by Ayn Rand Government school "socialization" leads to gang warfare The rapist in one's living room Everyday Anarchy Part 3 of 7 by Stefan Molyneux http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/molyneux/molyneux4.html Why people CAN handle complete liberty Why we must battle moral premises (or rather, immoral ones) bumper music "One" from Inquisition Symphony by Apocalypticahttp://www.apocalyptica.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697  

Government is disorder; no government is order (and sanity) This brilliant essay sums it up--from both an empirical/legal point of view as well as a logical one "The Obviousness of Anarchy" by John Hasnas http://www.mises.org/journals/scholar/hasnas.pdf http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/hasnasj/?action=viewpublications&PageTemplateID=109 bumper music "You Look Good To Me" by the Oscar Peterson Trio from We Get Requests album http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/releases/default.aspx?pid=10113&aid=2867 to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697  

Meaning of complete liberty L. Neil Smith's inspirational discussion of the future of freedom The race to the bottom with governments Unanimous consent and the utopian vision by L. Neil Smith http://www.lneilsmith.org/utopian.html Immense economic benefits of freedom--nearly everything becomes affordable "All my life I always really wanted..." Is respect for individual rights utopian? The contradictory "we" and illogical "public property" A New Covenant by L. Neil Smith http://www.lneilsmith.org/new-cov.html Liberty - The Liberty Poll Results - 20th Anniversary http://www.libertyunbound.com/archive/2008_06/poll.html Analyzing the questions and answers... The Facts Of Reality: Logic And History In Objectivist Debates About Government by Professor Nicholas Dykes http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/philn/philn079.htm Minarchism's inherent contradictions and thus rights violations Does your 'right to life' trump the property rights of others? Run 151 miles in the desert? No sweat by Amy Turner http://www.time

Living in The Matrix and seeing the ethical/political code A prison for your mind http://tinyurl.com/lje25 Ron Paul at Duke and The American Form of Government http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5335883552107085649&hl=en The political spectrum revised, in The American Form of Government http://youtube.com/watch?v=DioQooFIcgE Fears that stuff and then knock down the straw man of "Anarchy" http://www.Agorism.info - real anarchy Limited Government slavespeak: The proper amount of aggression makes everyone freer! "Law" and "the proper amount of government" as despotism and slavery "Social contract/compact"? Rather, wrongdoers should leave, not free marketeers Sausage making at its worst Those who favor using force against you Constitutional nonsense and self-sacrifice LP Party platform debate and minarchism/anarchism turmoil The Dallas Accord Is Dead by Less Antman http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/antman1.html Governmentally fostered vermin: biting bedbugs and crazy rasberry ants Vancouver's Bedb

Congress Passes Bill Barring Genetic Discrimination http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=bill-bars-genetic-discrimination The chronic ills health care reform Free market health insurance Violence and obedience being seen as beneficial Living in the Matrix and seeing the authoritarian code Fear arguments Subtle messages of parenting Extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation http://www.alfiekohn.org/ Cuba Lifts Ban on Home Computers http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/03/1236214 Life on Castro's plantation - and on ours... Iron Man's statist theme Little Brother by Cory Doctorow http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/littlebrotheraudiobook/ Hacking the System Rule-of-law Anarchism: A Strategy for Destroying the State's Legitimacy by Kevin S. Van Horn http://freeamerica.ws/BBB1/rule-of-law-anarchism.html The giant legal conflict of interest - government courts Michael van Notten and the four different meanings of law Customary law in a free society - mechanics of voluntarism The State as outlaw against individuals

Anarchy in your head - the Anarchy Boogey-man and people's fears http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2008/04/04/iron-fist-to-the-rescue/ Climate change alarmism - Is the sky falling? There Is A Problem With Global Warming... It Stopped In 1998 by Bob Carter http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/04/09/do0907.xml Putting things into perspective and examining fears of the free market and love of coercive control Climate and the Carboniferous Period http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/Carboniferous_climate.html Sorry to ruin the fun, but an ice age cometh by Phil Chapman http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23583376-7583,00.html Apparently, we're overdue for another ice age... Environmental grains of truth by an Objectivist... The Danger of Environmentalism by Michael S. Berliner http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?a532a6cc-17b3-424f-af03-6fbcc88a699f New solar technology...cool stuff No government in early America! Seriously! What it's going to take for Americans to make this