Memage

And the young woman who labeled herself “the best slave” also clearly and beautifully demonstrates that it applies in only a very limited context.

Hoo boy ...

I’m finding some interesting, er, artifacts as I sift through stuff I’ve been carrying around for years. One thing that caught my attention last night is a copy of Fifth Estate’s spring/summer 2005 issue. I believe it was an essay—the title of which I’ve used for this ramble—that sparked something within me.

Rasmussen Reports recently announced the results of an interesting little poll of American voters, regarding the idea of “the consent of the governed”. Shall we poke around in the data a bit?

At least it was for a while in a Philadelphia restaurant.

I have a lot of conversations with folks who understand the growing problems and potential for disaster. Many of them are already well down the road to preparations for survival, many have just started, and most are somewhere between. Unfortunately, a few still cling to the idea that - if "we" ALL just would pay attention and DO SOMETHING - the old US Constitution could be resurrected, we could elect the "right people," and the police state would be gone.

I saw this article this morning and thought we might continue our discussion of the agora and its importance in our struggle for liberty. Kyle is a good friend, and a member of my FSW family - as well as a contributor to The Price of Liberty.

The deeper I get into Barzun’s biography, titled A Stroll With William James, the more tempted I am to come to that conclusion. For those uncertain as to what I mean by ecological psychology, it is a radical departure from the information processing theories that currently dominate the field. Too many—both layperson and academic alike—have let the brain–as–computer metaphor become the only way they can conceptualize what goes on in our wetware (see?); but of course, before computers (and even earlier, before machines), there were other ways of approaching this most intriguing set of questions. William James apparently did so in a way that presaged much of the ecological approach.

I’ve found something that will likely help with that ...

plus c’est la même chose.

Given how frequently I’ve been pointing to him of late, it probably comes as no surprise that I’m pointing to another essay by Peter Saint-Andre this morning.

My weirdnesses are many; and today I reveal another one. Over the years I have spent a fair amount of time and brain-cycles mulling over proverbs, clichés, and sayings, trying both to understand them and to put them into an optimal context for myself. Sometimes that is much easier said than done ... and that’s certainly the case with this one. It’s bothered me probably from the first time I heard it.

Wow. I just finished reading A Declaration of Separation at the (I hope) brand new Free and Unashamed blog (via Wendy McElroy). Wonky formatting aside, there’s little I can quibble about in it. I encourage all to read it, and if it resonates with you, help spread it.

A more accurate and "user friendly" term for the process commonly known as taxation.

- NonE

I first came across John Hasnas’ essay What It Feels Like To Be a Libertarian Tuesday, via Tooch’s commentary ... but I’d already ranted a bit and wasn’t up for another round. I tried to let go of my frustration from reading it, but it isn’t working ... so here I go again.