InformationLiberation.com | Unfortunately, we have once again been proven correct. As the Awlaki assassination shows and as the Jose Padilla case showed, the president now wields the omnipotent, non-reviewable power to round up, detain indefinitely, torture, and assassinate his own citizens — the same omnipotent, non-reviewable power that U.S.-supported dictators in the Middle East wield against their citizens.... - [More]

Posted: October 17, 2011 in Articles

LarkenRose.com | Someone told me about a recent Facebook poll, asking something like, “What would you do if you were President?” I find the question itself depressing, for several reasons. First of all, that anyone would want to be President is depressing. To want to be President means you think that, if given the power to control 300,000,000 people, you could make their lives better than if you just left them alone. What a fine combination of arrogance and insanity. Second, it’s a safe bet that almost everyone who answers the question will feel noble and compassionate as they do so, describing all the ways in which they would use such power to help mankind. They don’t understand that it is utterly impossible for “government” to help mankind, because all it ever does is initiate violence. You can’t help mankind by adding more immoral violence into society.... - [More]

Posted: March 30, 2010 in Articles