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The Arizona “Buycott” at Tempe Stadium

Supporters of SB1070 showed up at Tempe Stadium in Arizona on Saturday 29, 2010 to support the controversial immigration law.
70% of the 10,000 stadium seats appeared to be filled by members of the Tea Party. They seemed enthusiastic, but not hateful. The vast majority appeared to be of European descent, but the event featured guest [...]

May 31st, 2010 Posted by rmasters | Politics | no comments

Arizona ACLU misleading on immigration law

The ACLU of Arizona considers Arizona SB1070 unconstitutional. The ACLU of Arizona claims that the new Arizona immigration law is unnecessary, but that does not make it unconstitutional.
In this article, we attempt to rebut some of the claims made by the Arizona ACLU. Before doing so, I would like to add that we consider ourselves libertarian [...]

May 2nd, 2010 Posted by eaglescout | Politics | one comment

The need for consequentialist libertarianism

The recent defection by Arlen Specter from the Republican Party along with John McCain’s embarrassing loss in 2008 is a strong indication that the Republican Party which was hijacked by Neoconservative terrorists for two presidential terms, is now losing steam.
Obama has surprised libertarians by moving in the opposite direction: no micromanagement or meddling in foreign [...]

April 28th, 2009 Posted by eaglescout | Iran, Iraq War, Libertarianism, Mexico, Neoconservatives, No Free Lunch, Opinion, Politics, War | no comments

Barack Obama wasting Energy

It turns out Barack Obama would rather leave the heater on at the Whitehouse than wear a jacket. Thank you for wasting energy, Mr. President.
Just kidding, President Obama, I would leave the heater on too, and forget all about Global Warming (which we all know is an invention by Al Gore, just like the internet).

January 30th, 2009 Posted by eaglescout | Analysis, Extreme Spin, Freedom, Obama, Politics, President Obama | no comments

Write-in Ron Paul or vote for Obama?

Here is a draft I prepared but did not finish this morning. At the last moment I changed my mind once more and did vote for Ron Paul.
Below are the reasons why I planned to vote for Obama. But before publishing it, I realized I was trying to side with the winner, (though I would [...]

November 4th, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | 2008 Election, Freedom, Libertarianism, McCain, Obama, Opinion, Politics, Ron Paul, Truth, Vote, World | no comments

It’s over for McCain

But let’s not forget why McCain would make a bad president in 2009:
1)  Wants to pursue the “War on Terror” in Iraq. But can never explain why.
2)  Doesn’t understand economics. (Ron Paul has tried explaining economics to him countless times.)
3)  Some of McCain’s retarded legislation as Senator included trying to kick Iran off the FIFA [...]

November 1st, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | 2008 Election, Analysis, McCain, Opinion, Politics, Psychology, Terrorism, War (Psychology) | no comments

Ron Paul on McCain and Obama

From an interview with Kieran Chetry with CNN:
Chetry: Congressman, have you heard anything from either of the presidential candidates about their economic plans that you think are good things that need to be implemented?
Paul: No, not really, but it’s tough to find out the good parts. I do think that John McCain has a better [...]

October 22nd, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | 2008 Election, Libertarianism, McCain, Obama, Politics, Ron Paul, Technology | one comment

Life after Ron Paul: Obama, Hillary and McCain dissected.

If you get busy, like me, you may have stopped following Ron Paul’s progress after the Primary results came in. It’s not that I lost interest in Ron Paul’s politics, but rather that I lost interest in modern U.S. presidential politics.
What are we left with as viable candidates? There is Obama, Hillary, and McCain.
Obama
Obama started [...]

March 1st, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | 2008 Election, Analysis, Libertarianism, Opinion, Politics, Ron Paul | 3 comments

A Quick Conversation with John Moody on Ron Paul Exclusion

I just got ahold of John Moody of FOX News.
I had wanted to speak to him about Ron Paul’s exclusion in the debates. Several Ron Paul supporters found and posted his direct office line so I called.
He was very polite. He thought I was calling about Duncan Hunter, then I said it was actually Ron [...]

January 6th, 2008 Posted by Insidious | 2008 Election, Commentary, FOX News, Journalism, Politics, Ron Paul, Truth | no comments

An Open Letter to Shepard Smith and Greta Van Susteren and the Media

You deserve praise for openly discussing Ron Paul on FOX News. I wonder if you had to take a pay a fine every time you said Ron Paul’s name, or for every second you discussed him. I know you will be getting a lot of positive emails from Ron Paul supporters.

Just one objection: You continue [...]

January 4th, 2008 Posted by eaglescout | 2008 Election, Commentary, Journalism, Politics, Role Models | no comments