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Jun 1
agathokakologica1:

aggressive-opposition:

LOL. I’d like to know where the information on this picture comes from.

How about not.

3,000,000 new private sector jobs

Where? I can’t find any evidence of this except on Obama’s campaign website.

Smaller government

Are you kidding me? The entire purpose of the left wing is to increase government’s size. This is evident with Obamacare, higher taxes, the unbelievable inflation of entitlement spending, etc etc etc.

$2T in deficit reduction

Just a lie. In fact the national debt has increased by $3T.

Health Care Reform

Yeah, unconstitutional health care reform. Congratulations on the mandate that forces all of us to buy into a government program twice— once with our tax dollars, and another for the package itself, whether or not we want it. Then, all of the provisions our health care MUST cover, including ultrasounds for men. This ends up mismanaging and wasting even more tax dollars, contributing to bankrupting the country. Congratulations on your health care reform.

Wall Street Reform

While I like this in principle, how could anyone sign a bill into law that fails to address the chief reasons for the Wall Street collapse, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? And then after he announces later that he wants to cut them, he still doesn’t make good on that promise.

Saved the US Auto Industry

After the one of the largest bail-outs in American history failed, and he went with a plan that conservatives had been pressuring him to do anyway. So he achieved the same thing a conservative would have, but wasted a ton of tax dollars to do it.

All “bailout money” returned, with interest

Also not true, but it’s in the works. As of now, there is still $225B outstanding.

Three new trade agreements

One of these trade agreements, the Trans-Atlantic Partnership, is going to significantly increase imports, which will ban “Buy American” provisions and lead to a huge sweep of layoffs. But don’t worry, another one of these agreements is a relief program for all those people losing their jobs to support them with taxpayer money. What were you saying, smaller government?

Repealed DADT

Good. I will give him this. This is good.

Killed Osama Bin Laden

No he didn’t. The soldiers on the ground killed him. He was working off of intelligence from Bush’s administration. All Obama did was say OK. Since then, he has taken every opportunity he can to brag and take all the credit for this.
But while we’re talking about assassinations, let’s talk about a couple of things Obama can take credit for: The murder of Anwar Al-Awlaki and his sixteen year old son without any form of due process.

Rescued American Hostages

The SEALs did this, not Obama. Don’t give him credit for military operations until he puts on a bullet-proof vest, picks up a gun, and goes into combat himself.

Toppled Gadhafi without an American casualty

Yeah, that’s cause we were all in planes dropping missiles on a country that had problems that weren’t any of our business. So after we involve ourselves in a problem overseas, uninvited, we blow up a couple hundred of their civilians, many of whom were children. This is the kind of man I want as my president.

Unified the world against Iran

How is this an accomplishment? Iran’s leader might be nuts, but they don’t pose a threat. There is no evidence they are working on developing nuclear weapons. All that Obama is doing here is trying to spark another war in the middle east. This is the same rhetoric we heard with Iraq and Afghanistan.

Has the Arab League watching Syria

Again, if this is our problem at all, it should be under the United Nations, but it’s not. Why are we the world police? Why do people support this?

No tax dollars on BP clean-up

This is the wrong phrasing. This is a non-issue, it shouldn’t have even been on the table. It’s a private company, and they’re supposed to clean up their own mistakes.

More deportations per year than Bush

Which is something he promised not to do.

Fewer regulations than Bush.

To argue this is to argue that Bush was a good president, which he wasn’t. And while it is true that Obama has passed fewer regulations than Bush, he hasn’t repealed any of Bush’s regulations, and expanded on them immensely.

Supports states’ rights on medical marijuana

Nope. Obama has shut down more medical marijuana dispensaries than any other president, and has openly said he will not make any steps towards legalizing marijuana.

Ended the war in Iraq

This was never a war to begin with, as it was never approved by Congress. He’s still allowing drone strikes on Iraq, I wonder why that is?

Reduced military spending by $500B

Nope. More lies.

Increased veterans’ benefits very[sic] year

Increased benefits at the cost of higher co-pays sounds exactly like something Obama would do— forcing veterans to pay for more health benefits.

Saved the world from global financial collapse

No evidence of this, sorry. The world economy is still hanging in the balance. I wonder if this would be different if we hadn’t inflated the fiat currency so much with a corrupt federal reserve? Or if we had a gold standard instead, to prevent such things from happening?

Hired more border patrol agents than Bush

Again something he said he wouldn’t do, but you can take credit for that.

and he quit smoking……………………………………………………

not my concern, but good job.
Overall, not very impressed.
I am not in.
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agathokakologica1:

aggressive-opposition:

LOL. I’d like to know where the information on this picture comes from.

How about not.

3,000,000 new private sector jobs

Where? I can’t find any evidence of this except on Obama’s campaign website.

Smaller government

Are you kidding me? The entire purpose of the left wing is to increase government’s size. This is evident with Obamacare, higher taxes, the unbelievable inflation of entitlement spending, etc etc etc.

$2T in deficit reduction

Just a lie. In fact the national debt has increased by $3T.

Health Care Reform

Yeah, unconstitutional health care reform. Congratulations on the mandate that forces all of us to buy into a government program twice— once with our tax dollars, and another for the package itself, whether or not we want it. Then, all of the provisions our health care MUST cover, including ultrasounds for men. This ends up mismanaging and wasting even more tax dollars, contributing to bankrupting the country. Congratulations on your health care reform.

Wall Street Reform

While I like this in principle, how could anyone sign a bill into law that fails to address the chief reasons for the Wall Street collapse, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? And then after he announces later that he wants to cut them, he still doesn’t make good on that promise.

Saved the US Auto Industry

After the one of the largest bail-outs in American history failed, and he went with a plan that conservatives had been pressuring him to do anyway. So he achieved the same thing a conservative would have, but wasted a ton of tax dollars to do it.

All “bailout money” returned, with interest

Also not true, but it’s in the works. As of now, there is still $225B outstanding.

Three new trade agreements

One of these trade agreements, the Trans-Atlantic Partnership, is going to significantly increase imports, which will ban “Buy American” provisions and lead to a huge sweep of layoffs. But don’t worry, another one of these agreements is a relief program for all those people losing their jobs to support them with taxpayer money. What were you saying, smaller government?

Repealed DADT

Good. I will give him this. This is good.

Killed Osama Bin Laden

No he didn’t. The soldiers on the ground killed him. He was working off of intelligence from Bush’s administration. All Obama did was say OK. Since then, he has taken every opportunity he can to brag and take all the credit for this.

But while we’re talking about assassinations, let’s talk about a couple of things Obama can take credit for: The murder of Anwar Al-Awlaki and his sixteen year old son without any form of due process.

Rescued American Hostages

The SEALs did this, not Obama. Don’t give him credit for military operations until he puts on a bullet-proof vest, picks up a gun, and goes into combat himself.

Toppled Gadhafi without an American casualty

Yeah, that’s cause we were all in planes dropping missiles on a country that had problems that weren’t any of our business. So after we involve ourselves in a problem overseas, uninvited, we blow up a couple hundred of their civilians, many of whom were children. This is the kind of man I want as my president.

Unified the world against Iran

How is this an accomplishment? Iran’s leader might be nuts, but they don’t pose a threat. There is no evidence they are working on developing nuclear weapons. All that Obama is doing here is trying to spark another war in the middle east. This is the same rhetoric we heard with Iraq and Afghanistan.

Has the Arab League watching Syria

Again, if this is our problem at all, it should be under the United Nations, but it’s not. Why are we the world police? Why do people support this?

No tax dollars on BP clean-up

This is the wrong phrasing. This is a non-issue, it shouldn’t have even been on the table. It’s a private company, and they’re supposed to clean up their own mistakes.

More deportations per year than Bush

Which is something he promised not to do.

Fewer regulations than Bush.

To argue this is to argue that Bush was a good president, which he wasn’t. And while it is true that Obama has passed fewer regulations than Bush, he hasn’t repealed any of Bush’s regulations, and expanded on them immensely.

Supports states’ rights on medical marijuana

Nope. Obama has shut down more medical marijuana dispensaries than any other president, and has openly said he will not make any steps towards legalizing marijuana.

Ended the war in Iraq

This was never a war to begin with, as it was never approved by Congress. He’s still allowing drone strikes on Iraq, I wonder why that is?

Reduced military spending by $500B

Nope. More lies.

Increased veterans’ benefits very[sic] year

Increased benefits at the cost of higher co-pays sounds exactly like something Obama would do— forcing veterans to pay for more health benefits.

Saved the world from global financial collapse

No evidence of this, sorry. The world economy is still hanging in the balance. I wonder if this would be different if we hadn’t inflated the fiat currency so much with a corrupt federal reserve? Or if we had a gold standard instead, to prevent such things from happening?

Hired more border patrol agents than Bush

Again something he said he wouldn’t do, but you can take credit for that.

and he quit smoking……………………………………………………

not my concern, but good job.

Overall, not very impressed.

I am not in.

i-am-not-in.tumblr.com

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Why Obama has no swag

radterrorist:

List of Reasons to Vote Against Obama

Need help adding stuff to this, send me suggestions to my ask?

____________________________________________________

THINGS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW

1.       Drone strikes on innocent civilians

a.       Afghanistan

b.      Iraq

c.       Pakistan

d.      Somalia

e.      Libya

f.        Yemen

g.       Bush: 52, Obama: 260

h.      Almost 1000 civilians killed, 175 children

2.       Inflating college tuition

a.       Excessive Pell grants and scholarship increases take revenue from schools which forces them to increase tuition for all students

b.      More Pell grant and scholarship money is needed to cover inflated tuition

c.       Ultimately, the costs and benefits cancel each other out for students accepting grants, raising tuition costs for those that don’t and irresponsible spending of taxpayer money

3.       Iran

a.       Crippling sanctions, similar to Romney’s plan

b.      Trade sanctions

c.       Nuclear sanctions

d.      Not opposed to war with Iran

e.      Provocative

4.       National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

a.       Lied about vetoing the bill

b.      Allows for the indefinite detainment of American and non-American citizens without due process or being charged with a crime during wartime and peacetime, and not in a war zone by our military

c.       Insisted on this clause

d.      Bypasses the 1st, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th amendments

5.       Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

a.       International internet censorship bill

b.      Publicly opposed similar bills

c.       Signed ACTA in secret

d.      Similar behavior with CISPA

6.       Guantanamo Bay

a.       Publicly announced closing, yet GB remains open.

b.      NDAA makes closing of GB virtually impossible.

7.       Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks

a.       Arrested PFC Bradley Manning without charging him with a crime

b.      Held in captivity 18 months before being charged with a crime

c.       Declared by Obama on a talk show as guilty before his first hearing

d.      Tortured while in captivity

e.      Ridiculed for homosexuality by guards

f.        Forced to walk the military base naked every morning

g.       Sleep-deprived

h.      Forced to sleep naked and without pillows

i.         Charged with leaking a video to an international whistleblower website of ruthless American soldiers conscientiously murdering innocent citizens in Iraq and outright lying to higher command

8.       Assassination of American citizens w/o due process

a.       Ordered assassination by drone strike on Anwar Al-Awlaki, American citizen, suspected of promoting terrorism while in Yemen

b.      Also ordered similar assassination on his 16-year-old son, also American citizen

9.       Re-authorized the Patriot Act

a.       Allows for wire-tapping of phones

b.      Reading of emails

c.       Invasive TSA pat-downs and scans

d.      Bypasses American citizens’ right to privacy

e.      Repeals the 4th and 9th amendments

10.   Supports nation-building

a.       Supports demolishing foreign sovereign governments and replacing them with fixed puppet states

b.      Spent trillions of tax dollars doing this

11.   Raised national debt more than any other president

a.       During Bush, nat. debt raised $4.899T

b.      During Obama, raised $4.939T

12.   Illegal Wars

a.       Started unconstitutional war with Libya

b.      Continued unconstitutional war with Iraq

c.       Continued unconstitutional war with Afghanistan

d.      Violated the separation of powers by means of unilateral executive decisions more often than Bush/Cheney

13.   Healthcare Reform

a.       Healthcare mandate forces all Americans to buy expensive government healthcare

b.      Citizens pay double for this healthcare—paid with tax money, then bought

c.       Destroys competition, which raises prices

d.      Modeled after Hitler’s T-4 policy, constituted as a crime against humanity under Nuremberg Principles

e.      Gives government control of 1/6th of the US economy

14.   Appointment of Czars

a.       Appoints officials to bypass congressional oversight

b.      DREAM Act, see (2)

15.   Legalized torture

a.       Referred to as “advanced interrogation techniques”

b.      Directed justice department to cover up hundreds of cases of abuse, torture and even deaths under Bush’s administration

c.       As evident by (4), (6), (7)

16.   Authorized shutdown of many medical marijuana dispensaries

a.       Violates 10th amendment.

17.   Not an LGBT ally

a.       Does not support same-sex marriage, never has

18.   Engaged in actions to destroy the sovereignty of the United States

a.       Gave the International Monetary Fund more power over the US economy

19.   Keynesian economics

a.       Supports spending borrowed money

b.      Expects us to spend our way out of a recession

20.   Personal use of taxpayer money

a.       Michelle Obama used $375,000 to take one of many vacations in 2010

21.   Trans-Pacific Partnership

a.       Currently being negotiated

b.      Will effectively ban ‘Buy American’ policies

c.       Ruin our exports

d.      Cripple our GDP

22.   HR 347

a.       Criminalizes protest in the presence of Secret Service, the President, or any government building

b.      Bypasses and criminalizes 1st amendment

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paxamericana:

GOP Congressional Spokesman: ‘Let’s Hurl Some Acid At Those Female Democratic Senators’
How do you deal with female political opponents? If you’re the spokesman for Rep. Nan Hayworth’s (R-NY) re-election campaign, you might “hurl some acid” at them.
Jay Townsend, a longtime GOP communications director, proposed just that on a Facebook forum with constituents this week. The comment, which is still uphere (as of the time of posting), is in reply to another commenter named Tom.

paxamericana:

GOP Congressional Spokesman: ‘Let’s Hurl Some Acid At Those Female Democratic Senators’

How do you deal with female political opponents? If you’re the spokesman for Rep. Nan Hayworth’s (R-NY) re-election campaign, you might “hurl some acid” at them.

Jay Townsend, a longtime GOP communications director, proposed just that on a Facebook forum with constituents this week. The comment, which is still uphere (as of the time of posting), is in reply to another commenter named Tom.


May 31

Social Security Is Not Going Broke

liberalsarecool:

“Which federal program took in more than it spent last year, added $95 billion to its surplus and lifted 20 million Americans of all ages out of poverty?” finance columnist David Cay Johnston asks.

The answer? Social Security, which ended 2011 with a $2.7 trillion surplus—almost twice what was collected in personal and corporate income taxes during the same year and is expected to go on growing until 2021. Still, some claim that the program is “going broke” and must be privatized to be sustained.

Johnston disputes the claim that Social Security can’t sustain itself already and argues that its surpluses have been used to subsidize tax cuts for the rich.

Read that again: its surpluses have been used to subsidize tax cuts for the rich.

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Minarchism to Voluntarism in Ten Easy Steps

daisysnotebook:

kendraware:

conza:

A Guide for Constitutionalists

  1. No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority by Lysander Spooner
  2. Fallacies of the Public Goods Theory & the Production of Security by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
  3. On the Impossibility of Limited Government and the Prospects for a Second American Revolution by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
  4. Anatomy of the State by Murray Rothbard
  5. Market Anarchism As Constitutionalism by Roderick Long
  6. Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections by Roderick Long
  7. The Public Sector, III: Police, Law, and the Courts by Murray Rothbard
  8. The Production of Security by Gustave de Molinari
  9. Chaos Theory by Robert Murphy
  10. Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy? by Alfred Cuzán

I think I just found what I’ll be doing tonight.

Oh look, and I was just searching for books to read. 


May 30

paxamericana:

sinidentidades:

Georgia officer kicks 9 month pregnant black woman in the stomach, found not guilty

cosmopolitan-fascist:

“A police officer from Dekalb County, Ga. with a history of violent conduct kicked a heavily pregnant woman in the stomach in a recent incident that the officer’s superiors described as within department policy.


The incident occurred when officer Jerad Wheeler was called to the pregnant woman’s home to settle a dispute involving the woman’s brother and his partner. When her brother began arguing with the officer, nine month pregnant Raven Dozier said that Wheeler pulled out a taser and used it on him. When Miss Dozier started crying and asking the officer why he was resorting to such actions, Wheeler kicked her in the stomach, arrested her and charged her with obstruction of a police officer.


Thankfully, the child was not affected and was born healthy via an emergency C-section two weeks after the incident.


The charges against Dozier were dropped. “What kind of a human being kicks a pregnant woman?” said Dozier’s attorney Mark Bullman. “I mean, forget whether or not it is a police officer that is supposedly protecting people.”

In his incident report Wheeler claimed that he could not tell that Dozier was pregnant and that he kicked her out of self defense because she was acting aggressively. Wheeler described the kick as “a front push kick to the abdomen, as he was taught to do at the academy.” 


See link for video.

Considering that Indiana is charging a woman with murder after a suicide attempt while pregnant, shouldn’t this officer be charged with attempted murder?



May 29


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