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		<title>T-Shirt Makes &#8216;Terroristic Threats&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jared Marcum, a 14-year old eighth grade honor student, is staring down the possibility of spending his next year in jail … for the crime of wearing an NRA t-shirt.
You see, according to "our" brave pansy-assed men in blue, Marcum "almost incited a riot." Like, OMG!

This right here, ladies and gentlemen, is reality today in [...]<p><a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com/shirt-makes-terroristic-threats/">T-Shirt Makes &#8216;Terroristic Threats&#8217;</a> is a post from: <a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com">Classic Liberal Blog</a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-109780" alt="NRA t-shirt" src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/nra-t-shirt.jpg" width="250" height="204" />Jared Marcum, a 14-year old eighth grade honor student, is staring down the possibility of spending his next year in jail … for the crime of wearing an NRA t-shirt.</p>
<p>You see, according to "our" <del datetime="2013-06-18T14:48:21+00:00">brave</del> pansy-assed men in blue, Marcum "almost incited a riot." Like, <em>OMG!</em><br />
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This right here, ladies and gentlemen, is <em>reality</em> today in our former "land of the free." And the only logical outcome of believing the lies and propaganda … blindly <a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com/because-they-hate-america/" target="_blank">supporting the criminal Status Quo</a>.</p>
<h3><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/06/eighth-grader-could-face-year-in-jail-for-wearing-nra-t-shirt/" target="_blank"><strong>Eighth Grader Could Face Year in Jail for Wearing NRA T-Shirt</strong></a></h3>
<blockquote><p>A West Virginia judge has ruled that an eighth grader who was arrested after <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/west-virginia-teen-arrested-wearing-nra-shirt-school/story?id=19017896" target="_blank">wearing an NRA t-shirt to school</a> will stand trial for obstructing an officer, a crime that can carry up to a year in jail and $500 fine.</p>
<p>Jared Marcum, 14, was charged last week after <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/teen-arrested-wearing-nra-shirt-at-school-19023318" target="_blank">wearing the shirt to school in April</a>. The shirt included the logo of the National Rifle Association, an image of a rifle, and words "protect your right."</p>
<p>Jared was asked to remove the shirt or turn it inside out by a secretary and then a teacher at Logan Middle School in Logan, W.Va. When he refused to do so he was brought to the principal, who called police.</p>
<p>The boy said that when police arrived at the school, they told him "sit down and shut up" and <strong>threatened to charge him with making terroristic threats</strong> when he tried to explain his side of the story.</p>
<p>Jared said he was detained in a room with the principal and two officers. He was unarmed and presented no threat to the officers or students, according to his lawyer. [emphasis added]</p></blockquote>
<p>The principle called the cops on the kid <em>???</em> … just another sad anecdote illustrating the degeneracy of Western Culture.</p>
<p>H/T goes to <a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/139869.html" target="_blank">Becky Akers</a>, who adds:</p>
<blockquote><p>I hope those of you who own a television are not so masochistic that you actually watched the Liar in Chief, who … <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/m/blogEntry?id=19424021&amp;sid=77&amp;cid=77&amp;ts=true" target="_blank">not only defended the NSA's spying on us to Charlie Rose</a> … he also called the espionage "transparent." Right, Liar. That would be why the whole world knew about it; poor Snowden could have saved himself the trip to Hong Kong since his news surprised no one.</p>
<p>But those measly little fibs didn't content Liar, so he also claimed that the NSA had not illegally eavesdropped on us. "What I can say unequivocally is that if you are a U.S. person, the NSA cannot listen to your telephone calls, and the NSA cannot target your emails … and have not."</p>
<p>Our Rulers bully and threaten to imprison a 14-year-old kid for wearing a T-shirt they dislike, but they allow a sociopathic liar to wander around loose on our dime.</p></blockquote>
<p>We're doomed.</p>
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Keep On Swinging
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Sunday Pinup&#160;&#160;&#160;Desert Plains&#160;&#160;&#160;Jessica Stroup
Cutie in Bikini&#160;&#160;&#160;Miss Panama Carolina Brid&#160;&#160;&#160;GOODSTUFF
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One day, my prayers are gonna be answered
For so long, I've been hungry for something else
When there's a will there's a way
I work hard because at the end of the day
The Lord helps those that help themselves
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Vanity&#160;&#160;&#160;Katerina Kurkova&#160;&#160;&#160;Amanda Seyfried
Girls With Guns&#160;&#160;&#160;Beware Siren&#160;&#160;&#160;If [...]<p><a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com/rule-5-keep-on-swinging/">Rule 5 Keeps On Swinging</a> is a post from: <a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com">Classic Liberal Blog</a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>It's Rule 5 Monday!</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;font-size:x-large;text-shadow: 1px 1px 0px #000038, 4px 4px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BPEWNZU/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00BPEWNZU&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=amorofgen-20" target="_blank">Keep On Swinging</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thepiratescove.us/2013/06/09/sorta-blogless-sunday-pinup-388/" target="_blank">Sunday Pinup</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://theothermccain.com/2013/06/02/rule-5-sunday-desert-plains/" target="_blank">Desert Plains</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com/white-rose-jessica-stroup/" target="_blank">Jessica Stroup</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gunsandbikinis.blogspot.com/2013/06/cutie-in-bikini.html" target="_blank">Cutie in Bikini</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://randysroundtable.blogspot.com/2013/06/thursday-nite-tart-on-friday_14.html" target="_blank">Miss Panama Carolina Brid</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://goodstuffsworld.blogspot.com/2013/06/goodstuffs-blogging-magazine-106th-issue.html" target="_blank">GOODSTUFF</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>One day, my prayers are gonna be answered<br />
For so long, I've been hungry for something else<br />
When there's a will there's a way<br />
I work hard because at the end of the day<br />
The Lord helps those that help themselves</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://http//daleygatordaleybabes.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/vanity-was-so-hot-in-her-day/" target="_blank">Vanity</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://laughingconservative.blogspot.co.uk/p/rule-5.html" target="_blank">Katerina Kurkova</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com/2013/06/rule-5-saturday-amanda-seyfried.html" target="_blank">Amanda Seyfried</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com/2013/06/girls-with-guns_8.html" target="_blank">Girls With Guns</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://continuationofpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/06/beware-siren.html" target="_blank">Beware Siren</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thepiratescove.us/2013/06/15/if-all-you-see-800/" target="_blank">If All You See…</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pitsnipesgripes.blogspot.com/2013/06/raquel-gibson.html" target="_blank">Raquel Gibson</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://knuckledraggin.com/2013/06/milfy-monday-again/" target="_blank">Milfy Monday</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://doubletroubletwo.blogspot.com/2013/06/bikini-babes-enjoy.html" target="_blank">Bikini Babes <img src="http://the-classic-liberal.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif?a28fed" alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://daleygatordaleybabes.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/kristen-weatherbee/" target="_blank">Kristen Weatherbee</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://thedaleygator.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/daleygator-daleybabe-paulina-rubio/" target="_blank">Paulina Rubio</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://thedaleygator.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/daleygator-daleybabe-julia-biniek/" target="_blank">Julia Biniek</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tallcooldrinkofwater.blogspot.com/2013/04/friday-funny.html" target="_blank">Cajun sex</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://jeffords.blogspot.com/2013/05/jenna-louise-coleman_18.html" target="_blank">Jenna-Louise Coleman</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://conservativehideout.com/2013/06/12/girls-and-guns-and-did-i-mention-links-june-12-2013/" target="_blank">Girls and Guns, and Links</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/2013/06/friday-night-babe.html" target="_blank">Friday night babe</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://thecampofthesaints.org/2013/06/08/rule-5-news-08-june-2013-a-d/" target="_blank">Rule 5 News</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://gunsandbikinis.blogspot.com/2013/06/anne-vyalitsyna-and-exotic-model.html" target="_blank"><em>Exotic</em></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com/2013/05/science-says-tattoos-make-women-look.html" target="_blank">Science Says …</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theospark.net/2013/06/unbelievably-hot-shendelle-schokman-at.html" target="_blank">Unbelievably Hot Shendelle Schokman</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://theferalirishman.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-bacon-song.html" target="_blank">Bacon!!!</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Hey hey, I keep my head down<br />
But I keep on swinging<br />
Hey, I keep my head down<br />
But I keep on swinging</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://odatat.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-friday-pin-up_14.html" target="_blank">Friday Pin Up</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://jeffords.blogspot.com/2013/05/nina-fjalestad-miss-norway.html" target="_blank">Nina Fjalestad</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thepiratescove.us/2013/06/09/if-all-you-see-794/" target="_blank">If All You See…</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fishersvillemike.blogspot.com/2013/05/singing-for-her-state.html" target="_blank">Miranda Lambert</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dustbury.com/archives/16519" target="_blank">Colbie Caillat</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2342327/Pippa-serves-cheeky-guide-Wimbledon-Shes-teased-home-spun-advice-Miss-Middleton-giving-tennis-tips-magazine-say.html" target="_blank">Pippa's Cheeky guide to Wimbledon</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.frombearcreek.com/wordpress/?p=8127" target="_blank">Gingermageddon</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com/2013/06/morning-mistress_14.html" target="_blank">Morning Mistress</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com/2013/06/women-prefer-boobs.html" target="_blank">Women Prefer Boobs …</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/amyodell/bottomless-is-the-new-topless-nsfw" target="_blank">The New Topless</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://blackmailersdontshoot.com/2013/06/06/pretty-girls-on-a-thursday-pin-up-edition/" target="_blank">Bikini Girls with Machine Guns</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/2013/05/friday-night-babe_31.html" target="_blank">Denise Richards</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://daleygatordaleybabes.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/brit-bliss/" target="_blank">Brit Bliss</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://daleygatordaleybabes.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/rosie-jones/" target="_blank">Rosie Jones</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://thedaleygator.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/daleygator-daleybabe-tugba-ercan/" target="_blank">Tugba Ercan</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jeffords.blogspot.com/2013/05/stephanie-cayo.html" target="_blank">Stephanie Cayo</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://thecampofthesaints.org/2013/06/08/rule-5-saturday-157/" target="_blank">Lindsey Anne Strutt</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thepiratescove.us/2013/06/14/if-all-you-see-799/" target="_blank">If All You See…</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://evilbloggerlady.blogspot.com/2013/05/but-im-cheerleader-so-i-cant-be-criminal.html" target="_blank">But I'm A Cheerleader</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://thehostages.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/big-boob-friday-110/" target="_blank">Big Boob Friday</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://paleoconcommandcenter.blogspot.com/2013/03/yes-we-can.html" target="_blank">Yes, We CAN!</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Right now, somebody's counting my money<br />
So much that they can't see the top of the stack<br />
When there's a will there's a way<br />
That money's gonna find my hand one day<br />
And when it does, I ain't looking back</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://randysroundtable.blogspot.com/2013/06/thursday-nite-tart-on-friday.html" target="_blank">Chloe Pridham</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com/2013/05/sharknado.html" target="_blank">Sharknado!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://randysroundtable.blogspot.com/2013/05/thursday-nite-tart_30.html" target="_blank">Chandler Lawson</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://daleygatordaleybabes.wordpress.com/2013/06/08/candace-smith/" target="_blank">Candace Smith</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tcmag.com/magazine/nina_agdal_4_sloggi_bikini_2013/" target="_blank">Nina Agdal 4 Sloggi Bikini</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://knuckledraggin.com/2013/06/down-to-8-lives/" target="_blank">8 lives…</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jeffords.blogspot.com/2013/05/diora-baird.html" target="_blank">Diora Baird</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.journal14.com/2013/06/08/rule-5-blogging-glamour-girls/" target="_blank">Glamour Girls</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://conservativehideout.com/2013/06/05/girls-and-guns-and-did-i-mention-links-june-5-2013/" target="_blank">Girls and Guns and Links</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-about-some-dodge-ball.html" target="_blank">How About Some Dodge Ball?</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com/2013/06/rule-5-saturday-denise-richards.html" target="_blank">Denise Richards</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com/2013/06/rule-5-saturday-rebecca-romijn.html" target="_blank">Rebecca Romijn</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com/2013/06/late-night-ladies_14.html" target="_blank">Late Night Ladies</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wrif.com/mancave/2013/06/12/amazingly-hot-video-of-the-rock-girl-photoshoot-video#.Ub88dtfABpQ" target="_blank">Riff Rock Girl photoshoot!</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://gunsandbikinis.blogspot.com/2013/06/bedtime-babe.html" target="_blank">Bedtime Anyone?</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://continuationofpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/06/tuesday-tap-rack-and-bang_11.html" target="_blank">Tap, Rack, and Bang</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theospark.net/2013/06/monday-mopsies_17.html" target="_blank">Monday Mopsies</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://hopelesslysane.blogspot.com/2013/06/good-morning-yall_17.html" target="_blank">Good morning, y'all!</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thedaleygator.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/daleygator-daleybabe-michelle-sarmiento/" target="_blank">Michelle Sarmiento</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://thedaleygator.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/daleygator-daleybabe-marielle-jaffe/" target="_blank">Marielle Jaffe</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://thedaleygator.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/why-would-any-woman-this-hot-date-a-loser/" target="_blank">Karrueche Tran</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Hey hey, I keep my head down<br />
But I keep on swinging<br />
Hey, I keep my head down<br />
But I keep on swinging</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://batshitcrazynews.com/2013/06/sad-pathetic-and-bsc/" target="_blank">Sad, pathetic and BSC…</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://jeffords.blogspot.com/2013/05/alice-eve.html" target="_blank">Alice Eve</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thepiratescove.us/2013/06/11/if-all-you-see-796/" target="_blank">If All You See…</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thesmokingjacket.com/girls/lovely-lady-links-the-women-of-steel-and-more" target="_blank">Women of Steel</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://blackmailersdontshoot.com/2013/05/30/pretty-girls-on-a-thursday-this-ones-for-the-jocks-edition/" target="_blank">Pretty Girls on a Thursday</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.frombearcreek.com/wordpress/?p=8118" target="_blank">Animal's Manifesto, Part Eight</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://odatat.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-friday-pin-up.html" target="_blank">The Friday Pin up</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://conservativehideout.com/2013/05/29/girls-and-guns-and-did-i-mention-links-may-29th-2013/" target="_blank">Girls and Guns and Links</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/2013/05/vintage-babe-of-week_30.html" target="_blank">Linda Christian</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://knuckledraggin.com/2013/06/he-may-not-be-bright-but-he-aint-no-dummy/" target="_blank">He ain't no dummy</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com/2013/06/girls-with-guns_15.html" target="_blank">Girls With Guns</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dustbury.com/archives/16540" target="_blank">Joni James</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://daleygatordaleybabes.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/anna-konno/" target="_blank">Anna Konno</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thesmokingjacket.com/girls/ireland-baldwin-francesca-eastwood-bria-murphy-shayne-murphy" target="_blank">Offspring Bikini Battle</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://continuationofpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/05/becosplay-part-2.html" target="_blank">(Be)Cosplay</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://evilbloggerlady.blogspot.com/2013/06/blue-is-warmest-colour-also-known-in.html" target="_blank">La Vie d'Adèle</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://gunsandbikinis.blogspot.com/2013/06/sexy-models-lvett-venczlik-and-emily.html" target="_blank">Lvett Venczlik &#038; Emily Scott</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thepiratescove.us/2013/06/10/if-all-you-see-795/" target="_blank">If All You See…</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2339335/Taylor-Armstrong-celebrates-42nd-birthday-colourful-thong-bikini-plenty-poolside-PDA.html" target="_blank">Taylor Armstrong</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://jeffords.blogspot.com/2013/05/olivia-munn.html" target="_blank">Olivia Munn</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://coed.com/2013/06/17/miss-coed-megan-furlow-beautiful-bikini-model-photos/" target="_blank">Megan Furlow</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Hey, I keep my head down<br />
But I keep on swinging<br />
Hey, I keep my head down<br />
But I keep on swinging</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thedaleygator.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/daleygator-daleybabe-regina-hall/" target="_blank">Regina Hall</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/2013/05/sex-in-advertising_28.html" target="_blank">Sex In Advertising</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://daleygatordaleybabes.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/4602/" target="_blank">Maya Sano</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://knuckledraggin.com/2013/06/beauty-in-black-and-white/" target="_blank">Beauty in black and white</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://thelasttradition.blogspot.com/2013/06/rule-5-sunday-return-of-diana-dors.html" target="_blank">Diana Dors</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://pitsnipesgripes.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-little-saturday-diy.html" target="_blank">A little Saturday DIY …</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://theferalirishman.blogspot.com/2013/06/its-been-long-ass-week_14.html" target="_blank">It's Been A Long Ass Week …</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://doubletroubletwo.blogspot.com/2013/06/redneck-woman-video.html" target="_blank">Redneck Woman</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://jeffords.blogspot.com/2013/05/flashback-friday-lynda-carter.html" target="_blank">Lynda Carter</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wrif.com/mancave/2013/06/13/drunk-dancing-chick-ruins-wedding-video#.Ub88ZtfABpQ" target="_blank">Drunk Dancing Chick</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://odatat.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-friday-pin-up_31.html" target="_blank">Another Friday Pin Up</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/2013/06/vintage-babe-of-week.html" target="_blank">Vintage Babe</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com/2013/06/girls-with-guns_13.html" target="_blank">Girls With Guns</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com/2013/06/never-bet-against-redhead.html" target="_blank">Never Bet Against A Redhead</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thepiratescove.us/2013/06/12/if-all-you-see-797/" target="_blank">If All You See…</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://evilbloggerlady.blogspot.com/2013/06/women-of-sicily-rule-5.html" target="_blank">Sicily Rule 5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theospark.net/2013/06/bonus-totty_17.html" target="_blank">Bonus Totty</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://pitsnipesgripes.blogspot.com/2013/06/whos-up-for-game-of-beer-pong.html" target="_blank">Beer Pong Anyone?</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fritz-aviewfromthebeach.blogspot.com/2013/05/it-was-probably-their-day-off-for.html" target="_blank">Day Off for the Sequester</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/rihanna-stay-adult-contemporary-top-10_n_3453230.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment" target="_blank">Rihanna</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com/2013/06/late-night-ladies_9.html" target="_blank">Late Night Ladies</a></p>
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<p>So, what is <a href="http://rsmccain.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-get-million-hits-on-your-blog-in.html" target="_blank"><strong>Rule 5? (click here)</strong></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com/rule-5-keep-on-swinging/">Rule 5 Keeps On Swinging</a> is a post from: <a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com">Classic Liberal Blog</a></p>
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		<title>The White Rose with Jessica Stroup</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's Rule 5 Sunday!
"As Western Civilization is swept into the dust-bin of history, it is crucial for us to ask: what will replace it? What values, moral principles, economic understanding, and social practices will prevail in the future? You will not hear these questions asked by any of the establishment hacks – who will confine [...]<p><a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com/white-rose-jessica-stroup/">The White Rose with Jessica Stroup</a> is a post from: <a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com">Classic Liberal Blog</a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's <strong><em>Rule 5 Sunday!</em></strong></p>
<p><center><em>"As Western Civilization is swept into the dust-bin of history, it is crucial for us to ask: what will replace it? What values, moral principles, economic understanding, and social practices will prevail in the future? You will not hear these questions asked by any of the establishment hacks – who will confine themselves to refashioning statism in a "new and improved" package … They will continue to entertain us with trivia from the lives of the political sinners, but will not explore either the causes of, or the alternatives to, what brought down our freer and more prosperous culture … their minds do not work in any transcendent, principled manner. It is power, and power alone, that both impresses and motivates them."</em></center><br />
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<h2><strong>'Just Shut Up or Die'</strong></h2>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Doctor Murnau</span>: A crowd is easier to control than an individual. A crowd has a common purpose. The purpose of the individual is always in question.</em> — <strong>From the movie <em>Kafka</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-109671" style="margin: 0px 0px 2px 8px;" alt="Jessica Stroup one" src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/Jessica-Stroup-one.jpg" width="220" height="327" />My recent book, <a href="http://mises.org/document/6961/" target="_blank"><em>The Wizards of Ozymandias</em></a>, was dedicated "To the memory and spirit of Sophie and Hans Scholl and the White Rose, who reminded us what it means to be civilized." These young people – most in their teens or early twenties – lived in Nazi Germany and, fearing for the future of their country, took it upon themselves to write – and publicly distribute – leaflets critical of the government. They apparently operated from the premise that what transpired in their country was any of their business. They were soon found out, arrested on February 18, 1943, found guilty of "treason" on February 22, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Court_%28Germany%29" target="_blank">the People's Court</a>, and summarily beheaded that same day.</p>
<p>Modern-day voices of fascism, American style, have been urging the same kind of "due process" for such individuals as Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, and now Edward Snowden, who have had the "arrogance" – in the words of a few of their critics – to do what members of the White Rose did in the early 1940s: to make public the wrongdoings of the American government including such intelligence agencies as the NSA. Political, legal, and media hacks have been stumbling over one another to get in front of network cameras to denounce these men, and to demand the same kind of swift punishment as was meted out to the Scholls and other White Rose members. This vicious reaction has been so void of intellectual reflection as to lead some of the babblers to insist that Assange be tried for "treason," overlooking the technical detail that Assange is not even an American, but an Australian! But in an age of a presumed worldwide American empire, such a matter can be overlooked, along with all the other moral, legal, and constitutional niceties that have been dumped into the memory hole.</p>
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<p>The bankruptcy that is driving this campaign against truth-telling is shown by some of the content of the attacks on the accused: "Mr. Snowden doesn't even have a high-school diploma!" Well, what more needs to be said? The unstated presumption, here, is that this man hadn't even completed his government-school conditioning in the unquestioned power of the state. Had he graduated from high-school and gone on to college and graduate school, his conditioning in the statist mindset might have been completed. He might even have received a PhD or JD degree that would have allowed him to ascend to the upper heights of the establishment pyramid, from whence – like his accusers – he would not risk his position amongst other elitists.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-109677" style="margin: 0px 0px 2px 8px;" alt="Jessica Stroup three" src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/Jessica-Stroup-three.jpg" width="220" height="319" />If his lack of a diploma is not enough to condemn this young man, consider this: he had contributed $500 to the Ron Paul political campaign! Now the entire libertarian movement can be smeared as "traitorous." It is those who continue to ask questions about the legitimacy – or even the legality – of governmental behavior that undermine authority. If individuals are troubled by what the state is doing, they should confine their complaints to government officials! Speak truth to <em>power</em>, but never to the <em>powerless</em>! "Truth," as Mark Twain reminded us, "is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it." If you object to the corruption of the Mafia, take the matter up with your godfather! If you are critical of the corruption, violence, looting, wars, and other actions of the government, write a letter to your congressman – who has helped to create these conditions – and ask him to do something about it. Had the Scholls and other White Rose members addressed their complaints to the Gestapo, all problems would have been corrected, right? Right?</p>
<p>Messrs. Manning, Assange, and Snowden apparently took literally the message that has been plastered on public buildings, subways, airports, and billboards: "if you see something, say something." What the "something" is, and to whom your report is to be made, are never indicated, but the reaction of the hacks is clear: don't have that "something" be critical of the state or its owners!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-109680" alt="Jessica Stroup four" src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/Jessica-Stroup-four.jpg" width="450" height="300" /></p>
<p>Perhaps the most lackwitted condemnation of Mr. Snowden is found in the last resort to which all statists eventually come: the public opinion poll. More Americans condemn this man than support him. The Barrabas factor; turning to the well-conditioned mob, whose members probably <em>did</em> graduate from high-school, for the final verdict, has long served the interests of state power. Even now, idolaters of state power are hoping that the rest of us will remain firm in our conditioning, and join in their lynch-mob frenzy.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-109683" style="margin: 0px 0px 2px 8px;" alt="Jessica Stroup five" src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/Jessica-Stroup-five.jpg" width="220" height="357" />My judgements of other people have always rested on the nature of their actions, their demonstrations of character, and never on pedigree (however certified). Those whose behavior is grounded in respect for the inviolability of the life and property of others, who live peaceably with their neighbors, and who do not presume to use force to accomplish their purposes; impress me more than do people who can, without a break in meter, recite all the socially-correct bromides about peace, love, respect for others; but then resort to governmental coercion to resolve problems before them.</p>
<p>Those establishment defenders who condemn the Bradley Mannings, Julian Assanges, and Edward Snowdens, have yet to present an indictment that extends beyond the fact that these courageous men have spoken truths that embarrass the institutional power structure. Such consequences may be disruptive of the special interests of the establishment, but how ordinary people are harmed in the process is never explained. Snowden has revealed how the government has insisted on having access to every private piece of information regarding every American. If this is true, and if it serves any valid purpose of the state to have such power, how can it be wrong for Americans to be made aware of this fact? If the state is entitled to know everything about <em>us</em>, why aren't we entitled to know all the details of <em>state</em> action?</p>
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<p>The hacks' thoughtless reaction to these revelations is the familiar one: <em>it will help our enemies</em>. But who are the "enemies" who might benefit from knowing the details of the state's surveillance, wiretapping, e-mail snooping, DNA and medical records, and other attributes of "Big Brother"? In this regard, the hacks have unwittingly confirmed the insights of that noted 1950's social philosopher, Pogo Possum, when he advised that "we have met the enemy, and they is <em>us</em>." You and I are the foe most feared by those who keep their power over us through our state-induced fears, ignorance, and belief in their necessity.</p>
<p>As Western Civilization is swept into the dust-bin of history, it is crucial for us to ask: what will replace it? What values, moral principles, economic understanding, and social practices will prevail in the future? You will not hear these questions asked by any of the establishment hacks – who will confine themselves to refashioning statism in a "new and improved" package. The hacks are as bankrupt as the dying culture to whose withering tentacles of power they so desperately cling. They will continue to entertain us with trivia from the lives of the political sinners, but will not explore either the causes of, or the alternatives to, what brought down our freer and more prosperous culture. They will not engage in such depths of inquiry for one reason: their minds do not work in any transcendent, principled manner. It is power, and power alone, that both impresses and motivates them.</p>
<p><img src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/Jessica-Stroup-seven.jpg" alt="Jessica Stroup seven" width="450" height="626" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-109692" /></p>
<p>As more soldiers die from <em>suicide</em> than from <em>combat</em>; as other soldiers earn medals while killing hundreds or even thousands of Afghan and Pakistani civilians with drones they control from facilities outside Las Vegas; as the police-state continues to metastasize; as the looting of the citizenry continues to benefit corporate-state interests who pay little, if any, taxes; and as the general material, spiritual, and socially-supportive nature of a decent society continues its decline, it is evident that all of mankind – including Americans – will need to engage in some highly-focused, principled, long-term thinking if we (i.e., ourselves, children and grandchildren, and species) are to survive this collective madness.</p>
<p>Manning, Assange, and Snowden have challenged each of us: will we, as the hacks and their owners continue to insist, do as we have been trained to do, namely, mind our own business and do as we are told by those in authority? Or shall we, like these courageous men – and the White Rose members before them – have the <em>individualized</em> "arrogance" to believe that the fate of mankind <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>is</em></span> our business, and that we have a responsibility to act, with focused and peaceful energy, to help extricate ourselves from the collective arrogance of power that is destroying us?</p>
<p><img src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/Jessica-Stroup-eight.jpg" alt="Jessica Stroup eight" width="450" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-109693" /></p>
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<p><strong>"Just Shut Up or Die"</strong> by Butler Shaffer is reprinted from the <a href="http://lewrockwell.com/" target="_blank">LewRockwell.com</a>.</p>
<p>Butler Shaffer teaches at the Southwestern University School of Law. He is the author of the newly-released <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VFPAR8/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004VFPAR8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=amorofgen-20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>In Restraint of Trade: The Business Campaign Against Competition, 1918–1938</em></a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1595263497/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1595263497&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=amorofgen-20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Calculated Chaos: Institutional Threats to Peace and Human Survival</em></a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZDP0P4/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003ZDP0P4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=amorofgen-20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Boundaries of Order</em></a>. His latest book is <a href="http://mises.org/document/6961/" target="_blank"><em>The Wizards of Ozymandias</em></a>.</p>
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<p><img src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/Jessica-Stroup-nine.jpg" alt="Jessica Stroup nine" width="450" height="300" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-109697" /></p>
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<p><strong>What is </strong><a href="http://rsmccain.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-get-million-hits-on-your-blog-in.html" target="_blank"><strong>Rule 5</strong> (click here)<strong>?</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Stroup" target="_blank">Jessica Stroup</a> (born October 23, 1986) is an American actress and comedienne, best known for her role as Erin Silver on <em>90210</em>. She is regarded as a scream queen for starring in the horror movies <em>Prom Night</em>, <em>Vampire Bats</em>, <em>Left in Darkness</em>, and <em>The Hills Have Eyes 2</em>.</p>
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<p><img src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/Jessica-Stroup-ten.jpg" alt="Jessica Stroup ten" width="450" height="528" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-109698" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>A Stroup Bonus!</em></strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com/white-rose-jessica-stroup/">The White Rose with Jessica Stroup</a> is a post from: <a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com">Classic Liberal Blog</a></p>
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		<title>theCL Report: The Scowling Face of the State</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to Earn $333,000 Without Working a Day
Pimco Total Return Fund Cuts Treasury Holdings
The Fed Tapeworm Is 'Tapering,' Or So We're Told
I.O.U.S.A.'s Leadership Deficit 5 Years On (Yawn … stretch … ho, hum)
The most anti-business administration ever
States Propose Fees on Hybrids to Cover Gas Tax Losses
I'd Like A Refund, Please
Do online courses spell the end [...]<p><a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com/thecl-report-scowling-face-state/">theCL Report: The Scowling Face of the State</a> is a post from: <a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com">Classic Liberal Blog</a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/10/How-to-Earn-333000-Without-Working-a-Day/" target="_blank">How to Earn $333,000 Without Working a Day</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/06/pimco-total-return-fund-cuts-treasury.html" target="_blank">Pimco Total Return Fund Cuts Treasury Holdings</a></p>
<p><a href="http://barelyablog.com/the-fed-tapeworm-is-tapering-or-so-were-told/" target="_blank">The Fed Tapeworm Is 'Tapering,' Or So We're Told</a></p>
<p><a href="http://dailyreckoning.com/americas-leadership-deficit/" target="_blank">I.O.U.S.A.'s Leadership Deficit 5 Years On (Yawn … stretch … ho, hum)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://classicalvalues.com/2013/06/the-most-anti-business-administration-ever/" target="_blank">The most anti-business administration ever</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/economics/item/15673-states-propose-fees-on-hybrids-to-cover-gas-tax-losses" target="_blank">States Propose Fees on Hybrids to Cover Gas Tax Losses</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ericpetersautos.com/2013/06/13/id-like-a-refund-please/" target="_blank">I'd Like A Refund, Please</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/nov/11/online-free-learning-end-of-university" target="_blank">Do online courses spell the end for the traditional university?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://dollarvigilante.com/blog/2013/6/4/why-you-shouldnt-read-about-paul-krugman-while-drinking.html" target="_blank">The 'Paradox of Thrift' Nonsense</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/this-is-what-crisis-feels-like-a-personal-story-it-all-changed-literally-within-a-day_06122013" target="_blank">This Is What Crisis Feels Like: "It All Changed. Literally Within A Day …"</a></p>
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<blockquote><p>If you believe in collectivism, then exposing the creepy privacy-obliterating spying of your government on the citizens it claims to protect is called treason. If you believe in individual liberty, this is merely called telling the truth. And speaking truth to power in a government as thoroughly corrupted as the US government is an act of bravery. &mdash; <strong>Jeff Berwick</strong></p></blockquote>
<p><img src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/061413a.jpg" alt="BMX" width="450" height="327" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-109582" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailypundit.com/?p=72865" target="_blank">They. Are. Liars.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-lois-lerner-menace/" target="_blank">The Scowling Face of the State</a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.independent.org/2013/06/10/what-the-state-fears-most-revelations-of-thetruth-about-the-state/" target="_blank">What the State Fears Most &mdash; Revelations of the Truth about the State</a></p>
<p><a href="http://bigthink.com/risk-reason-and-reality/why-we-let-politicians-lie-the-difference-between-being-lied-to-and-lied-for" target="_blank">Why We Let Politicians Lie.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/nsa-phone-records-obama-george-bush-92352.html" target="_blank">George W. Bush's '4th term'</a></p>
<p><a href="http://conservativesonfire.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/the-nsa-scandal-is-the-best-thing-that-has-happened-to-america-in-a-hundred-years/" target="_blank">The NSA Scandal Is The Best Thing That Has Happened To America In A Hundred Years</a></p>
<p><a href="http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2013/06/politicians-are-now-expert-smartphone-designers-demand-theft-deterrent-kill-switch/" target="_blank">Politicians are now expert smartphone designers, demand theft deterrent kill switch</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/06/feds-ultimate-solution/" target="_blank">The Feds' 'Ultimate Solution' to Curb Distracted Driving</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.lsrebellion.blogspot.com/2013/06/theyre-ba-ack.html" target="_blank">Support Statism: It's the &quot;patriotic&quot; thing to do.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/06/13/warrantless-surveillance-and-partisan-hypocrisy/" target="_blank">Warrantless Surveillance and Partisan Hypocrisy</a></p>
<blockquote><p>The state is not armed with superior wit or honesty, but with superior physical strength. I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is strongest. &mdash; <strong>Henry David Thoreau</strong></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://barelyablog.com/the-republic-has-been-lost-it-is-now-a-dictatorship/" target="_blank">'The Republic Has Been Lost. It Is Now A Dictatorship'</a></p>
<p><a href="http://reason.com/archives/2013/06/11/gene-healy-it-cant-happen-here-just-did" target="_blank">The Very Real Threat Posed by the NSA</a></p>
<p><a href="http://jacobinmag.com/2013/06/david-brooks-the-last-stalinist/" target="_blank">David Brooks: The Last Stalinist</a></p>
<p><a href="http://fff.org/2013/06/12/who-were-the-patriots-and-traitors-in-nazi-germany/" target="_blank">Who Were the Patriots and Traitors in Nazi Germany?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwar/" target="_blank">The Secret War</a></p>
<p><a href="http://battlefieldusa.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/invoking-the-mother-of-all-boos/" target="_blank">Invoking the Mother of all Boo's …</a></p>
<p><a href="http://antiwar.com/blog/2013/06/13/data-hungry-surveillance-is-never-enough/" target="_blank">Data Hungry: Surveillance Is Never Enough</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-state-secrecy-leads-to-war/" target="_blank">How State Secrecy Leads to War</a></p>
<p><a href="http://conservativehideout.com/2013/06/13/have-you-considered-a-career-in-the-nsa/" target="_blank">Have You Considered a Career in the NSA?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/12/the-military-industrial-complex-is-real-and-it-s-bigger-than-ever.html" target="_blank">The Military-Industrial Complex Is Real, and It's Bigger Than Ever</a></p>
<blockquote><p>As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board. &mdash; <strong>James Bovard</strong></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/06/14/obama-pledges-indirect-support-to-al-qaeda-mccain-applauds/" target="_blank">Obama Pledges Indirect Support to Al Qaeda. McCain Applauds.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/13/poll-congress-new-level-of-awfulness/" target="_blank">Poll: Congress' new level of awfulness</a></p>
<p><a href="http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/1037/We-DO-Have-Some-Problems-Here.aspx" target="_blank">We DO Have Some Problems Here</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/study-america-is-breeding-criminals-by-imprisoning-too-many-teenagers-2013-6" target="_blank">America Is Breeding Criminals By Imprisoning Too Many Teenagers</a></p>
<p><a href="http://wyblog.us/blog/immigration/reform-mandates-natl-biometric-db.html" target="_blank">Immigration reform bill establishes a national biometric database of all Americans</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/when-can-the-government-read-your-email-2013-6" target="_blank">No One Is Talking About The Insane Law That Lets Authorities Read Any Email Over 180 Days Old</a></p>
<p><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/13/it-turns-out-there-might-be-a-slight-problem-with-the-state-departments-bureau-of-diplomatic-security/" target="_blank">Running me over and lying about it is how the State Dept does business, apparently</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/040744_euthanasia_children_mercy_killings.html" target="_blank">Euthanasia for children nears approval by Belgian Parliament; doctors to mass-euthanize children and Alzheimer's patients</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/11/federal-govermment-to-comply-with-new-york-morning-after-pill-ruling/" target="_blank">Obama administration says it will allow all girls to have morning-after pill access</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.sentryjournal.com/2013/06/13/some-thoughts-on-the-long-march-through-the-institutions/" target="_blank">Some Thoughts on the Long March Through the Institutions</a></p>
<blockquote><p>In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning, and cruelty. &mdash; <strong>Leo Tolstoy</strong></p></blockquote>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NSA scandal has resurrected perhaps the dumbest argument (non-argument, really) in all of American politics: Anyone who criticizes the government, especially the Almighty Security State apparatus, does so "Because they hate America." Companion non-arguments include throwing around the word "extreme" and implying association with "the left."
No matter how hard you try, "they hate America" [...]<p><a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com/because-they-hate-america/">Because They Hate America</a> is a post from: <a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com">Classic Liberal Blog</a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_109359" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><img class="size-full wp-image-109359" style="margin: 0px 0px 2px 6px;" alt="Those Boo-slims are everywhere!" src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/boo-slims.jpg" width="225" height="254" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><a href="http://battlefieldusa.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/pompous-asses/" target="_blank">"They daily shred our constitution, our liberty … then demand that anyone who … fesses up to our government unconstitutional shenanigans, is some kind of traitor."</a></p></div>
<p>The NSA scandal has resurrected perhaps the dumbest argument (non-argument, really) in all of American politics: Anyone who criticizes the government, especially the Almighty Security State apparatus, does so <a href="http://theothermccain.com/2013/06/10/the-dubious-heroism-of-edward-snowden/" target="_blank"><em>"Because they hate America."</em></a> Companion non-arguments include throwing around the word "extreme" and <a href="http://www.dailypundit.com/?p=72719" target="_blank">implying association with "the left."</a></p>
<p>No matter how hard you try, "they hate America" does not logically follow from "stop collecting info on innocent people without probable cause or reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing." This type of (non)argument is ridiculous on its face. Are we really supposed to believe the NSA's <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/edward-snowden-united-stasi-america" target="_blank">Stasi-like surveillance program</a> <em>IS</em> America?</p>
<p>Not the land, the people, the culture, the traditions, etc., these aren't America. No. … The federal government, as embodied by its most secretive, dangerous, and heavily-armed forces, <em>is America</em> herself?</p>
<p>Wow. Talk about creepy collectivist group-think.</p>
<p>Underlying all of these various <em>"they hate America"</em> outbursts is the collectivist theories of <a href="http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2125667?uid=3739728&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;uid=3739256&amp;sid=21102303130231" target="_blank">Jean-Jacques Rousseau</a>, who following Plato, identified the State and society as one. Contra America's individualist origins, this notion does not regard the State as an external force, nor a form of political association, the State is the very pith of civil society itself. Only the Messianic State can emancipate the individuals "latent germs of goodness heretofore frustrated by a hostile society."</p>
<p>Being that the State <em>is</em> society, any and all laws that exist we have therefore imposed upon ourselves. "Freedom" is then defined as the willing obedience of the law. In other words, the individual can only realize freedom through submission to State authority.</p>
<blockquote><p>What we don't see is that freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do. — <strong><a href="http://reason.com/blog/2007/08/15/freedom-is-about-authority" target="_blank">Rudy Giuliani</a>, popular "conservative" and 2008 Republican Party presidential candidate</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Hmmmm … Who is "peeling off" with the left again?</p>
<blockquote><p>The American heritage was one of individual liberty, personal responsibility and freedom from government … Today, it is the government that is free — free to do whatever it wants. There is no subject, no issue, no matter that is not subject to legislation. — <strong>Harry Browne, author, investment analyst, and twice the Libertarian Party presidential candidate</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Who's <a href="http://the-classic-liberal.com/helping-terrorists-win-since-911/" target="_blank">helping the terrorists win</a> by squashing our freedoms in the name of "security" and authority?</p>
<p>Something else to think about.</p>
<blockquote><p>The first appearance of modern totalitarianism in the Western world wasn't in Italy or Germany but in the United States of America. How else would you describe a country where the world's first modern propaganda ministry was established; political prisoners by the thousands were harassed … the national leader accused foreigners and immigrants of injecting treasonous "poison" into the American bloodstream; [and] newspapers and magazines were shut down for criticizing the government[?]</p>
<p>Philosophically, organizationally, and politically the progressives were as close to authentic, homegrown fascists as any movement America has ever produced. [They were] militaristic, fanatically nationalist, imperialist … [and] enamored of the Bismarckian welfare state. — <strong>Jonah Goldberg, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767917189/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0767917189&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=amorofgen-20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><em>Liberal Fascism</em></a></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>One more time … Who exactly is "peeling off" with the left?</p>
<p>And who doesn't want their <a href="http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2010/04/27/tea-party-hypocrisy-on-medicare-and-social-security/" target="_blank">"Bismarckian welfare" payments</a> cut? Hmmmm …</p>
<p>On top of confusing the State with society, doesn't "militaristic, fanatically nationalist, [and] imperialist" more or less describe <a href="http://www.cato-unbound.org/2011/03/11/douglas-b-rasmussen/neoconservatism-leo-strauss-foundations-liberty" target="_blank">neoconservative ideology</a>? Um, well, uh, uh … Let's not forget too, that neoconservatism is riddled with "former" <a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-purest-neocon/" target="_blank">Bolshevik</a> <a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/raimondo-horowitz-1994.pdf" target="_blank">red diaper babies <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-106338" alt="PDF" src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/03/pdf1.png" width="16" height="16" /></a>. Which explains why, when it comes to issues of State power, so many <em>hardcore "conservative" righties</em> find themselves siding with the likes of Obama, Biden, Mesdames <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/304635-nsa-leak-is-treason-says-sen-feinstein" target="_blank">Feinstein</a> and <a href="http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/lindsey-graham-on-tracking-down-snowden-censoring-postal-mail-and-donating-to-ron-paul-60902/" target="_blank">Graham</a>, and of course <a href="http://barelyablog.com/satans-little-republican-helper/" target="_blank"> Satan's Little Republican Helper</a>.</p>
<p>Let me try to help clear your collectivist delusions …</p>
<p>America is not the federal government. America is not any given federal government bureaucracy and/or program. America was founded in revolution against a central government. A patriot, in the famous words of Edward Abbey, <strong>"must always be ready to defend his country against his government."</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_109407" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><img class="size-full wp-image-109407" alt="Voltaire quote" src="http://images.the-classic-liberal.com/2013/06/voltaire.jpg" width="450" height="322" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><a href="http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/word-65/" target="_blank">Word</a></p></div>
<h3><strong>Who <em>Really</em> "Hates America"?</strong></h3>
<p>The vast, unaccountable, secretive <a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/" target="_blank">"security" bureaucracy</a> that <a href="http://www.kens5.com/news/local/Woman-with-prosthesis-claims-TSA-agent-made-her-feel-uncomfortable-210892231.html" target="_blank">feels us up</a> at airports, randomly stops us on the road, and spies on us in ways that would make the East German Stasi proud, is mush more reminiscent of the old communist U.S.S.R. than anything that could possibly be considered American.</p>
<p>Yet the <del datetime="2013-06-11T20:20:11+00:00">"conservatives"</del> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalist_(American_Revolution)" target="_blank">Loyalists</a> keep trying to enforce their perverted, State-centric version of "patriotism" by calling the defenders of liberty "traitors," and gleefully <a href="http://theothermccain.com/2013/06/04/adrian-lamo-is-a-hero/#disqus_thread" target="_blank">calling for the heads</a> of those who upset the American Stasi? Get real.</p>
<p>Who "hates America" again?</p>
<p>Meanwhile the <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/06/nsa_in_2000_hey_lets_rethink_the_fourth_amendment.html" target="_blank">Fourth Amendment</a> is dust, <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2013/06/07/wsj-big-brother-also-collecting-credit-card-transactions/" target="_blank">credit card transactions</a> are tracked and analyzed, <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2013/06/06/breaking-fbi-nsa-massively-collecting-data-from-9-internet-companies/" target="_blank">Internet data surveilled</a>, our rulers are busy <a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/139306.html" target="_blank">making lists and checking them twice</a>, and their overly-armed <a href="http://www.freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-fbi-american-cheka.html" target="_blank">Cheka</a> are busy fabricating crimes.</p>
<p>Hint: There's nothing even remotely American about any of this crap.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailypundit.com/?p=72723" target="_blank"><strong>But, but … It's <em>"legal!"</em></strong></a></p>
<blockquote><p>When you contemplate that barn door, keep in mind that every atrocity ever committed by the German fascists, the Russian communists, the Pol Pot lunatics, the Chinese Maoists, or the Iranian and Saudi savages was entirely legal under their own codes.</p></blockquote>
<p>Hitler didn't break any laws either. He made them.</p>
<blockquote><p>Law consists of two lines above my signature. — <strong>Saddam Hussein</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>But c'mon now, why would anyone dare to question "our" <a href="http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175524/" target="_blank">Messianic Bureaucracy</a>? They're angels one and all!</p>
<p>I know, I know … It's the government. They're here to help. <img src="http://the-classic-liberal.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_doh.gif?a28fed" alt=':doh:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<blockquote><p>I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. — <strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>I posit that the only people guilty of actually <em>"hating America"</em> today are those eagerly <a href="http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2013/06/11/the-smear-machine-gears-up/" target="_blank">smearing</a> the whistleblowers in a <a href="http://theothermccain.com/2013/06/11/hollywood-script-hipster-geek-with-hot-girlfriend-fights-omniscient-government/" target="_blank">sad attempt</a> to defend the <a href="http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2013/06/11/americas-new-normal-mass-surveillance-secret-courts-and-death-to-whistleblowers/#.Ubis4tfABpQ" target="_blank">Status Quo</a>. It is they who are hostile to America's limited-government tradition.</p>
<p>Today's federal government — <em>the biggest, most expensive, most powerful State the world has ever known</em> — is a corrupt and lawless institution. Regardless of the party in power, the Constitution is treated like something to wipe their ass with at best. They do nothing but lie — both Republican and Democratic politicians alike. Their legions of <a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-lois-lerner-menace/" target="_blank">petty tyrant bureaucrats</a> slither behind arbitrary decrees of regulation and secrecy. The <a href="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18568.htm" target="_blank">Gang of 545</a> have made penny-pinching misers out of formerly spendthrift drunken sailors. There are no legitimate excuses for <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-08/blink-u-s-debt-just-grew-by-11-trillion.html" target="_blank">the mess they've made</a>. Zip. Zero. Nada. And making excuses for them (regarding anything at this point) is just plain sad, pathetic and quite frankly, embarrassing to watch.</p>
<p>The funny thing is, you wouldn't trust any of these people to water your plants if they were simply your nextdoor neighbor. But they're <del datetime="2013-06-13T18:45:21+00:00">politicians</del> your "leaders," and <em>they're on TV!</em> … and suddenly you're happy they're sporting <a href="http://www.technewsdaily.com/18330-disposition-matrix-kill-list.html" target="_blank">"Disposition Matrix" kill lists</a>?</p>
<p>Wtf?</p>
<p>Plain and simple. The federal government are the bad guys here. Not Snowden. Not Manning. Not Assange. The federal government are the bad guys. The entire institution doesn't have an ounce of credibility to stand on, let alone the kind of trust necessarily required of knowing anyone's intimate details. The chief <em>traitors</em> in our midst, those who deserve to be detained and tortured down at Guantanamo Bay, include the members of both the Bush Jr. and Obama regimes, the Congress, the CIA, the NSA, DHS, FBI, TSA, IRS, the rest of the federal alphabet soup, and soulless bureaucrats who do their bidding.</p>
<p>They are the people who've betrayed every last principle of America's founding. Yet some "conservatives" actually believe they're benevolent angels worthy of <a href="http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/11/18887491-fbi-sharply-increases-use-of-patriot-act-provision-to-collect-us-citizens-records?lite" target="_blank">monitoring our every move</a>? Give me a break. These people don't give a rat's ass about you, me, or our freedom. In fact <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/06/07/before-police-could-plan-for-terrorist-attack-real-thing-happened/ufxjb9O0RXyzVZNPFyGkiI/story.html" target="_blank"><em>we're their primary enemy!</em></a> So deal with it … The only "freedom" they're "fighting for" is Rousseau's <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/boundless-informant-us-gov-collects-100b-surveillance-records-a-month-7000016571/" target="_blank">boundless</a> freedom of the State to do whatever the hell it damn well pleases.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/all-the-infrastructure-a-tyrant-would-need-courtesy-of-bush-and-obama/276635/" target="_blank"><em><strong>All the Infrastructure a Tyrant Would Need, Courtesy of Bush and Obama</strong></em></a> … As awful as ObamaCare is, and it is indeed awful, it doesn't change the relationship between individual Americans and their government quite as radically as the Surveillance State has (unconditionally approved by "conservative" idolaters of state power), especially as it's given birth to the bizarre idea that politicians and bureaucrats should be supported — even <em>applauded</em> — for overstepping their constitutional limits during times of crisis.</p>
<blockquote><p>The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of principles on which it was founded. — <strong>Montesquieu, <a href="http://www.constitution.org/cm/sol.htm" target="_blank"><em>The Spirit of Laws</em></a></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>The idea behind all of this "keeping us safe" claptrap is, of course, that <em>liberty will kill Americans!</em> A government strictly limited by the Constitution is a bona fide death trap. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/nsa-surveillance-us-behaving-like-china" target="_blank">Mao, Stalin and The Shah</a> among others, had it right all along! The State needs more power, not less. The State needs the "freedom" to spy on millions of innocent people, <a href="http://blog.al.com/east-alabama/2013/06/why_were_roadblocks_in_st_clai.html" target="_blank">check them at random</a>, and even murder them if the president says so. Because anything that interferes with the unilateral power of the president and/or the Security State, will undoubtedly cause the deaths of perhaps <del datetime="2013-06-12T17:52:41+00:00">thousands</del> millions of Americans.</p>
<p><em>Scary</em>, huh?</p>
<p>Nevermind that it's far more likely you'll be struck by lightening or drown in a bathtub than actually being killed in a terrorist attack. But <em>we're scared!</em> Hornets, wasps and bees are more likely to kill you than any given fundamentalist Islamic jihadist group on their very best day too. Heck, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, getting crushed to death by a television is every bit as likely as being killed in a terrorist attack. But <em>we're frightened</em> … and only the government can possibly save us … Warrants, due process, privacy, etc., you know, <em>liberty</em> … is just too damn scary for us <a href="http://www.voxday.net/images/mcrapey.png" target="_blank">"brave"</a> defenders of the Status Quo.</p>
<blockquote><p>Germans in the Third Reich and Soviet citizens in the Stalin era had a better idea of their government's agendas than do "freedom and democracy" Americans today. — <a href="http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/06/11/what-is-the-governments-agenda-paul-craig-roberts/" target="_blank"><strong>Paul Craig Roberts</strong></a></p></blockquote>
<p>Did you know you're <a href="http://www.nsc.org/pages/home.aspx" target="_blank">8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer</a> than a terrorist? Yeah, that's right. Go stick that in your pipe and smoke it. Now tell me one more time, who is the enemy with the most to profit from secret wiretaps, Internet surveillance, DNA collection and other tools of tyranny? Your own government? Nah, those long-bearded cavemen on the other side of the planet, yeah, that's it. <img src="http://the-classic-liberal.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_doh.gif?a28fed" alt=':doh:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The Founders didn't cede their liberty for the sake of fighting the King's wars. On the contrary, they had the courage to go after their own government instead. They didn't believe in a Messianic State that could make men equal and moral. They scoffed at utopian visions like government-led <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7991-2003Nov6.html" target="_blank">"global democratic revolutions"</a> too. Lacking such courage, today's "hawks" surrender their liberties in exchange for empty yet emotionally appealing promises of safety &mdash; bald-facced lies. They shun liberty and strict constitutionalism for the sweet the siren songs of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yoo" target="_blank">radical Ivy League lawyers</a> and political hacks.</p>
<p>Those who defend the <a href="http://reason.com/archives/2013/06/11/gene-healy-it-cant-happen-here-just-did" target="_blank">Surveillance State</a> obviously oppose the simple, relatively powerless federal government of America's birth. So they can call people names all they want, if that makes them feel better, because it is they who have been exposed as the genuine anti-Americans.</p>
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