The Libertists

When I say to people that they are property, I get that haunting express of disbelief and sometimes the sense that they think me to be crazy. It is possible, true, that I have little sense of intellect and might well be as defined by Webster's: crazy. But this does not negate the reality of my statement: You are the property of the State*. Do not accept this as truth? Fine. Here in California the current legislative process has allowed the State to pass a number of edicts. One such edict requires that an individual inform the state of the transfer of a firearm to another individual. In California the law normally requires that you take a firearm to a dealer where both of you must undergo a background check. At the end the State has their paperwork. Thus, any additional law that further requires the individual to tell the state the whereabouts of a firearm would be redundant, nay? That is because it is not aimed at sales and transfers with in the legal entity called Califor

Why can't my kid ride their bike to school anymore?" Most people when they think on that question would say that the reason why you need to drive up to the school to pickup/drop off your child is because the world is less safe. That between the time when we were children and now the world has gone off the deep end; become immoral, unfair, "Not the world I grew up in". This is poppycock. In point of fact, the statistical data from organizations that keep such data indicates that crime has been steadily failing since 1993. I have a theory on that that involves the 'war on drugs', but that would be for another time. Let's stick to the original question about bikes and school. If it were truly a more dangerous world, would we let our children ride bikes at all? Would we allow them, not during school hours, but after school and on the weekends, the right to go outside and play? If the world were more dangerous would we give our children, on their own t