The Liberty Watch

Patrick Henry: Enemy of the State

Anti-Federalists "a Threat" If you support individual freedom and constitutional rights or believe the federal government is corrupt and tyrannical, you may be a terrorist ...
Militia and the Second Amendment

Militia and the Second Amendment

by John Gardner. Republished by permission. Honey and Locusts. So much has been said recently on the topic of gun control that I am hesitant ...
sheriff mueller nullification

Oregon Sheriff Refuses to Enforce Federal Gun Ban

Another Sheriff With Cojones Continuing a growing trend in nullification of unconstitutional actions by the federal government, the Sheriff of Linn County, Oregon, has sent ...
Texas Secession

Analysis of White House Response to Secession Petitions

by Mudrostovitsch, Texas Secede! As we've previously pointed out, petitioning the White House for 'permission' to secede is a silly way of asserting the right ...
NRA ad calls Obama "Elitist Hypocrite"

NRA Ad Calls Obama “Elitist Hypocrite”

We Are Governed by Privileged Criminals Those who govern society should all be subject to the same rules they impose on the rest of us. ...

Executive Orders to Circumvent Political Difficulty of Legislation

by Reid J. Epstein, Politico The White House has identified 19 executive actions for President Barack Obama to move unilaterally on gun control, Vice President ...

Texas Threatens to Jail Fed Officials Trying to Enforce New Gun Bans

by Jim Forsyth, WOAI Local News Measure would make any federal firearms legislation passed by Congress or approved by Presidential executive order unenforceable in Texas. ...

How To Beat the Gun Banners

We Need a New Approach to the Gun Control Debate Let's be clear: Gun control, as a policy, isn't about banning guns from society, because ...

More Murders in Gun-Controlled Chicago in 2012 Than Allied Losses in Afghanistan

by Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit There were 405 Coalition deaths in Afghanistan in 2012. 310 of the 405 deaths were Americans. Meanwhile in Chicago… There were 532 homicides in 2012. ...
Overcriminalization

Overcriminalization

Thou Shalt Know the Laws of Every Nation on Earth Bet you didn't know this one: under the federal Lacey Act, it is a crime ...
Benefits of Defaulting on the National Debt

Why the USA Should Default on the National Debt

Benefits of Defaulting on the National Debt Don't think like a slave. Think like a free man, and you'll see all the infringements on your ...

The “Fiscal Cliff” is a Decoy

Understanding the Fiscal Cliff To live free in this world, you have to understand basic principles of liberty. Unfortunately, these principles are not taught in ...

The State as a Criminal Institution

Hoppe: War and aggression are costly. States go to war because they can, via taxes, pass on the cost to third parties who are not ...
Preppers -- Enemies of the State

Preppers — Enemies of the State

Self-Reliance is the Natural Enemy of the State Self-reliant individuals are, in the state's own estimation, enemies of the state. You're being targeted because you're ...

Homeland Security Raids Clothes Sold at Flea Market

  If you ask a 10-year-old what constitutes a threat to national security, he'll talk about threats to the border, bombs, mass killings, things like ...

Seniors get the TSA thug treatment, lose $300

Seniors get the TSA runaround, lose $300 | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com 95-year-0ld retired Air Force Major and his 85-year-old wife get the full-body ...

The Difference Between Government and State

The power of government should not be vested in the state, which is a group of people who are exempt from the rules that govern ...

Freedom and the War on Drugs

  To reduce drug use, we must legalize drugs If you're concerned about the epidemic of drug use, you might want to ask yourself why ...

The State Food Police

The state growth of parental authority State officials in North Carolina are inspecting lunch boxes, and if they don't like what the parents packed for ...

Government "Monitoring" News and Social Media

Trading Liberty for "Security" According to a report at Infowars, our taxes will pay for the government to monitor Internet news and social media outlets ...

Why the RINOs Want Romney

Why Mitt Romney is the choice of the Republican establishment If you're a Tea Party person, you're probably disgusted with Romney as the choice of ...

Why the Tea Party Should Support Ron Paul's Foreign Policy

National Security is too important to entrust to the state Ron Paul is rising in the polls, and the only thing holding him back in ...

Top Five Reasons to KEEP ObamaCare – LOL

Top Five Reasons to KEEP ObamaCare -- LOL By a wide margin, Americans don't want ObamaCare and never did. It is such a wretched piece ...

Seven Things About the Government that May Shock You

Seven Things About the Government that May Shock You It has been said that if the government is the solution, it was a stupid question. ...

Complete Government Takeover of All Broadcast Media

Today the government held the first test of the Emergency Alert System, the national warning system that replaced the Emergency Broadcast System. If you could ...

Cha-CHING! Yet Another Internet Tax

The taxation tsunami goes on. Remember the minuscule federal budget cuts of fiscal year 2011? They amounted to $38 billion, a mere four days' worth ...

A Tea Party Response to the Occupiers

The occupiers are barking up the wrong tree. The problem isn't capitalism -- it's government power. They're right to complain about big bank bailouts, but ...

The Key to Prosperity is Liberty

The surest way to decrease the quality of a product or service, and to increase its price, is to give the government monopoly control of ...

"Opposite Day" in Fairfax County

"Daddy makes mistakes. We tried our best. I made a mistake by not knowing enough." via Treehouse faces demolition in dispute with Fairfax County - ...

The Real Problem on Wall Street is Government Power

The millionaires and billionaires are being targeted for what event organizers called a "willingness to hoard wealth at the expense of the 99%." via Occupy ...

In Loco Parentis — The State's Abrogation of Parenthood

California Gov. Jerry Brown stepped into the middle of a debate over parental rights Sunday by signing legislation giving children 12 or older the power ...

How to Get Campaign Contributions When Your Regular Sources Dry Up

DOE Pushing On With $5 Billion In Solar Energy Loans - CNBC.   The U.S. Department of Energy said it plans to push ahead with ...

Want to Resolve Conflicts of Rights? Abolish Public Property

Government inherently causes social conflict. The fact that we have public spaces causes conflict over who has the right to use them, and how. The ...

Why God Has the Right to Tax, and Governments Don't

One of the fundamental concepts of libertarianism is that taxation is theft, and therefore morally wrong. Yet God ordered the collection of a temple tax; ...

How the Government INCREASES Crime

Update: According to a Fox News story, the government not only ordered licensed gun dealers to proceed with illegal gun sales, government agents actually made ...

State Protection of Monopolies

[vsw id="ZsbEDAaiD3E" source="youtube" width="500" height="360" autoplay="no"] From The Truth About Liberty: How the Tea Party Can Save America You were probably taught that the only ...

Taxation is Theft

[vsw id="MEnOoyFM90Y" source="youtube" width="500" height="360" autoplay="no"] I can't go to your house and simply demand your money -- you don't have to give it to ...

The Reign of the People Farmers

[The following is excerpted from an email from Senator Windbag to his nephew, Richard Needles, the esteemed representative from one of our Southern states]. Hi ...

Protecting The Environment Without Stealing Liberty

SACRAMENTO - Restaurant owner Gary Honeycutt says a push in California’s Legislature to ban the plastic foam containers he uses to serve up takeout meals ...

Protecting Endangered Species Without Stealing Liberty

COEUR d'ALENE - A man charged with unlawfully shooting and killing a grizzly bear had so many supporters at his arraignment Tuesday in federal court ...