The Myth of Government Services

by Justin Longo | 12:55 pm, January 25, 2011

When people talk about government “services,” what leads us to believe that the general public wants these services? When the bill comes due for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the drug war, public art, military weapons, police, firefighters, elementary schools, and on and on and on, how can we know whether citizens want these things? Taken [...]

You Got the Evil You Voted For

by Justin Longo | 12:28 pm, January 22, 2010

This Washington Post piece should really hit those in the Republican Party hard. Without knowing it, the author makes a case against the phony left / right dichotomy and exposes once again the united Republican – Democrat philosophy. Here are a couple gems: Scott Brown said he expects to be seated quickly in the U.S. [...]

New IRS Tax Form

by Justin Longo | 12:49 pm, December 18, 2009

Your Neighbor’s Contract You Can’t Refuse

by Justin Longo | 11:24 am, December 16, 2009

Imagine you are good friends with your next door neighbor. Now also imagine that he is an ex-Marine, super-duper black belt in 12 different forms of martial arts, and he is a technology wiz who has all the latest gadgets and knows how to use them. Your neighbor uses his techie abilities and latest gadgets [...]

Statism Needs our Cooperation

by Justin Longo | 5:12 pm, December 14, 2009

Even Hitler and the Nazi’s, as totalitarian and ruthless they were, could not have done what they did without the tacit cooperation of the countries they victimized. It’s amazing what a little nonviolent resistance can accomplish: Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch resistance to Nazism from 1940 to 1945 was pronounced and fairly successful. In Norway, for [...]

Inconsistency Exploited

by Justin Longo | 8:23 am, December 11, 2009

I feel bad for minarchists / delusional limited government lovers / constitutionalists / whatever you want to call them. Because when you don’t apply first principles fully and to their logical conclusions, you are forced to bite many bullets — bullets that an intelligent leftist can easily exploit. Let me give you a simple example. [...]

Hiding Behind Legislation – When Convenient

by Justin Longo | 9:12 am, November 16, 2009

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. “They call it illegal immigration for a reason. Keyword being ILLEGAL.” Then the conservative goes on to talk about how awful it is that workers from other countries disrespect our laws, and how it proves they are criminals at heart because of their complete disregard for our immigration [...]

Unintentional Humor of the Year

by Justin Longo | 11:35 pm, November 7, 2009

Great quote from Nancy Pelosi on the House passing health care “reform:” A triumphant Speaker Nancy Pelosi likened the legislation to the passage of Social Security in 1935 and Medicare 30 years later. That quote pretty much sums it up. Nothing more needs to be said.

Empty, Silly Platitudes

by Justin Longo | 11:25 am, November 6, 2009

From the Colorado Springs Gazette article titled, “Fort Hood shooter wanted U.S. out of Iraq, Afghanistan,” Lee said Hasan had hoped Obama would pull troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq and got into frequent arguments with others in the military who supported the wars. But…. I thought they hate us for our freedom? Not convinced?  [...]

Principles Are Still Universal: a Reply to Ari

by Justin Longo | 6:11 pm, October 29, 2009

First off, I’d like to thank Ari for his thoughtful response to my original post – “Principles are Universal, not Convenient.” These types of discussions help move important debates forward. But Ari ended up going far beyond the point I was trying to make. I realize I’m not the best, most clear writer out there, [...]

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