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Date: July 16th, 2008, Filed under Anarcho-capitalism

Chicago, IL

By A.B. Dada

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A year or so ago I posted a link to the case against Robert Kahre, a Nevada businessman who had the nerve to follow the law and anger the IRS.  At the LRC today, Lew posts a link to a full story on this case.  It’s a worthy read.

There’s also a video of the raid by the IRS, a frightening video that should be watched with caution.  You can view the video here:

These are American troops that work for the FBI.  With machine guns.  And dogs.  Pulling innocent, law abiding citizens out into 106 degree weather.  With no water.  No shade.  These thugs are paid with your tax dollars.  You are culpabable.  You are responsible.  Have you called your Congressman to ask why your money is being used to subvert freedom?  Would such a call make a difference, or would you get a nice form letter back?

The destruction of the video cameras is even more disconcerting.  With no proof of a crime committed, your government has decided to destroy evidence to show their tyranny.  Do you feel safe in your home and business?

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Date: July 4th, 2008, Filed under Anarcho-capitalism

Chicago, IL
By A.B. Dada
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It isn’t even 11 am in Chicago, and I’m done for the day. I can’t tolerate looking at another person dressed up in red, white and blue, or waving another flag, or cheering on the police union and fire union at another pro-government parade. Denial is rampant in these united States.

Today isn’t a day to celebrate the local police union, or listen to what the president of the united States has to say. It isn’t a day to give thanks to a manipulated military officer or cadet, or thank anyone for giving you your freedom.

Today is a day to remember the greatest day for the western continent now known as North America: the day that a few weak individuals said no to government.

The Declaration of Independence did not create these united States. It did not create government. It did not declare freedom from a king only to put up another king in his place. It declared that the men, and women, of the western province of England, were now free from government.

July 4, 1776 was a great day, because it was a day that a small sliver of the future North America was free of all big government. Sure, there still may have existed some cities or counties, but other than the local governments (which we can manipulate a bit easier), there was no big brother hanging over anyone’s head. No distant and foreign group to pay taxes and tithes to. No one to answer to for what a person can do in their home, with their bodies, between two agreeing parties.

It was a day of acceptance than government had failed, and that freedom comes from each individual demanding it. You aren’t free because of any troops (in fact, you are more enslaved by all standing armies since you are forced to pay for their immoral actions, and you are judged by the negative consequences from the nation that military attacked in your name). You aren’t free because of any laws or bills. You aren’t free because someone else tells you that you are.

You’re free because you demand it, yourself. The only way to be free, truly, is to accept full responsibility not just for your actions, but for random actions that end up touching your life. Freedom comes from acceptance that no matter what life throws at you, you will work your hardest to take care of yourself. The moment you expect help from someone else, or force them to help you, you’ve robbed freedom from your life, and the life of the person you expect to help you.

So put away the red, white and blue flags. Take down the yellow sticker from your car. Stop your false salutes to the criminals in uniform. Walk away from signing a song pledging allegiance and love for your government. None of that matters. What matters is you taking a step, today, to desire to release yourself from servitude to the governments above you. You can do that by ending your reliance on others and taking full responsibility for your life and your future.

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Date: June 20th, 2008, Filed under Anarcho-capitalism

Chicago, IL
By A.B. Dada
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The news about Samuel Israel III’s disappearance seems to be all over the place. Every opinion I read seems to mark this man as guilty, so I will take the first step to absolve him of any penalty.

I’ve read all the court dockets pertaining to the case, such as United States v. Samuel Israel 111, (Criminal Information No. 7:05-CR-01039) and the Securities
and Exchange Commission v. Samuel Israel 111, et al., (Civil No. 05-CIV-8376 (S.D.N.Y.) (CM)). Since both of these cases are on my behalf, I want to be make sure that Mr. Israel knows that I harbor no resentment or concern over what he may or may not have done, even if he had pleaded guilty.

Since the criminal docket against Mr. Israel specifically states that it is the United States suing him, and I am a member of the United States, I believe Mr. Israel should be free to run. Run, with whatever assets and cash you have, and go somewhere safe, away from the monsters who decided to sue you on my behalf. You’ve done nothing to me, Mr. Israel. I abhor the idea of someone suing you because you supposedly hurt me. You didn’t. So you’re free, based on my view of the case and the unjust idea that someone can sue another on behalf of an unharmed third party, or up to 300 million unharmed parties.

Did you hurt someone, Samuel? If so, let them sue you directly. Did you breach trust? Let them go on the news or on their blogs and tell the story. Did you steal from someone? Then they should request compensation for their loss.

But you did none of these things to me, and none of these things to the vast majority of Americans who sued you, based on the docket.

In the second docket, it shows that the SEC sued you. I believe that the SEC is an unconstitutional and criminal regulatory body that has done nothing to prevent fraud, theft, or misrepresentation of funds or investments. They’re useless, clueless, and they should be held accountable in “The United States v. the SEC” because they are harming all Americans by preventing us from investing where we want to invest and how.

Let me explain something to those who support the SEC: don’t trust anyone with your funds. Ever. Not your bank, not your family, not your church, not your spouse, not your employer, not your employees, and definitely not your broker. Everyone has their best interest in mind. That means that the act of giving your money to someone should include due diligence by you before handing over your money. No law, no regulating body, and no intervention by a third party will truly protect you from scams and frauds. Write a contract with the person taking your money, and READ THAT CONTRACT. If the contract doesn’t hold them accountable, don’t give them your money.

I prefer to invest in local businesses and individuals who I can monitor and support, who I can send business to and give business advice to. If you were one of the people supposedly harmed by Samuel Israel III, it’s your own darned fault that you lost your money. You were a greedy, belligerent and clueless investor with absolutely no idea of how markets operate. Property doesn’t always go up. If you lend to subprime individuals, they will likely default. A house is not an investment. You believed you were smarter than others, and now you lost your money. Ha ha. I laugh at you. You are probably going to invest in oil next, because you believe “Oil always goes up.” Why not invest in steam?

Again, I want to forgive you, Samuel Israel III. You stole nothing from me. You defrauded no one I know. You may have lied to the SEC, but they lie to me, so I find them worthless and more criminal than anyone who they have prosecuted.

Don’t go to jail, Mr. Israel. Run. Find seclusion on a beach or in the hills. It’s a big world. You owe no one anything at this point, until the suckers who trusted you decide to file lawsuits against you. And if those lawsuits says “The United States v.” or “The SEC v.” in the beginning, ignore them as well.

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Date: June 19th, 2008, Filed under Anarcho-capitalism

Chicago, IL
By A.B. Dada
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On the LRC this morning, Paul Hein posts an interesting article titled Change? regarding his views that staying home on election day is the best way to promote change in the system. He states “If people want change, let them stay home on election day. The outcome will be no different, but the rulers might get the message that people no longer want to participate in the charade of voting. Perhaps – and wouldn’t this be wonderful!! – they might even get the idea that the people have become fed up with the very concept of government!” While this may sound true on its face, I feel it is completely false. I agree with Hein’s view that voting hasn’t instilled a sense of change, ever, at least in recent generations. I also don’t believe that not voting will do the opposite.

According to Wikipedia’s article Elections in the United States, in the last Presidential election in 2004, 122,295,345 voters turned out to the polls, or 59% of the legal voting population. Not quite a super-majority amount of voters actually voted, with 29.93% of eligible voters actually picking the winner. Since there wasn’t even a majority of eligible voters on the side of the winner (George W. Bush, if you weren’t aware), cutting back on the voter numbers would have no effect on promoting change. If anything, it would just make the world think of the U.S. as lazier and less involved.

Because Bush won with 50.73% of the actual voters, he can proclaim that he received the majority of the vote. It’s so close, but even if he received 48% of actual voters, the winner would still proclaim a mandate by the public. Staying home does nothing. Staying home means you’re not counted at all, except in the tiny figure that shows the amount of eligible voters taking the time to make a mandate.

My view on voting hasn’t changed in years. In a previous article years ago, I stated my opinion: Why I Vote. I used to believe that voting for the underdog made sense: your vote was counted, and it was a vote for change, many believe. But I quickly realized that the small amount of voters for a specific underdog (and underrepresented in the media candidate) meant nothing as the media doesn’t even post the percentage returns for the minor candidates. What a waste.

Instead, my view on voting is one that shows the frustration of the voters out there: the vote against everyone. In most states, write-in votes don’t count for anything, but they’re still tallied votes. I like to write my own name in, everywhere. If you’re against that idea, write in Mickey Mouse or Jesus Christ or Michael Jackson. Let the precinct managers deal with counting it, if they even bother. Be part of the exit polls to skew the media’s pronouncement of the winners (I like to pick one of the two major candidates as who I voted for if I am queried at an exit poll). Go ahead and put a bumper sticker on your car for one of the major candidates, or even both!

If more unconcerned-concerned non-voters would turn out to “throw away their vote” for themselves or a non-candidate, the media may have to take note. In that last Presidential election in 2004, 41% of eligible voters didn’t show up. 29.93% picked Bush. A few percent less picked Kerry. The non-voters had the mandate: we don’t like anyone. Wouldn’t it have been better if these voters would have just punched the equivalent of “none of the above” by writing in themselves or their favorite cartoon character?

I think so. I think this is the only possible way to proclaim to the world that we, too, are fed up with what our authoritarian leaders are doing. By staying home, we tell everyone (and ourselves) that we’re exactly the fat, lazy, irresponsible children that most consider us. By going to the polls and anti-voting, you’re telling the media, the masses and the world that you’re responsible enough to take 15 minutes out of your year, grab a ballot, and say exactly what you’re thinking: “I hate the system. I hate all the politicians. I despise the voters who think they’re instilling safety and freedom through a coercive act. I don’t want more of the same, I want less of the same. Far less.”

So while I like that Hein believes that non-voting is the only path to change, I have to disagree. I believe that the only path to change is to co-opt the system by voting no against everything: every candidate, every tax increase, every referendum, every judge, everything. Vote no by writing yourself in. Vote no by writing in your neighbor. Vote no by writing in MLK or Gandhi. What’s the worst that can happen?

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Date: December 17th, 2007, Filed under Sling the Mud

Supposed business leader Mitt Romney may not be the money marvel and budgeting genius that his supporters make him out to me. After reading the LA Times today, it seems that he may have mastered one thing: knowing about government’s tax loopholes, and taking advantage of them. I own corporations myself, and there are many legimate ways to save on taxes. I only use the moral ones, though.

The LA Times article alleges the following: “But aides to the Republican presidential hopeful and former colleagues acknowledged that the tax-friendly jurisdictions helped attract billions of additional investment dollars to Romney’s former company, Bain Capital, and thus boosted profits for Romney and his partners.”

Read the rest of this article at the Sling the Mud site.

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Date: December 17th, 2007, Filed under Sling the Mud

Slinging the Mud at Mike Huckabee is becoming easier than ordering a value meal at McDonald’s. Every day that passes, there’s new news on more terrible activities in the supposed pastor’s past. Make note not of the words of a Christian, but of their actions. Judge them not, but do remember that politicians that perform deeds contrary to their words do not change. Don’t give Huckabee the reward of Presidency, or even support, if the man has a past like he alledgely does.

Today’s Huckabee mud slinging covers one pardon out of 1000 that he gave, this one over a 4-time drunk driver. From the National Review: “The question is if there was there a connection between his wife Glenda Fields’s five-figure political donations and Huckabee’s action. On April 14, 2004, then-Gov. Huckabee commuted the sentence of Mr. Fields — then a four-time driving-while-intoxicated offender — granting him early release from prison. Fields, a resident of the western Arkansas town of Van Buren, was a habitual offender. He had already been convicted of DWIs in 1996, 1998, and 2000, but his 2001 felony-DWI conviction resulted in the maximum six-year prison sentence and a $5,000 fine.”

Read the rest of this article at Sling the Mud

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