by colonelnogov • • Comments Off on A Warning About The Entitlement Mentality
Article by Ben Doolin on Nov. 29, 2015 By now… odds are you’ve seen the videos of the carnage. If not, here’s an example: While some may find the absurdity humorous… stupid people in large groups can be VERY…
by colonelnogov • • Comments Off on Taxation is theft
Article by Ben Doolin on Nov. 20, 2015 For most that read those three words (particularly for the first time)… it’s about 4 milliseconds before cognitive dissonance kicks in and the idea is rejected and any supporting information that…
by colonelnogov • • Comments Off on If You Want ‘Your Government’, You Can Keep It
Article by Ben Doolin on Nov. 12, 2015 (just eliminate the monopoly) I can often see the panic in the responses I get from people that hear me suggest that The State should not exist. No doubt they…
by colonelnogov • • Comments Off on The Minimum Wage
Article by Ben Doolin on Nov. 5, 2015 It’s the perfect example for explaining Statism… for power and wealth… politicians create problems for us. Then, in an attempt to ‘fix’ the problem… create even bigger problems. The Minimum Wage,…
by colonelnogov • • Comments Off on What Are Rights?
Article by Ben Doolin on Oct. 29, 2015 “Rights”… no doubt… it’s a complicated subject. So, what exactly is a ‘right’… who has them… how do they get them… and why do they matter? We should probably start with…
by colonelnogov • • Comments Off on The State is a Cancer
Article by Ben Doolin on Oct. 23, 2015 Many in America that can see the glaringly obvious problems with ‘big government’… concluding that ‘big is bad’. The natural progression is that, if big is bad, smaller must be better. …
by colonelnogov • • Comments Off on Free Market Currency
Article by Ben Doolin on Oct. 15, 2015 My general position on ‘advocacy’… is to advocate ‘against’… which is almost universally against the violation of person or property. With the respect for person and property, almost any voluntary form…
by colonelnogov • • Comments Off on ‘The State’ Is Logically False
Article by Ben Doolin on Oct. 8, 2015 “But it’s just always been that way”. In business, those are the most expensive seven words. In the realm of ‘social order’, The State… has just always been there for everyone…
by colonelnogov • • Comments Off on Cognitive Dissonance
Article by Ben Doolin on Oct. 1, 2015 From Wikipedia – “In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental stress or discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time,…
by colonelnogov • • Comments Off on The Danger of ‘Half Measures’
Article by Ben Doolin on Sept. 24, 2015 A recent trend in local government… is body cams for cops. While that may sound like a good idea… the risk is that the fury brewing over that mass murder of…