Comments for Blog http://s311902821.onlinehome.us Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:47:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Why White Nationalists are Anti-Market (and Anti-Ron Paul) by WFTRA http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2011/07/15/why-white-nationalists-are-anti-market-and-anti-ron-paul/#comment-1520 WFTRA Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:33:27 +0000 http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2011/07/15/why-white-nationalists-are-anti-market-and-anti-ron-paul/#comment-1520 i wish he was the republican nominee. i mean, he'd have my vote. why do people keep picking fluffballs and figureheards over someone with real ideas ***real ideas that he will actually follow through on. i see his name all over the forums and comments sections, but where is his support in the republican party? why is he not the nominee? why do people favor the false prophet candidates instead? i wish he was the republican nominee.
i mean, he’d have my vote.
why do people keep picking fluffballs and figureheards over someone with real ideas ***real ideas that he will actually follow through on. i see his name all over the forums and comments sections, but where is his support in the republican party? why is he not the nominee? why do people favor the false prophet candidates instead?

]]> Comment on The First Internet War in History? by citizen 26236 http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/12/10/the-first-internet-war-in-history/#comment-413 citizen 26236 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:57:39 +0000 http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/12/10/the-first-internet-war-in-history/#comment-413 Hope Obama can handle WL Change? We NEED transparency for our global society that we created an cannot control.To many crises. We'd never gone to Iraq if we read the cables first? Can gov. cut own flesh and downsize coldwar min. of foreign aff./CIA that cost as much as public health care. Wars ? Environment ? The public and is needed to get involved to let our global society survive. How can a few wise leaders alone solve complex global issues pending ? If democracy fails, the only solution is More democracy. Know It's a hard path, but harder for our totalitarian enemies. E-vote(power), not E-commerce(money) that changes our world, stupid! Hope Obama can handle WL Change?
We NEED transparency for our global society that we created an cannot control.To many crises.
We’d never gone to Iraq if we read the cables first? Can gov. cut own flesh and downsize coldwar min. of foreign aff./CIA that cost as much as public health care. Wars ? Environment ? The public and is needed to get involved to let our global society survive.
How can a few wise leaders alone solve complex global issues pending ?
If democracy fails, the only solution is More democracy. Know It’s a hard path, but harder for our totalitarian enemies. E-vote(power), not E-commerce(money) that changes our world, stupid!

]]> Comment on Assange Caught! by Josh http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/12/07/assange-caught/#comment-401 Josh Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:24:17 +0000 http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/12/07/assange-caught/#comment-401 Sorry "move" not "mood" Sorry “move” not “mood”

]]> Comment on Assange Caught! by Josh http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/12/07/assange-caught/#comment-400 Josh Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:23:37 +0000 http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/12/07/assange-caught/#comment-400 Not to mention that the mirrors are now hosting an archive of torrents to every document they ever released for backup purposes. Hell I bet he saw turning himself over to the Swiss as a safe mood considering the US is surely "gunning" for him. Not to mention that the mirrors are now hosting an archive of torrents to every document they ever released for backup purposes. Hell I bet he saw turning himself over to the Swiss as a safe mood considering the US is surely “gunning” for him.

]]> Comment on Counterfeiter Anti-counterfeiting Debacle by Casey http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/12/07/counterfeiter-anti-counterfeiting-debacle/#comment-398 Casey Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:03:25 +0000 http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/12/07/counterfeiter-anti-counterfeiting-debacle/#comment-398 Creased paper gets jammed in the machine or causes the machine to interact with the paper incorrectly. Typically one of the last steps in the process is cutting the paper, which means that the new anti-counterfeiting measure would need to take place before the paper is fed to the cutter. If the paper gets creased, it can't be fed to the cutter, because it would either jam or cut at the wrong position, rendering the money unusable. Creased paper gets jammed in the machine or causes the machine to interact with the paper incorrectly. Typically one of the last steps in the process is cutting the paper, which means that the new anti-counterfeiting measure would need to take place before the paper is fed to the cutter. If the paper gets creased, it can’t be fed to the cutter, because it would either jam or cut at the wrong position, rendering the money unusable.

]]> Comment on Rangel is a Bum, No One Surprised by Casey http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/11/18/rangel-is-a-bum-no-one-surprised/#comment-336 Casey Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:14:34 +0000 http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/11/18/rangel-is-a-bum-no-one-surprised/#comment-336 Kinda like how it's practically impossible to not break a law these days, I'm pretty sure the charges are anymore just a way to oust political undesirables. Rangel was doing something they didn't like but couldn't oust him for directly, so they just nabbed him on a couple charges that everyone is guilty of. Kinda like how it’s practically impossible to not break a law these days, I’m pretty sure the charges are anymore just a way to oust political undesirables. Rangel was doing something they didn’t like but couldn’t oust him for directly, so they just nabbed him on a couple charges that everyone is guilty of.

]]> Comment on Help End the Fed–Buy Gold by Casey http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/10/04/help-end-the-fed-buy-gold/#comment-295 Casey Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:22:55 +0000 http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/10/04/help-end-the-fed-buy-gold/#comment-295 Not all of your friends are broke college kids. I made it through without going broke, and already have a bit invested in precious metals. I did lose a little at one point because I invested in non-physical gold (basically a gold bank), and now I need to give them DNA of my first born in order to get my gold back, to prove I'm not a terrorist or launderer. Since then, my investments have all been physical - I can hold the gold/silver in my hand (or wear it). Not all of your friends are broke college kids. I made it through without going broke, and already have a bit invested in precious metals. I did lose a little at one point because I invested in non-physical gold (basically a gold bank), and now I need to give them DNA of my first born in order to get my gold back, to prove I’m not a terrorist or launderer. Since then, my investments have all been physical - I can hold the gold/silver in my hand (or wear it).

]]> Comment on Why the State is Not the Answer to All of Life’s Problems by Anthony Comegna http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/09/08/why-the-state-is-not-the-answer-to-all-of-lifes-problems/#comment-251 Anthony Comegna Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:39:20 +0000 http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/09/08/why-the-state-is-not-the-answer-to-all-of-lifes-problems/#comment-251 The way that sort of concentration of power is prevented is through normal market dynamics: the same arguments against the inefficiencies of socialism apply to monopolistic businesses--that is, once they genuinely establish a monopoly, there can no longer be any prices and production will suffer such that the business collapses like the Soviet Union. Further, the lack of crypto-fascist government support of business (through institutions like intellectual property laws and limited liability corporate structure) would function such that wealth is extremely distributed. The reason we have the mega-wealthy is that they have artificial (government) protections from pure market competition. For example, Bill Gates' copyrights on the Microsoft coding prevented potential competitors from arising and challenging his market share, which would have drastically curbed the level of his personal and corporate wealth. The way that sort of concentration of power is prevented is through normal market dynamics: the same arguments against the inefficiencies of socialism apply to monopolistic businesses–that is, once they genuinely establish a monopoly, there can no longer be any prices and production will suffer such that the business collapses like the Soviet Union. Further, the lack of crypto-fascist government support of business (through institutions like intellectual property laws and limited liability corporate structure) would function such that wealth is extremely distributed. The reason we have the mega-wealthy is that they have artificial (government) protections from pure market competition. For example, Bill Gates’ copyrights on the Microsoft coding prevented potential competitors from arising and challenging his market share, which would have drastically curbed the level of his personal and corporate wealth.

]]> Comment on Why the State is Not the Answer to All of Life’s Problems by Jesse http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/09/08/why-the-state-is-not-the-answer-to-all-of-lifes-problems/#comment-250 Jesse Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:52:09 +0000 http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/09/08/why-the-state-is-not-the-answer-to-all-of-lifes-problems/#comment-250 See, I think we sort of agree. I would say that markets--in every way they've been implemented in the real world--create situations where voluntary actions are stifled. I think you're proposing a more radical elimination of the state than just cutting off social services while money is concentrated to about 1% of society but I don't see that happening in a way that doesn't leave us with BP and Halliburton becoming de facto rulers. Markets don't place value on equality without serious restrictions on power, which only a benevolent state can provide. (Sort of like placing 100 people in a room and saying they'll be silent if they value silence...all it takes is one talker. People who value quiet need a library. Not hillman either.) I see the role of the state as setting up a playing field in which humans (as opposed to corporations) can have as much freedom as possible. I guess what I'm saying is that the best bet for a libertarian in a world where power is no longer concentrated in states would be to go with democratic socialism. (I do think we have a deeper philosophical difference about paternalism...I would prefer to have slightly less money now in exchange for social security when I'm old, etc) See, I think we sort of agree. I would say that markets–in every way they’ve been implemented in the real world–create situations where voluntary actions are stifled. I think you’re proposing a more radical elimination of the state than just cutting off social services while money is concentrated to about 1% of society but I don’t see that happening in a way that doesn’t leave us with BP and Halliburton becoming de facto rulers. Markets don’t place value on equality without serious restrictions on power, which only a benevolent state can provide. (Sort of like placing 100 people in a room and saying they’ll be silent if they value silence…all it takes is one talker. People who value quiet need a library. Not hillman either.) I see the role of the state as setting up a playing field in which humans (as opposed to corporations) can have as much freedom as possible. I guess what I’m saying is that the best bet for a libertarian in a world where power is no longer concentrated in states would be to go with democratic socialism. (I do think we have a deeper philosophical difference about paternalism…I would prefer to have slightly less money now in exchange for social security when I’m old, etc)

]]> Comment on Why the State is Not the Answer to All of Life’s Problems by Anthony Comegna http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/09/08/why-the-state-is-not-the-answer-to-all-of-lifes-problems/#comment-247 Anthony Comegna Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:26:16 +0000 http://s311902821.onlinehome.us/2010/09/08/why-the-state-is-not-the-answer-to-all-of-lifes-problems/#comment-247 That calculation point is important because it establishes that only the free market can provide consumers with the goods that they value. Further, it shows that only VOLUNTARY INTERACTIONS produce net benefits. That holds in all aspects of life. Markets produce greater equality if people value equality, greater hierarchy if people value hierarchy, greater concentrations of wealth if people desire them, and so on. If interactions are kept voluntary, people are not forced into association with people/societies of which they do not approve. This constant process of valuation, revaluation, and competition produces "prices" for different ways of ordering society and more closely approximates people's actual values than any other system of interpersonal interaction. In fact, I would say that the socialist's best bet is to be an anarchist libertarian! The best way to achieve their goals is to support voluntarism because voluntarism means they can have all the socialist programs they want so long as they run things voluntarily. Under a governmental regime where you're forced into association, monopoly reigns supreme and choice is eliminated, thereby eliminating pricing and efficiency in all things human. That calculation point is important because it establishes that only the free market can provide consumers with the goods that they value. Further, it shows that only VOLUNTARY INTERACTIONS produce net benefits. That holds in all aspects of life. Markets produce greater equality if people value equality, greater hierarchy if people value hierarchy, greater concentrations of wealth if people desire them, and so on. If interactions are kept voluntary, people are not forced into association with people/societies of which they do not approve. This constant process of valuation, revaluation, and competition produces “prices” for different ways of ordering society and more closely approximates people’s actual values than any other system of interpersonal interaction.

In fact, I would say that the socialist’s best bet is to be an anarchist libertarian! The best way to achieve their goals is to support voluntarism because voluntarism means they can have all the socialist programs they want so long as they run things voluntarily. Under a governmental regime where you’re forced into association, monopoly reigns supreme and choice is eliminated, thereby eliminating pricing and efficiency in all things human.

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