http://www.stripes.com/critics-fort-carson-policy-targeted-troubled-wounded-soldiers-1.160871

It’s worth a read.

And absolute poverty WAS in decline.

Equal time. Also: why not? It’s not like Pat Paulson is going to return from the grave expecting a slot.”

Huntsman, Paulson, what’s the difference? Like either one have a chance. But go to Paulson.com where Pat’s son has a (dated) website for his 2012 run.

And, that’s a constant issue for libertarians: Where to draw the line between how to act in the world we want to live in versus how to act in the very different world we do live in.

In the first place, that assumes that people behave in a rational manner, a proposition for which I fear there is precious little evidence. Secondly, you are forgetting changes in technology, which make each individual much more productive, but at he same time put an awful lot of potential to harm production in the hands of an annoyed slave. Thirdly; for most of human history, it has been widely accepted that economics is a zero sum game. The notion that it is possible for everyone to become wealthy is relatively recent, and has made progress toward acceptance slowly.

And then there are always those people who are much more interested in making the peasants do what their ‘betters’ tell them to than they are in wealth, or anybody’s well being. And now we are talking about the e-cigs.

In fairness to Balko, he’s now living in Tennessee, where the SEC takes significant precedence over piddling things like government.

That would be a HUGE savings.

It would also probably enormously simplify the international picture, because it would mean that the behavior of the 800 lb. Gorilla on the scene was actually MAKING SENSE. I imagine that trying to figure out what we are REALLY up to underneath our smoke screen of Altruistic Culturesmog makes a lot of countries VERY nervous.

This is hugely contingent on how developed nations define poverty. There’s no question that we all live better than we did a generation ago.

And absolute poverty around the world has been in decline for about a decade now.

Arnibal was arrested Nov. 7 on Sleepy Valley Road in unincorporated Morgan Hill. He was allegedly high on meth. Deputies found 50 roosters, gaffs, sharp hooks that are attached to roosters’ legs for illegal cockfights, and the preserved carcass of a bobcat.
Arnibal told authorities that the large feline had eaten five of his roosters, according to Lowney. He killed it with a .22-caliber rifle, authorities allege.

Nope, poverty is RISING rapidly – again – in developed nations. Cost of living also needs to be considered, of course. Trickle-down economics were abandoned among sane economists decades ago.

It gets your heart rate up way beyond what it ought to be for a normal swim. Most of us practice in pools. Even with practice open water swims, you don’t get the cannon and other swimmers.

I’ve never panicked, but it always takes me quite a bit of time to settle down and get into my rhythm. I thought it was just me.

Equal time. Also: why not? It’s not like Pat Paulson is going to return from the grave expecting a slot.

Note that crazybob leaves out “immigrants”.

Infrastructure investments by the state are historically overstated in importance. Eminent Domain abuse followed by kickbacks and 100% cost overruns funded by taxes are not the building blocks of economic freedom. Let’s look at the vast, beautiful highways of sparsely populated West Virginia to remember how the state handles these things.

I will not give credit to a system that provides me a $10 service and takes $100 in taxes.

> All the things that Mackey talks are available elsewhere…
Bullshit. This isn’t even close to being true.

property rights: abused globally
freedom to trade internationally: trade wars and protectionism abound
minimal governmental regulation of business: where does this exist?
relatively low taxes: debatable unless (like me) believe in <5% taxes
the rule of law: exemptions for state agents
entrepreneurship: debatable
freedom to fail: do I need to comment on this?
voluntary exchange: voluntarism is under incredible threat

and…

sound money: Yes, I want fiat money to expand to the heavens but that is only because I have a great deal of gold holdings and invest against fiat currencies every chance I get. That doesn't change the fact that Earth doesn't have sound money and private citizens are going strong toward alternatives to state-created currencies.

Bullshit. Or at best half the story. America became the wealthiest country because we were blessed with untapped valuable natural resources, were isolated by vast oceans from devastating wars, but mostly because of investments in public infrastructure that allowed economic development.

The underpinning of the economy in Radley’s home state is vast networks of public drainage infrastructure that turned huge areas into arable farmland, networks of publicly funded rail (and now) road networks (rail networks were publicly funded by giving vast quantities of land to the railroads), and the agricultural efficiency and yields developed at its land grant universities. Just a few examples, don’t forget the internet was a 100% government invented and developed operation.

Another thing the US has going for it was an early and robust commitment to public health (think clean water and sanitation, vaccinations & etc.) this creates a healthy workforce with a long “service life” that can be more productive than other places.

All the things that Mackey talks are available elsewhere, but what they don’t have is the public institutions and infrastructure that create the opportunities that economic freedom can develop.