<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238</id><updated>2012-01-25T11:44:45.855-08:00</updated><category term='taxation'/><category term='obama&apos;s debt'/><category term='ludwig von mises'/><category term='liberal'/><category term='John Adams'/><category term='Judge Andrew Napolitano'/><category term='Thomas Jefferson'/><category term='election results'/><category term='george orwell'/><category term='rights'/><category term='elections'/><category term='2nd amendment'/><category term='liberties'/><category term='updates'/><category term='purple shirts'/><category term='community organizers'/><category term='health care 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debt clock'/><category term='letter to aarp'/><category term='the heritage foundation'/><category term='Obama'/><category term='the foundry'/><category term='blogger interivews'/><category term='President'/><category term='Nevada'/><category term='NIH'/><category term='redistribution of wealth'/><category term='The Independent Bloghorn'/><category term='cj grisham'/><category term='grants'/><category term='libertarians'/><category term='non-profit'/><category term='democrat&apos;s burden'/><category term='liberty'/><category term='research'/><category term='liberalism'/><category term='health care is not a right'/><category term='uions'/><category term='politics'/><category term='justice'/><category term='albert camus'/><category term='equal opportunity'/><category term='pork'/><category term='absurdism'/><category term='labor'/><category term='Gino DiSimone'/><category term='new content'/><category term='blog'/><category term='conservatives'/><category term='unions'/><category term='judas goats'/><category term='obamination'/><category term='coercion'/><category term='firearms'/><category term='blog interviews'/><category term='economics'/><category term='grassroots'/><category term='government health care'/><category term='blogger interview'/><category term='liberty pen blog interviews'/><category term='healthcare'/><category term='liberty pen'/><category term='stimulus plan'/><category term='blue cross blue shield'/><category term='fiscal responsibility'/><category term='Senator Lindsey Graham'/><category term='cap and trade'/><category term='CDC'/><category term='Governor'/><category term='adam smith institute'/><category term='the conscience of a libertarian'/><title type='text'>THE LIBERTY PEN</title><subtitle type='html'>The Liberty Pen is blog that discusses the value of liberty, free minds, free markets, and limited government.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>81</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-636899794626421840</id><published>2010-02-15T17:51:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T18:01:23.089-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nevada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Governor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Independent Bloghorn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog interviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gino DiSimone'/><title type='text'>Updates on The Liberty Pen</title><summary type='text'>There are new updates on The Liberty Pen website, including an interview with Mr. Gino DiSimone - an Independent running for the office of Governor in my home state of Nevada.  Please stop by for an interesting read.The Liberty Pen Interviews: Mr. Gino DiSimone"America’s founding fathers were some of the most amazing, brilliant, bold, assertive men I have ever learned about.  I am sickened that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/636899794626421840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=636899794626421840&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/636899794626421840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/636899794626421840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2010/02/updates-on-liberty-pen.html' title='Updates on The Liberty Pen'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/S3n6QzAtqWI/AAAAAAAAAjs/-13wHEGqeg0/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-3954434075037833374</id><published>2010-02-04T18:39:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-04T18:51:06.602-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='letter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty pen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='harry reid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty pen updates'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wayne allen root'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>Liberty Pen Updates &amp; News</title><summary type='text'>It is that time again to inform you that the Liberty Pen site has been updated and a new blog article has been posted. Below is a small excerpt of the newly posted items.A Short Letter to Harry Reid"Could you please explicate the apparent lack of logic which seems to have infected your Democratic party with such reverberative effect? On February 04, 2010 you were seen on all news channels in your</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/3954434075037833374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=3954434075037833374&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3954434075037833374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3954434075037833374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2010/02/liberty-pen-updates-news.html' title='Liberty Pen Updates &amp; News'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/S2uFEfJLX4I/AAAAAAAAAjk/oQp3vF3lBsE/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-5613076225187032371</id><published>2010-01-20T14:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T14:23:42.720-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty pen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog interviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='adam smith institute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='george orwell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wayne allen root'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>Updates and Info</title><summary type='text'>Greetings and salutations my friends, I would like to inform you of the new updates to the Liberty Pen site.  A new blog post is up, as well as other items for your enjoyment. Many of you may not know that I reside in Reno, Nevada, which wouldn't be too bad except for the fact that Harry Reid is my Senator. In February we will be having our state Libertarian Convention and Wayne Allyn Root will </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/5613076225187032371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=5613076225187032371&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5613076225187032371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5613076225187032371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2010/01/updates-and-info.html' title='Updates and Info'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/S1d-ZqtF9CI/AAAAAAAAAjc/4Yqfob8zQVo/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7475895551822626488</id><published>2010-01-12T18:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-12T18:44:52.074-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog interviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new content'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='letter to aarp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>New Post and Updates</title><summary type='text'>I wanted to inform you that the Liberty Pen site has been updated again with new content. Below are a few excerpts of the new material. I also wanted to inform you that there is a new interview on the Liberty Pen site as well, I think you will find it to be very interesting.  A Letter to the Executive Director of AARP"...Recently you sent us a letter encouraging us to renew our lapsed membership </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7475895551822626488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7475895551822626488&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7475895551822626488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7475895551822626488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-post-and-updates.html' title='New Post and Updates'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/S00v31HzmPI/AAAAAAAAAjU/u7vWRNKmCJ0/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-2448344708607620900</id><published>2010-01-04T23:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-04T23:32:48.663-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Independent Bloghorn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog interviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Liberty Pen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>New Site Update</title><summary type='text'>I know that you have not heard from me in some time, but I wanted to inform you that the new Liberty Pen site has been updated. There is a new blog post, as well as a new blogger interview, The Independent Bloghorn. I hope you stop by.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/2448344708607620900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=2448344708607620900&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2448344708607620900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2448344708607620900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-site-update.html' title='New Site Update'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/S0LqPOappuI/AAAAAAAAAjM/abxOIxlvflU/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-5974353966727838907</id><published>2009-12-07T15:58:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-07T16:00:39.159-08:00</updated><title type='text'>UPDATE</title><summary type='text'>I just wanted to inform you that the new Liberty pen site has been updated again. Also, there will be new interviews coming this month and January. I hope you stop by!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/5974353966727838907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=5974353966727838907&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5974353966727838907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5974353966727838907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/12/update.html' title='UPDATE'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sx2Wugo1vrI/AAAAAAAAAjE/JZJ3pX3wwYc/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-2679850653418326503</id><published>2009-12-01T16:16:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T16:20:13.268-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Response From Senator Reid To My Letter</title><summary type='text'>I wanted to inform you that I have a new posting on the new Liberty Pen site. Thank you for taking the time to read my articles.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/2679850653418326503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=2679850653418326503&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2679850653418326503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2679850653418326503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/12/response-from-senator-reid-to-my-letter.html' title='Response From Senator Reid To My Letter'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SxWx7Uaer7I/AAAAAAAAAi8/pdsoq7MXPJA/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-6584685397717136553</id><published>2009-11-22T17:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T17:42:15.534-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Site and Blog</title><summary type='text'>I have decided to created a new website and a blog, all of which are on one site. I wanted it to look more professional and increase its level of seriousness. After viewing two re-designs of fellow bloggers (Conservative Hideout 2.0, Feed Your ADHD) I follow, I thought it would be a good idea. I will continue to use this blog as a launching point until the transition is complete. I hope you stop </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/6584685397717136553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=6584685397717136553&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6584685397717136553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6584685397717136553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-site-and-blog.html' title='A New Site and Blog'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Swnm4eV08-I/AAAAAAAAAi0/kPRK-hdTbTw/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-6495949399809489301</id><published>2009-11-09T12:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T13:40:59.557-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='purple shirts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='andy stern'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='violence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama administration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='labor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fascists'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='uions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community organizers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seiu'/><title type='text'>SEIU and Their Violent Methodology</title><summary type='text'>I read an article on CBS13.com this weekend that illustrates, yet again, the barbarity of SEIU. These stories are all too common and SEIU's pervasive odor of corruption is trying to attach itself to every facet of the American labor market. Their venal proclivities have the protection of the Obama administration and they are all too happy to assist in the dissolution of individual liberty. Felony</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/6495949399809489301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=6495949399809489301&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6495949399809489301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6495949399809489301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/11/seiu-and-their-violent-methodology.html' title='SEIU and Their Violent Methodology'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Svh5wF3GYoI/AAAAAAAAAik/CM2_J1Ks9iU/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-5947526487582688165</id><published>2009-11-08T14:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T14:27:37.722-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Judge Andrew Napolitano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pelosi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care bill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coercion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>Kiss Your Freedoms Goodbye If Health Care Passes</title><summary type='text'>The following is an opinion article written by Judge Andrew Napolitano on November 6th. Never let it be said that smart voices couldn't be heard in our time of turmoil. Their erudition purveyed a warning sign for us to heed, and our posterity will judge us for our ability to act on behalf of liberty's calling.   Kiss Your Freedoms Goodbye If Health Care Passesby Judge Andrew NapolitanoNovember 6,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/5947526487582688165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=5947526487582688165&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5947526487582688165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5947526487582688165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/11/kiss-your-freedoms-goodbye-if-health.html' title='Kiss Your Freedoms Goodbye If Health Care Passes'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SvdBUPwqGSI/AAAAAAAAAiM/m_SHkXjuGrQ/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7116139949234236492</id><published>2009-11-06T17:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T17:46:27.051-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='election results'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarian party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='congress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='senate'/><title type='text'>Election Results For Libertarians</title><summary type='text'>For those of you that are interested to see how Libertarians fared in the November 3rd elections, I have a list that was sent to me by the National Libertarian Party. The size of our government did not grow overnight, so it is equally logical to assert that its reduction will take some time to manifest. Vigilance is key. To my Conservative friends I submit that our battles are far from over, thus</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7116139949234236492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7116139949234236492&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7116139949234236492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7116139949234236492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/11/election-results-for-libertarians.html' title='Election Results For Libertarians'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SvTME3-icbI/AAAAAAAAAhk/KfjrRtD2-Yk/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-2827311786002819790</id><published>2009-11-05T18:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T18:41:02.065-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ludwig von mises'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='absurdism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='albert camus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mises.org'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>"Man alone is an end unto himself"</title><summary type='text'>I came upon an excellent article over at the Ludwig von Mises Institute that discussed the insights of Albert Camus. A quote from Camus reminds me of another writer, viewed irreverently by some for his caustic wit, Dr. Dave over at Feed Your ADHD;"Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth."I think you will enjoy the following article primarily because it will cause you to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/2827311786002819790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=2827311786002819790&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2827311786002819790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2827311786002819790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/11/man-alone-is-end-unto-himself.html' title='&quot;Man alone is an end unto himself&quot;'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SvOFR9fj1rI/AAAAAAAAAg8/PWbqlPZRS7s/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-798789790885429048</id><published>2009-11-04T11:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T11:24:11.736-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarian party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservatives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wayne allen root'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='w.a.r.'/><title type='text'>Election Day Storyline: The Citizen Revolution Has Begun!</title><summary type='text'>
The following posting is from Wayne Allyn Root's blog, and he provides his opinion on the elections that took place yesterday. Whether you're a Libertarian, Republican, or a Conservative (or a mixture of all three), I think he states quite succinctly that principles outweighed party affiliation. 




Election Day Storyline: The Citizen Revolution Has Begun!




By Wayne Allyn Root, Author
The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/798789790885429048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=798789790885429048&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/798789790885429048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/798789790885429048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/11/election-day-storyline-citizen.html' title='Election Day Storyline: The Citizen Revolution Has Begun!'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SvHQKwLGSrI/AAAAAAAAAfU/M7HK_sMI7SA/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-8951413442813911799</id><published>2009-10-28T19:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T19:56:44.156-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school boards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cj grisham'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school uniforms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog interviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>Interview on Liberty Research Institute</title><summary type='text'> I wish to inform you of an interview on the Liberty Research Institute blog. I think you will find it to be an interesting read, thank you very much.CJ Grisham: A Man and His Beliefs    </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/8951413442813911799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=8951413442813911799&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8951413442813911799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8951413442813911799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/10/interview-on-liberty-research-institute.html' title='Interview on Liberty Research Institute'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SukC0RR9KVI/AAAAAAAAAfM/fr96lRPTQ0Q/s72-c/libertypen' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-6055055512759328264</id><published>2009-10-25T14:06:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T10:23:16.414-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bellator Pro Libertas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty pen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the conscience of a libertarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogger interivews'/><title type='text'>Blog Interview: Bellator Pro Libertas</title><summary type='text'>This week I am on vacation in California visting family, but I will try to post as much as I can. The Liberty Pen had the privilege of interviewing Barry, the purveyor of the blog, "Bellator Pro Libertas," and it proved to be an interesting exchange.tLP: What does Libertarianism mean to you?BPL: Libertarianism returns to the political roots of our country to a time when we were “governed by the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/6055055512759328264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=6055055512759328264&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6055055512759328264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6055055512759328264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-interview-bellator-pro-libertas_25.html' title='Blog Interview: Bellator Pro Libertas'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SuD2fZGjEnI/AAAAAAAAAek/qKmZgMFAvwg/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-2251099554141894958</id><published>2009-10-20T14:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-20T17:48:38.926-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2nd amendment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='firearms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NIH'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gun rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberties'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CDC'/><title type='text'>Another Assault on Gun Rights?</title><summary type='text'>A story in The Washington Post discusses the resurgence of firearm research by the National Institute of Health. As with previous examinations pertaining to firearms, the NIH will engage in investigative analyses of  the cause and effect relationships of gun ownership. And any conclusions, however illative, which are shown to be detrimental  to public health and safety will be a point of fixation</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/2251099554141894958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=2251099554141894958&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2251099554141894958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2251099554141894958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/10/another-assault-on-gun-rights.html' title='Another Assault on Gun Rights?'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/St4o89ExTlI/AAAAAAAAAeU/U17txE8w1Pk/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-230225052036048921</id><published>2009-10-19T11:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T12:42:22.724-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='L.R.I.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cap and trade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lord christopher monckton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='global warning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='united nations climate treaty'/><title type='text'>Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty?</title><summary type='text'>I was sent an article that pertained to Lord Christopher Monckton and a speech he gave in St. Paul, MN on October 14th at the Minnesota Free Market Institute. Lord Christopher Monckton was the same individual barred from speaking against Al Gore at a Congressional hearing back in April 2009.The context of his speech in St. Paul references global warming and the United Nations Climate Change </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/230225052036048921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=230225052036048921&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/230225052036048921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/230225052036048921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-obama-poised-to-cede-us-sovereignty.html' title='Is Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty?'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sty1nJZLxjI/AAAAAAAAAeE/h4wOSvqRUYw/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7084554444955868254</id><published>2009-10-15T18:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T18:47:07.720-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care insurance for politicians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Senator Lindsey Graham'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blue cross blue shield'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='co-op health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government health care'/><title type='text'>Congress and Their Lavish Health Care</title><summary type='text'>Have most of you pondered as to what your representatives have for health care insurance? Do you think it is similar to yours? Have you every asked your state representative if they will switch to the public option? A recent interview between CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson and Senator Lindsey Graham dispels our curiosities with the following clarification;For them, there's no coverage </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7084554444955868254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7084554444955868254&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7084554444955868254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7084554444955868254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/10/congress-and-their-lavish-health-care.html' title='Congress and Their Lavish Health Care'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/StfLIHCdFdI/AAAAAAAAAds/18uZiSXktfE/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-4013259101654071160</id><published>2009-10-13T21:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T22:05:12.284-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='L.R.I.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty pen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='activism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty research institute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>The Liberty Pen and L.R.I.</title><summary type='text'>The last post that was issued on the Liberty Pen eluded to the commencement of the Liberty Research Institute's website and blog. As of today it is up and running but there is much more work that needs to be done. Policy papers and periodicals are being developed as we speak, and we have had some interesting interactions with the federal government. All that will be posted in do time and you will</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/4013259101654071160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=4013259101654071160&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4013259101654071160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4013259101654071160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/10/liberty-pen-and-lri.html' title='The Liberty Pen and L.R.I.'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/StVSQ6zCRHI/AAAAAAAAAdM/d1rFL_obs1E/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-1618921123972314431</id><published>2009-10-09T09:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T09:40:35.942-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty pen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty research institute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='updates'/><title type='text'>Updates</title><summary type='text'>
I want to apologize to everyone for not submitting more posts this week, I have been working on the Liberty Research Institute's blog. This blog will be active starting Monday, as well as new posts for the Liberty Pen. I thank you for your patience, and I believe that you will be very pleased with the results. Thank you very much for stopping by and taking interest.

Additionally, we are also in</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/1618921123972314431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=1618921123972314431&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/1618921123972314431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/1618921123972314431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/10/updates.html' title='Updates'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Ss9l4v5xEII/AAAAAAAAAcc/agmvd4y4LKE/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-2483956866261955770</id><published>2009-10-06T14:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T14:24:47.217-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea baggers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='janeane garofalo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bill mahr'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='protesting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>Another Small Rant on Janeane Garofalo</title><summary type='text'>

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I find myself revisiting the vacuous personality of Janeane Garofalo, not for the singular reason that she invokes the faculties of logic and reason, my impetus was to understand her dissociative mental illness that precludes the power of rationalization from manifesting. Ms. Garofalo was recently on Bill Mahr's show (a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/2483956866261955770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=2483956866261955770&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2483956866261955770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2483956866261955770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/10/another-small-rant-on-janeane-garofalo.html' title='Another Small Rant on Janeane Garofalo'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SsuXTplofII/AAAAAAAAAb8/HrMhNgncz40/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-6834548494679612</id><published>2009-10-05T15:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-05T16:01:03.145-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='congress to increase budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politico'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty research institute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='congress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal responsibility'/><title type='text'>In tight times, Congress boosts its budget</title><summary type='text'>I came across this Politico article while doing my daily reading and I must say that it reinforces my opinion that our government knows nothing of budgetary restraint - much less anything that resembles fiscal responsibility. After all, why worry yourself over such minuscular considerations when you can just aggressively tax the citizenry of this Republic for your lack of self-control.I also </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/6834548494679612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=6834548494679612&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6834548494679612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6834548494679612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/10/in-tight-times-congress-boosts-its.html' title='In tight times, Congress boosts its budget'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Ssp0CEFR2kI/AAAAAAAAAbs/nxMLMN8hFRw/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-1812839100916759857</id><published>2009-09-27T16:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-27T17:30:59.133-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cato institute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cato'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care bill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='co-op health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care is not a right'/><title type='text'>Health Care Is Not An Unalienable Right part 3</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   As we all know the funding for government health care will be discharged as an obligation on the affluent, a forfeiture of disposable income as a consequence to an infraction of social justice. But what the Democrats, leftists, socialists and progressives fail to understand is that there are not enough “rich” people to finance</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/1812839100916759857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=1812839100916759857&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/1812839100916759857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/1812839100916759857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/09/health-care-is-not-unalienable-right_27.html' title='Health Care Is Not An Unalienable Right part 3'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sr_6h_6nK-I/AAAAAAAAAbc/ULZvcBmQN7s/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7301182636763731641</id><published>2009-09-23T18:46:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T11:10:21.623-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unalienable rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Founding Fathers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='single payer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care bill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='co-op health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care is not a right'/><title type='text'>Health Care Is Not An Unalienable Right part 2</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   My previous post engaged you in a cursory critique of the fallacy of health care as right - as well as the procuratorial positioning the Democrats are trying to institute in order to abrogate our legitimate, unalienable rights. To continue with my exegesis I would like to proceed with the Democratic perversion of moral theory.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7301182636763731641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7301182636763731641&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7301182636763731641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7301182636763731641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/09/health-care-is-not-unalienable-right_23.html' title='Health Care Is Not An Unalienable Right part 2'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SrrPkru3csI/AAAAAAAAAbE/ygNGh9e_VKc/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7424353854532230395</id><published>2009-09-21T17:42:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T11:09:19.646-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unalienable rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Founding Fathers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='single payer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care bill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='co-op health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care is not a right'/><title type='text'>Health Care Is Not An Unalienable Right  - part 1</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   I have written in two previous posts regarding the failure of social justice, so in this post I would like to  add a supplemental which will be divided into three parts. In this post I would like to explicate how health care is not an unalienable right, while illustrating those who predicate their position in the affirmative </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7424353854532230395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7424353854532230395&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7424353854532230395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7424353854532230395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/09/health-care-is-not-unalienable-right.html' title='Health Care Is Not An Unalienable Right  - part 1'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SrgdtoEPZaI/AAAAAAAAAaM/kNukJHzIskg/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-8699834165497826466</id><published>2009-09-10T11:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T12:12:37.603-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='john stossel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='john stossel&apos;s take'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moving to fox'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fox'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>John Stossel is Moving to FOX!!</title><summary type='text'>I was reading John Stossel's blog, John Stossel's Take, and found some fantastic news; John Stossel is moving to Fox. Upon reading his most recent entry I found myself electrified and anxious for his arrival, as I consider retrospectively that ABC - in light of its pro Obama stance, now views him with disfavor and perhaps a lightened animus. Nevertheless, FOX will be better off for it.JOHN </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/8699834165497826466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=8699834165497826466&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8699834165497826466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8699834165497826466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/09/john-stossel-is-moving-to-fox.html' title='John Stossel is Moving to FOX!!'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SqlLbqYkpyI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/NaiTNlSeHMM/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-291353386520482247</id><published>2009-09-08T08:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-08T14:33:20.305-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty pen blog interviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog interviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty belle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>Blog Interviews: The Liberty Belle</title><summary type='text'>The Liberty Pen is back after a short Labor Day vacation, and we are starting the week off with a Blog Interview. We had the pleasure of recently interviewing the Liberty Belle; and as you proceed through the interview you will glean the Liberty Belle's vernal nature is balanced with a mental acuity that is aged and incisive. I would fear less for the future of our Republic if individuals such as</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/291353386520482247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=291353386520482247&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/291353386520482247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/291353386520482247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/09/blog-interviews-liberty-belle.html' title='Blog Interviews: The Liberty Belle'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SqZ-en62mhI/AAAAAAAAAY0/fGR_SATzEeE/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-8183595501822114341</id><published>2009-09-02T10:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T10:20:28.048-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='left wing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grassroots'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='organizing for america'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the foundry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ruining the country'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='leftists'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the heritage foundation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>To Know Your Enemy</title><summary type='text'>Over at the Foundry, The Heritage Foundation's blog, they have an article discussing a posting made by Barak Obama's Organizing for America. Here is a short clip;"All 50 States are coordinating in this – as we fight back against our own Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists who are subverting the American Democratic Process, whipped to a frenzy by their Fox Propaganda Network ceaselessly re-seizing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/8183595501822114341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=8183595501822114341&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8183595501822114341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8183595501822114341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/09/to-know-your-enemy.html' title='To Know Your Enemy'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sp6lWPobR5I/AAAAAAAAAYc/JYkh4-jKkmE/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-1831275273768162463</id><published>2009-08-31T13:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T14:24:08.785-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the conscience of a libertarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the failure of social justice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social justice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conscience'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='redistribution of wealth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>The Failure of Social Justice part 2</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   “The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.” Izaak Walton    In my previous discourse I offered a cursory examination of the Failure of Social Justice – in this post I wish to purvey a theoretical extension and asseverate how one's conscience is itself; a property. Furthermore, any external agent </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/1831275273768162463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=1831275273768162463&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/1831275273768162463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/1831275273768162463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/failure-of-social-justice-part-2.html' title='The Failure of Social Justice part 2'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SpwtJV2k9eI/AAAAAAAAAX0/9BnMOJNClag/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-634100705494078525</id><published>2009-08-28T11:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T11:24:29.066-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cato institute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ted kennedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='senator'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cato'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democrats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rule of law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politicians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cheating politicians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='senate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='massachusetts'/><title type='text'>In Massachusetts, the Rule of Law Dies</title><summary type='text'>It seems  the prodigious Senator Ted Kennedy can manifest political quagmires from beyond the grave. The following post comes from the Cato Institute, an organization I admire. What you will read is a primary example of how politicians care little for the average citizen,  the will of the people, and rule of law. To me, the Democratic party is the most dangerous political organization to our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/634100705494078525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=634100705494078525&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/634100705494078525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/634100705494078525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-massachusetts-rule-of-law-dies.html' title='In Massachusetts, the Rule of Law Dies'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SpgbcTesyyI/AAAAAAAAAXk/EhKu92JOTSA/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-4617706580326578936</id><published>2009-08-27T12:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T12:27:24.398-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='john stossel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='john stossel&apos;s take'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pork spending'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stimulus plan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stimulus money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pork'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>"Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency" by John Stossel</title><summary type='text'>The following blog posting is a submission from the blog, John Stossel's Take. While Mr. Stossel does not appeal to everybody, I'm sure we can at least agree that he makes us think about the world we live in."Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency"by John StosselWhen Congress passed the $787 billion stimulus plan, President Obama.......promised skeptical listeners that the government's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/4617706580326578936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=4617706580326578936&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4617706580326578936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4617706580326578936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/accountability-responsibility-and.html' title='&quot;Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency&quot; by John Stossel'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SpbYsFIYvvI/AAAAAAAAAXM/Rew8wzvttwo/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-8207534428479694956</id><published>2009-08-25T08:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T10:50:17.474-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty pen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog interviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obamination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogger interivews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the obamination of america'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Blog Interviews: The Obamination of America</title><summary type='text'>It is that time again for the Liberty Pen to do another Blog Interview. In this installment we will be interviewing Jordan, the author of the blog, "The Obamination of America." I firmly believe that you will observe this young man's adoration for Liberty and his keen understanding that true individual prosperity can only be facilitated without governmental intrusion. We hope you enjoy this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/8207534428479694956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=8207534428479694956&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8207534428479694956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8207534428479694956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-interviews-obamination-of-america.html' title='Blog Interviews: The Obamination of America'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SpQKmpi8dmI/AAAAAAAAAWc/o0p9elvJJyc/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-226098960367026111</id><published>2009-08-24T17:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-24T17:39:53.676-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democrat&apos;s burden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama&apos;s debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. debt clock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='u.s. debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poor house'/><title type='text'>U.S. Debt Clock</title><summary type='text'>I thought about creating some clever articulation concerning the proceeding visual. I cannot, and any measure to do so would only aggravate this financial tragedy. I only ask that you look at it, and then question whether our government looks out for "We the People." Question if the amount given to Brazil for offshore drilling, $2 billion, is a sound investment for the United States. If by some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/226098960367026111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=226098960367026111&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/226098960367026111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/226098960367026111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/us-debt-clock.html' title='U.S. Debt Clock'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SpMslJDJAxI/AAAAAAAAAWE/3ccQ3-iD5dw/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-4919753619431600765</id><published>2009-08-20T15:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-20T18:03:32.040-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='equal opportunity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='progressivism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='negative liberties'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='equality of income'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='justice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social justice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='progressive taxation'/><title type='text'>My Rant on the Failure of Social Justice part 1</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   We have heard the words social justice thrown around in political conversations, but specificity is missing regarding its context. Social justice, which has been hijacked by socialists, can be defined as; a philosophical concept/cause which promulgates fair and equitable treatment within a societal construct. The corollary of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/4919753619431600765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=4919753619431600765&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4919753619431600765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4919753619431600765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-rant-on-failure-of-social-justice.html' title='My Rant on the Failure of Social Justice part 1'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/So3MC-kVV4I/AAAAAAAAAVs/fRNsmg8VKr4/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-8403101102062632046</id><published>2009-08-19T09:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T10:12:14.259-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogger interview'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarian party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='medicare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the conscience of a libertarian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tax cuts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wayne allen root'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama speeches'/><title type='text'>Obama Finally Gets it Right - Government Run Healthcare Will Be Exactly Like the Postal Service</title><summary type='text'>I wanted to share another email that I received yesterday, it was a blog posting from Wayne Allyn Root. I must admit that I am a fan of Mr. Root, but beyond that I feel that he has some very interesting things to say, regardless of personal or political viewpoint. Tomorrow I will have a posting explicating the inefficiency and coercive aspects of Social Justice. On Monday the 24th I will have a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/8403101102062632046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=8403101102062632046&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8403101102062632046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8403101102062632046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/obama-finally-gets-it-right-government.html' title='Obama Finally Gets it Right - Government Run Healthcare Will Be Exactly Like the Postal Service'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SowtVFVsJjI/AAAAAAAAAVU/20opCP_SmKE/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-112212199362976739</id><published>2009-08-17T22:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-17T23:05:19.185-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='single payer insurance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarian party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='white house'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democrats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='insurance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='single payer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>Email on Healthcare from Libertarian Donny Ferguson</title><summary type='text'>I wanted to share an email I received from Donny Ferguson, Director of Communications for the Libertarian National Committee. It is an important reminder to stay vigilant, and to keep our message focused. By now most of you are well aware of what will happen if our government invades further into our personal lives. Therefore it is vital to keep yourself informed and to stay connected with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/112212199362976739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=112212199362976739&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/112212199362976739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/112212199362976739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/email-on-healthcare-from-libertarian.html' title='Email on Healthcare from Libertarian Donny Ferguson'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Soo_0GNbwuI/AAAAAAAAAUs/7jxrwxDHLJI/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7190707938716743272</id><published>2009-08-16T12:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-17T23:06:28.547-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='non-profit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Declaration of Independence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='think tank'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservative scalawag blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty research institute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>New Organization: The Liberty Research Institute</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   I wanted to inform the readers of the Liberty Pen that we are forming a non-profit organization that will be a structured think tank. The intent of our organization is to educate and perpetuate the principles of individual liberty and Constitutional education. We firmly believe that the foundation of our Republic can only be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7190707938716743272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7190707938716743272&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7190707938716743272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7190707938716743272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-organization-liberty-research.html' title='New Organization: The Liberty Research Institute'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SohkCX7c2UI/AAAAAAAAAT8/n_SFQ0LH82U/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-2697420992237010029</id><published>2009-08-13T12:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T14:01:03.900-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2nd amendment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog interviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gun rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservatives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservative scalawag blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>Blog Interviews: Conservative Scalawag</title><summary type='text'>For this installment of Blog Interviews the Liberty Pen had the distinct pleasure of interviewing the Conservative Scalawag. I must be particularly honest with you and state that I take great pleasure  in interviewing other bloggers. For me, appreciable facets of mental competency and the principled rectitude of character are externalized on every individual blog. The perception of such leaves me</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/2697420992237010029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=2697420992237010029&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2697420992237010029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2697420992237010029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-interviews-conservative-scalawag.html' title='Blog Interviews: Conservative Scalawag'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SoRkGewL-tI/AAAAAAAAAS4/X7rMAu1LBJY/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-2157454413855454243</id><published>2009-08-11T13:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T15:54:30.720-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acron'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='community organizers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tyranny'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seiu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='town hall meetings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democrats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republicans'/><title type='text'>In the Face of Tyranny</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   The tailors of our reconstruction are sowing the threads of our discontent. They are stitching our liberties, our voices, our right of choice – thread by thread to fashion a garment which binds us in mind and spirit. Can anyone deny that we are in an age of tyranny, a forced legitimacy that shields its poisonous malignancy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/2157454413855454243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=2157454413855454243&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2157454413855454243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2157454413855454243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-face-of-tyranny.html' title='In the Face of Tyranny'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SoHOP5SQ9OI/AAAAAAAAASg/8gzTfjJH480/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-9006208018186487404</id><published>2009-08-07T11:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T19:39:30.211-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thomas Jefferson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Founding Fathers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='judas goats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John Adams'/><title type='text'>An Open Rant to the President and 'We the People'</title><summary type='text'>Dear Mr. PresidentWould it be possible for you to exercise some measure of intellectual faculty and answer the following query? Is it within the realm of probability for a   man bound in human frailties to run a governmental construct, and while restraining his iniquitous nature, disallow the natural tendency to trespass on the unalienable rights of the people? A burdensome question by any </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/9006208018186487404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=9006208018186487404&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/9006208018186487404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/9006208018186487404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/open-rant-to-president-and-we-people.html' title='An Open Rant to the President and &apos;We the People&apos;'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SnxzguHbHaI/AAAAAAAAASA/Dhe_2vaJDko/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-87346417456387359</id><published>2009-08-04T15:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T15:47:42.266-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Interviews: Greg R. Lawson</title><summary type='text'>For this edition of Blog Interviews the Liberty Pen is providing a conservative Republican perspective. As you remember, the last interview was centered around a Libertarian viewpoint from Mr. David Colborne.  Therefore, it would only be fair to purvey a position that is  different with regards to political philosophy. I hope you enjoy the interview.tLP: Please describe for us your political </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/87346417456387359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=87346417456387359&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/87346417456387359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/87346417456387359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-interviews-greg-r-lawson.html' title='Blog Interviews: Greg R. Lawson'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Snczg8Nw-8I/AAAAAAAAARI/tKdwPw9Qk9w/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-2455223813005218983</id><published>2009-08-03T13:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T13:26:24.816-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"A Nation That Does Not Educate in Liberty Will Not Long Preserve It"</title><summary type='text'>The following article was taken from FIRE, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. The author of this article is Tim Nuccio, a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and FIRE summer intern. Most of us are fully aware that the educational system is severely flawed, indoctrination and progressive issues which promote collectivist iedology have become the normative. Observe</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/2455223813005218983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=2455223813005218983&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2455223813005218983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2455223813005218983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/08/nation-that-does-not-educate-in-liberty.html' title='&quot;A Nation That Does Not Educate in Liberty Will Not Long Preserve It&quot;'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sm9Bmq_c4_I/AAAAAAAAAO8/CClmJDXI62o/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-1351530666719214699</id><published>2009-07-30T11:20:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T11:20:37.511-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Interviews: Mr. David Colborne</title><summary type='text'>For this round of Blog Interviews the Liberty Pen is going local. I have had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. David Colborne, Secretary for the Nevada Capital Libertarian Party. It is my contention that the impressions of Libertarianism are artificial and carefully effected manipulation, and I state this position because of the multiple conversations I have had via person-to-person and on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/1351530666719214699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=1351530666719214699&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/1351530666719214699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/1351530666719214699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-interviews-mr-david-colborne_30.html' title='Blog Interviews: Mr. David Colborne'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sm3z9nwoZyI/AAAAAAAAAOM/6lJYA5fB07E/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-451553345197342650</id><published>2009-07-29T12:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T12:19:50.440-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Are We Moving Toward Socialized Medicine? by Yaron Brook</title><summary type='text'>The following is an article I received via email, and it is written from Yaron Brook, president of the Ayn Rand Center For Individual Rights. An intelligent article that proposes fundamental reasoning, I hope you enjoy it.  Why Are We Moving Toward Socialized Medicine? By Yaron Brook Government intervention in medicine is wrecking American health care. Nearly half of all spending on health care </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/451553345197342650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=451553345197342650&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/451553345197342650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/451553345197342650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-are-we-moving-toward-socialized.html' title='Why Are We Moving Toward Socialized Medicine? by Yaron Brook'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SnCd5IU96tI/AAAAAAAAAP4/Fu8_EdE6RPg/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-8432294259061064445</id><published>2009-07-28T09:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T12:18:40.815-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama's Waterloo by Wayne Allyn Root</title><summary type='text'>The following article was written by Wayne Allyn Root, a Libertarian who was the 2008 United States Libertarian Party vice-presidential nominee.OBAMA'S WATERLOOI'm sorry to say it but “I told you so.” Obama is a radical socialist, with a chip on his shoulder. And finally America is taking notice. His true colors are showing and his polls are dropping like a lead balloon. Later today a Rasmussen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/8432294259061064445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=8432294259061064445&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8432294259061064445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8432294259061064445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/07/obamas-waterloo-by-wayne-allyn-root.html' title='Obama&apos;s Waterloo by Wayne Allyn Root'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sm8qpE6hBuI/AAAAAAAAAOk/chG7mHLL4Yc/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-3117957627765637473</id><published>2009-07-24T11:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T12:17:48.922-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Senator Harry Reid's Response To My Letter</title><summary type='text'>I had written Senator Harry Reid (my State Senator)  a letter last month and displayed said letter in a post on the Liberty Pen. I did not bear any illusions that he would personally read my correspondence and give it its due regard. Nor did I consider that the entirety of my letter would yield careful deliberation, for my letter was constructed with expressed dissent and careful admonishment, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/3117957627765637473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=3117957627765637473&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3117957627765637473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3117957627765637473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/07/senator-harry-reids-response-to-my.html' title='Senator Harry Reid&apos;s Response To My Letter'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Smn_oEsPrOI/AAAAAAAAANo/P4S2h0UqVoA/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-8987937136171096261</id><published>2009-07-22T10:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T11:16:30.584-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Interviews: The Liberty Pen</title><summary type='text'>I was recently asked to do an interview by The Classic Liberal, an honor to say the least. I do not view myself with any significance or of high import, as I am sure there are other individuals of higher relevance. If you are so inclined, or simply bored, please stop by the The Classic Liberal and read the interview. Then, when you are finished peruse the other articles such as;"The Patronizing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/8987937136171096261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=8987937136171096261&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8987937136171096261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8987937136171096261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-interviews-liberty-pen.html' title='Blog Interviews: The Liberty Pen'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SmdQDx05gAI/AAAAAAAAANQ/V4xgNG6MI-0/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7504144993874867253</id><published>2009-07-16T17:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T20:24:06.123-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Interviews: Feed Your ADHD</title><summary type='text'>Ladies and gentlemen it is time again for another installment of Blog Interviews from the Liberty Pen. This week we have Dr. Dave from Feed Your ADHD, but before we commence I must make the following statement to those of you who do not know Dr. Dave or his blog, - "No, he is not a real Doctor in the medical sense." By my own stipulative definition Dr. Dave is an educated individual with a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7504144993874867253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7504144993874867253&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7504144993874867253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7504144993874867253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/07/blogger-interviews-feed-your-adhd.html' title='Blog Interviews: Feed Your ADHD'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sl_MK1k6j6I/AAAAAAAAAMw/qG5IzzALJKA/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-6835655694052781884</id><published>2009-07-14T11:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-25T16:03:10.204-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ayn Rand's Anthem and Our Future</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   I finished reading Ayn Rand's Anthem this weekend and I thought much of the story was quite prophetic. Rand's story is set in a future time and place that isn't specified and it revolves around mankind's forced conformity to an amorphous mass. The mechanisms for our declination were due to a complete absence of mental clarity,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/6835655694052781884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=6835655694052781884&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6835655694052781884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6835655694052781884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/07/ayn-rands-anthem-and-our-future.html' title='Ayn Rand&apos;s Anthem and Our Future'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SlzVXf5tykI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/-qIsS4fBdi4/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7518243496583302844</id><published>2009-07-09T12:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T18:13:58.766-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Interviews: Present Discontent</title><summary type='text'>It is that time again for Liberty Pen's Blogger Interviews, and this week we will be speaking to Don, the author and site owner of Present Discontent. I have only known Don, as much as a person could via the internet, a few short months. But he, as with the others I have (and yet to) interviewed, embodies a quote from the United States Air Force Academy;"We define character as the sum of those </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7518243496583302844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7518243496583302844&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7518243496583302844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7518243496583302844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-interviews-present-discontent.html' title='Blog Interviews: Present Discontent'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SlZCvReLeXI/AAAAAAAAALw/Kdkb_cCKGBc/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-4669950818880477869</id><published>2009-07-07T13:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T15:17:06.974-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Liberty Standard</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   Over the 4th of July weekend I watched the series, The Revolution. The Founding Fathers knew that the standard of Liberty needed to transcend the artificial concept of affective abstraction and become the normative aspect for a free people. The logic for doing so was their recognition of mankind's fallibilities, and the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/4669950818880477869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=4669950818880477869&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4669950818880477869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4669950818880477869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/07/liberty-standard.html' title='The Liberty Standard'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SlOuRNpokNI/AAAAAAAAALg/50Jg0Z_FYKA/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-2551561891766430082</id><published>2009-07-02T20:25:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T23:08:28.682-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Little Rant Before the 4th</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   As the House passed the Climate Change Bill last week I found myself in a state of introspection, ruminating upon the fact that President Obama has become the memento mori of our great Republic.     “Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong.” - Thomas Jefferson  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/2551561891766430082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=2551561891766430082&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2551561891766430082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2551561891766430082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/07/little-rant-before-4th.html' title='A Little Rant Before the 4th'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sk16VkI9tkI/AAAAAAAAALQ/pCsx-6hVLzQ/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-4850973183731325679</id><published>2009-07-01T09:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T23:11:19.192-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Interviews: The Classic Liberal</title><summary type='text'>Since the July, 4th holiday is coming up this weekend I have decided to post the weekly Blog Interview a little early. This week I had the pleasure of interviewing, Mike, from the The Classic Liberal. As with the previous interview I asked a series of questions and received some fantastic answers. I hope you will find this interview interesting, and if you would like to participate in the Blog </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/4850973183731325679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=4850973183731325679&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4850973183731325679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4850973183731325679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-interviews-classic-liberal.html' title='Blog Interviews: The Classic Liberal'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SkuT2NMsOAI/AAAAAAAAAKw/gSkTToYdpXM/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-8712624266223053349</id><published>2009-06-27T14:18:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-29T18:12:38.353-07:00</updated><title type='text'>An Open Letter to Senator Harry Reid</title><summary type='text'>The following letter was sent to Nevada Senator, Harry Reid. Senator Reid happens to be my Senator so please feel for me and understand my pain. I wrote this letter hoping to get a response on issues I feel are pertinent, they are not by any measure all inclusive, for the letter can only be so long. I have written to Senator Reid before and I have received only one response, which was in regard </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/8712624266223053349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=8712624266223053349&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8712624266223053349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8712624266223053349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-senator-harry-reid.html' title='An Open Letter to Senator Harry Reid'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SkaMs5o6IzI/AAAAAAAAAKA/sMLLs_R0oaE/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-858623463381819924</id><published>2009-06-25T11:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T13:00:27.857-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Interviews: Conservative Hideout 2.0</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   I am creating a series of blogger interviews that spotlight the blogs, the people, and the reasoning for  taking to the information highway. My motives are not to illustrate my excessive regard for personal advantage, or to somehow enact subversive interests to benefit myself. I'll leave those forms of insidious mechanisms to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/858623463381819924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=858623463381819924&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/858623463381819924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/858623463381819924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-interviews-conservative-hideout-20.html' title='Blog Interviews: Conservative Hideout 2.0'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SkO9G1fXawI/AAAAAAAAAJM/SW7eEut-5cI/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-6681054487165582474</id><published>2009-06-22T14:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T15:11:38.650-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Price of Freedom is Blood</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;    From the posts I have submitted thus far many of you know I am a firm believer in economic and political freedom. There are, however, those with dissimilar opinions who try to assert that both are mutually exclusive because one does not beget the other, nor does the very existence of one ensure the other. Political freedom </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/6681054487165582474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=6681054487165582474&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6681054487165582474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6681054487165582474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/06/price-of-freedom-is-blood.html' title='The Price of Freedom is Blood'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sj_zwLLk0gI/AAAAAAAAAI8/0nrnpFQK25M/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7347468586145044616</id><published>2009-06-21T12:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T21:02:50.296-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Congressman Ron Paul On Healthcare</title><summary type='text'>Dear Friend,As both a defender of Liberty and a Medical Doctor, I’m very concerned about the plans the Obama Administration and many in Congress have to increase the government’s role in healthcare.Medical decisions being made by government bureaucrats, loss of privacy of medical data, and our ability to keep our own insurance and doctors are all up for grabs once Congress starts moving on these </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7347468586145044616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7347468586145044616&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7347468586145044616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7347468586145044616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/06/congressman-ron-paul-on-healthcare.html' title='Congressman Ron Paul On Healthcare'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sj6Q6lAGyZI/AAAAAAAAAIs/DTzHwFqtuq0/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-2120192071664125560</id><published>2009-06-17T21:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T21:04:07.897-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Glenn Beck: The Letter</title><summary type='text'>I watched Glenn Beck today and he read a letter from a woman in Arizona. It is an open letter to our nation's leadership, and I hope they were listening. Glenn has this letter on his website and a petition to sign that was attached at the end. I was going to provide the link but the servers were overloaded, so the link is down. I will put it on another post when the servers are up and running. I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/2120192071664125560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=2120192071664125560&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2120192071664125560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/2120192071664125560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/06/glenn-beck-letter.html' title='Glenn Beck: The Letter'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SjnA_bJSunI/AAAAAAAAAIc/_Tl0ZIZzdQ4/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-374856494097136577</id><published>2009-06-16T12:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T12:25:52.647-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Audit the Federal Reserve</title><summary type='text'>Congressman Ron Paul from Texas created HR 1207, which is an "Audit the Fed bill." This bill requires full transparency from the Federal Reserve for the first time in history by removing all restrictions from Government Accountability Office (GAO) audits of the Fed and Mandating an audit by the end of 2010. If you think that there is no valid reason to audit the Fed please view the following </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/374856494097136577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=374856494097136577&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/374856494097136577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/374856494097136577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/06/audit-federal-reserve.html' title='Audit the Federal Reserve'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SjfvQNJHy8I/AAAAAAAAAIU/_EWtRps-Uws/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-5827334882989565901</id><published>2009-06-12T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-12T11:51:50.431-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Failure of Keynesianism</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   Before we can explicate the inherent failure of Keynesian economic theory, we must first briefly define what Keynesian economic theory is. The Keynesian theory's response to a debilitative economic state was to “prime the pump,” which was to manifest in the form of governmental intervention. Such interventionism on behalf of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/5827334882989565901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=5827334882989565901&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5827334882989565901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5827334882989565901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/06/failure-of-keynesianism.html' title='The Failure of Keynesianism'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SjKJ29GBITI/AAAAAAAAAIE/7djpW7DaSVs/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7487309254667681546</id><published>2009-06-08T11:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T21:04:38.840-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Will You Participate?</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;    The phrase "No taxation without representation" is well known, but with regard to explicating its derivation many would fail to do so, and any rendering so offered would be cursory in form. The relevance of this maxim cannot, and should not, lose itself to antiquity simply because we have detached ourselves from the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7487309254667681546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7487309254667681546&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7487309254667681546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7487309254667681546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/06/will-you-participate.html' title='Will You Participate?'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Si1fm4hWQkI/AAAAAAAAAHk/VFhiNPl-WHQ/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7414072775746102897</id><published>2009-06-01T23:27:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T23:49:38.715-07:00</updated><title type='text'>We Must All Be Founding Fathers</title><summary type='text'>I was recently sent another email from a colleague that pertained to an article written by, Michael S. Yashko, a managing partner in Florida for the Roetzel &amp; Andress law firm. The article was submitted as guest commentary in the Naples Daily News on May 30, 2009. The article is both concise and powerful, and I truly believe that you will find this to be true.Guest Commentary: To regain our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7414072775746102897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7414072775746102897&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7414072775746102897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7414072775746102897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/06/we-must-all-be-founding-fathers.html' title='We Must All Be Founding Fathers'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SiTGZBW6rVI/AAAAAAAAAHc/m0UeApc0MEs/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-6858783131938192731</id><published>2009-06-01T14:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T21:03:20.815-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Vet's Patriotic Stickers Under Fire</title><summary type='text'>This article will be a very short, I just wanted to post this video so I can share my disgust.In support of other bloggers to share their viewpoints, I would like to offer, The Conservative Hideout. Take some time and look at this blog, read some articles, and post some comments. Thank you.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/6858783131938192731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=6858783131938192731&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6858783131938192731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6858783131938192731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/06/vets-patriotic-stickers-under-fire.html' title='Vet&apos;s Patriotic Stickers Under Fire'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SiRNXhWjf4I/AAAAAAAAAHM/wuYq0SH5jzc/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-3697389969168442754</id><published>2009-05-31T21:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-31T22:59:48.057-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Age of Debt from Reason Magazine</title><summary type='text'>I have been a fan of Reason Magazine for some time, their articles are interesting and intelligently written. Their collection of writers and contributors display keen minds and a level of perspicaciousness umatched in today's news media. In the latest issue there is an article written by Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The article, "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/3697389969168442754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=3697389969168442754&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3697389969168442754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3697389969168442754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/05/age-of-debt-from-reason-magazine.html' title='The Age of Debt from Reason Magazine'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SiNbYr4Zj8I/AAAAAAAAAGc/d8pw666TLvY/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-5170919177118915538</id><published>2009-05-29T17:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-29T20:40:22.752-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Craig T. Nelson on Beck</title><summary type='text'>Recently Craig T. Nelson visited Glenn Beck's program and gave an interesting interview. I was always a fan of Mr. Nelson and this interview cements my thoughts on this man. What would Hollywood be like if it had more people like him with common sense, as well as an understanding on the limited role of government as delineated by the Constitution?Additionally there is a new widget on the top left</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/5170919177118915538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=5170919177118915538&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5170919177118915538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5170919177118915538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/05/craig-t-nelson-on-beck.html' title='Craig T. Nelson on Beck'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SiB4hBx4dAI/AAAAAAAAAGU/u0IUn8-wJGk/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-7828429694583484317</id><published>2009-05-27T17:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-31T23:02:43.728-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Constitutional Challenge of AIG</title><summary type='text'>I recently received an email from a colleague that pertained to a lawsuit filed by the Thomas Moore Law Center. The lawsuit was filed against Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the Federal Reserve Board, and below you can read this email in full. Truly an interesting read.Trouble Brewing for AIG and Federal Government: Constitutional Challenge of AIG Bailout Allowed to ProceedANN ARBOR, MI –</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/7828429694583484317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=7828429694583484317&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7828429694583484317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/7828429694583484317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/05/constitutional-challenge-of-aig.html' title='Constitutional Challenge of AIG'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sh3ZqPVRbtI/AAAAAAAAAF0/ASaUO_nyjcM/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-5450006935841556893</id><published>2009-05-24T11:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T07:07:20.468-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Are You a Republican?</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   What does it mean to be a Republican? Left wingers will assert that they are fascist and only concerned with amassing money, power, and influence. To a certain degree I would have to capitulate, but I posit that the synonymity between the Republican politician and the average citizen is  more divergent than people acknowledge.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/5450006935841556893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=5450006935841556893&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5450006935841556893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5450006935841556893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/05/are-you-republican.html' title='Are You a Republican?'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/ShmYervSW-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/GtzRV3SaXoY/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-4768199091973219743</id><published>2009-05-18T16:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T11:57:31.989-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daniel Hannan On Bailouts</title><summary type='text'>The following video pertains to Daniel Hannan, the Conservative MEP for South East England, citing the efficacy and reasoning for bailouts. Could our politicians use more of this understanding?In support of other bloggers to share their viewpoints, I would like to offer, the Conservative Hideout. Take some time and look at this blog, read some articles, and post some comments. Thank you.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/4768199091973219743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=4768199091973219743&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4768199091973219743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4768199091973219743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/05/following-video-pertains-to-daniel.html' title='Daniel Hannan On Bailouts'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/ShHzcma1n9I/AAAAAAAAAFE/ZoYOje3W-YY/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-8579430115221988370</id><published>2009-05-15T18:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-15T20:40:13.494-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Abuse of Eminent Domain</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   It was recently reported in the news that our Federal Government has exercised its power, yet again, in the form of eminent domain. Before we progress let me briefly adumbrate on what eminent domain is; it is the right of the government, either State or Federal, to appropriate private property for public use, whilst issuing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/8579430115221988370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=8579430115221988370&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8579430115221988370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8579430115221988370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/05/abuse-of-eminent-domain.html' title='The Abuse of Eminent Domain'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sg4ZMyJ-4uI/AAAAAAAAAE8/pODFWitizb4/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-4437592366144994020</id><published>2009-05-10T17:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-10T17:17:00.850-07:00</updated><title type='text'>FREE Trial NRA Memberships</title><summary type='text'>This will be a short post, I just wanted to pass on some news from the NRA. They are offering a one year trial membership for free, I have signed up and it appears to be legitimate. Below is the link that takes you to the sign up page, if you experience problems please let me know.Trial Membership</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/4437592366144994020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=4437592366144994020&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4437592366144994020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4437592366144994020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/05/free-trial-nra-memberships.html' title='FREE Trial NRA Memberships'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sgdso1SmVAI/AAAAAAAAAE0/bUsKyVV5hQU/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-9090075198059878795</id><published>2009-05-04T10:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T15:25:07.371-07:00</updated><title type='text'>When a Good Idea Causes Harm</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   Would you agree that people are motivated to do good, for their themselves as well the societal construct? I believe that the most basic elements of our personality are fundamentally good, but much harm has been propagated by one's concept of, “a good ideal.” Oftentimes their conception of what good is will lead them to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/9090075198059878795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=9090075198059878795&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/9090075198059878795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/9090075198059878795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/05/when-good-idea-causes-harm.html' title='When a Good Idea Causes Harm'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Sf8nW6zINFI/AAAAAAAAAEc/z7SE8EcMi0Q/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-4923029199673171524</id><published>2009-05-01T23:53:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-02T00:11:20.283-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Swine Flu and Martial Law</title><summary type='text'>The following story was taken from the Associated Press and explicates the state of Massachusetts' response to the Swine Flu outbreak. Read the text carefully, and then click on the link to read the actual bill. While this epidemic is cause for serious concern, governmental response always leads to the usurpation of individual liberties.Swine Flu Martial Law Bill Clears Massachusetts SenateIt </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/4923029199673171524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=4923029199673171524&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4923029199673171524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4923029199673171524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/05/swine-flu-and-martial-law.html' title='Swine Flu and Martial Law'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SfvuGVmb2-I/AAAAAAAAAEU/BvMO8J4jJSU/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-3353584707568161817</id><published>2009-04-22T17:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-24T19:26:05.629-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Janeane Garofalo Says: Tea Parties Equal Racism and Stupidity</title><summary type='text'>  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   Do you know what it means to be an American, or at the very least comprehend your responsibilities as a citizen? Janeane Garofalo recently spoke to Keith Olbermann and has reached a conclusion on these two questions. According to the unparalleled acumen of Janeane Garofalo, you lack the requisite intellect to formulate an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/3353584707568161817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=3353584707568161817&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3353584707568161817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3353584707568161817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/04/janeane-garofalo-says-tea-parties-equal.html' title='Janeane Garofalo Says: Tea Parties Equal Racism and Stupidity'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/Se-2sjTPiGI/AAAAAAAAAEM/K82URMGaKiw/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-289225643880850997</id><published>2009-04-19T10:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T13:41:32.239-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The DHS Report: Look Mom, I am an Extremist!!!</title><summary type='text'>As I am sure most of you are acutely aware, there is public outrage stemming from a recently released report from the Department of Homeland Security. This intelligence assessment contains target specificity and delineates the causal factors that may lead to violence, thus disrupting both the State and Federal governmental dynamic. If you have not read the actual report there will be a link below</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/289225643880850997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=289225643880850997&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/289225643880850997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/289225643880850997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/04/dhs-report-look-mom-i-am-extremist.html' title='The DHS Report: Look Mom, I am an Extremist!!!'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SethKwDORqI/AAAAAAAAAD0/6O5fcfPf_B4/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-3575868547726623938</id><published>2009-04-17T22:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T13:26:54.356-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You Can't Say The Founders Didn't Warn Us</title><summary type='text'>The following excerpt is taken from the book, The 5000 Year Leap - A Miracle That Changed the World, by W. Cleon Skousen. If you have not picked up the book, please do._________________________________________________________  &lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;    Since the genius of the American system is maintaining the eagle in the balanced center of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/3575868547726623938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=3575868547726623938&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3575868547726623938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3575868547726623938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/04/you-cant-say-founders-didnt-warn-us.html' title='You Can&apos;t Say The Founders Didn&apos;t Warn Us'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SelrXtmqZiI/AAAAAAAAADM/rFZNgwx5uWM/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-6246320929358839954</id><published>2009-04-16T12:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T12:29:48.572-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Perspective On The 2nd Amendment</title><summary type='text'>It appears I have been remiss in presenting an alternative opinion for those who dissent and feel the 2nd Amendment actually prohibits certain liberties. The only thing I can do is apologize and ask that you give me a chance to regain your respect and consideration. The following video is my humble act of contrition.    </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/6246320929358839954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=6246320929358839954&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6246320929358839954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6246320929358839954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/04/another-perspective-on-2nd-amendment.html' title='Another Perspective On The 2nd Amendment'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SeeD_0o0WQI/AAAAAAAAADE/9SpMk0UPf6A/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-5565319529199251534</id><published>2009-04-13T23:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T23:46:36.686-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Harry Reid's Understanding Of Our Tax System</title><summary type='text'>We, the American people, have the basic understanding that politicians are elected to help the citizenry. We also understand that their attempts at representation are empty and poorly executed, leaving their constituents subjugated via excessive taxation and ill-conceived legislation. Those of us that have the requisite acumen to appreciate the severity of this situation know far too well that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/5565319529199251534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=5565319529199251534&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5565319529199251534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/5565319529199251534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/04/harry-reids-understanding-of-our-tax.html' title='Harry Reid&apos;s Understanding Of Our Tax System'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SeQtm0f63wI/AAAAAAAAAC8/VAQ_coCz6ok/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-3859646633957863788</id><published>2009-04-13T14:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T16:46:22.408-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron Paul on Marque and Reprisal</title><summary type='text'>Congressman Ron Paul recently discussed the constitutional approach to dealing with security threats. There are people who do not agree with Ron Paul, but his message does resonate with a vast majority of others. After viewing the following video, what would your conclusions be? Do you think we should be interventionists, or mind our own back yard?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/3859646633957863788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=3859646633957863788&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3859646633957863788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/3859646633957863788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/04/ron-paul-on-marque-and-reprisal.html' title='Ron Paul on Marque and Reprisal'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SePOvZj8YQI/AAAAAAAAACc/dzMUhYy5Q60/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-6335287805079522528</id><published>2009-04-08T13:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T16:48:29.409-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Keeping The Liberty Flame Afire</title><summary type='text'>We are at a stage in our republic that requires the re-quantification of our liberties. Our government is taking pervasive measures to institute a societal system primarily dependent on a singular entity. The parameters of our liberties are being confined and re-defined by individuals who have a restrictive view of the Constitution. So who is to blame?  We, as Americans, have lost the derivation </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/6335287805079522528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=6335287805079522528&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6335287805079522528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/6335287805079522528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/04/keeping-liberty-flame-afire.html' title='Keeping The Liberty Flame Afire'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SePPNsy7ygI/AAAAAAAAACk/aUGFcDf9x6c/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-4754624875920499577</id><published>2009-04-06T13:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T23:51:32.426-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Letting Liberty Die</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;    To my fellow Americans in Liberty, I say to you that these are trying times, we are bombarded with stimuli that intentionally cozen our concentration from what should be our primary concern; the dissolution of liberty and the sovereignty of the individual. Our government has lost all connectedness to the Constitution, and to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/4754624875920499577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=4754624875920499577&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4754624875920499577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/4754624875920499577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/04/letting-liberty-die.html' title='Letting Liberty Die'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SePPavGBR_I/AAAAAAAAACs/u1V6LguS0yI/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086841426714251238.post-8798276889387822427</id><published>2009-03-27T02:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T23:58:09.922-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cause &amp; Effect</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--   @page { margin: 0.79in }   P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }  --&gt;   We are stuck in a convoluted mess that is littered with cancerous mutants, constantly draining whatever attention span we have left until our concentration is utterly discomposed. But beyond the morose villainy that comprises Wall Street, the Banking Systems, and our political commissars, is the illusory promise of cause and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/feeds/8798276889387822427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4086841426714251238&amp;postID=8798276889387822427&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8798276889387822427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4086841426714251238/posts/default/8798276889387822427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thelibertypen.blogspot.com/2009/03/cause-effect.html' title='Cause &amp;amp; Effect'/><author><name>the Liberty Pen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05339168561063551868</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SklyyPF-BCI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4epNu00wOz0/S220/lib3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WM8t9jZeASo/SePPj_M6IBI/AAAAAAAAAC0/NV25jrJL1Gc/s72-c/pen.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
