[joshua]

I really enjoyed it. As Dr. McClanahan said, there are a few things that aren’t quite so, but i thought that the emotion that surely was felt during this time, realizing that these people were rejecting their king, was portrayed very well at times.
I will probably buy the series.

[joshua]

Is taxation theft? If so, is theft ok? If not, what are we really arguing?
To ask the State, which is the ultimate arbiter of all disputes including disputes that involve itself, to apply justice, is something that just will not be. The best of arguments against Obamacare mean what? Nothing really. Not when the arbiter gets to decide whether it is right or wrong, and when it comes to the State, the monopoly of force and power, what decision will it make? To grow.
Little victories here or there in the courts don’t mean a darn thing.
The real question is this, is theft wrong. Yes. So taxation is wrong. Fighting over who will pick the cotton won’t achieve anything. You are still a slave.
The strongest argument is simple, taxation is theft, under any means, to argue over whether Stevens is correct to say the Congress can tax us this way is not even the point. Of course Congress can tax us, It can tax us any darn way it wants to because it has the monopoly of force.
Is the flat tax, fair tax, or the income tax or any tax better is not the real question.

Is tax theft?

Not, who will pick the cotton?

[joshua]

This case has been fascinating to me since the first time I read it, I can easily see that the supreme court may not have had jurisdiction. It’s the things that the justices say about the Sovereignty of the People that is so awesome. I think this case should be at least looked at from what some of the Founders had to say about the People being the Sovereigns of the land. The state of Georgia stated it was sovereign, John Jay,(yes I know there are plenty to say wrong about him and Wilson that I would agree with) said no, the people are over even the states, who created the states, Can the creator be ruled by the created? I think the theory behind the decision should be used and proclaimed, this was one of the first cases that had to do with who was Supreme in the land. The People. And we see the states immediately ratify an amendment to try to strip the people of their Sovereignty.
Maybe the supreme court lacked jurisdiction, but in my mind the original intent of the order of this new country was acknowledged, that the people are supreme, with no one to rule but themselves.

[joshua]

Well, here is one for last week, the Right to be Secure in your home. That didn’t work out so well in Boston last week did it? Due Process didn’t work out so great for the kid that was suspected in the bombing. This whole ordeal is such a tragedy, I am sure you could take the Bill of Rights and not find one that they did not violate. But what’s new?
And are Rights granted by the Constitution?

[joshua]

“one rule of thumb is to remember whenever someone says Ron Paul doesn’t understand the constitution”… hahaha classic!
Thanks Dr. Woods.

[joshua]

Very good and I understand. Thanks John!

[joshua]

Excellent article Mr. Gutzman. What is your opinion of New Hampshire’s recent law that was passed allowing the defense in a case to instruct the jury of their Right to judge the law?
And while the Right was deprived, it actually was never revoked, as I still don’t think even in the USSA have I heard of a Juror being incarcerated for voting against the instructions of the judge.
Alaska has a interesting ballot measure this year on whether or not to have a state constitutional convention. We have maybe the most socialist state constitution of the many states. While I do not vote, many of my friends want to vote for the convention hoping that they can get one of our “bill of Rights” to not only state the Right of Trial by Jury but also add the Rights of the Juror to it. Interesting, but I think we would end up with something worse than we have, if that’s possible.
I really believe in the Rights of the Juror, I just wish there was more education and talk about it from the Liberty minded folks, we spend a lot of time talking about state nullification, which is good, but how does the Citizen protect himself from the state? The Jury.
Thank you for the article!

[joshua]

Wow, meant “role” not roll. Haha.

[joshua]

I am about half way through Conceived in Liberty, and I am watching the videos. The book (all 4 volumes) is a pretty long read, although it is the most fantastic book I have read on American history. I would go at both at the same time. Just my opinion.

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