The Inevitable, Unstoppable, Growth of the State- Stefan Molyneux

[Onebornfree commentary: In this video Mr. Molyneux  explains why once in place, it is impossible to contain the growth of the state, which means that the libertarian/minarchist call for a limited, "constitutional" government is a fantasy, and will ultimately lead to a massive state, regardless of supposed "constitutional limits". The only presidential candidate I am aware of who was actually aware of this fact, and who spoke openly about it, even while campaigning for the presidency, was the late, great Harry Browne, who campaigned as an undercover, anarchist masquerading as a limited government proponent. Regards, The Freedom Network and onebornfree.]

Youtube direct link:Free Domain Radio's Stefan Molyneux on the Inevitable Growth of the State

George Carlin On The Real Truth About The American Dream

The great George Carlin on the truth about "The American Dream" . Only Carlin can make make me laugh at such a dire situation as described. Enjoy!.

From onebornfree and The Freedom Network.
[ Caution some "bad" language, may not be suitable for some ears].

Obama’s Abominal First-Term Track Record on Civil Liberties

[Onebornfree commentary: this "interesting"  article by attorney John Whitehead exposes the reality of our imagined "civil liberties"  under the first 4 years of Mr. Obama. The list of  abuses is long, and getting longer by the day. And it ain't gonna stop, regardless of who gets elected president! { possible exception: Ron Paul or similar}. The question for you as an individual is what , if anything, can you do about this state of affairs? How can you protect yourself from the ever broader sweep of a state that now rampages wherever, whenever and now openly targets even US citizens for "elimination" with no due process? If you would like to discus these and related questions email me: onebornfree at yahoo dot com- regards, onebornfree , and The Freedom Network.] 

Four years after Barack Obama was elected on a platform of "change you can believe in," he’s now promising America that the "best is yet to come." However, on almost every front – fiscally, militarily, politically, socially – the country is in a state of disarray.

Most troubling, however, is the state of our freedoms. Indeed, during Obama’s first term, our civil liberties were utterly and completely disemboweled. The great irony is that this happened with a self-proclaimed constitutional law professor at the helm – a man who was supposed to understand and respect the rule of law as laid out in the U.S. Constitution.

Not only did Obama continue many of the most outrageous abuses of the George W. Bush administration (which were bad enough), including indefinite detention and warrantless surveillance of American citizens, but he also succeeded in expanding the power of the "imperial president," including the ability to assassinate American citizens abroad and unilaterally authorize drone strikes resulting in the deaths of countless innocent civilians, including women and children.

Just consider some of the assaults on our freedoms that took place under Obama’s watch, either as a result of his continuing Bush’s policies, enacting his own misguided policies or simply because he did nothing to counter them.

In March 2009, Obama defended Bush’s unconstitutional National Security Agency spying program in court, insisting that actions authorized by the President, including illegally spying on American citizens, should be free from any judicial scrutiny whatsoever.

In April 2009, the Department of Homeland Security called for surveillance of military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, characterizing them as extremists and potential domestic terrorist threats because they may be "disgruntled, disillusioned or suffering from the psychological effects of war." Coupled with the DHS’ report on "Rightwing Extremism," which broadly defines extremists as "mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely," these tactics bode ill for anyone seen as opposing the government.

In July 2009, Obama threatened to veto an oversight bill that would have required the president to inform lawmakers about covert CIA activities.

In December 2009, Obama announced his intention to ramp up the military industrial complex’s war in Afghanistan and subsequently followed through on his plan.

In February 2010, the Department of Defense issued a U.S. Army field manual detailing the prospective internment and resettlement of American citizens in the event of another terrorist attack or natural disaster on U.S. soil.

In March 2010, the Department of Homeland Security began rolling out controversial full-body scanners to American airports. A year later, an investigative report by ProPublica/PBS NewsHour, revealed that six to 100 U.S. airline passengers each year could get cancer from the machines, which were purchased with Obama’s stimulus funds.

In July 2010, the Obama administration arrested and held Bradley Manning in maximum solitary confinement on charges that he leaked classified military and diplomatic documents to Wikileaks.

In May 2011, Obama renewed three controversial provisions in the USA Patriot Act that authorize the government to use aggressive surveillance tactics – even against American citizens – in the so-called war against terror. That same month, the U.S. Supreme Court, at the urging of the Obama administration, effectively decimated the Fourth Amendment by giving SWAT teams more leeway to break into homes or apartments without a warrant when they suspect evidence might be destroyed.

In June 2011, the FBI granted its 14,000 agents expansive additional powers, allowing them to investigate individuals using highly intrusive monitoring techniques, including infiltrating suspect organizations with confidential informants and photographing and tailing suspect American citizens, without having any factual basis for suspecting them of wrongdoing.

In September 2011, two American citizens were killed during a drone attack in Yemen as part of a government "kill list" operation in which Obama personally directs who should be targeted for death by military drones.

In December 2011, Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which mandates that anyone suspected of terrorism against the United States be held in military custody indefinitely. This provision extends to American citizens.

In February 2012, Obama signed the FAA Reauthorization Act, which opens up American skies for the domestic use of armed surveillance drones.

In March 2012, Obama approved the "Trespass Bill," which makes it a federal crime to protest or assemble in the vicinity of protected government officials. That same month, Obama issued an executive order stating that in the case of a war or national emergency, the federal government has the authority to take over almost every aspect of American society.

In April 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court – again at the urging of the Obama administration – declared that any person who is arrested and processed at a jail house, regardless of the severity of his or her offense (i.e., they can be guilty of nothing more than a minor traffic offense), can be subjected to a strip search by police or jail officials without reasonable suspicion that the arrestee is carrying a weapon or contraband.

In July 2012, the Obama administration began allowing the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) to store and "critically assess" information on innocent Americans for up to five years. Data recorded by the NCTC includes "records from law enforcement investigations, health information, employment history, travel and student records," among other things.

In September 2012, in major cities across the country, the U.S. military carried out training exercises involving Black Hawk helicopters and uniformed soldiers. The exercises occurred in the middle of the night, with the full cooperation of the local police forces and generally without forewarning the public.

In October 2012, it was revealed that the Obama administration has been "secretly developing a new blueprint for pursuing terrorists, a next-generation targeting list called the ‘disposition matrix.’" The matrix goes beyond the president’s kill list to detail suspects beyond the reach of American drones. This disposition matrix is also overseen by the NCTC.

So what does the future hold? Unless President Obama changes course – and drastically so – freedom as we have known it will become extinct.

Copyright © 2012 The Rutherford Institute     November 13, 2012

Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead [send him mail] is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. He is the author of The Change Manifesto (Sourcebooks).

Onebornfree On the AbIrato Radio Show 11/20/12

I was an invited guest on the "AbIrato" Radio show, for the second time, on October 20 th. 2012, specifically to discuss 9/11, video fakery and related subjects.

 "Ab" is a great host and a super-informed speaker, so please give his show a listen! regards, onebornfree.

P.S. My first appearance on the excellent AbIrato show can be heard  here.

The Truth About Voting

The Truth About Voting

Another great Stefan Molyneux video to watch. Enjoy, regards, onebornfree and The Freedom Network.
[P.S. If you would like to discuss any of the issues raised in this video, please email me :onebornfree at yahoo dot com ]



Youtube direct link.

Breaking Free From Your Own Personal Prison

[Onebornfree commentary: a wonderfully inspiring article from Mr James Altucher, highly recommended! Regards, onebornfree.]

How To Break Free From Prison

 I was scared when I left the corporate job for the first time. I was even more scared when I was thrown out of graduate school and had to explain why to my parents.  When I was first separated and then divorced I was ashamed to tell people about it. When I lost all my money in just one summer and went totally broke and forced to sell my home I was so embarrassed that I even lied to people who asked why my home was being listed. I would say, “that must be a mistake”, even though I had to have signed a contract and everyone knew that. People would smirk.

I needed to break free from all the prisons I put myself in. Shame, embarrassment, fear, anxiety were the guards and the bars that kept me locked up.



When you are in a prison, it’s natural to want to escape. But most people don’t. If they do their daily routine, eat on time, play on time, watch TV between 6 and 9, follow their orders, do their chores, pay their dues, then eventually they think they will be released. Many years in the future.

But when you want to escape from prison RIGHT NOW, your powers of observation become heightened.  You become like a superhero. Like a mutant from the X-men.

You observe the schedules of the guards. You look for any holes in the wall. You look for ways to smuggle tools from the kitchen. You look for those fleeting moments when the doors are open for supplies, when the trucks release their goods and for a split second, a hiding place might reveal itself. You observe in yourself if you have the courage to do what it takes. You look at maps of the  prison, of the outside, of the grounds  that you can hide in. You exercise every day to get yourself ready for “the moment” – the point of no return where you begin your run to freedom and can’t look back.

Your powers of observation become so heightened, so superior to your fellow inmates and the guards that watch over them, that eventually, after diligence, you figure how to wiggle out of the chains, how to take advantage of the tiny oversights that add up, how to turn invisible and slip through the cracks. And when the dogs bark at the morning light, spread out in the forest sniffing at the tiny scraps of your scent left behind, you are long gone, even though your presence is felt everywhere.

It’s the same thing every day. We are trapped in this world of sickness and money lust and failure and striving and craving. I am not being pessimistic. I am optimistic we live in a world  of increasing literacy, decreasing sickness, decreasing violence, increasing innovation. And yet, the more I want, the more I crave, the more bound I am, the less chance I have. To find my own meaning in this infinite dictionary. To find my own life.

I need to break free from the prison. Sometimes the craziness adds up to too much. I simply want one moment completely free from bondage, and then carry that moment to the next, treasuring the only thing I can ever have – my own peace of mind this second. Here are the things I feel I need to observe to break out of prison. When I can observe and then conquer these, freedom will come. Not before then.

- when am I angry. Not to suppress it. Just to notice it. Not to act on it. Not to kill someone. Just to notice it. When is it happening? Why? It’s a hot plate that cools under observation rather than if I try to ravish it too quickly.

- when am I worried about the future, in particular money. Do I really need to worry about how I will pay bills a year from now? Will that help me to pay the bills a year from now? Or can I use the time spent worrying (even the nano-seconds, when added up) to read, to further myself, to achieve, so that those worries recede beyond the horizon. Can I become the Ocean instead of just the ripples (the fears) that eventually lap onto a muddy shore.

- when do I sit and regret the past? What I said at the party the other day. How I treated those people ten years ago.  Not that I want to excuse any failings or not learn from them. I can learn from them right now. But if I regret, if I play over events, then I am no longer being observant of right now, I am lost in the moment, I am in a time machine, I am in a dream factory, floating in nebula, light years from reality.

- when am I feeling lonely, wondering what the other people are doing? Are they wondering about me? How many times have I been lonely in a crowd, dead eyes all wandering aimlessly in their futures or pasts while we shuffle through the dying light of the current day.

- when am I trying to please someone. When you look into a mirror, you only see a piece of glass, you don’t really see yourself. If anyone else is your mirror, you are stuck in a glass house, instead of a home you can really live. First, I need to please myself. This doesn’t mean kill people. It means focusing on my own situation, how best I can center myself, and in doing so, help the most people. Or not, if they don’t need help.

- Do I work too hard at living my life, rather than just letting  it be lived, moment by moment.

- Am I being honest with myself, before superficially trying to be good for others?

- Did I enjoy the last hour? Or did I waste it?

- Am I trying to change negative attitudes in myself, before trying to change the negative conditions I find myself in?

- Am I loving? Or trying too hard to be loved?

- Do I lament about great failures, before trying to make the small incremental improvements that build the base of success?

- Observe the fear of  being nobody in a social world. In a social media world. Will one day a hyper-inflated dollar force us to use Klout scores to buy food (so that only the ones with the greatest “contributions” to a Twitter planet will be the ones allowed to eat the most?) Observe the question, “is it ok to be nobody?”

- I need to observe when I am trying to change others. First I need to change myself to not care so much what others think. If I cared what the guards thought, then I would never escape. In all the years I’ve argued with people, in all the years I’ve ever seen two people argue, in all the mindless Internet troll arguments, I have yet to see one person change another person’s mind. If I add up all the moments I tried to change others instead of just observing my own feelings, thoughts, conditions, right  now, it adds up to an entirely new  dream world, perhaps mildly entertaining, but always imprisoning.


For once I stop, look around my room, look at the pictures on the wall (directly in front of me, a still from the 60s TV show “I Dream of Jeannie”, signed “Barbara Eden”. It’s right in front of me but it’s probably been months since I last noticed it  and all the wishes I’ve kept bottled up). The sound of a car going to the train station. The boat moving slowly up the river. The hands typing on the computer. The Tooth, to my right, staring down with intensity I only hope I can have 1/10 of.






Only with the observation of a person who wants to constantly escape can I get out of the prison I’ve spent 44 years erecting around my emotions, my mind, my body. This is not advice for anyone but myself.  I have the plans all ready for escape. For the moment when the clock strikes, the guard looks away, the hole is dug to the other side, the door open a crack for a micro-second, the raft waiting for me on the other side, the woman’s eyes reflecting the moon light on the other shore. Freedom.

Copyright 2012 by James Altucher  . Original article here