Monday, February 22, 2010

States Rights, Nullification and Tom Woods

Posted by Jack Hunter on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:49 PM

An interview with New York Times bestselling author and Ludwig Von Mises senior fellow Thomas E. Woods, Jr. on 1250 AM WTMA, Charleston, South Carolina, February 16, 2010. Woods discusses his current book "Meltdown" and his forthcoming book on nullification and states' rights.

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Did you know Ozzy Osbourne is also a New York Times Best Selling Author?

He also is difficult to make sense out of but at least he has a history of drug abuse and illness to explain it.

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Posted by mat catastrophe on February 23, 2010 at 12:43 AM

Another traitor.

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Posted by FCB on February 23, 2010 at 8:57 AM

Ozzy Osbourne is no traitor! He was at the front lines with us as we stormed the steps up to the Alamo!

No, wait. He got arrested for that. I must be thinking about Ronnie Dio.

Hang on, who are you talking about?

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Posted by mat catastrophe on February 24, 2010 at 6:04 AM

Anyone who wants to break up the country whose military I served in is a traitor in my eyes.
Doubt if that includes Ozzy.

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Posted by FCB on February 24, 2010 at 8:54 AM

Assuming that the comments supra are not given in irony or are not in some way utterly disingenuous, one must conclude that neither the facts given in the interviews nor the well-constructed rational outlined in the interviews was listened to or understood; otherwise, such superficial comments would not be possible.

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Posted by Berggeist on February 24, 2010 at 9:43 AM

Berggeist: Are you speaking English or are you merely one of Ozzy's old friends?

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Posted by mat catastrophe on February 24, 2010 at 8:39 PM

Southern Avenger? Isn't that the name of a social disease?

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Posted by HUH? on February 25, 2010 at 12:02 PM

FCB said, 'Anyone who wants to break up the country whose military I served in is a traitor in my eyes.'

The military you served in mass murders civilians on a daily basis in its occupation of numerous foreign nations. The government you served is one of the most corrupt, disgusting regimes in the entire world. Do I want to break up your Empire? You bet. And I'm not a traitor. I'm loyal to my family, my local culture and to South Carolina. What I'm not loyal to is the murderous bunch of theieves and liars who call themselves the US Federal Government.

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Posted by RedShirtSC1670 on February 25, 2010 at 4:09 PM

By the way, great interview, Jack. It's always a pleasure to hear Tom and his defense of liberty.

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Posted by RedShirtSC1670 on February 25, 2010 at 4:11 PM

No Redshirt, you are a traitor. Feel free to leave anytime, but South Carolina stays in the Union.

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Posted by FCB on February 25, 2010 at 4:36 PM

FCB, I served in the military as well and I would be happy to see South Carolina leave the union if it would mean more freedom for me. Would you call General George Washington a traitor? Technically he was, but I don't think being a traitor is always a moral blight on one's character. The state exists to serve us; we don't exist to serve the state.

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Posted by Jason Usry on February 25, 2010 at 5:01 PM

You have my respect as a fellow vet, J.U., but what makes you think you would have more and not less freedom in the Banana Republic of South Carolina?
A quick look at our governer and state houses makes me awfully glad for the protections of the Constitution of The United States.
These days, Washington would be called a terrorist.

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Posted by FCB on February 25, 2010 at 6:35 PM

Some of these secessionist conservatives sound a lot like post-left anarchists, ya know?

Scary, that.

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Posted by mat catastrophe on February 25, 2010 at 8:29 PM

FCB said, 'No Redshirt, you are a traitor. Feel free to leave anytime, but South Carolina stays in the Union.'

What I am a 'traitor' against, FCB? The Federal Government, which I never asked to be under? A Constitution that I never signed or asked to be held to? I'm sorry but I don't care a thing about your increasingly totalitarian and murderous government. It's not my regime. My ancestors lived right where I now live for the last 300 years, before the United States ever existed. God willing, we'll be here doing well when the US dies (and all empires do die so I take comfort in that fact). My loyalty is with my family, friends, local culture and SC - not the horrid, murderous, theiving regime called the US Federal Government.

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Posted by RedShirtSC1670 on February 25, 2010 at 9:47 PM

FCB, I happen to believe the US Constitution is NOT being followed by our current "progressive" government. The property rights afforded by the Constitution have been almost entirely ignored. Since South Carolina is a very non-progressive state, I believe that the rule-of-law would be much more strictly adhered to if we were self-governing. For almost 100 years now we've been drifting away from the rule-of-law in favor of the rule-of-men.

And in the interest of full disclosure, you probably wouldn't be as respectful of my military service if you knew the circumstances of my discharge. I only mentioned it to show that being a veteran doesn't necessarily make one a statist.

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Posted by Jason Usry on February 25, 2010 at 10:25 PM

I was wrong. The anarchists usually make sense.

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Posted by mat catastrophe on February 26, 2010 at 12:01 AM

And once The Banana Republic of South Carolina secedes, then the coastal areas can secede from the "non-progressive" rest of the former state.
BTW, how will this banana republic pay off it's share of United States debt? After all, in all divorces and corporate breakups, all parties leave with a share of assets and debts.
Would the United States continue to pay social security to the traitors?
Hey, Maybe Mark Sanford can be the Banana Republic of South Carolina's ambassador to Argentina.

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Posted by FCB on February 26, 2010 at 9:39 AM
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