Cato: Florida Ruling Requires Government to Stop Implementing Obamacare

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(Posted by Ilya Shapiro, Via Cato@Liberty) As I continue digesting Judge Vinson’s ruling, I notice two key things beyond the facts that the “individual mandate is unconstitutional”: 1.  In performing his severability analysis — determining which parts of the overall legislation survive — the judge threw out all of Obamacare: In sum, notwithstanding the fact [...]

Libertarian Party: America Should Stop Interfering in Egypt

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WASHINGTON – Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle released the following statement today: “Media reports tell us that the Obama administration is heavily involved in the current crisis in Egypt. It shouldn’t be. “Personally, my sympathies are with the Egyptian protesters. Our very own Declaration of Independence said that government exists to secure people’s rights, and [...]

Press Release: LaPorte Libertarians Encourage Longer Review Time for Countywide Zoning Ordinance

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(LPLP Press Release) Following a unanimous vote of its membership, the Libertarian Party of LaPorte County (LPLP) announced opposition to the proposed Countywide Zoning ordinance now being considered by city and county officials. Characterizing the ordinance as anti-business, LPLP leadership is proposing the ordinance review process be slowed down to allow the public more time [...]

The Decriminalization of a Constitutional Right – SB 506

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(By Phyllis Klosinski, Brown County, IN) The Libertarian Legislative Think Tank has swiftly reacted to a Senate bill proposing measured restoration of the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms, prompting extensive discussion overwhelmingly expressing support. A Restoration of a Constitutional right: why have we become so willing to “accept” back what government has arbitrarily taken from [...]

The Session: New Ways to Tax

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(I am a contributor to the Session, a blog of the Indy Star. Please visit it for up to the date thoughts on the IN General Assembly.) After the 3, 2, 1 property tax caps went in to effect, everyone slowly began to realize that local governments were going to be hit very hard without [...]

Indiana General Assembly: Sovereignty’s Imminent Date with Destiny

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(By Phyllis Klosinski, A Brown County Libertarian) The Supremacy of Indiana and your individual liberty is being determined by Indiana Legislators making a calculated Constitutional move.  The Libertarian Legislative Think Tank has considered three constitutional amendments and a bill amending Indiana Code defining state sovereignty to block the implementation of certain federal laws in Indiana. [...]

Andy Horning Annotates US Constitution

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Former Indiana Gubernatorial candidate Andy Horning took the time to write out his thoughts on the Indiana Constitution during his 2008 campaign. You can read those here. Andy has now released his own annotated version of the United States Constitution. View his notes here. Andy is back in Indiana permanently, and available to schools, civic [...]

My New Year’s Eve With Pigs

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On New Year's Eve I went to a party. So did an undercover cop. I was on the guest list and got in for free, but the undercover cop was charged $20 at the door. The undercover porker found this to be unacceptable, as the party throwers apparently didn't pay racketeering protection money (aka apply for a permit) with the City of Los Angeles.

So the undercover cop called about 8 squad cars and kicked everyone out of the party. 500 people. At 11:30pm on New Year's Eve, everyone was standing on the street amongst overweight, insecure, jackbooted pigs.

But the tables were soon to be turned. At around 11:45pm, the pigs squealed off, all of them. So the partygoers did the only logical thing and resumed partying in the facility. They got to do the midnight countdown, and the party wasn't ruined after all.

The cops were out in force all across the city that night, with paid undercover agents (overtime pay no doubt), looking to bust up peaceful parties that were charging at the door but hadn't paid blood money to the parasites in City Hall. Let's break this down a bit more.

8 squad cars and a dozen or so pigs feeding from the overtime trough is going to cost more than the "permit fee" for the party itself. Essentially, the city is spending extra money to punish those mundanes who didn't give them money to begin with. Leave it to a government to double down on a financial loss.

Additionally, due to pressure on the cops to bust as many parties as possible, they left the scene as soon as they kicked everyone out, leaving it vulnerable for reacquisition by the partygoers, which makes the pigs' punitive actions rather ineffective. They won the battle, but lost the war.

The city failed to extort blood money in the form of permit fees.
The city spent additional money on terrorizing peaceful partygoers who did not pay such fees.
The pigs shut down the party for a measly fifteen minutes, thus failing in their punitive objective.
The party organizers still made a profit at the end of the night.

Partygoers: 4, City: 0.

Why do we have permits and fees? Why do we even have a police force, aside from the obvious Stockholm Syndrome answer? Why do we have a City Hall? Not only did the police and City Hall work exclusively against the people (on the people's dollar no less), but they spectacularly failed in every objective they set out to do!

But who ultimately pays for this failure? The police department? City Hall? No. The taxpayers are the one who ultimately pay for this failure. They pay money to be subjugated by incompetent pigs and councilmembers who cannot even subjugate properly. The taxpayers are paying for a punitive and detrminetal service that can't even punish or cause detriment properly. It is a metafailure sprinked with Stockholm Syndrome pixie dust.

Yet, despite everyone's best efforts (taxpayers included), the party was a success.

Here's to 2011!