Archive for “April of 2008”

The Gun in the Room

April 29, 2008

It is a wearying but essential task to keep reminding people that the state is nothing but an agency of violence. When someone talks about “the welfare state helping the poor,” we must point out the gun in the room. When someone opposes the decriminalization of marijuana, we must point out the gun in […]

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Medical Marijuana in Michigan

April 29, 2008

Some people want to legalize medical marijuana in Michigan. This is counterproductive, for a number of reasons:
U.S. law classifies marijuana, like heroin and LSD, as a Schedule I controlled substance. That means it has a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use.
Of course, “accepted medical use” is defined by legislators who […]

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Comments on Comments #14

April 28, 2008

Olly wants some clarification from my response to his comment in Comments #13,:
David — just to be clear, I wasn’t espousing liberalism, or saying that Seattle should live up to “liberalism”…
Liberal, Conservative, it’s all the same results.
Duly noted—and I whole heartedly agree with you. Perhaps offsetting the term in quotes was misleading. […]

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Jury Nullification and Blocked Defenses

April 22, 2008

Over at A Stitch in Haste, Kip inquires about a bigoted application of jury nullification: “Should a nullifier be entitled to disregard [a prohibition on certain defenses] and vote to acquit?”
So I put it again to the nullifiers: Assume a juror, who acted in good faith and made no attempt to lie her […]

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What is a Land Patent?

April 17, 2008

Someone using WOW! cable internet service was looking for information on allodial titles and land patents in Michigan.
Before I worked in market research, I worked in real estate as a title examiner. I saw one Land Patent during the three years I worked for the title insurance agency. When the city of Rochester […]

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Comments on Comments #13

April 17, 2008

Eric Sundwall encourages me to think about “Allodial title” in a comment left on The Zoning Board.
Nice piece David. This type of idiocy goes on unabated everywhere. Its nice to see a super critical eye make the effort that must be absolutely time and patience consuming . . . think Allodial title.
First, thank you […]

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How Is a Government Established?

April 17, 2008

If I were to ask the Government man, “How does one go about establishing this organization you call ‘Government’?” he might look askance at me, and wonder if I’m not slow in the head. Once I establish that I am not fit to be institutionalized, I imagine he would give me some spiel […]

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