http://nothirdsolution.com Blogging about liberty, anarchy, economics and politics Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:42:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was looking for a YouTube video of Anti-flag's "Stars and Stripes" in celebration of July 4. Despite Anti-flag's sometimes overzealous idolization of "democracy", the band is pretty consistently and vehemently anti-nationalist, bringing us such songs as "No Borders, No Nations" and "Die For Your Government". They're anti-nationalist, anti-propagandist, ... http://nothirdsolution.com/2008/07/04/happy-fourth-everyone/ In response to State-sponsored lotteries coming under fire for selling scratch-off tickets after the grand prize has been awarded, Tony opines: Reflexively I side with the state's position in this case as long as the practice is disclosed... Or I could be totally wrong and the state's engaging in shady practice. ... http://nothirdsolution.com/2008/07/03/p-0n-the-game-is-rigged/ Sometimes people say that if you don't like your taxes, your government, their wars, their policies, etc., that you should just go somewhere else. This is an argument used by redneck right-wingers and quasi-commie social democrats; the "if-you-don't-like-it-get-the-fuck-out" argument. Reasonable adults should be able to agree to disagree, ... http://nothirdsolution.com/2008/07/01/all-your-property-are-belong-to-uncle-sam/ Yesterday night I was grocery shopping at the local Meijer. When I went to check out, it dawned on me that they had replaced about a dozen more cashiers with self-scan registers. I will spare you another tirade about the so-far-imperfect technology: it's nice to be able to ... http://nothirdsolution.com/2008/07/01/the-effects-of-minimum-wage-hikes/