Human Rights

No one would make the effort to acquire anything that would immediately be stolen. The right to acquire is primary, for possession serves acquisition. Government protects the possessions of the rich in order to guarantee the right of the non-rich to acquire what they need for their convenience and happiness.

Politicians and pundits often use the word “fair” to describe policies they favor. But what does “fair” really mean?

How the Death Tax Kills Small Businesses, Communities and Civil Society - The death tax: What does it kill? Who does it affect? It affects hundreds of thousands of small-business owners across the country—as well as their employees and community residents who benefit from the senior and day care centers, playgrounds, charities, and learning centers that are built or supported by small-business owners.

That's not how liberty works.

You enjoy a right to be free from governmental intrusion unless and until you have shown yourself incapable of exercising that right responsibly. That determination can only be made in a court of law.

Years ago, coyotes were small operators often smuggling the same illegal immigrants into the U.S. from year to year. “Now, organized gangs own the people-smuggling trade,”

writes Millman. “According to U.S. and Mexican police, this is partly an unintended consequence of a border crackdown.

Freedom and Exchange in Communist Cuba -

and One View of a Wall

"My daughter's hamster (a pet white mouse) has food, water, shelter and even medical care, and a cage full of fun curly tubes. The hamster responds by constantly trying to chew his way to freedom. I think we all understand what freedom is, and it is not a gilded cage."

The above is from the posted article which is one view. The sometimes grinding Treadmiil we call life can create confining prisons on both sides of the ideological wall especially when it isn't greased properly.

The quite Worldly and Wordy Mr. Hitchens knows what he's talking about.

Even an atheist knows evil when it rears it's ugly Human head. People need to be aware of how easily a country can fall into the hands of despotic natured individuals and how inherently freedom loving people will become subject to the power.

First off... if this morphs into some sort of global mandate WE will not want to comply based solely on setting a bad precedent for future governance which will have the power of undermining the principles of Federalism and sovereignty. That being said, the practice of capital punishment isn't as arbitrary as the ACLU would like us to think. Some might argue that overly worrying about the relinquished rights of the truly guilty is more arbitrary. Whether it's right or wrong, It is part of our system, only the system is flawed and not necessarily the practice itself.

You/We might not agree with everything he speaks to, but think it's an important examination of Law and Liberty. Adam Corolla, formerly one half of Dr Drew who doesn't advocate drugs, here really shows some of the fallacies of our legal system and it's inherent hypocrisy.