Blog 419 | The Libertarian Institute

Hush Money for Hos

by Scott Horton | Feb 27, 2019 | Blog

Trump and Cohen may have broken campaign finance laws paying hush money for hos. I’m no lawyer, and don’t know enough about the details to say either way.

And I’m for impeaching and removing all presidents all the time. Trump should be convicted and locked in prison with Barack Obama for life for the genocide in Yemen alone, never-even-mind the rest of their war crimes.

But hush money for hos seems like a pretty big let down from the Democrats’ whole “the president is a treasonous agent of the Russian government” schtick they’ve been pushing the last 2 1/2 years (the real target of which is Putin more than Trump).

Clearly the entire establishment has rallied together against the president, not because of how bad he is on anything. They hate him because they know he doesn’t believe all the horseshit they shovel about endless U.S. “liberal hegemony” over the world and they’re terrified that he’d ever do anything about it, like pull troops out of Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia or East Asia.

This is ironic of course since Trump is no Ron Paul at all. He has no true doctrine against interventionism, he’s just cheap and so doesn’t like the idea of “helping” people in other countries at America’s expense. But as a right wing fake-macho bullshit artist, escalating military budgets, bombing campaigns and SOCOM missions anywhere in the world have been just fine with him. So is doing whatever Netanyahu wants in Palestine and Iran. His “anti-NATO” talk has been nothing but complaints that EU countries need to spend more money on American arms.

So what’s their problem anyway other than he’s an uglier American than the last two, who killed between half a million and a million people each?

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what’s not in the Mueller report.

Law Enforcement Expansion and the ‘Green New Deal’

by Peter R. Quiñones | Feb 26, 2019 | Blog, Free Man Beyond the Wall

The “Green New Deal” will demand the expansion of law enforcement to the extent they may create a new federal agency. If the world is 12 years away from the point of no return, anyone who would seek to shirk these laws in the slightest will have to be dealt with.

If SWAT teams are currently being deployed to farms that commit the sin of selling “raw milk” to their neighbors, how will the family that refuses to part with granddad’s coal burning stove be treated? What about that lawn mower that is still being powered by fossil fuels?

Now let’s think bigger. The United States is by no means the nation producing the most pollution (I know, I know, be patient). If this is truly a worldwide emergency, it stands to reason that any State that will not fall in line must be stopped by any means necessary.

What if Malaysia refuses to comply? Indonesia? China? Russia? When politicians such as Alexandria Ocasio Cortez speak in the language of an imminent, global catastrophe, while taking into consideration the size and scope of the U.S. military (I’m including all law enforcement), people need to start asking what this world is going to look like liberty-wise while they tilt at windmills. If people are being caged and even executed by police for the crime of growing and consuming a plant, what happens when the fate of every life on the planet is invoked?

P.S., There are many reports stating the U.S. military is the biggest polluter on the globe.

Three Cheers For North Korea Talks!

by Scott Horton | Feb 26, 2019 | Blog

At the Libertarian Institute, we whole-heartedly support Presidents Trump, Moon and Kim’s efforts to finally, officially end the Korean War and end the threat of violent hostilities between our countries.

The USA has everything in the world to give, nothing to lose and really no right to demand a thing in the first place.

If a new peaceful relationship can be created, that could be a possible step toward their abandoning of nuclear weapons. But either way, what matters is that they must be deprived of any motive to use them or even keep them in the long term.

It’s all the American government’s fault the DPRK has nukes in the first place. Seems like they should be able to find some flexibility.

And for the partisans out there: What a great way to humiliate the disgusting Democrats.