As some of you may remember, when I first joined the caucus awhile back that I had submitted an official emblem featuring the Statue of Liberty and Statue of Freedom, for 2010 I have submitted a new design.

Say hello to the Gadsden snake, featured next to it is a five point start reminiscent of the “Lone Star State”, while above that fly streaks of gold and blue, colors representing the ideology of liberty. We hope it reminds all of you about our common struggle for capitalism and against tyranny.

Tell us what you think, feedback is welcomed!

You walk into your desk room one morning to read your email. As you turn the PC on, you notice the glaring logo on the screen that lightly burns your eyes. It reads “Federal Communications Commission Legal, Neutral Network.” you’re very happy at reading this due to the fact that you had just passed the exam for the federal and state network use permits last week. You get the same feeling you had when you got your driver’s license or when you turned 21 and could drink. As you read your email, you see that your cousin has sent you something, you open it. Her message tells you about this new software released a month ago. It’s a new firewall that finds spam and redirects it at the spammer in the network. It has gotten a lot of praise and recommendation. You download it, thinking this is your first smart move as an alert, licensed network user. The downloader reaches 100%, and the install program opens. After about fifteen minutes of installing the program, the PC inexplicably shuts off. You’re confused, what has happened to your computer? Most importantly, what did you do wrong? All the sudden, the power line to your house is cut off; you hear a loud bang and the sound of boots running up the stairs of your house. The door to your desk room is broken off the hinges with an ax, assault rifles and handguns burst into the room, directed at you. “Federal Agents! Put your hands in the air!” You comply; they cuff you and haul your PC away. Later in the week, you are charged and convicted of disrupting a ‘free’ and ‘neutral’ network of the FCC. You spend the next six years in federal lock up and the twenty years after that on parole.

As the Internet has progressed, it has become one of the largest, and probably most important, things that ever occurred in history. It is a network, upon another network, upon another network, upon another chain of networks that eventually adds up to one large clustered network… of networks. It has morphed into the last bastion of free speech, laissez faire capitalism, and the private sector. But, there is an issue, what is better for freedom on the Internet, neutrality or competition? Will government regulation ‘save’ the Internet, or would continued privatization preserve our freedom? This is another classic political war between the private and public sectors. But what is the reality of this situation? Well, the reality is, a private, unregulated Internet has worked in the past, is still working in our present, and will keep working to improve our lives in the future. As a matter of fact, as it currently is, a free and unregulated

Internet could improve our economy, and possibly even get us out of this recession. More succinctly, capitalism, or specifically the idea of individual rights to life, liberty, and property, has always been the best economic and social system and the Internet is sheer proof of that.

One side of this argument, the regulation crowd, has cried for years about ‘saving’ (or what they believe to be saving) our freedom on the Internet. In their thinking process, their deviated version of logic informs them that since we need to save the Internet, we should just make everything ‘neutral’ (because neutral is just a really nice sounding word that conjures up thoughts of peace doves and hallucinating ‘free love’ hippies dancing to The Mamas & Papas). The following statement, made a week after the FCC had overstepped its bounds concerning the Internet, shows the true nature of regulation crowd argument “As the Internet continues to evolve, we are now faced with a choice. Can we preserve this wildly successful medium and the freedom it embodies, or do we permit a few large corporations to fundamentally alter how the Internet has historically functioned? Do we retain a level playing field or do we allow the imposition of new fees and the artificial creation of slow lanes and fast lanes for content providers on the Internet?” (Markey). However, even though Mr. Markey is fearful of these corporations ‘altering’ how the Internet fundamentally functions, he does not remind us of how all the big corporations like Amazon, Google, Yahoo!, Vonage, Microsoft, eBay, and many others are all in favor of net neutrality. So then, as we can see, instead of investment by everyone on the Internet, we would get investment of an elite few corporations (that the government has approved of) on the Internet. Can this be called neutrality?

The other side, the anti-regulation crowd, disagrees completely. To paraphrase Proudhon, competition is the mother of neutrality. Competition is trying to make a better product or provide a better service then everyone else so that people will want to buy your work. They enjoy the work you have made, and you enjoy what your work has earned you. This is a simple trader principle. Competition is freedom, forced neutrality is not. We have been fine on the Internet without government regulation. Opponents to net neutrality say views like Congressman Markey’s are “Setting a new international example of government Net interference rather than restraint.” (NetCompetition.org)

Complete deregulation, along with more privatization of the Internet and the gradual creation of a cyber-centric market economy are what this country, and the world, needs. Complete deregulation creates more freedom for users of the internet to create, share, sell, and buy in a stable market with vast choice and possibility. More privatization of Internet based services can create new jobs for those who need them, and possibly decrease the unemployment rate. All of this could possibly lead us to a cyber-centric market economy. Since the Internet has shown signs of increasing prosperity over the years, a market based off of the cyber world would boost our economy from recession to stability, without need of government bailouts or stimulus plans. All around, the free, unregulated, privatized Internet makes everything better for anyone.

With its prosperity, with its ability to better our daily and long term lives, the Internet is proof that a free market, a capitalist system works. The Internet will strive on because of capitalism into the decades, and even centuries. The Internet however will die in government regulation and control. The government, or anyone for that matter, posses no right to force its way onto something that we’ve all labored with by our own means and take complete, overriding control.

How would the government ‘control’, the Internet anyways? It’s a multi-national entity, spans the globe, reaching every nationality. So how can the government take control over something that is literally everywhere, much like oxygen? I feel they simply think too highly of themselves. I mean, the Internet is already regulated in a way. The Internet Society, The Internet Architecture Board, Internet Engineering Task Force, InterNIC, PFIR-People for Internet Responsibility, and ICANN.org all have a hand in deciding how Internet related issues are handled (Boswell). But these are not overly bureaucratic government regulators; they are more like private industry ethics boards. More proof that the Internet is fine by itself. On another note, I’d like to point out that the Internet isn’t always that capitalistic. For example, read this statement back in 2001, “The users of the internet are spoiled rotten and expect that most everything on the internet not actually delivered by UPS, should be free. It is human nature to expect good things to continue despite clear signs of change. I was amused to read the reaction of some Napster users who, upon hearing that Napster is changing its economic model to a fee based version, lamented that they would have to search for another way to continue to download music for free. Napster is facing the fact that the rules of intellectual property laws extend to the internet.” (Mills). Piracy is a known coercive evil on the Internet, and it should be stopped. It is not a result of the Internet’s lack of control; rather it is a result of a careless individual’s lack of respect for property rights, even intellectual ones.

Works Cited

Boswell, Wendy. “Internet Regulation.” About.com. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. <http://www.websearch.about.com/od/whatistheinternet/a/internetrules.htm>.

“CAN-SPAM.” FCC.Gov. Federal Communications Comission, 11 Aug. 2009. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. <www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/canspam.html>.

Gentile, Carmen. “Cybrer Vigilantes Track Extremist Websites, Intelligence Experts Balk At Effort.” FoxNews.com. 22 Mar. 2009. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. <www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,340613,00.html>.

“How The FCC Would Change The Internet.” NetCompetition.org. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. <www.netcompetition.org/how_the_fcc_is_changing_internet.pdf>.

Markey, Representative Ed. “Time for Net Neutrality.” SaveTheInternet.com. 30 Oct. 2009. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. <www.savetheinternet.com/blog/09/10/30/time-net-neutrality>.

Mills, Greg. “The Future of Capitalism On The Internet.” Ipfrontline.com. 10 Feb. 2009. Web. 3 Nov. 2009. <www.ipfrontline.com/depts/article.asp?id=315&deptid=5>.

Posted in Uncategorized ]]> http://defendliberty.net/2010/01/17/uncle-sam%e2%80%99s-bombastic-usb-drive/feed/ 0 maverickwhig http://defendliberty.net/2009/09/11/with-an-ensign-to-fight-under/ http://defendliberty.net/2009/09/11/with-an-ensign-to-fight-under/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:35:18 +0000 maverickwhig http://defendliberty.net/?p=176 ]]> by Maverick W., Libertarian Defense Caucus Co-Chairman

The 11th of September, 2009…

The first time…

We say “No.”

We say “No.” to Oligarchy, we say “No.” to bullying us into it, we say “No.” to murder, and we say “No.” to the Law of insecure Collectivists who claim to represent the Muslim population. You see the truth is, when any of these Collectivists claim to represent Muslims around the world or that their political ideology is Islam itself — we know they are outright lying. For they are the true enemies of all Muslims everywhere. Every time they open their mouths, every time they kill or attack innocents and children, every time they indoctrinate school kids, they make things worse for Muslims everywhere. So how may I ask do we stop these liars from festering? The answer is there, you just need to find it. All Muslims around the world need to stand up for themselves, stand up and say “No.” to these liars, these Collectivists, these… Tangos. The answer to peace and freedom is inside all of you, you just need to reject them.

To the victims and families of 9/11 and all victims of terrorist attacks around the world, fight. I can’t make that any more clear. You need to fight. If you don’t, the Tangos who committed 9/11 have won their military objective — your subjugation to their will. Your sons, daughters, husbands, wives, etc. were all killed to make you submit to their campaign to establish the global tyrannical Oligarchy they call the “Caliphate”. You, shall not allow them their Caliphate, their Oligarchy. This is obligation to the victims. Fulfill it, and you shall shed blood, sweat, and tears, fail at it, and you shall wither away Individual Rights. I hope and pray that all of you will find peace from your loved one’s murder, and that you shall see a final justice against this atrocity. I mourn with you.

The years will follow, the days will bleed away, and I will never forget. I will eat, I will breathe, and I will think. That is what is meant for me. In my life, it shall be a conflict of the Coast Guard Ensign against the Flag of Jihad. I shall break their flag’s pole, and their flag shall fall to the ground. I promise this to all of you, with an Ensign to fight under.

(Sorry for the long lull in posting here at LDC, we will be working on getting the site going again.)

2009

PREAMBLE

• The Libertarian Party’s platform essentially would sustain and rebuild the freedom the Constitution gave us, but it would then do nothing to defend that Constitution or freedom from aggresors.
• The Libertarian Party doesn’t care when idividual freedom is infringed somewhere else in the world. Yet they complain of the U.S. infringing freedom across the world when we intervene, we are at a loss with this stance. Do they care about the freedom of hummanity or don’t they?
• The Libertarian Party does not represent what libertarianism was intended for, nor does it represent the broad libertarian movement at all, this needs to change.
• The Libertarian Party does not represent the Constitution, the Founders, the Republic, freedom, liberty, John Locke, Thomas Paine nor any other undeniable virtue or patriot. We draft this declaration in order to bring them back to true freedom, liberty, and justice.

THE DECLARATION

We, the Libertarian Defense Caucus, on this day of independence, in order to attain a more perfect liberty loving political party, make ourselves declarants of,

• LAISSEZ-FAIRE FREE MARKETS – The government has no right to infringe or constrain the economic freedom of law-abiding individuals nor the free market in this country.

• RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM – ‘Group rights’, or so they are called, do not exist because groups do not really exist, there are only individuals. Any legislation that is made to advance the ‘rights’ of a group only infringes the rights of individuals.
• LIBERVENTION – The central right of humanity is the right to resist an aggressor, even if you aren’t the victim.
• STATES RIGHTS – Each state can generally determine its course of action based on local values and unique needs.
• THE ARMED REPUBLIC - We advocate a constitutional federal republic that has very large, innovative, capable and robust military, homeland security, and intelligence forces at its disposal for defense, reactive and pro-active actions against threats to said republic’s citizens, its interests, or foreign allies and civilians. It also encourages its citizens to help in their overall individual defense. As the armed republic, she should be bound by the same moral rules as individuals, and the Constitution.
• VETERANS AFFAIRS – Vigilant advocacy relating to the medical, financial, legacy, and overall well-being of our military families and veterans.

We, the Libertarian Defense Caucus, hold these tenets to be true, factual, and self-evident towards freedom, the Constitution, and libertarianism/classical liberalism.

We, the Libertarian Defense Caucus, are made up libertarians and Libertarians, and we declare these tenets to be the Better Libertarian Platform for the Libertarian Party of the United States of America. It shall be the only platform we rcognize as Libertarian. All other platforms are recognized as “un-Libertarian”.

She was killed by Islamofascists, she died for liberty and justice.

“Neda” means “the call” or “the voice” in Farsi.

Recently, the Iranian theocracy has decided to rig an election – weird right? I mean who thought that THEY would be fascistic and basically corrupt and evil like that?

But more over, the Islamic revolution of 1979 is in a perfect state for a regime change. The people of Iran are practically ready to take up arms against their government, I feel if we sent in a contingent or task force of United States special mission units (SMU) from JSOC, British SAS members with the support of MQ-9 Reapers, a couple of Coast Guard Cutter patrols to secure Iranian waters, we could bring down the Mullah regime without lifting a metaphorical finger. Also, if done right, we could avoid an insurgency type situation that of Iraq’s. Simply put, if we use a SOF task force to help raise up anti-government and reformist militia, get local geographic and political leaders on our side, and slowly retake the Iranian government from within, we could easily dismantle the Mullah regime and take down the Revolutionary Guard. Also, if done correctly, the Iranian government could be taken over by the reformists without having to destroy the establishment completely and maintaining a rule of law and political stability. This would insure no chance of insurgency.

But let’s take a second here to think, what is the one problem with Iran? It has too many religious conservatives in the rural areas, and they are the ones who essentially allowed this Islamofascist takeover of Iran in 79. The pro-Islamofascist rural areas will be the only problem I could foresee with a libervention in Persia. I’ll be checking and researching more on this and other topics concerning Iran, but I can only hope and pray that Obama will hopefully (but not likely) come to grips with reality and do what we know in our hearts to be morally and militarily right. We must empower the individuals of Iran, the constitution they have now isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on, they need to adopt a liberty minded constitution if they are to survive economically, socially, and even physically. Of course, this a dream the Iranian people will ultimately have to fill out themselves, we can only augment.

I am proud to announce that I have been “promoted” from an O’rourkean style website administrator to Co-Chairman of the Libertarian Defense Caucus!

Of course, nothing is different, it’s just shiney label to write down on a name tag at some political convention, but then again I do take this very seriously. But don’t worry, as most seriousness is funny, most jokes are very serious. So… yeah.

I have a lot of plans for LDC, including:

• An official discussion board where anyone can sign up,  post, talk about what they think, organize political efforts, and such.
• Our caucus’s official youtube channel called Liberty Defense Media where we will make frequent video statements, political advertisements, announcements, and basically what is on the caucus members’ minds.
• And finally we’re hoping to start a big contribution campaign to the Warrior Legacy Foundation.

Please comment and tell us if you guys would like to contribute anything to any of three project we got going. I’d always welcome any volunteer admins, moderators, video editors, or commentators for the discussion board or youtube channel.

North Korean Daffy-Duck fan, Lamborghini aficionado and fascist maniac Kim Jong-Il has been a busy boy lately.

With the launching of short range missiles on Memorial Day, an underground Nuclear test, and the blatant kidnapping American journalists (ironically employed by an agency owned by Al Gore), it seems Dear Leader is a little… ronery? Or maybe it’s just that Arrec Bardrin is worthress.Who knows why… but the important question is, what is Obama doing about it?

Well, pretty much, nothing. He just loves appeasing Dear Leader!

Basically this is what Obama “strong” and “well thought out” defense against North Koreans is a letter to Pyongyang telling the DPRK how angry and upset they are… Well call out the parades everybody! Obama is saving us! HOPE AND CHANGE!

For a visual representation of Obama appeasement to North Korean tyrannical fascism, watch this video about Hans Blix using the Obama method:

A Tango is a term primarily used by SOFs in the field or slang to refer to terrorists or more generally “targets”. If you recall, Charlie was the American moniker for the Vietcong terrorists during the Vietnam War. It came about due to the Vietcong’s abbreviation “VC” or when talking phonetically on a radio “Victor Charlie” or “Charlie” for short. Tango came about the same way with terrorists or targets being referred to simply as “T”.

From Urban Dictionary:

Tango Down
A word used to describe a terorist that has been eleminated. It is mainly used by the Special Forces to describe an eleminated enemy during a firefight.
Nice job taking that Tango down.

Tango 6 O’clock. Roger that Tango down.

I hope this cleared some things up.

The MQ-9 Reaper – Islamofascists beware.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Contractor: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Incorporated
Crew(remote): 2 (Pilot plus a sensor operator)
Landing Type: runway
Launch Type: runway
Power Plant: Honeywell TP331-10T turboprop engine, 950 SHP (712 kW)
Fuel Capacity: 1815 kg (4,000 lb)
Length: 11 m (36 ft)
Wingspan: 20 m (66 ft)
Height: 3.8 m (12.5 ft)
Empty weight: 2223 kg (4,900 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 4760 kg (10,500 lb)

PERFORMANCE
Service ceiling: 15 km (50,000 ft)
Operational altitude: 7.5 km (25,000 ft)
Endurance: 14–28 hours (14 hours fully loaded)
Range: 5,926 km (3,200 nmi, 3,682 mi)
Payload: 3,750 lb (1,700 kg)
Maximum speed: 482 km/h (300 mph, 260 knots)
Cruise speed: 276-313 km/h (172-195 mph, 150-170 knots)

SENSORS
AN/APY-8 Lynx II radar
AN/DAS-1 MTS-B Multi-Spectral Targeting System

ARMAMENT
6 Hardpoints
1,500 lb (680 kg) on the two inboard weapons stations
500–600 lb (230–270 kg) on the two middle stations
150–200 lb (68–91 kg) on the outboard stations
Up to 14x AGM-114 Hellfire air to ground missiles can be carried or four Hellfire missiles and two 500 lb (230 kg) GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs. The 500 lb (230 kg) GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) can also be carried. Testing is underway to allow for the addition of the AIM-92 Stinger air-to-air missile to be carried as well.

LDC has seen the U.S. military start to heavily rely on this bird for air support of special operations forces (SOFs) in Afghanistan as recent as last year when SecDef Robert Gates pushed for the Air Force to speed up the UAV program. The Reaper, essentially the Predator on steroids has seen a lot of success in America’s fight against Islamofascism.

LDC hopes to see more utilization and use of this remarkable aircraft in the future due to it’s stellar capbility to hunt down and kill specific Islamofascist Tangos and support our men and women on the ground against possible threats. Please watch this video for more: