Monthly Archives: March 2009

The Context Behind 'The Test'

During the Fall 2008 session of General Conference, President Boyd K. Packer delivered a  powerful message that Latter-day Saints should ”do honor to the memories of the heroes of the Revolution” and unite our voices with those championing the cause of liberty … Continue reading…

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Happy Is The Man (and Woman)

Temporal, spiritual, and eternal liberty and the blessings of a righteous posterity are inseparably linked.  Are you enslaving yourself?< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Continue reading…

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The Cause of Christians and Joseph Smith's Views of Liberty

Politicians who violate their oath to defend the Constitution should be thrown out of office / 9/11 conspiracy theories – whether they are true or not government is the problem / Alma 48:10 – Defending rights and liberty is the cause … Continue reading…

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How to Fix the Health Care Industry

Further regulation is not the answer, and less government-not more-will allow market forces to both improve quality and decrease prices, as occurs in so many other types of markets. Continue reading…

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Dissent Continued: The M.O.

The aims, methods, tactics and strategies of ancient and modern secret combinations. Continue reading…

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The Magic School Bus, The Environment, Frederic Bastiat, & The Economy

Making artificial economic interventions, especially inflating the money supply, will cause the chain reaction of easy credit, over-consumption, high supply, over-supply, glut of product, dropping prices, and recession. Continue reading…

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The Right and Responsibility of Self-Defense

There is one principle which is eternal; it is the duty of all men to protect their lives and the lives of the household, whenever necessity requires, and no power has the right to forbid it… (Joseph Smith) Continue reading…

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Agency and the Mormon Case for Libertarianism

It all comes down to the War in Heaven… Continue reading…

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Liberty and Socialism Cannot Co-exist!

LDSFreemen Article by Aaron Batteen Continue reading…

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An LDS View of War

LDSFreemen Article by Jeremy Ashton Continue reading…

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Taxation and Samuel's Warning Against Kings

Free State Project Liberty Forum / Freedom Book Club / civil disobedience / vigilance in keeping covenants / put trust in arm of God rather than in the arm of flesh / book recommendations / Tim Geithner / “O That … Continue reading…

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Money good not evil

LDSFreemen Article by Chris Brown -http://www.ldsfreemen.com/guest-columnist/money-good-not-evil.html / money is a only tool / power to print money is a very grave danger to our rights / standing armies are also dangerous to liberty Continue reading…

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Taxation & The 10 Commandments

Taxation discussed in the Book of Mormon / Mosiah 2:12–14 / John Locke / Tim Geithner / John Hancock / Mosiah 11:3, 6 / Mosiah 19:20 / Government of God by John Taylor / When [governments] and rulers set the … Continue reading…

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Restoration and the paradox of frugality

Law of restoration: Alma 41:14–15 Helaman 15:30–31 This takes an eternal rewards/punishment view, but this principle is applicable for all time durations. Also known as the law of the harvest. Commonly repackaged as the Law of attraction for success seekers. … Continue reading…

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The Rule of Law vs. Man

Rarely in this country's experiment on liberty has the federal government obeyed the restraint of the rule of law. Power and control, it seems, are too tempting to resist. Continue reading…

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Tolerating the Intolerant: Yes on 8 = Yes on Hate?

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!     -Isaiah 5:20 Continue reading…

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Proposition St8

The outcome of this week’s hearings in the California Supreme Court may result in maintaining the status quo of marriage or it could cement the earlier judicially-created civil right to same sex marriage, but in the end marriage will not … Continue reading…

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Secret Combinations: Examining the Dissent

An examination into the nature of the “dissent” among the Lamanites and how that compares to modern-day Marxism. Continue reading…

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"Limited" Government, Unlimited Power

Let us perform a thought experiment to arrive at the following conclusion regarding “limited government”: that it is given virtually unlimited power and will inevitably morph into a cancerous growth. Continue reading…

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The Economists' Crystal Ball

The overwhelming majority of people continue clinging to the fairy tale that media-embraced economists possess a crystal ball that grants them insight into our future. Until America wakes up and rejects these impostors, we must brace ourselves for more centralized, … Continue reading…

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Capitalism in the Work of the Lord

In “The Road to Serfdom” F.A. Hayek demonstrated how the spreading of capitalism was a necessary precursor to the implementation of a free society.  Likewise, one can see the hand of the Lord in preparing nations for the blessings of … Continue reading…

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