http://anti-state.com/blog Look, it's just a damn blog, with anarchists on it. Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:58:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A friend just sent me this neat little interview with Wendell Berry in Sun Magazine. Though not everything in it will be lauded on ASC, I think many of the gems offered, by the always eloquent and insightful Berry, will resonate. The interview touches on a wide range ... http://anti-state.com/blog/2008/09/09/an-interview-with-wendell-berry/ Well, the kids are back in school again and it's always just a matter of time before my wife and I are approached by one of their teachers asking why our child won't say the pledge of allegiance. Usually it takes a couple weeks and in the past there ... http://anti-state.com/blog/2008/09/05/back-to-school/ I guess it was about a month ago (time goes by too damn quickly these days) that I was sitting on the couch with the old lady while she was flipping channels. She rarely even pauses for a blink as she passes by the cable news networks but ... http://anti-state.com/blog/2008/09/02/amusing-omissions/ From the New York Times comes an interesting story about how the market liberalization of India is benefiting the lower castes, who have been spat on for countless generations. When Chandra Bhan Prasad visits his ancestral village in these feudal badlands of northern India, he dispenses the following advice to his ... http://anti-state.com/blog/2008/08/30/wealth-the-emancipator/ As some of you may know, there is an event going on in the United States called the Democratic National Convention. Occuring every four years, it is a stunning display of banality, stupidity, and money being thrown down a hole by a mixture of rich idiots, special interest groups, and ... http://anti-state.com/blog/2008/08/27/on-conventions/ All the luffa sponges in the world won't exfoliate this story: http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=c-OpIXfXKO8 Apparently Fox News really does get its talking points from the White House. The news network has been the administration's stealth marketer for the past eight years, relaying prefab packages and passing them off as genuine dispatches and opinion. http://anti-state.com/blog/2008/08/07/im-george-bush-and-i-approve-this-message/ Pot, Kettle, Black. http://anti-state.com/blog/2008/08/06/bush-wags-finger-at-china/ LOS ANGELES - Presidential longshot Ron Paul beat the one-day fundraising record Monday afternoon when a special pledge drive yielded over $3 million in an 18-hour period. The record was previously held by fellow Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Paul, who stands out as the singular opponent of the Iraq ... http://anti-state.com/blog/2007/11/05/ron-paul-breaks-single-day-fundraising-record/ Hating the troops is sort of my calling card. The feeling of revulsion I have for people who sign up with an organization whose only purpose is to kill (considering the military hasn't been used for strict national defense in...well, ever) has tended to cover every member of the military, ... http://anti-state.com/blog/2007/02/09/ehren-watada-the-real-hero/ Problem: War in Iraq is fueling terrorism and Islamic radicalism. Solution: Stay the course. Translation: We started this fire and, by God, we are going to keep throwing gasoline on it 'til it goes out. http://anti-state.com/blog/2006/09/25/hubris-delusion-us-foreign-policy/