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I feel really different today, I look at the current political atmosphere and the economy and feel like I am witnessing a Mac truck slam into a small car. While everybody was screaming for the truck to go faster I was trying to tell it to stop. At the same time I see the answers and feel like I have the moral high ground. I am witnessing something horrible but feel well inside because I know what is right, and I know what to do.

The economy is bad, and those in Washington are doing everything wrong. I think it is funny how when Obama became president many were reading about the first one hundred days of FDR, so that he can somehow learn from it. You want to know what I did? I got a few books about FDR and the great depression, on how he prolonged the depression and enacted the horrible new deal policies. Yea I am sort of special like that. I am ready to defend liberty and free markets. Knowledge is power and the power I have is more than any military. Ideas are the most powerful things in the world.

Looking forward I see good and bad things. I mean right now is a great opportunity to get my message out there. To defend and promote my ideals of smaller government, individual liberty, lower taxes, and lower spending. Government is the root of all evil. Some may disagree, but how can you? Nobody on an individual level can do so much harm. No individual can (lawfully) steal from you, lower the value of your dollars, force you to fight in wars, tell you where to go to school, tell you what healthcare you need, or kill you. The individual is at the heart of what America is. Right now we have a bunch of “collectivist swine” running the government who want to shape our destinies for us. This is the thing that sickens me.

To end on a good note: We will make it out of this depression and one day we will be OK again. I just hope that when that day comes people will finally begin to withdraw their ignorance and believe in the individual again. liberty is the reason why I am alive. Liberty is the reason to live, so that you live the life you want and be happy. So that you can make your own choices and shape your own future, liberty is at the heart of what those patriots were doing in 1776 and it is in my heart in 2009. The only way they can take my liberty is if they take my life. As Patrick Henry said

“Give me liberty, or give me death!”

In Liberty,

Jon Lauro

Back At The Dorm!

Well, I was home for the weekend and just got back today.  It was a good weekend, and I slept a lot, even though it doesnt feel like it .  The Superbowl was great, except I hated all the political crap they threw into it. I wanted the Steelers to win from the beginning, I really never liked the Cardinals. The food was good and the usual, I get spoiled when i go home.

Anyways, I am back at school so that means I need to get back into the rhythm again. I have a lot of work to do and I need to get it done.

Glenn Beck Breaks It Down

Campaign For Liberty Meeting, Berks Liberty Group

Tonight I attended the “Berks Liberty Group” meeting in Reading (Thanks to Dan!). I have to say, I was impressed. These people are not just in it for social gatherings, they have real plans, and are willing to put the time in to enact they changes they want. I look forward to further meetings and events we may have, and I am excited to. Everyone was really nice, and even an awkward College kid felt right at home. I suppose the common ideologies helped, I mean it is not everyday I find myself surrounded by free-market, pro-liberty people, it was very refreshing. Thanks to Dan for giving me a ride, that was nice of him and it did not go unappreciated.

I urge all of you to get involved in your local Campaign For Liberty chapters, sign up at the website, and learn!

In Liberty,

Jon Lauro

Big Government Can Not Stimulate The Economy, and Free Markets Did Not Cause The Great Depression

Again, learn a little something.

More Stimulus Does Not Work

Educate yourself a little bit, watch this.

Expect More of the Same.

On January 20^th, our nation entered a new era. The first African-American president was sworn into office, an accomplishment that seemed to shake the stagnant social inequality that (sadly) race brings to the table. Barack Obama campaigned on the idea of “Change”, distancing himself from the previous eight years of George Bush.  Millions of people without a doubt see Obama as a response to Bush, I see things differently.

During the eight years of Bush, I have probably been against every one of his decisions, or close to it. I don’t think that Bush was a true Republican. He involved us in two undeclared wars, created the biggest deficits, created the bloated “Department of Homeland Security”, passed legislation such as the Patriot Act, The Military Commissions Act, and the FISA legislation. He supported the socialist idea of welfare, nationalized banks, bailed out private companies, and worsened the state of the economy. Bush was no Republican, and no supporter of free-markets.
Obama, on the other hand championed his record of opposing the war in Iraq, even though he made sure it was funded.  As with Bush, I cannot find other legislation or actions I admire of Obama. Obama also voted for the bailouts, FISA legislation, and the Patriot Act. Are these two people all that different? Obama is as socialist as Bush, if not more so. He advocates a nanny-state. Obama wants to increase our presence in Afghanistan and blindly support Israel, as if the state can do absolutely no wrong, even when obviously they have. Obama often provokes more violence in the Middle East, with the recent missile strike in Pakistan killing innocent people, and with his willingness to do what it takes to get Iran to do what we want.

Both Obama and Bush have very similar approaches to the world; intervene. They can never mind their own business, and by doing this they are stretching the American empire to thin, bringing us to our knees. Economically, free-markets should be harbored, and endorsed. Both men seem to be blaming the free-market for our current economic crisis, when that is far from the truth. (For those of you, who think free markets are at fault, research what the “Federal Reserve” does and what the “Fractional-Reserve Banking” is, I suggest Mises.org) Obama and Bush are using this economic crisis to gain more control and power, which is why they are blaming the free-market. Like every crisis, those in power use it to expand that power. Most people would argue that is what Bush did after 9/11, creating The Department of Homeland Security, getting the Patriot Act passed along with FISA legislation, and not to mention tons of new spending. Obama and Bush also are very similar on foreign policy. Yea, Obama may be willing to talk a little more to foreign leaders, but that means squat when you are saying one thing and your actions say another. Both men want to intervene, and drag into us ethnic wars that have lasted hundreds, if not, thousands of years, and no, Obama cannot make it all better by talking to people, nor by taking over their countries.

Even though January 20^th was an historical day for many reasons, it seems that “Change” in policy, was not one of them. The next four years will be tough, and this economic depression will be dragged out like it was throughout the 30’s because the policies they enacted than are making a comeback, and they will have the same outcomes.

In Liberty,

Jon Lauro

People Are Getting Fooled (I am pissed can you tell?)

And I won’t take it anymore. This goes beyond politics.

The country we live in today is screwed up, and Obama is not the answer. We have too many laws, too many taxes, too many welfare programs, too many regulations, too many dumb wars, and too many people who believe the government can save them. What they don’t understand is that the government created the problems. That is like asking the arsonist to save you from the fire. Wake the hell up already.

I am far to tired to be nice right now. The line has been crossed.

People are being fooled by Obama. Their starry eyes are blinding them to reality.

We need a country, were law, not men, are in charge. It is the job of the people to keep and eye on their governments, and the people are begging to be enslaved. The people are begging for more regulation to “save the environment” or to “save the animals” or any other bullshit that they spew. What they don’t realize is that the government uses that to grab more power, and that we are only enslaving each other.

It is like we are all in a community jail, and the freedoms we used to have are shrinking in order to make society in the vision of what small minded people want.

We are not free.

Demand REAL change people.

“YOU’VE GOT TO GET MAD!”