Topic: Campaign for Liberty
Summary of Articles and Bibliography for Jake, the Champion of the Constitution (1/1/2009) Both readers and I are losing track of all the articles I've written, so here is some organization.by Jake, the Champion of the Constitution
(libertarian)
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Since the articles on the home page are in chronological order, it is a bit messy to find themes on my home page and I've had a few complaints, most importantly from myself, so you can use the outline below as a reference guide. I will update perhaps once a month or so, so check the update date - perhaps I did not get around to filing away a few.
When I started writing back in February 2008 I honestly never expected I would write so many articles. Thanks a lot for your interest and reading, as of January 1st, 2009, my total readership has passed 98,000 hits at the Nolan Chart which is good - for starters :) The truth is, I might also write even if I was my only reader. I am also a contributing author at the libertarian website www.LibertyMaven.com and have been published at the investment sites www.SeekingAlpha.com, goldseek.com, and silverseek.com.
I. Monetary Policy - For Honest Money!
A. The Money Matrix SeriesB. This is NOT the Socialist States of America! Series (Banking, Housing, Financial Crisis)
II. Global War of Terror - "Terror is a Tactic, You Can't Go to War Against a Tactic!"
A. The Iraq WarB. Acts of War Against IranC. The Afghanistan and Pakistan WarD. Other Antiwar-Themed Articles
III. Civil Liberties - "Extremism in the Name of Liberty is NOT a Vice"
A. The "Pssssst.... We Live in a Police State!" Collection
IV. The Revolution Unleashed
A. Ron Paul is Yet Another Champion of the ConstitutionB. The "Happy Coronation, John McCain!" SeriesC. The"Deep Fry The Barackcuda" Series D. The "I'm Not Terribly Excited About Bob Barr" Series
V. Miscellaneous Appendix - Bibliography __________________________________________________________I. Monetary Policy - For Honest Money!
(I believe this will always be a work in progress, the below are books, essays, movies, etc. that I feel are worthwhile and educational. This may even mean that I do not agree with anything in the source. My favorites are marked with a ***. Feel free to leave any suggestions in the comment field below, as I am always searching for more viewpoints.)
Andelman, David A. A Shattered Peace: Versailles and the Price We Pay Today. 2008. Andelman is a CFR flunkie (I am no fan) but worthy reading never the less. He places a lot of blame on the idealistic Woodrow Wilson and portrays the Yanks as clueless when confronted with the cunning Europeans. Unfortunately in his modern references, Andelman fails to realize America may be just as clueless today as we were in 1919.
Anonymous. "Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars." (1979?) Whether the author was an individual or a government is fairly moot. The crux of this document is the idea for a weapon system unlike all others that stealthily takes over and controls society. The idea that this is possible is important to grasp.
Bastiat, Frederic. *** 1848. "The Law." Takes an hour to absorb, it is so key to understand his concept of how the government "legally plunders." Bastiat describes why the force of the state used to rob or redistribute wealth from the populace is a major moral wrong. Bastiat wrote this in France as the socialists drove the country to ruin.
Friedman, David. 1982. "Gold, Paper, or... is there a Better Money?" A Monetarist outlook on money. I admit I threw my hands up when this fence-sitter concluded: "I will therefore continue to use the present system unless I can somehow arrange for everyone else to shift at the same time I do."
Jackson, Andrew. "Why the United States Bank was Closed." (1832). President Jackson outlines the evils of central banking and explains why he closed the country's central bank, which was a predecessor of the Federal Reserve. Fueled by an indomitable will, Jackson succeeded.
Johnson, Chalmers. *** 2000. Blowback. On American foreign policy.
Kleveman, Lutz. 2003. The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia.
Lips, Ferdinand. 2001. Gold Wars. New York: The Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education. Amazing perspective on gold from an ex-Rothschild banker.
Martenson, Chris. While I do not agree with a lot of what Dr. Martenson says, this 4 minute and this 7 minute video are great visuals for understanding money creation.
McFadden, Louis T. "Congressman McFadden's Speech on the Federal Reserve Corporation." (1934). A passionate plea to Congress to impeach the Fed Board of Governors and the Secretary of the Treasury. McFadden was probably assassinated. His name is blackened by anti-Semite charges per Wikipedia, although there is no mention of this in his speech. A refutation of his speech is here, in my opinion it is toothless.
Mises Institute. "Congressman Ron Paul debating FED Governor Charles Partee." 1983. Movie. "The paper standard is *ucking history, and it’s *ucking economic law, and economic truth." - Dr. Paul. See 13:00. Talk about fireworks! It appears at one time the FED was willing to debate, I very much respect the courage of Partee to address the sound money wolfpack in attendance.
Paine, Thomas. 1987. The Thomas Paine Reader. Penguin Books. "Common Sense."
Paul, Ron. "Pillars of Prosperity." (2008) A 400+ page compilation of Dr. Paul's writings. After reading these, one realizes that Dr. Paul did very little recent work in putting together his best-selling "The Revolution" as most of this book was written 20+ years ago.
Paul, Ron. *** 2008. The Revolution: A Manifesto.
THE RON PAUL FILE. All of his articles plus plenty of videos from lewrockwell.com.
PBS. "Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy." A 6-hour movie on command-and-control governments during the last century. Great summary, but there is a gaping hole as they almost completely fail to mention monetary systems and gold. 2002.
Perkins, John. 2004. Confessions of an Economic Hitman. Non-fiction.
Peterson, Merrill D. 1993. The Political Writings of Thomas Jefferson.
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