tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post2631171601706942846..comments2024-02-29T18:18:06.972-08:00Comments on Thoughts on Liberty, Economics & Life...: Rome...circa 2012 (from the January 17, 2012 Orlando Sentinel)Jack Chamblesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714642268269970475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-76668011153131344942012-02-22T15:26:06.716-08:002012-02-22T15:26:06.716-08:00Just discovered your website and blog and enjoying...Just discovered your website and blog and enjoying both. I'm not entirely on board with some Libertarian views but have to admit that Ron Paul struck a chord with me more than once during the debates. Enough so that I'm looking into this a little more seriously.<br /><br />Curious what you read to your students regarding the fall of Rome--from a book, essay, etc.? Thanks--Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10257750258375389220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-56854043154683967482012-01-17T06:11:45.671-08:002012-01-17T06:11:45.671-08:00The idea that our military can detain, indefinatel...The idea that our military can detain, indefinately, U.S. citizens without a trial in the name of fighting - forever - the concept of terrorism, is just one more nail in our nation's coffin. Mr. Obama said that his administration will not use this law to detain American citizens on our soil and will not allow the military to become the nation's de facto police force. However, since this law DOES allow for that, who is to say that some president 20 or 90 years from now will not use this to trample our rights? Every day it seems that the movie V for Vendetta is more and more realistic in terms of where our government is taking us.Jack Chamblesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714642268269970475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-65507924793774903952012-01-15T20:32:12.823-08:002012-01-15T20:32:12.823-08:00Very well said. I took your class last semester an...Very well said. I took your class last semester and it was a life changing experience that provided me with an entirely new outlook on life. The majority of my friends are liberals and are huge Obama fans, much like most of America's youth seem to be, and oftentimes when I hear what they have to say regarding subjects like taxation it makes me feel very alarmed and worried for the future of this country.<br /><br />Professor Chambless, I'd like to hear your thoughts on President Obama's recent signing of the National Defense Authorization Act. Personally, I don't see how anyone who values their liberty can vote for Obama again. His quiet signing of indefinite detention into law recently was the last straw for me. The NDAA tramples all over our constitutional right to due process and is quite possibly one of the worst bills ever passed in the history of this country.<br /><br />I fear the Feds will soon pull up into my driveway in a black van and detain me just for typing all of this.DevSingh1359https://www.blogger.com/profile/00265740622279847431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-719503885912335832012-01-12T18:12:57.484-08:002012-01-12T18:12:57.484-08:00We already don't have the right to own propert...We already don't have the right to own property. Something that I bought and paid for over a 30 year period may seem to finally be mine, but now I will pay $200 a month forever to continue "owning" that money-pit. I am limited to what I can do on my property by zoning laws. I am limited to what I can build on my property by building regulations. If the government finds a better use of my land such as a path for a freeway or as a greater tax revenue as a PUD, then I will lose it completely.ocopekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07454468365809524071noreply@blogger.com