The Rutherford Report

Mark W. Rutherford's Electing Libertarians. "I see no other conceivable strategy for the achievement of liberty than political action. Religious or philosophical conversion of each man and woman is simply not going to work; that strategy ignores the problem of power, the fact that millions of people have a vested interest in statism and are not likely to give it up…. Education in liberty is of course vital, but it is not enough; action must also be taken to roll back the State…" Murray Rothbard

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Does Senate Bill 536 make it illegal to possess and sell most cigarettes in Indiana?

I've taken a real close look at the provisions in Senate Bill 536 regarding "look-alike" synthetic drugs. It seems to me that a good case can be made that cigarettes with additives of any type will become a "look-alike" synthetic drug unless Governor Pence vetoes the bill today. Only pure tobacco products are exempt from the "look-alike" synthetic drug provisions. Click here for a wikipedia entry on additives in cigarettes. Click here to go to SB 536 and review Sec. 321.5. near the end. Click here to go to SB246, which fixes an error in Senate Bill 536. Here's a link to common definitions of intoxication which includes poisoning. Here's a wikipedia link on nicotine poisoning.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Democrat Grover Cleveland. My favorite United States President.

I've always thought that as the Democrats have co-opted Thomas Jefferson as their own, Libertarians should do the same with the generally classical liberal bourbon Democrat Grover Cleveland. He is my favorite United States President. Like me, he generally fits into the old "classical liberal" paradigm. Classical liberalism still has many adherents in the Democratic Party.