It started with hugs. This guy was talking about his idea to make hugnugs, a coin that's good for 1 hug. And I thought this might be a fun black market currency.

Which got me thinking, if I ever got around to opening up an underground bar or something, maybe I should make some drink tokens, probably copper so it has some value besides being good for a drink, but not worth too much. Maybe even try using em around town to buy things. 'course, i'd have to find a spot with an underground economy, l… Continue

I'm thinking of running for city council as a voluntaryist mostly to promote voluntaryist ideas. I suppose I wouldn't necessarily have to run for office, I could just poll people... hmm... Well, here's the questions I've been thinking of...

What government services do you like that you want to keep having and keep paying for?

What government services do you not like that you'd rather get rid of and not pay for?

If there was a way to only pay for the government services you want and not the… Continue

I'm sure no one is surprised by this, seeing as it's a government program, but apparently not all products carrying an Energy Star are the most energy efficient products on the market. Some were using in house laboratories to test it.

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/05/26/am_energy_star_products/?refid=0

Apparently they're trying to pass a bill to raise the standards, bu… Continue

It's important that we all get on the phone, fax, e-mail and tell our Senators that we expect them to support Senator(s) Vitter and Bennett's amendment to the FY 2010 spending bill being considered in the Senate right now. As you doubtless know, the Open Borders Lobby, cheap labor interests, and Congressional Democrats are working tirelessly to force comprehensive immigration reform amnesty down our throats. Liberals in Congress are aware of how dissatisfied America's citizens are with the Obama… Continue

Call me cynical, a heretic if you like, but it shouldn't be surprising that, given the decades long decline in Church attendance, that Church leaders might support open borders policies, and 'importing' worshippers as a means of filling the Church pews and coffers. Religion is afterall big business, and an increasingly competitive business at that.

Indeed, many Church leaders might view amnesty and unconstrained immigration as a bonanza, an opportunity to increase their attendance at the expens… Continue