Flybar Model 1200

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:00:00 GMT

# From stanleyscoop:

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt

# Amazon.com - Flybar Model 1200 - Finally a pogo stick that I don't have to lose weight to use. It supports 80 to 250 pound jumpers. It has twelve independent rubber thrusters that can be indiviudally enabled to provide up to five feet of elevation for a 170 pound rider. The 1200 in its name means 1200 pounds of thrust. Yowza! Me want 'em. $300. Andy MacDonald is a champion skateboarder who wanted a no-excuses adult pogo stick, so he worked hard to find someone to help build it. Vancouver inventor Bruce Middleton spent $1 million to create it, funded by Irwin Arginsky's SBI Enterprises, a long-time pogo stick maker. The Amazon.com page contains two videos and a PDF of the user's manual. More info and videos at Flybar.com. "Enjoy the view." [smith2004]

# L. Neil Smith at The Libertarian Enterprise - The Security Syndrome - on the mental illness that causes some "people" to believe that something as disgusting as a Homeland Security Department is not only not criminal, but necessary and proper. [tle]

Let me say that again, so there can be no mistake about the point I'm making. From the lowliest scum with his finger up your rectum at the airport, to the same kind of lowly scum who presently occupy the White House, the creatures attempting to run our lives right now are spiritual twins of the pimply goons who think they're the cops of the con.

These are tiny, shriveled souls, deep inside, desperately afraid of anything and everything that moves or makes noise, alarmed at any manifestation of individuality, let alone individualism. They have no character themselves, no ability to predict--let alone to control--whatever impulse passes through their heads. For them, every hour is a grim struggle not to break out and do something truly stupid, crazy or evil.

Something violent.

They believe everyone else is just like them in that respect and needs to be watched constantly--or perhaps illegally arrested and tortured.

They know who and what what they are, and try to make up for it by groping helpless women on the concourse or in the Oval Office. Only by bullying the peaceful and productive, crushing your freedom and mine, and murdering tens of thousands overseas, can they begin to feel half human.

To regain our freedom, it is vital to understand that we are not up against a set of political opinions that are different from ours. We are up against "victims" tragically afflicted by a profound mental illness.

# Kaptain Kanada, a.k.a. Manuel Miles at The Libertarian Enterprise - Shore Leave - a farewell piece. Mr. Miles is going off-shore and won't be writing for TLE for a while. He leaves us with a few recommendations. Good luck to you, sir. [tle]

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-- Bill St. Clair

The Atlanta Declaration

Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon -- rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission.

-- L. Neil Smith

Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing the right of the people to keep and bear arms is treason. What else do you call an act that endangers "the security of a free state"? And if it's treason, then it's punishable by death. I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.

-- L. Neil Smith

A Penalty Clause for the Bill of Rights

Any official, appointed or elected, at any level of government, who attempts, through legislative act or other means, to nullify, evade, or avoid the provisions of the first ten amendments to this Constitution, or of the Thirteenth Amendment, shall be summarily removed from office, and, upon conviction, deprived of all pay and benefits including pension, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.

-- L. Neil Smith

Based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, and some of its own empirical work, the panel couldn't identify a single gun control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents.

-- John Lott, commenting on the National Academy of Sciences report on gun control laws.

Who is a libertarian?

Zero Aggression Principle ("Zap")

"A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim."

-- L. Neil Smith

(Formerly called the "Non-Aggression Principle", or "NAP")

Why Did It Have to be... Guns?

Make no mistake: all politicians -- even those ostensibly on the side of guns and gun ownership -- hate the issue and anyone, like me, who insists on bringing it up. They hate it because it's an X-ray machine. It's a Vulcan mind-meld. It's the ultimate test to which any politician -- or political philosophy -- can be put.

If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash -- for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you.

If he isn't genuinely enthusiastic about his average constituent stuffing that weapon into a purse or pocket or tucking it under a coat and walking home without asking anybody's permission, he's a four-flusher, no matter what he claims.

What his attitude -- toward your ownership and use of weapons -- conveys is his real attitude about you. And if he doesn't trust you, then why in the name of John Moses Browning should you trust him?

-- L. Neil Smith

Concise

"Tell me," I was once asked, "What do you think about gun control? Give me the short answer." To which I replied, "If you try to take our firearms we will kill you."

-- Mike Vanderboegh

Also from The Atlanta Declaration:

... like going to the bathroom, breathing, eating, sleeping, or making love, it turns out that self-defense is a bodily function one cannot safely or effectively delegate to a second party.

-- L. Neil Smith

This does not mean that "Marijuana should be available by prescription." It means that morphine sulfate should be available in five pound bags at the supermarket for a couple of bucks, like sugar... but probably in a different aisle, to avoid confusion.

-- Vin Suprynowicz

If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

-- Edward Abbey

The state can only survive as long as a majority is programmed to believe that theft isn't wrong if it's called taxation or asset forfeiture or eminent domain, that assault and kidnapping isn't wrong if it's called arrest, that mass murder isn't wrong if it's called war.

-- Bill St. Clair