The Liberty Lamp: Libertarian News & Editorials

Ever wondered what the use military and inteligence gathering contingencies of the United States government actually do, at least in theory? Well, now's your lucky chance. Check out the above site. It's horribly disorganized, and rather strange in terms of content choice, but its very interesting nonetheless. Be sure to check out the How to Exit the Matrix and activist privacy resources. The Terrorism/Counter-terrorism (does that mean terrorizing people back? Two wrongs don't make a right, but whatever) part is also quite unique. I'd access all this stuff with something like Tor or your favorite secure proxy network, because a lot of it is mighty controversial, especially the law enforcement and LSD drug related stuff!

Pro liberty bands abound! I'm pleased to announce that the Libertarian Action Network's official webiste now has a new page showcasing some of the best of these kick-ASCII musical talents. Check it out! Currently, we feature Poker Face, The Cloves, and Harvey Danger. More will be added periodically over time as we find new noteworthy groups.

Online cryptography has come to LibertarianActivism.com! Check out the above title link. We have local installations of JavasCrypt and CryptoMX, two effective and easy to use browser-based, Javascript/HTML powered encryption and steganography suites that truly deserve a lot more credit and publicity than they're currently getting. Check them out and let us know what you think! And, as always, good luck on your next mission-critical private transmission :D

Also, happy holidays from everyone at LAN. Have a good one and don't get too wasted on new years! ;D

Reinhard Heydrich is not a well known figure in the history of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. His reputation for debauchery and death has been greatly overshadowed by the legacies of other, more prominent personalities within the Nazi regime, like Hitler and Eichmann. However, this level of relitave obscurity is exactly the status the "Butcher of Prague" sought for himself as head of the Nazi police/inteligence aparatus, and as primary architect of the Final Solution.

What is most disturbing about Heydrich's character is that he, unlike his peers, did not at any time (even once) show remorse or guilt in regards to his actions. The essay I have written, entitled Reinhard Heydrich: The Man Without Concience explores the personal history of this psychopathic, uncaring killer. In juxtaposition men like Hitler, Himmler, and others, all psychoanalysis and historical research indicate that Reinhard ofHeydrich was from a relitavely normal and caring family. He had no known psychotraumatic episodes, nor any obvious characteristics of character that would lend themselves to the supposition that he suffered any kind of overt mental disorder.

In short, he was disturbingly aware of his deliberate and calculated actions to destroy the 'non-Aryan' peoples of the world, as well as any and all of his political enemies. If he lived today, he could very well be your next door neighbor, your pet groomer, your doctor, or even your best friend; there would be no indication of wrongdoing whatsoever, which begs the uneasy question: Is the enlightenment assumption that all men are inherently good (at least by default) false? In fact, is it possible that "evil geniuses" have and do exist? Is it possible, even, that you yourself might be capable of such indiscriminate slaughter and destruction if you had the opportunity? Read the essay and decide for yourself!

Malcolm "X" Little. To many, perhaps even most Americans (if they're smart at least), this name rings loud bells, and yanks strongly at many loose heart-strings. To some, Malcolm X was a hero; to others a zealous nutcase at best, or at worst, a wanna-be racist agitator and two-bit terrorist. To the denizens of the LAN, however, Malcolm "X" Little was an outspoken and integrity-filled man who was in the early 1960s conducting a struggle against oppression much like we are. The difference, though, is that in his time (for better or worse), the problem of degeneration, oppression, and elitism was much more limited to minorities (ethnic, religious, political, etc.) than it is today. Nowdays, the tables have turned, or at least been rearanged in some way. Today, the rights and liberties of all Americans are at stake, and I think we could all borrow a page from the history books of "Black Nationalism", and say "Enough is enough!".

Therefore, I encourage you to sit back, relax, and enjoy a rare, high quality audio rendition of X's 1964 The Ballot or the Bullet speech (MP3 Format). Provided also is the complete text transcript of the speech, so you can follow along or use it for whatever research or advocacy purposes you may have.

HEAR ABOUT IT.

I was just on the Free Talk Live message board, where I came upon a thread about the definition of the term "government" (see title link) that I thought was pretty cool. They are SO incredibly cool, in fact, that I've republished a few of the best ones here:

GOVERNMENT:

• To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERENED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harrassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored. That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality.
  (From General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteeth Century translated by John Beverly Robinson and published by Freedom Press in London, 1923)
  
• "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force. Government is like fire - a handy servant, but a dangerous/fearful master." -George Washington
  
• The Correct Anarchist's Version: "Government is literally force. It violates everyone's rights daily, and people seem to regard it as a necessity. The belief in the need for Government runs deep, as most men are barbarian, and enjoy dominating others, and exploiting their wealth 'for the common good'. The anarchist is only being intellectually honest when concluding that Government is unnecessary, and evil."
  
• "Government is an avenue by which the immoral and ambitious men of the world initiate long-term tyranny and widespread abuse to compensate for ther short dicks and narrow spines." -Me (The Phoenix)

Congradulations to... us, I guess. This entry marks the Liberty Lamp's one hundredth blog post! Let's get this partay started. I'd offer you all some kind of token of my appreciation, but considering that almost none of you ungrateful degenerates ever post replies to my entries, this isn't going to happen! Just kidding. Seriously though, if I had something to give, I would, but I can't... So I won't :D.

Seriously though, the entire LAN crew and I would like to thank all our hundreds of readers for checking us out, and we look forward to the future 200th post.

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK (THE BOAT), WE SALUTE YOU!