my head is about to explode

so, i just watched a video on youtube. holy fuck. my fucking eye is twitching as i write this. i can feel my blood pressure sky rocketting. i can't spell i'm so angry. the video was from the young turks, which anyone with an ounce of sense in their heads has nothing to do with, and it was called "is this uncle tom a racist conservatives dream come true." i shit you not. i cannot fucking make this shit up. that was the title. i don't know if their just pushing to see how far they can go before someone really calls them on their shit, but that is just fucking rediculous. and the content of the video was just what you'd expect with a title like that. every now and then i forget how open minded and accepting the liberals are, so i go watch the young turks to remind me. i'm so angry i want to scream. so i reported the video as hateful and racist, which it is. here's the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwqJGByHJHs i would sggest you go do the same if you read this.

Why do I Feel Helpless?

i feel like i have no recourse here. i live in maryland, and in maryland, it is legal for the government to record you in public, but it is illegal for you to record the government in public. let's go over this in a little more detail here.

The 3 Principles to Perpetuate Poli-Ticks and Freedom

freedom is something earned. it does not occur naturally in the world, and so must be fought for. but just because it isn't the natural state, doesn't mean it isn't good. there has been more advancement and inovation in the past 200 years than in the previous 5,000, and this was spawned by an ideal of freedom and self reliance perpetuated in America. but freedom is not the natural state, and freedom will spin down into statism unless it is perpetuated by people who are freedom minded and who embody the habits of the heart.

Poli-Ticks and the Primer of Rights

so, i recently had this major discussion on the other forums with my friend Osiris regarding gun rights, which then devolved into an argument over the basic nature of rights, and it occurred to me: osi didn't actually have a firm understanding of the nature of rights. now, this isn't anything against osi, he's a smart man with a lot of knowledge to impart, but he does seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding as to the basic nature of human rights. to him, rights are semantic, it's all in the language, but the true nature of rights is something much more.

Poli-Ticks on Racism in America

i'm a pasty white boy, so there's gonna be a lot of folks who will inevitably say that i'm a racist because i'm white and talking about racism. to those people: stop being racist. saying i can't talk about something because i'm white is the very definition of racism.