My name is Larken Rose, and you are most likely here because you have either heard about my research into the federal income tax, or you have heard about my political (or anti-political) rantings and/or books. Because the two issues are really separate, distinct issues, they are dealt with separately. So choose which path below you want. (Or you can go to the store, which has the books and other stuff having to do with both topics.)
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Slight Improvement
Tuesday, 23 February 2010 02:36
A while ago, I decided not to talk to the press anymore. They get so much wrong--sometimes due to incompetence, sometimes due to dishonesty--that I didn't want them getting it wrong about me. But recently I decided, I might as well say what I think when they ask, and then see how badly they mangle it. At least it MIGHT make a reader or two think about something.
So yesterday I got a call from Jeff Carlton at the Associated Press, and I told him what I thought about the Joe Stack thing. Not surprisingly, the piece basically ended up as statist propaganda. But what was surprising is that he didn't misquote me. So I guess that counts as a slight improvement. Here's the "story":
What's really ironic is that the mainstream leftist news keeps trying to link Joe Stack with the "Tea Party" movement. Meanwhile, I'm bashing most "Tea Party" folk because they still think "working within the system" has any prayer of achieving freedom. So they're "playing by the rules" (the rules made up by the tyrants), and STILL being portrayed as extremists, criminals and terrorists.
The reason for that is simple: the statists want everyone to think that the ENTIRE range of ideas people can have (with the "Tea Party" folk at the "far right") boils down to "Who do I vote for?" So the media has to paint lukewarm, conformist, ineffective whining at tyrants as "extremist," while pretending that those of us who ACTUALLY advocate freedom--even when it's "illegal" (which is always)--don't exist.
For those waiting to get my books really cheap, now's your chance.
First of all, it's time for me to order the third printing of "The
Iron Web," and the printers like to get PAID to print books for me.
(The nerve of some people.) So if a bunch of people want to PRE-
order now, I can afford to print more books. Also, a bunch of
copies of "How To Be a Successful Tyrant" have surfaced, that I
didn't know existed. So they might as well help pay for the
printing, too. Anyway, here's the deal, JUST for the next two weeks:
If you're already a MEMBER of the www.larkenrose.com web site, you
can get up to TEN copies of "The Iron Web" and/or "How To Be a
Successful Tyrant" for a measley $6 each. (No, you can't become a
member now just to get that deal. This is a kind of "thank you" to
the people who already joined, since not much has been happening on
the site recently, due to lots of factors beyond my control.)
If you're NOT a member of the web site, you can still get up to ten
copies of "The Iron Web" and/or "How To Be a Successful Tyrant" for
a measley $8 each.
To get this deal, do NOT order through the web site, as these
prices can't be found there. This is the only place I'm mentioning
this deal. You can order via "snail" mail at the address below, or
through PayPal by sending payment to "
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Either way, be sure to include a note saying which books you're
ordering. Then, once I have them (printings sometimes take a few
weeks), they'll be out the door to you.
Larken Rose
P.O. Box 653
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
(And yes, I am still working on lots of other projects, despite how
"quiet" I may have seemed recently. Several should be finished in
the very near future.)
Fascist Pigs AND Cowardly Wimps
Monday, 14 December 2009 09:37
A while ago I posted a series of articles titled "Cops: Public
Servants or Fascist Pigs?" Here are all seven parts:
And the conclusion, as demonstrated by various examples, was that
those who act as mercenaries for the politicians (while pretending
to be "protectors") are not our friends, care nothing about
individual rights, and make society more dangerous, not safer.
Well, now I'd like to add something to that. Not only are American
"police" fascist pigs, they're also wimps. These days more and more
"law enforcers" are nothing more than thugs on a power trip--and
several former police officers have agreed with me on this. Like
most bullies, cops tend to be total cowards.
Why do uneducated, relatively stupid young men join street gangs?
Because the pack gives them a feeling of power--something they
didn't have on their own. If you're in the biggest, toughest,
baddest gang, it's easy to hide your personal cowardice. And that's
exactly why a lot of people become "law enforcers" these days:
because it's the biggest street gang around, and they know that
whatever they do, the rest of the gang will "have their backs." If
you have any doubts about this, you can watch the following series
of videos:
But I've talked plenty about police thuggery before. This time, the
topic is police cowardice. To me, the phrase that really sums up
what a bunch of wimpy pansies the cops really are is "assaulting an
officer." You see, after they beat you up, they run crying home to
mommy--"the government"--to say you started it, and to ask mommy to
beat you up some more. What bravery! What courage!
These days, what "assaulting an officer" usually means is, "We
stopped you without a good reason, interrogated you without
justification, searched your stuff without a warrant or probable
cause, and then beat the hell out of you when you didn't happily
lick our boots ... and that makes you a criminal." If you look at
all the police abuse videos on the internet, in MOST cases the
VICTIM gets charged with "assaulting an officer." And over and over
again, our noble public protector (fascist pig) police are so busy
"protecting and serving" that they fail to notice the guy with the
camcorder, filming them assaulting unarmed, unresisting innocent
citizens. Then they lie in court ... until the defense shows the
video. Oops! So the guy who got beat up by the fascist is let go
... and usually NOTHING happens to the Nazi thugs (except they get
a paid holiday, called "paid administrative leave"). Here's another
article to show you how brave and noble the cops are:
And that article ends with something I've said before: if cops are
mostly good, but with a few bad apples, where are the GOOD cops
speaking out against all the abuse? If there are only a few bad
apples, why will a dozen cops STAND AROUND WATCHING while a couple
"bad apples" beat the tar out of some innocent victim? The answer
should be obvious: there aren't good cops. Every last one of them
cares more about the gang he is in than they do about the people
they claim to be "protecting" and "serving."
But back to the issue of cowardice, imagine the following scenario.
YOU are a border crossing guard (maybe at the border, maybe not).
You stop everyone passing through, sometimes asking a couple
questions, sometimes asking to search through their stuff. Then
along comes someone who doesn't WANT to be interrogated, and
doesn't WANT to have his stuff searched, since you don't have the
slightest shred of probable cause to think he didn't anything
"illegal" (much less anything wrong).
So there you are, with your mace, your taser, your gun, and lots of
similarly armed members of your gang in the immediate area. The guy
is alone and unarmed. It's hard to think of a more lop-sided
mismatch. What would the guy have to do for you to want him
PROSECUTED for "assaulting" YOU? What, you and your gang of heavily
armed mercenaries couldn't handle one little unarmed guy? You have
to go crying to Big Brother that the peasant struck you? Boo hoo,
you wuss. (I'm still waiting to see the pictures of a bruised and
bleeding state mercenary after such an alleged "assault" has
occurred; but I've seen plenty of pictures of bruised and bleeding
citizens after our wonderful "public servants" were done with them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB_Hl4bcQNc )
When there is a scuffle between the fascists and citizens, and the
only charges afterwards are "resisting arrest" and/or "assaulting
an officer," it's a safe assumption that THE FASCISTS ARE LYING. As
a mental exercise, see if you can think of a scenario in which
one's only crime can be "resisting arrest." (Hint: If that was your
only crime, what were they arresting you for in the first place?)
And how many people do you actually think would, when surrounded by
cops, decide to attack one of them without provocation? And if the
cops didn't charge him with something else, what were they doing
surrounding him in the first place?
Aside from the fact that cops keep getting caught falsely claiming
that someone attacked them, or at least resisted the fascists'
attacks, even if someone DOES forcibly resist their fascist
thuggery, why couldn't a gang of heavily armed, combat-trained
tough guys handle one unruly guy without having to whine to mommy
to prosecute him? I don't know the exact statistics, but there are
lots of fist-fights in the world every day, and only in a small
percentage of cases does anyone try to have the other guy
prosecuted for it ... except when one side works for "government."
So why are cops such thin-skinned pansies? I suspect it's the other
way around: they became cops because they already were insecure,
whiny wusses. The need the badge to feel important and powerful.
And when someone doesn't unquestioningly bow before them, their
gang of cowards reverts to outright thuggery.
Make no mistake: the job of the state mercenaries is to protect and
serve the politicians. And that's all. When the tyrants say that
YOU should be robbed, assaulted, silenced, controlled or
imprisoned, it's the "law enforcers" who make it happen. In the
past, they used to put on a show of "protecting" the public, but
these days that charade is all but gone. The police are the
shepherds of the human livestock, and that's all. Try to step out
of the sheering line, and you'll quickly learn what the jackboots
are there for.
The fascists, in a feeble attempt to cling to their "good guy"
image, sometimes use the saying, "You hate us, until you need us."
I don't know about you, but I've never called a cop to protect me,
and highly doubt I ever will. I have some friends nearby--Mr. Glock
and Mr. Mossberg, among others--who are far more reliable. On the
other hand, the only time I've ever been robbed, the cops were
there ASSISTING IN THE ROBBERY--which made them about the only
robbers I couldn't successfully resist by force by myself. And for
those who have been robbed by non-government thieves, you might
want to keep in mind that: 1) the cops hardly ever show up in time
to stop a crime--they just write a report about it after the fact,
and 2) the cops don't even have a legal obligation to protect
anyone ( http://dial911.itgo.com ). And there is hardly anyone who
has been deprived of more property by private crooks than they have
by "government" mercenaries.
But what's really sad is how often the VICTIMS of statism support
their oppressors, and are quick to condemn their fellow oppressed.
"Well, if you just do whatever the cops tell you to...." Yes, you
can choose to be a compliant slave, never lifting a finger to
defend your rights, your property, or your human dignity. Some of
us are trying for something better than that.
