Playground Rules

If you continue follow the rules you learned on the playground when you are an adult, you will live a peaceful and prosperous life.

Is reciting the Pledge of Allegiance daily at the beginning of the school day part of a good education or part of a good indoctrination?

A man named Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.” While it is a truth that everything the government has it has stolen, it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that "everything" it says is a lie. But it does lie an awful lot, and one lie stands above all the rest. When the government tell the lie that "we the people are the government," it convinces people that they need the government and that the government has our best interest at heart.

The government gave itself the power to create money, making them the only people to find the mythical money tree.

American's love their presidents, especially Abe Lincoln and George Washington, but are these men really worthy of honor and respect?

The Mafia uses a scheme called a "protection racket" to force people to pay them money. Government uses a scheme called "taxation" to force people to pay them money. Learn how "taxation" is a type of protection racket, and how the government is similar in many ways to the Mafia.

Chloe Stirling is an 11 year old cupcake baker who had her business shut down by the government. Hear about her story and why it happened.

The Declaration of Independence states that the only good government is one people agree to be ruled by. The American tradition is that the government is one run by and agreed to by the people. But is it realistic to believe that all 300 million Americans agree to be ruled by their government or agree with the things the government does in their names and with their money?

In two iconic photos, August Landmesser and "Tank Man" show us how to say "no" to the State when it does bad things. To see the photos and video, go to http://libertylessonsforkids.blogspot.com/2014/01/tank-man-august-landmesser-and-saying.html

This weekend I caught the City of Houston luring people to park illegally so they could write parking tickets. Hear about it on this podcast, and visit http://libertylessonsforkids.blogspot.com/2014/01/government-bait-and-switch.html for photos of the scene and video of my conversation with the police employee writing the tickets.