IN THIS ISSUE:
Nearly a year has passed since I have update and continued my writing for Analysis of Power (AOP).
Yet I have not lost sight of my goal and passion for making AOP what I want it to be: an analysis of how government oversteps
its Constitutional boundaries. Over the last nine and ten months, I had to bone up on my own knowledge, do some reading and
studying, and come to grips with how I want to proceed with AOP. I'm a long way from the education I need in terms of Constitutional
Law, Austrian Economics, and libertarian thought. I have had to journey into areas of which I held little understanding and
much ignorance. My reading and studies have led to examinations of the Federal Reserve and central banking system, the gold
standard, the repeal of the 16th Amendment and abolition of the IRS, the 10th Amendment, states' rights, and nullification.
My desire for AOP is both to critique and educate. Critique will entail a constant and vigilant assessment of government
and ways in which it expands its power. Education will involve primarily turning people onto sources they can read and study
for themselves. Although I will continue to do book reviews, my main purpose behind education is to develop AOP as a resource
for those interested in libertarian ideas, Austrian economics, and limiting and restricting centralized power.
Although
the encroachment of government into peoples' lives began immediately after the Constitution was ratified and reached its first
crescendo under FDR and the New Deal, higher decimals have sounded forth in the last two administrations, witnessing the Warfare
Sate, continued entitlements under the Welfare State, and cronyism and Sate capitalism as demonstrated by the bailouts, stimulus
packages, and massive government spending with plans for more spending immeasurable and unrealistic in terms of trillions
of dollars.
If there was ever a time we needed to place a check on the growth of government, it is now. Yet
I understand that AOP and the thoughts here will be only a distant drum sounding in the same way of those, much more intelligent
and better writers than me, who came before me such as Albert J. Nock, Frank Chodorov, John T. Flynn, and Garet Garrett. Presently,
although not totally pessimistic, I do not believe that we are to the point that the radical changes that must take place
to secure our liberty are anywhere close to being realized. And radical, I believe we need to be.
Consequently,
some of the changes that you will see occur here on the AOP website are attitudinal shifts toward a more radicalism that I
believe the American people need to embrace. For me neoconservatism, moderate conservatism, and progressive liberalism are
all in the same vein. Such movements and ideology have done nothing but expand government into our lives and turn the republic
into an empire. The issues are no longer merely about lower tax rates, less government spending, and moderating our foreign
policies. A radical shift is called for in all these areas - abolishing the income tax and the IRS altogether; slashing government
spending, not only in terms of government programs, but also in terms of the very bureaus housed in Washington; abolishing
the Federal Reserve Bank and ending central banking policies; returning to the gold standard; and withdrawing our military
from all places around the globe.
AOP is going radical. The September 2010 Issue begins that
radical discussion. The roots run deep that explain what we are seeing today in terms of an ever expanding government. The
idea of personal liberty must drive the swinging of the ax that will cut us loose from those tainted roots.
So . . . let's turn then to the September 2010 Issue of Analysis of Power.
In this month's Focus I outline a radical agenda that must occur if we want to extirpate government from our lives.
On this month's
About Me page, I discuss my personal journey in political thought that has led me across the spectrum of left-right politics.
I have found my home in libertarian thought.
In alignment with
the radical agenda that I outlined on the Focus page, during the month of September I will add two reviews of works that take aim at the expansion of government and
its encroachment on personal liberty: Tom E. Woods' new work Nullification and Ron Paul's treatise Abolish
the Fed. Both works speak to how we can actively provide a Constitutional check on the growth of centralized government.
My Take Two
words that Statists need to hear loud and clear: Nullify & Abolish!!
Readers can access
the Links page and surf the various sites that promote individual liberty.
Given that I will review Woods' and Paul's works on the Cultural Landscape page, I will provide some WordSmith quotes from those two works throughout the month of September.
[The quote at the top
of this page is from Frank Chodorov.]
