Moving, At Last!

Well, this is it. The move is under way. The Liberranter family has packed and dispatched all of the household goods (last week), shipped all three of the family cars (today), and is residing as I write this in an extended stay hotel for the weekend before our Monday morning flight to Tucson, via Phoenix. It’s been an arduous journey. If you had told me six months ago that I would be doing what I’ve been doing over the last two months, that I would be making the move west right now, this year, I would have labeled you insane. But, it’s happening, and I’m sure God’s hand is in it all, otherwise I wouldn’t have gotten this far.

First, let me give full credit to Mrs. Liberranter for handling the logistics of the move while yours truly was keeping it all together to bring home the bacon and make arrangements for his continued employment out West, at least for the near term. Without the Good Woman’s dedication, none of this would have gotten as far as it has. She is truly a magician, as she proved five years ago during our short-hop move from Maryland to Northern Virginia. The good news is that we don’t plan to move again if we can help it, so she can retire from this arduous, thankless, stressful position. Kudos, Sweetie! You’ve earned your reward in heaven, if not here on earth.

I can only hazard a guess at what the future offers us in our new home. It’s as if God has said “OK, you wanted move to Tucson, I’m granting you your wish. Now I have some things I want you to do in order to repay me.” My problem is not knowing at the moment what those things are, but I suppose that’s part of the journey. We’ll see, continuing to pray for guidance.

So, dear readers, it will probably be another couple of weeks before you hear from me again. I thank you for your patience these last couple of months as I’ve neglected this blog in favor of preparing for the move. Once I get settled I guarantee you I’ll be contributing more regularly. However, I have to wait until the end of next week for broadband satellite service to be installed (yes, that’s my only option in our rural neck of the woods). So stand by: I promise to “reward” (or punish) you for your patience and understanding.

I’ll talk to you in a couple of weeks!

Liberranter--

A QUESTION

I'm still too busy packing and preparing for the move to write at length, but in light of recent events in the Middle East, I ask just one (obviously rhetorical question):

When, oh when, will the rest of the world declare that they've had enough of "that shitty little country" on the Mediterranean littoral that has caused the world at large, and the U.S. in particular, such unending grief since its founding on May 15, 1948?

An equally important question might be: When will the rest of the world, particularly the "superpowers" such as China and Russia, start holding the United States accountable for its international crimes and actively intervene, militarily if need be, to stop our criminal nonsense?

We are, through omission or commission, responsible for heinous crimes against humanity, in the Middle East, at home, and around the world. It is past time we were held accountable. That will happen, dear readers; it's only a matter of "when." May God help us, even though we've done nothing to earn his mercy and everything to incur his wrath.

Another National Birthday, Entropy Continues Unabated

It's that day again, the anniversary of national nativity in which we all set aside a day to pretend (or go through vague motions of pretending) that we are celebrating the birthday of the "most free nation on earth", or some similar nonsense. Another year has passed and to all but the most deep in denial (or those so braindead as to not know what planet they reside on), nothing has improved over the last 364 days in relation to freedom in this once-great nation.

For this reason, I'm simply going to reprint the link to the late, great Harry Browne's classic 2003 Fourth of July editorial, just as I did last year and will continue to do every year on this date until the United States is reborn as the constitutional republic of limited government envisioned by the founders and enshrined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. So without further ado:

http://www.harrybrowne.com/articles/JulyFourth.htm

And if that's not enough to satisfy your intellectual stimulation, try this tidbit from Manuel Lora, published in the Monday, July 3rd edition of LRC:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lora/m.lora26.html

Enjoy!