Once again we discuss an article from the Ludwig von Mises Institute:  Socialism and Decivilization by Jesus Huerta de Soto, where a welfare state led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Welfare states lead to governments spreading wealth at the expense of

This week we present a side of history you were never taught in school. In this episode we discuss the Thomas J. DiLorenzo's article "The Culture of Violence in the American West: Myth versus Reality" how the "Wild West" wasn't actually wild but, contrar

This week we spaced it and completely forgot to actually prepare an episode, so we just winged it, which actually turned out pretty entertaining (and informative!)  This week we talk about: -Gary Harrington serving 30 days in jail for collecting rainwat

This week, we cherry picked some subject matter from the State of Jefferson Party page on Facebook and talked about them. -Fixing problems with the current voting system. -Industrial hemp. -Cascadia. -Convincing OR/CA to let JF happen. -Survey to ele

This week Josh and Phil talk about the plight of Gary Harrington of Eagle Point facing jail time for collecting rainwater for fire protection on his own property.  A letter regarding suction dredge miners vs. enviro-nuts is read and discussed, and anothe

This week Josh and Phil explore ideas on how to make our prisons more effective, taking cues from past models where the prisoners worked for or paid for their own way through their sentence, historically leading to a lower recidivism rate, marketable skil

This weeks episode was originally going to discuss Obamacare , but there was a last minute change in schedules and Josh and Phil could not record together, so that episode is going to wait til next week. Join Phil this week as he reads the essay Laissez-

In this episode Phil and Josh had show notes prepared.  They used hardly any of it.  Its awesome where a conversation can go.  This week  Josh and Phil discuss: -The Support Rural America event in Tehama County was a huge success. -Facebook feedback

This week Phil gives his opinions on some interesting topics: Steve James' letter to the Redding Record Searchlight: "Why so many rules if sediment is OK?" http://pienpolitics.com/?p=10608 The dual incident in Rogue River lends a perfect contrast of arm

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