Strike The Root Blog

Where? I’m still searching:

Collectivism-on-the-Mall….

….and ancient, comical writings on the Capitol wall:

The state gets serious about keeping recruits in line:

Looking for healing. She touched his robe!:

A sense of urgency. Get them while they last:

A few lucky ones are able to escape the clutches of US crusaders:

Burying the dead of wars long past- a job never finished:

Confusion. The Emperor defends the free market.…

….but still reassures the bankrupt dinosaurs:

Keep them busy doing something. Obama‘s job policy:

Obama’s centurions aim to keep The Empire alive:

Together again? And you thought she was finished?:

The instruments of war have a long life:

They’re ALWAYS watching. NEVER get used to it:

A new design for a worthless coin commemorating a worthless tyrant:

“What? Obama is still alive?”

Keep the faith. There’s always hope when pigs start to fly:

Ben contemplates his bailout….

….despite rampant opposition:

Henry points to fellow Americans to bail out his buddies:

How quaint. Daddy and Mommy are going off to war. Killing for the state always takes precedence over caring for your children:

US Crusaders do the killin’ and the Iraqis do the buryin’:

Down for the count. Time to wrap the corpse:

Henry the Healer looks to make things right (for some):

Banks? Time to look for a safer place for your money:

Self defense- the ONLY kind of defense:

The Emperor looks to heal a scarred land:

A symbol so tarnished and muddy, it won’t even burn:

The state finds success in protecting us from plants:

Even with the flowery adjectives, it’s still mob rule:

Passive resistance has its extremes:

US Crusaders are always on the look out for easy targets:

Your cash ain’t nothin’ but trash:

After decades of sticking its nose into other people’s business (and getting its ass kicked), maybe this should be the new symbol of Amerikan nationalism:

Why can’t we all just get along? Lenin and Czar Nicholas II have a chat:

Golfing in the Green Zone. Just the beginning of much larger imperial plans:

Prepare to be stimulated:

The jack boots protect us from evil doers, no matter the size or species:

Hitting the water pipe now and then takes the edge off of war:

A global warming fanatic’s wet dream:

Military recruiters try a more honest approach:

Hillary is a cinch to win the panhandler vote:

The war whores are upset that billions won‘t be flying their way:

Time to put Algore in his place:

Dead (non-American) children are no longer considered relevant to US crusaders:

There’s nothing more entertaining than watching a state tyrant caught with his pants down:

The Emperor pleads for still more Hispanic bodies to fight his wars. He‘s working hard, selling them on the romance of killing:

The demonic force meets the immovable force:

It’s party time:

A war criminal’s hands can never be cleaned:

The “new” Abe is just as ugly and even more worthless:

Johnny Mac claims he can run the world but seems incapable of combing his own hair:

Those ballots look heavy. Why not just vote with your feet and your money?

Tibetans resist the occupying Chinese thugs. Will wimpy Amerikans ever show the same courage to resist their occupiers?

The Emperor greets one of the few with a comparable resume:

Showing pics of the kids- back home and safe. Too bad these young’ns are in the line of fire:

“It was a time of great exulting and excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and sputtering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fluttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun…..”

Grillin’ for Peace. There‘s no time for war when you‘re busy feedin‘ your face- or helping others to do the same:

Queen Hillary is all ears. Do you think she would listen to those who just want to be left alone?

The innate wisdom of a child. Voting booths are no place to be:

Kiddie Qaeda? Or just more US propaganda?

Talk about being taken to the cleaners!

With his war criminal credentials intact (and confirmed by the Vietnamese), Johnny Mac makes a large grab for the White House. More bloody glory for The Empire is assured!

There’s a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for anyone willing to prostitute themselves:

Once the Iraqi genocide is complete, nothing will remain but the lowly canine.

Brad Spangler directs our attention to two great online pieces that I highly recommend.

In the wake of all the latest debate taking place throughout the libertarian blogosphere over the issue of whether or not any libertarian should support the Ron Paul presidential campaign, Spangler has posted “The Damnation of Bill Bradford,” an excellent condemnation of voting written by the late Samuel E. Konkin III. Konkin’s piece was a response to the late Liberty editor Bill Bradford’s article “Voting Is No Sin”, which itself was a response to Wendy McElroy’s “Why I Would Not Vote [Against Hitler].”

The other piece to which Spangler provides us a link was written by Charles Johnson (he of RadGeek.com): “Scratching By: How Government Creates Poverty As We Know It.”

Contrary to many decades of liberal welfare-state apologist propaganda and conservative preaching about “individual responsibility” (a line eventually co-opted by Clintonian liberals), the state is indeed the enemy—not the friend, not the ally, not the protector nor the benefactor—of the poor. As Charles Johnson eloquently illustrates, the state should just GTF out of their way and let them do what they need to do to live.