There’s no “anarchist state” – or even a potential “anarchist state” – any more than there’s an “atheist church.” Atheism is the belief that there is no god or gods. You can be an atheist without bombing churches or murdering priests, even if you believe the world would be a better place without either. Atheism does not advance its own theories about ethics. Atheism simply says, “All this stuff about gods? It doesn’t make any sense, does it?”

Similarly, anarchism is the belief that there is no State. By “State,” I mean “some independent body of law that limits the unjust use of power.” There is no such animal. I can’t sum up my entire argument in a blawg’s comment box, but, in brief: (A) what we call the State is not a singular entity but a network of agencies with different agendas; (B) the State is no more immune to human folly than the humans it governs; (C) the State is a concentration of power, not a bulwark against it.

My ultimate point: we are already living in anarchy. We are already living in the world that you predict anarchy would turn into – a world where the biggest gang has grabbed all the guns and cowed everyone they can’t shoot. That’s the state of affairs right now. Anarchism, as a philosophy, simply exposes that. Anarchism states that the idea of Power Subservient to Justice – a/k/a, a benevolent State – is a myth.

- John Perich AKA Professor Coldheart,
via the comments section @ Who is IOZ?

Blue Oyster Cult: Then Came the Last Days of May

I exist up here on this hill with minimal “Government.” There’s the Mailman. Snow plow man. The Town guy who mows the ditches. Minimal code enforcement. Vehicle registration and inspections. State mandated car insurance. FDA’s suppose to check out my food and the EPA suppose to keep the air and water clean. I get my electricity from the state power monopoly. The Police man or the Game Warden will come if I call him. My kids ride the bus to school and I see the Town Clerk to pay my land and school taxes three times a year.

I’ve listened to the Anarchists and the Libertarians. I’ve suffered the Liberals and Progressives, the Conservatives and the Republicans. Nobody’s arguments hold any water anymore. I go my own way. Take the best part of each and keep to my own. Good day.

1. I can’t stand the new commenting system that replaced Haloscan.
2. I detest the new commenting system and layout at Youtube.
3. I finally gave up on Firefox and made the switch to Google Chrome.
4. I’m spending less time within the blogosphere and more on Craigslist, Craiglook and Ebay.
5. There have been so many updates to wordpress in the last year I’m sick of it and have left for tumblr.

That is all.

Reads:

“The spectacle of liberal agonizing is disgusting; every bit as foul as conservative moral panic.”

Stop Me Before I Vote Again

“i think it would be excellent to have a party of ‘no’; a nihilist organization. rather than merely being entirely empty while continuing to simulate life and intellection, we embrace the emptiness at the heart of american politics explicitly.”

Via Professor Crispy

“Now when it comes to stopping cars standing in front of it is not the smartest way to go.”

Mike Sylvia

I’m reliably told that very very few Republicans running in competitive seats want her anywhere near them. In some ways, it appears Scott Brown’s success really did hurt Palin’s luster. At some point, as Palin mania subsides, even the MSM may begin to investigate who exactly she really is. – Andrew Sullivan

BTW: That’s retarded.

…I don’t. I don’t blame Massachusetts voters for staying home, not in the least. It’s exactly what I plan on doing.

A recap of recent worthy reads after the jump…

Scott Brown Day, a Continuing Celebration, Part I
Scott Brown Day, a Continuing Celebration, Part II
Scott Brown Day, a Continuing Celebration, Part III
Scott Brown Day, a Continuing Celebration, Part IV

Chuck Dupree:

One cannot even imagine anything more horrible than the end of the Democratic majority. Therefore, passing a terrible bill that everyone knows is only being enacted as a political ploy to keep the Democrats in power is the best, in fact only, move, because it keeps the Democrats in power.

Witness Massachusetts.

And I just have to point out one more time, there is no health care in this bill. It mandates the purchase of insurance, but does not mandate that insurance companies pay for whatever care you need. Who’s gonna come out ahead in such a transaction?

Deftones – Cherry Waves (acoustic version)

Farewell to arms:

The past couple years of blogging have really turned me off to politics — especially the election of Barack Obama. I think most of my revulsion is personally, because looking at the way same liberals defend Obama is a mirror reflection of how people like me, when I happily blogged from the left and attacked Bush with vitriol and vile on a daily basis.

Not that I’ve turned some sort of corner and come to believe that there’s any redeeming values to the Duyba Administration. Hardly. If the latter quarter of this decade has brought any change to my political stances, it lies in how I’ve grown to hate the process of politics. If you say you’re “progressive” then you have to blindly defend Obama, and visa versa for my counterparts on the right. And if you say something that strays away from the preassigned talking points, suddenly you’re an asshole.

Formatting for this posted was borrowed (and inexpertly applied) from one BDR, who’s recent post And I Myself Have Whitened in the Weathers Of Heaped-Up Januaries is one of those posts I could only wish to have created. Go, read.

PAT ROBERTSON VOODOO DOLL! Proceeds Go To Haiti relief.

CNN LARRY KING LIVE
Interview with Rudy Giuliani; Roman Polanski Case Goes Before Judge
Aired January 6, 2010 – 21:00 ET

DEBRA TATE, FMR. SISTER IN LAW OF ROMAN POLANSKI: I would like to see this whole thing go away. I think that there has been a lot of time that has passed and we need to bring it to an end.

KING: Have you ever talked to Roman Polanski?

TATE: I have.

KING: How can you have a civil conversation with someone who so brutally murdered your sister?

TATE: Roman didn’t murder my sister.