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I'm so nerdtastic. My shirts from Mises.org arrived today, and I'm totally wearing one of them to work tomorrow.
Murray Rothbard was one of the major founders and was a huge influence on modern-day libertarianism. Among other things, he was an economist and a historian. I'm actually reading a book of his entitled For a New Liberty, which is fantastic. He was considered the State's greatest living enemy because his ideas on government are radical. And when I mean radical, I mean that he wants to reduce government to nearly nothing. My favorite quote of his is: "The great non sequitur committed by defenders of the State, including classical Aristotelian and Thomist philosophers, is to leap from the necessity of society to the necessity of the State."
Friedrich Hayek was also an economist and a political historian. The tagline on the shirt ("Collectivism is slavery.") was voted by the folks at the Mises Institute as being representative of his contribution to society. He was extremely critical of big government, socialism, communism, collectivism in general. I've yet to read any texts by him, but I've got a couple on my list which I'm looking forward to.
I put up a hummingbird feeder today. I've seen a little guy flying around the parking lot each morning when I go to work. I feel bad for him because I don't think anyone around here feeds the hummingbirds. So, I put the feeder outside this afternoon, and I filled it with a simple recipe of sugar water I found on the net. I hope I'll see him tomorrow morning at the feeder.
I started reading the first Sookie Stackhouse book this morning when I got bored at the office. I'm already 100 pages into it and totally in love.
And yet another song I love by Lyfe.
Murray Rothbard was one of the major founders and was a huge influence on modern-day libertarianism. Among other things, he was an economist and a historian. I'm actually reading a book of his entitled For a New Liberty, which is fantastic. He was considered the State's greatest living enemy because his ideas on government are radical. And when I mean radical, I mean that he wants to reduce government to nearly nothing. My favorite quote of his is: "The great non sequitur committed by defenders of the State, including classical Aristotelian and Thomist philosophers, is to leap from the necessity of society to the necessity of the State."
Friedrich Hayek was also an economist and a political historian. The tagline on the shirt ("Collectivism is slavery.") was voted by the folks at the Mises Institute as being representative of his contribution to society. He was extremely critical of big government, socialism, communism, collectivism in general. I've yet to read any texts by him, but I've got a couple on my list which I'm looking forward to.
I put up a hummingbird feeder today. I've seen a little guy flying around the parking lot each morning when I go to work. I feel bad for him because I don't think anyone around here feeds the hummingbirds. So, I put the feeder outside this afternoon, and I filled it with a simple recipe of sugar water I found on the net. I hope I'll see him tomorrow morning at the feeder.
I started reading the first Sookie Stackhouse book this morning when I got bored at the office. I'm already 100 pages into it and totally in love.
And yet another song I love by Lyfe.
