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Free Radio Forum / This Week in Radio Tech - BUild an FM station
« on: June 10, 2011, 06:44:33 AM »
Found a podcast over on the TWIT network that people interested in building a station may find interesting...
This Week in Radio Tech 86: Bill Putney Builds A New FM Station
This Week in Radio Tech 86: Bill Putney Builds A New FM Station
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Guest Bill Putney tells us how he put together a new community FM station. From equipment selection to installation to testing.
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General / The Somalia Argument
« on: February 14, 2011, 12:07:23 AM »
I would like everyone's opinion on something...
What do you say to someone who brings up the "If you hate government so much, then move to Somalia" argument?
What do you say to someone who brings up the "If you hate government so much, then move to Somalia" argument?
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General / Not Represented, taxation is theft... facebook fun
« on: September 13, 2010, 08:37:30 PM »
OK, got into a bit of a discussion with some acquantainces on my FB page, after I posted one of Adam Mueller's "Uncle Sam is an Asshole" vids.
I need to know what I could have done differently / better in this thread...
http://www.facebook.com/jim.goebel?v=wall&story_fbid=126990810683767
I need to know what I could have done differently / better in this thread...
http://www.facebook.com/jim.goebel?v=wall&story_fbid=126990810683767
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General / The Election: A short film from Fearnet
« on: June 18, 2010, 09:50:24 PM »
This is a creepy little short film about a man who is about to become Governor of California, and events that take place 3 days before the election.
http://www.fearnet.com/videos/b13604_election.html
http://www.fearnet.com/videos/b13604_election.html
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The Show / Suggestion for the podcasts...
« on: February 03, 2010, 07:19:34 AM »
How about a "Share" link so that it's easier to share on Facebook?
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General / Nukes in NC -- this is scary
« on: December 07, 2009, 10:09:53 PM »
Here's something I never knew.. in 1961, a bomber broke up over the town of Faro, NC, and it dropped two nukes. One was found only 18 inches in the ground, thanks to its parachute, but the other.. Parachute failed to open, and after digging 50 feet down in a bean field, was still not recovered. The US military thinks that is 150feet underground, and it is still there to this day!
Apparently the accident activated all but one of the activation "switches". Southeast NC was extremely close to being liquidated by a 2.4 - 24 megaton nuke (Accounts differ to the actual size... like it matters.)
http://www.ibiblio.org/bomb/index.html
Fascinating scary stuff.
Apparently the accident activated all but one of the activation "switches". Southeast NC was extremely close to being liquidated by a 2.4 - 24 megaton nuke (Accounts differ to the actual size... like it matters.)
http://www.ibiblio.org/bomb/index.html
Fascinating scary stuff.
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The Show / Vid on Austrian Economics mentioned on show
« on: April 25, 2009, 09:30:05 AM »
On Wednesday's show I believe it was, a caller mentioned a video about Austrian economics that was available on Pirate Bay. Anyone remember the name of it?
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LRN.FM - The Liberty Radio Network / Liberty TV?
« on: April 20, 2009, 07:46:53 PM »
For those who have Dish network, there is a extreme fringe socialist network called FSTV (Free Speech TV... though when I emailed them and asked about the name they said they only carry "progressive" programs.. but anyway...)
Why, if this fringe group that carries shows like "Democracy NOw!" can have a TV network on a major satellite provider, why cant the liberty movement have a similar thing?
If I was rich, Id be happy to start it up, but alas, I'm not.
Why, if this fringe group that carries shows like "Democracy NOw!" can have a TV network on a major satellite provider, why cant the liberty movement have a similar thing?
If I was rich, Id be happy to start it up, but alas, I'm not.
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General / A gift for my Daughter
« on: December 20, 2008, 10:38:44 AM »
Probably the single best pro-liberty article I ever read, by the late, great lamented Harry Browne. I post this on multiple forums every year around Christmastime.
http://www.harrybrowne.org/articles/GiftDaughter.htm
http://www.harrybrowne.org/articles/GiftDaughter.htm
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A Gift for My Daughter
by Harry Browne
December 25, 1966
(This article was originally published as a syndicated newspaper column, dedicated to my 9-year-old daughter.)
It’s Christmas and I have the usual problem of deciding what to give you. I know you might enjoy many things — books, games, clothes.
But I’m very selfish. I want to give you something that will stay with you for more than a few months or years. I want to give you a gift that might remind you of me every Christmas.
If I could give you just one thing, I’d want it to be a simple truth that took me many years to learn. If you learn it now, it may enrich your life in hundreds of ways. And it may prevent you from facing many problems that have hurt people who have never learned it.
The truth is simply this:
No one owes you anything.
Significance
How could such a simple statement be important? It may not seem so, but understanding it can bless your entire life.
No one owes you anything.
It means that no one else is living for you, my child. Because no one is you. Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
When you realize that no one owes you happiness or anything else, you’ll be freed from expecting what isn’t likely to be.
It means no one has to love you. If someone loves you, it’s because there’s something special about you that gives him happiness. Find out what that something special is and try to make it stronger in you, so that you’ll be loved even more.
When people do things for you, it’s because they want to — because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.
No one has to like you. If your friends want to be with you, it’s not out of duty. Find out what makes others happy so they’ll want to be near you.
No one has to respect you. Some people may even be unkind to you. But once you realize that people don’t have to be good to you, and may not be good to you, you’ll learn to avoid those who would harm you. For you don’t owe them anything either.
Living your Life
No one owes you anything.
You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you’re giving to them.
Some people will choose not to be with you for reasons that have nothing to do with you. When that happens, look elsewhere for the relationships you want. Don’t make someone else’s problem your problem.
Once you learn that you must earn the love and respect of others, you’ll never expect the impossible and you won’t be disappointed. Others don’t have to share their property with you, nor their feelings or thoughts.
If they do, it’s because you’ve earned these things. And you have every reason to be proud of the love you receive, your friends’ respect, the property you’ve earned. But don’t ever take them for granted. If you do, you could lose them. They’re not yours by right; you must always earn them.
My Experience
A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything. For so long as I’d thought there were things I was entitled to, I’d been wearing myself out — physically and emotionally — trying to collect them.
No one owes me moral conduct, respect, friendship, love, courtesy, or intelligence. And once I recognized that, all my relationships became far more satisfying. I’ve focused on being with people who want to do the things I want them to do.
That understanding has served me well with friends, business associates, lovers, sales prospects, and strangers. It constantly reminds me that I can get what I want only if I can enter the other person’s world. I must try to understand how he thinks, what he believes to be important, what he wants. Only then can I appeal to someone in ways that will bring me what I want.
And only then can I tell whether I really want to be involved with someone. And I can save the important relationships for those with whom I have the most in common.
It’s not easy to sum up in a few words what has taken me years to learn. But maybe if you re-read this gift each Christmas, the meaning will become a little clearer every year.
I hope so, for I want more than anything else for you to understand this simple truth that can set you free: no one owes you anything.
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The Polling Pit / Is Jesse Jackson an Asshole, Jackff, or Scumbag?
« on: December 14, 2008, 09:53:55 AM »
Well? What say ye?
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