State-Governed vs Stateless Societies
The State vs. Stateless Societies By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 2/20/2020 Background: John H is a Libertarian turned "Anarcho-Capitalist". When asked the difference, John is fond of saying, "About 6 months." The Libertarian desires a a society that allows men the...
The Theory of Absolutes
A Physics Theory Connecting Nature with God and ManAn Apologetic for the Congregation of Believing PhysicistsBy: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Timeline: 1987 The vision/inspiration/insight for the Theory of Absolute concept 2009 initial manuscript publication and copyright...
Faith in God is Blasphemy
From: Jonathan Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2019 11:03 PM To: Thomas Abshier <drthomas@naturedox.com> Subject: Re: faith in God as blasphemy There is nothing more blasphemous than a belief in God. It's by asking the question, that we answer the question. Certainly,...
Inner Joy
By Thomas Lee Abshier, ND In public and private relationships, work, health, finances, recreation, and self-image, the situations, status, and behaviors of life will not usually not be adequately perfect to experience consistent happiness. Disturbances and...
Relationship Therapy
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND The world is too complex to already know everything about even the smallest field of knowledge. And, when it comes to the complexity of the individual human psyche and interpersonal conflict, it is literally impossible to already have an...
Politics and Christianity
A Personal Perspective By Thomas Lee Abshier, ND God gave America the gift of Freedom in return for our commitment to Godliness. When we turn from a personal and loving relationship with God, our freedoms will eventually ebb away. Without Godly self-regulation,...
Platform for National Transformation
Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 1/5/2010 Principles of a Christian Nation: Return to acknowledging Christianity as our moral, societal, legal foundation Reject “Separation of Church and State” Establish law based upon Christian principles. Return our nation to Godly rule under...
Privatized Police
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 5/05/2011 John, I read the article but did not comment on it extensively, although I was tempted to. I began with a quote and then commentary upon it. And then proceed with prose about a weak point I saw in Hoppe's system of society....
Fractional Reserve Banking, The Fed, Influence of the Super Rich, and Money as a Store of Value
The Federal Reserve The Influence of the Super-Rich Security and Money as a Store of Value by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 6/11/2009 ----- Original Message ----- From: John To: "Thomas Lee Abshier" Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 3:07 PMSubject: Fractional Reserve Banking as...
Godliness as the Prerequisite for Limited Government
Limited Federal Government by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 8/12/2008 I write this piece from the perspective of a Christian, a patriot, and an advocate of Limited Government. Its intended audience is all people of all political and theological persuasions but is primarily...
America’s Foundation Burning
Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 1/21/2011 http://www.sidroth.org/site/News2?abbr=tv_&page=NewsArticle&id=9687 John, in a previous essay, you justified the irrelevance of the choice of the governmental system if the people were all perfectly moral. I will concede your...
Local Government
Response by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Monday, June 1, 2009 ----- Original Message ----- From: John Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 6:57 PM Subject: The First Leftists The First Leftists The entirety of this essay appears in Essays on Liberty, (volume 1, 1952, page 38). The...
Cost vs. Risk Personal Responsibility vs. Group Liability
Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 1/21/2011 ----- Original Message ----- From: John To: undisclosed-recipients: Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 11:18 AM Subject: Milton Friedman Puts A Young Michael Moore In His Place Check out this YouTube video...
Fiat Money vs. Gold Standard
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND2/20/2011 From: John H. To: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 5:57 PM Subject: 2-hour video: "The Secret of Oz" - best documentary of 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkq2E8mswI How history (since Rome) has been...
Market Driven Government
By Thomas Lee Abshier, ND8/8/2008 ----- Original Message ----- From: John To: <Thomas Lee Abshier, ND> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 2:25 PM Subject: How a society could work without government I thought you might enjoy reading the attached essay below (heavily...
Critique of Utopianism (Socialism)
by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 5/28/2010 From: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 11:39 PM To: John Subject: Looking Backward John, I've spent a few hours today reading the book you recommended, “Looking Backward”, published in 1888, which you said is the...
Corruption of the Constitution by Corporate Special Interests
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 5/22/2010 The following email debate is between 1) a Libertarian (John) who contends that the Constitution was a document influenced by Mercantile Shipping interests, and 2) a Constitutional Biblical Libertarian, a patriot (Thomas) who...
Ayn Rand & Freedom
Ayn Rand & Freedom By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 1/16/2011 A friend of Tom's from sent the video link of Mike Wallace interviewing Ayn Rand in 1958. I think Tom hit the nail on the head with his critique of Libertarianism in his comparison of it with the...
Liberty as the Highest Principle
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 08/06/2011 From: John H. Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 9:16 PM To: 'Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Subject: Discussion of prostitution Tom, you might enjoy reading some or all of the discussion below. I am discussing prostitution with a fellow...
A System of Selfish Greed
By: Ayn Rand Commentary by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 7/16/2011 -----Original Message-----From: John Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:05 PM To: Thomas Lee Abshier Subject: Ayn Rand on YouTube Tom, I came across these 3 videos as posts on Facebook. After watching them, I...
Force As a Tool of the Person and State
by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 7/15/2011 -- Original Message ----- From: The Patriot Post To: drthomas@naturedox.com Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 3:02 AM Subject: Founder's Quote Daily "A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when...
Ron Paul, Michelle Bachman & Constitutionalism
Ron Paul, Michelle Bachman & Constitutionalism By: Margo Diann Nissley-Abshier, ND 06/16/2011 To: John From: Margo Re: Michell Bachmann debate If you didn't hear the debate, here is the link to access it. Bachmann is very much a Constitutionalist. No, in my...
Is Government Inherently Evil?
Can Government be Limited? Is Limited Government an Oxymoron? By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 4/27/2011 ----Original Message-----From: John Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:04 AM To: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Subject: Is Limited Government an Oxymoron? To continue our...
Libertarian Action Through History
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 4/26/2011 The article below compares the Libertarian of today with the abolitionist, freedom rider, suffragettes, and free speech advocates of ages past, attempting to place the sheen of those social “accomplishments” on the present day...
Nation to Nation Parental Relationship
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 2/11/2011 Tom, I read your latest essay and haven’t had a chance to digest and write a reply. But I will say that I see a gigantic distinction between one’s own children (and the power and moral right over one’s own children) and other...
Rebelling Against the Egyptian Dictatorship
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 02/04/2011 This following essay is in response to an article by Lew Rockwell, a Libertarian writer, on the uprising of the people of Egypt against his 30 year dictatorship. Commentary 1: The seed article by Lew Rockwell considers the...
Meritocracy vs. Aristocracy
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND7/08/2008 "As our president bears no resemblance to a king so we shall see the Senate has no similitude to nobles. First, not being hereditary, their collective knowledge, wisdom, and virtue are not precarious. For by these qualities alone...
Inalienable Rights
By Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Sunday, April 19, 2009 7:00 AM The writer of the piece below confronts the issue of standing up to defend our inalienable rights, but he does not explore the origin or limits of those rights. The choice of the word, “inalienable” implies...
The Importance of Asking the Right Questions
Scouting Award Speech by Clayton M. Christensen June 11, 2009 I am honored that, in the words of the hosts of the NPR program “Car Talk,” so many of you would waste a perfectly good hour listening to people say these things about me. I am grateful beyond words for...
Addiction to Power & Control
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 9/6/2009 Summary: This essay examines power from the perspective that men pursue power to satisfy a desire for power itself. Men love the feeling of power, and the pursuit of this feeling is a drug in the sense that it alters...
Prohibition And Legalization
Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 10/23/2009 Today on the Fox Business News, High Noon segment, the commentators considered the issue of legalizing medical marijuana. They argued that legalization would lower the crime rate by reducing incentives for gang and organized crime,...
The Reluctant Anarchist
(Quotes from SOBRAN’S, December 2002, pages 3–6) by Tom Sobran: Entire essay found at: www.sobran.com/reluctant.html Commentary by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 10/1/2010 Thomas This argument assumes that the state will inevitably, unavoidably, necessarily, logically,...
The Implied Social Contract
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 10/31/2010 Introduction and Summary: The implied social contract is that having been born in a nation, that we have an obligation to follow the laws of the land. John (in an email thread below) makes the following statement, “No human or...
The Morality of State Administered Force
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 11/11/2010 John (quote from email correspondence below): “I would say that the only area where you and I *might* disagree is in the use of force to achieve natural law. Or maybe we don’t disagree? Natural law is about individuals having...
Justification for War
by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND11/23/2010 ----- Original Message ----- From: John To: Thomas Lee Abshier Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 2:04 PM Subject: Fwd: The War Party Vs. Rand Paul FYI.... John ‹(•¿•)› Subject: The War Party Vs. Rand Paul Justin Raimondo...
Liberty: God’s Gift to Humanity
By: Chana B. Cox (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Humanity-Chana-B-Cox/dp/0739114425 Review by W. Collier: Liberty: God's Gift to Humanity (Paperback) If you're confused by the partisan wrangling between conservatives and liberals in the U.S.; if you wonder why...
Taxation is Robbery Legalized
1/7/2014 “If taxation without consent is not robbery, then any band of robbers have only to declare themselves a government, and all their robberies are legalized.” Lysander Spooner Facebook Exchange: Stephanie H Love this! However, I can very easily see someone...
Self Interest as a False god
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 03/16/2014 From: John H. Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:17 AM To: 'Thomas Lee Abshier, ND' Subject: Interesting thought experiment Here’s a test: “I’m holding a baby in one hand, and a petri dish holding an embryo in the other. I going to...
Money, Productivity, & Prosperity
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 6/11/2011 Summary: Part 1: In this essay I propose a new paradigm for increasing the money supply without inflation, reaching full employment, and steadily increasing the wealth of all economic classes. Summary: Part 2: Like a watch or...
Capitalism, Command Economy, and World Prosperity
(Solving the problems of Deficit Spending and Poverty) By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 6/11/2010 Government has taken it upon itself to solve the problem of poverty by implementing various utopian solution such as wealth redistribution programs. The problem has not been...
A Road Map to Prosperity
by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Government should be the focal forum in the debate on national priorities. Taxes and group purchases (governmental expenditures) are the action-expression of society’s priorities and desires. These functions reflect government’s...
Foreign Aid and Nation Building
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Spiritual aspects of Nation Building Without a good spiritual foundation they labor in vain who attempt to build a nation. The spiritual and social well-being of a country is the foundation of an economy. Teaching people the Gospel...
Nation Building
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 11/26/2010 Overview: The following is a short development of the next point in the theory of how to return America to prosperity. The key is giving, short term sacrifice, teaching righteous law and government, and the unemployed working to...
Fair Trade
by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 4/25/2004 Dear Thomas, I have a great concern for the economic future of the United States. The source of all wealth is production. All other jobs service that production or service those who benefit from that production. The policies of our...
Market Forces and Factors Demanding Intelligent Government Intervention
By: Thomas Lee Abshier The Free Market Economy self-organizes a prosperous mutually beneficial system by simply allowing the individuals comprising the society (people and corporations) to maximize their pleasure and minimize their pain. Allowing individual...
Inequitable Distribution of Wealth
by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 12/14/2008 4/5/2019 rev Summary: The formation of pockets of dynamic stability in turbulent flow provides an analogy and insights into to the macro & micro economic processes involved in the formation of stable pockets of inequitable...
War And Nations
By Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 6/16/2009 Voltaire said, “There is nothing I hate so much as war.” Such is the only sentiment a sane man could hold. To hate the blood, guts, and pain is more than rational, it is visceral. But, we do not talk of extolling the virtues of...
Personhood & Corporations
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 6/20/2009 From: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Subject: personhood for corporations as the problem. To: "Charles"Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 12:16 AM I had an interesting talk with my liberal friend, Jonathan, today. He believes that the decay...
Government, Banking, Free Market, and Money
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 6/12/2009 Because of their access to large quantities of money, the banking industry may have had an inordinate effect on the governmental-economic dynamic. With wealth, it is possible to stabilize and enhance one’s position in the market...
The Creature from Jekyll Island
The Creature from Jekyll Island (Transcript of YouTube Video) By: G. Edward Griffin Commentary by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND July 15, 2009 GEG: The Federal Reserve System is a strange creature; it is easier to say what it is not than what it is. Most people think it is...