Loving America, Hating Uncle Sam

Actually, I am a great admirer of America and Americans. I just hate Uncle Sam, their The State.

The real America is of rugged individualism. I loved all the Western movies. I loved John Wayne in “True Grit” – his only Oscar. I love their music – like Grand Funk Railroad singing “We Are An American Band.”. And I hope to own a Harley-Davidson some day – Kamal Nutt permitting.

The Harley-Davidson is a symbol of America. And I found this “Firearms Refresher Course” on the Harley-Davidson Community website, “Reading After Riding.” It was very good reading. And since they asked that this be shared, I have pasted it below for my readers. I have emphasized the best.

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE
"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~ Thomas Jefferson

1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
3. Colt: The original point and click interface.
4. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?
6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelt words.
7. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
8. If you don't know your rights, you don't have any.
9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
10. The US Constitution (c)1791. All Rights Reserved.
11. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
13. 64,999,987 legal firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
14. Guns only have two enemies: rust and politicians.
15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.
16. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
17. 911: Government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.
18. Assault is a behavior, not a device.
19. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer.
20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to
control them.
22. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.
23. Enforce the gun control laws we ALREADY have; don't make more.
24. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.
25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.

So let us be brave and free, like the real Americans, riding Harleys, packing Colts.

And let us practice the real Capitalism America seems to have forgotten.

Here is Kaushik Das in Mint today, arguing that “we must save capitalism from the capitalists.” Wrong: We must save Capitalism from Uncle Sam. And I hope some Americans are reading this too.

Kaushik's key point is that the phenomenon of a "large cluster of business errors" can only occur due to government intervention - the Fed.

But then, the US Constitution gave the federal government the power to make coins, not paper notes.

I hope, as the Americans say, you are "getting my drift."

PS: Sunil Agarwal, a PhD scholar at Kurukshetra University, interviewed me recently on the subject of money and banking. The interview has been published on his blog.