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John McCain's final words of advice to America. Alex Jones: "Sometimes I want to get on YouTube and just let loose..." Gary Johnson: "If it were up to me, these lobbyists would stop coming up to me..." Cody Wilson: "A visionary vision is scary..."

While doing the #POWEROFNINECHALLENGE (listening to all nine of Beethoven's symphonies in one day!) I also did abs day.

Just a moment of pure harpsichord joy.

A song from System of a Down on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day . Elimination Die Why walk down A whole race, genocide Taken away all of our pride A whole race, genocide Taken away Watch them all fall down Revolution The only solution The armed response Of an entire nation Revolution, the only solution We've taken all your shit Now it's time for restitution Recognition Restoration Reparation Recognition Restoration Reparation Watch them all fall down Revolution The only solution The armed response Of an entire nation Revolution The only solution We've taken all your shit Now it's time for restitution The plan was mastered And called genocide (Never want to See you around) Took all the children And then we died (Never want to See you around) The few that remained Were never found (Never want to See you around) All in a system of down Down, down, down Walk down Watch them all fall down Revolution The only solution ...

This one goes out to all the students grade slaves who had to start a new week of school today. You are beautiful and worthy and good, and if you feel lonely or alienated or looked over or not understood, all that confusion and angst isn't your fault. You're feeling it because you're good and you know intuitively that all the crushing weight of the rigid system around you and the bullshit social pressures are not the way life should be or has to be. I love you and I think you are wonderful. "Subdivisions" Lyrics Sprawling on the fringes of the city In geometric order An insulated border In between the bright lights And the far unlit unknown Growing up it all seems so one-sided Opinions all provided The future pre-decided Detached and subdivided In the mass production zone Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone [Chorus:] (Subdivisions) In the high school halls In the shopping malls Conform or be cast out (Subdivisions) In the baseme...

I lol'd some.

From Wolfgang Gartner, Illmerica... Warning - graphic cartoon violence:

"O can't you see You belong to me?" "Every Breath You Take" Lyrics Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay I'll be watching you O can't you see You belong to me How my poor heart aches with every step you take Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you Since you've gone I been lost without a trace I dream at night I can only see your face I look around but it's you I can't replace I feel so cold and I long for your embrace I keep crying baby, baby please Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you

Every time Ron Paul "sings" in this auto-tuned comedy video, I can't help myself but laugh. This is so funny: ...and so awesome. The War on Drugs IS a failure. If you disagree, you're unaware of or uninterested in facts. Ron Paul did say in an interview once, btw, that his real dream had always been to be a singer. Well, it's not quite the same, but I hope someone's shared this video with the good doctor from Texas. (It's right at the end of the interview below.) Lyrics, The War on Drugs is a Failure We need to repeal the whole war on drugs It isn't working We don't have to have more courts and more prisons This has to change This has to change Prohibition didn't work Prohibition on drugs doesn't work We have spent over 400 billion dollars It's a waste of money We need to come to our senses Let's put down the guns and unclench the fists We need to come to our senses Yeah, we don't treat alcoholics l...

Birth Control, a local Nashville goth band has a slick album with seven tracks, each about something spooky, including it would seem, one about the global financial and political establishment. Good stuff. Lyrics below. Old Boys Club by Birth Control It's a slow world, afraid of change so we're here to facilitate an old boys club just layin' low cuz we dont want the world to know we got bankers, business, kings and queens we just wanna have a word in peace we aren't trying to hurt anyone just as long as we get what we want Closed doors and open minds we won't leave anyone behind just as long as you're rich and white then everything's gonna be all right we got bankers, business, kings and queens we just wanna have a word in peace we aren't trying to hurt anyone just as long as we get what we want bankers, business, kings and queens we just wanna have a word in peace we aren't trying to hurt anyone just as long as we get...

Weekly Standard reported yesterday that a loooong list of rappers, celebrities, and community leaders have penned an open letter to President Obama asking for drug and prison policy reform. Meanwhile, Republican Senator Rand Paul is getting applause breaks at a mostly-Democratic historically black college for supporting just such reforms. Real question is, how are Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg not on this list? Who rocks harder? Drug policy open letter signatory P. Diddy? Or two men with a serious stake in libertized drug policy?

'At the dances I was one of the most untiring and gayest. One evening a cousin of Sasha, a young boy, took me aside. With a grave face, as if he were about to announce the death of a dear comrade, he whispered to me that it did not behoove an agitator to dance. Certainly not with such reckless abandon, anyway. It was undignified for one who was on the way to become a force in the anarchist movement. My frivolity would only hurt the Cause. I grew furious at the impudent interference of the boy. I told him to mind his own business. I was tired of having the Cause constantly thrown into my face. I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy. I insisted that our Cause could not expect me to become a nun and that the movement would not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it. "I want freedom, the right to self-expression, eve...

By: Wes Messamore Remy crashes Sandra Fluke's Congressional testimony to demand a mandate for his cough drop addiction. "Remy: Cough Drops-The Mandate" is one of a series of collaborations between Remy and Reason.tv : Lyrics: Yeah and listen up peeps, you better check the deal We got another mandate we gone straight reveal And if you don't listen up, we be walking out Yeah you know cough drops what we talking about Take a look at this graph, you gonna holler with fear Cough drops costing me a hundred dollars a year I'm talking Halls, Ludens, to keep me alive It's like a dog-fighting ring, I need Vicks to survive It's preventative medicine, suppressing my cough? Word. I need a vote from each of you--oh, that's kind of awkward Cough drops are so tasty--how is it allowed? Yeah, this guy knows what I'm talking about. Cherry, honey lemon, or the mentho-lyptus Directly to my house's where I suggest you ship this They come in ...

By: Wes Messamore A song for you, America. Do you lie (to yourself) in the shade of poison trees? Are you as safe as you let yourself believe? If you knew what I know, would you try before your time has run on you and worn you down? Oh great country of mine, is there time? "The Shade Of Poison Trees" If you knew, What I know, Would you try? Before your time Has run on you And worn you down Would you know, What you desire, In your heart? If you knew, What I know, Would you try? Is there time? Is there time? To follow just one desire? Is there time? Is there time, To follow your heart? Dress your wounds Test your strength Face the night Crave the touch Feel the pain Know the signs Is there truth, In your pain? You decide If you knew, What I know, Would you try? Is there time? Is there time? To follow just one desire? Is there time? Is there time, To follow your heart? As we lie In the shade Of poison trees Are we as safe As we let Ourselves believe? We...

Yes, this is a real video of Barack Obama singing: And he sounds so fantastic , we should draft Obama for American Idol or something! I really think the president missed his calling. We need to get him into music and out of politics. I would love turning on the radio to hear his voice on a music station instead of on a news station. It would be literally and figuratively: music to my ears. I'd buy every album and go to his concerts. I'd be his biggest music fan ever. Who's with me? If this works, my next mission will be to get Flip Romney to stop running for president so he can play president in the next movie Hollywood makes about some fictional American president. I would 100% support Romney for that. He really does look the part so darn well, doesn't he? Wes Messamore , Editor in Chief, T H L Articles | Author's Page

The Super Bowl lets Americans of all creeds and colors come together and watch ads interrupted by men touching each other roughly. Also, some watch the half time show, in what we’re assuming is an act of atrocity tourism. You know what? If we must shut down the country to watch overly toned men in spangly pants molest each other, let’s at least make the half-time show worth watching, and get Weird Al Yankovic to play it. That’s a real petition, and quite frankly, we think it’s a great idea. Why? Read the rest of the article at Gamma Squad . h/t: friend and reader, Andrew ...and listen to this while reading: Wes Messamore , Editor in Chief, T H L Articles | Author's Page

So I've been featuring a lot of rap and dubstep and other such music for #MusicMonday these many months, and that's because I've been listening to a lot of it lately, but I don't want you to get a skewed impression of my musical tastes. This week for some reason, I got a very, very strong emotional impression out of the blue, one that left me hankering for some Seven Bridges Road, by the Eagles. It's like "thyme-sweetened honey" to the ear. No political angle this week. Just good music: Wes Messamore , Editor in Chief, T H L Articles | Author's Page

Fans of Journey will be either delighted or annoyed by the sample in this rap (as a Journey fan myself, I was positively delighted). Fans of liberty, fiscal responsibility, and monetary sanity will be 100% delighted by the lyrics. The video might be nsfw due to some f-bombs and the (spoiler alert:) "banana hammock" (very skimpy male swimsuit) at the end of the music video. Music sampled from Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) : Wes Messamore , Editor in Chief, T H L Articles | Author's Page

I'm pretty sure I've featured one or two of these before here, but today we're leading the week with a very special #MusicMonday feature: every single RAP NEWS with Robert Foster music video all in one place here at The Humble Libertarian , courtesy of The Juice Media ! Excited yet? These videos are incredibly creative; Foster's writing, rapping, and acting are impressive; and the point of view is one generally critical of tyranny and supportive of libertarian ideas like freedom, transparency, and rule of law. (If you're at work or around kids, I should warn you that I believe there are a few expletives scattered throughout the over ten videos below, but not every other word or anything like that.) Make yourself a cup of tea and watch: RAP NEWS 1 with Robert Foster: Moon Bass RAP NEWS 2 with Robert Foster: OBAMA wins Nobel "War is Peace" Prize RAP NEWS 3 with Robert Foster: Lord Monckton rap-battles Al Gore on Climate Change RAP NEWS 4...

In the following video, a group called Walk off the Earth perform a cover of Gotye's "Somebody that I used to know" using five people on one guitar, and the performance is stellar: Wes Messamore , Editor in Chief, T H L Articles | Author's Page