Well gard asked for our opinions about whether we prefer the podcast or live radio show.

Considering that the radio show doesn’t start until 3am British time (4am in continental Europe) I’d speculate that those of in Europe prefer the podcast

I think it would be awesome if you invited Mary Ruwart on to talk about IP.  As you may be aware, Dr. Ruwart holds a couple of patents on medical devices.  Other interesting people on my list of people I'd like to hear on the subject are as follows:

1. L. Neil Smith (he recently released a vampire novel).  He seems to be out of step with the recent shift in popular libertarian thought on this topic.

2. Tarrin Lupo, author of several ebooks, and The Pirates of Savannah, which he has been remarkable successful in marketing despite putting the book directly into the public domain.

In Gard's 2011-01-14 podcast he mentions that Manifest Destiny, as a concept of expanding the territorial boundaries from the Atlantic to the Pacific originated in the 1840's.  I think that is probably incorrect.

Common Sense back, by Thomas Paine was originally published on January 10, 1776.  I read it in 2002 as part of a book club I was involved with.  It was pointed out to me by my brilliant brother in-law that Manifest Destiny is talked about quite a bit.

Here are some thoughts recorded from that time.

Hey all:

As Gard wants to do roundtable discussions with CABAL members, I have set up a conference call system for the conspiracy.

When Gard schedules a discussion, at the appointed time do the following:

On your telephone call 661.673.8600

then enter 135215# to enter the conference

That will allow you to participate in the conference.

The system is set up so that the calls can be recorded.

Gard asked what "druthers" are in his podcast entitled Political Science v. Liberty.

As I am prone to look for precision in language, I looked it up.  This is what I found.

http://mydictionary.myresources.com/browse/druthers

Noun
the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake"

Hi everybody from Spain.

First of all I like liberty conspiracy and others libertarian podcasts and radios. I agree with most libertarian issues, however in USA you can practice freedom because is a united country, dont forget this very important task. One country, united, with a very good army forces, cop force and a constitution as a limit to the politicians.

in response to the last podcast about proposing thegovernment controls eating habits you might be interested in something I wwrote sometime ago on the issue

Defending McShite

don’t need anybody to munch their way thorough the McDonalds menu to tell me that if you constantly eat McDonalds it ain’t going to be good for you.

I really don’t need a 90 minute documentary where Morgan Spurlock eats McDonalds for an entire month to prove McDonalds sells shite.

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We haven't heard liberty Line Pod for agaes & I'm just wondering as to why?

This is a question I've been pondering for a while.  In a truly free market, your reputation is your livlihood -- there is no other way for someone to know with whom they are dealing other than the past experiences of other customers.  At the same time, your reputation is not something you own (I think anyway), it exists as the sum total of the experiences of other people.  Given those two things, how would you handle something like a deliberate campaign to destroy your reputation? 

Gard,

I've heard you object to patents and other intellectual property at Liberty Forum but never got the reasons.  I've read heart-rending articles about families torn apart when one member sues someone or is sued over an alleged infringement, but that is a personal issue, or an issue of "the big guy throwing his weight around - just because he can."

As a person who has the utmost respect for the Constitution, surely you realize that such protection is there.  From Article I, section 8: "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"

Once the the full series of the remake of The Prisoner has been shown this side of the pond how about organizing a podcast the basis of which would be a roundtable discussion via skype about why its shite compared to the original

Last weekend Furb told me that he was working on a phone pod & that it was probably going to be up by the end of the weekend.

When a phone pod wasn’t posted by Wednesday I then asked Gard what was occurring in regards to a phone pod, he emailed me saying it be up in the next few days, well here we are a few days later & still no phone pod posted.

I don’t want to be pushy about this or come over sounding like one selfish cunt but I’ve recorded a ton of stuff on the liberty line due to there being a general election going on here & the consequence of which I thought should be aired etc.

I’m sure the majority of folk here might have heard the geolibertarian podcast Gasrd & I did with Ed Joyce.

I’m sure there are plenty of libertarians who’d want to challenge a few things Ed stated.

Well I was going to go up to London today & do a follow up interview with Ed but I’m just getting over the flu & I’m still feeling pretty shite so I’ve had to postpone.

I'd like to hear gard's opinion on a recent conversation I had with a friend of mine. My friend was telling me about how he had read that the best places to work in the world are in european countries, such as france and italy. He said that this is because of the laws that these countries have that force businesses to put into practice certain standards regarding vacation time, wage, maternity leave, etc. Now, the ethical implications of this are obvious to anyone who values the concepts of personal liberty and property right, but unfortunately not everyone understands these concepts right away. My question for gard is, how do we go even further than the ethical implications and point the practical economic issues to my friend?

Couldn't find it anywhere through the site, or while listening.  Gard when you see this please send me an email at jamesbutabi@yahoo.com.

Before I get into my question, I just wanted to say thanks for putting out yet another great series.  I started listening to the Conspiracy back in August when I first heard about it on FTL (which I also started listening to in August).  I finally joined the Cabal a couple days ago.  Three dollars a month for a great podcast is well worth it IMO.  Thanks!

I was just wondering why Gard hasn't posted any audios from the liberty line in the past two weeks?

Is there a problem with it techy wise?

Gard, I've heard you mention that you and your niece are fans of anime and manga but what are your thoughts on the series and the character of Black Jack? 

A little while ago I watched one of Dave Ridley's videos and started reading the comments as I can't seem to help myself. Scrolling through I noticed someone say that without "law" there is no such thing as "justice". This argument bugged me, because justice is obviously defined broader and the supposed purpose of law is to provide justice. Then he states that justice cannot be defined outside of law as a moral concept because morality is subjective. This person, his handle is p00lman, happens to be a common poster on Dave's videos so I've read his comments before and he is obviously a complete relativist and has no objective principles. The argument continues among the posters until it breaks down to childish lashes.