Liberty on Tap

Backyard Revolution Series – Microgreens

What we have termed the Backyard Revolution enjoyed its third installment last Saturday, August 15th in Bristow. If you have not heard of or read about the Backyard Revolution, you can read about it here and watch a little video. Mike, Marilyn, and Pete of Sloth Acres welcomed us to their farm for a microgreens workshop. Pete, Mike, Marilyn of Sloth Acres What are microgreens? Microgreens are not…

By now most of us have heard about Cecil the Lion. The protected, beloved lion with a black mane in Zimbabwe who was killed by a trophy hunting dentist from Minnesota. The 13-year-old lion was a star attraction at the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, out of which the hunters lured him with a carcass, and he wore a collar by which scientists at the University of Oxford had been tracking him since…

Still Hoping for a Political Solution?

On the issue of federal funding of Planned Parenthood, Matt Walsh bemoans Republican complicity yet adds, “A ‘Defund Planned Parenthood’ bill will never pass without a Republican president and massive, overwhelming Republican majorities in both houses. And even then, they have to be extremely conservative Republican majorities.” To that I say, ‘LOL.’ Elected members of congress have a simple,…

It is interesting how Obama conveys more in what he doesn’t say, than in what he does. His 2015 White House Iftar speech is one such example. When Obama commended Muslim-Americans, Ziad Ahmed, Batoul Abuharb and Samantha Elauf last night, he conveniently omitted his administration’s critical role in perpetuating and often times, creating the very odds, these movers and shakers feel compelled to…

Freedom’s Enemy

There are some good points in this article by Jeffrey Tucker regarding the recent Mad Max mover – Fury Road. When I watch “post apocalyptic” movies such as this I roll my eyes at the vision: total lawlessness and chaos and violence. However, I remind myself that this is one person’s vision and imagination. I immensely enjoyed the imagery, the grittiness, the cars (which were all real as were most…

Abuse and killing by cops seems to be increasing or perhaps these incidents are just being exposed more thanks to technology. Here in Oklahoma we have had our share and the most recent incident involved a reserve sheriff’s deputy who shot a man. The reserve deputy claims he thought he grabbed his taser but instead he grabbed his gun “by mistake”, fired and then said, “Oh sorry. I shot him”.…

This month marks two years that Liberty on Tap has been in existence. I am very happy to see that! I would like to share with you my thoughts on Liberty on Tap while attempting to avoid too much sentimentality.

After the Ron Paul campaign ended there were many of us who felt scattered. The local campaign brought together a beautiful mix of people from all walks of life. Headquarters was sustained…

With an ever encroaching government prying into our personal lives, mandating purchases for products we do not want, regulating, monitoring, and controlling nearly every aspect of our day to day living, maintaining, or even retaining, freedoms seems like a hopeless endeavor.

The system wraps its tentacles around everything good it seems and sucks the beauty right out of it. Decentralizing is one…

With the upcoming Liberty On Tap gathering focusing upon local issues of concern to Tulsans slated for this Thursday, March 5th, 6 PM, at HopBunz, 33rd and Peoria, I thought readers would enjoy this brief historical piece on your forebears from the 1988 archive vault of The Tulsa Tribune’s Point of View op-ed column.

Tulsa’s Vigilant ‘Dissidents’      by Charles A. Burris

They are not part of…

Professor of International Law Michael J. Glennon of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University has composed one of the most fascinating and comprehensive studies of what many policy analysts such as researcher Peter Dale Scott are now calling “the public state” and “the deep state.” The Harvard National Security Journal article is entitled “National Security and Double…

The major impetus behind the GOP delegation attack on AP United States History in the Oklahoma State Legislature was their stated objection that the AP curriculum did not focus upon the concept of “American Exceptionalism” but instead on “negative” aspects of history.This highly inflammatory action drew widespread national ridicule and embarrassment directed towards these Sooner State yahoos at…

March 3, a Debt to Tulsa Public Schools

A special election will be held this Tuesday, March 2, 2015 (ballot here).  From the coverage in the press, there seems to be no real opposition.  The election is for a $415 million dollar bond issue for the Tulsa Public Schools.  The proceeds of these bonds are to expand libraries, kitchens, classrooms—basically, maintenance issues and adding “technology” to the classrooms—i.e. laptops, tablets,…

In 1961, Eisenhower’s well known speech warned the public of the Military Industrial Complex. It refers to policy and monetary relationships which exist between law makers, national armed forces, and the military industrial base that supports them, which includes political decisions, contributions, lobbying and oversight of the industry.

Big government seems to have its tentacles in just about…

Lifestyle Decentralization = Freedom

I have been pursuing a hobby over the past few years. It started small at first, but the more I got into it, the more I found myself looking for different ways to do it – like a personal challenge. I have found this hobby essential to my journey toward personal freedom and fulfillment so I want to share it with you. It is Lifestyle Decentralization.

What is Lifestyle Decentralization? First of…

The “Conservatives” Who Are Bankrupting Our State

Oklahomans are praising the news of Governor Fallin’s newly impaneled committee on justice reform. The blue-ribbon panel includes the top lawmakers, director of our prisons, and the director of the Department Of Mental Health & Substance Abuse.

While the progress may go slow, it is hopeful that our laws will be reformed in a way that brings relief to suffering individuals as well as…