I have to readily admit, I had never read (or really even heard of) the Antifederalist Papers.  Everyting I have been taught and read is on the Federalist Papers.  I guess it was that way by design since the War for Southern Independence was lost and the modern system became what it is today.  Anyway, here is an interesting article on the decreasing purchase power of FRNs...  Scary to say the least.

One thing that always struck me as odd is the fact of how locked down firearms are on military bases.  I mean, when you deploy, EVERYONE is carrying and carrying armed with the safety off (locked cocked and ready to rock as it were).  It never occurred to me how that came to be.  But, with the Judge in Tennessee issuing a ruling blocking the law allowing carry inside restaurants, it is important to remember that when seconds count, the cops are only minutes away...

I have been writing about the "S" word for a while now, and there are a lot of people discussing it.  I think this article is interesting from the standpoint of bitching about Uncle Sugar's rules whilst suckling at his teet.  Basically I find it amusing that people bitch about the stuff they get for free when it comes with strings attached.  I mean, if'n you're gonna take it (and not "pay" for it*) then shut up and comply with the rules.  And I do agree with the thrist of the article that there are way too many requirements being attached.  Therefore I simply choose to vote with my feet, and take the anarcho-libertarian view of "fee for service" in that if I want something and don't like the requirements, then I bargain that away or I go somewhere else that will allow me to do what I want without the strings.

* Yes I realize payment is in the form of taxes, but really, what are you going to do about it?  Vote "them" out? HA! Right....

Another take on the "S" word, not from a standpoint of actually doing it, but reclaiming the original intent of a Constitutional Republic with the individual states taking back their Constitutional rights (and clarified in the 10th Amendment...).  And for the take on actually doing it, see here...

Finally, before I go too far into the whole gun thing on this thread, I'll shift gears for a moment and link to something a little different.  An interesting discussion on how "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." U.S. Const. Amed. X.  Or at least the Swiss take on that meaning...