2014/03/02 The Government Does Nothing Well, Beside “Screw People Over” With tens of thousands of years of history to look back on, it amazes me how stupid most folks are. The greatest threat to your safety and well-being is your government, not some “terrorist” in a far off land. The greatest crimes against Humanity have…
Want better and cheaper health care? – Avoid Health Insurance and negotiate it away in exchange for more cash from your employer. By paying for medical services in cash, you can expect a 30% – 40% discount from physicians and hospitals. If you live near the US – Mexican border you can meet all of…
2014/02/18 I’m About To Piss Some Of You Off – Aside from propagandizing children to believe that their particular government/state/nation/fictional entity enclosed by imaginary lines on the ground is somehow better than all that exist and/or have ever existed, here’s the TRUTH. Please take note of the Bold, Capitalized and Underlined nature of the last word in the last…
Your Comments Are Safe Here – I’m amazed at the number of sites I comment on that censor my comments. I’m never rude. I challenge the points of the article or essay based on their merits, or lack there of. Only when I appear to be on the reasonable, or winning side of the argument…
2014/01/29 Citizens Of All Nations Are Programmed To Believe Citizenship Benefits Them – Nothing Could Be Further From The Truth– There are over 7,000,000 US citizens living abroad presently and the US government is screwing them and the situation for expats is only going to get worse moving forward. It’s bad enough that such people…
2014/02/06 Anarchists Trump Libertarians Every Time – Stop Asking For Permission! Now that I have a few reg’lar readers and a few irreg’lar readers (they’re my favorites) I’m sometimes confronted by my compatriots in the Liberty camp for not supporting all their candidates and issues. I did that. For three decades I only voted for…
2014/02/01 Chauvinists are the Soylent Green of the Future – Ever since the Women’s Liberation Movement hijacked the word “Chauvinist” it has, unfortunately lost its most powerful meanings. “Chauvinism, in its original meaning, is an exaggerated patriotism and a belligerent belief in national superiority and glory.” (Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvinist) For at least the last generation, the common folk…
2014/01/17 Are Ghosts, Demons, Angels and Nations Real or Fictions and Illusions? – How you answer these questions says a lot about your critical thinking skills, premises and how effective indoctrination and propaganda has been on you. Let’s first establish what is meant by Real. There are experiences that only we have and are unable…
2013/12/16 Over the last few months I’ve endeavored to share the goals, experiences, insights and challenges for potential Boot-Strap Expats. We covered all kinds of topics; from Expat motivations, planning, liquidating assets, my K9 Masters, essential gear, original art and Real Food for Real Life. But what do you want more of as we move…
2013/09/11 Exes and Unions and Taxes, Oh My! I probably should have provided this background earlier on, but by the time one decides to leave the nation of their birth there has already been years of introspection and internal debate about why one would leave or should leave. Having grown up in the States and…
The Bootstrap Expat 