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11-28-2013
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C. Jeffery Small
Happy New Year
Subject: Happy New Year
Happy New Years

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Here's wishing everyone a joyful, prosperous and freer life in 2014.

All the best to you and your families! — Jeffery Small

12-20-2012

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Merry Xmas
Subject: Happy Holidays

I'm working on a complex post-election piece, but it just doesn't seem fair to pollute the holiday season with that sort of thing, so I'll save it until the new year and instead simply wish that everyone enjoys a wonderful Christmas season. All the best to you, your family and your friends. See you again in 2013!

 
12-25-2011

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Subject: Merry Christmas

Best wishes to everyone for a wonderful holiday season ...

... and a prosperous new year.

09-14-2011

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Fun in the Sun
Bora Bora
Subject: Back on the Clock....

I would like to tell you that my long absence from these pages was due to something dramatic, such as a tragic illness, or involvement in acts of international intrigue, or possibly even an important work assignment which exhausted all of my time. But alas, the truth is that I was merely screwing around — albeit in a really nice part of the world!

It was my great fortune to fly down to Tahiti, where I helped a friend leisurely sail his 60 foot catamaran through French Polynesia, then across the Pacific to the very remote Suwarrow Atoll, and from there, further west to the Vava'u island group in the Kingdom of Tonga. But all of that is a story for another day.

In the meantime, while I checked out of all manner of contact with the civilized (and I use that word very loosely) world for six weeks, I left all of you in charge of things and you seem to have done a credible job of management, as I found just about everything — with the exception of Muammar Gaddafi — still reasonably intact.

And by the way, very nice job on your handling of the spot price of gold while I was gone. Excellent work!

But whoa, what happened regarding the federal debt ceiling? I thought we had agreed that we were not going to raise that sucker any further? Seriously folks, I'm running out of space on the right for any more digits!

So it appears that there is much to be done, and soon I will be back to my old crotchity self, railing against lies, injustice and the unconstitutional way. But before I jump back in, I want to share my positive review of an excellent new novel, Hunter, written by Robert Bidinotto, that I had the opportunity to read during my travels, and which I highly recommend.

Click on the book image above to see the full review.


And no, you haven't heard the last of me! :-)
07-30-2011

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They're Not All
in D.C.!
Subject: Gone Fishin'

The author is playing hooky and this blog will be on hiatus until mid-September. In the meantime, keep an eye on those folks in Washington and hold their feet to the fire if — oops, I mean when they start getting uppity again. Unfortunately, that shouldn't take too long!

If you want to give these congresscritters a piece of your mind, click on the following image for a list of all of their email contact forms and phone numbers.

And as Red Green says:
    "Keep your stick on the ice. Remember, I'm pulling for you. We're all in this together."

Have a great summer. :-)

04-09-2011

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MIA
Subject: Missing in Action

This blog has been quiet for the past six weeks or so, due to a month long trip to Asia, coupled with pre and post-trip activity. However, now returned, fully rested and recuperated, I intend to get back to writing commentary on current events.

To kick things off, in the next post I will begin with a look at a talk given by David Evans on the story behind global warming. Stay tuned.
11-08-2010

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Blog Update
Subject: The Times They Are A Changing!

After an extended summer hiatus—allowing for a complete redesign of the John Galt Pledge Blog—it is finally back up and running, new and improved, better than ever, all shiny and squeaky clean. And now, with improved taste and 35% fewer calories!

As you can see above, the blog has been renamed, and now resides at a new web address:

Old master links to the blog will continue to work, automatically forwarding you to this new location, but I strongly recommend creating a new bookmark directly to this page. Unfortunately, any previous links to individual articles on the old blog will no longer work. All past articles have been migrated forward and each one has been assigned a new Permalink (see the box to the left of each article) that points to a separate page for just that article. If you have previously referenced any of these articles, please locate them here and update the links. These new Permalinks should be good for the foreseeable future.

So what's new:
  • The bar at the top of each page offers a number of navigation options.

  • Of course, the Home button returns you to the home page.

  • The About button provides some background information on the author, as well as the purpose of this blog.

  • The Archives button displays a page which allows past articles to be accessed by title, date, or subject.

  • The Reviews button will show reviews on aesthetic subjects such as books, movies, music, etc.

  • The Links button lists links to a wide variety of sources that I have found useful or enlightening, and which might be of interest to others.

  • The Contact button provides a means of sending me a message. I look forward to hearing from you.

  • The Forum button leads to the go-galt.org public forum which is intended for interactive discussions on political issues from an individualist perspective. While this forum has not received much use, I encourage you to create an account, start a discussion, and invite others you know to join in.

  • Don't miss the links (how could you!) on the right for the The John Galt Pledge Initiative and the Climategate in Review sites.

  • If you find an article of particular interest that you would like to share, use the Stumble It! or the Facebook buttons located at the bottom of the various pages.

Future articles will be focusing on issues of personal autonomy and responsibility, self-reliance, individual rights, liberty, constitutionally constrained government, and the state of our social and political culture.

If you have signed the John Galt Pledge and provided your email address at that time, then you are already on the list for notifications, including updates to this site. If you do not wish to sign the pledge but would like to be added to the list, please email me a message and let me know your wishes.

I hope you enjoy the new layout and will find value in the upcoming content. If you have any suggestions for ways to improve this site and making it a more useful resource in the ongoing struggle to reassert our independence and regain our freedom, please send me your thoughts.

All the best and In liberty,
&mdash
Jeff
01-28-2010

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Public Forum
Subject: Invitation to a New Discussion Forum at Go-Galt.org

A new public bulletin board has just been added to the go-galt.org website. This forum is intended as a place for discussions relating to current events and political issues, from an Objectivist (e.g. libertarian) perspective. I would like to invite anyone interested in participating in these discussions to sign up and join in. Click here to visit the forum.

This is a set of introductory discussion categories to get things started:
  • Presidential and Congressional Races
  • Constitutional Issues
  • The FED (Money, Money, Everywhere!)
  • Banking and Finance
  • Campaign Financing
  • Climate
  • Defense and Military
  • Education
  • Energy and the Environment
  • Health Care
  • Immigration
  • Social Security
  • Taxes
  • Supreme Court

If you would like to discuss an issue that doesn't obviously fit into one of these areas, additional categories can be created.

Let us know your views and thoughts on the important subjects facing each individual and the country today. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
12-24-2009

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Merry Christmas
Subject: Happy Holidays

Dear Readers:

Have a Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!

10-07-2009

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Subject: Send in You Sightings

If any reader of this blog runs across a story relating to mandatory community or national service which they believe would be of general interest to others, please send me a note pointing to the article. Thanks for your interest and participation.
09-30-2009

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Subject: Updates to the Web Site

A reader made the excellent suggestion that I should provide reciprocal links to other sites that link to or write about mine. This is something that I should have done long ago — but better late than never. At the end of the main page I have added a section titled Sites Promoting This Initiative which feature those individuals or organizations.

I want to extend a huge thanks to each of you that has undertaken the initiative to do this. It means a great deal to me. There may be others of you out there, who I am unaware of, that have also promoted this site. Please send me a note and I will add a link for you as well.
09-16-2009

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Subject: Additional Revisions to the Website

At the excellent suggestion of a reader, I have rearranged the main page to move the pledge form up to the top where it is easier to locate, rather than being buried within the text near the bottom. And I have rearranged this page as well to get the current blog posts right up at the top where they should have been from the start. Hey, its a learning process!
09-13-2009

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Subject: A Small Change to the Pledge Text

Due to comments from a few reader, I made a very small change to the text of the pledge, simply to make it easier to parse and therefore, a bit more readable. To shorten the single run-on sentence and make the last point clearer, I changed:

    "... country was founded, and rejecting any initiation of the use of force as being wholly inappropriate, support a society based strictly upon voluntary association and free trade among its people."

to:

    "... country was founded. And rejecting any initiation of the use of force as being wholly inappropriate, I support a society based strictly upon voluntary association and free trade among its people."

I made the corresponding grammatical change to the pledge summary page as well. This edit has no effect upon the content and meaning and should be of no problem to anyone who has previously signed. However, if there are any concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
09-10-2009

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Subject: Website Updates

At the request of various readers, the the pledge form has been modified to allow the country to be specified. If the country is the United States, then the state will be recorded as well. If anyone previously entered their name from a non-US country, their entry will display as OTHER. If you email me your country of origin, I will update the record to reflect that information.

I have also added buttons on the main page to access this blog page and made a few other minor cosmetic changes.