Book Review
Molon Labe
by: Boston T. Party
A few months ago, someone mentioned this book in a post on THR. I went to Amazon.com and found it. It had 40 some reviews, generally raving about it. I like to read, so I ordered a copy. I finally got around to reading it a couple of weeks ago.
This is a book that defies obvious characterization. It is educational, motivational, and deeply disturbing all at the same time. Its also mostly a good read, even with the not so subtle attempts to inform, influence and educate the reader (its not as blatant and annoying as Patriots is in that respect).
Its a well thought-out explanation for why the author believes the Free State Project chose the wrong state (he makes a pretty good case that the FSP should have chosen Wyoming).
Parts of it reminded me of Unintended Consequences, with its realistic and graphic depiction of government excesses, and its deep understanding and affection for the rural and western gun culture in the US.
Its a pretty well thought-out plan for taking over Wyoming with a FSP like effort, that while it is so over optimistic as to be almost not credible, it does show the author gave the idea a lot of thought.
On to the disturbing parts. It has some of the usual silliness from the kooky right including common law nonsense and the gold standard. Slipping this kind of stuff into the book makes it a lot easier to just dismiss it as another right wing kook book.
Most disturbing of all, it seems the author has given up on the idea that gradual non-violent change can be implemented to regain our lost liberties. He makes a pretty good case that government will not give up its power easily, and that it will take violence to regain our freedoms. I have a hard time arguing against this, as government's thirst for power at all levels seems to know no bounds, and what is an individual citizen to do about it? The congressional elections of 1994 proved that there is a thirst for freedom, but the end result of that election was actually to decrease our freedoms in some respects.
I give it 4 stars (out of five). It would probably rate 4.5 stars except for the inexplicable inclusion of stuff from various web sites that does not always seem to have a whole lot to do with the storyline, and probably should have been taken out, as a lot of what was included is almost unreadable.
Molon Labe
by: Boston T. Party
A few months ago, someone mentioned this book in a post on THR. I went to Amazon.com and found it. It had 40 some reviews, generally raving about it. I like to read, so I ordered a copy. I finally got around to reading it a couple of weeks ago.
This is a book that defies obvious characterization. It is educational, motivational, and deeply disturbing all at the same time. Its also mostly a good read, even with the not so subtle attempts to inform, influence and educate the reader (its not as blatant and annoying as Patriots is in that respect).
Its a well thought-out explanation for why the author believes the Free State Project chose the wrong state (he makes a pretty good case that the FSP should have chosen Wyoming).
Parts of it reminded me of Unintended Consequences, with its realistic and graphic depiction of government excesses, and its deep understanding and affection for the rural and western gun culture in the US.
Its a pretty well thought-out plan for taking over Wyoming with a FSP like effort, that while it is so over optimistic as to be almost not credible, it does show the author gave the idea a lot of thought.
On to the disturbing parts. It has some of the usual silliness from the kooky right including common law nonsense and the gold standard. Slipping this kind of stuff into the book makes it a lot easier to just dismiss it as another right wing kook book.
Most disturbing of all, it seems the author has given up on the idea that gradual non-violent change can be implemented to regain our lost liberties. He makes a pretty good case that government will not give up its power easily, and that it will take violence to regain our freedoms. I have a hard time arguing against this, as government's thirst for power at all levels seems to know no bounds, and what is an individual citizen to do about it? The congressional elections of 1994 proved that there is a thirst for freedom, but the end result of that election was actually to decrease our freedoms in some respects.
I give it 4 stars (out of five). It would probably rate 4.5 stars except for the inexplicable inclusion of stuff from various web sites that does not always seem to have a whole lot to do with the storyline, and probably should have been taken out, as a lot of what was included is almost unreadable.
