Nullification, the Media, and Idaho: Message from Tom Woods

[bunchabullsheet]

After watching all of your videos I can say I wish we had more intelligent men getting involved in government like yourself and maybe then this country would be a less hypocritical and repressive country. I'm just a kid growing up in the U.S.A at this time and I can realize that our future is no where near bright for my generation or my children but with people at least trying to educate the masses maybe one day they will listen.

[bigtex1453]

Love ya Tom. We're a better country because of you!

[OctoBox]

The efficiency of technology and the value of releasing it "without" Gov't Licensure will bring an end to tyranical Gov'ts all over the world.

Advanced farming methods and home-energy production are the next key steps. The Bankers need to be shown they can make more wealth a in free-society then in a controlled one.

If the poor and middle class are "savers" in a free-society then they will become the owners of currency, as the wealthy will be tied to entrepreneurialism to earn wealth.

[sambking]

Tom, don't give the creeps on the smear payroll another thought. I know, easier said than done sometimes but people with common sense can detect those morons from a mile away. Keep up the great work! And I agree with another person on here, a weekly Schiff-type video log like this would be great!

[Pdrum2]

@sambking They usually smear when they can't say anything.

[pkpapers]

I don't know. I'm not convinced. He probably doesn't have any creditials. Also he looks a lot like Charlie Manson. Maybe Manson got out but we never heard about it. Or perhaps Woods is really a Zombie. I'm sure I saw a Zombie once who looked a lot like this guy. In any case, he is not politically correct -- therefore he's a redneck and thus he must be rounded up, indoctrinated in a re-education camp and given psychotropic drugs to cure his illness of heterodoxy. Social justice is soooo cu-el.

[DaveC86]

the one thing that makes me sure i'm not wasting my time studying Austrian economics is that everyone who so loudly opposes it/laughs at me etc. have no idea at all what they're talking about, worse than that, they deliberately misinterpret what i'm saying to call me racist/greedy/crazy/stupid etc. I've never once seen someone argue against Austrian theory without committing every known kind of logical fallacy. Go Tom Woods, you're the man!

[cominginsecond]

Nullification means the end of federalism and the end of the United States. If states can pick and choose which laws they want to obey, why can't cities choose which state regulations they want to apply? Going even further down, why can't individuals simply decide that no laws apply to them? If nullification is permissible, anything is.

[LibertyWins2012]

@cominginsecond You have not bothered to read anything on the subject. I defy you to suggest otherwise. These objections have been answered a thousand times over. And I find it funny that you don't even blush to suggest that Thomas Jefferson would have developed an idea that would have destroyed the United States.

[paul407100]

@cominginsecond Excellent point - google Murray Rothbard

[MillionthUsername]

@cominginsecond "Nullification means the end of federalism"

Nullification *is* federalism. Only certain powers were delegated to the federal gov't via the constitution. The states are a check on the abuse of federal power. Otherwise you'd be making the claim that the sovereign states who agreed to delegate certain powers to a federal gov't have become and ought to be forever its slaves and not resist the violation of that constitution by a regime which has no respect for it.

[kylethebomber]

Come up here to the University of Idaho! Boise State... that's an oxymoron. Boise is not a state.

[topgamelord]

this video was 100% perfect. He said 10 years worth of information in just 10 minutes.

[StonewallJackson26]

I gotta say Tom Woods. I am an enormous fan of yours. I love your opinions and your logic is a nice refreshment from the liberal slant that is rammed down your throat these days.

[GSDebunked]

what a video!!

[continuityofliberty]

Just ordered Nullification! :)

I’d really like to hear a discussion about the legitimacy of a system in which Government activities are primarily funded by debt that is expected to be paid by the people, but the majority of activities the Government engages in negatively impacts those same people while enriching those who assume the debt.

Governmentally imposed debt is essentially a bank subsidy via identity and productivity theft.

[abntemplar82]

i got to go out and get his book...this guy is awesome! will be reading his book by 1500 today.

[Apptendo]

It looks like Paul Krugman found this video.

[Hypatia1951]

Tom, they are really that stupid.

Your average person is after sex and love---not truth. They have every incentive to choose their beliefs based on how those beliefs will affect other people's impression of them. Truth ranks far down on the list---near the bottom.

Between these backwards incentives, emotionality, and an intellect that is much smaller than what we might think (or that's used to achieve petty ends like promotion, not philosophy), we should expect this.

[joshuadurand]

Good video, and great book! Of course, I need to buy the book and read it, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be excellent. Thanks for fighting the good fight and encouraging others to do the same. At some point, someone must simply say "No."

[mark695847]

Very Good!!!!Mr. Tom Woods. I Like staying with our Constitution. Ron Paul for President.

[JamesBlakeWilliams]

I have a copy of your book, It's an excellent read, a must have!

[EyeOfScrutiny]

You said, "Hiiiiiitttttttllllllleeeeerrr­rrrrr"

from your neighborhood zombie.

[mvanmeter14]

Sorry Tom but I think it is pretty obvious from my superior intellect that you are a racist homophobic fascist neo-confederate pseudo hystorian who would enslave everyone who disagrees with you and feed us to dinosaurs that you forced the enslaved scientists to clone like in Jurassic Park then once the dinosaurs are fully grown from feeding on the enslaved you will turn them against your own people and rule the world as a dictator with a dinosaur army. That was in the NYT so it must be true.

[fluff125]

Tom Woods is the only one from the Mises circle who I have ever seen mention Peter Schiff. It is my understanding that they are friends somewhat. I think this vlog style video may be him channeling a little bit of Peter.

[guitarland]

with Maddow and Romney against you, sounds like you are on the right side of this. Seriously, I appreciate your work. I read MELTDOWN, very educational. Keep it coming!!!

[WalridgeWalrus]

Neo-confederate!!

[noogie123]

you spoke at a southern heritage meeting!?!? how do you sleep at night!

;)

[Cathyvalaz]

"If you haven't bought the book, DO IT!!! Seriously, this book is brilliantly argued. He covers the mendacious media smears; the common misconceptions of various clauses used to justify the expansion of the Federal government; the nature of Nullification and its historical usage; historical passages taken from contemporaries at various times in our history defending nullification; and, of course, Tom’s prose and wonderful writing style." (dailypaul) BUY THE BOOK!

[evilsceptic]

Don't let the zombies get you down! (more videos)

[gtkpaladin]

Ha ha, always a pleasure to listen too.

God bless you Mr. Woods, and your family too!

[SubZer00100]

Tom Woods is the complete antithesis to what the media tries to paint states rights activists and those who support nullification as racist, or unintelligent. After hearing Tom Speak, it is clear that nothing could be farther than the truth.

I do wish that the MSM would have Tom on to debate, but I don't think it will happen, because HE WOULD WIPE THE FUCKING FLOOR WITH THEM AND MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE COMPLETED MORONS.

Please excuse the profanity and caps

[avarmadillo]

As a Southerner I know what Dr. Woods says is correct. In defending Southern subsidiarity he is getting a little of what we get all the time. We're talked about like we're slack-jawed Neanderthals & troglodytes. Some cannot believe one can graduate from Yale, get advanced degrees & be a proud Southerner. I'm living proof it's quite possible, just as Dr. Woods (and judge Napolitano) prove not all Yankees are rude, parochial-minded, statist bigots & falsifiers of history–-just most.

[kihjin]

PLASTIC MAN!

[bearing01]

Tom, please blog and inform us with more videos like this. Thank You. /John

[TweezerAddict]

I like Tom -he's alright for a Yankee, and I stand by him because I know he is right. I've been hoping for a "Nullification Champion" for most of my adult life.

Thank you, Dr Woods. Now pardon me while I share this video,

[Hackiesacker007]

Dr. Woods is the man.

Ron Paul/Tom Woods 2012!!!!!!!!!

[goodatbasebal]

You need to have more videos like this please!!!! I can assure you that many many people would subscribe & more of your books would be sold.

Maybe have some history lessons or something that you would like to share about your book.

[dskillz1]

The ignorance of the mainstream Left and Right knows no bounds. If the Remnant is able to do some teaching and New Media is able to continue the decentralization, then things will change for the better.

The Mainstream Media is a joke. They can't go bankrupt quickly enough.

[NSResponder]

There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come (again). Loved the book, Tom!

-jcr

[MrPloppy1]

8:00

I don't want to seem presumptuous, but I'd like to think that it was me who informed Tom about SC stating that the north was nullifying too much as one of the complaints listed in their "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce & Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union."

I noticed he didn't mention it in his book, so I emailed him about it months ago, and he's since used that fact against "nullification = neo-confederate" attacks. I'd love it, if it was me.

[andrew913s]

Thomas Jefferson Woods

[Akatam0t0ma]

Keep up the fight Tom. Your supporters are not limited to US borders, just like the idea of freedom that you are helping spread. It is actually pretty easy to stand up to political correctness for an average citizen. It's just that too few people are actually willing to. You are helping to change this into the right direction, and you are not alone in your struggle.

[blossombogart2]

Thank you Mr. Woods...for all you do

[AndyMH182]

Amazing!

[Shirty123]

Woods is the man! Subscribed!

[bajoverga]

Tom, I wrote this my senior year in 2000. I was brainwashed too.

I predict that the government is going to lower interest rates, and people will buy more stuph. Then when it gets out of control they will raise rates and everything will be fine. It seems pretty easy to control the economy, if it’s booming raise interest rates, if it’s slowing decrease them. I should be Alan Greenspan.

[Elchochkie]

You need to do more of these Tom! Start a Vlog!

[Isbadd]

great job Tom!

[MooseOfReason]

3:09

Hahahaha. Hope to see more "messages" soon, Tom.

[TheBarbarousRelic]

You are a true hero. More of these video blogs! Regards from Sweden.

[heyniceaddress]

How could a person ever want a president named Mitt?

[FreedomForUsAll]

Every state should nullify the legal tender laws before the dollar collapses.

[ChrisCaughey]

More, please!

[order9066]

Subscribed!

[CurtHowland]

Idaho? Reminds me of a Zombie word:

"Skin-head!"

[perezDeSanFernando]

Fantastic video. Tom Woods is so articulate, informed and funny. Keep producing excellent books, Tom - the people are slowly waking up!

[kmg501]

Thanks Tom!

[hob976]

A Tom Woods video blog would be the FIRST video I'd click on in my subscriptions list... ALWAYS.

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So lets have more of this, Tom. People want to hear you!!!

[Panpiper]

Yes! Tom Woods video blogging!

Thank you. Thank you ever so much for all your work, for the books of yours I have read and for your so easy to listen to and follow explanations of everything you tackle. Your voice, your approach to broaching these subjects, is consistently among the best I have ever seen or heard. You could have a huge impact with Vblogs, for relatively little effort. I dearly hope we will see more such commentaries from you about your perspective on the goings on in the world.

[mjhonsun]

Great video Tom. It collects your thoughts on this as you have presented them consistently in past forums and interviews.

[VTAcraft]

Tom Woods is the man.

[harryogre]

Good stuff Tom!

[josda1000]

Tom, keep up the good work. I'm glad you're a down to earth person who actually went to Harvard.

I wish you all the best sir.

[K46620]

Yes... a Peter Schiff style video blog! Hope to see more.

I haven't even read your book yet and am fully persuaded that nullification is one of our most effective tools right now. I will do what I can to promote it.

[FCmagic01]

You are a hero Tom. Can't wait until you come to Madison, WI!!

[fagan411]

@FCmagic01 He was just there not too long ago.

[FCmagic01]

@fagan411 Yeah I know, I helped organize bringing him to Wisconsin.