I'm pleasantly surprised at this announcement. I hope his viewership and ratings starts to hurt Beck/ Hannity/ O'Reilly!
How ironic and funny would that be if the Judge gets a good portion of those statists to become uncompromising libertarians (there's always hope, look at me). I hope his show is successful and isn't watered down one bit.
EDIT: Sentence structure and grammar sucks, I'm very tired right now.
Got any more details? Day & Time? When does it start?
This is great news.
Hey, the Judge just might have quite the impact if his beliefs aren't watered down for his show. After all, one man can make a huge difference--just look at Ron Paul and how many people he converted, myself included, to libertarianism and Austrian economics. Let's hope the Judge mentions our school at some point on there!
The Judge is actually responsible for converting me to the Austrian school. Without his show pointing me to the philosophy of liberty flash and LvMI, I'd still be an objectivist *shudder*. Well, I was already seriously doubting my objectivism, so maybe not, but still, I'd be lost in the philosophical woods.
This is part of the strategy that runs along the lines of "guilt by association" strand. i.e Libertarianism is some how closer too, or associated with the "right wing"...
There are clear alterior motives to this, but with those cons there are pro's. The best hope / bet is to get the judges viewers / fox viewers to turn to the tv off... to start reading... to get OUTSIDE the false left / right political paradigm.
To do that - judge can be radical (as he has shown to be previously) i.e all taxation is theft... and it helps to attack the republicans as much as the democrats... constantly attack both... it's never, just the democrats - it's always both. That always needs to be clear.
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I already have the podcasts, but I dont get Fox Business.
I was never clear on whether it is an internet-only show or if Fox Business is a separate cable channel. I'd probably watch Freedom Watch if it were on a channel I already get, but I'm not interested in spending more just to view it. Also, what's the announcement? I've been hearing about Freedom Watch for a few months at least.
Napolitano seems pretty good generally, but he lost points with me over the whole Starbucks open carry thing. I saw some video clip (I could try to track it down if anyone's interested) where he said that since Starbucks is open to the public, they don't have the right to prohibit guns on their property. I forget the exact phrase he used, it was something along the lines of "public accomodation". It was disappointing to me since a property owner should have control over his property, including the right to ban people with guns. But he's usually very good; better than most people on TV at least.
This is the best news yet. Glad it's happening !!
chrispy, the Judge might have been stating a fact about the law and/or the Constitution. As a Fox legal analyst, the Judge often says something like "well x and y are unconstitutional but the government can do z." Interpreting currently existing law doesn't make you a statist. On Stossel, the Judge said something to the effect that the income tax used to be unconstitutional and that the federal government used to be entirely funded by tariffs - and then the Judge said that he believes that we should do away with all taxes because taxation is theft.
The Judge is either an ultraminarchist (a la Rand) or an anarchist. Either way, I'm excited to watch him on Fox Business.
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krazy kaju: chrispy, the Judge might have been stating a fact about the law and/or the Constitution. As a Fox legal analyst, the Judge often says something like "well x and y are unconstitutional but the government can do z." Interpreting currently existing law doesn't make you a statist. On Stossel, the Judge said something to the effect that the income tax used to be unconstitutional and that the federal government used to be entirely funded by tariffs - and then the Judge said that he believes that we should do away with all taxes because taxation is theft. The Judge is either an ultraminarchist (a la Rand) or an anarchist. Either way, I'm excited to watch him on Fox Business.
He also questioned the need for an army/navy.
krazy kaju:chrispy, the Judge might have been stating a fact about the law and/or the Constitution. As a Fox legal analyst, the Judge often says something like "well x and y are unconstitutional but the government can do z."
That would be a reasonable position to take. I'm not sure if that's what he was doing in this case though; he didn't say businesses should be able to ban guns but can't because of such and such a law. He just said businesses don't have the right to ban guns. Maybe my interpretation isn't charitable enough. In any case, I found the video so you can decide for yourself. The judge comes on at about 0:55:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP1Wgkh5MeE