The link below is a class (lecture) that is about 6 hours total. I think Michael Badnarik does a great job of explaining Natural Rights and the U.S. Constitution. The video description of the presentation is a better description of what I'd want to say about Michael Badnarik so please read that below.
Video description:
In the early eighties Michael Badnarik started his career as a computer programmer at an Illinois nuclear power plant. For the past twenty years he has continued this professional course, but during this time he became interested and frustrated with politics. As a result, in 1983 Badnarik began studying the IRS and then the constitution. He had since condensed his 18 years of research into a short eight hour course that he would teach in a lecture format. It included some of the fundamentals on our rights and the foundations of our republic. A video recording of one of the classes has been made and you can watch it here. This is an excellent introduction to The Constitution, the United States of America's founding & principle governing document. Unfortunately this is no longer taught in schools, and our society as a whole has moved away from the knowledge and the practical application of its framework. I hope you will take the time to review these videos and learn the proper role of government, and what it means to be an American, for yourself.
Michael Badnarik - Constitution Class
The Fake Philosophy Behind Capitalism. A talk on YouTube.
Video description:
In this incisive talk, Michael Parenti exposes the "rag-to-riches" mythologies and the "prosperity gospel" of modern corporate capitalism. He argues that no ruling class rules nakedly; they instead adorn their power with symbols and myths to justify their privileged positions at the apex of the social pyramid.
Key Topics Covered:
The Two Fundamental Myths:
Why the claims that capitalism creates general prosperity and bolsters democracy are historically inaccurate.Wealth vs. Poverty:
How the wealth of the few rests directly on the poverty of the many through a "dynamic interaction".Corporate Welfare:
Why the ruling class is the least "self-reliant" group, benefiting from billions in government subsidies, bailouts, and land giveaways.The "Social Democracy"
Rollback: The systematic dismantling of social security, healthcare, and labor rights since the late 1970s.Environmental Pathology:
Why capitalism’s pursuit of profit makes it "amazingly irrational" in the face of ecological collapse.Standout Quote:
"What an incomprehensible, insane world it seemed to me until I realized that it was ruled by rapacious money-mad sociopaths. Then it all made sense."
I found these on the internet once upon a time. I don't know the authors.
'If you mean the demon drink that poisons the mind, pollutes the body, desecrates family life, and inflames sinners, then I'm against it. But if you mean the elixir of a New Year toast, the shield against winter chill, the taxable potion that puts needed funds into public coffers to comfort little crippled children, then I'm for it. This is my position, and I will not compromise.'
SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbor.
COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.
FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.
NAZISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots you.
BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away.
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND (VENTURE) CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit
opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with
an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a
Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights
to all seven cows back to your listed company.
The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.
You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States , leaving you with nine cows.
No balance sheet provided with the release.
The public then buys your bull.
SURREALISM
You have two giraffes.
The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you
want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create a clever cow cartoon image called a Cowkimona and market it worldwide.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.
You charge the owners for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.
You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.
AN IRAQI CORPORATION
Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
You tell them that you have none.
No-one believes you, so they bomb the ** out of you and invade your country.
You still have no cows, but at least you are now a Democracy.
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The one on the left looks very attractive.