GENIUSES VS. IDIOTS 2015 Mar 3 by Jeff Foxworthy

If plastic water bottles are okay, but plastic bags are banned,

— you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses

but is run by idiots

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license,

but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally

— you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses

but is run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or

to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion

— you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses

but is run by idiots.

Your Name, Please? by Anna Von Reitz

Nothing has happened to me.  I am perfectly okay.  I am traveling and working and meeting with other judges and justices of the peace around the country, and meeting with researchers into topics of law and history..... all the things you can see that I do, sometimes require travel and collaboration and face to face meetings.  For the next three weeks I will be on a short tether so far as time to write articles is concerned, so, please bear with me.

The last few days have focused on the topic of names---- what is a name, what do we use it for, what is a legal name versus a lawful name, etc., etc.

Most people take their name for granted and identify themselves with their name.  They think that they are "Joseph Allen Blount" or "Virginia Marie Casper"---but in fact, their name is a separate and alien thing.  Your name isn't you.  It is instead a tool and a possession, like a shovel or a rake or a lawn mower.  It is yours in the same sense that a bicycle is yours.

So that is the first thing you need to understand about a name.