<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769</id><updated>2012-01-22T15:14:35.048+01:00</updated><category term='Anti-Communisme'/><category term='Islam'/><category term='Français'/><category term='Vlaamse Beweging'/><category term='Partijpolitiek'/><category term='Berchem'/><category term='Economie'/><category term='Bloemlezing'/><category term='Zingeving'/><category term='English'/><category term='Persberichten'/><category term='Internationaal'/><category term='Binnenland'/><category term='Nederlands'/><category term='Literatuur'/><category term='Midden-Oosten'/><category term='Banners'/><category term='Vrij Wapenbezit'/><category term='Persoonlijk'/><category term='Verenigde Staten'/><category term='Europese Unie'/><category term='Antwerpen'/><category term='Liberalisme'/><title type='text'>Libertarian.be</title><subtitle type='html'>Vincent De Roeck zet zich in voor een nieuw maatschappelijk model gebaseerd op verregaand liberalisme, minimale staat, burgerrechten en vrijheid.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>780</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1457598464939541922</id><published>2010-02-01T17:57:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-22T16:41:14.269+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Binnenland'/><title type='text'>Woord van afscheid / Farewell address</title><summary type='text'>Welkom op de oude weblog van Vincent De Roeck. Ondanks de vele reacties en lezers heb ik besloten om met deze blog te stoppen. Welcome to the former political blog of Vincent De Roeck. In spite of the many comments and readers, I have decided to stop blogging. Ik had graag iedereen bedankt die over de laatste jaren heen gastartikelen ingestuurd heeft en massaal gereageerd heeft, zowel op </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1457598464939541922/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1457598464939541922&amp;isPopup=true' title='58 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1457598464939541922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1457598464939541922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/02/mijn-kafka-ervaring-met-de-brusselse.html' title='Woord van afscheid / Farewell address'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S09NZbMK_8I/AAAAAAAADYQ/ZPfmtMdqax0/s72-c/Politiewagen+Dilbeek.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>58</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4062542561620203725</id><published>2010-01-29T15:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T16:01:49.742+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The case against international jurisdiction</title><summary type='text'>Telkens men tegen internationale jurisdicties durft pleiten, lijkt het meteen alsof de criticus in kwestie wel een aanhanger moet zijn van onfrisse figuren zoals een Omar Al-Bashir of een Radovan Karadzic. Toch waagt het Britse EP-lid Daniel Hannan zich vandaag op zijn blog aan zo'n pleidooi. Vorige week gaf hij over dit thema - in de nasleep van de gênante aanklacht in het VK tegen oud-premier </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4062542561620203725/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4062542561620203725&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4062542561620203725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4062542561620203725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/02/case-against-international-jurisdiction.html' title='The case against international jurisdiction'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S2g8Hv6FwAI/AAAAAAAADbg/r7kBbLq1Fdo/s72-c/Daniel+Hannan+Jerusalem+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3703734169832535184</id><published>2010-01-28T12:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T16:01:34.832+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The size and power of the state continues to grow</title><summary type='text'>In the aftermath of the Senate election in Massachusetts, the focus of attention is inevitably on what it means for Barack Obama. The impact on the Democratic president of the loss of the late Ted Kennedy’s seat to the Republicans will, no doubt, be significant. Yet the result could be remembered as a message more profound than the disparate mutterings of a grumpy electorate that has lost faith </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3703734169832535184/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3703734169832535184&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3703734169832535184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3703734169832535184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/size-and-power-of-state-continues-to.html' title='The size and power of the state continues to grow'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S175Yh66VgI/AAAAAAAADaY/6IFllUb36CM/s72-c/Obama+Big+Government+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3137009331991684701</id><published>2010-01-27T11:40:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T15:50:01.919+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><title type='text'>De tirannie van het intellectuele verraad</title><summary type='text'>Paul De Grauwe, de "econoom" die er onlangs in slaagde om vrijdags op een internationaal congres Hayek boven Keynes te verkiezen en de maandag daarop in "De Standaard" Keynes boven Hayek, kreeg gisteren opnieuw een forum in die krant om zijn clowneske kijk op de economie ten toon te spreiden. In "De tirannie van de aandeelhouders" trekt hij van leer tegen de CEO's van multinationals. "De grootste</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3137009331991684701/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3137009331991684701&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3137009331991684701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3137009331991684701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/de-tirannie-van-het-intellectuele.html' title='De tirannie van het intellectuele verraad'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S2BRCY3z22I/AAAAAAAADag/cpkmVY17Nsg/s72-c/Paul+De+Grauwe+Portrait+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3088054386955249845</id><published>2010-01-26T10:08:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T10:41:52.577+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The transfer machine we bluntly call government</title><summary type='text'>“The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul,” George Bernard Shaw once said. For a socialist Shaw demonstrated good sense with this citation  Unfortunately, our Western countries have become a laboratory in which Shaw's hypothesis is being tested. The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3088054386955249845/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3088054386955249845&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3088054386955249845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3088054386955249845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/transfer-machine-we-bluntly-call.html' title='The transfer machine we bluntly call government'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S1G9GqnFn8I/AAAAAAAADZA/ZZ-aIYRa5CE/s72-c/Government+Transfer+Machine+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1805280969659299673</id><published>2010-01-25T14:07:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T10:40:25.620+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Midden-Oosten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Binnenland'/><title type='text'>De anti-Israëlobsessie van Europa is gevaarlijk</title><summary type='text'>Wim Lankamp zit het "Palestina Komitee Nederland" voor en ijvert voor de ondergang van Israël. Eén van Lankamps laatste wapenfeiten is de campagne "Koop geen Israëlische Apartheid" die nog tot 31 december 2009 liep. Net zoals in België door bijvoorbeeld de "Actiegroep Boycot Israël", is het doel voor Lankamp en consorten het economisch op de knieën dwingen van Israël, in hun ogen een heuse </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1805280969659299673/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1805280969659299673&amp;isPopup=true' title='58 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1805280969659299673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1805280969659299673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/de-anti-israelobsessie-van-europa-is.html' title='De anti-Israëlobsessie van Europa is gevaarlijk'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S1631xkFduI/AAAAAAAADaQ/Wx7aVNTHplc/s72-c/EU+Israel+Relations.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>58</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-5129280510330215421</id><published>2010-01-15T15:16:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T11:32:06.190+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Haïti is heel erg, maar waarom moeten wij weer betalen?</title><summary type='text'>De situatie aan de grond in Haïti is hartverscheurend. Het armste land van het Westelijk halfrond kreeg één van de zwaarste aardbevingen ooit over zich heen. De gevolgen zijn dan ook ongezien. De bevolking is de ontreddering nabij. Hele dorpen en steden werden letterlijk van de kaart geveegd. Met het epicentrum op minder dan 25 kilometer van de dichtbevolkte hoofdstad Port-Au-Prince is ook de tol</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/5129280510330215421/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=5129280510330215421&amp;isPopup=true' title='124 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5129280510330215421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5129280510330215421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/haiti-is-erg-maar-waarom-moeten-wij.html' title='Haïti is heel erg, maar waarom moeten wij weer betalen?'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S1M4FndqthI/AAAAAAAADaA/YAZDQuRm1q4/s72-c/Haiti+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>124</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-5714664135206075182</id><published>2010-01-14T07:40:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T17:22:56.445+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>De mythe van de almachtswanende managerscultus</title><summary type='text'>Managers en 'consultants' lijken soms wel de laatste helden van onze tijd. Maar kijk uit, de keizer draagt geen kleren. Matthew Stewart, die zelf tien jaar consultant was, schiet gaten in de overspannen eigendunk van de MBA-boys in zijn laatste bestseller “The Management Myth”. Het leven kan gekke sprongen maken. Stewart studeerde in 1988 aan Oxford af als filosoof met 19de-eeuwse Duitse denkers </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/5714664135206075182/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=5714664135206075182&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5714664135206075182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5714664135206075182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/de-mythe-van-de-almachtswanende.html' title='De mythe van de almachtswanende managerscultus'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S1CdH5GQL6I/AAAAAAAADY4/Takrrcl0wv8/s72-c/Managers+Consultants+Myth+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7406611370702967389</id><published>2010-01-13T18:35:00.038+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T16:45:01.698+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Groen gevaar, rode verstaatsing en een witte Kerstmis</title><summary type='text'>Er is inderdaad al veel over geschreven, maar een echte fundamentele kritiek op het beleid van de overheid in de recente Kerstperiode en de laatste weken bleef uit. Tot grote ergernis van mij. Eerst was er het klimaataspect. Niet enkel geven wetenschappers eindelijk toe dat ze hun data vervalsten om de nare waarheid voor hun tonnen subsidies te camoufleren. Het klimaat warmt volgens hun eigen </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7406611370702967389/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7406611370702967389&amp;isPopup=true' title='34 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7406611370702967389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7406611370702967389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/dit-opiniestuk-verscheen-ook-in.html' title='Groen gevaar, rode verstaatsing en een witte Kerstmis'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S0DVnj5LjeI/AAAAAAAADWQ/drv2JUqvkUU/s72-c/Vincent+De+Roeck+Christmas+Tree+National+Liberal+Club+London+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3127433989090433572</id><published>2010-01-12T14:26:00.015+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-14T14:39:49.149+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Capitalism is essential for prosperity and liberty</title><summary type='text'>Each year I take part in a reunion dinner of old school classmates. The talk often turns to politics, as my friends know my interests all too well. This reunion, after a bout of banker bashing, one friend stated thet “capitalism is dead.” Admittedly, by this time my classmates had consumed a few drinks, but it startled me to see others nodding their heads. But upon reflection, who can blame them?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3127433989090433572/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3127433989090433572&amp;isPopup=true' title='21 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3127433989090433572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3127433989090433572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/capitalism-is-essential-for-prosperity.html' title='Capitalism is essential for prosperity and liberty'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S08cvF0NZlI/AAAAAAAADYA/4u5iwMNKIsM/s72-c/Capitalism+Prosperity+Liberty+Libertarian.be.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2219454967753382166</id><published>2010-01-11T16:05:00.034+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T17:55:43.698+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><title type='text'>Het Brussels afscheid van Jens-Peter Bonde</title><summary type='text'> "Het Verdrag van Lissabon is een schitterend verdrag." Met deze provocerende uitspraak wist Jens-Peter Bonde vanaf het begin de aandacht van de vele aanwezigen te winnen. "Een schitterend verdrag voor de overbetaalde mensen in de hoge gebouwen die jullie hier in deze omgeving zien, maar een slecht verdrag voor de overbelaste mensen in de straten." De toon was gezet voor de allereerste "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2219454967753382166/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2219454967753382166&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2219454967753382166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2219454967753382166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/het-brussels-afscheid-van-jens-peter.html' title='Het Brussels afscheid van Jens-Peter Bonde'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S0s-hXwFEHI/AAAAAAAADXY/ZBwNmRypR_k/s72-c/Libertarians+in+Brussels+1+Vincent+De+Roeck+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1903196690532468389</id><published>2010-01-08T21:44:00.029+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T13:39:01.957+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><title type='text'>Libertarian.be op een absoluut hoogtepunt</title><summary type='text'> Deze weblog bestaat al sinds oktober 2005 en bevat momenteel op de kop een 780 artikels in drie verschillende talen en over een wel zéér brede waaier aan genres en onderwerpen. In de beginjaren stond de tweestrijd tussen links en rechts centraal, en domineerden actuele binnenlandse thema's op deze weblog. Later kwamen de ideologische presentatie-essays en boekbesprekingen. Tegenwoordig zwaaien </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1903196690532468389/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1903196690532468389&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1903196690532468389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1903196690532468389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/libertarianbe-op-een-absoluut.html' title='Libertarian.be op een absoluut hoogtepunt'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S1BaGf7NurI/AAAAAAAADYo/u7NaucixEVw/s72-c/Mount+Sinai+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-5748045780269583807</id><published>2010-01-07T11:24:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T16:09:00.153+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persberichten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Binnenland'/><title type='text'>Prijscontroles zijn gevaarlijk en contraproductief</title><summary type='text'>Met verbazing namen we kennis van de voorstellen van PS-voorzitter Elio Di Rupo om prijscontroles te gaan invoeren voor "essentiële producten". Wij betwijfelen niet dat dit voorstel ingegeven is door goede bedoelingen, met name een bekommernis voor de armen in onze samenleving. Ook wij, als liberale studenten, zijn immers bezorgd om de koopkracht van elkeen in deze tijden van economische terugval</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/5748045780269583807/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=5748045780269583807&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5748045780269583807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5748045780269583807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/prijscontroles-zijn-gevaarlijk-en.html' title='Prijscontroles zijn gevaarlijk en contraproductief'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S0mvA_E9WQI/AAAAAAAADXI/3j58cuM7jw0/s72-c/Elio+Di+Rupo+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1959597499689349124</id><published>2010-01-06T12:49:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T13:03:28.676+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persberichten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Counter-Consensual Climate Change Conference</title><summary type='text'>Heeft de mens het klimaat beïnvloed? Dat was de vraag waarover een hele resem internationaal gerenommeerde wetenschappers en commentatoren zich onlangs in het Europees Parlement gebogen hebben. Op 18 november jl., vlak voor het uitlekken van de vervalste IPCC-emails en nog weken voor de mislukte klimaattop in Kopenhagen dus, zakten een dikke tweehonderd geïnteresseerden af naar Brussel om er de </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1959597499689349124/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1959597499689349124&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1959597499689349124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1959597499689349124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/counter-consensual-climate-change.html' title='Counter-Consensual Climate Change Conference'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sy-x7DM0ZpI/AAAAAAAADUg/3JYQMvQjzlw/s72-c/Polar+Bear+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4105814495593212049</id><published>2010-01-05T15:56:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-03T16:08:34.185+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><title type='text'>België verkwist 5,2 miljard euro aan EU-lidmaatschap</title><summary type='text'>België zal in 2010 bijna 5,2 miljard euro aan de Europese Unie moeten afdragen. Daarmee is België één van de vijf grootste netto-bijdragers van de ganse unie. Dat wist economieprofessor en begrotingsdeskundige Herman Matthijs ons vandaag in "De Morgen" te vertellen. In 2009 was de Belgische bijdrage aan de EU door de povere economische prestaties van ons land teruggevallen tot 4,6 miljard euro. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4105814495593212049/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4105814495593212049&amp;isPopup=true' title='53 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4105814495593212049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4105814495593212049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2010/01/belgie-verkwist-52-miljard-euro-aan-eu.html' title='België verkwist 5,2 miljard euro aan EU-lidmaatschap'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/S0CwF7kzkPI/AAAAAAAADWI/cQfkXDOsK2w/s72-c/EUSSR+Kostenplaatje+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>53</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4438725922178373408</id><published>2010-01-04T07:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-02T20:57:02.194+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Taxpayers will be the main losers of Brown's premiership</title><summary type='text'>British Airways lost £300 million in the six months to the end of September and its pension fund has a £3.7 billion deficit. Its cabin crew responded by voting to strike over the Christmas period, alienating the millions of customers that pay their wages and fund those pensions. Similarly, London now risks losing its reputation as a hub of international finance, driving away mobile capital and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4438725922178373408/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4438725922178373408&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4438725922178373408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4438725922178373408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/taxpayers-will-be-losers-of-browns.html' title='Taxpayers will be the main losers of Brown&apos;s premiership'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SzomwhA3gHI/AAAAAAAADVI/76Jt99WP6Ec/s72-c/Gordon_Brown_Portrait_Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4901515254725076730</id><published>2009-12-25T14:56:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T15:06:28.961+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vrij Wapenbezit'/><title type='text'>Bedenkingen bij de verijdelde aanslag op vlucht 253</title><summary type='text'>Op Kerstdag probeerde een moslimterrorist zichzelf op te blazen tijdens een vlucht van Northwest Airlines tussen Amsterdam en Detroit. Een alerte passagier kon het drama gelukkig voorkomen en wist de jihadi te overmeesteren. Onmiddellijk werd er een onderzoek opgestart naar de motieven van de dader, hijzelf blijft beweren dat hij in opdracht van Al-Quaeda opereerde, maar ook de vraag hoe dit weer</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4901515254725076730/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4901515254725076730&amp;isPopup=true' title='55 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4901515254725076730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4901515254725076730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/bedenkingen-bij-de-verijdelde-aanslag.html' title='Bedenkingen bij de verijdelde aanslag op vlucht 253'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SzytsB9vVAI/AAAAAAAADVw/nlB2E2BqieA/s72-c/Airport+Security+Small+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>55</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-8046358925892157933</id><published>2009-12-24T14:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-30T15:03:16.702+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Het Christendom als basis van de Westerse beschaving</title><summary type='text'>Ik erger mij al jaren aan de blinde kruistocht van seculier links tegen bepaalde Christelijke tradities van het Westen zoals Kerstmis, Pasen of de simpele vaststelling dat het Christendom en de brede Judeo-Christelijke waarden de Westerse mens gemaakt hebben tot wat hij vandaag de dag is. In de Europese Grondwet mocht geen verwijzing naar God of de religieuze onderbouw van het Europese continent </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/8046358925892157933/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=8046358925892157933&amp;isPopup=true' title='64 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/8046358925892157933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/8046358925892157933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/het-christendom-als-basis-van-de.html' title='Het Christendom als basis van de Westerse beschaving'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sztavl0DB6I/AAAAAAAADVg/IIwIexNEdYU/s72-c/Christmas2009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>64</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2689467739930026844</id><published>2009-12-23T16:29:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-30T21:47:02.870+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Business people should stand up for themselves</title><summary type='text'>Henry Hazlitt, one of the great popularisers of free-market thinking, once said that good ideas have to be relearned in every generation. This is certainly true of good ideas about business. A generation ago Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan did an excellent job of making the case in favour of business. Today it looks as though the case needs to be made all over again. It is not surprising that</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2689467739930026844/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2689467739930026844&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2689467739930026844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2689467739930026844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/business-people-should-stand-up-for.html' title='Business people should stand up for themselves'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Szoh3dvOL9I/AAAAAAAADU4/3Zil1Y4QFx0/s72-c/Capitalism+Leads+To+Prosperity+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2813627342488830289</id><published>2009-12-22T17:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-29T18:22:39.631+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><title type='text'>De crisis kon ook zonder bail-outs opgelost worden</title><summary type='text'>Ook al ben en blijf ik economisch zéér liberaal van opvatting en sta ik geheel afkerig tegenover staatsinterventie in de economie, toch gebiedt mij de eerlijkheid u te zeggen dat niet alle vormen van "interventie" tijdens de laatste kredietcrisis even slecht waren of hadden kunnen geweest zijn. Het was professor William Quirk van de University of South Carolina die in het jongste nummer van "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2813627342488830289/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2813627342488830289&amp;isPopup=true' title='24 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2813627342488830289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2813627342488830289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/de-crisis-kon-ook-zonder-bail-outs.html' title='De crisis kon ook zonder bail-outs opgelost worden'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Szo6KVoSUHI/AAAAAAAADVQ/JdRZ2H0wEeo/s72-c/Big-Banks-Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-8322188539378788859</id><published>2009-12-21T17:43:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-29T16:17:57.774+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The mystique and beauty of hedge funds</title><summary type='text'>Hedge funds are controversial these days. Though it is unlikely that the average citizen or parliamentarian could say just what hedge funds do, many are certain they must be reined in by additional regulation because they can cause widespread damage to our financial system and economy. Almost everyone takes it for granted that regulation of some sort is the solution, ignoring the possibility that</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/8322188539378788859/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=8322188539378788859&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/8322188539378788859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/8322188539378788859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/mystique-and-beauty-of-hedge-funds.html' title='The mystique and beauty of hedge funds'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SzoYqS5UCAI/AAAAAAAADUw/lgAKvzB7xP0/s72-c/London+City+Financial+District+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-730784836913634714</id><published>2009-12-18T12:26:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T15:05:35.287+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Gezond verstand zegeviert in Kopenhagen</title><summary type='text'>"De klimaattop in Kopenhagen is uitgedraaid op een complete farce", aldus "Het Laatste Nieuws" vandaag. Het ging de politici in Kopenhagen immers helemaal niet om het redden van onze biosfeer, dat zouden ze toch niet eens gekund hebben, maar wel louter om hun gezicht te redden. Velen leggen de schuld voor deze enorme mislukking bij de gezanten die politieke spelletjes en geheime agenda's lieten </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/730784836913634714/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=730784836913634714&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/730784836913634714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/730784836913634714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/gezond-verstand-zegeviert-in-kopenhagen.html' title='Gezond verstand zegeviert in Kopenhagen'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sy9W_XoAvLI/AAAAAAAADUA/3ZtSEFrlHhU/s72-c/Little+Mermaid+Copenhagen+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-8154660118995138029</id><published>2009-12-17T14:17:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T12:46:19.214+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><title type='text'>Vaclav Klaus uitgeroepen tot man van het jaar</title><summary type='text'>Het Engelstalige magazine "The Bulletin" dat gretig gelezen wordt onder de grote expatgemeenschap van Brussel heeft de Tsjechische president Vaclav Klaus deze week uitgeroepen tot "Persoonlijkheid van 2009". Iedereen kent hem en zijn ideeën, en iedereen heeft over hem ook wel een mening, maar niemand zal kunnen ontkennen dat er een andere individuele persoon geweest is het laatste jaar die zo </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/8154660118995138029/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=8154660118995138029&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/8154660118995138029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/8154660118995138029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/vaclav-klaus-uitgeroepen-tot-man-van.html' title='Vaclav Klaus uitgeroepen tot man van het jaar'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Syt569XaHTI/AAAAAAAADTY/Gc2gwVa-6Bo/s72-c/Vaclav+Klaus+Portrait+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-9185355896989856372</id><published>2009-12-16T16:47:00.020+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T12:46:07.394+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><title type='text'>In memoriam Yegor Gaidar (1956-2009)</title><summary type='text'> Yegor Gaidar is niet meer onder ons. Deze befaamde Russische econoom en politicus overleed vandaag geheel onverwachts in zijn huis in Moskou. Hij laat een vrouw en vier kinderen achter. Gaidar is amper 53 geworden. Voor de jongeren onder ons mag Yegor Gaidar misschien dan al niet meteen bekend zijn, zijn hoogdagen speelden zich nu eenmaal af in het begin van de jaren 1990, toch is hij iemand om </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/9185355896989856372/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=9185355896989856372&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/9185355896989856372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/9185355896989856372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/in-memoriam-yegor-gaidar-1956-2009.html' title='In memoriam Yegor Gaidar (1956-2009)'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SykFKpB2JyI/AAAAAAAADTQ/_WZo48DNhrA/s72-c/Yegor+Gaidar+Portrait+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3441139105350257104</id><published>2009-12-15T16:48:00.021+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-03T17:39:33.231+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><title type='text'>International Leaders Summit 2009</title><summary type='text'>Op 8 en 9 december jl. vond in Brussel de 6de editie van de “International Leaders Summit” plaats. Al jaar en dag is dit “Adriatic Institute”-congres de enige kans voor Belgen om in eigen land absolute topsprekers van de grote Amerikaanse denktanks te kunnen horen. En ook dit jaar sprak de “line-up” weerom tot de verbeelding. De partners van het evenement waren dan ook niet van de minste. Naast “</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3441139105350257104/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3441139105350257104&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3441139105350257104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3441139105350257104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/international-leaders-summit-2009.html' title='International Leaders Summit 2009'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Szol2WiVpAI/AAAAAAAADVA/hqorJgOIAtc/s72-c/International+Leaders+Summit+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-124929195312039149</id><published>2009-12-11T15:40:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-18T15:50:19.837+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Partijpolitiek'/><title type='text'>Labour in de touwen, Tories klaar voor liberaal beleid</title><summary type='text'>In het Verenigd Koninkrijk kijkt iedereen stilaan reikhalzend uit naar de opkomende verkiezingen voor het Lagerhuis. Deze zouden normaal in mei 2010 plaatsvinden maar er gingen ook stemmen op om ze te vervroegen naar maart. Niet dat dit iets van verschil met zich mee zou brengen. Met Labour in de touwen na de desastreuze nederlaag in de EU-verkiezingen van juni laatstleden en de historisch lage </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/124929195312039149/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=124929195312039149&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/124929195312039149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/124929195312039149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/labour-in-de-touwen-tories-klaar-voor.html' title='Labour in de touwen, Tories klaar voor liberaal beleid'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SyuVD9KayhI/AAAAAAAADTg/7NMgOTBuTRU/s72-c/David+Cameron+Portrait+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-642037068400938655</id><published>2009-12-10T12:09:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T12:16:55.588+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The life on the EU gravy-train is not to be envied</title><summary type='text'>The bit of Brussels where I work, the concrete-canyoned EU quarter, stands out for many things, such as its hordes of well-dressed, multi-lingual Eurocrats, and for never-ending protests by people wanting EU money for something or other. Today, these two features were neatly combined as thousands of the Eurocrats staged a demonstration over pay. Much of the press commentary has been a bit harsh, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/642037068400938655/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=642037068400938655&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/642037068400938655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/642037068400938655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/life-on-eu-gravy-train-is-not-to-be.html' title='The life on the EU gravy-train is not to be envied'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SyjBOCLGD5I/AAAAAAAADTA/Hox11o05Mb0/s72-c/86eurocracy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3699720019712824663</id><published>2009-12-09T18:11:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-08T18:33:45.069+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Capitalism: a Love Story</title><summary type='text'> A close friend recently invited me over to see a private screening of Michael Moore’s new film, Capitalism: A Love Story. I was excited to see a “mainstream” film that was backed by big Hollywood bucks conclude capitalism is “evil.” Arguably the most successful documentarian ever -- a man who has made millions of dollars -- was going to legitimately make the case that there was an alternative to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3699720019712824663/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3699720019712824663&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3699720019712824663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3699720019712824663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/capitalism-love-story.html' title='Capitalism: a Love Story'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sx6M-N_eKhI/AAAAAAAADSg/MfQnEpcPogo/s72-c/capitalism_love_story_movie_poster_michael_moore_01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7572963268461314422</id><published>2009-12-08T12:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-08T18:34:22.826+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Sustainability: an assault on economics and liberty</title><summary type='text'> The greens are not just treehuggers anymore. They've been browbeating us to recycle, eat soy, save energy, drive less, ride the bus, and a thousand other ways to "act local" for many years now. Now they've even got a hip new huckster on the big screen: "No Impact Man," your conductor on a first-class guilt trip to ecoland. Despite the mass popularity of their cause, I don't think they're </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7572963268461314422/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7572963268461314422&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7572963268461314422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7572963268461314422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/sustainability-assault-on-economics-and.html' title='Sustainability: an assault on economics and liberty'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SxzhEJnu3yI/AAAAAAAADSY/cnaKcTppTcg/s72-c/Sustainability+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2355017470239039064</id><published>2009-12-07T16:38:00.024+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-18T19:43:01.002+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Climate change and the suppression of scientific debate</title><summary type='text'>As the U.N. Conference in Copenhagen gathers momentum, we can anticipate an increase of finger-pointing and awareness-raising. What is the motivation of this behaviour, and why is the volume of climate campaigning increasing? What is often overlooked is how the money tied into launching the green economy has led to a cosy relationship between governments, (state-funded) NGOs, some scientists and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2355017470239039064/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2355017470239039064&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2355017470239039064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2355017470239039064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/climate-change-and-suppression-of-open.html' title='Climate change and the suppression of scientific debate'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SyvMMQx5P2I/AAAAAAAADT4/alwwVhkoa-U/s72-c/Copenhagen+Climate+Change+Conference+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-8657868288675119172</id><published>2009-12-04T11:04:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-04T11:04:57.992+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The quiet apostasy of Quebec</title><summary type='text'> The Canadian province of Québec is the only French-speaking region in Northern America where the official language is still French. It is spoken by more than 80 percent of the population. Québec is the last living bastion of the French North American Empire founded in the 17th century. It was the realization of Catholic and Royal France at her zenith, the France of Molière, Pascal, Racine, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/8657868288675119172/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=8657868288675119172&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/8657868288675119172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/8657868288675119172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/quiet-apostasy-of-quebec.html' title='The quiet apostasy of Quebec'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sw6oxoOv_GI/AAAAAAAADRg/XYYTO8t96Vg/s72-c/Chateau-Frontenac-Winter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-5019640374760426037</id><published>2009-12-03T15:31:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T16:04:21.701+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><title type='text'>Wil de EUSSR voor alles een publiek alternatief voozien?</title><summary type='text'>Het was het Nederlandse dagblad "De Telegraaf" die het nieuws voor ons brak. "EU wil eigen Google Books", blokletterde de krant vandaag. De Europese Unie zou volgens de krant immers plannen hebben om een Europees platform op te zetten voor het digitaliseren en archiveren van boeken. Daarmee zou de Europese Unie dus een rechtstreekse concurrent worden van het nu al bestaande goed draaiende </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/5019640374760426037/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=5019640374760426037&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5019640374760426037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5019640374760426037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/12/wil-de-eussr-voor-alles-een-publiek.html' title='Wil de EUSSR voor alles een publiek alternatief voozien?'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SxUqcwvmDnI/AAAAAAAADSQ/uYb0732FtNI/s72-c/EUSSR+GOOGLE+BOOKS+LIBERTARIAN.BE.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1980335044191327494</id><published>2009-12-02T08:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T11:06:15.908+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Europe's motley leaders: behold, two mediocre mice</title><summary type='text'> The European Union’s choices for its new top jobs reveal a pitiful lack of global ambition. The Roman poet Horace might have been referring to the EU when he wrote that “the mountains will be in labour, and will give birth to a ridiculous mouse.” By choosing two virtual unknowns, with paltry political experience, as the first permanent president of the European Council and as the new EU </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1980335044191327494/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1980335044191327494&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1980335044191327494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1980335044191327494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/europes-motley-leaders-behold-two.html' title='Europe&apos;s motley leaders: behold, two mediocre mice'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sw_GThPoGtI/AAAAAAAADR4/Iy5kRdlOhmQ/s72-c/Herman+Van+Rompuy+Catherine+Ashton+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-51171285879742188</id><published>2009-12-01T13:52:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T15:16:12.415+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Climategate: IPCC scientists forged global warming data</title><summary type='text'>Hundreds of highly compromising emails and documents have been leaked online from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia. The leak calls into question scientific methods and the results of several public climate research institutes. The CRU is one of the world’s leading research centers on climate change and the top source of temperature data worldwide. It played a key role </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/51171285879742188/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=51171285879742188&amp;isPopup=true' title='104 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/51171285879742188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/51171285879742188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/climategate-scientists-forged-global.html' title='Climategate: IPCC scientists forged global warming data'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sw_M96ocUwI/AAAAAAAADSA/iCZuZzmNA1U/s72-c/Al+Gore+Climate+Change+Hoax.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>104</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7579367872162329994</id><published>2009-11-30T15:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T10:12:05.158+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><title type='text'>Liberty Conference 2009</title><summary type='text'>Tijdens het weekend van 24 en 25 oktober jl. vond andermaal de "Liberty Conference" plaats en naar aloude gewoonte was ook uw dienaar daarop present. De statige "National Liberal Club" op de kruising van Whitehall Place en de Horseguards Parade is nog steeds de venue in Londen voor deze jaarlijkse herfstbijeenkomst van de "Libertarian Alliance" en de "Libertarian International". Opnieuw waren </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7579367872162329994/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7579367872162329994&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7579367872162329994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7579367872162329994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/liberty-conference-2009.html' title='Liberty Conference 2009'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sw1BDdw-8BI/AAAAAAAADQo/E4R2k0fEDTo/s72-c/Londen+002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3126167404192898983</id><published>2009-11-27T13:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T10:12:23.603+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><title type='text'>Paris Freedom Fest 2009</title><summary type='text'>Tot enkele jaren geleden was liberaal Parijs steevast in de ban van de befaamde "Prix de la Liberté" die om de zoveel jaar door het "Institut Turgot" van Henri Lepage uitgereikt werd aan de meest verdienstelijke liberalen en libertariërs. Tot aan de eeuwwisseling had je in de Franse hoofdstad immers een zéér rijke liberale beweging met uitstekend draaiende organisaties zoals de "Cercle Bastiat", </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3126167404192898983/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3126167404192898983&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3126167404192898983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3126167404192898983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/paris-freedom-fest-2009.html' title='Paris Freedom Fest 2009'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SwwOnYhgHJI/AAAAAAAADQY/uskHssYYbmk/s72-c/SEP+083.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-5226514464426496761</id><published>2009-11-26T09:46:00.022+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T11:15:11.978+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The Thanksgiving triumph of capitalism over collectivism</title><summary type='text'> This time of the year, whether in good economic times or bad, is when we all gather with our family and friends and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal together. It marks a remembrance of those Pilgrim Fathers who in the old days crossed the uncharted ocean from Europe to make a new start in Plymouth, Massachusetts. What is less appreciated is that Thanksgiving also is a celebration of the birth of free </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/5226514464426496761/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=5226514464426496761&amp;isPopup=true' title='29 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5226514464426496761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5226514464426496761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanksgiving-triumph-of-capitalism-over.html' title='The Thanksgiving triumph of capitalism over collectivism'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sw5CaI1YaVI/AAAAAAAADRQ/-4_bA1YG_hw/s72-c/Thanksgiving.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7803461746791521797</id><published>2009-11-25T08:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-25T17:36:46.127+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Godsdienst, geweld en vrede</title><summary type='text'> Over geweld en godsdienst werden reeds hele bibliotheken volgeschreven. Of het nu gaat om de kruistochten, de Reconquista van Spanje, de Inquisitie en de genocide op de Katharen of de verplichte bekering van inheemse stammen in Afrika en Zuid-Amerika, een politieke beleving van godsdienst heeft doorheen de menselijke geschiedenis altijd tot geweld in vele vormen geleid. Vele mensen hebben zich </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7803461746791521797/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7803461746791521797&amp;isPopup=true' title='32 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7803461746791521797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7803461746791521797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/geweld-en-islam.html' title='Godsdienst, geweld en vrede'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Swo9fE-r82I/AAAAAAAADQA/tD4iGxqrxko/s72-c/Islamic+Jihad+9-11+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7961795492568389859</id><published>2009-11-24T15:32:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T15:43:47.697+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><title type='text'>Karel De Gucht parroteert gekende leugens</title><summary type='text'> Zaterdag jl. organiseerde het Liberaal Vlaams Studentenverbond (LVSV) haar jaarlijkse nationale studiedag. Als erelid van het LVSV en trouw lid van het Liberaal Vlaams Verbond (LVV), dat co-organisator was, kon ik daar zeker niet op ontbreken. Het thema dit jaar was "democratie" en het gebeuren zelf vond plaats in de statige Promotiezaal van de K.U. Leuven. De Antwerpse professoren Dave Sinardet</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7961795492568389859/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7961795492568389859&amp;isPopup=true' title='39 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7961795492568389859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7961795492568389859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/karel-de-gucht-parroteert-gekende.html' title='Karel De Gucht parroteert gekende leugens'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Swqe6LpX0qI/AAAAAAAADQQ/PmJw1DkwO0U/s72-c/Karel+De+Gucht.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>39</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7852740188364152777</id><published>2009-11-23T12:30:00.020+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T14:41:05.478+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The anti-globalist agenda of the UN climate conference</title><summary type='text'> The environmental lobby gradually succeeds in promoting "the environment" as the "Golden Calf" of century-21. Rationality and sense of proportion have vanished from the environmental debate. Whoever questions Al Gore's climate alarmism gets labeled as "negationist" -- worse even than Holocaust deniers. Even human rights, democracy and prosperity give way to the new idolatry. Recent research </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7852740188364152777/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7852740188364152777&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7852740188364152777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7852740188364152777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/anti-globalist-agenda-behind-climate.html' title='The anti-globalist agenda of the UN climate conference'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SwaXX6sk7uI/AAAAAAAADP4/hgQaxozFF4U/s72-c/Barack+Hussein+Osama+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1749221881163044628</id><published>2009-11-20T15:51:00.019+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-17T10:40:34.616+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Een week om te herinneren</title><summary type='text'>Vorige week was er één van herinnering, met o.a. maandag de jaarlijkse herdenking van de Reichskristallnacht die dit jaar echter de duimen moest leggen voor de alom gevierde en overal geteleviseerde herdenking van de val van de Berlijnse Muur, en ook deze week gaat het verder. Twintig jaar geleden werd in Praag immers de aanzet gegeven tot de fluwelen revolutie die een einde maakte aan het </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1749221881163044628/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1749221881163044628&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1749221881163044628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1749221881163044628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/een-week-om-te-herinneren.html' title='Een week om te herinneren'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SwFT-YGNJuI/AAAAAAAADOE/uEBfhLKSPYI/s72-c/Place+Lux1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1702298409832020569</id><published>2009-11-19T12:49:00.014+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T13:04:29.365+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>De toekomst van het Euroscepticisme</title><summary type='text'>We mogen niet bij de pakken neer blijven zitten. De strijd tegen de hellelegioenen Eurocraten, de EUSSR en het Berlaymonster gaat gewoon door met nieuwe uitdagingen, nieuwe bedreigingen en ook verse hoop. De laatste weken waren inderdaad vrij tot zéér teleurstellend voor het Euroscepticisme en de ganse Eurokritische beweging. Vaclav Klaus ondertekende het Verraad van Lissabon in Tsjechië en David</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1702298409832020569/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1702298409832020569&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1702298409832020569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1702298409832020569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/de-toekomst-van-het-euroscepticisme.html' title='De toekomst van het Euroscepticisme'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SwE-xHEcpRI/AAAAAAAADN0/gTuoHeI4SIA/s72-c/Margaret+Thatcher.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-6662745605567257445</id><published>2009-11-18T15:19:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T15:38:23.749+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Gordon Brown for EU President</title><summary type='text'> There is only one perfect candidate for president of Europe, and that is Gordon Brown. He stands head and shoulders above the stage army of Belgians, Dutch, Latvians and others jostling in advance of next Thursday's EU summit. He is the dark horse, the man to watch. Expect a surprise. The Broom is extremely long experienced in international relations, acknowledged as his one strong suit. His </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/6662745605567257445/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=6662745605567257445&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6662745605567257445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6662745605567257445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/gordon-brown-for-eu-president.html' title='Gordon Brown for EU President'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sv1sTJABP6I/AAAAAAAADNc/pr0ykCkedro/s72-c/Barroso+Reinfeld.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2656239047848175647</id><published>2009-11-17T09:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T12:56:41.050+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The Kingmakers of Lisbon</title><summary type='text'> If rumours are anything to go by, the culmination of a long, outdrawn, rather undemocratic process that is shaping the EU future is nigh. Following a first round of consultations with the European heads of state, the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt decided to convene an informal summit on the 19 November during which he intends to put forward one candidate for each of the two European </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2656239047848175647/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2656239047848175647&amp;isPopup=true' title='21 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2656239047848175647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2656239047848175647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/kingmakers-of-lisbon.html' title='The Kingmakers of Lisbon'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sv1oIBVmhcI/AAAAAAAADNU/oGm3P9d2mOk/s72-c/Barroso+Reinfeld.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4173366947767440843</id><published>2009-11-16T18:31:00.017+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T18:44:40.937+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Binnenland'/><title type='text'>Volksverlakkerij en liberale principes verloochenen</title><summary type='text'> Economieprofessor Paul De Grauwe van de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven gold jarenlang in België en daarbuiten als een gedegen doorwinterd liberaal econoom. Zijn thesisstudenten aan de KUL kregen systematisch oerliberale thema's zoals de liberalisering van de spoorwegen, de privatisering van de nutsbedrijven, de ontmanteling van de intercommunales of de deregulering van het ondernemersschap op </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4173366947767440843/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4173366947767440843&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4173366947767440843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4173366947767440843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/professor-paul-de-grauwe-van-de.html' title='Volksverlakkerij en liberale principes verloochenen'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SvxHVilYwbI/AAAAAAAADNM/1WXGz-NxBJM/s72-c/PDG.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1676886596872573021</id><published>2009-11-13T13:01:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T11:19:55.072+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Ontwikkelingshulp helpt helemaal niet</title><summary type='text'> Dit jaar krijgen ze bij 11.11.11 minder geld binnen dan in vorige jaren. Bogdan Vanden Berghe, directeur van deze ngo, wijt dit aan de economische crisis. Maar hij lijdt aan tunnelvisie want de hele ngo-industrie is in crisis. Steeds minder geld komt terecht bij de armen, steeds meer geld wordt besteed aan politiek lobbywerk en projecten in arme landen blijken nauwelijks duurzaam. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1676886596872573021/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1676886596872573021&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1676886596872573021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1676886596872573021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/ontwikkelingshulp-helpt-helemaal-niet.html' title='Ontwikkelingshulp helpt helemaal niet'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SvViNTRaZBI/AAAAAAAADNE/c1M-1GKNqAI/s72-c/Eppink.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-9190472699044707842</id><published>2009-11-12T18:07:00.013+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T11:25:10.998+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Leviathan is born: Europe surrendered to Brussels</title><summary type='text'> On November 3rd, at 3pm, the Czech Republic ceased to be a sovereign state when President Vaclav Klaus put his signature under the Treaty of Lisbon. The Czech Republic was the last of the 27 member states of the European Union to ratify the treaty which turns the EU into a genuine state to which it members states are subservient. Klaus had delayed signing the document for as long as he could. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/9190472699044707842/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=9190472699044707842&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/9190472699044707842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/9190472699044707842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/leviathan-is-born-europe-surrendered-to.html' title='Leviathan is born: Europe surrendered to Brussels'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SvRZOoTAWTI/AAAAAAAADM8/KWXb7244BZc/s72-c/Barroso.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1311204478670928018</id><published>2009-11-11T18:19:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T18:27:33.136+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Binnenland'/><title type='text'>De ware kost van immigratie</title><summary type='text'> Jean-Marie Dedecker beweert in zijn meest recente boek "Hoofddoek of Blinddoek" onder de titel "De migratie ontsluierd" dat de massa-immigratie van niet-Westerlingen de Belgische schatkist (de belastingbetalers dus) elk jaar 7,76 miljard EUR zou kosten, ofwel 2,2% van ons Bruto Binnenlands Product. De cijfers van Jean-Marie Dedecker werden niet gecontesteerd en zelfs de traditionele media gaven </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1311204478670928018/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1311204478670928018&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1311204478670928018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1311204478670928018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/de-ware-kost-van-immigratie.html' title='De ware kost van immigratie'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SvG4HHiTqcI/AAAAAAAADM0/8wRhXDZpz4c/s72-c/HPIM4995.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-6318119969550803863</id><published>2009-11-10T15:10:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T11:52:38.754+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Reclaiming the real meaning of privilege</title><summary type='text'> “They live in expensive mansions, fly first-class to foreign countries, and eat at the finest restaurants. They send their kids to private schools. They’re so privileged.” How often have you heard some variant of the lines above? I’d bet it’s a lot. Yet, typically, the word “privileged” is inaccurate. We certainly all know or know of people who have a great deal of wealth and who spend it the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/6318119969550803863/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=6318119969550803863&amp;isPopup=true' title='27 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6318119969550803863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6318119969550803863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/reclaiming-real-meaning-of-privilege.html' title='Reclaiming the real meaning of privilege'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SvA637ydELI/AAAAAAAADLs/BqAMRYTSRAI/s72-c/Wealth.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2532613919463503630</id><published>2009-11-09T11:53:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T12:55:04.016+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><title type='text'>Waarheen met Europa?</title><summary type='text'> Gelukkig zijn er nog academici die vrij en vrank hun mening blijven geven. De Duitse econoom Roland Vaubel is zo iemand. Hij is niet bepaald een Euro-romanticus. In de referenda over het Verdrag van Lissabon en de EU-Grondwet was hij een uitgesproken lid van het Nee-kamp. Als lid van de vrij tot zeer Eurokritische "European Constitutional Group" publiceert hij regelmatig bijdragen om zijn </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2532613919463503630/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2532613919463503630&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2532613919463503630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2532613919463503630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/waarheen-met-europa.html' title='Waarheen met Europa?'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SvFpwXhHvtI/AAAAAAAADME/bK4jP8jkS-M/s72-c/EU.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7444354630108400193</id><published>2009-11-06T12:14:00.014+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T17:52:17.388+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Cry our beloved South Africa</title><summary type='text'>South Africa is a microcosm of what is undoubtedly to happen to Western societies worldwide. International media outlets paid close attention to South Africa in the years leading up to and shortly following the 1994 ANC takeover. For the global media, it was a Leftist feel-good story. The era of Apartheid was over, and a new age of black - and moderate communist - rule was beginning. But recently</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7444354630108400193/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7444354630108400193&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7444354630108400193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7444354630108400193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/cry-our-beloved-south-africa.html' title='Cry our beloved South Africa'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SvFlkOD9dsI/AAAAAAAADL8/-G66lkmf_a4/s72-c/South+Africa+Boer+Heritage+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2047044864114121810</id><published>2009-11-05T11:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T11:50:41.223+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Binnenland'/><title type='text'>Deflatoire correcties zijn heilzaam voor de economie</title><summary type='text'> Het Keynesiaans relancebeleid van Europese overheden wordt met de week brutaler en is nauwelijks effectief. De Duitse schrootpremie was een groteske manier om mensen nog eenmaal te snel van auto te doen veranderen en heeft autofabrikanten nog langer doen treuzelen met hun onafwendbare saneringen. Ook de ongeziene expansie van de monetaire basis in de euro- en dollarzone helpt niet meer om het </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2047044864114121810/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2047044864114121810&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2047044864114121810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2047044864114121810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/deflatoire-correcties-zijn-heilzaam.html' title='Deflatoire correcties zijn heilzaam voor de economie'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SvAL76my-8I/AAAAAAAADLk/h7fMyuDPBEA/s72-c/3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1098075714835953708</id><published>2009-11-04T08:50:00.017+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T12:13:48.560+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><title type='text'>Het Verraad van Lissabon</title><summary type='text'> Gisteren leed de vrijheid haar grootste nederlaag in een wel zéér lange tijd. De Tsjechische president Vaclav Klaus ondertekende het Verraad van Lissabon en bewees daarmee het cliché dat elke Euroscepticus, zelfs echte libertariërs, eenmaal in de regering, toch Eurofiele posities innnemen. Klaus leek lange tijd de uitzondering op deze regel te worden, maar quod non dus. Twintig jaar na de val </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1098075714835953708/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1098075714835953708&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1098075714835953708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1098075714835953708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/11/het-verraad-van-lissabon.html' title='Het Verraad van Lissabon'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SvFgmcMO0II/AAAAAAAADL0/iu0FSJEwico/s72-c/Treason+at+Lisbon+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3243871957202693952</id><published>2009-11-03T12:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T10:46:57.223+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Supporting President Vaclav Klaus from Mont Pelerin</title><summary type='text'> Als overtuigd Euroscepticus kon ik de afgelopen weekends gewoon niet anders dan de Eurofilie de rug toe te keren. Na het onverklaarbare Ja in Ierland van drie weken geleden heb ik twee weekends in Zwitserland - één op Mont Pélérin aan het Meer van Genève en één in Zurich - en een weekend in de City of London doorgebracht. Zeker nu ik in het hol van de leeuw werk en gedwongen word elke maand </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3243871957202693952/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3243871957202693952&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3243871957202693952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3243871957202693952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/10/your-excellency-we-co-chairmen-and.html' title='Supporting President Vaclav Klaus from Mont Pelerin'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sum8QJmehNI/AAAAAAAADK0/ceB6AER-w_4/s72-c/Fax+Support+Message+Vincent+De+Roeck+Vaclav+Klaus+Mont+Pelerin+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-405777471782264691</id><published>2009-11-02T08:46:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T12:35:50.029+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Partijpolitiek'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>We can trust a future Tory government on Europe</title><summary type='text'>As the Conservative conference got underway, newspapers led with comments on a right-wing insurgency against their leader David Cameron. For 4 successive days the story continued: there was, we kept being told, an almighty barney about whether the Conservatives would hold a referendum if the Lisbon Treaty were already in force. I was nonplussed and, to be honest, slightly miffed. If there really </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/405777471782264691/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=405777471782264691&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/405777471782264691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/405777471782264691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/10/we-can-trust-future-tory-government-on.html' title='We can trust a future Tory government on Europe'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Su74xWK36aI/AAAAAAAADK8/6vGIycl77Mc/s72-c/David+Cameron+Portrait+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-8846442146560413968</id><published>2009-10-09T11:16:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T16:22:11.534+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><title type='text'>De terugkeer van het utopisch socialisme</title><summary type='text'>Niet het kapitalisch systeem is oorzaak van de crisis maar ons monetair stelsel. Jeffrey Sachs is topeconoom bij de VN en auteur van o.m. de bestseller "Common Wealth" en het controversiële essay "The Case for Bigger Government" in Time Magazine. In een interview in "De Tijd" wijt hij de financiële crisis aan het ongebreideld Amerikaans marktkapitalisme. Hij pleit voor het Zweeds sociaal model </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/8846442146560413968/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=8846442146560413968&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/8846442146560413968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/8846442146560413968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/10/de-terugkeer-van-het-utopisch.html' title='De terugkeer van het utopisch socialisme'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Su75CPirM8I/AAAAAAAADLE/zgVxc72CgAU/s72-c/Return+of+Socialism+Libertarian.be.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3143125378839625452</id><published>2009-10-08T14:21:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T12:30:23.719+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Is the Treaty of Lisbon really in our interest?</title><summary type='text'> European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said that “it is not in the Czech Republic 's interest to keep postponing the completion of the ratification of the Lisbon treaty”. It’s not clear whether this remark by the top Commission official was meant as a threat or a claim, but it is worth looking into what the Lisbon Treaty would actually mean for the Czech Republic. The Lisbon Treaty </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3143125378839625452/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3143125378839625452&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3143125378839625452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3143125378839625452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-lisbon-treaty-in-interest-of.html' title='Is the Treaty of Lisbon really in our interest?'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Su75PVGvGyI/AAAAAAAADLM/o4ofYTrlL2E/s72-c/Lisbon+Treaty+Bad+for+Europe+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4187976773377470026</id><published>2009-10-07T12:20:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-08T11:13:40.429+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><title type='text'>Het Lissabonverdrag is nog niet in kannen en kruiken</title><summary type='text'> Ierland heeft gesproken en ditmaal hebben ze de "juiste" keuze gemaakt. Meer dan twee op drie Ieren stemden vrijdag voor Lissabon in het tweede referendum. Miljoenen EU-belastinggeld werden in het Ja-kamp gestort en elk politiek zwaargewicht in Europa steunde openlijk een "Yes", net als alle grote Ierse politieke partijen en de voltallige Ierse media. Brussel is tevreden, en ook al is de stand </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4187976773377470026/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4187976773377470026&amp;isPopup=true' title='27 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4187976773377470026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4187976773377470026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/10/het-lissabonverdrag-is-nog-niet-in.html' title='Het Lissabonverdrag is nog niet in kannen en kruiken'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sssa77Qs9MI/AAAAAAAADKU/z8-7c9fdnLQ/s72-c/Europe+Behind+Bars+Libertarian.be.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4818951799742225058</id><published>2009-10-06T06:33:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T12:03:13.347+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persberichten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Binnenland'/><title type='text'>Paul De Grauwe slaat de bal opnieuw helemaal mis...</title><summary type='text'> In een recent artikel in "De Morgen" wijt Paul De Grauwe het falen van de voorspellingen van economen terecht aan hun onrealistische modellen. Zij baseren zich immers op twee absurde hypotheses, met name de “rationele verwachting” en “efficiënte markt”. Paul De Grauwe stelt dat economie een andere soort wetenschap is dan fysica, waardoor modellen opstellen en voorspellingen doen veel moeilijker </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4818951799742225058/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4818951799742225058&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4818951799742225058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4818951799742225058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/10/paul-de-grauwe-slaat-de-bal-opnieuw.html' title='Paul De Grauwe slaat de bal opnieuw helemaal mis...'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SssQAOIDysI/AAAAAAAADKE/xwI4-mCyrzc/s72-c/Paul+De+Grauwe+Is+Wrong+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-6189420850121048028</id><published>2009-10-05T11:51:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T12:00:37.941+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><title type='text'>Dhimmi-apartheid in Nederland</title><summary type='text'> Telkens collectivisten in de VS aan de macht komen, zien we een "run on the gun store" optreden. Dit was met het aantreden van Hussein Obama dit jaar niet anders. De twee allereerste maatregelen die een collectivistisch regime steevast neemt, zijn nu eenmaal de confiscatie van privé-wapens en het verbieden van privé-onderwijs. Zonder deze twee acties is elke vorm van collectivistisch bewind </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/6189420850121048028/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=6189420850121048028&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6189420850121048028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6189420850121048028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/10/dhimmi-apartheid-in-nederland.html' title='Dhimmi-apartheid in Nederland'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SssT-tscXFI/AAAAAAAADKM/94whxVF67j4/s72-c/Infidel+Boobs+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3497086941057818172</id><published>2009-10-02T13:57:00.019+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-02T14:27:32.692+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Waarom het Neen-kamp eigenlijk al gewonnen heeft</title><summary type='text'> Mijn aversie voor de Europese Unie is gekend. In het verleden heb ik ook voor België ooit zelfs al de exitoptie verdedigd, maar al jaren blijf ik toch geloven dat een drastische hervorming van de EU nog zoden aan de dijk zou kunnen brengen. Een klein half jaar heb ik voor Libertas gewerkt en getracht om van buiten de instellingen via de politiek toch iets te veranderen, maar zonder veel succes. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3497086941057818172/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3497086941057818172&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3497086941057818172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3497086941057818172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/10/waarom-het-neen-kamp-eigenlijk-al.html' title='Waarom het Neen-kamp eigenlijk al gewonnen heeft'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SsXtFJFDO2I/AAAAAAAADJY/QqkPTJ2Ny9s/s72-c/no-to-lisbon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7595123602808008091</id><published>2009-10-01T05:31:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T11:06:29.244+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Are we really all health collectivists now?</title><summary type='text'> “We really have to do something about health care.” The scariest word in that sentence is not something. It’s we. The first-person plural form is not merely a convenience, as in “We’re in for a cold winter.” It indicates that decisions about “the healthcare system” should be made collectively, with one decision binding everyone. That’s collectivism. So why is virtually everyone a collectivist </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7595123602808008091/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7595123602808008091&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7595123602808008091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7595123602808008091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/10/are-we-really-all-health-collectivists.html' title='Are we really all health collectivists now?'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SssIBD2CqYI/AAAAAAAADJo/GyQdrHIFl84/s72-c/Universal+Health+Care+Is+Collectivism+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3631750112202629185</id><published>2009-09-30T10:29:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T11:09:51.216+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Competition would save medicine too...</title><summary type='text'> Competition so regularly brings us better stuff that we have come to expect it. We complain on the rare occasion the supermarket doesn’t carry a particular ice-cream flavor. We just assume the store will have 30,000 items, that it will be open 24/7, and that the food will be fresh and cheap. I take it for granted that I can go to a foreign country, hand a piece of plastic to a total stranger who</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3631750112202629185/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3631750112202629185&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3631750112202629185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3631750112202629185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/09/competition-would-save-medicine-too.html' title='Competition would save medicine too...'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SssHpVNMpyI/AAAAAAAADJg/yAxe6ekpelo/s72-c/Socialized+Health+Care+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-6832173991078539738</id><published>2009-09-29T23:44:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T15:18:38.787+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Partijpolitiek'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Betraying liberal democratic principles in Europe</title><summary type='text'> On Friday, the citizens of Ireland will go to the polls to vote for the second time on the Lisbon Treaty, after apparently giving the 'wrong' answer the first time around. After agreement was reached in June on the so-called guarantees that are supposed to assuage Irish fears about the Treaty, the EU Presidency confirmed that "the text of the guarantees explicitly states that the Lisbon Treaty </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/6832173991078539738/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=6832173991078539738&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6832173991078539738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6832173991078539738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/09/betraying-liberal-democratic-principles.html' title='Betraying liberal democratic principles in Europe'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SssM50ligEI/AAAAAAAADJ8/Pv-O5hQ8mSA/s72-c/European+Union+Militarism+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4947907809592091945</id><published>2009-09-28T15:07:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T11:22:44.820+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The truth about the Irish economy</title><summary type='text'> A No vote on the Lisbon Treaty will not harm the Republic. Even on the contrary. The Mad Hatter told Alice that "words mean what you want them to mean." He would have been at home in the EU, where "no" means "yes" and political propaganda is passed off as info. If Ireland votes No to Lisbon, the EU will continue and Ireland will be part of it, but if they vote Yes the Irish will find they have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4947907809592091945/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4947907809592091945&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4947907809592091945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4947907809592091945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/09/truth-about-irish-economy.html' title='The truth about the Irish economy'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SssLyomSpAI/AAAAAAAADJw/bRc1lmddxHM/s72-c/No+To+Lisbon+Ireland+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-6078803059871284460</id><published>2009-09-11T10:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T11:19:27.318+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Sins of omission: the myth of the noble savage</title><summary type='text'>A sequel to Dances With Wolves is reportedly scheduled for release in 2011. Not only did Dances create a romantic American Indian who never existed, it reversed the roles of the Sioux and the Pawnee. This kind of thing has been going on for hundreds of years, beginning with various European writers who, far removed from the reality of life on the American frontier, described the “noble savage” of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/6078803059871284460/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=6078803059871284460&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6078803059871284460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6078803059871284460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/sins-of-omission-myth-of-noble-savage.html' title='Sins of omission: the myth of the noble savage'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SrdBVm0LwJI/AAAAAAAADJA/TZf5Q-7bbDc/s72-c/Savages+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7599797079618178646</id><published>2009-09-10T11:43:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T15:19:34.128+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Reflating the economy through monetarism is nonsense</title><summary type='text'>John Law's law of easy money: a 300-year-old example of quantitative easing. “If five hundred millions of paper had been of such advantage, five hundred millions additional would be of still greater advantage.” So Charles Mackay, author of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, described the “quantitative easing” tactics of the French regent and his economic adviser, John Law,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7599797079618178646/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7599797079618178646&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7599797079618178646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7599797079618178646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/reflating-economy-through-monetarism-is.html' title='Reflating the economy through monetarism is nonsense'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpP4qX0ViAI/AAAAAAAADHo/anj2dnOBFiE/s72-c/Federal+Reserve+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1953356009680454618</id><published>2009-09-09T06:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T11:18:15.329+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Literatuur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><title type='text'>The Rise and Fall of Communism</title><summary type='text'>Why did communism take root? Given its sorrowful harvest, why did it spread? And what ever enabled it to last so long? Archie Brown’s new history of communism identifies three big questions, perhaps even the biggest, of the past century. A dead end for communism: mankind’s biggest mistake. At first sight, all seem puzzling. Communism was an impractical mishmash of ideas, imposed by squabbling </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1953356009680454618/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1953356009680454618&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1953356009680454618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1953356009680454618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/de-grootste-vergissing-van-de-mensheid.html' title='The Rise and Fall of Communism'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpbG8YtAPAI/AAAAAAAADIw/765mLzsu2zo/s72-c/riseandfall.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2170436312472819160</id><published>2009-09-08T22:56:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T10:02:33.043+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Colonialism left scars stil unhealed in Africa</title><summary type='text'>When Thomas Cholmondeley - son of Baron Delamere, scion of Kenya's residual white aristocracy - appeared in court in Nairobi charged with murdering a black poacher, it was inevitable that this juxtaposition of bloodshed and privilege across the racial divide would once provoke comparison with other misbehavior by his forebears stretching back decades. It was inevitable, too, that as his trial </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2170436312472819160/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2170436312472819160&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2170436312472819160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2170436312472819160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/colonialism-left-scars-stil-unhealed-in.html' title='Colonialism left scars stil unhealed in Africa'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpP7yFMjqHI/AAAAAAAADHw/Apmi2mTktW4/s72-c/White+Farmers+Africa+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1038335651629897517</id><published>2009-09-07T14:18:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T11:27:31.948+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><title type='text'>Turken staan afkerig tegenover andere levensstijlen</title><summary type='text'>Deze maand publiceerde de Bahcesehir-universiteit van Istanbul een onderzoek naar de sociale wensen van de Turkse burgers. Naar eigen zeggen diende deze studie om “extremistische uitwassen in Turkije te bestrijden”, maar de studie lijkt eerder net de vinger op de wonde te leggen. Politiek wetenschapper Yilmaz Esmer baseerde zijn onderzoek op 2,000 interviews in een veertigtal steden en gemeenten </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1038335651629897517/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1038335651629897517&amp;isPopup=true' title='42 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1038335651629897517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1038335651629897517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/turken-staan-afkerig-tegenover-andere.html' title='Turken staan afkerig tegenover andere levensstijlen'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpQriadXOPI/AAAAAAAADIA/UAQUXPepNOo/s72-c/Turkey+Intolerant+Nation+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>42</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4638447034003100179</id><published>2009-09-04T06:14:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T15:20:37.164+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>In defense of doing nothing</title><summary type='text'>Not so long ago, the U.S. economy was the envy of the world. As of September 2007, we experienced 24 consecutive quarters of positive GDP growth. The stock market stood at historically high levels, and inflation and unemployment were low and stable. Things look different today. The U.S. economy is in recession, as is the economy of most every nation in the world. Many forecasters predict a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4638447034003100179/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4638447034003100179&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4638447034003100179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4638447034003100179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-defense-of-doing-nothing.html' title='In defense of doing nothing'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpQp9uFRfII/AAAAAAAADH4/tTQxkQWPk_Q/s72-c/Rise+Fall+Communism+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-540748281108956755</id><published>2009-09-03T21:19:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T09:55:25.275+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><title type='text'>IES Summer University 2009</title><summary type='text'>Pas toen Jacques Garello mij in Stockholm over de finale line-up van de IES-zomeruniversiteit in Aix-en-Provence vertelde, dit amper vier dagen voor aanvang, heb ik in allerijl toch beslist om ook daarvoor in te tekenen. Ik heb het me achteraf zeker ook niet beklaagd. Tussen de “European Resource Bank” in Marseille en de “Liberty Fund Roundtable” in Parijs organiseerde het “Institute for Economic</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/540748281108956755/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=540748281108956755&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/540748281108956755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/540748281108956755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/ies-summer-university-2009.html' title='IES Summer University 2009'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpQ5bj1-U5I/AAAAAAAADII/LkZBBDlbrbw/s72-c/Tom+Palmer+IES+Summer+University+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4882741106694946073</id><published>2009-09-02T09:33:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T19:43:30.358+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The Obama cult is doomed to burst in shatters</title><summary type='text'>If Barack Hussein Obama disappoints his supporters, they will have only themselves to blame for the cult they have created around the first black U.S. President. In January, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee said he was running to revive “our national soul”. He was not alone in taking an expansive view of presidential responsibilities. With the exception of Ron Paul, all the serious </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4882741106694946073/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4882741106694946073&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4882741106694946073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4882741106694946073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/obama-cult-is-doomed-to-burst-in.html' title='The Obama cult is doomed to burst in shatters'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpP2QkgxKDI/AAAAAAAADHg/B8WsMLDWcro/s72-c/Obama+Cult+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-6343428314302911870</id><published>2009-09-01T20:49:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-26T08:03:06.049+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><title type='text'>Media waarin liberalen hun gading nog kunnen vinden</title><summary type='text'>In mijn lange zoektocht naar een volwaardig liberaal alternatief binnen de gevestigde media voor de sociaal-liberale consensus in de berichtgeving van “De Morgen”, “Knack” of “De Standaard”, of hun internationale tegenhangers, heb ik al vele watertjes doorzwommen, zonder ook maar één mainstream-medium te vinden dat aan al mijn vereisten tegemoet wist te komen. “The Weekly Standard” en “The Daily </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/6343428314302911870/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=6343428314302911870&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6343428314302911870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6343428314302911870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-mijn-lange-zoektocht-naar-een.html' title='Media waarin liberalen hun gading nog kunnen vinden'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpRDQ-AAHVI/AAAAAAAADIg/2PdvKKnoWPU/s72-c/Traditional+Media+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-5588286826361704138</id><published>2009-08-31T16:24:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T15:23:37.485+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Europe is not the answer to the woes of dairymen</title><summary type='text'>Gather together any assorted business types -- travel agent, house builder, car dealer, advertising executive -- and ask them why times are hard. They will surely finger the same culprit: the global economic crisis. Then visit the protests being staged by dairy farmers across Europe -- tread carefully, as these usually involve burning hayricks, spilled milk and a clutch of confused cows. Ask why </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/5588286826361704138/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=5588286826361704138&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5588286826361704138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5588286826361704138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/europe-is-not-answer-to-woes-of.html' title='Europe is not the answer to the woes of dairymen'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpP0iJHtJWI/AAAAAAAADHY/kSnAlHeH3Ro/s72-c/Milk+Dairy+Farmers+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2141837663483816253</id><published>2009-08-28T16:02:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T20:37:31.040+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Bulgarije, een functionerende democratie?</title><summary type='text'> Vorige week was ik twee dagen in België, o.a. om mijn lichte jetlag uit de Verenigde Staten in dit aircoloze tranendal uit te zweten, alvorens alweer koers te zetten naar Sofia. Dit was mijn vijfde bezoek aan de Bulgaarse hoofdstad in evenveel maanden. Voor intimi die mijn reisschema kennen, moet het wel lijken alsof ik er daar een maîtresse op nahoud, maar dat is niet eens het geval. Door een </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2141837663483816253/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2141837663483816253&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2141837663483816253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2141837663483816253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/bulgarije-een-functionerende-democratie.html' title='Bulgarije, een functionerende democratie?'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpAEucufUNI/AAAAAAAADGw/lPO-IUL5OV8/s72-c/Boyko+Borisov+Portrait+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7477148420784098539</id><published>2009-08-27T13:25:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T19:34:13.037+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Sweden became rich before it became a welfare state</title><summary type='text'>The question whether the U.S. would be better off with a Swedish-type welfare state tends to evoke strong reactions from both the Left and the Right, yet few understand Sweden's economic history and the many revisions it has been making to its welfare-state model in recent years. Sweden was a very poor country for most of the 19th century. The poverty of those years caused many to emigrate from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7477148420784098539/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7477148420784098539&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7477148420784098539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7477148420784098539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/sweden-became-rich-before-it-became.html' title='Sweden became rich before it became a welfare state'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/So6Er_ye7iI/AAAAAAAADGg/th6VJ3K6018/s72-c/Stockholm+City+Hall+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7347123395864641407</id><published>2009-08-26T19:25:00.014+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T15:26:25.227+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><title type='text'>Mont Pelerin Society 2009</title><summary type='text'>De “Mont Pelerin Society” is zonder twijfel ’s werelds meest prestigieus gezelschap voor liefhebbers van de vrijemarkteconomie en het klassiek-liberalisme. In begin maart laatstleden kwam de MPS samen in New York voor een “special” meeting over de financiële crisis en volgend jaar in oktober staat er een “general” meeting in Sydney op het programma. Deze week hield de MPS een “regional” meeting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7347123395864641407/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7347123395864641407&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7347123395864641407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7347123395864641407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/mont-pelerin-society-2009.html' title='Mont Pelerin Society 2009'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpG_HAbK9nI/AAAAAAAADHI/YkA-4U-SNeE/s72-c/Vincent+De+Roeck+Mont+Pelerin+Society+Stockholm+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-417789290096385596</id><published>2009-08-25T09:51:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T20:23:10.593+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Partijpolitiek'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europese Unie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Playing the parliamentary game in Strasbrussels</title><summary type='text'>Its opening session in Strasbourg, or was it Brussels?, revealed many flaws in the new EU Parliament. Perhaps it was the threat of rain. Perhaps it was the location: a car park in front of the EU Parliament in Strasbourg. At all events, there was something downbeat about the ceremony held on July 13th to start a new five-year parliamentary session. Some reports called it “militaristic”, but that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/417789290096385596/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=417789290096385596&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/417789290096385596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/417789290096385596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/playing-parliamentary-game-in.html' title='Playing the parliamentary game in Strasbrussels'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpAwnjuu8nI/AAAAAAAADG4/dM6ImwQIUaA/s72-c/Parliamentary+Game+European+Parliament+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-60959126611671765</id><published>2009-08-24T19:57:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T20:17:47.708+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Two cheers for the Republic that still promises much</title><summary type='text'> Alexis de Toqueville was so enthralled by the nine months he spent in the United States in 1831 that he wrote two fat volumes. He admired the vigour of its democratic institutions and the entrepreneurial spirit of its people, which was transforming a wilderness into a polished civilisation. And he approved of the way that the country’s potential vices were moderated by its commonplace virtues, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/60959126611671765/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=60959126611671765&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/60959126611671765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/60959126611671765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/two-cheers-for-republic-that-still.html' title='Two cheers for the Republic that still promises much'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SpAyRNlxbDI/AAAAAAAADHA/SlvRHYenHDI/s72-c/American+Pride+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-3607136034466479114</id><published>2009-08-21T07:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T23:01:11.947+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Money and our future</title><summary type='text'>We are fortunate to be living in these times, for we are seeing the unfolding of events long explained and predicted by the Austrian tradition. Maybe that sounds implausible. What is fortunate about our times? The economy is tanking, stocks have been pummeled, unemployment is rising, and Washington is pursuing the worst combination of economic policies since Hoover and FDR. Nor does the new guy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/3607136034466479114/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=3607136034466479114&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3607136034466479114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/3607136034466479114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/money-and-our-future.html' title='Money and our future'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SnmgZhm-6DI/AAAAAAAADEo/yweKV4rG2lc/s72-c/Money+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1965142005378878667</id><published>2009-08-20T17:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T23:00:58.082+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Video games do not cause violence in society!</title><summary type='text'>How do our choices of amusements affect our behavior and, therefore, society? Whenever newer, more violent video games are released, some commentators inevitably call for government regulation because of studies linking video games and violence. This became an issue at the beginning of this year when some officials argued for federal labeling guidelines. Some time ago, I heard part of a radio </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1965142005378878667/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1965142005378878667&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1965142005378878667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1965142005378878667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/video-games-do-not-cause-violence-in.html' title='Video games do not cause violence in society!'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SoLmjXR4PVI/AAAAAAAADFQ/OnssJoGiLGE/s72-c/Video+Game+Violence+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-5798907367092357387</id><published>2009-08-19T22:56:00.015+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T23:13:00.545+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>FEE Advanced Austrian Economics 2009</title><summary type='text'>Van 3 tot 8 augustus 2009 was ondergetekende andermaal te gast bij de “Foundation for Economic Education” (FEE) in Irvington-on-Hudson, een mooi pittoresk historisch stadje aan de Hudson ten noorden van New York. Na er vorig jaar de “Freedom University” gevolgd te hebben, was het dit jaar de beurt aan hun “Advanced Austrian Economics” seminarie. FEE ligt mij nauw aan het hart en mijn verblijf </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/5798907367092357387/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=5798907367092357387&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5798907367092357387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5798907367092357387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/fee-advanced-austrian-economics-2009.html' title='FEE Advanced Austrian Economics 2009'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SosYbstaXKI/AAAAAAAADGY/2SWt_2D6wKo/s72-c/FEE+Advanced+Austrian+Economics+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1959352313503696423</id><published>2009-08-18T15:23:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T15:55:03.908+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Literatuur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>The unintended consequences of rent control</title><summary type='text'>Suppose that you want to destroy a city. Should you bomb it, or would it be sufficient just to impose rent control? It's a bracing question at first, but some economists have argued that the two are roughly equivalent. When the price of rent is held below the market-clearing level, shortages emerge and the housing stock rapidly deteriorates. Those who advocate price controls often do so on the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1959352313503696423/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1959352313503696423&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1959352313503696423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1959352313503696423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/unintended-consequences-of-rent-control.html' title='The unintended consequences of rent control'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SnnP26Wkd-I/AAAAAAAADE4/Y-knIvSrC8Y/s72-c/Rent+Control+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-5669252830965136292</id><published>2009-08-17T15:52:00.016+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T20:28:15.081+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Mises University 2009</title><summary type='text'>Alles wat ook maar een beetje anarcho-libertair denkt te zijn gaf van 26 juli tot 1 augustus laatstleden opnieuw rendez-vous in Auburn, Alabama, voor de “Mises University”. Meer dan tweehonderd jongeren van over de ganse wereld kwamen in de “Deep South” samen om er een weeklang ingewijd te worden in de meest radicale vrijheidsfilosofie van het moment. Na een stadsbezoek aan Atlanta, de stad die </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/5669252830965136292/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=5669252830965136292&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5669252830965136292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5669252830965136292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/mises-university-2009.html' title='Mises University 2009'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Soq0nf9BWbI/AAAAAAAADGA/D2DxdUg4_xk/s72-c/Mises+University+2009+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-1895955363604746398</id><published>2009-08-14T23:00:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T20:27:28.692+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Waarom wij vrijheid vrezen en etatisme dogen</title><summary type='text'>In Vlaanderen wordt het parlement gedomineerd door centrumrechtse en rechtse politieke partijen. In het Belgische parlement is dat niet anders. In het EU-Parlement zouden op papier ook de centrumrechtse fracties EVP en ECR met de rechtse groep “Freedom and Democracy”, met rechts-liberale individuen van de ELDR en met rechtse niet-ingeschrevenen samen de plak kunnen zwaaien. Rechts is aan de </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/1895955363604746398/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=1895955363604746398&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1895955363604746398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/1895955363604746398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/waarom-wij-vrijheid-vrezen-en-etatisme.html' title='Waarom wij vrijheid vrezen en etatisme dogen'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SoMwwlopIlI/AAAAAAAADFY/T8u2iIH1lyA/s72-c/Freedom+Bald+Eagle+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-6208975622734146354</id><published>2009-08-13T18:11:00.015+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T20:25:35.783+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Liberty and Current Issues 2009</title><summary type='text'>Van 18 tot 24 juli 2009 was ik andermaal te gast op één van de vele zomerseminaries van het “Institute for Humane Studies”, ditmaal op de mooie campus van “Trinity University” in Washington, D.C. Het IHS is deel van “George Mason University” uit Noord-Virginia, maar om de één of andere reden organiseert het IHS haar seminaries steeds buitenshuis. Trinity zelf is gelegen in een zwarte buitenwijk </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/6208975622734146354/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=6208975622734146354&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6208975622734146354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6208975622734146354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/liberty-and-current-issues-2009.html' title='Liberty and Current Issues 2009'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SobkH2zSBqI/AAAAAAAADFw/T4SmatZS3Vk/s72-c/Etados+Unidos+824.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-9196836055669510839</id><published>2009-08-12T02:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T13:13:09.398+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vrij Wapenbezit'/><title type='text'>Ook in de VS zijn er wantoestanden met wapenwetten</title><summary type='text'> Lezers van deze weblog zullen al wel weten dat ik in de ogen van anti-wapenadepten een "gun nut" ben. Zelf kies ik voor “wapenliefhebber”, “vrijheidskoesteraar”, “burgerrechtenverdediger”, of iets anders in die trend, maar daar gaat het hier nu niet om. Ik ben net terug van drie weken Verenigde Staten en heb daar andermaal tal van interessante en intrigerende personen mogen ontmoeten. Ik heb </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/9196836055669510839/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=9196836055669510839&amp;isPopup=true' title='24 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/9196836055669510839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/9196836055669510839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/ook-in-de-vs-zijn-er-wantoestanden-met.html' title='Ook in de VS zijn er wantoestanden met wapenwetten'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SoNfFgK6GVI/AAAAAAAADFo/bI47lDNjY_U/s72-c/Minutemen+Second+Amendment+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7333546499793733265</id><published>2009-08-11T00:44:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T13:15:04.870+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vrij Wapenbezit'/><title type='text'>Een terugblik op de zaak van D.C. versus Heller</title><summary type='text'> In de Verenigde Staten kwam één van mijn dromen vorige maand in vervulling. Eén van de sprekers op één van de vele conferenties was niemand minder dan Clark Neily, een advocaat gespecialiseerd in grondwettelijk recht en één van de pleiters in de rechtszaak “D.C. vs. Heller” van vorige zomer. Toen oordeelde het Amerikaanse Hooggerechtshof voor de allereerste maal dat het Tweede Amendement wel </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7333546499793733265/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7333546499793733265&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7333546499793733265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7333546499793733265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/een-terugblik-op-de-zaak-van-dc-versus.html' title='Een terugblik op de zaak van D.C. versus Heller'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SoNM4wPSeBI/AAAAAAAADFg/Oos6oDHyoqU/s72-c/Gun+Rights+DC+Heller+Supreme+Court+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2533772859599577992</id><published>2009-08-10T19:23:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T19:42:25.659+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Freedom must always be the pre-eminent issue</title><summary type='text'>The Friends of Leviathan are once again encouraging people to forget about freedom. In an op-ed in the New York Times, columnist David Brooks announced, “The central political debate of the 20th century was over the role of government. The Right stood for individual freedom while the Left stood for extending the role of the State. But the central debate of the 21st century is over quality of life</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2533772859599577992/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2533772859599577992&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2533772859599577992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2533772859599577992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/freedom-must-always-be-pre-eminent.html' title='Freedom must always be the pre-eminent issue'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SoGpRqdQbMI/AAAAAAAADFA/gOzYdv5cIhE/s72-c/Freedom+Pre-Eminent+Issue+America+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2816264513530053682</id><published>2009-08-07T16:04:00.039+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T22:05:32.380+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internationaal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>Property and Freedom Society 2009</title><summary type='text'>Op het laatste meiweekend vond de 4de meeting van de “Property and Freedom Society” plaats in Bodrum. Voor de allereerste maal was ook uw dienaar voor deze vijfdaagse “ode aan de politieke incorrectheid” in Turkije uitgenodigd. In volle EU-verkiezingsstrijd ruilde ik het Libertas-kantoor in Brussel van 21 tot 25 mei 2009 in voor een kamer in het luxueuze vijfsterrenhotel “Karia Princess”. De “</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2816264513530053682/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2816264513530053682&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2816264513530053682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2816264513530053682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/property-and-freedom-society-2009.html' title='Property and Freedom Society 2009'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SoGyz7iHVwI/AAAAAAAADFI/FfQMdL7NkW0/s72-c/PFS+Group+Picture+2009+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-2405947441395291340</id><published>2009-08-06T03:12:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T03:28:39.232+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Abusing the economy and undermining health care</title><summary type='text'>The Obama Administration is making noises about the need for a second stimulus package. This is nuts. Hyped-up government spending is useless, if not damaging, for providing sustained economic growth. Our experiences, and those of other countries, particularly Japan in the 1990s and the early part of this decade, have demonstrated that repeatedly. Obama's economic pooh-bahs should instead focus </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/2405947441395291340/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=2405947441395291340&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2405947441395291340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/2405947441395291340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/abusing-economy-and-undermining-health.html' title='Abusing the economy and undermining health care'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SneLLEgdBhI/AAAAAAAADEg/Hkv8bgBf81I/s72-c/Steve+Forbes+Portrait+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-5895986524858134686</id><published>2009-08-05T09:16:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T02:39:35.530+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><title type='text'>Het Amerikaanse volk versus Barack Hussein Obama</title><summary type='text'>Na 6 maanden in het Witte Huis lijken de wittebroodsweken van president Barack Hussein Obama eindelijk voorbij te zijn. Uit tal van opiniepeilingen blijkt dat de Amerikaanse president niet langer een blanco cheque zal krijgen voor zijn hervormingen. Zijn “job approval rating”, de graadmeter voor het aantal Amerikanen dat tevreden is over het werk dat de president levert, is deze maand gezakt tot </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/5895986524858134686/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=5895986524858134686&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5895986524858134686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/5895986524858134686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/08/het-amerikaanse-volk-versus-barack.html' title='Het Amerikaanse volk versus Barack Hussein Obama'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SneAPmvUJcI/AAAAAAAADEY/clzFwjfSaTQ/s72-c/Barack+Obama+Portrait+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-7237003153137499039</id><published>2009-08-04T03:54:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T04:09:41.442+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Higher education in America</title><summary type='text'>In education individual decisions are determinative. Each person -- for children, with the assistance of parents -- is able to choose the best kind and the ideal duration of education. That is why it’s foolish to talk about the “national education level” as too low or too high. There is no “national level.” If any individual should decide that he would benefit from more education, he will act </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/7237003153137499039/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=7237003153137499039&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7237003153137499039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/7237003153137499039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/07/higher-education-in-america.html' title='Higher education in America'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SnD915O3zDI/AAAAAAAADEQ/TjhDkn195CY/s72-c/Patrick+Henry+College+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4271889604690757392</id><published>2009-08-03T06:39:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T06:52:00.892+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Only real jobs create wealth...</title><summary type='text'>So President Barack Obama got his stimulus bill. For a mere 787 billion USD, he has pledged to "save or create" 3.5 million jobs. That's only 224.857 USD and change per job! If I still have my job next year, will he take credit for saving it? But wait. Only 3.5 million jobs? Why so few? It's not like creating jobs is difficult. Egypt built more than 100 pyramids beginning sometime in the third </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4271889604690757392/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4271889604690757392&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4271889604690757392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4271889604690757392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/07/only-real-jobs-create-wealth.html' title='Only real jobs create wealth...'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Sm_U5TZAMxI/AAAAAAAADEI/t8DWuOjDPqo/s72-c/Traffic+Works+Labor+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4046106024429960192</id><published>2009-07-24T18:09:00.018+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-26T18:19:12.915+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verenigde Staten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anti-Communisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><title type='text'>De rassen- en klassenstrijd van Barack Hussein Obama</title><summary type='text'>Dat Barack Hussein Obama in de VS een heel-links beleidsprogramma tracht door te drukken, is geweten. Vooral vrouw Michelle lijkt hem daarin te sturen, net als extreem-linkse groepen zoals ACORN, de lerarenvakbond, Move-On, Soros en 'burgerrechten'-groepen met een geheime 'affirmative action'-agenda. Gelukkig zetelen er nog voldoende 'blue dog democrats' in het Amerikaanse Congres om de meest </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4046106024429960192/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4046106024429960192&amp;isPopup=true' title='28 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4046106024429960192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4046106024429960192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/07/de-rassen-en-klassenstrijd-van-barack.html' title='De rassen- en klassenstrijd van Barack Hussein Obama'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/Smx-omF91fI/AAAAAAAADEA/2dUEb3YyQZY/s72-c/Obama+Sotomayor+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-6982269574181085882</id><published>2009-07-23T01:28:00.050+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-26T05:23:22.980+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Literatuur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persoonlijk'/><title type='text'>Enkele leestips van een zomerse boekenwurm</title><summary type='text'>De zomer is in volle gang en dat hebben we andermaal geweten. De kranten staan vol voorpublicaties van boeken en ook in audiovisuele media doet men er alles aan om de Vlaming opnieuw aan het lezen te krijgen. Het is en blijft immers vreemd te moeten vaststellen dat boekenwinkels in andere landen enkel maar vette jaren lijken te kennen terwijl bij ons de ene na de andere onafhankelijke </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/6982269574181085882/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=6982269574181085882&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6982269574181085882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/6982269574181085882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/07/leestips-van-een-zomerse-boekenwurm.html' title='Enkele leestips van een zomerse boekenwurm'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SmuV0qvuJ7I/AAAAAAAADCo/GBGjZV4HlT4/s72-c/Reading+Book+Beach+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4909786115051522766</id><published>2009-07-22T21:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-20T21:55:59.633+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Persberichten'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vrij Wapenbezit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Binnenland'/><title type='text'>Bijna 130,000 wapens vernietigd in België!</title><summary type='text'>"In het kader van de inzameling en vernietiging van bijna 130.000 wapens in België zijn de volgende bemerkingen en kanttekeningen zeker op hun plaats," aldus Daniël Beets, de voorzitter van de AVWL, in een e-mail naar uw dienaar. De AVWL is een vzw die zich actief inzet voor de verdediging van schutters en wapenliefhebbers in België. In november 2007 had ik Daniël Beets, toen nog </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4909786115051522766/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4909786115051522766&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4909786115051522766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4909786115051522766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/07/bijna-130000-wapens-vernietigd-in.html' title='Bijna 130,000 wapens vernietigd in België!'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SmIkXaSWzFI/AAAAAAAADCQ/pzPrJNx5Ka4/s72-c/Guns+Destroyed+Belgium+Libertarian.be' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-4105580650009294997</id><published>2009-07-21T09:06:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T17:16:38.775+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalisme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zingeving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Binnenland'/><title type='text'>The headscarf: human rights or individual freedom?</title><summary type='text'> Since France banned the Islamic headscarf and other religious symbols from all state schools in 2004, the debate it sparked has resurfaced time and again over the last few years. It did so recently, at the end of June, when public schools in Antwerp decided to ban the headscarf from September 2009. Astonishingly public opinion is divided between two simplistic and inadequate positions to which </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/4105580650009294997/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=4105580650009294997&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4105580650009294997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/4105580650009294997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/07/headscarf-debate-human-rights-or.html' title='The headscarf: human rights or individual freedom?'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SlkUoAZppxI/AAAAAAAADCI/8NEsrwBFbRg/s72-c/Headscarf+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19448769.post-9216138140978037420</id><published>2009-07-20T21:56:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-20T22:05:28.857+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nederlands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vlaamse Beweging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Binnenland'/><title type='text'>Bedenkingen bij 'onze' nationale feestdag</title><summary type='text'> We schrijven 20 juli 2009, de vooravond van de Belgische nationale feestdag. 178 jaar geleden legde Leopold I zijn eed af als eerste koning der Belgen. Hoewel 'Belgen' als naam enkel verwees naar een Gallische stam die in de tijd van Julius Caesar in wat vandaag Frankrijk is leefde en dus wel een zeer vreemde soortnaam was om het kersverse onafhankelijke 'volk' te benoemen, was dat nog niet eens</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/feeds/9216138140978037420/comments/default' title='Reacties plaatsen'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19448769&amp;postID=9216138140978037420&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 reacties'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/9216138140978037420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19448769/posts/default/9216138140978037420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vincentderoeck.blogspot.com/2009/07/bedenkingen-bij-onze-nationale-feestdag.html' title='Bedenkingen bij &apos;onze&apos; nationale feestdag'/><author><name>Vincent De Roeck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06234233503033576053</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I1BBN4GjKb4/SmTNvDzdfvI/AAAAAAAADCg/7UkLoBQUZHE/s72-c/Mini+Europe+Libertarian.be.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
