Liberty on the Rocks Tennessee

May 17th – meetup

nashville — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:43:22 +0000

We are encouraging members to bring a friend this month.

Last month we had about 30 people, but we need to boost attendance back up to 40 again like recent months. So we’re asking you to think of someone you know who is into good discussion, open minded and just plain fun to be around.

Details:

Mafiaoza’s Pizzaria

Drop in anytime after 5:30PM for a little while or hang out until 9 with your pals.

Currently some more liberty oriented speakers are in the works but we always welcome your suggestions!

We are encouraging members to bring a friend this month. Last month we had about 30 people, but we need to boost attendance back up to 40 again like recent months. So we’re asking you to think of someone you know who is into good discussion, open minded and just plain fun to be around.

Details:

Mafiaoza’s Pizzaria 2400 12th Ave S, Nashville, TN

Drop in anytime after 5:30PM for a little while or hang out until 9 with your pals.

Currently some more liberty oriented speakers are in the works but we always welcome your suggestions!

Post Tax Day IRS Bash 4-19-2012

nashville — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:46:53 +0000

Come join us for the best freedom social event of the month. Fun for the whole family.

The IRS won’t give you a 2 for 1 deal but our great hosts at Mafiaoza’s will happily serve you 2 for 1 beer all evening!

More thinkers, more discussion, more fun for all. See you after work Thursday.

Come join us for the best freedom social event of the month. Fun for the whole family.

The IRS won’t give you a 2 for 1 deal but our great hosts at Mafiaoza’s will happily serve you 2 for 1 beer all evening!

More thinkers, more discussion, more fun for all. See you after work Thursday, April 19 (5:30 – 8:30 come and go as you please)

Mafiaoza’s 2400 12th Ave South Nashville, TN

Just ask the hostess for Liberty on the Rocks!

February Nashville Events!

nashville — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:01:32 +0000

What an exciting month we have going on.

Monday the 13th Radley Balko is speaking at a Vanderbilt YAL meeting on The Militarization of Main Street which is open to the public.

Of course our regular meeting is on Thursday the 16th and it will be great:
Come meet Shayne Edwards the director of An Inconsistent Truth which has been hammering the box office during it’s preview release. Mr. Edwards will share with us some insight on the topic of Global Warming.

Movie trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0mxL-BekLE

http://aninconsistenttruth.com/

As usual there is a 2 for 1 special on for our group.

And coming up are some great book studies with our member Gene Wisdom, one I’m keen on is The Law by Frederic Bastiat but first in order are The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 (by George H. Nash) and Ideas Have Consequences (by Richard M. Weaver)

http://www.meetup.com/ConservativeFusion/

PDF
http://www.fee.org/pdf/books/The_Law.pdf
Audio Book
http://www.freeaudio.org/fbastiat/thelaw.html
HTML
http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html

We hope to see you next Thursday but also run into you at the other events
Cheers!

Taxis Limos and the fight for free markets in Nashville

nashville — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:43:29 +0000

Last night at Mafioza’s, long time Liberty on the Rocks member, Rod Williams, brought along Mr. Bokhari from the limousine service Metro Livery. It was great for Ali to share his story with our group; you may have heard about Metro Livery’s lawsuit against the City of Nashville for a city regulation that is holding up free enterprise in the taxi business and has set up a fixed price arrangement of the sort that we usually expect government officials to keep from happening as a consumer protection matter. The Institute for Justice is helping, unfortunately this isn’t the first time a Nashville business needed their help going up against the city administration. We hope this one will be just as successful and customers in Nashville will be rewarded with lower prices and competitive service!

You can find information about Metro Nashville’s interesting taxi vehicle inspections at Mr. Bokhari’s blog: Selective Enforcements. Until I looked over his blog I wasn’t aware that some horse carriages in the down town district have moved out of town to tourist cities where they can operate without hassle.

Hat’s off to Rod for getting the word out, he’s been posting information about where and when people could attend city meetings on this issue, watch our Facebook group for future notices. We always welcome input from any and all Liberty on the Rocks members. If you know of any situation where the freedom of individuals are being hampered or free enterprise is endangered post it on our page or email us!

Hear from Mr. Bokhari himself:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Thursday Jan 19th – Nashville Happy Hour

nashville — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:39:18 +0000

5:30pm – 9:00pm at Mafiaoza’s

Oh yeah it’s that time again. Come grow with us! Our happy hour has been getting more attendance these past two months. We can add seats as quickly as people show up – but please RSVP if you plan to be there by leaving a comment with your name and number of guests.

More thinkers, more discussion, more fun for all. See you after work Thursday.

Mafiaoza’s 2400 12th Ave South Nashville, TN
Just ask the hostess for Liberty on the Rocks!

Protectionism in Nashville for Taxi and Limos

nashville — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:36:16 +0000

Last night we had a great meet up. It was good to see several new faces and a couple others who have been away for a while!

Rod Williams mentioned that a local measure on anti-free market forces is once again in play. Here are several of his posts on the issue and also how anyone can take action on this.

If you use cabs or limos in Nashville this affects you! Please note it is a timely topic with the action coming up in the city council next week.

Thursday Dec 15th – Nashville Happy Hour

nashville — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:04:00 +0000

5:30pm – 9:00pm at Mafiaoza’s

Pre-holiday cheer, great food, great friends, wear your Santa hat!

We welcome all critical thinkers and fun lovers, the conversations start at 5:30 but drop in anytime to join your regular friends or make a few new ones. Lively chat going until 9 or later.

Plus we’ll be doing a little conversation starter for extra fun!

Mafiaoza’s 2400 12th Ave South Nashville, TN
Just ask the hostess for Liberty on the Rocks!

Wednesday, Dec 7th – Liberty on the Rocks – East Nashville

nashville — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:22:15 +0000

Make plans to attend the 1st East Nashville Liberty on the Rocks meetup!

Same fun format that you’re used to but now twice a month so there will be twice as much opportunity to share thoughts about freedom. We welcome all critical thinkers and fun lovers, the conversations start at 5:30 but drop in any time to join your regular friends or make a few new ones.

The 5 Spot
1006 Forrest Ave, Nashville, TN 37206

Directions to The 5 Spot

November Happy Hour

nashville — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:16:49 +0000

Thursday, November 17th · 5:30pm – 9:00pm at Mafiaoza’s

Hey, it’s that time again. This month we’ll be doing some conversation starters. Great food, great friends, see you there!

We welcome all critical thinkers and fun lovers, the conversations start at 5:30 but drop in and join your regular friends or make a few new ones. Some of use will still be debating issues until 9 or later.

Plus we’ll be doing a little conversation starter for extra fun!

Mafiaoza’s 2400 12th Ave South Nashville, TN
Just ask the hostess for Liberty on the Rocks!

Could the National Debt be too small?

nashville — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:40:50 +0000

Life After Debt a secret government report from 2000 on the “crisis” that might occur if the US paid off it’s debt.

A very interesting story with comment from a Clinton era economist on the situation after that term had ended.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/21/141510617/what-if-we-paid-off-the-debt-the-secret-government-report

Could it really be bad to pay off the debt or does this just highlight a problem with economic onion layers?