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Monthly Archives: October 2006
Kossacks vs Libertarianism: another selection from the trenches
User “GussieFN”, in response to Logan Ferree, further down his Kos entry on Trent’s challenge to (mainstream) Democrats stating that corporations wield coercive power due to government, and not in and of themselves: I too wield coercive power due to … Continue reading
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1 for every 20 citizens
That’s the answer to the unasked question (via Lew) “including contractors, just how many employees of the US government are there?” Ponder that for a moment.
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I live in the wrong damn state…
Blargh: Laura Mallory is not a Harry Potter fan, and she isn’t giving up the fight to have the popular character taken out of elementary school. She says the series may encourage reading, but it also encourages witchcraft and evil. … Continue reading
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Kos is not a libertarian. Some of his readers are barely even liberals…
Markos Moulitaszulongname makes the slightest bit of a lame attempt at courting an alliance with libertarians, and this is how much of his crew responds: I am no libertarian Democrat. I am a redistribution-of-wealth, tax the fuck out of the … Continue reading
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Libertarianism as “Movement” in the literal sense
Logan Ferre discusses the origins of libertarianism, comes up with another “map” of views (the axes being Statism vs Anarchy, & Collectivism vs Individualism), & asks “so where are we?” IMO, the proper question is more “where are we going?” … Continue reading
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The dying screams of the war cult
2002: “If we don’t invade Iraq, the terrorists will have won” 2003: “If we don’t stay in Iraq, the terrorists will have won” 2004: “If we don’t stay in Iraq, & Bush doesn’t get re-elected, the terrorists will have won” … Continue reading
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How not to make a point
I’d like to know the thought process behind this one: A Turkish Airlines plane carrying more than 100 passengers from Tirana, Albania, to Istanbul, was hijacked Tuesday and landed at Italy’s Brindisi airport, company spokesman Ali Genc said. The plane … Continue reading
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Yes, Sebastian, there ARE stupid questions…
They’ve got balls alright — the balls to blatantly contradict themselves: On Friday, Harry Reid, the Democratic leader in the Senate, correctly denounced a border-fence bill as a concession “to the radical anti-immigrant right wing” of the Republican Party. It’s … Continue reading
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