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Posts here have been in short supply as I have been living life and trying to get a campaign off the ground. But "11 questions to see if Libertarians are hypocrites" by R. J. Eskrow, picked up at Salon , was just so freaking lame that I spent half an hour answering them. In the end (but I'll leave it to your judgment), it is not that Libertarians or Libertarian theory looks hypocritical, but that the best that can be said for Mr. Eskrow is that he doesn't have the faintest clue what he's talking about. That's ok, because even ill-informed attacks by people like this make an important point: Libertarian ideas (as opposed to Conservative ideas, which are completely different) are making a comeback as the dynamic counterpoint to "politics as usual," and so every hack you can imagine must be dragged out to refute them. Ergo: Mr. Eskrow's 11 questions, with answers: 1. Are unions, political parties, elections, and ...
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Yesterday, Ron Paul, often cited as a "libertarian," was one of only two Republicans to vote in favor of Nancy Pelosi over the Waterboarding investigations. Nancy Pelosi, lifetime Libertarian Index ratings of virtually '0'; perhaps the most Authoritarian, anti-libertarian politician in America, and Ron Paul now supports her.
Meanwhile, up in Alaska, that pesky "conservative," who leftwing libertarians refuse to identify as a libertarian, gave a Big 'F' You to the Obama administration, by turning down $30 million in stimulus funds, cause it would require Alaskans to enforce Fed building codes on small businesses and private dwellings.
Now, turn on your trusty little libertarian website this morning, like Delaware Libertarian, and there's zero news about either of these events.
Ron Paul - "libertarian" Votes Authoritarian
Sarah Palin - "conservative" Votes Radical Libertarian
Run that by me again? Whose the libertarian and who's not?
Not that it matters, but I will take my extended vacation at the beach this week over fulfilling your supposedly obligations any time.
Honestly, the Pelosi vote means as much to me as Sarah Palin's doings in Alaska, which is jack squat.
Pelosi is doing far worse to the country than questionable blathering about the CIA and waterboarding. Christ, everything about Pelosi is questionable, to say the least.
Can't say I am informed about Paul's vote. Paul is doing far more for the cause of freedom than anyone else I see in the House. Nonetheless, perhaps he doesn't see the public efficacy in hunting this particular witch.
To conflate Paul's desire not to abide bullshit distractions like this Pelosi sideshow, while the country's going to fiscal hell in a deficit handbasket as one example, as "authoritarian" is patently absurd. That is just one good reason of which I can think, he may have others.
Anyway, have a great holiday weekend!
Ummm... Eric dude, I am perhaps one of Paul's most infamous critics -- on actual libertarian grounds, not the far-right-fringe pro-war bullshit you try and pass off as "libertarian."
On a libertarian web site, people are going to critique people using libertarian talking points -- not right wing neoconservative ones about Nancy Pelosi. Sorry.
Perhaps you should start Delaware Neocon. Then you can blog rhapsodically.