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Parsy,

Was your post #28 intended as sarcasm? It sounded like something a Democrat would've written. I'm not a capital-L "Libertarian", but let's look at what you wrote:

Their “free market” ideas have led to foolish deregulation of the financial markets with the disasterous results you see now. Greenspan, a disciple of Ayn Rand, may have had an epiphany or not when he said he had wrongly relied on enlightened self interest of banks.

Financial markets are regulated heavily. And Greenspan USED TO BE a disciple of Ayn Rand, but he abandoned those principles. By lowering the interest rates through the Fed, he wasn't relying on the "self-interest of banks." The Fed believed they could manipulate the economy, but all they succeeded in doing was to create a housing bubble.

Conservatives believe in responsibilities. Libertarians really don’t.

Both believe in responsibilities.

While they may pose as rugged individualists, they are really insecure little children who belong back in Europe when they had lords and ladies to run things. Mention taxing the rich and they wet their short pants out of fear that there will be no rich person to give them a job or take care of them.

I don't understand. You're not in favor of higher taxes, are you?

Thankfully, America was not founded by Libertarians.

Those revolutionists in the early days were probably much closer to Libertarian than anything else.

If it had, no settlers would have headed West, because there were no rich folks waiting on the prairies and coasts to take care of them. Real American don’t need no rich person to take care of them, and give them jobs, and run things for them.

I spent a lot of time talking with Libertarians. Believe me, they're not asking for anyone to take care of them.