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Clever Article Poking Fun at Libertarians
Townhall.com ^
| April 26, 2014
| Daniel J. Mitchell
Posted on 04/26/2014 8:01:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
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posted on
04/26/2014 8:01:06 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
Exactly right!
We should develop and fund a Bureau of Lake Management (BLM) to prevent this happening to anyone (one death is too many).
Can't trust the people to determine ice safety. Do it for the children!
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posted on
04/26/2014 8:08:15 AM PDT
by
Aevery_Freeman
(Historians will refer to this administration as "The Half-Black Plague.")
To: Kaslin
If I pole fun at a Democrat/liberal/progressive I am a racist. This must also be racism.
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posted on
04/26/2014 8:08:32 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Kaslin
Hans-Hermann Hoppe is not amused (but I am :> )
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posted on
04/26/2014 8:08:41 AM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: Kaslin
Ah yes, Some good mourning humor on less government
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posted on
04/26/2014 8:17:28 AM PDT
by
jcon40
To: Kaslin
Ok I’ve clicked many of the links and looked at many of the jokes and cartoons. They are not funny. Kinda stupid really.
Just like libertarian ideas.
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posted on
04/26/2014 8:22:17 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: mountainlion
The author is a libertarian himself, so he is actually poking fun at himself. Nothing wrong with that
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posted on
04/26/2014 8:22:44 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: jcon40
good mourning humorExcellent typo...! Apropos....
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posted on
04/26/2014 8:24:16 AM PDT
by
freebilly
To: Responsibility2nd
Kinda stupid really. Just like libertarian ideas.Yep..., that stupid Libertarian idea that we should have less government interference in our lives and more personal freedom....
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posted on
04/26/2014 8:28:37 AM PDT
by
freebilly
To: freebilly
And dope. Lots more dope.
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posted on
04/26/2014 8:42:52 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: Kaslin
Funny article, but the fact is many cities homeowners have to pay extra if they want their sidewalks or alleys paved. A friend of mine had to go around his neighborhood getting signatures to get his alley paved. Because he and his neighbors had to pay for it.
But getting to the heart of the argument, I doubt there's many conservatives or libertarians arguing for no government. Government is simply the org. that enforces the rules the citizenry agrees on. Government should not go beyond its carefully delineated provisions. What really irritates me is conservative candidates who do not rebut Dem/leftists when they say we want to eliminate all government.
To: Responsibility2nd
They are not funny. Kinda stupid really.Just like libertarian ideas.
Some libertarian ideas - on foreign policy or border control, for instance, are not in agreement with mine. But on the whole, libertarian ideas about limited government power and the inherent rights of individual citizens are far more conservative than anything the GOP says or does these days. Ronald Reagan voiced this opinion back in '75, and in this as in other positions, I've found that Reagan got there long before I did:
"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.
...Now, I cant say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood. We have government to insure that we dont each one of us have to carry a club to defend ourselves. But again, I stand on my statement that I think that libertarianism and conservatism are traveling the same path."
To: Responsibility2nd
Keep your dope. I want more guns and land enough to shoot them on.
And a car I actually want to drive.
And medicines that actually work.
And laws that adhere to the Constitutions limits.
And real free speech.
You get the idea... Or, maybe you don’t approve of “that” kind of libertarianism.
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posted on
04/26/2014 9:09:52 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
To: Dead Corpse
Porn. Pro abortion.
Don’t forget these relevant lib agendas.
While you libs try vainly to wrap yourself in the constitution and your small government rhetoric, your real concerns are always evident.
So. How’s Ron, er I mean Rand Paul doing lately? Blindly calling Bundy a racist? All Righty Then.
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posted on
04/26/2014 9:18:56 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Thanks for providing the entire context of Reagan’s remarks here. Often many libs excerpt this interview and falsely claim Mr Reagan was a libertarian.
But as we know, he was certainly not.
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posted on
04/26/2014 9:27:50 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: Kaslin
Funny..of course the statist version doesn’t change someone falling through the ice..they just pick some one to toss out there..
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posted on
04/26/2014 9:43:41 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(Are we headed to a Cracker Slacker War?)
To: tophat9000
And in the smart capitalist version the guy choosing to walking on thin ice was smart enough to tie a rope around his waist and have his buddy on shore hold it
.see when its YOUR ass on the line you always have a backup plan
..or you say screw the rope it cost to much and its just cheaper to pay a libertarian to walk out there for you
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posted on
04/26/2014 9:55:07 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(Are we headed to a Cracker Slacker War?)
To: Kaslin
the libertarian lifeguard is a HOOT
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posted on
04/26/2014 10:01:04 AM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Kaslin
Libertarians are for small government... but also pot shrunk small testicles.
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posted on
04/26/2014 10:49:19 AM PDT
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
To: Responsibility2nd
I’m not a pot smoker, but when you realize that America has 5% of the world’s population and 25% of the world’s prisoners maybe it’s time to put the War on Drugs to bed....
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