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To: FITZ
So will there be a big Libertarian army or police force to keep communities from trying to do that kind of thing?

No. There would simply be a guy sitting on his front porch drinking a fifth of Jack Daniels with one hand, and maybe his shotgun in the other. No army necessary.

You see, our rights are inalienable. No one can take them away from us. While a state or county may have rights over the Federal government, they have no rights over the individual. Where the state outranks the Fed, the individual outranks the state/county. Laws that violate one's rights are unconstitutional, and may simply be ignored. A county may pass any "dry" law it wants. It is automatically null and void, because I have a right to drink, buy, or sell booze without government permission.

278 posted on 01/11/2002 3:48:00 PM PST by southern rock
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To: southern rock
What would happen if some southern states tried to enact "blue laws" like they had at one time? Would the federal government have the right to override that?
279 posted on 01/11/2002 3:49:41 PM PST by FITZ
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To: southern rock
I just don't see how a very limited federal government is going to really keep everyone toeing the Libertarian line if they didn't all feel like doing it. Some states and counties might rebel and how will that rebellion be crushed if there's not a big Libertarian army in place to force them back in line.
281 posted on 01/11/2002 3:51:09 PM PST by FITZ
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To: southern rock
I can see ending the WOD and most or all of the federal programs but just like in the Civil War, there were states which wanted to go off in different directions. If Massachusetts people voted for welfare programs can they be stopped?
283 posted on 01/11/2002 3:52:58 PM PST by FITZ
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