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Libertarians win majority on Colorado City Council
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| 13 November 2001
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Posted on 11/13/2001 4:31:37 PM PST by DoSomethingAboutIt
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To: DoSomethingAboutIt
For some reason, this reminds me of the "Freak Power" ticket that supported one guy for Mayor of Aspen, CO...and then had Hunter S. Thomspon run for sheriff of Piktin County.
To: DoSomethingAboutIt
I don't have any hostility toward the Libertarian party. What's to be concerned about?
To: DoSomethingAboutIt
Leadville... hmm... excellent choice.
Already has plenty of pot plantations in the surrounding mountains.
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11/13/2001 6:03:51 PM PST
by
Z-28
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To: DoSomethingAboutIt
Ugh - now they have no choice but to defund and disband the city council.
To: anniegetyourgun
But ideally, neither would be necessary.
To: anniegetyourgun
societal guardrails from bureacrats and career politicians?
None for me!!
To: caseyblane
We are the government, remember?
To: constitution
Sure, but one would have to start from the premise that man is inherently good and that utopia is achievable. I'm not that foolish.
To: gcruse
I'll bump that!
To: MadameAxe; tex-oma
Leadville is a great town. A friend of mine just moved there and she loves it.
Very independant people. Beautiful scenery and great fishing.
To: anniegetyourgun
there is a role for government in society What do you consider government's role in society to be - is it the function of government to dictate what societal mores should be, or should it conform to the views of society? Is our government merely an extension of our society, and thus any legitimate concern of society is also a legitimate concern of the government?
Personally, I think that it is for society to deal with issues of morality, and not the government - government is amoral and should not be tasked with being the arbiter of moral issues. Society should keep governemnt at arm's length and not embrace it too closely. If you do, you can't see what it's hands are doing behind your back.
To: anniegetyourgun
Great, then you'll support the Libertarianefforts to eliminate all societal guardrails.You mean training wheels or restraints?
Same effect. Same thing. Take it with you.
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posted on
11/13/2001 6:22:22 PM PST
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gcruse
To: tacticalogic
Gotta get rid of murder laws then, eh?
To: gcruse
Training wheels or restraints? Are we talking seat belts here? Maybe you could be more specific. On second thought, never mind.
To: coloradan
Wrong about what? Do you SERIOUSLY believe that the first thing these folks won't do is move for some sort of city ordinance designating the town that Horace Taber built an "open city" for drug use?
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11/13/2001 6:26:46 PM PST
by
Illbay
To: tacticalogic
I don't recall ever seeing a libertarian say they didn't like the people around them. The basic difference in attitude I've seen between libertarians and statists is that the former like people but don't trust The People while the latter take the opposite tack.
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11/13/2001 6:30:48 PM PST
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steve-b
To: gcruse
You are so right! "Societal guardrails?"; the kind of speak that's enough to give someone the heebee jeebeez. Between the legacy just past; and perhaps that which looms ahead; "Yamahama it's fright night!"
To: DoSomethingAboutIt
Well, that is one city that will be on Cloud 9.
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