Posted on 07/04/2003 10:14:58 PM PDT by Commie Basher
I believe that people are capable of governing more of their own lives than the government now allows. If the government can stop playing safety police and fat police, there will be more resources for catching domestic murderers and foreign terrorists.
Ah, a cadre of biological warfare soldiers! How utterly diabolical! "Watch out! They're spitting!" ;-)
The lp could get a chewing tobacco company to sponsor their national defense posters!
I don't believe it would, since I'm not a "totally open borders" kind of guy. I would like to cut out some fat from other areas to shore up law enforcement. Why should we tell the bad guys we know something's up? What good is the DEFCON rating? If something's up why broadcast it?
And anti-gay FReepers don't?
No idea. I try to stay away from those flamewars, and this is coming from someone who usually enjoys a good argument. :-) I just remember some of your more memorable exchanges with him. So why the FR hiatus?
Oh, I forgot, you "care" about gays, so you want to lock them up. My bad.
"Telling a nation still reeling from the September 11 terrorist attacks to be on alert for another horrific attack -- without telling them when, where, or how it might occur -- is nothing more than scaremongering."
Weren't these the same guys who complained about the Bush administration failing to warn us and prepare itself for the possibility of a 9/11 happening?
Darn, I'm starting to think like an lp'er now. I think.
Well so far, I've figured out that the lp's method of defending us would be to:
1) Open all of our borders up.
2) Remove all restrictions on immigration and trade.
3) Create a nationwide recession when 90% of the population looses their jobs to (legal) immigrants willing to work for $2.00 an hour.
4) Blame the previous administration.
5) Put up posters (in 30 different languages).
How brilliant!
Well, let's presume for a moment, and I don't mean to piss on your bashing party here but work with me for just a moment, let's presume a Libertarian was elected to high office, the difference between the border would be what? Your two party (really one party) cartel has been in charge, and the border's are wide open, and there is no Immigration control. So 'splain to me the difference. Blackbird.
"Libertarians believe that preventing another terrorist attack is one of the most important functions of the federal government -- and that's why Americans should insist that it's done right, he said."
Now we've heard all the complaints in the world about this administration but still no answer on how the lp would go about performing this "most important function of the federal government".
Piss on a bashing party? Hell, you didn't much succeed in doing much then tinkling on your own feet.
"Libertarians believe that preventing another terrorist attack is one of the most important functions of the federal government -- and that's why Americans should insist that it's done right, he said."
From the responses it would that the lp's idea of getting this "most important function(s) of the federal government" done "right" would be to blame the Republicans and Democrats. The one decenting lp opinion was to revert to WWII style posters, which while being imaginative, would be about as effective as just blaming everyone else.
So it would appear that collectively, no one has a clue how the lp would accomplish this "most important function(s) of the federal government" because beyond complaining, the lp hasn't got a clue either. Symbolism over substance.
Good night.
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