tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post7743234790350210571..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Law, Liberty, MotherhoodRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-80574750169726134012008-03-04T00:39:00.000-05:002008-03-04T00:39:00.000-05:00I suspect I know what couple spurred these thought...I suspect I know what couple spurred these thoughts, and while I also often agree with them, I have a serious difference of opinion where it comes to their knee-jerk reaction to the term "libertarian."<BR/><BR/>For some reason, it just yanks their chain and they can't get over it, even to the point of saying we don't know what we talk about when we say libertarianism is a vector applied to our thinking. The Mrs. in particular has said I'm merely fooled by anybody saying that.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320361019553106478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-62534951750223256012008-02-28T10:11:00.000-05:002008-02-28T10:11:00.000-05:00"The Bill of Rights was a sincere, if limited, att...<EM>"The Bill of Rights was a sincere, if limited, attempt to restrain democracy; most State constitutions go even farther that way, though still, thanks to the clever, inventive, tool-user get-around-it minds of Our Duly Elected Representatives, not nearly far enough."</EM><BR/><BR/>Just excellent.<BR/><BR/>You should have this stamped into the face of a large hammer and proceed to smash every politician in the head with it.<BR/><BR/>Just a thought.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-25160897382480812252008-02-28T07:13:00.000-05:002008-02-28T07:13:00.000-05:00Well said Ms. Roberta X.Well said Ms. Roberta X.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-65210018921967432902008-02-27T18:51:00.000-05:002008-02-27T18:51:00.000-05:00What Chris said.Or, as I have said on occasion to ...What Chris said.<BR/><BR/>Or, as I have said on occasion to my D-I-L: <I>"Yes, you CAN have a country without (drugs / gunz / abortion /you-name-it) but YOU DON'T WANNA LIVE THERE!"</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-45124140793173959362008-02-27T16:57:00.000-05:002008-02-27T16:57:00.000-05:00What was it John Galt said? GET THE HELL OUT OF MY...What was it John Galt said? <BR/><BR/>GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!Tango Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593296126387219845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-79216053909397636212008-02-27T16:44:00.000-05:002008-02-27T16:44:00.000-05:00It does appear to be durned difficult to propose t...It does appear to be durned difficult to propose that adult human beings be free to exercise their rights…including the right to abuse their own body, should they choose to do so, without being accused of being a dope-smoking hippie.<BR/><BR/>The “It’s for the CHILDREN”™ mantra just doesn’t pass muster from a practical standpoint either.<BR/><BR/>I have a niece and nephew in their early twenties, and we were talking about the availability of mind-altering substances in their not-so-long-ago youth. Both concurred that, had they wanted some, just about any illicit/illegal drug (including heroin) could be readily had for the cash, on almost a moment’s notice. But curiously, beer, wine and hard booze were extremely difficult to come by. In order to procure any (given the emphasis that liquor stores put on valid I.D. now), they had to persuade some adult to purchase it for them.<BR/><BR/>Does it strike anyone as a basic blank-out type of contradiction that by making (some) drugs illegal, the only people who sell them are, by definition, criminals? And is it then a surprise that someone undertaking a criminal activity doesn’t really mind selling these same illegal drugs to children, just because it’s slightly illegaller?<BR/><BR/>But drugs are the bugaboo that the Nanny-Statists use when confronted with liberty. The vast majority of (small-l) libertarians don’t give a rip about the current Prohibition…they either ignore it, or (like Roberta and myself) are completely unaffected by it (unless, of course, some door-kicking alphabet-soup agency makes a mistake on an address). Their fear of their own freedom means that they attempt to extend this wish for security and order to everyone else.<BR/><BR/>The current election choices throw a spotlight on how very far Americans have strayed from the concept of self-reliance. We have a choice between far-far-leftist Marxian-collectivists, and a not-too-far-left-of-center Fascist-collectivist. None of them gives a rat’s butt about the Constitution, or freedom, or limited government powers (and the associated unlimited, un-enumerated rights of the citizens).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-25863907697949542232008-02-27T13:57:00.000-05:002008-02-27T13:57:00.000-05:00Thank you. I couldn't have said it better.-RedThank you. I couldn't have said it better.<BR/><BR/>-RedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-85568264983605209702008-02-27T13:31:00.000-05:002008-02-27T13:31:00.000-05:00I see two classes of problem folks here. Those wh...I see two classes of problem folks here. <BR/><BR/>Those who want government to have power over the people, in order to run said governmnet and weild the power. <BR/><BR/>Then there are those who want government to have power over the people, in hopes that said government will give away enough confiscated wealth to support said looters.<BR/><BR/>The parties of the first part engage the parties of the second part as their field troops in the political games.<BR/><BR/>Those of us willing to fend for ourselves, and not looking to order everyone else around 'for their own good', seem to be coming into the minority.<BR/><BR/>If the trend continues, the only question remaining is: "When, and Will, Atlas shrug?"Carteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468700184940877315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-83148509993704942542008-02-27T12:41:00.000-05:002008-02-27T12:41:00.000-05:00One of the better pro-libertarian rants I've read ...One of the better pro-libertarian rants I've read in a good while... Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-35936838413739802972008-02-27T12:40:00.000-05:002008-02-27T12:40:00.000-05:00My roof, my rules, if it's okay with the gummint. ...My roof, my rules, if it's okay with the gummint. Just don't sound right, do it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-42910145696503003552008-02-27T11:27:00.000-05:002008-02-27T11:27:00.000-05:00You've summed up the whole of the problem. If the ...You've summed up the whole of the problem. If the gubbmint actually stayed out of people's business and let them act like adults, all of sudden people would have to [i]act[/i] like adults and be saddled with all that nasty responsibility. Scary. <BR/><BR/>Of course, the fact that making drugs, gambling, etc illegal has only made things worse in every case makes no never mind. Legislated morality has nothing to do with reality and everything to do with [i]feeling[/i] better about the problem.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456992930167398092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-82768887956918597942008-02-27T11:16:00.000-05:002008-02-27T11:16:00.000-05:00Am I a bad person if I laughed out loud at "Oopsie...Am I a bad person if I laughed out loud at "Oopsie."?bredahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216098318849287384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-4567473452086782132008-02-27T10:40:00.000-05:002008-02-27T10:40:00.000-05:00I concur wholeheartedly. Although I love my compu...I concur wholeheartedly. Although I love my computer and access and all that, I'm thinking people need to get away from televisions and their Ipods and other umbilicals and to actually have to think for themselves for a change, so something like a mass power outage couldn't be entirely bad.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-78587046841422009562008-02-27T09:12:00.000-05:002008-02-27T09:12:00.000-05:00At work, the line is, "If [Parker Gates/John Moses...At work, the line is, "If [Parker Gates/John Moses Browning/etc.] were alive today, he'd be wearin' out shoe soles daily, kicking the rumps that needed it." Ah, if only!Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-88527044981109088902008-02-27T08:45:00.000-05:002008-02-27T08:45:00.000-05:00Abso-effing-lutely!Abso-effing-lutely!Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-46418525042667358182008-02-27T08:30:00.000-05:002008-02-27T08:30:00.000-05:00Growing up would be good. Kind of unlikely, though...Growing up would be good. <BR/><BR/>Kind of unlikely, though. <BR/><BR/>As I have said before, and will doubtless say again: If I were to start bitchslapping all the people who desperately deserve it, my arm would start windmilling around like Pete Townshend's, and i would never be able to stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com