Comments on: Worst Fears Realized http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Streaker http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-9054 Streaker Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:16:37 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html#comment-9054 <p>I thought that if you are registered as an independent in Arizona, you could vote for whatever political party you choose when you show up to the polling location. </p> I thought that if you are registered as an independent in Arizona, you could vote for whatever political party you choose when you show up to the polling location.

]]> By: Bearster http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-9053 Bearster Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:07:09 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html#comment-9053 <p>I am not sure that the proper term for an anti-war believer in the "troof of 9/11" is wingnut. I've always heard it as "moonbat."</p> I am not sure that the proper term for an anti-war believer in the “troof of 9/11″ is wingnut. I’ve always heard it as “moonbat.”

]]> By: atr http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-9052 atr Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:50:50 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html#comment-9052 <p>So along comes a candidate who actually wants to drastically reduce the size of the federal government, and lovers of liberty do everything they can to find fault with him.</p> <p>Even assuming he has said and believes these things, so what? Yes, I find fault with at least one of Paul's policy positions on libertarian grounds. But I have to acknowledge that he has done more to communicate the principles of liberty than almost anyone else in recent history.</p> So along comes a candidate who actually wants to drastically reduce the size of the federal government, and lovers of liberty do everything they can to find fault with him.

Even assuming he has said and believes these things, so what? Yes, I find fault with at least one of Paul’s policy positions on libertarian grounds. But I have to acknowledge that he has done more to communicate the principles of liberty than almost anyone else in recent history.

]]> By: BobH http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-9051 BobH Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:51:17 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html#comment-9051 <p>Rogue and Poet: You have expressed exactly my reasons for leaving the Libertarian Party long ago -- and why I always make sure to identify myself as "small-l". The Big-L people have no interest in accomplishing anything -- all they want is to prove that they are Libertarianer than thou.</p> <p>The disgusting Dr. Paul turned me off with his failure to disavow the 9/11 Truther crowd. After that, why should we be surprised that he buys into a whole lot of other nutty ideas?<br /> </p> Rogue and Poet: You have expressed exactly my reasons for leaving the Libertarian Party long ago — and why I always make sure to identify myself as “small-l”. The Big-L people have no interest in accomplishing anything — all they want is to prove that they are Libertarianer than thou.

The disgusting Dr. Paul turned me off with his failure to disavow the 9/11 Truther crowd. After that, why should we be surprised that he buys into a whole lot of other nutty ideas?

]]> By: Mesa Econoguy http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-9050 Mesa Econoguy Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:43:04 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html#comment-9050 <p>Hold on, wasn’t David Duke cool?</p> <p>I thought he lived near Ross Perot(and Adm. Grrrrridlock…), waaaay back when? Or was that Chuck Lindbergh?</p> <p>P.S., excellent use of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quod_erat_demonstrandum" rel="nofollow">Ivy League Joke </a>(wink wink).</p> <p>P.P.S., It'll be ok, especially since Al Gore has been distracted by his shiny new cracker jack peace prize action toy...<br /> </p> Hold on, wasn’t David Duke cool?

I thought he lived near Ross Perot(and Adm. Grrrrridlock…), waaaay back when? Or was that Chuck Lindbergh?

P.S., excellent use of Ivy League Joke (wink wink).

P.P.S., It’ll be ok, especially since Al Gore has been distracted by his shiny new cracker jack peace prize action toy…

]]> By: Josh http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-9049 Josh Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:58:55 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html#comment-9049 <p>You don't need to worry about his excuses for the newsletters. It gets much worse:</p> <blockquote><i> I've been told not to talk, but these stooges don't scare me. Threats or no threats, I've laid bare the coming race war in our big cities. The federal-homosexual cover-up on AIDS (my training as a physician helps me see through this one.) The Bohemian Grove--perverted, pagan playground of the powerful. Skull & Bones: the demonic fraternity that includes George Bush and leftist Senator John Kerry, Congress's Mr. New Money. The Israeli lobby, which plays Congress like a cheap harmonica.</i></blockquote> <p>From a <a href="http://www.tnr.com/downloads/solicitation.pdf" rel="nofollow">newletter signed by Ron Paul</a>.</p> <p>He's truly a nutcase, and all the libertarians saying "well, his opposition to Roe vs. Wade isn't <i>so</i> bad" now have no excuse to refrain from dumping him.</p> You don’t need to worry about his excuses for the newsletters. It gets much worse:


I’ve been told not to talk, but these stooges don’t scare me. Threats or no threats, I’ve laid bare the coming race war in our big cities. The federal-homosexual cover-up on AIDS (my training as a physician helps me see through this one.) The Bohemian Grove–perverted, pagan playground of the powerful. Skull & Bones: the demonic fraternity that includes George Bush and leftist Senator John Kerry, Congress’s Mr. New Money. The Israeli lobby, which plays Congress like a cheap harmonica.

From a newletter signed by Ron Paul.

He’s truly a nutcase, and all the libertarians saying “well, his opposition to Roe vs. Wade isn’t so bad” now have no excuse to refrain from dumping him.

]]> By: Rogue and Poet http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-9048 Rogue and Poet Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:33:55 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html#comment-9048 <p>Early last year (I think) I was fascinated with the Libertarian Reform Caucus after some of the stories that came out of Portland when the Libertarians held a convention there. I joined a reform forum board that talked of the members coming together to create a new party platform. I thought that was a great idea and that it would be fun to participate. Absolute waste of time. The ideologically rigid aren't interested in building constituency or finding issues that can be developed incrementally. It's strict adherence to philosophical purity despite the years of failure that route has produced. While I still support many libertarian ideas I can't become a slave to any philosophy. The ability to adapt serves me too well. </p> Early last year (I think) I was fascinated with the Libertarian Reform Caucus after some of the stories that came out of Portland when the Libertarians held a convention there. I joined a reform forum board that talked of the members coming together to create a new party platform. I thought that was a great idea and that it would be fun to participate. Absolute waste of time. The ideologically rigid aren’t interested in building constituency or finding issues that can be developed incrementally. It’s strict adherence to philosophical purity despite the years of failure that route has produced. While I still support many libertarian ideas I can’t become a slave to any philosophy. The ability to adapt serves me too well.

]]> By: Sameer Parekh http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-9047 Sameer Parekh Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:48:00 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html#comment-9047 <p>Ever since I read Ron Paul's campaign site I knew he was a wingnut who didn't deserve to call himself a libertarian. Everything I learned since then has simply reinforced that first impression.</p> Ever since I read Ron Paul’s campaign site I knew he was a wingnut who didn’t deserve to call himself a libertarian. Everything I learned since then has simply reinforced that first impression.

]]> By: Ari http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-9046 Ari Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:47:50 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html#comment-9046 <p>I'm not a libertarian (though I do believe in many libertarian principles), but I wish that an honest, sane philosophical libertarian (Cato-or-Reason-style) would come along once in a while; this country sorely needs one. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much of a demand, though there is a demand for a pseudo-libertarian (Paul's practically against free trade and globalization) to rally the rest of the crazies.</p> I’m not a libertarian (though I do believe in many libertarian principles), but I wish that an honest, sane philosophical libertarian (Cato-or-Reason-style) would come along once in a while; this country sorely needs one. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be much of a demand, though there is a demand for a pseudo-libertarian (Paul’s practically against free trade and globalization) to rally the rest of the crazies.

]]> By: Hazel Stone http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html/comment-page-1#comment-9045 Hazel Stone Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:30:08 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/worst-fears-rea.html#comment-9045 <p>Or, at the very least, unforgivable stupidity. Neither a sterling recommendation.</p> Or, at the very least, unforgivable stupidity. Neither a sterling recommendation.

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