# I'd just like to thank myself **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799 "2008-01-09T00:54:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/1 "2008-01-09T00:54:04Z")
I was going to pit Lou Dobbs, but the more I thought about it, the more it applies to other shows as well. Like Fox News Sunday. And This Week with David Brin… uh, excuse me… George Stephanopoulopolupapolipopulous. Oh, and of course: Bill “I’m Not A Conservative By God” O’Reiily. You know what I’m talking about. The letters segment. **Dear Lib, Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your posts. I wouldn’t know how to think about things if you didn’t post here. Please don’t stop. Randy from Oakland** Well, thanks, Randy. Don’t worry. I won’t stop until I’ve posted the entire text of _Human Action_, one quote at a time. **Your posts are the only ones that are really fair to everyone involved. That’s why I like reading them. Plus, it’s entertaining when you have your meltdowns. Rhoda from Minneapolis** I’m glad you enjoy the posts, Rhoda. But I’m afraid you’ll have to wait for socialized medicine before I have another meltdown. **What I enjoy most is your wit. I actually rank that higher than your superior intellect. Rudy from Notre Dame** I agree with you, Rudy. My astounding intelligence is much less important to me than my gift for making my readers smile. * * * And just to prove that we don’t shy away from the critical letters: **Lib, the first thing I do every day is sit down with a cup of coffee and search for your posts. Sometimes, it disappoints me how few there are. Would you mind staying up all night and posting instead of sleeping? Donald from Manhattan** Donald, with all due respect, I do have to sleep. We can’t all be jet setting billionaires with way too much time on our hands. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/2 "2008-01-09T00:56:06Z")
The switchboard is lit up too, would you like to take some calls? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/3 "2008-01-09T01:02:08Z")
Yes, I think we can make time for some calls. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/4 "2008-01-09T01:11:05Z")
First time emailer, long time reader. My question is this… is your brand of libertarianism a great political philosophy or the greatest political philosophy? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/5 "2008-01-09T01:20:33Z")
[QUOTE=MaxTheVool] First time emailer, long time reader. My question is this… is your brand of libertarianism a great political philosophy or the greatest political philosophy? [/QUOTE] I wish I could take credit for it, **Max**. But with all humility, I must confess that all I have done is perfect a philosophy that others had put much effort into. I can’t just discard their work any more than Einstein could discard Maxwell, or Jesus could discard Abraham. What? [John 8:58](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%208:58;&version=31;)? Okay, just Einstein then. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/6 "2008-01-09T01:29:02Z")
Please use the complete title. “…:A Treatise on Economics.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/7 "2008-01-09T01:33:03Z")
Here’s **blondebear** calling in on his cellphone: Thanks for taking my call. Hey, Liberal you’re (_static_) grubble (_static_) and I think (_static_) your (_static_) mumble (_crackling noise_)!!! Can you hear me? (_clunk_) ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/8 "2008-01-09T01:37:50Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] Here’s **blondebear** calling in on his cellphone: Thanks for taking my call. Hey, Liberal you’re (_static_) grubble (_static_) and I think (_static_) your (_static_) mumble (_crackling noise_)!!! Can you hear me? (_clunk_) [/QUOTE] I can’t tell from your location, but if you’re in the UK I can sort you out with a phone that works. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/9 "2008-01-09T01:39:00Z")
I have a question. Are you a liberal, a Liberal, or both? And, what is the difference at this point in time? ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/10 "2008-01-09T01:51:22Z")
Oh, _thank._ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/11 "2008-01-09T02:33:03Z")
Ok Loach in New Jersey… LIBERAL YOU ARE A FUCbeeeeeeeeep ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/12 "2008-01-09T03:05:01Z")
helloHELLO liberalLIBERAL canCANyouYOUreadREADmeMe?? turnTURN downDOWN theTHE fontFONT. iIsaidSAIDturnTURNdownDOWNtheTHEfontFONT!!! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/13 "2008-01-09T03:13:52Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Please use the complete title. “…:A Treatise on Economics.” [/QUOTE] _…trashed by call screener…_ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/14 "2008-01-09T03:16:30Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] Here’s **blondebear** calling in on his cellphone: Thanks for taking my call. Hey, Liberal you’re (_static_) grubble (_static_) and I think (_static_) your (_static_) mumble (_crackling noise_)!!! Can you hear me? (_clunk_) [/QUOTE] I hear you fine, **blondebear**. My producers say they managed to clean up your call with their voice analyzer machine, and I would just respond by saying that it’s usually boxers. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/15 "2008-01-09T03:17:18Z")
I knew it. I knew it. First step towards world domination. Saw it coming. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/16 "2008-01-09T03:18:46Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I have a question. Are you a liberal, a Liberal, or both? And, what is the difference at this point in time? [/QUOTE] I’d say I am a liberal’s liberal. Some people tell me I am the Alpha and the Omega, but I have no delusions. I may be a god, but I’m not THE God. I’d need 50,000 posts for that. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/17 "2008-01-09T03:29:29Z")
Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/18 "2008-01-09T03:50:49Z")
Hello? Hello? Am I on? Oh, I was telling the person who answered the phone. I was telling that person. The screener? That I love your show Liberal and me and my friends always listen to it. Hello? Hello? Great show! Okay, I have three questions. Do you have time for my questions Demo-uh Liberal? Okay, my first question is–I agree with the previous caller(s) The second question is–heh…I am really nervous…_giggle_ :eek: _click_ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/19 "2008-01-09T04:14:52Z")
[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] Great show! … The second question is–heh…I am really nervous…_giggle_ [/QUOTE] No need to be nervous, **Kneepants**. Just because I’m superior to you doesn’t mean I’m better than you are. We’re going to send you a tee-shirt just for being cute. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799/20 "2008-01-09T04:21:50Z")
Hello? Given what you believe about civil rights, which I understand is similar to the views of Alexis de Tocqueville but perhaps more nuanced, and your stated position on mandatory minimum sentences for repeat criminals, and combined with your oft-repeated claims of the superiority Minoan cultural values over our contemporary American mores, and finally, considering the current value of the Chinese yuan, what do you think about Britney Spears’s latest meltdown. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-just-like-to-thank-myself/432799.md?page=2)