:: bangs head against desk ::
So we’ve got a psycho claiming to be a Libertarian (Rick Stanley) running for Senate. He was on the radio with Colorado’s Idiot Morning Guy yesterday and Stanly point blank said:
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Bush, Gephart…EVERYONE in the Executive and Legislative branches (except two congressmen…one from Texas and one other) who voted for the Patriot Act were traitors and should be hung by the neck until dead. (partial cite…3d paragraph from the bottom.)
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Anyone who approves of any law restricting ANY weapon (up to and including nuclear missles) is a traitor.
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Any court that flies an American flag with that gold fringy stuff is showing that they’re part of a conspiracy (dunno what kind, I got to work and turned off the radio at that point)
I shrugged and assumed that he was about as representative of the Libertarian Party as Lyndon LaRouche was of the Democrats (until I learned that he was picked as their candidate on Sunday. :rolleyes: )
So anyway, after that “interview” and today (the day after), the idiot morning guy (who has contempt for anyone who’s in favor of ANY kind of freedom (he’s anti-free speech, anti-gun, anti-drug, anti-tax reform). In short, he’s an idiot.) ranted about how “THIS is what the Libertarians believe! FEAR THEM!” gets a call from Dave Bryant, head of the Information department of the Colorado Libertarian party who wants to discuss stuff. I’m thinking “C’mon Dave: this moron’s a hostile host. Be careful of your phrasing, 'cause he’d love to rip you a new asshole. Talk about non-coersion, increasing freedoms, restricting government, etc! AND distance the Colorado Libs from that moron Stanley! (even though he’s their official candidate). Show everyone that Libertarians can be thoughtful, insightful people with real-world solutions!”
Uhm.
Nope.
What we got was psychotic conspiracy theory stuff.
Did you know that we’ve probably been living in a dictatorship since 194x? (the War Powers act removed all freedom!)
Apparently so!
We shouldn’t have a military. But it was appropriate to respond militarily to the events of Sept. 11.
Some coercive taxes were ok, but he really didn’t know which ones were coercive. But maybe 10% would be fair.
Court systems are OK, but cops? Not so much.
Building infrastructure isn’t really an appropriate role for government.
What he didn’t do is distance the party from the psychotic loonie who’s running for senate, and what he didn’t do is discuss non-coersion and/or the non-initiation of force and what (most of all) he didn’t do is dispell the idea that many people have that Libertarians are a bunch of wackos.
:: bangs head on desk again ::
Libertarians (and Libertarian allies), we have met the enemy and they are us.
Fenris