Horse, David, Xcto, Platt, Eric and Group, Greetings.
I'm going to get myself deeper into this swamp, I fear.
First, some easy stuff, though.
Xcto: I don't capitalize it (drose); whether you do or not is irrelevant
to me. It's a partial anagram of my name.
I never did figure out what office supply your name represents, either.
You wrote:
> It's all a joke when you compare it to Nixon...
Actually, and I make no defense of Nixon here, IMNSHO this is worse.
This eats at the very foundation of the U.S.
Platt: In my time on the forum I think I have read your posts and said
"Yeah!" more than with any other member.
Horse: You and I have a lot in common. I've been a longtime member and
sometime officer of ABATE of Indiana. I love having my knees in the
breeze and I too have been known to run with the "rough crowd". I've
spent a lot of time wrangling over "rights", mine and others.
I suspect we're getting into problems with defininitions. Socialism is
antithetical to libertarianism, by any definition I of which I am aware.
I guess I'll have to read Chomsky, now. Sometimes this group gets on my
nerves :-)
Group: In a nutshell, anytime the government coerces the individual for
any reason, freedom is abridged. There is a certain amount of
cooperation required for the survival of the guarantor of our freedom,
i.e. the constitionally agreed upon gov't.
The last 60 years have seen a steady encroachment of government into
areas over which it has no legitimate authority. That it does so with
the acquiescence of the "majority" does not make it right. It is my
opinion that our government in its current manifestation is corrupt and
unconstitutional, and so illegitimate.
The battle of the two intellectual points of view is for the very soul
of the nation.
To invoke Libertarianism while empowering the State is illogical.
David: I do not object to your assertion that there are racists (or any
of a host of other -ists) in the Rep. Party. The ideology of the Rep.
Party is not necessarily amenable to racists. The position of the party
is that of a meritocracy. I think you mischaractrerize Hyde. Duke was
also once a Democrat - as was Wallace. You'll find the -ists affiliated
with either party. Even more have formed their own parties.
The "inalienable" rights are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of
Happiness.
A minor correction - Slavery was ended by executive order of Lincoln, I
believe.
David wrote:
> I'm fond of saying that Whitewater is alot like Watergate.
> It both cases Republicans abused the institutions of government in an
> attempt to destroy their political enemies.
>
This is a total misrepresentation of the truth. The fact that Starr
obtained several convictions, including that of a sitting governor, over
the course of the investigation means nothing?
The fact the the Reps used the independent counsel law that the Dems set
up to nail Reps is one of the better ironies of the whole sordid affair.
It may be politically expedient to let our slimebucket of a president
off the hook, but it will come back to bite us later.
I'm just glad I voted Libertarian last time.
> Even the U.S.
> Presidency is a watered down version of this same warrior king
> celebrated in ancient Rome.
It didn't used to be that way. Hail, King Bill! Yecch. Hardly the
"warrior" king, coward that he is.
Jason: It is a mistake, I think, to use "intellectualize" as a synonym
for "rationalize".
drose
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