Centrist: Between Lenin and Stalin
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:00:00 GMT
From birdman:
"Sex is dirty, but only if it's done right." -- Woody Allen
From kaba:
I'm getting a little tired of politicians trying to prove how "moderate" and "centrist" they are by taking more of my money and freedom. Where's this center -- somewhere between Lenin and Stalin? -- Ann Coulter
Doug Newman at The Libertarian Enterprise - Blinded by Dumbo - Had Algore done as president what Bushnev has done, the Republicans would have tarred and feathered him. As it is, they're happy with their Dumbo. [tle]
The disreputable side of me almost wishes Al Gore had been elected in 2000. How much of the above could he have gotten away with?
George W. Bush is the biggest tyrant and socialist ever to stink up the Oval Office. And those in the media who call themselves conservatives absolutely love him. What do they want to conserve? Oppressive taxation? The world's most lavish welfare state? A federal education department that they once wanted to abolish? Gun control?
All establishment conservatives want to conserve is Clintonism. They never get rid of anything that Clinton, LBJ, FDR, Woodrow Wilson, etc. gave us. Democrats are at least honest when they say they support high taxes, welfare, gun control, etc. Republicans say they oppose these things until they get their guys in charge.
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No matter which faction of the Socialist War Party prevails in 2004, nothing will change. Domestically, we will have more socialism year by year. And we will have troops spread all over the globe for God knows what purpose. We will be in Iraq for several years to come, if not permanently. We never will catch Osama bin Laden. Hatred for America will continue to spread throughout the Arab world and in our infinite hubris we will not pull our troops out of there. More restrictions will be placed on our God-given right to self-defense. There will be more and more federal intrusion into education and medicine. But if Republicans are responsible for this, their supporters will tell us that this is no big deal, because they are blinded by Dumbo.
Wendy McElroy at The Libertarian Enterprise - The Marriage Strike - Marriage rates are down. Divorce rates are up. Why the latter, coupled with anti=male family courts, causes the former. [tle]
Increasingly, men are stating their reasons for not marrying on the Internet. In an article entitled "The Marriage Strike," Matthew Weeks expresses a sentiment common to such sites, "If we accept the old feminist argument that marriage is slavery for women, then it is undeniable that -- given the current state of the nation's family courts -- divorce is slavery for men."
Bob Jackson at Strike the Root - Hope from the Gun Control Zone - a little common sense goes a long way, unless you're part of the Brady Bunch. Some personal experience of the fact that guns prevent crime, usually without firing a shot. [kaba]
Later that year, I was making a midnight run to the video store to save $4.20 in late fees. I also happened to be giving a security guard friend a ride home that evening. I tried pulling up in a space by the video store to make a quick drop off, but mistook a young man standing in the space to be passing through it when, in actuality, he was making a territorial claim. I waited a moment, believing he was going to walk to his car or the video store. Instead he and a companion still seated in their car began to glare at me. I then realized I had unwittingly stepped into a confrontation - the kind that fills the crime blotter of the local newspaper. There were several tense seconds of the staring contest when my friend got out of the car. He opened his jacket and let them follow his eyes to the revolver he was packing. That resolved the issue. The young man got into the car and the two drove off. I was able to return my videos without incident. We can only speculate what would have happened if I'd chosen to get out of the car under any other circumstances.
