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My God, I am crushed. You cruel man. However will I repair the tattered shreds of my self-esteem? .…
20 May 2009, 21:28
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"this time" taken to include the present and near future. I have examined the case to my satisfaction. See above. Homo Sapiens Out Of Northern Europe! Neanderthal Power! .…
20 May 2009, 19:30
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Books have been written about this. All I will say at this time is that I am satisfied that Jefferson's conduct was mediated by necessity. I believe that they have treaty rights, …
20 May 2009, 19:04
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I don't think it is, personally. Your mileage may vary. .…
20 May 2009, 18:59
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Jeff Wilson writes: Rousseau sent his infant children to an orphanage and did not check up on them. The death rate in 18th century French orphanages approached 100%. Left his chi…
20 May 2009, 17:21
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I am absolutely in favor of enforcement of American Indian treaty rights and have been for my whole life. I don't really see any way that the conquest of North America could have b…
20 May 2009, 17:00
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It is the standard Jeffersonian position: ___ We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ that they are endowe…
20 May 2009, 16:29
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'Viewpoint' may not cheer you up, but it will get you thinking in the right direction. .…
20 May 2009, 13:37
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Damn, clear thinking in 2009. Who woulda thunk it? .…
20 May 2009, 13:34
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Property rights are sacred, unalienable and a matter of faith. You believe in them or you don't. Attempt to violate mine at your peril. How many children did Rousseau abandon? Wh…
20 May 2009, 13:28
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Hey Lane, meeting you has been a real treat. I'm looking forward to getting to know you better. .…
20 May 2009, 06:30
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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, according to one famous document. The first draft said 'life, liberty and property', and property is also very important. Some people t…
20 May 2009, 01:12
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That's why we're using the democratic process to steal from him. Then we can send the cops after him if he still balks. .…
20 May 2009, 00:56
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Damn! I hope the sex is good. .…
20 May 2009, 00:54
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Sorry, this is just not as amusing as Dan'l's version. It's only somewhat inaccurate instead of where-the-hell-did-that-come-from batshit wrongo-wrong. .…
20 May 2009, 00:44
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Jackpot! *pulls up chair and listens* .…
20 May 2009, 00:36
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Tell us about the money, Dan'l. Where does money come from again? .…
20 May 2009, 00:17
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You're entitled to your opinion. I personally think of it as an art and the great propagandists as artists. .…
20 May 2009, 00:11
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Well, I'd think you'd have to minimize the shame-heaping aspects if you wanted to adapt the system for general use, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. Doesn't change the prin…
20 May 2009, 00:07
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I don't know if saying that 'war is sometimes necessary' is the same thing as saying that 'war can be justified'. It would take a page and a half for me to explain my views on the…
20 May 2009, 00:05
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I'm a Copperhead. .…
19 May 2009, 22:26
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I believe that Marxist economists (a contradiction in terms if ever I saw one) do take this seriously. Wealth is created literally all of the time. That it is not is one of the mo…
19 May 2009, 22:25
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Actually, the way you tell that it's getting close to shoot-the-bastards time is that *everyone*, including the cops, is talking about it getting close to shoot-the-bastards time, …
19 May 2009, 22:20
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It almost sounds like you have something personal against me. I am not sure why that should be. As far as I know, we have never met. This is all good clean fun to me. Keep it gay…
19 May 2009, 22:15
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They wouldn't have disagreed about the nature of political power, that is for sure. .…
19 May 2009, 22:12
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Reality is what doesn't go away when you stop believing in it. -- PKD (I think). .…
19 May 2009, 22:05
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You're familiar with Thomas Jefferson, right Lane? They taught you about him in law school or college or something, I am sure, and you are just pretending to be ignorant for rhetor…
19 May 2009, 22:03
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I calls them like I sees them. I prefer to look straight at things and name them plainly, rather than search for more comforting, euphemistic ways to express plain reality. And I d…
19 May 2009, 21:56
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Late twentieth - early twenty-first century aphorist. "Never postulate conspiracy when stupidity will explain the known facts." -- Geller's Second Law .…
19 May 2009, 21:51
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The fishing went away because Somalia, lacking a government, lacks a Coast Gaurd (see my post about necessary things which may be paid for by taxation) and therefore every industri…
19 May 2009, 21:44
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I said this in a recent post. I will expand upon it. Taxation, the extortion of money from the citizens, is permissible for things that are necessary. My list of necessary things …
19 May 2009, 21:36
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Adam writes: But we (the people on the other side of the argument) are none of us arguing for a complete lack of functional civil society and a Hobbesian all-against-all. Were you…
19 May 2009, 21:19
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Is easier than coming up with good arguments? .…
19 May 2009, 21:07
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No, that's not the funny one. The one where the government creates money, you know how it goes. The other has been dealt with in other posts. Do the funny thing again, I love it…
19 May 2009, 21:06
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You have to tithe to be a member of the Church, sure. What is voluntary is choosing to be a member of the Church. .…
19 May 2009, 21:03
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Tell us where money comes from, again, Dan'l. Now that the shock of seeing someone as intelligent as you say something that bogus is wearing off, I find it incredibly amusing on a …
19 May 2009, 21:00
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Indeed. The Mormons have an excellent (and voluntary) social welfare system, which they pay for themselves, by tithing. I have often thought that something of the kind could be ad…
19 May 2009, 20:58
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James Wynn has dealt well with this straw man. You may, of course, go on repeating it as you desire. .…
19 May 2009, 20:55
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Good in this context means 'well (or competently) done'. .…
19 May 2009, 20:51
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19 May 2009, 20:44
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Let me explain what I mean by consensual and non-consensual: The government wants you to pay taxes, which they are going to spend on whatever. You or I may approve of everything t…
19 May 2009, 20:43
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Please do explain how consensual taxation works: I am all ears. Voluntary communism, like you find in monastaries, is something that I actually appreciate and strongly approve of.…
19 May 2009, 19:27
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insert 'that': "do you just say that and titter at each other". Brain ahead of typing gets. Blah.…
19 May 2009, 19:23
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Sure, why not? I want to say that I am neither a socialist nor a big L libertarian. I sometimes call myself a Goldwater Republican, sometimes a Jeffersonian, sometimes a Machiavel…
19 May 2009, 19:21
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So do you just say and titter at each other or do you have some examples (you will note that I gave two examples of what I was talking about)? Are you really a member of CPUSA, La…
19 May 2009, 19:09
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Really? I have never met a libertarian who claims that the government issues money or that theft is OK when performed by the government. I'd be more than happy to talk to such a …
19 May 2009, 18:32
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It's not illegal to be stupid. It's also not illegal to take advantage of stupidity, within limits. Many poor people use neither pay day loans nor loan sharks. These are not the …
19 May 2009, 18:29
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Socialism is criminal. Socialism is the idea that theft is OK if it's done by the government. The difference between war and socialism is that war is sometimes necessary. .…
19 May 2009, 18:22
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'tends to'. Once in a while you run into a leftist who is not completely out of touch with reality. Not too often. Actually, that's not completely fair. Many leftists are in fact…
19 May 2009, 18:13
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Actually, "Wolfe is pro-gun" has the ring of truth to it, as does "Wolfe is a fiscal conservative". He has his point of view on things. People who agree with him generally have no …
19 May 2009, 14:47
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