Letters to the Editor
bucky1
Published Letters: 1714
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@ -Mona- re: government
[Read the article: The Republican Party is the party of Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Look, I understand the objection to the idea that there can be such a thing as a limited government. So did the Founders. It is the natural tendency of government to expand, and for politicians and judges to increase their power. The more laws -- and the more Byzantine they are -- the greater advantage to Big Corporations and the Trial Lawyers who can manipulate the system via lobbying, socio-political incestuous relationships, and various ways of well-concealed bribes and back-scratching.
But human beings will always form governments. Even Iceland eventually did. And frankly, the deposit of common law the U.S. inherited from Britain is a good thing, one we retained, and so is the court system, in principle.
If we cannot preserve reasonably limited government after the start we were given, it may be impossible. But there will always be government, and there ought to be. You are far more extreme in your libertarianism than I am, or the folks at Reason or Cato.
(And LMW: I have no objection to funding traffic lights, for god's sake.)
There have been modern nation-states for only a relatively short time; but it is true that humans will create errors. I work within this prison of a system as well as I can even as I watch people fall for the myths and lies. I really understand their blindness. I have been there. I work within the system as given to me, I voted against the rise of the current fascist group. (for all the good it did)
I will say that it is true that our "justice" system is based on the "rights of Englishmen" as William Blackstone outlined in his famous lectures. But where did get these rights?
I guess you know that there has always been a dispute between those "tiny-government" folks verses the "no-government" folks. We see your side as the extremists. ;-) I do not mind any libertarian thought line except the "pro-war libertarians" as that is just plain an oxymoron.
The revolution came and the libertarians took over. What happened? Nothing, they are libertarians. :-)
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-- SomeNYGuy
[Read the article: The Republican Party is the party of Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]b1: "I wrote that I supported Ron Paul. Yes, I know --- no chance in hell of winning, but I will vote for him."
NY: "So you're still a registered Republican. How very libertarian of you."
I wrote earier that I still vote even though many libertarians do not on principle. We may vote in one primary or the other --- no crossover like in another state I lived in a few years back.
Bother you?
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b1: "I have read no one else here tell me of a better candidate --- I think they all are waiting for Glenn to make a endorsement. (if true, how sad is that?)"
It's sadder still that you have effectively hijacked every conversation since you arrived, but if you dip back into the pre-Bucky era, you will find discussion and debate about various current and potential presidential candidates, although since much of it was about Democrats you may not in fact recognize their fitness for office (or even their very existence.) You will also find a higher percentage of comments relevant to Glenn's post than has been the case since your advent. Perhaps you should start your own blog instead of annexing this one.
You do a mighty fine David Brooks imitation, Mr. Bucky. The presentation is so civilize, erudite and practically avuncular that it takes most people a while to realize how outrageous the content really is.
Perceptions are odd things. This weekend when LWM attacked me you had nothing to say. LWM writes to me and I respond, still nothing from you. He writes 5 times to my one --- still nothing from you. Day after day.
Today, I will not even return a comment to him and now you decide I stole the tread. Then you get two more comments added to the long string via your comment. I have made the observation on three occasions that this was out of hand, but you only see the "other" can be at fault. The "evil" libertarian. Boo!
Hmmmmmm. Are you saying that I should tell everyone to bugger off and not come back? Not give anyone a return comment? Are you saying that you wanted to make a nasty little dig like you did without me writing back?
I have been reading this comment section since before it moved to Salon. I was forced to pick a name over here, and over here bucky1 has even made a few comments over the past months --- but on topic --- addressed to Glenn.
Then LWM, St. Paul, and William decided that a non-Democrat was just not going to work out and the rest is history. If you do not like the number of posts, perhaps you will address the trinity; or, even try not reading all the posts.
One last thing; I noticed you were having a spot of fun earlier on the thread. Freedom scare you also?