Letters to the Editor
bucky1
Published Letters: 1714
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William T. still does not get it ...
[Read the article: Yesterday's ruling on NSA warrantless eavesdropping]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]WT to shooter242 ---> " Better ideas? Well, shooter, just go look in the Other letters by WT. Those you can have for free. Better ideas tailored to the limitations of your reasoning processes, on the other hand, require a one-time licensing fee, and continuing royalties based on the number of times you post them here and elsewhere. (I regret having to charge for what is essentially a public service, but our libertarians have convinced me that free enterprise is the way to go, especially when there's no competitive provider for such services, and the demand for them is inelastic.)
What better ideas?
You never advance any concrete opinion on a specific proposal. You are running from shooter and that says it all; if you are intimidated by shooter then you deeply need a moment of zen.
On to my reason to write you; you need correction in your thinking. I do not have time to point out all of your numerous errors, but this one is to obvious to pass up. Libertarians believe in voluntary cooperation. The non-aggression ideas of libertarianism befuddles collectivists such as yourself, but that is life.
Rothbard, von Mises, and all the others have written extensively on the place of charity and compassion in a world without a coercive government. You may freely share your "ideas" with shooter and no libertarian would quibble.
See von Mises and Human Action as he explains what Praxeology is. Austrian economics is the science of understanding what makes 'man' act; i.e. social cooperation and human action. That includes giving things away if you so desire. Sometimes a man wants to reduce personal discomfort by helping others. There is nothing wrong with that. Give shooter his answer, if you can.
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William T. says he is the archbishop ...
[Read the article: Yesterday's ruling on NSA warrantless eavesdropping]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Now, now bucky. Snark back or forever hold your peace. You aren't that hard to get, after all. You want a seat in shooter's cockleshell, I won't try to dissuade you, but I'll be damned if I'll play L.W.M. to your Grand Duchess of Fenwick.
You talk about 'snark'? That is a delicious treat this afternoon; and you changed the subject away from answering shooter242's little question again. I understand if you can not answer, but you wrote to him as if any moron toddler could see the answer. There is an easy one, but I wait on you.
The way to deal with the other side is not to trade insults but to demolish any silly argument; which in this case would have taken under three sentences.
By the way, if that was a threat - please go for it. It would take more than a reference to a old satire to impress. (even if it was written by a good Irish boy)
Can you take a concrete position on any political issue of the day?
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re: Please shut the fuck up about Libertarianis
[Read the article: Yesterday's ruling on NSA warrantless eavesdropping]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]... Because I know I'm not the only one sick of hearing people who claim to be Libertarians prattle endlessly about how other people who make the same claim are wrong.
Yes, preach it brother. Oh, and while you are at it; did you not notice that the threads are always started by a fool named LWM who claims not to be libertarian. Does he get a pass?
If so, why?
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LWM continues to lie and slime good people ...
[Read the article: Yesterday's ruling on NSA warrantless eavesdropping]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No, she just sits there and lies about Cato not being an odious propaganda mill for business and corporate interests and privatizing the world. Tom Tomorrow can explain it to you in words and pictures. All those public roads are an example of "creeping socialism":
http://www.thismodernworld.org/arc/TAP/01-libertarian.jpg
It is the mark of the intellectually inferior mind to decide that all of its own unsupported beliefs are 'truth' and that anyone who holds a different view is both evil and a lair. LWM does this each day and even adds supporting his fantasies with the most bizarre of sources. He used a cartoon to support his slander of a lady that he hates. (he hates many people)
The state of Florida sued big tobacco and won. The money never seems to really help the 'victims' in the case, but that is government. The state of Florida also kept the jury from hearing that the state itself had made cigarettes and sold them to the public --- with slave labor to boot! (inmates) It is a lesson in the nature of the legal system that the state may do things, that others will be severely punished for doing. Plus, the government can keep the information from a jury if it suits them to do so.
Perhaps Mona is incorrect in this one issue, and perhaps not. She is no liar, and it is detrimental to the blog itself to have people like LWM post here.
We can all grow up; I hope LWM (and 3 others) do in fact mature. (please hurry!)
LWM, if Cato is as you say. Tell us an example in your own words and then site credible evidence that they are engaged in propaganda. It should be darned easy if the situation is as you claim.