It’s really hard being a libertarian sometimes. My parents were down here a couple of weekends ago and we had a long sort-of talk about how I’m wrong to be so, well, libertarian. It makes me feel bad because I like to please my parents and yet I like also to be [...]
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I guess we’re having this conversation again. As a conservative libertarian who swims in a sea of liberals, I’m used to being thought ‘wrong’ or ’stupid’ or ‘misguided’. Goes with the territory, I suppose.
On the 4th of July I had a conversation with a 9-year old who seemed to understand the concept of [...]
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Remember when I used to come up with clever titles for blog entries? Those days are gone, my friend. I SOOO could not think of what to call this post. Although I do think it’s high time we turned July 5 into a lesser sort of holiday, kind of like Boxing [...]
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Posted in libertarianism on May 24, 2007 | 17 Comments »
I have to admit that one of my favourite things about being a Libertarian is the fact that I can be all “that’s not my business / not my problem” about stuff that most people fret over. It’s very freeing to allow other people to live their own lives without my assistance. [...]
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Oh, Rudy Giuliani. How inadequate I think you are! How terrified I am that you might become president! Your main claims to fame seems to be that you didn’t wet yourself on the morning of 9/11 and that you weren’t scared to appear on Saturday Night Live. The fact [...]
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Ron Paul, Penn Jillette and I are all “Terrorists” according to the State of Alabama.
The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has recently constructed a website that defines Domestic Terrorists as those who oppose a strong federal government.
Funny, but I thought Domestic Terrorists were people who blew up stuff. I thought Libertarians were [...]
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This is going to be a long one. And I’ve discovered the “More” tool, so I’m overusing it.
On this eve of the possible execution of Phillip Workman, I need to go on record with a FAQ about how and why I am for the death penalty, even though I believe in the sanctity of life. [...]
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It seems that it’s okay to express an opinion in the City of LaVergne. If you agree with the City Board, that is. Otherwise, you’re just some jerk with a computer.
LaVergne is a small town. But this story is so very AMERICAN in its practices. We are theoretically free [...]
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I haven’t written much about Leslie Bennetts’ The Feminine Mistake because I don’t generally care to promote the various books in the You
Are A Failed Human Being genre. I assume many people are like me in that they are plagued with frequent moments of self-doubt and fits of wistfullness. I personally [...]
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You might also suggest to your local representatives which of those groups of people should lose the services they rely on so that we can eliminate the $8 or $9 in tax we pay on every $100 of food we purchase.
–Tennessee Taxpayer And Vehicle Services Division in an email dated 26 April, 2007
$8 or [...]
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