Comments on: Libertarians Against Iraqi Liberty?

By: Dean Esmay

Dean Esmay — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:00:11 +0000

Well they’re not isolationist on trade, just on military affairs. They don’t appear to understand that trade cannot flow freely when one side has guns and the other does not (or refuses to use them).

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:14:57 +0000

Now replace Polar Bears with people. I admit the odds improve. It is still far from certain.

Sam Clemens saw it differently. He said if you make a dog prosperous, he won’t bite you. That is the difference between a man and a dog.

This emphasizes something I’ve been saying for some time: today’s â€œlibertariansâ€ aren’t libertarians at all. They’re minarchists and anarchists who believe that liberty is maximized by reducing the size of government.

I think it’s a naive view. I believe that you maximize liberty by right-sizing governmentâ€”putting it in the right places at the right scale, not minimizing or eliminating it. The â€œlibertariansâ€, like the paleo-cons are isolationists.

By: Dishman

Dishman — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:02:53 +0000

… and then there was the guy who actually tried that with Polar Bears…
It worked for quite a while.Â They mostly accepted him (as an idiot)…

until he took his girlfriend there.Â Two bears killed him for having sex when he hadn’t earned that station.

By: zach

zach — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:50:54 +0000

lol he’s almost beyond parody.Â "You’d think with the increase in security AQI would be on our side!"

By: MSimon

MSimon — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:36:55 +0000

The Libertarian theory of the Universe is that if you just be nice to the Polar Bears they will be nice to you.

Now replace Polar Bears with people. I admit the odds improve. It is still far from certain.

By: Scott Kirwin

Scott Kirwin — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:15:10 +0000

Dave
Libertarians – the big L types – are nutjobs. They tend to be the @sshats that WFB jr chased out of the conservative movement in the 1950′s. They are about as conservative as Rosie O’Donnell and her buddies. The biggest problem with the Libertarian party is that it is full of Libertarians.