Libertarians

Writer Brian Doherty posts the following article at reason.com on 11/29/2012 in the "Hit & Run" Blog:

Ron Paul's "Exit Interview" with Washington Post: Hopeful, Humble, and Hating Welfare for the Rich

The article discusses Ron Paul's retirement and links to an exit interview with Paul by The Washington Post's Brook Silva-Braga . The following quotes say much about the appeal of Libertarian ideals as opposed to the details of how they would/could/should be implemented in a practical sense:

"Paul observes that more generic expressions of a liberty message--general belief in free enterprise and keeping what you earn, keeping government out of our private lives, not being policeman of the world--get surprising assent.

But "when it comes to particulars people don't necessarily stick with it. "Yes, but you go too far, you want too much freedom!" (A common phenomenon when it comes to libertarianism, which I have long found gets greater assent the more vaguely you express its principles.)"

I'm still struggling with the whole Liberty and Freedom thing when they often sound like nothing more than buzzwords.

Election over . . . Now . . . Future remains . . .

Election over. Decisions made. Lots of work to do. Some happy, some disappointed. Some will not let it go.

It's interesting, to say the least, when people use their inalienable rights to free speech to PROCLAIM what the future now holds because "YOU people" don't understand the truth as completely as "US people" do and have allowed this terrible thing to occur. "Therefore it will now come to pass that . . ."

So, you might well ask your Facebook friends, "Can we finally stop harshing my social buzz with all those political bullshit posts?"

Yes We Can.

But the divisiveness, enmity and bullshit remain. And I'll tell you what I'm still afraid of: Those people who are so heartsickenly angry and afraid for "what has happened to my country" that they might feel compelled to begin physically attacking their perceived enemies. We have met them and they are "US".

Monkey Business

Monkeys on the ceiling
Monkeys out in space
Monkeys on the bottom of the ocean.

Monkeys are a mirror
To the human race
Monkeys are the cause of the commotion.


Monkeys in the back room
Monkeys in the sky
Monkeys on a fast track to perdition.

Monkeys have a habit of
Blaming you and I
They put us in a delicate position


Monkeys on the airwaves
Making people cry
Monkeys have a right to their opinion.

Monkeys steal your money
Punch you in the eye
Monkeys leave the shit-work to their minions.

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I want to drop down . . . to the middle of the moon,
I want to drop down . . . to the middle of the moon,
I want to drop - down - to - the - middle of the moon today!