Posts Tagged: libertarianism


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Jan 10

Saving our Democracy by being less Democratic?

Every now and then, something Ron Paul says appeals to me.  I’ll see your Tenth Amendment argument and raise you the 17th (Tony Blankley at HuffPo divined from a speech at CPAC in 2009):

As an early 1960s vintage member of the then-new conservative movement, I remember us focusing on the 10th amendment during the 1964 Goldwater campaign. It has been a staple of conservative thought, and the continued dormancy of 10th amendment enforcement has been one of the failures of our now half-century-old movement.


2
Nov 09

Daily Links for November 1st through November 2nd

All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s).

  • A Pocket Guide to Social Media and Kids | Nielsen Wire – SUMMARY: When is a phone not a phone? In the hands of children and tweens, today’s cell phones are primarily used as text messaging devices, cameras, gaming consoles, video viewers, MP3 players, and incidentally, as mobile phones via the speaker capability so their friends can chime in on the call. Parents are getting dialed in to the social media phenomenon and beginning to understand—and limit—how children use new media.

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Sep 06

The Libertarian Problem…

In the last few months, some enterprising Libertarian diggers have been heavily promoting LewRockell.com and the VonMises Institute, as well as the popular Penn & Teller's Bullshit! series on Showtime.  Although some have attributed the high amount of diggs to a gaming of the system via an organized process by the Libertarians, it's easy to understand the allure of the ideology.

I have to admit, I have been smitten by the concept of Libertarianism.  But alas, I must reject, for pragmatic reasons.  Libertarianism has been horribly compromised by the small government conservatives, the same one's that brought you the Battle of New Orleans. 

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