tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post1287274130105246617..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Liberty & How Things Are Not Always As They SeemRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-80891390509019351302013-08-24T13:29:50.230-04:002013-08-24T13:29:50.230-04:00The tipping point might happen soon, or we could b...The tipping point might happen soon, or we could be doomed to another 100 years of disaster, where government takes hold of everything and leads us all down the road at 150 mph. Every once in a while, we have to find our moorings. In some extreme cases, we have to turn ourselves around.Kevin Becknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-85292564254878521062013-07-26T08:23:04.072-04:002013-07-26T08:23:04.072-04:00Thanks, Chris. You have ably defended the idea of ...Thanks, Chris. You have ably defended the idea of liberty, and how things are not always as they seem. However, I don't exactly share the full-on optimism of Chris (or, for that matter, Murray Rothbard, who I think is a great guy). As a libertarian and a dispensationalist (not of the neocon kind), I share a pessimism of the world burgeoning toward a total Stasi, lead by the Antichrist, his Anand Venigallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300652293584046392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19885443990075882412013-07-22T22:24:29.234-04:002013-07-22T22:24:29.234-04:00I personally , had plenty to say. I hated both bil...I personally , had plenty to say. I hated both bills AND the whole homeland security/TSA crap. One is to soften you up to be manhandled and harassed and the other to be the presidents own little army when Marshal law is enforced.Obama said he was against them, they were evil. Cut to after the election. We need to beef this stuff up! Get it on crack and give it steroids!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573568595976691254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-41463809285566177782013-07-22T21:25:46.649-04:002013-07-22T21:25:46.649-04:00You progressives always want to paint us with the ...You progressives always want to paint us with the same brush as statist Republicans - well, in fact, they are your mirror image and we are as different from them as we are from you.Oakdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14261595424293152427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21483135612632972752013-07-22T21:24:31.031-04:002013-07-22T21:24:31.031-04:00Why do liberal always want to hold libertarians re...Why do liberal always want to hold libertarians responsible for statist Republicans? Don't you get it it? They are the opposite side of the coin from YOU, we are totally different from either of you.Oakdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14261595424293152427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-61445371032384370342013-07-17T12:29:15.892-04:002013-07-17T12:29:15.892-04:00I agree. I am a Libertarian and a free-thinking A...I agree. I am a Libertarian and a free-thinking American. I did complain, loudly actually, but to no avail. Which is why "Republicans" are NOT to be trusted anymore than Democrats. It is the Conservatives with who we must embrace ourselves. The Conservative platform does not change with time, it is a constant. The Republican platform changes with the political winds, and thereforeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04156850370145359106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30449205999430129752013-07-17T11:37:43.676-04:002013-07-17T11:37:43.676-04:00Make government compete for customers and you'...Make government compete for customers and you'd never have to repeal (or peal) anything ever again.Michttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15733419377630651345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-49165373570604821742013-07-17T10:21:25.459-04:002013-07-17T10:21:25.459-04:00Why is it that so-called Libertarian Conservatives...Why is it that so-called Libertarian Conservatives said nothing when Bush-Cheney enacted the Patriot Act or when the Presidential Detention Powers were signed into law as part of a bipartisan military appropriations bill. The National Security State was made legal by Acts Of Congress and Presidential Signatures. If you don't like living in a National Security State then start by repealing Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02447460277964566137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64913594330734573632013-07-15T13:48:06.681-04:002013-07-15T13:48:06.681-04:00Excellent post Chris! In order for Liberty to win,...Excellent post Chris! In order for Liberty to win, you, Robert, Ron Paul, etc., must exist to educate the people. It is this foundation of learning, understanding, and the desire for liberty that creates change. Violence is the state's tool for which it has monopoly power. Liberty loses ultimately if the people resort to that as an agent of change. In the end, if we can reach 33% of the Cory Bricknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615059918614218841noreply@blogger.com