tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post553625782758844385..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Forget Independence Day Bring Back King George!Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-56744188922719509072011-07-02T23:31:54.364-04:002011-07-02T23:31:54.364-04:00"Today I don't have to worry about the fi..."Today I don't have to worry about the fickle-finger-of fate landing me in prison for a life time just because somebody doesn't like what I've said or wrote."<br /><br />Aaron, re-read this statement, and think about the hundreds of ways that the mere expression of opinion can result in your detention here in the US. <br /><br />Although the First Amendment is supposed to beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-39460923261936890942011-07-02T21:11:58.570-04:002011-07-02T21:11:58.570-04:00I don't really see 4th of July as only about t...I don't really see 4th of July as only about the state. <br /><br />It's about history and society. It's about the "body politic". It's a time to feel good, regardless.<br /><br />Everyone gets a birthday. Usually you don't beat someone up on that day, no matter what they've done.<br /><br />We can always wear sack cloth and ashes on the other 364 days.Lila Rajivahttp://www.mindbodypolitic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19075268956573847072011-07-02T20:05:28.549-04:002011-07-02T20:05:28.549-04:00Aaron, you should read Hoppe's "Democracy...Aaron, you should read Hoppe's "Democracy: The God That Failed" for a fuller and more nuanced explanation what the late and lamented Joe Sobran is trying to point out.<br /><br />In short, a king has a proprietary interest in seeing his kingdom survive and prosper, whereas a democracy is interested in only the short term goals of the people we elect. The end result is a constant Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75168789381078449762011-07-02T19:56:46.174-04:002011-07-02T19:56:46.174-04:00Robert,
Let me say this, I believe Lew is a great ...Robert,<br />Let me say this, I believe Lew is a great man, that is a fact.<br /><br />My point is, were there no independence day, are we freer today than we would be after 200+ years of English rule? How has that system worked out for those living in the UK?<br /><br />We definitely enjoy a freer society (so far, but we both know it's fast slipping away) when it comes to personal libertiesAaronCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44065770018835087842011-07-02T18:21:52.204-04:002011-07-02T18:21:52.204-04:00@AaronC
Lew has done more than any man I can thin...@AaronC<br /><br />Lew has done more than any man I can think of to keep the ideas of liberty, and teachings of Rothbard and Mises, alive in current times. Bar none.<br /><br />Do you honestly think we are a freer country today than under George III?Robert Wenzelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64170408193158299602011-07-02T17:31:08.912-04:002011-07-02T17:31:08.912-04:00I like Lew, but this quote is just dumb. I'm ...I like Lew, but this quote is just dumb. I'm not saying things are perfect, far from it. But, we do have a lot to celebrate (I find it a bit ironic that Lew quotes a voice of decent regarding the holiday, how many countries would throw him in jail for doing so someplace else,) but more than that every year we are reminded of what this country is all about (or at least should be all about) AaronCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-50901563856256101142011-07-02T13:42:15.813-04:002011-07-02T13:42:15.813-04:00The march toward globalism as laid out by our elit...The march toward globalism as laid out by our elite overlords have me wondering if this holiday shouldn't be called INTERDEPENDENCE DAY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com