SilverEagle wrote:I'm just going to text and email myself my own dick picks everyday until I die just to fuck with them.
I might also send myself my butthole pics too.
Careful dudes, you might get arrested for public indecency.
GrumpyCatFace wrote:
apeman wrote:Grumpy, what is your cell #, I got something I wanna send you.
Yeah, it's around here somewhere...
Ask aloud, you might get a call back from some helpful spy.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
apeman wrote:At this point, I would like a single reason to believe that the US political system is in some sense reformable
My state can't go a week without a public official being indicted. Ain't shit happening.
So where does this leave us?
Talk about the triumph of hope over experience. And all the energy, and money, and time, that the Beltway libertarians put into trying to apply a single smudge of lipstick to some flap of flesh in the remote vicinity of this hog's maw is energy, and money, and time uninvested in putting the beast to sleep. Moreover, since the official story of Washington is that it represents everyone, it fits all sizes, it contains multitudes, a few decorative pseudolibertarians may be just the right camouflage for it to weather another century's storms.
A quick question for fans of the Cato Institute, the George Mason economists, Reason, and the like: if you could vote on a proposition to abolish the US Federal Government, would you vote yes or no? If the latter, which side are you on? If the former, have you ever thought of mentioning this opinion?
So we arrive at an impasse. We find libertarianism attractive in a general sort of way. We feel, vaguely, that there is something fishy and awful about government, at least government as it is today. However, real libertarianism has no prospect of gaining a political foothold, and watered-down pseudolibertarianism defeats the purpose.
apeman wrote:At this point, I would like a single reason to believe that the US political system is in some sense reformable
My state can't go a week without a public official being indicted. Ain't shit happening.
So where does this leave us?
Talk about the triumph of hope over experience. And all the energy, and money, and time, that the Beltway libertarians put into trying to apply a single smudge of lipstick to some flap of flesh in the remote vicinity of this hog's maw is energy, and money, and time uninvested in putting the beast to sleep. Moreover, since the official story of Washington is that it represents everyone, it fits all sizes, it contains multitudes, a few decorative pseudolibertarians may be just the right camouflage for it to weather another century's storms.
A quick question for fans of the Cato Institute, the George Mason economists, Reason, and the like: if you could vote on a proposition to abolish the US Federal Government, would you vote yes or no? If the latter, which side are you on? If the former, have you ever thought of mentioning this opinion?
So we arrive at an impasse. We find libertarianism attractive in a general sort of way. We feel, vaguely, that there is something fishy and awful about government, at least government as it is today. However, real libertarianism has no prospect of gaining a political foothold, and watered-down pseudolibertarianism defeats the purpose.
If the "real" libertarians could define what the hell things would look like after abolishing the government, they'd probably get a lot more traction. Railing against it just scares voters.
Most of them realize that there's a problem, but you need a viable alternative in place.
Lemonade wrote:
My state can't go a week without a public official being indicted. Ain't shit happening.
So where does this leave us?
Talk about the triumph of hope over experience. And all the energy, and money, and time, that the Beltway libertarians put into trying to apply a single smudge of lipstick to some flap of flesh in the remote vicinity of this hog's maw is energy, and money, and time uninvested in putting the beast to sleep. Moreover, since the official story of Washington is that it represents everyone, it fits all sizes, it contains multitudes, a few decorative pseudolibertarians may be just the right camouflage for it to weather another century's storms.
A quick question for fans of the Cato Institute, the George Mason economists, Reason, and the like: if you could vote on a proposition to abolish the US Federal Government, would you vote yes or no? If the latter, which side are you on? If the former, have you ever thought of mentioning this opinion?
So we arrive at an impasse. We find libertarianism attractive in a general sort of way. We feel, vaguely, that there is something fishy and awful about government, at least government as it is today. However, real libertarianism has no prospect of gaining a political foothold, and watered-down pseudolibertarianism defeats the purpose.
If the "real" libertarians could define what the hell things would look like after abolishing the government, they'd probably get a lot more traction. Railing against it just scares voters.
Most of them realize that there's a problem, but you need a viable alternative in place.
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