Name some names. Here are a few names of authors and writers who I personally feel my "Neo-libertarian" views jive with near 100%:
Neal Boortz PJ O'Rourke Tammy Bruce Charles Murray Andrew Sullivan Christopher Hitchens Ayn Rand Barry Goldwater Milton Friedman Daniel Pipes Steve Emerson Walter Williams Larry Elder Bruce Bawer (It scares me how much Bruce and I agree. He's almost like my long- lost Twin Brother). --- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eric, > > > > Nope it doesn't. > > > > But OK, you got me; I will stop my convolution and obscurity > (even when asking you about yours). I also promise to not be too > technical, philosophical, dogmatic, deeply reflective, or book > warmish for your meat-and-potatoes mentality. Here goes, short > and sweet: > > > > You drop names well, especially authors. The trouble is that your > stated philosophy varies greatly from theirs in some very > important areas. Yet, you continue to drop their names, implying > your alignment. How do you explain this? > > > > -Mark > > > > > > ************ > {American jurors have complete Constitutional authority to vote > "not guilty" based on nothing more than a disagreement with the > case, no matter the evidence - despite the judge's instructions. > There is absolutely no obligation to vote "guilty" to arrive at a > unanimous verdict. Get on a jury, stand your ground, and fulfill > its other main purpose: to counteract abusive government and > unjust lawsuits. > See www.fija.org > [Please adopt this as your own signature.] } > > > > > _____ > > The reason I'm having a hard time answering is because what your > asking is so convuluuted and obscure. > > Ask me a question straight out. > > I believe you're asking me why it is I'm not more "philosophical" > > but rather express my libertarianism by "grass roots political > activism," right? And how did I come to that? > > I can tell you I had never heard of Mises, Rand, Hazlitt, Hayek, > or > Rothbard until I met Nick Dunbar and Dianne Pilcher straight out > of > the Navy, in Jacksonville, Florida. > > I was active in the local ACLU and most especially the local > chapter > of the National Abortion Rights League. Nick met me at an ACLU > meeting at the Jax Unitarian Church and invited me to a > Libertarian > Party meeting. Of course, I gladly accepted. Told Nick I was > already a Libertarian cause I voted straight LP absentee while in > > the Persian Gulf in 2002. > > (Interesting side story. There were 380 guys on my ship the USS > Luce - a guided missile destroyer. A Lt. JG was in charge of > the "Vote Campaign" on the ship. He got a grand total of 2 > people, > himself and little ole' me to vote absentee from the entire ship. > > Not even the friggin' Captain voted!!! in 1982. Is that insane > or > what???) > > Well, anyway, I told Nick I considered myself to be a "Pro-Choice > > Republican"; I hated the Religious Right, Pro-Choice was my > issue, I > supported drug legalization, and I hated drinking age laws. On > Economics I told Nick that I liked Milton Friedman's Free to > Choose > style of economics. On foreign policy I told Nick that I was a > hardcore Military guy; kick ass and take names. But that I was > much > more concerned with the threat from the Muslims and Arabs than I > was > from the Soviet Union. > > He told me that I was "a natural" for the Libertarian Party, and > handed me a couple Ayn Rand books, Mises, Hayek, Hazlitt, Nozick. > > Read them all in two to three months, then ordered more from > Laissez > Faire Books. > > That's my philosophical story. Hope that answers your question. > > > > > > > _____ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
