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But the use of reason does not work when the voters don't give a fire truck. There has to be a gun behind libertarian demands, or such demands will have no meaning. Abolitionists tried using reason to get the slaves freed with ballots, but in much of the South, the slaves had to be freed with bullets. Likewise when getting the drug dealers freed. If the potholes didn't want an Assumption Parish, Louisiana deputy killed on 1 March 2006 in a drug raid and then a Bibb County, Georgia deputy killed 23 March 2006 in another drug raid, they shouldn't have voted against Badnarik. Right now, the potholes can taunt us, where they squint, look puzzled and say, "Who-o-o?" and pretend they've never heard of him, but when thousands of cops are being exterminated by Freedom Fighters, then the potholes will understand that such taunts don't make their cops any safer. [As a side note, let me mention that libertarians must refrain from conceding anything to those potholes. If you call Bush and Kerry by their surnames only, you should not call Badnarik by his first and last names and party affiliation. Doing so demotes Badnarik.] I describe the inevitable ultimate triumph of Operation U.S.A. Freedom in my fictional book, "Billy's Reward" available free at http://billysreward.tomalciere.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
