On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 07:46:47 PST, shadow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09-Dec-04, Travis Pahl wrote: > > TP> Unless the government finds money to spend, it is spending our moeny. > TP> Increased govt spending = decreased freedom. Yes freedom is our goal, > TP> but that can not be achieved by more government specnding. > > Why not?
because government spending by definition is a decrease in freedom. > > s>> I think what we've all lost sight of, in this pissing contest, is Rob's > s>> claim that the GOP would be easier to subvert/convert than the > s>> Democratic party. > > TP> I disagree. Look at what they do when they are in power? obviously > TP> Roberts view is wrong. > > In other words, you believe the Democratic Party would be easier to subvert/ > convert than the GOP. I disagree. No. In other words the republicans are not interested in smaller government. > s>> If libertarians had spent the last 30 years attending GOP precinct > s>> meetings and getting their people selected rather than trying to form a > s>> third party, freedom would have been better served. > > TP> Maybe thirty years ago. Not now. Is it 2004 or 1974? > > It's almost 2005, and hijacking a party is probably easier now than it would > have been 30 years ago. Public participation in political functions is > dwindling, and a small group with a plan and some brains can take over a > precinct with little trouble. > > You don't take over a party from the top down, Travis. It's done from the > ground up. It takes some time, but Ron Paul's supporters in Texas show that > it can be done. it could happen. Does not mean that it could happen everywhere. > TP> I am not asking for perfection. I have made that quite clear. I am > TP> only asking that the candidate be headed in the same direction as me > TP> for me to consider supporting them. > > Then get off your ass and get some acceptable candidates in the contest. The > reality is, as Frank has found out, an R or D following their names on the > ballot will result in a lot more votes than an L. Who said I was sitting on my ass? Travis > > > _______________________________________________ > Libnw mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw > Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw > _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
