Libertarian Thread #2: We Shall Never Die!

We need Chester here.  I usually agree with good ol' Chester too.

I believe Negoba is referring the album by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

Ah, it's all good. Chester's Gorilla, she go ummph. Can't afford no shoes. I am the Chrome Dinette. Du bist mein sofa et al. We cross-reference. No harm no foul.

Edited by jammun - January 05 2012 at 21:32

James wrote: Not the same Chester... I still think Chester should come and here again though.  We need some balance.

I kind of agree with him though. 

I wouldn't say evil though.  I just feel saddened that people can have many of those views.

JJLehto wrote: Well...I may be inclined to believe Republicans are evil. At least some!

Yeah, I get it.  All except Ron Paul.

Yawn.

He is a Republican, Brian.

Actually, Paul was a nominee for the Libertarian Party once.  Nice of him to change his mind and stick with the Republicans. 

May as well keep the craziness in the family.

James wrote: If I switched from Labour to Conservative, my parents would disown me. I hate the right-wing I realise Ron Paul is not your usual Republican but you're falling yourself if you think he's the saviour of The United States of America.So I'd just not bother switching, Brian and just not bother voting.

Ron Paul would face a great deal of opposition to what he wants to achieve, if elected. Can you imagine trying to push through the abolition of the Federal Reserve banking system, through both houses? Both parties are signed on to a political dynamic that serves global investment banks and not the people. The Federal Reserve has been bailing out European banks, while a number of US states head towards bankruptcy. It's fundamentally wrong, and corrupt.

We can quibble over health care, and gun ownership and where Ron Paul stands on such issues, but the time is right - in my opinion - for the US electorate to be at least offered an alternative to crony capitalism.

I was a Labour voter all my life, and counted myself as a socialist. The NuLabour experience opened my eyes to the reality that what was needed was not conservatism re-branded as 'neo-liberalism' but a completely new approach to politics. Until government gets out of bed with mega corporations, I'll not be casting another vote in a UK election. At least in the US, folk do have a choice, and that choice is Ron Paul. If I were a US citizen with a vote, I would probably have been a democrat voter all my life. That would change if Paul won the GOP. Otherwise, I too would probably abstain.

Accidentally?

Pfft.