Took this pic at Walmart Neighborhood Market.
What is Wisconsin beer ? Maybe they're just braggin'.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
"The Path of Increasingly Repressive Measures"
My reply at
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"Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death."
-- Adolf Hitler
(1889-1945) German Nazi Dictator
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Adolf.Hitler.Quote.EB5D
"And our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and resolute, to be ready for pre-emptive action."
-- George W. Bush
(1946- ) 43rd US President, Yale Skull & Bones Society
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/George.Bush.Quote.66A8
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."
-- Harry S. Truman
(1884-1972), 33rd US President
Source: message to Congress, August 8, 1950
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Harry.Truman.Quote.3118
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Many months ago I approached the voting machine screen and answered the first question it asked me "Do you want to vote straight party?". I said "Yes" by touching the (L) icon on the screen, the machine responding with "Push the red button to cast your vote" I did so and the screen said "Thank you for voting".
Only after handing the cartridge ballot back to the poll judge did I realize that I'd not voted on any of the ballot propositions.
I'm agreeing that Libertarians want people to have options and, as Eugene explains, the best option is the maximum choice w/ the least manipulation. I'll support the procedural amendment that eliminates not straight party voting (anyone can still choose to vote straight party) but eliminates the shorthand voting whereby every race and every proposition on the ballot is supposedly decided with a single button.
If only the duties of being a responsible Texas voter were so simple to be decided by a single up or down vote, kinda like they have in less civilized regions of the planet.
Only after handing the cartridge ballot back to the poll judge did I realize that I'd not voted on any of the ballot propositions.
I'm agreeing that Libertarians want people to have options and, as Eugene explains, the best option is the maximum choice w/ the least manipulation. I'll support the procedural amendment that eliminates not straight party voting (anyone can still choose to vote straight party) but eliminates the shorthand voting whereby every race and every proposition on the ballot is supposedly decided with a single button.
If only the duties of being a responsible Texas voter were so simple to be decided by a single up or down vote, kinda like they have in less civilized regions of the planet.
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"Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death."
-- Adolf Hitler
(1889-1945) German Nazi Dictator
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Adolf.Hitler.Quote.EB5D
"And our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and resolute, to be ready for pre-emptive action."
-- George W. Bush
(1946- ) 43rd US President, Yale Skull & Bones Society
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/George.Bush.Quote.66A8
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."
-- Harry S. Truman
(1884-1972), 33rd US President
Source: message to Congress, August 8, 1950
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Harry.Truman.Quote.3118
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
TAKERS / GIVERS
TAKERS GIVERS
| Forced “humanitarianism” | Integral humanitarianism |
| Dictate choices | Encourage choice |
| Lack the courage for defense | Practice self-defense and defending others |
| Disrespect others' social beliefs | Respect others' social beliefs |
| Raise taxes to burden specific businesses | Lower taxes to promote all businesses |
| Preach redemption through enslavement | Preach redemption through volunteerism |
| Malevolent | Benign |
| Desire group approval | Accept group approval while remaining individual |
| Public dole fund recipients | Public dole fund contributors |
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