User Profile: conspiracygirl

Member Since: October 20, 2011

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  • It looks like Lanza has Thyroid Ophthalmopathy. He’s a bit young for it though….

  • To think there are so few Republican senators who oppose drone-striking people outside of Starbucks. In fact, Lindsey Graham even feels sorry for the president, and says Republicans should protect Obama from libertarians….

  • Public schools are becoming far too stupid to be allowed near developing young minds….

  • Rand Paul hasn’t violated any of his principles. If you assumed he was a neocon you assumed wrong.

  • Don’t be mystified by Rand Paul’s vote for Chuck Hagel. Hagel is a solid conservative. He’s just not a neoconservative.

    Glenn, if you want to be a libertarian you need to understand that neoconservatism is the antithesis of libertarianism. Neoconservatism violates the nonaggression principle (NAP) with sociopathic abandon. Neoconservatism came from the left. The first neoconservatives (like Irving Kristol) were ex-Trotskyite Democrats who became disaffected with the Democratic party when it started becoming less militarily aggressive. So in the 70′s they defected to the GOP and infected Republicans with their foaming at the mouth war everywhere, all the time mentality. Neoconservatives are the poison in the GOP that is causing Republicans to lose membership and votes.

  • Rand Paul did the right thing. Republicans should be pleased by Hagel’s appointment. He’s a solid conservative. He’s just not a neoconservative, which is even better. Neoconservatives are why people are fleeing the GOP in revulsion and horror.

  • Libertarian Lessons for Glenn:

    You should be pleased with the Hagel appointment. Chuck Hagel is a solid conservative. He’s just not a NEO-conservative, by which I mean he is not a foaming at the mouth pro-war everywhere all the time conservative. The USA is broke. Remember…?

    As for Hagel’s alleged “antti-Isreal” positions. You need to let go of this idea that it is the job of Congress to put Israel’s interests before America’s interests. Israel is fully capable of borrowing its own money from China.

  • And Glenn,

    I do think you should reserve the word “fascist” for government malfeasance and coercion — not for when people are just pissed at you. If someone starts thumping up your back stairs and dragging you off to an internment camp then you can accuse him of being a fascist. This is a strong word that becomes meaningless if just bandied about frivolously. Save it for the Obama corporatists.

  • But he does make a valid point when he says we should kindly teach people instead of excoriating them for their ignorance. We certainly need to be more politic. We’ll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, as they say….

  • Dear Glenn,

    Please allow me to walk you through a few things. You are mistaken in believing that libertarians demand some sort of litmus test of political purity. Trying to pigeon hole libertiarians is like herding cats. There is actually a wide variation of opinion in libertarian circles, as was recently demonstrated in the ronpaul.com kerfuffle. To visualize this go look at the Nolan Chart at http://www.theadvocates.org. there is as much variation within libertarianism as there is in conservatism, liberalism, and authoritarianism.

    Yes it is true that many libertarians are angry with you. I am glad you are changing your mind on issues but your timing is infuriating. You were finally admitting that Ron Paul was right before the election season began, but then you proceeded to call him dangerous and a kook and a loon — and used your considerable influence to undermine his campaign. Instead you supported the most rabid big government nanny-statist on the stage. Just when we thought you had come around and we’d finally have an influential voice in the media on our side for once — you turned on us. And we felt totally stabbed in the back. That’s why many libertarians are angry with you. They feel you betrayed them. It’s not because you are a newbie and haven’t got it all figured out yet. As you correctly say, we were all newbies once. And we want more newbies. Some of the most respected names in libertarian circles were once rabid neocons — like Tom Woods for