Comments on: Barr stands with South Ossetia; against neocons and foreign aid to Georgia

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:01:42 +0000

Sic semper tyrannis.

By: G.E.

G.E. — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:54:02 +0000

Ross – Secession is the opposite of slavery. If one is prevented from peacefully seceding, then one IS a slave.

By: darolew

darolew — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:07:08 +0000

“Barr is also ultra-dovish on Iran; quite indignantly so. These would be reasons to vote for him if not for the fact he was such a vile and despicable character.”

Character doesn’t matter too much, in my opinion. Foreign policy is the most important issue. War is the health of the state; the worst of statist murdering and plundering. Barr is good on foreign policy, and most of his other positions are semi/quasi-libertarian, which is why I’m voting for him.

Now, if Barr starts talking like Root, that’d probably be the last straw.

By: Ross Levin

Ross Levin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:56:25 +0000

No to aggression! Yes to slavery!

By: Mike Theodore

Mike Theodore — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:54:56 +0000

“This fellow is amazingly well educated and, I thought, a consistent defender of libertarian principles.”

Foreign policy is the one thing that people are fooled into staying from libertarianism for.

“You know, I agree with you guys, but we have a country to defend.”

I hear that all the time from ex military.

By: G.E.

G.E. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:54:47 +0000

“Whether itâ€™s 1860 or 2008, keep the federal army out of GEORGIA!”

I like it!

I’ve also coined this one: “NO to aggression! YES to secession!”

By: SovereignMN

SovereignMN — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:54:03 +0000

Whether it’s 1860 or 2008, keep the federal army out of GEORGIA!

By: G.E.

G.E. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:45:57 +0000

Barr is also ultra-dovish on Iran; quite indignantly so. These would be reasons to vote for him if not for the fact he was such a vile and despicable character.

By: langa

langa — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:43:42 +0000

For some reason, foreign policy seems to be the area where people are most willing to throw principles out the window and go along with whatever the MSM talking heads are saying. I’m pleasantly surprised to see Barr avoid that tendency. It’s something I’d like to see him do a lot more of.

By: G.E.

G.E. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:21:50 +0000

I have a friend, a conservative Christian home-schooled guy I met through the Ron Paul campaign, who sent me a Facebook invitation to join “Americans Standing with Georgia.” I told him my opinion and he said, while Georgia “probably should let” South Ossetia secede, South Ossetia would be crazy to do so. This fellow is amazingly well educated and, I thought, a consistent defender of libertarian principles.

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:56:39 +0000

Would you believe that I actually heard people, liberals and neocons, saying we should go into Georgia?

By: green in brooklyn

green in brooklyn — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:51:42 +0000

Lest we forget, Shrub was so excited to have Georgia as a member of the very small coalition of the willing club, that we’ve trained Georgia’s armed forces and armed them to the teeth for just this contingency, so the blame can be put at least half way on dubya’s drooping shoulders.

By: G.E.

G.E. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:06:58 +0000

It is quite heroic of you to challenge me on the use of the word “heroic;” but even more heroic for me to continue using it in the face of such adversity and condemnation.

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:05:12 +0000

Oh no..you arent going to start using the word “heroic” are you?

I think Lew Rockwell uses it enough for everyone.

By: G.E.

G.E. — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:45:51 +0000

A thoroughly libertarian and heroic press release from Bob Barr.

Alas, it’s too little; way, way too late.