its not testoterone B , its because in the game of Philosophy and Anarchy ( the libertarian version of Dungeon and Dragons) they have become 9th level Libertarian Wizards with unlimited hit points .

It would be beneath them to hang out with the lower levels.

*anyone who’s as big a dork as me will get that joke.

Don’t ask the LOLA ladies how many of them supported Paul or Barr if you’re trying to avoid another rabid episode.

OTOH, it’s been almost 12 hours so you’re probably overdue for one.

Thanks!

Ron

Maybe Tom’s ESP can tell us whether C4L is trying to appeal to racists with this language in its statement of principles:

“We oppose the dehumanizing assumption that all issues that divide us must be settled at the federal level and forced on every American community, whether by activist judges, a power-hungry executive, or a meddling Congress. We believe in the humane alternative of local self-government, as called for in our Constitution.”

Not having access to ESP or any other kind of brain-scanning technology, I’m left to wonder to what extent testosterone contributes to the urge among many Libertarians to try to read others out of the party and/or movement for various ideological heresies and strategic/tactical crimes. However, I quickly banish such thoughts, because Libertarian ethical theory collapses if people aren’t considered completely responsible for the choices made by their hormone-soaked brains.

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Readers here can decide for themselves whether Knapp is guilty of the “massive spin” he complains was placed on Mary Ruwart’s comments about child pornography.

he is way to smart to verbalize something like that even if he was thinking it

OK … the key word there is “arrogantly.” What would be his reason for such arrogance?

It can’t be that she hasn’t accomplished as much as he has. He served four terms in Congress, leaving in 2002. She served six terms, leaving in 2006.

In terms of stature, the LP is in the same league as the Greens, but not for much longer if we don’t get our shit together.

my interpretation of the Barr dissing Mc Kinney and referring to ‘people like her ‘ was that he was arrogantly saying he was of a higher political stature and wouldnt appear with the pions .

He and Nader wrked together because Nader is of the same level or higher of political celebrity as himself .

me_ so you really want to play facts are facts?
by that logic , Genalow WAS guilty of child molestation .

I do not think he was because the law is stupid.

Barr is not advocating child pornography , he’s advocating georgia law superceding federal law . the same could be said for folks who support prop215 but arent patients . are they advocating drug use? technically yes , but we would never interpret it like that .

when the dispensary’s get raided in Cali , we say . , or at least I do , ‘hey thats not right , Cali voted to make it legal ad the Feds have no right to dictate to them’.

at its root the argument is that state LAW should supercede federal LAW.Barr is making that same argument , at least in this article.

its a stupid , blatantly clear SPIN to interpret he supports the gov distributing child pornography and you know that.

“For instance, if Barr said he didn’t want to appear onstage with ‘people like her’ referring to Cynthia McKinney, I’d clearly think he meant the presidential nominee of a party that vociferously calls for a much bigger federal government.”

That might be true — if Cynthia McKinney had been the only person on that stage calling for a much bigger federal government.

But she wasn’t. Ralph Nader was there, too.

Barr singled out McKinney. He did so for a reason.

That reason wasn’t that she advocated a much larger federal government, because she wasn’t the only one on that stage who did.

Nor was it that she was relatively inexperienced or unqualified either compared to Barr or compared to others on the stage — she’s served half again as many terms as Barr has in Congress, and neither Nader nor Baldwin have ever served in federal office.

Presumably it wasn’t because she’s from Georgia, since Barr is too.

McKinney could be differentiated from Barr, or from any ONE other participant in the Paul event, on any number of characteristics (she was Green-affiliated, Nader was “independent;” she was nominally for bigger government, Baldwin was theoretically for smaller government; etc).

Barr’s spokesperson didn’t refer to “people like” McKinney and Baldwin or “people like” McKinney and Nader. He referred to “people like” McKinney.

Offhand, I can think of two characteristics which distinguish McKinney from not just one, but all, of the other participants, and from Barr:

1) She’s black; and

2) She’s a woman.

Take your pick on which one Barr’s spokesperson was referring to.