Comments on: New England: independents and libertarians rising

By: paulie

paulie — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:47:56 +0000

I’m not sure if this is Clay Barham

But there is a definite family resemblence

By: Clay Barham

Clay Barham — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:42:49 +0000

SELF INTEREST OR SELF-CENTERED
This is directed at those who admire and criticize Ayn Rand’s beliefs about people who stand on their own feet. Most who criticize Rand say she promoted selfishness, thereby greed, which is self-centered and anti-individual creativity, therefore, anti-Rand. Rand admired the creative individual, such as James Jerome Hill, on whom she was reputed to have based her character Dabney Taggart in Atlas Shrugged. If we look at Howard Roark’s summation to the jury, from Fountainhead, we do not see a self-centered individual destroying his work. Were he greedy, he would have simply accepted his payment. We see a self-interested, other- and outer-centered individual in love with his own dreams and creations, as one would love a spouse, child or family and refuse to allow them to be assaulted. Though love for anything spiritual may be missing, a great idea or vision also measures up to that which is spiritual, and that view is not inconsistent with Christianity.

By: Mik Robertson

Mik Robertson — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:24:17 +0000

It is noted in our literature as ‘Tweedle D’ and ‘Tweedle R’

By: Don Lake .......... More Libs Lacking a Lib Perspective

Don Lake .......... More Libs Lacking a Lib Perspective — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:07:02 +0000

Third Party Revolution // Dec 27, 2009:
“No vote has ever, in my opinion, been wasted for any election.”

———– Even write ins for ‘Donald Duck’ ‘Mickey Mouse’ and ‘Goofey’ in 1972 ??????? The worse thing to do is to do nothing! ‘We’re mad as hell and we are not gonna take it any more!’ The least we can do is to leave a formal ‘paper’ trail!

By: Mike in PA

Mike in PA — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:31:42 +0000

Even if a third party were to split the vote of the “lesser” of the two evils, it would certainly bring both sides closer to arguing those ideals to try to appeal to those voters. Voting should be about trying to promote your principles, not some group of politicians. Voting for a third party is the only real way to get your principles addressed.

By: Third Party Revolution

Third Party Revolution — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:19:01 +0000

No vote has ever, in my opinion, been wasted for any election.

By: Gene Berkman

Gene Berkman — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:14:20 +0000

Good column! Not just in New England, but across the country Americans are looking for an alternative to the tax & spend policies of the Democrats and the religious extremism and warmongering of the Republicans.

We need to build The Libertarian Party as an alternative attractive to the politically homeless.