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Not if I can help it

Rogel @ July 29, 2008 #

Dear John Ensign,
I received your letter as the chairman of the Republican Presidential Task Force and I read it with great level of amazement. I wonder how disconnected is the GOP if you produce letters like this.
I have no interest in helping electing the presumed nominee, nor most of what the GOP has to offer [...]

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The Liberty lolcats

Rogel @ July 27, 2008 #

Did you here about lolcats before? probably yes. But did you here about the Liberty locats?

The spelling should look familiar to regular visitors of this blog…

 
 
 
 
(via Kids Prefer Cheese)

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George Will at the Cato institute

Rogel @ July 27, 2008 #

George Will, my favorite political columnist, gave a speech in the Cato Institute to introduce his new book, One Man’s America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation. It is, not surprising, a very interesting speech, and followed by interesting Q&A, and recommended watching.

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Exciting candidate

Rogel @ June 26, 2008 #

Listening to Prof. Munger’s keynote speech in the LP convention made me jealous at the citizens of North Carolina that will have the chance for truly worthwhile Governor this november. Prof. Munger should be how Libertarians want to present themselves - Accomplished, wise, coherent, and very good public speaker. I highly recommend taking the time [...]

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In defense of pursuing our self interest

Rogel @ May 28, 2008 #

In today’s WSJ David Boaz challenges Obama’s and McCain’s claim that Individuals should submit themselves for the needs of the collective. Aside from the obvious hypocrisy involved in such claims David Boaz argue that:

But hypocrisy is not the biggest issue. The real issue is that Messrs. Obama and McCain are telling us Americans that [...]

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The built in hypocrisy

Rogel @ April 21, 2008 #

When Tzvika, an Israeli fellow blogger, came to visit in NY he had one request - that I’ll take him to the FDR Library. I still wonder if he enjoyed the library as much as he enjoyed seeing me suffering and ranting about how evil FDR, and his like, was. This link is dedicated to [...]

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The freedom to choose who you don’t want to live with

Rogel @ April 4, 2008 #

You don’t need to be as extremist as I am, to see the problem with this court ruling:

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Thursday that a website may be found liable for violating fair housing laws by matching roommates according to gender, sexual orientation and parenthood.
Federal law protecting websites “was not meant to [...]

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It isn’t only semantic

Rogel @ April 2, 2008 #

One would assume that the Senate Majority Leader must know that taxes aren’t voluntary. I only wonder why he insist taking this rather peculiar line of argument instead of arguing the supposed necessity or supposed benefits of wealth distribution. At least among the few blog reader I take it for granted that we are all [...]

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Another candidate I’ll not support

Rogel @ April 1, 2008 #

If Bob Barr will be the Libertarian nominee I would be denied the option of symbolic support to the Libertarian candidate.
The Libertarian party isn’t going to win the 2008 elections, and it shouldn’t nominate a social conservative candidate with the illusion of having the disappointed conservatives vote for the LP - it is not [...]

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Who would have believed?

Rogel @ March 26, 2008 #

Whenever I think that nothing will surprise me someone like Mike Gravel shows up and prove me wrong. The former Democrat Senator from Alaska and former candidate seeking the democratic nomination joined the Libertarian party. One of the reasons he gave for seeking the LP nomination is:

The fact is, the Democratic Party today is no [...]

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