From: kwaldman@bbn.com (Karl Waldman)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: New Solutions :Was Re: MLC PR: LP has over 500 candidates
Date: 24 Jul 92 20:05:40 GMT
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In article <NEERI.92Jul23145212@iis.ethz.ch>, neeri@iis.ethz.ch (Matthias Neeracher) writes:
 
> Sure. Andre Marrou shouldn't have the slightest problem to get elected as dog
> catcher of Dixville Notch.
> 
> Matthias
> 

	Lots of people take great pride in insulting libertarians, for example; Matthias
has been on a roll lately. (though somebody by the initials of B.S. seems
to be the king at it.)
SARCASM ON:
	I quess they all must vote for the wonderful politicians we have now. I can't
believe how stupid I've been voting libertarian.  The country is in such
great shape that we don't need to have any new politicians in there never
mind discuss the issues.
SARCASM OFF:
	
	Seriously, I'll be the first to admit that libertarianism is not perfect
(no government solutions are).  I personally would prefer a voluntaristic
society where those who wanted to live in socialist communes could and
those that wanted some other way could also. See David Friedman's "Machinery
of Freedom" for more info, refrences etc.
		Of course there's no way at present for this to happen, to many power
hungery bastards who want to tell everyone how to run their lives. (on
both sides of the political spectrum)
		There's an interesting article in todays Washington Times by Walter Williams
who suggests that most of our problems come from politicing the issues. I won't
quote here verbatim, but one of his examples is:
from his article paraphrased
			Which is more important, eye glasses, schools or books?  Of course
each is important (as reqular school would not be much use to me without
my eyeglasses).  Eye glasses and books are important for education, and
we're doing well without much government control, doing so well that it
never crosses your mind.  Schools are completely controlled by government,
and we have all sorts of customer dissatisfaction.... Imagine eye glasses
controlled by government, the plastic lense faction lobbying congress against
the glass faction and the contact lens lobbyist.  How about books, those
who wanted hardbacks would be in conflict with the paperback factions.

		Another example is discrimination*.  What's more important work or marriage?
I'll change the subject to me because I did the same thing Mr. Williams did, I
discriminated against people in choosing my wife. (Lock the SOB up!)  I didn't
 "interview" any Asians or Hispanic females, nor males of any race!  
Nor did I consider people who had blue hair, earrings in their nose or 
tongue or criminals! and for you University of MA graduates I did not talk 
to any pedophiles.		Yet my marriage works rather well, as does many other 
marriages.

	There are a few other gems in this article but you to can find it
at your library.  Oh yes I use the library, however I can think of much
better ways to fund one (BTW I do go to my local used book store more often
than the library)

		Wake up, the dems. and the reps. are screwing us and we need other solutions,
one of which may be the libs.


			Karl

*For those of you who accuse myself and Mr Williams of not understanding 
the black experience, don't bother.  I, of course, am a WASA [White, Anglo
Saxon, Agnostic, can't help it, born that way :)]  However Mr. Williams 
was born a poor black person, and still is at least last time
I talked with him. (grew up in the slums of Philly).  
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