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Being bored at work, I found a website that has a collection of Essay's by L. Neil Smith http://keithlynch.net/lns/ and I have been working my way through them.
Seems like a very pro-gun person(and I may just be understating things a bit). And it seems he was very proactive in the Libertarian Party at one point. Which has caused me to think about the L.P.
The last two years, if there was a LP candidate for a position, I voted for them. But...I haven't been faced with a Presidential Candidate yet. Truth be told, I think in this situation, I'm still voting for Bush. I need to see a LP candidate win an office first, AND vote the right way, before I use my vote to 'send a message' to the Republicans in the Presidental Election.
Plus, I'm not sure I'm cut out to be a Libertarian. I'm all for most of their policies. Wanna do away with half the Federal Government? Okay. Wanna sell drugs and porn on the street corner? Sure. No gun laws? Well duh. Increased personal responsibility? Heck Yeah!
Practice a policy of non-agression? Ummm...come again on that one? I have a problem with this one. I just don't see isolationism as a viable International Foreign Policy. I think it is better to fight 'over there' then 'over here'. I am okay that we went into Iraq and Afgahnistan(I wish we weren't still there, but...)
Does anyone else feel that burying your head in the sand is no way to solve a problem either?
greg
Seems like a very pro-gun person(and I may just be understating things a bit). And it seems he was very proactive in the Libertarian Party at one point. Which has caused me to think about the L.P.
The last two years, if there was a LP candidate for a position, I voted for them. But...I haven't been faced with a Presidential Candidate yet. Truth be told, I think in this situation, I'm still voting for Bush. I need to see a LP candidate win an office first, AND vote the right way, before I use my vote to 'send a message' to the Republicans in the Presidental Election.
Plus, I'm not sure I'm cut out to be a Libertarian. I'm all for most of their policies. Wanna do away with half the Federal Government? Okay. Wanna sell drugs and porn on the street corner? Sure. No gun laws? Well duh. Increased personal responsibility? Heck Yeah!
Practice a policy of non-agression? Ummm...come again on that one? I have a problem with this one. I just don't see isolationism as a viable International Foreign Policy. I think it is better to fight 'over there' then 'over here'. I am okay that we went into Iraq and Afgahnistan(I wish we weren't still there, but...)
Does anyone else feel that burying your head in the sand is no way to solve a problem either?
greg