Viral money-and-politics rant

December 14, 2008 | 17 Comments

In case anybody missed it, I’m a Libertarian. Now, RJ Keller got me started and of course, it doesn’t take much to push me over the edge some days. In Maine, where she lives, apparently, people on state assistance get to purchase alcohol and tobacco with their state-granted funds, so she’s a wee [...]

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Abolish marriage

October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“Marriage” is an ancient artificial construct that, in modern US society with no property rights attached to the female (i.e., dowry), has no real place.
As I said on chosha’s blog A Little East of Reality, what’s going on with California’s Prop 8 and the LDS church’s involvement with that, is one of defining the term. [...]

Sep

30

Holding my nose to vote. Again.

September 30, 2008 | 3 Comments

McCain hasn’t been my favorite person in the world for going on about ten years now, so I was looking at McCain or Staying Home or The Libertarian Dude. It’d be the first time I’ve not at least voted against The Other Guy (like I have since, oh, King George I–bastid) and I sure [...]

Aug

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Religion. Money. Politics. Sex.

August 18, 2008 | 6 Comments

Haven’t talked about politics much, have I? Yeah. There’s a reason for that: I’m pretty burnt out.
Barack Obama: Untried newbie left-wing liberal with a yen to reach into my pocketbook. Yawn
John McCain: Moderate liberal who gave us McCain-Feingold attempting to pull the wool over the conservatives’ eyes. Yawn
(Don’t get [...]

Jun

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Hatchet, ax, and saw

June 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

In the last week or so, it has become clear to me that the basic understanding quite a few people have of libertarianism is that of greed and selfishness. This surprises me because I thought most people had us figured for proponents of legalized marijuana and prostitution.

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Speaking of politics…

June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

My husband and I went to see Rush last night. We had AWESOME seats.
There were two age demographics: late 30s and up and…their kids. The youngest I saw was sevenish, but if there was anybody there between the ages of mom-and-dad-forced-me-to-come and 30, I didn’t see them.
It was the most sedate audience [...]