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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:40 am

And to think we have all 24 types represented here.



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Post by eXcommunicate » Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:15 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:And to think we have all 24 types represented here.



In one poster.
The "Selectively Frugal" one really gores my ox. The "Atlas" one made me laugh.
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Re: What Libertarians Do

Post by laklak » Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:19 pm

I'm pretty close to the stoned one...

Well, I was last night anyway. Now I'm just a slightly hungover one who is considering a medicinal Corona and lime. Or maybe a mojito.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:23 pm

:funny: only because it's scarily on-target. :?
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Post by Coito ergo sum » Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:28 pm

If I've said it once, I said it 100 times -- the trouble with Libertarianism is that there are too many Libertarians involved.

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Coito ergo sum wrote:If I've said it once, I said it 100 times -- the trouble with Libertarianism is that there are too many Libertarians involved.
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Re: What Libertarians Do

Post by Gallstones » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:47 pm

Cute.
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Coito ergo sum wrote:If I've said it once, I said it 100 times -- the trouble with Libertarianism is that there are too many Libertarians involved.
Libertarians are like atheists (and liberals) in that you might as well attempt to herd cats than organize them into some kind of coherent group.
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Re: What Libertarians Do

Post by Gallstones » Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:32 am

Recently, while I was working in the flower beds in the front yard, my
neighbors stopped to chat as they returned home from walking their dog.
During our friendly conversation, I asked their little girl what she wanted
to be when she grows up.
She said she wanted to be President some day.
Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her,
"If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?"
She replied... "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people."
Her parents beamed with pride!
"Wow...what a worthy goal!" I said. "But you don't have to wait until
you're President to do that!" I told her.
"What do you mean?" she replied.
So I told her, "You can come over to my house and mow the lawn,
pull weeds, and trim my hedge, and I'll pay you $50. Then you can go
over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you
can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house."
She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in
the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do
the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"
I said, "Welcome to Libertarianism"
Her parents aren't speaking to me.
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Re: What Libertarians Do

Post by Robert_S » Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:45 am

Gallstones wrote:Recently, while I was working in the flower beds in the front yard, my
neighbors stopped to chat as they returned home from walking their dog.
During our friendly conversation, I asked their little girl what she wanted
to be when she grows up.
She said she wanted to be President some day.
Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her,
"If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?"
She replied... "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people."
Her parents beamed with pride!
"Wow...what a worthy goal!" I said. "But you don't have to wait until
you're President to do that!" I told her.
"What do you mean?" she replied.
So I told her, "You can come over to my house and mow the lawn,
pull weeds, and trim my hedge, and I'll pay you $50. Then you can go
over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you
can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house."
She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in
the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do
the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"
I said, "Welcome to Libertarianism"
Her parents aren't speaking to me.
:lol:

Still, I think I'm a centrist and I feel the same way.
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Post by eXcommunicate » Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:57 am

Gallstones wrote:Recently, while I was working in the flower beds in the front yard, my
neighbors stopped to chat as they returned home from walking their dog.
During our friendly conversation, I asked their little girl what she wanted
to be when she grows up.
She said she wanted to be President some day.
Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her,
"If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?"
She replied... "I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people."
Her parents beamed with pride!
"Wow...what a worthy goal!" I said. "But you don't have to wait until
you're President to do that!" I told her.
"What do you mean?" she replied.
So I told her, "You can come over to my house and mow the lawn,
pull weeds, and trim my hedge, and I'll pay you $50. Then you can go
over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you
can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house."
She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in
the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do
the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"
I said, "Welcome to Libertarianism"
Her parents aren't speaking to me.
A story for/from simpletons.
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Re: What Libertarians Do

Post by Warren Dew » Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:10 am

eXcommunicate wrote:Libertarians are like atheists (and liberals) in that you might as well attempt to herd cats than organize them into some kind of coherent group.
Liberals stampede all the time, though.

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Re: What Libertarians Do

Post by Warren Dew » Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:25 am

amused wrote:Image
So are those bricks liberals or conservatives? Sometimes I can't tell the difference!
And how come I get a Romney ad at that link, instead of a Ron Paul ad?

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