When they find out that ‘more personal freedoms’ would have to apply to brown folks too.

Libertarianism was sane not al that long ago and Ron Paul’s own particular kind of craziness (and the audience he brought with him) is very much responsible for the corruption of libertarianism as a political philosophy.

Do . . . do you need a hug, buddy?

Atlas Shrugged is a fantastic psychological study of its main- and only character, Ayn Rand.

Yep but honestly there is no place that is keen on black people

You can enjoy Atlas Shrugged any way you like. But it would be a misrepresentation of what the works says to claim it is merely a celebration of self-reliance and the power of smart people. That may be the part of it that you enjoy, but that isn’t the point of the book.

No axe to grind. I just get tired of people pretending to be something they aren’t. Libertarianism is a theory and a couple of poorly written books by a hypocrite. “Libertarians” are simply Republicans embarrassed by bible thumpers

Libertarians are fictitious creatures like the jack-a-lope or the moderate Republican.

This is a well-written, thought-provoking article.

And let us marvel again at how precisely Andrew Sullivan, the man who spent thirty years slowly figuring out that modern American Republicans aren’t British Tories from his childhood, measured the pulse of our society.

A little tiny bit of brutality, in the grand scheme of things really is not that big of a deal, but you guys will appreciate it because you’re from Iowa!

I’m a litigator. Sometimes I’ll do oral argument before the Court and think, “shit, that felt like rambling. I bet I sounded so dumb. I must do better next time.” And then I get the transcript back and I’ve spoken eloquently throughout it. Comparatively, I imagine Palin is like “nailed it” after a speech and then…

the comedy Gods wouldn’t allow it

PLEASE PICK SARAH AS YOUR RUNNING MATE DONALD!!!!!

The only similarities between those two situations is the fact that water is involved. Furthermore, you’re getting stuck on the fact that the EPA had a disaster on its hands. But you’re forgetting the many more occurrences of where the EPA successfully mitigated, or averted, disasters.

yes.

Yeah, it’s too bad they never made any sequels.

funny because it’s true.

nice article - I distinctly remember being worried the draft would be restarted... but then Bush senior shut the taps off after 100 days and that was that.

Turned out well didn’t it. The start of a very shitty slope.