People who believe in limited government, constitutional order and individual freedom still have somewhere to go in this election.-AS
Somewhere to go? This is just unintentionally funny.
But, yes, the library is a good place to go to be at home with the ideas that are, in practice, really code words for other things.
Update:
That's not a flip, partisan comment, either.
For years, the Right criticized the old turks for making apologies, for intimating or saying things like the Soviet Union wasn't "real communism", so "it didn't count" that the Soviets were {insert horrible instance}.
Twenty some odd years into the Reagan Devolution seems as good as any to look around and say, "What a raucous and stupid pipe dream that these pipe-smokers are selling, to themselves and to others."
There was other empirical evidence for those considering that communism was too much of a utopian ideal, if you will (but there are plenty of other ways to think about the shortcomings of 'communism').So, tell me, when was there ever a "small government" Government, with "individual freedom" that folks like AS bleat on about incessantly?
Never?
These small-government conservatives are guilty of the same slight-of-hand that they abhorred of late in their political opponents
Twenty some-odd years into the Reagan Devolution seems as good as any to look around and say, "What a raucous and stupid pipe dream that these pipe-smokers are selling, to themselves and to others."
Update:
Meanwhile, this reminds me of a joke (I think from Comedy Central).
A voter gets a call doing a poll, during the primaries.
He's asked:
If you think you will vote for one of the Republicans, press "1", if you you think you might vote for one of the Democrats, press "2".
Now, being sick of Bush, the guy presses "2" and gets a list:
If you think you would like Kucinich, press "1"; Gravel, press "2"; Clinton, press "3"; etc.
Finishing
If you don't like any of the options, please hold the line.
[elevator music plays] "dee-dee-dee da-dee-dee-dum ..."
[elevator music plays] "dee-dee-dee da-dee-dee-dum ..."
Then, a voice with a heavy Bill Clinton accent comes on
I knew you'd be baaack.
