Rock on!
Posted on 07/23/2009 1:32:11 PM PDT by Rodebrecht
Their message is NOT that “free markets are good and government is bad.”. Their message is that where government grows, liberty shrinks. So FREEDOM is good; government is bad.
Government is the ally of liberty only insofar as it is its author.
It is neither.
No, he’s serious. Sadly.
He’s posting an article, an article that even had as part of its title, a warning.
If that’s the criteria for zotting FReepers, even Paulistas, then Jim Rob may as well shut the site down as a lot of us would have been zotted.
I was being a bit sarcastic as there are too many FReepers that are way too quick to charge up the bolts and call out the kittys.
SZ
Note to self: Douglas J. Amy is NOT a “she”...
Fine talk from someone who lives in New Jersey.
Of course this clown advocates government. Without it, he’d be scrounging in the dirt, spewing left-wing diatribes to passers-by as he tries to spit-shine windshields for a dollar.
Touché.
That said....
Welcome to Freerepublic Rodebrecht.
"Conservatives are correct to say that many laws and regulations are inherently coercive – they prevent people and organizations from doing what they want to do. But anti-government conservatives seem to think this coercion is a bad thing. It is not."
Another "enlightened" liberal who, deep down, really just wants to be the guy holding the whip.
I wonder where he stands on having the government coerce people into joining the military, for the "public good" of boosting the nation's defense? Or coercively preventing consenting adults from engaging in certain sex acts? I suspect his pro-government tune would change pretty quickly when *that* kind of democratic coercion is involved.
The sage P.J. O'Rourke put it perfectly,
"The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."
The lack of a reply is usually the first sign of ozone buildup.
I think he’s(?) having a pretty memorable welcome.
FRegards,
SZ
Well if it says so on the Internet it must be true.
OK so you owe me a laptop — my dinner is all over the screen & in between the keys. I got upset.
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