Drug-Free Thoughts On Cato’s Edward Crane

Weekend Libertarian ^ | August 11, 2011 | B.P. Terpstra

[AustralianConservative]

Below are some random thoughts on Cato’s founder, Edward Crane. Consider it a free-flowing free speech exercise. Indulge me.

First, the “Libertarian Party Correspondent”, Edward H. Crane III strikes one as naïve, at best. Here he is in August 1973 (Reason, Aug/Sep2008, Vol. 40, Issue 4):

If there were any remaining doubts as to the viability and future of the Libertarian Party, its 1973 National Convention in Strongsville, Ohio, early in June must surely have eliminated them. The L.P. is no longer a tenuous coalition of hesitant and dubious allies but rather a united front of determined individualists committed to the common goal of freedom in our time. In all due respect, the Libertarian Party still has its head up its backside, but for the believers, they’re still believing. They’re like devout communists in some ways.

Incidentally, Crane is the founder of the libertarian think tank Cato and a University of California Berkeley graduate who never let go of San Fran’s hippy culture. He pretends to be shocked when a pastor (Mike Huckabee) questions the (sometimes racist) evolutionary theory of evolution. But so have many of the world’s greatest scientists.

Abandoning Darwin when it suits, Crane claims that the former Mayor of New York City, Rudolph Giuliani, “scares the hell out of” him because he’s tough on crime. Forget survival.

Cato seems obsessed with sexual rights, as opposed to sexual responsibilities, and is generally superficial in the Hollywood sense. But, don’t mention Muslim street gangs!

Crane’s disciples can afford their views, sheltered in their cozy libertarian think tank, while families dodge drug drivers on their way to work. Fantasy and libertarianism are partners.

I’ve long been suspicious of libertarian groupthink, mind you. And, while Cato’s slogan, “Individual Liberty, Free Markets, and Peace” sounds freedom-y it’s also hypocritical.

[AustralianConservative]

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[decimon]

Crane’s disciples can afford their views, sheltered in their cozy libertarian think tank, while families dodge drug drivers on their way to work. Fantasy and libertarianism are partners.

The fantasy is in not recognizing that any dodging of "drug drivers" is being done under a heavy haze of drug laws.

Coulter is right about the absence of priorities in the platform of the LP and the minds of other prominent libertarians.

[microgood]

Crane’s disciples can afford their views, sheltered in their cozy libertarian think tank, while families dodge drug drivers on their way to work. Fantasy and libertarianism are partners.

This whole "drugged driver" thing being pushed by ONDCP is a steaming pile of lies they want to use to further erode the Constitution. The drug warriors will not stop until the entire Constitution is destroyed. They are traitors, plain and simple, and must be stopped.

I drive 140 miles a day in some of the worst traffic in the US and cell phone users are the biggest threat out there, followed by drunk drivers and people changing lanes in more than two lane highways.