James thanks for this lesson on Libertarians. When I lived in Philly, I never encountered the Ron Paul type of libertarian-- in fact, I found I liked most that I encountered. So, finding out that there were legions like Ron Paul was a shock.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Good questions Keith. > > Part of it may be where you live and a large part of it is our lazy > American media. Paleos and Neos tend to live in southern states and are > often former Republicans. Problem is - few really completely leave the > GOP. They are LINO's (Libertarians in Name Only) and they are a very loud > bunch of know-it-alls who trash liberals nonstop but make excuses for > conservatives without end. Trouble is, when pushed to define the > underlying concept of libertarianism - they can't or won't. When asked to > help fight things like the PATRIOT Act, domestic surveillance, > imperialism, electoral fraud, etc. they are completely AWOL. > > Another part of the problem is our useless, lazy Mainstream Media that > compartmentalizes and oversimplifies everything. Political terminiologies > have lost most of their meaning in recent years due to such laziness. > Every Democrat is a liberal and every Republican a conservative and all > libertarians are wingnuts. > > Case in point: Dennis Miller, Larry Elder and Neil Boortz. Neither of > whom are genuine libertarians - especially Boortz and Miller who turned > into raging neo-conservatives on September 11, 2001. All three are > conservatives with SOME extremely limited libertarian leanings. Of > course, that doesn't stop our lazy MSM from constantly labeling them as > such. > > Hell, this is the same MSM that refers to Shakira as the "latin Madonna." > The MSM that ignored the piles and piles and piles of evidence that > pointed out Colin Powell's lies in front of Congress and the U.N. during > the buildup to the Iraq war. The same MSM that thinks only young, white > (sometimes pregnant) women going missing in this country. > > The MSM barely acknowledges differences within the Democratic and > Republican Parties either. > > When is the last time you heard a Democrat referred to as a Yellow Dog, > Blue Dog or Progressive - other than on the ridiculous Sunday morning talk > shows? All Democrats are liberals on TV and in general print media. Is > Joseph Lieberman really a liberal? What about Ben Nelson? > > How much TV time do moderates like Chuck Hagel and Olympia Snowe get > compared to Trent Lott and Mitch McConnell? In the eyes of the MSM all > Republicans are conservatives who support Bush and love the wars in Iraq > and Afghanistan - which MSM hype helped create and prolong. > > Sorry, I went off in left field for a while. Did I even come close to > answering your questions? > > __________________________________________________________________ > James Landrith > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 > AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 > MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith > http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith > http://www.jameslandrith.com > http://www.multiracial.com > http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > > >> good points, James. And thanks for keeping me honest and accurate. I >> should have more specifically specified that it's one type of Libertarian >> that bothers me, which is what I meant by the ones I've encountered here >> in Georgia. >> >> Still, to be frank, despite my knowing that there are more liberal >> Libertarians--just like there are in many other groups--my exposure has >> been more to the Ron Paul type, both in person, and in those Libertarians >> I've heard on TV and the radio. >> >> Why do you think it is I hear so few with attitudes like you? Is it where >> I live? >> >> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
