Agreed the Texas brand of Libertarians tends to fall in the ron Paul camp as far as I can tell. Now, that said, I've only know ten or twelve so that could be the area I live in.
my thanks to James for the breakdown as well B --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > and my experience--growing up in Texas, now living in Georgia--has > been just the opposite > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. You know these things that happen, That's just the way it's supposed to be. And I can't help but wonder, Don't ya know it coulda been me. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
