Comments on Pro Libertate: I Can't Stand Bullies, Revisited*

I can't help thinking of Matt Taibbi's descriptio ...

2007-09-28T01:43:00.000-06:00

I can't help thinking of Matt Taibbi's descriptio of Tucker Carlson. Carlson, he said, serves the same function for liberals that Alan Colmes does for conservatives: the softest, tweediest post-Marxist English professor at Brown University takes one look at him on TV and says, "I could stomp the shit out of him in a fight."

When you break something at Pottery Barn, they don...

2007-09-18T05:30:00.000-06:00

When you break something at Pottery Barn, they don't make you store manager...

"Bring it on!" and "Because we can" has gradually ...

2007-09-15T21:53:00.000-06:00

"Bring it on!" and "Because we can" has gradually been replaced with the seemingly practical but equally foolish argument "If you break it it's yours". All are variations on the insane theme that whether through blunder or political design "America shall have dominion over the earth".
As Jacob Horberger correctly pointed out in a recent article, accidentally breaking an item in a store doesn't provide a customer with the moral right to violently take over the property and impose rules while attempting to repair the damage. One is simply expected to pay for the ruined merchandise.

Al -- Toohey's a good pick for Friedman's alter eg...

2007-09-15T21:24:00.000-06:00

Al -- Toohey's a good pick for Friedman's alter ego. If he were given a bureaucratic sinecure, Friedman would make a great Wesley Mouch.

Anonymous (1)-- Owing to the disruption of my sche...

2007-09-15T21:22:00.000-06:00

Anonymous (1)-- Owing to the disruption of my schedule this summer on account of Korrin's long hospitalization, I'm not exactly "twisted steel and sex appeal" myself. Working full-time while being a single parent to five kids doesn't leave a whole lot of time for working out, and working at a computer station all day ain't exactly like throwing hay bales.

What I'm saying, I guess, is ... I, too, am burdened with excess adipose tissue. So I guess I'm a hypocrite.

That said ... I still drop to the floor and do 100 pushups first thing in the morning, which ain't bad for a flabby guy of 44 with a desk job.

DeadAustrianFan -- Thanks for the kind words, and ...

2007-09-15T21:13:00.000-06:00

DeadAustrianFan --

Thanks for the kind words, and I'll let you know when "Liberty In Eclipse" is available.

And if I take your meaning, it seems that TNA ran out RunAmok, n'est-ce pas? :-)

I just watched Friedman on your video link, and he...

2007-09-15T19:58:00.000-06:00

I just watched Friedman on your video link, and he seems extremely homosexual to me, like one of those groveling, concentration camp capos you'd read about in holocaust literature. To borrow Seinfeld's expression, I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with that, it's just an observation. Maybe Friedman, Judy Giuliani, GOP "poster" boy Matt Sanchez and any quasi-male member of the inbred Bush/Walker family should hook up. You know, to discuss politics and whatever else may come natural, or not so natural.

Is it just me, or does Friedman remind one of Ells...

2007-09-15T17:30:00.000-06:00

Is it just me, or does Friedman remind one of Ellsworth Toohey of Rand fiction fame?

I was with you until your disparaging remarks agai...

2007-09-15T16:11:00.000-06:00

I was with you until your disparaging remarks against 'carbohydrate sculptures'. What's with all the caustic comments against us jello bodies? So who's the bully now? You big meanie. Just couldn't wait to comment about it, could ya? You know it hurts. We do have feelings (sniff). We have FEELINGS.

CFR toady Friedman stole that line ("suck on this"...

2007-09-15T15:59:00.000-06:00

CFR toady Friedman stole that line ("suck on this") from Travis Binkle, Robert DeNiro's skinhead nutcase character in the movie Taxi Driver. How ironic that Binkle is perhaps one of Friedman's closet heroes.

It always funny to see how the purpose and goals o...

2007-09-15T10:53:00.000-06:00

It always funny to see how the purpose and goals of this war of aggression are always changing in the minds of the devout. Can't hit a moving target.

As soon as you lost your job with The New American...

2007-09-15T00:43:00.000-06:00

As soon as you lost your job with The New American, they lost my subscription. I also wrote TNA a letter informing them that they had become exactly what Birchers were supposedly against: compromising with the incorrect rationalization -- from both a moral and practical standpoint -- that the ends justify the means.

I am happy to see that you have a book on the way and I can't wait to read it, as I enjoyed Global Gun Grab a great deal. Christian paleo-libertarian writers are indeed rare, so it is refreshing to see your contributions on such a regular basis.

By the way, The New American has really "Run Amok," wouldn't you say? That last line should tell you how long I have been a fan. Keep up the outstanding work with the blog, Mr Grigg.