1. Re: Is there any chance for more civil discourse? –

   Tea Bagger said:
   

   You know, the tea bagger nom-de-plume sticks in progressive craws when we don’t run from it, like the homo-phobes they expect us to be. And they don’t like being shown to be irrational and intellectually defenseless by someone with that name. You can’t let others put you in a box. Consider it an act of defiance, by someone comfortable in his own skin.

   This is EXACTLY the reason to keep using the term – it’s taking the language back from the collectivists, mercantilists, plutocrats, socialists, fascists, et. al., one phrase at a time. Just like the gays did with the pink triangle – until 1969, it was a tag used by the Nazis^[1] in the derogatory sense. Since 1969, they’ve made it their own and have taken to using as an identifying logo for themselves.

   This is the same sort of reason that I will refer to myself as a “liberal” – the term was hijacked from us by Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I AIM TO TAKE IT BACK. At the same time, I will also refer to myself as a “capitalist” and “anarchist,” with the intention of making those words stand for Liberty again, as well.

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   (“Nazi” is short for National Socialist: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei = “National Socialist German Workers’ Party)

2. Posted to Elisheva Levin’s Facebook Wall –

   If the rope is for a noose, I suggest surgical tubing instead. Much, much funnier – to see what I’m talking about, use a rubber band with one of those 1980s 4″ action figures.

3. Posted to my Facebook Wall –

   No ruler can continue once he becomes a laughingstock.

   The Libertarian Enterprise: Ego, by Chris Claypoole

4. Posted to Frank Koch’s Facebook Wall –

   And here I thought that the “Zombie Apocalypse” was the public employee unions storming the Wisconsin Legislature.

5. Posted to Elisheva Levin’s Facebook Wall –

   Farewell, Fourth Amendment
   Posted by William Grigg on May 16, 2011 02:52 PM
   http://lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/88300.html

   So much for the “strict constructionism” of Scalia, Thomas and Alito – the only dissenting Justice in Kentucky v. King was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Clinton appointee.

   I’ll remember this one the next time someone tells me that I “have to vote for the Republican” because the Democrat will nominate lousy judges to the Supremes.

Notes from Life, Etc.

1. Took my flat tire to Wal-Mart today with the receipt from November, 2008. They told me that because it was damaged on the sidewall, it couldn’t be repaired. So that’s another Ø60-90 that I’m out, in addition to my alternator (Ø150-270), hood (Ø????), fender (Ø????), etc.

2. I picked up some G.I. Joe comics at Old West Comics – the “Cobra Civil War” looks like an interesting twist.

3. I went to the Rio Grande Foundation’s Liberty on the Rocks at Vivace (3118 Central SE) last night. Paul Gessing gave me a chance to plug this coming Albuquerque Liberty Forum.

   After the dinner group had concluded and people were leaving, I talked with Greg Sowards, running for U.S. Senate on the GOP ticket, for about 15-20 minutes. He and I discussed the current slate of candidates offered by the GOP in the race (see tomorrow). He told me not to bother with Bill English, as Bill doesn’t have any FRNs to throw around, and that “most likely” Bill would be dropping out within ten (10) days. Still, Bill is my first choice in the race – he and I don’t agree on a few issues, but more so than the others, and I’ve known him since May, 1998.

Listening / Reading / Watching

1. Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano

2. Cavuto

3. Adult Swim: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Squidbillies