When Libertarians Attack

[SoxFan]

It turns out that the editor and sole reporter for our local weekly is a member of "The Free State Project". The FSP is a group of hard-core libertarians who moved to New Hampshire with the goal of turning it into some sort of Ayn Randian utopia. Basically, these are the sort of folks who think that Ron Paul is the ultimate arbiter of truth and wisdom.

Well, it turns out that our local journalist maintains a personal blog on the side. On this blog, he has a post in which he calls Social Security "a fraud" and "a Ponzi scheme". This is to go along with the links to a group pushing the Obama-isn't-a-citizen nonsense and a cartoon that shows a liberal's brain with a hammer and sickle imposed on it.

I pointed out these side projects on a NH Democratic blog. It took a day or two, but the reporter signed up as a member and commenced lecturing me about how inappropriate it was for me to take him to task.

Irony is not the Free Stater's strong suit.

Look, I don't care if someone is a libertarian. I think they're dead wrong, but that's just my opinion. But if you want to work as a journalist, you have to act differently.

[Blue_Tires]

1. Paulites are a lost cause....

[BlooInBloo]

2. Correct name: "Glibertarian". And that, only until there's a fire.

[davidinalameda]

3. I always called them lizardtarians

seems appropriate

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. I'm surprised Randians don't have conventions in which they all go dressed as Ayn Rand

High heels and wigs and all.

It'd suit them perfectly. Randians are just a bunch of male wackos is all.

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[DBoon]

13. see the "Floating Head of Ayn Rand"

http://www.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com/ayn_rand/

Best send-up of this cult I have yet seen

[Sarah Ibarruri]

14. ROFLMAO! Funny! Wonder if they have her pic imprinted on their boxers? nt

[Mish]

5. I agree

"But if you want to work as a journalist, you have to act differently"

Yes I agree. Tell that to NBC, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, Chris Matthews with that thrill runing up his leg, and all the rest of those who call themsevles reports and journalists. Why single out just this individual??

[daggahead]

7. Welcome Mish. n/t

[SoxFan]

15. Why single him out?

All politics is local, and the same goes for journalism. This guy has written and run some bafflingly inaccurate pieces about me. When he learned that I had an Obama/Biden sticker on my car, it was showtime.

[HughBeaumont]

6. Libertarian = Republican - Jesus + pot + hot sexy gun-toting naked chicks.

With the exception of Ayn Rand, who is neither hot nor sexy nor gun-toting. :)

[daggahead]

8. As Thom Hartmann says ...

Libertarians are just Republicans that want to smoke pot and get laid.

[Arctic Dave]

10. I think it is pay for sex, since most women would run away from them.

IMHO

[SoxFan]

12. You know, that's pretty damn accurate

[patrice]

9. Everyone has forgotten that Journalists are SUPPOSED to be Objective

Thanks for reminding folks that, unlike a Minister or "holy man", one isn't a Journalist simply because one says that one is.

[MADem]

11. "...if you want to work as a journalist, you have to act differently." Damn RIGHT!!!

Well said!!!

:thumbsup:

More people should shout THAT out their windows!