Replying to a message of BOB KLAHN to BOB ACKLEY:

 BK>>>>>  Heinlein was wrong about a lot of things. Wrote
good SF, but his
 BK>>>>> politics were a bit screwed up.

 BA>>>> Only to you collectivists.  Heinlein was a big believer in
 BA>>>> freedom and INDIVIDUAL liberty.  *You* are not.

 BK>>>  That comes under the heading of, "A mile wide but an
inch deep."

 BK>>>  It just demonstrates you know nothing about what I believe in.

 BK>>>  Pro-lifers believe in a lot of restrictions on individual
 BK>>>  freedom. Which means you need to be a democrat.

 BA>> Horse sh*t.  I have more intelligence.  Not all pro-lifers
 BA>> are Republicrooks and not all Democrooks are pro-choice.

 BK>  Gee... you noticed. I've been pointing that out for a long time.

 BA>> Besides, there are more choices in the political spectrum
 BA>> than Republicrooks and Democrooks.

 BK>  None that are significant.

only you and your Republicrook buddies have the system locked up so that
nobody else can participate.

 BK>>>  Anti-gays don't have much belief in individual freedom at all.

 BA>> ANd your point is, what?  Anti-smokers don't believe in
 BA>> individual freedom, nor do the animal rights fanatics and
 BA>> PETA.

 BK>  As long at they don't try to impose their beliefs on your
 BK>  private life, no problem.

Oh, but they do, as do the anti-smokers.

 BK>>>  I believe in freedom of religion, and freedom from religion,
 BK>>>  which puts me one freedom up on the right.

 BK>>>  I believe in freedom of speech, even when I don't agree with
 BK>>>  what is said, which puts me one freedom up on the Tea Party.

 BK>>>  I believe in freedom to live your own life as long at you don't
 BK>>>  harm others. That puts me one freedom up on most people.

 BA>> You believe in heavily punishing successful people with
 BA>> taxes,

 BK>  If you believe taxes are punishment, you must be an anarchist,
 BK>  or a glutton for punishment.

I believe that *duiscriminatory* (aka "progressive:") taxation is
punishment.

 BA>> you believe in discriminatory ("progressive") tax

 BK>  You believe in discriminator (regressive) taxs.

No I do not.  I believe in a FLAT tax if it must be on incomes, same rate for
everybody.  A "regressive:" tax rate would decrease as income increases.

 BA>> rates.  You don't believe people should be free to hold a
 BA>> job without belonging to or paying dues to a labor
 BA>> organization.

 BK>  Now you are getting into your inch deep portion. I have posted,
 BK>  over and over, if employers treated their employees decently
 BK>  labor unions wouldn't even exist.

 BK>  And that would be perfectly acceptable. Oh, and every union
 BK>  member, including union officers, I have said this to agreed
 BK>  with me.

 BK>>>  I also believe in a responsibility as part of our social
 BK>>>  structure, to contribute to maintaining our social structure.
 BK>>>  That seems so obvious it should not require defending.

 BA>> That does depend on how one defines those terms, doesn't it?

 BK>  Yeah, but first you have to get past the idea that
 BK>  responsibility is bad.

I have *always* held that rights come with responsibilities.  You are, as
usual, misrepresenting my position.

 BK>>>  I believe the freedom to keep and bear arms requires the
 BK>>>  obligation to learn to do so responsibly. Which puts me on two
 BK>>>  sides of a freedom, depending on which side you stand on.

 BK>>>  If Heinlein really believed in what he appeared to, he could
 BK>>>  stand by and watch a child die and not believe anyone was
 BK>>>  obligated to do anything.

 BK>>>  Libertarianism doesn't seem to believe in much of anything.

 BA>> The information is out there.  Reason magazine is one
 BA>> source, although it is not sponsored by the party and is
 BA>> not a party organ.

 BK>  Is Reason Magazine the authority on the subject?

One of them.  The party does have a web site.

 BK>>>  Libertarians seem to believe in whatever is convenient for them.

 BK>>>  No thanks, I prefer a moral philosophy based on some actual
 BK>>>  principles.

 BA>> The Libertarian party is the only one in the country that
 BA>> has principles - and lives by them.

 BK>  See the tagline.

 BK> BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

 BK> ... Libertarianism is the ultimate political philosophy for
 BK> sociopaths. 

Another of your dishonest misrepresentations.

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