[extropy-chat] LP NH:The Wrath-tionality of Kahn

[Al Brooks]

No, I am NOT being funny. I meant libertarian in the
philosophical not political sense. 
Madam, I was a libertarian when you were in diapers,
and drugs & sex are most absolutely an attraction to
younger libertarians.



--- Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you really think that drugs and wild sex are what
> the party is
> about?  Or are you just being "funny"?
> 
> -s
> 
> 
> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 11:46:23 -0800 (PST), Al Brooks
> <kerry_prez at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hmm, you might be correct. All the same, you've
> got
> > decades to go before a substantive fraction of the
> > public in NH accepts libertarianism. i lived in
> VT, a
> > few blocks from the NH border, they're not at all
> the
> > sort of radicals who would be attracted en masse
> to
> > libertarianism. You could get maybe 10-20,000 to
> join
> > the NHLP in perhaps 20-30 years because
> libertarianism
> > is fun (for instance, the allure of drugs & wild
> sex),
> > but 100,000 members in one decade? nosiree. 50
> years?
> > yes.
> > The crucial factor is the constancy of
> psychological
> > processes in a state  such as NH. You might have
> > better luck in Vermont.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > Trend,
> > > Nader has never had major party status. His
> > > performance got the Greens
> > > that status in a few states, but certainly not
> > > nationwide and
> > > definitely not here. Nader is a main stream
> media
> > > creation. Nationwide,
> > > he got the same number of votes that Badnarik
> got
> > > this year (of course
> > > the press isn't going to mention this fact),
> despite
> > > raising $2.4
> > > million by September (according to FEC filings),
> to
> > > Badnarik's fraction
> > > of a million. Nader is a media fiction that the
> > > hipsters in the
> > > chattering class can show their cool by
> supporting.
> > >
> > > =====
> > > Mike Lorrey
> > > Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of
> NH
> > > "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of
> > > human freedom.
> > > It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed
> of
> > > slaves."
> > >                                       -William
> Pitt
> > > (1759-1806)
> > > Blog:
> > > http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism
> > >
> > >
> > >
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