Reasonable Nuts: Bump My Ride 2: Libertarian Boogaloo

Sometimes nuts. Always reasonable. We are REASONABLE NUTS.

The Reasonable Nuts are a small band of conservative and libertarian thinkers who have come together to exposit, expound, and (sometimes) explode on topics of public discourse (or those we think should be in public discourse). "Yeah, like the 'net needs another right-wing blog!", you're thinking. We hear ya. Our primary purposes here are twofold: 1, to post our notions and interpretations of current and recent events, bouncing them off one another - and you - and 2, to add a unique content to the 'net - not readily found elsewhere.
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Reasonable Nuts of Yore:
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in the people's minds." -- Samuel Adams, one of the original Reasonable Nuts
"I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive."
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." -- Thomas Jefferson, quite Reasonable at times, always a Nut.
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials."
"To disarm the people (is) the best and most effectual way to enslave them..." -- George Mason, unalienable rights nut
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Reasonable Nuts of Today:
"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics." -- Thomas Sowell
"Most people who read 'The Communist Manifesto' probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked a day in their lives, and who nevertheless spoke boldly in the name of 'the workers'." -- Thomas Sowell
"The purpose of an open mind is to close it, on particular subjects. If you never do â you've simply abdicated the responsibility to think" -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
"I would rather be governed by the first 2000 names in the Boston phone book than by the faculty of Harvard University". -- William F. Buckley, Jr.
"We might think of dollars as being 'certificates of performance.' The better I serve my fellow man, and the higher the value he places on that service, the more certificates of performance he gives me. The more certificates I earn, the greater my claim on the goods my fellow man produces. That's the morality of the market. In order for one to have a claim on what his fellow man produces, he must first serve him. Contrast that moral standard to Congress' standing offer, 'Vote for me and I'll take what your fellow man produces and give it to you.'" -- Walter E. Williams
"Creating false distinctions between human rights and property rights plays into the hands of Democrat and Republican Party socialists who seek to control our lives. If we buy into the notion that somehow property rights are less important, or are in conflict with, human or civil rights, we give the socialists a freer hand to attack our property." -- Walter E. Williams

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Sunday, September 03, 2006

Bump My Ride 2: Libertarian Boogaloo

Here's some bumper stickers I'm drafting as part of my duties as Communications Director for the Henrico Co. Libertarian Party.

For those outside the area, Henrico Public Schools gives a laptop to each student. You know, so the kids have something expensive they can shatter into little bits, after they're done viewing pornography with it.

For all you LOTR fans:

Washington = Mordor
South = Shire
Richmond = Minas Tirith.

We could use all the elven magic you can spare.

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UPDATE at 9.03.06, 11:51pm:

Can you design a better bumper sticker? If so, click here for the chance to win a whopping $20.00, plus the bumper sticker you design!

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Thank you, Henrico, Co.
My daughter IM'ed and MySpaced her way to a dropout.

The principal said there was "no way" should could be IM'ing during school, she couldn't install the software. They never heard of Meebo.com until I told them.

By pandering to stupid parents that were being lied to by their kids, henrico co ensures the next generation of idiots.

I tried to withdraw my daughter from the program....and ran into "mandatory computer assignment" again and again.

I had a biology teacher explain to me why it was very important she use biology time to teach Mac Movie Maker. Then they went to dells and had to use biology time to teach the windows version. So that first time was how valuable?

Teachers love it because they can watch a 3 minute movie/power point during class time and write down a grade.
1. The child doesn't have to think critically; just copy a few Wikipedia bullets.
2. The teacher doesn't have to work during their grading period, doesn't have to think at all, no spell or grammar checking, etc. Just write down a grade.

Worse for students, easier for teachers = we'll never get rid of it.

Which is why I never vote democrat, republican, or incumbant. Good luck, Libs, you got my vote!; 9/13/2006 12:07 AM

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Sunday, September 03, 2006

Bump My Ride 2: Libertarian Boogaloo

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