Comments on: Liberals and Libertarians: DEAD Wrong on National Security by JB Williams http://www.theabsurdreport.com/2008/liberals-and-libertarians-dead-wrong-on-national-security-by-jb-williams/ "The Absurd Report...chasing liberals like villagers after Frankenstein" ~Doug Giles Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:57:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: DocNeaves http://www.theabsurdreport.com/2008/liberals-and-libertarians-dead-wrong-on-national-security-by-jb-williams/#comment-665625 DocNeaves Thu, 29 May 2008 13:51:00 +0000 http://www.theabsurdreport.com/?p=7886#comment-665625 Uh, Pat Buchanan is a racist homophobe, and the only thing Ron Paul has wrong about our Middle East policy is that they attack us for our Middle East policy. And to be honest, there is some basis for that, though I believe radical Islam would get around to it anyway, since it's their stated purpose for living. Otherwise, both are fairly right down the line with basic conservative thought. About the only official difference in the Libertarian platform and the basic conservative platform are these two things: One, the Libertarians know the war on drugs for what it is, an attempt by the government to control the people through illegal means. The Supreme Court has struck down laws such as the Harrison Act before, and were they allowed to have a free hand now, they would strike down the Controlled Substances Act as well. Addiction is a disease, and such be treated by the medical community, not the prison system. Two, the Libertarians believe in enforcing law, especially laws that are already on the books, and apparently nobody in the Republican party wants to. I might also add that Libertarians believe in small government, but I shouldn't have to, since this was, for years, a basic plank of the Republican platform as well, but now, that's probably the third difference, if there is one. Uh, Pat Buchanan is a racist homophobe, and the only thing Ron Paul has wrong about our Middle East policy is that they attack us for our Middle East policy. And to be honest, there is some basis for that, though I believe radical Islam would get around to it anyway, since it’s their stated purpose for living. Otherwise, both are fairly right down the line with basic conservative thought. About the only official difference in the Libertarian platform and the basic conservative platform are these two things:

One, the Libertarians know the war on drugs for what it is, an attempt by the government to control the people through illegal means. The Supreme Court has struck down laws such as the Harrison Act before, and were they allowed to have a free hand now, they would strike down the Controlled Substances Act as well. Addiction is a disease, and such be treated by the medical community, not the prison system.

Two, the Libertarians believe in enforcing law, especially laws that are already on the books, and apparently nobody in the Republican party wants to.

I might also add that Libertarians believe in small government, but I shouldn’t have to, since this was, for years, a basic plank of the Republican platform as well, but now, that’s probably the third difference, if there is one.

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