A pretty good analysis here.
Public health issues involving compulsory measures divide conservatives and libertarians. They have for a long time. Do you have the right to go out in public after you know you have TB? Does the government have the right to compel vaccination against smallpox? What about diphtheria? Do you have the right to keep a bucket of stagnant water in your back yard? What about a fruit tree that you keep “organic” and which is infested with Mediterranean fruit flies? Does the state have the right to spray your organic fruit tree?
These are not trivial questions. They aren’t going to be settled here.
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It’s her taking the bait from Blitzer, whose sole task up there was to try to get Republican candidates to ...
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Oh, speaking of paranoia...
Before anyone pops back, think hard about what you would have said about Bush if he had ...
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A story on this from the Washington Post. Interestingly, when I looked at this yesterday, the headline said "laughing ...
- That's pretty funny, but I can't decide whether its someone making fun of liberals, or someone making fun of conservatives ...
- Heh. Sure doesn't take long nowadays to gin stuff like this up.
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A story on this from the Washington Post. Interestingly, when I looked at this yesterday, the headline said "laughing ...
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By the way, there's a debate transcript here.
- Thanks for the link TB...now a question...who do you think "came out on top?"
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From the transcript:
"MR. BLITZER: Congresswoman Bachmann, do you have a problem with anything that Governor Perry just said? You're a ...
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Look at all the questions. Almost all of them are straight along the planned Democratic lines of attack for ...
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I agree with Ron Paul....there should be an *opt out* for the up and coming generation.
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...sorry...that is for S.S....not the actual topic on the right...sigh...I digress...as usual.
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...sorry...that is for S.S....not the actual topic on the right...sigh...I digress...as usual.
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Tom, I have no doubt whatsoever you actually believe what you're saying, or you would never have posted a link ...
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I agree with Ron Paul....there should be an *opt out* for the up and coming generation.
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Look at all the questions. Almost all of them are straight along the planned Democratic lines of attack for ...
- You are very quick at dismissing a lot of people you know little about. Pournelle, who I have read ...
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heh....you should try being a social liberal/fiscal conservative.
- Jody, I am a social liberal and fiscal conservative. But with these yahoos, you're always too liberal and never conservative enough.
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Oh, speaking of paranoia...
Before anyone pops back, think hard about what you would have said about Bush if he had ...