Doug's Workshop

Life is hard. It's harder when you're stupid.

24 June 2009

What my life is like

It is human nature to want to shoot the messenger bearing unwelcome tidings. And so, for the sin of continually pointing out that the emperor has no clothes, libertarians are attacked as heartless bastards devoid of compassion for the less fortunate, despicable flacks for the rich or for business interests, unthinking dogmatists who place blind faith in the free market, or, at best, members of the lunatic fringe.

Yeah, you'll want to go there and read the whole thing. h/t to Radley Balko.
Posted by Doug at 20:43

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Daily Reading

  • Captain Capitalism
  • Michelle Malkin
  • Power Line
  • Schneier on Security
  • The Agitator
  • Thomas Sowell


Miniature Related

  • Dark Sword Miniatures
  • Reaper Miniatures

Game Companies I Support

  • Chaosium
  • Frog God Games
  • Green Ronin
  • Paizo
  • Troll Lord Games

About Me

Doug
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as ‘bad luck.’ - R Heinlein
View my complete profile

Blog Archive

  • ►  2014 (10)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (7)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2013 (6)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2012 (19)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (7)
    • ►  April (7)
  • ►  2011 (4)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2010 (45)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (10)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  May (5)
    • ►  April (6)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (8)
    • ►  January (5)
  • ▼  2009 (100)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (4)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (8)
    • ►  August (18)
    • ►  July (6)
    • ▼  June (14)
      • Wandering the 'Net
      • The New Workshop
      • Why Government-Run Health Care Fails
      • Go Navy.
      • I am disturbed and excited at the same time.
      • What my life is like
      • Photo of the Day
      • Fun with Numbers
      • From the "I have a Great Idea" File
      • Never learning from their mistakes.
      • A Baby Boomer Speaks
      • Pause for a Second and Breathe Deeply
      • Obama's Recovery Plan is Still A Failure.
      • The Human Spirit Strives for Freedom
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  April (5)
    • ►  March (16)
    • ►  February (8)
    • ►  January (11)
  • ►  2008 (6)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  February (3)
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.