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Cato Institute Godzilla marches against Trump: <https://bsky.app/profile/walterolson.bsky.social/post/3lm3d6mx25k2a>

--bks

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On 4/6/25 11:58 AM, Lee wrote:

Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

Cato Institute Godzilla marches against Trump:
<https://bsky.app/profile/walterolson.bsky.social/post/3lm3d6mx25k2a>

--bks

Libertarians are for free markets,
not government tariffs.

The big-L Libertarian idea IS laudable ... BUT
it Just Can't Work These Days. More an 1830s
sort of economic reality where there were only
a very few 'big players' and almost all economics
were 'local'.

We note that, as usual, Rand Paul is playing the
middle-man in some of this current stuff - the
"LP/Con principle" guy (as an excuse). A very
narrowly-divided govt is the perfect place for
guys like Paul ... they can position themselves
as pivot-points. Politics ........

Of note, I'm actually registered as LP - but it's
more of a 'protest' thing against the other, too
corrupted, parties. I do see the beauty of the
Libertarian Concept ... but, at the same time,
can't help but see its limitations these days.

Nothing 'perfect' ... sob and waaaah ! Welcome
to the Real World.

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On 2025-04-06, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

Cato Institute Godzilla marches against Trump:
<https://bsky.app/profile/walterolson.bsky.social/post/3lm3d6mx25k2a>

--bks

Libertarians are for free markets,
not government tariffs.

Libertarians are for themselves, and themselves only. National interest
be damned. A foolish ideology which cannot compete with strong states.

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On 4/7/25 4:46 AM, Borax Man wrote:

["Followup-To:" header set to talk.politics.misc.]
On 2025-04-06, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

Cato Institute Godzilla marches against Trump:
<https://bsky.app/profile/walterolson.bsky.social/post/3lm3d6mx25k2a>

--bks

Libertarians are for free markets,
not government tariffs.

Libertarians are for themselves, and themselves only. National interest
be damned. A foolish ideology which cannot compete with strong states.

The THEORY is that self interest becomes national interest.
Do well and the nation does well - protecting your own
interests translates into protecting the national interest.

But, alas, it's all based on early 1800s US socio-economics.

Really can't work these days - world's too small and connected.

Couldn't actually work even Way Back When - it's why federalism
won out.

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On 4/7/2025 4:46 AM, Borax Man wrote:

["Followup-To:" header set to talk.politics.misc.]
On 2025-04-06, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

Cato Institute Godzilla marches against Trump:
<https://bsky.app/profile/walterolson.bsky.social/post/3lm3d6mx25k2a>

--bks

Libertarians are for free markets,
not government tariffs.

Libertarians are for themselves, and themselves only. National interest
be damned. A foolish ideology which cannot compete with strong states.

Nope. The Libertarian philosophy is based on the idea that people should
be free to do as they wish as long as it does not interfere with
another's life, liberty or property through force or fraud.

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On Sun, 06 Apr 2025 15:58:31 +0000, "Lee" <[email protected]> wrote:

Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

Cato Institute Godzilla marches against Trump:
<https://bsky.app/profile/walterolson.bsky.social/post/3lm3d6mx25k2a>

--bks

Libertarians are for free markets,
not government tariffs.

Great. So when will they demand that other countries drop their
tariffs against us?

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On 7/4/25 5:08, c186282 wrote:

The THEORY is that self interest becomes national interest.
Do well and the nation does well - protecting your own
interests translates into protecting the national interest.

Easily refuted bullshit.

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On 4/7/2025 1:46 AM, Borax Man wrote:

["Followup-To:" header set to talk.politics.misc.]
On 2025-04-06, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

Cato Institute Godzilla marches against Trump:
<https://bsky.app/profile/walterolson.bsky.social/post/3lm3d6mx25k2a>

--bks

Libertarians are for free markets,
not government tariffs.

Libertarians are for themselves, and themselves only.

Captain Yossarian: "From now on I'm thinking only of me."

Major Danby, indulgently with a superior smile: "But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way?"

Captain Yossarian: "Then, I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?"

_Catch 22_

I, as a proud libertarian, do not think only of myself. However, as a free person, *I* get to decide how much I think of and care for and help others. You have no say.

National interest be damned.

There there is no such thing as the "national interest." There is no such thing as any kind of collective interest.

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On 7/4/25 22:24, Governor Swill wrote:

On Mon, 07 Apr 2025 06:52:52 -0700, Siri Cruz <[email protected]>
wrote:

On 7/4/25 5:08, c186282 wrote:

The THEORY is that self interest becomes national interest.
Do well and the nation does well - protecting your own
interests translates into protecting the national interest.

Easily refuted bullshit.

Indeed. Selfishness is its own punishment. If you don't look out for
your neighbor, your neighbor won't look out for you.

Verbose explanation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons>

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On 4/8/2025 1:24 AM, Governor Swill wrote:

On Mon, 07 Apr 2025 06:52:52 -0700, Siri Cruz <[email protected]>
wrote:

On 7/4/25 5:08, c186282 wrote:

The THEORY is that self interest becomes national interest.
Do well and the nation does well - protecting your own
interests translates into protecting the national interest.

Easily refuted bullshit.

Indeed. Selfishness is its own punishment. If you don't look out for
your neighbor, your neighbor won't look out for you.

So, the only way that your neighnor will look out for you is if coerced
to do so by government?

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Radio Gnome wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

On 4/8/2025 1:24 AM, Governor Swill wrote:

On Mon, 07 Apr 2025 06:52:52 -0700, Siri Cruz <[email protected]>
wrote:

On 7/4/25 5:08, c186282 wrote:

The THEORY is that self interest becomes national interest.
Do well and the nation does well - protecting your own
interests translates into protecting the national interest.

Easily refuted bullshit.

Indeed. Selfishness is its own punishment. If you don't look out for
your neighbor, your neighbor won't look out for you.

So, the only way that your neighnor will look out for you is if coerced
to do so by government?

(That radio has only one frequency band. With a lot of static :-D)

--
prairies, n.:
Vast plains covered by treeless forests.

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|
| 50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US
| Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law
| ... <https://www.cato.org/blog/50-venezuelans-imprisoned-el-salvador-came-us-legally-never-violated-immigration-law>

--bks

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| 50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US
| Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law

|
| 65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93
| Percent No Violent Convictions
| ... <https://www.cato.org/blog/65-people-taken-ice-had-no-convictions-93-no-violent-convictions>

--bks

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Bradley K. Sherman wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

| 50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US
| Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law

|
| 65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93
| Percent No Violent Convictions
| ... <https://www.cato.org/blog/65-people-taken-ice-had-no-convictions-93-no-violent-convictions>

Gotta make Miller's evil quota. They gonna take yt peepo if they have to.

Groan, wotta stretch:

--
Once upon a time there was a kingdom ruled by a great bear. The peasants
were not very rich, and one of the few ways to become at all wealthy was
to become a Royal Knight. This required an interview with the bear. If
the bear liked you, you were knighted on the spot. If not, the bear would
just as likely remove your head with one swat of a paw. However, the family
of these unfortunate would-be knights was compensated with a beautiful
sheepdog from the royal kennels, which was itself a fairly valuable
possession. And the moral of the story is:

The mourning after a terrible knight, nothing beats the dog of the bear that hit you.

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On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:57:50 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
Sherman) wrote:

| 50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US
| Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law

|
| 65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93
| Percent No Violent Convictions
| ...
<https://www.cato.org/blog/65-people-taken-ice-had-no-convictions-93-no-violent-convictions>

--bks

And what percentage are here illegally?

Duh...

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NoBody wrote:

On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:57:50 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
Sherman) wrote:

| 50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US
| Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law

|
| 65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93
| Percent No Violent Convictions
| ...
<https://www.cato.org/blog/65-people-taken-ice-had-no-convictions-93-no-violent-convictions>

--bks

And what percentage are here illegally?

Duh...

ICE has wisely stopped wearing any identifying clothing or badge. So if
an armed guy throws you around, be comforted it might not be a mugging.

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On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 09:21:13 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:57:50 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
Sherman) wrote:

| 50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US
| Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law

|
| 65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93
| Percent No Violent Convictions
| ... >><https://www.cato.org/blog/65-people-taken-ice-had-no-convictions-93-no-violent-convictions>

--bks

And what percentage are here illegally?

Duh...

And Bradley runs away from his latest nonsense claim.

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NoBody wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 09:21:13 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:57:50 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
Sherman) wrote:

| 50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US
| Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law

|
| 65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93
| Percent No Violent Convictions
| ...
<https://www.cato.org/blog/65-people-taken-ice-had-no-convictions-93-no-violent-convictions>

--bks

And what percentage are here illegally?

Duh...

And Bradley runs away from his latest nonsense claim.

Who did TACO said he would deport? Farm labourers?

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On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 05:23:47 -0700, "chine.bleu"
<[email protected]> wrote:

NoBody wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 09:21:13 -0400, NoBody <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:57:50 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Bradley K.
Sherman) wrote:

| 50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US
| Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law

|
| 65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93
| Percent No Violent Convictions
| ...
<https://www.cato.org/blog/65-people-taken-ice-had-no-convictions-93-no-violent-convictions>

--bks

And what percentage are here illegally?

Duh...

And Bradley runs away from his latest nonsense claim.

Who did TACO said he would deport? Farm labourers?

Just answer the question.

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