tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536029.post6068813978011261847..comments2023-09-17T03:59:28.940-04:00Comments on Montag ...: Abolish slavery insteadB.W. Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08123361895629806975noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536029.post-21136672244246850602007-12-29T12:30:00.000-05:002007-12-29T12:30:00.000-05:00Console yourself John.The only way your vote would...Console yourself John.<BR/>The only way your vote would matter is if: 1) he were on the ballot, 2) the final result was a tie after recounts.<BR/>See how easy that is? No lesser weevilisms to worry about. Why it might even be mathematically worth your while to speak out against him so as to help ensure that he does not appear on the ballot. If you can help make sure that he is not a selectable choice then you are absolved of not acting against your conscience. And it will most likely be 8 years of a Paul presidency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536029.post-1766628737162303952007-12-29T11:23:00.000-05:002007-12-29T11:23:00.000-05:00I'm sorry to read these latest pieces by Walter Bl...I'm sorry to read these latest pieces by Walter Block. He was one of the movement's philosophical "plumblines" for so many years.Wally Congerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01324805816842649240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536029.post-61293622095861480542007-12-29T10:22:00.000-05:002007-12-29T10:22:00.000-05:00I like Ron Paul, but chances are 99.99% I ain't vo...I like Ron Paul, but chances are 99.99% I ain't voting for him and 100% not for anyone else. If Paul were running for dictator and promised to dismantle the federal government down to its original intent there is that 1% chance that I would vote for him. However, Paul is running for president and he promises to do what he can as president, within the system and according to the Constitution. Therein lies the problem. If he actually follows the law of the land, he can't do much to rid us of the two-headed monster.<BR/>But, here's my 1% problem, if he, by some miracle, gets on the ballot in November, and promises to bring all of our troops back home, which would immediately stop our aggression and killing around the world, can I, in good conscience, not vote for him?<BR/>If four years of a Paul presidency would stop the killing and murdering of millions of people, is it worth a vote?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15536029.post-57611988407395098642007-12-29T09:24:00.000-05:002007-12-29T09:24:00.000-05:00Actually, Ron is more likely to hand you the whip ...Actually, Ron is more likely to hand you the whip and walk away.<BR/>Of course once your own whip is in your own hands, you can sell it, burn it, try to use it on some other human, hang it on your wall as a reminder, or find that it is still being used by you on you.<BR/>Quotidian whips BW, they are everywhere; every hostage to fate you have voluntarily given is but another quotidian whip. Every choice for more "efficiency", frees yourself to hold and brandish your own whip on your own back.<BR/>But that is just theorizing, of actions you can take, you can refuse to participate ( valid action taken by almost half the electorate in presidential elections, by 3/4 of the electorate in off year and special elections ), you can choose from one of several choices in a primary vote or one of a few choices if you wait till the national election and vote then.<BR/>You can actively work against the election process, simon Jester the electronic voting machines, cut the power supply to precinct voting stations, block traffic to the polls. I think I have covered the three basic actions:<BR/>Refuse to participate<BR/>Vote among the limited offerings<BR/>Work against.<BR/>The rest is just rhetoric and grandstanding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com