Libertarian-Liberal Facepalm Award: We Need Government Coercion As We Do Road Signs

--NOT!…Enjoy 10 examples of what’s wrong with the “obvious” but silly argument trotted out by some academics and pundits to “refute” libertarianism and ‘over-liberal- autonomy :http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/119285

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Facepalm Award! More Words To Use So Uncle Sam Spies On You

…rumor has it he’ll just be using the whole dictionary next. We respectfully hope curious bureaucrats will use them to find and enjoy our blog! Among the naughty words: HOMELAND SECURITY…

Anarcho-Capitalism Works: Another Libertarian-Direction Triumph

…with Gorbachev as Pizza Hut Spokesman, says MentalFloss–which anarcho-capitalism to our mind sure beats the alternative: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/119186  See www.LibertarianInternational.org for how Libs helped people deal with coercive  Communism as right-wing governments dithered–now their extreme-right ignoramus apologists say anarcho-capitalism doesn’t work and that’s what’s wroing with libertarianism, say critics. This month’s

Libertarian-Liberal Facepalm Award.

Libertarian Facepalm Award, Or More on Those Do-Nothing Libertarian Lifeguards and Why Regulation Stinks

…i.e. regulatory processes exist to prevent law, common sense and free choice from solving problems, leading to calls for the disease to cure itself with more coercive or inane rules. Our

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rescue workers let people drown citing regulations to prevent, http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/trust-me-this-is-good-news/ claim apologists, such ills as  libertarian anarchist chaos and heartless market choices….including cartoons that portray Libertarianism=Lifeguards standing by while people drown in e.g. UK, about.com  and ESQUIRE Magazine (see

LAW SWITCHEROO? SEE HOW THEY SELL US ANTI-VOTER ‘VOTER ID’ -Just look at your old voter ID. This Month’s Libertarian Facepalm Award.

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From Free and easy Voter Identification to Voter INFORMATION cards then claims that we need new, expensive, hard to obtain State ID? It’s happening all over the US…

In the US recently  laws to have people show expensive state ID’s to vote–so purging the voter rolls of students, the elderly, frequent movers, ’by mistake’ those in smaller parties,  the poor, unhappy Hispanic and other immigrants caught in inaccurate federal immigration status lists, and others of those who tend to vote against the fanatic extreme hard right–are being justified on the basis that the automatic free voter cards are just ‘voter information cards’…BUT if one looks at one’s old voter card, in previous years the cards were called VOTER IDENTIFICATION as often seen at the top…and were provided free after personal and address verification…

This is an example of ‘salami slicing’ where

Libertarian-Liberal Facepalm Award: Obama, Smallest Government Spender Since Ike?

…as if Libertarians didn’t have enough in the misconception department on their web-plate to sort out—now political cross-dressing transforms civic discussion even more–is Obama a stealth budget hawk…the greatest since Ike?

Why y-e-a-h says budget-hawkish Forbes citing Marketwatch and popular confusion of the Bush rise with Obama, confounding common conceptions and vindicating those saying Obama is a closet Reaganite as government spending actually goes down at one point: will he if re-elected pull a Harry Truman and slash defense 75% after those awful wars while restoring some efficiency? A darn good question many Libs (INSIDE baseball alert: …most of whom voted for Obama –70+%–when faced with the derided LP candidate Barr, who say observers was put in by a conservatizing ‘pragmatist’ group and soon outraged people like Libertarian Party  co-founder and http://www.TheLibertarian.Info  founding co-editor David Nolan–who even introduced a resolution condemning Barr’s campaign– as Barr e.g. advocated executing women for abortions and said business regulation was fundamental)–are raising of the President who is privatizing left and right, establishing racial harmony,  easing towards gay marriage and pot decrim, advocating a tax rate cut, and leaving international Libs alone to spread the tools to  kick out dictators..( and who with many Dems do hope he will follow through on his promises to end the war, torture and other policies)… .http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/05/24/who-is-the-smallest-government-spender-since-eisenhower-would-you-believe-its-barack-obama/ (Our NB: If the data is adjusted for inflation, Obama’s small rise turns into a cut if we read the figures right, but not sure how accounted for…then again, these are OMB stats in a period where Congress has not been able to pass a formal budget; we’re not clear on whether deficit finacing is included, and of course many complain GAAP standards for private entities would show a far larger debt– http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-05-18/federal-deficit-accounting/55179748/1 –plus ultimately it is Congress/the House that detrmines spending, not the though obviously influential President. ..) Read the intriguing article and have a laugh at the over-the-top obscene and conspiracy-nutjob comments–and note the author citing neutral and data-loving Libertarian-direction think tanks and then an anti-Libertarian hyper-conservative organ (which seems to hate anything beginning with an ‘L’ e.g. Libertarians, love-children, Liberals, lesbians, etc.)..to back him up (at bottom) in a response to comments as you ponder  this month’s…

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Uh-oh…They Want To Make Voluntary Retirement Saving Mandatory…This Month’s Facepalm Award

…in this trial-balloon article by the plausibly  named author–Crook–even as governments then seize such ‘regulated government’ plans to pay for their Social Security mistakes..THIS MONTH’s

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Farmer To Be Jailed for Feeding Hungry? Libertarian-Liberal Facepalm Award of the Month

http://farmwars.info/?p=7913  …many Libs suggest re-insured certification for these private co-ops along with vigilant consumers who know the provider.

Facepalm Award! Some Libertarians Are Wondering: Is IKEA Spying On You?

 

…and why are bookcases creepily called Billy, anyway…as if they’re watching you? Concerns are raised by reports over-enthusiastic staff went too far in routine checks of the company Libs criticized for eminent domain use, tarnishing its good reputation as a responsive and fun place to shop…in this month’s

 Libertarian-Liberal Facepalm Award.

FBI Releases Words You Use That May Trigger Investigation: Libertarians, Liberals Facepalm

..we will do our best to help and try never to use awful words like water, cloud, or smart or other things that display a hint of Libertarian nuttiness again as we begin a Brave New Series: The Libertarian-Liberal Facepalm Awards vs. Mainstreamed Extremism Displaying Culture War Assumptions  every 16th…with hats off to the people who used the Lib-inspired Freedom of Information Act (every nation should have one, no?) to dig up this stuff… Article