Comments for Give Me Liberty http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com Just another Blogivists weblog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:14:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Don’t Vote! It only encourages them! by NickyCheese http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/11/04/dont-vote-it-only-encourages-them/#comment-983 NickyCheese Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:27:47 +0000 http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/?p=25#comment-983 I like this post. Don't agree with it's ultimate conclusion (I'm voting for Barr) but I dig the overarching-historical approach. Keep it up. <em>NickyCheese's last blog post..<a href='http://nickycheese.blogivists.com/2008/11/02/gotv-acorn-walnut-style-2/' rel="nofollow">GOTV ACORN WALNUT-style</a></em> I like this post. Don’t agree with it’s ultimate conclusion (I’m voting for Barr) but I dig the overarching-historical approach. Keep it up.

NickyCheese’s last blog post..GOTV ACORN WALNUT-style

]]> Comment on Thought for the Day by givemeliberty http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/09/24/thought-for-the-day-2/#comment-702 givemeliberty Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:47:12 +0000 http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/?p=21#comment-702 Thanks for your comments, George, but I hope I haven't ignored anything. Property rights existed before governments, and we wouldn't need national defense if we didn't have nations. I recommend reading The Ethics of Liberty, by Murray Rothbard. Thanks for your comments, George, but I hope I haven’t ignored anything. Property rights existed before governments, and we wouldn’t need national defense if we didn’t have nations. I recommend reading The Ethics of Liberty, by Murray Rothbard.

]]> Comment on Thought for the Day by george http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/09/24/thought-for-the-day-2/#comment-701 george Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:27:26 +0000 http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/?p=21#comment-701 You are ignoring the proper functions of government, like national defense and the enforcement of contracts. When we strip it of all its regulatory infringements, we realize that government is a positive force for good that makes property rights possible. You are ignoring the proper functions of government, like national defense and the enforcement of contracts. When we strip it of all its regulatory infringements, we realize that government is a positive force for good that makes property rights possible.

]]> Comment on Thought for the Day by Nicky Cheese http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/09/24/thought-for-the-day-2/#comment-700 Nicky Cheese Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:55:02 +0000 http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/?p=21#comment-700 You know, recently I've been feeling the exact same way. I used to think that we needed government to provide regulation, large infrastructural projects, and limited welfare, among other things. But now, I realize no. Markets self-regulate. Infrastructure (especially the large stuff [think MN bridge]) should never be handled by gov. And welfare? Private charity provides. Proof? Homeless men and women are rarely hungry. You know, recently I’ve been feeling the exact same way. I used to think that we needed government to provide regulation, large infrastructural projects, and limited welfare, among other things. But now, I realize no. Markets self-regulate. Infrastructure (especially the large stuff [think MN bridge]) should never be handled by gov. And welfare? Private charity provides. Proof? Homeless men and women are rarely hungry.

]]> Comment on Protecting our children - At what price? by Nicky Cheese http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/06/06/protecting-our-children-at-what-price/#comment-94 Nicky Cheese Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:46:28 +0000 http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/06/06/protecting-our-children-at-what-price/#comment-94 Ugh. This is such a sad story and an apt comparison to Waco. I actually just saw the film Waco: The Rules of Engagement. Great film; check it out if you haven't already. Ugh. This is such a sad story and an apt comparison to Waco. I actually just saw the film Waco: The Rules of Engagement. Great film; check it out if you haven’t already.

]]> Comment on Protecting our children - At what price? by thesilentmajority http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/06/06/protecting-our-children-at-what-price/#comment-90 thesilentmajority Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:23:32 +0000 http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/06/06/protecting-our-children-at-what-price/#comment-90 Great post. I had the exact same conversation the other day. The constitution is becoming more and more subservient to new state and federal laws every day. These are sad times. Great post. I had the exact same conversation the other day. The constitution is becoming more and more subservient to new state and federal laws every day. These are sad times.

]]> Comment on Earth Day 2008 - Still Waiting for Disaster by Give Me Liberty » Global Warming Perspective http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-2008-still-waiting-for-disaster/#comment-29 Give Me Liberty » Global Warming Perspective Wed, 14 May 2008 16:28:36 +0000 http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-2008-still-waiting-for-disaster/#comment-29 [...] predictions of the environmental crowd back in the late 1960s. I wrote about some of them here. Walter Williams’ article in The Charlotte Observer Saturday, False Prophets of Doom, points [...] [...] predictions of the environmental crowd back in the late 1960s. I wrote about some of them here. Walter Williams’ article in The Charlotte Observer Saturday, False Prophets of Doom, points [...]

]]> Comment on Regulate the airlines? I don’t think so! by WSummer http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/04/22/regulate-the-airlines-i-dont-think-so/#comment-22 WSummer Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:01:34 +0000 http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/04/22/regulate-the-airlines-i-dont-think-so/#comment-22 Oh! Great job! Very good and useful post. Thx, your blog in my RSS reader now Oh! Great job!
Very good and useful post.
Thx, your blog in my RSS reader now

]]> Comment on Earth Day 2008 - Still Waiting for Disaster by missbehavin http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-2008-still-waiting-for-disaster/#comment-20 missbehavin Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:40:36 +0000 http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-2008-still-waiting-for-disaster/#comment-20 Nice article. Nice article.

]]> Comment on Regulate the airlines? I don’t think so! by tyrannysucks http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/04/22/regulate-the-airlines-i-dont-think-so/#comment-18 tyrannysucks Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:24:45 +0000 http://givemeliberty.blogivists.com/2008/04/22/regulate-the-airlines-i-dont-think-so/#comment-18 I was at a conference a couple of weeks ago where we discussed airline regulations. One of the more interesting points was that the airline industry, taken as a whole, has lost money every year but one (1998) in the last THIRTY. The old giants are inefficient relics of the regulation era and repeatedly go bankrupt, only to be exhumed by a combination of taxpayer dollars and new investors. Never learning from their mistakes or significantly altering their business model, they fall into the same debilitating financial straits until they require another round of bankruptcy. Wash, rinse, repeat. I was at a conference a couple of weeks ago where we discussed airline regulations. One of the more interesting points was that the airline industry, taken as a whole, has lost money every year but one (1998) in the last THIRTY. The old giants are inefficient relics of the regulation era and repeatedly go bankrupt, only to be exhumed by a combination of taxpayer dollars and new investors. Never learning from their mistakes or significantly altering their business model, they fall into the same debilitating financial straits until they require another round of bankruptcy. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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