December 2007 Archives

Snarky derision is better spent on politicians & parties than the effete political analysts deriding bucolic caucus hype. Occasionally the precipitants are polite letters back at 'em.

I can't say that David Schuster has ever done anything to provoke my jaded senses, but he happened to come on sometime between the plane in Panama down and the killer tiger in San Francisco. It's hard for me to imagine ever being a pretty boy capable enough to be on the tube professionally, but sometimes you just gotta stamp out the irritable letter even if you know it will do nothing and be quite meaningless to the recipient. I'm no friend of the Huckster or the Red and the Blue monopoly, but sometimes the vacuous claims of 'journalists' require response.

Whenever I go to social events beyond political concerns nowadays, somebody invariably asks me if I put up that Ron Paul sign on such and such street or bridge. Unfortunately the same thing that keeps me from joining the Paulites out in the streets ( mainly small children, an old house -circa 1870- and a one/two man business operation ) also kept me from joining my compatriots in Charleston this last weekend where the Libertarian National Committee just met. The other thing that has kept me from the Paul campaign has been my membership on the board. I do feel that being a big 'L' libertarian is just as important as being a small 'L' one. While I'm chagrin to go into the purist/pragmatist dialectic, maybe all things won't lead back to the same position like Sisyphus' rock.

Bob Barr was the Congressman who pressed the case for impeachment against Bill Clinton. He's got proven cojones. He recently joined the Libertarian National Committee and introduced the resolution whereas Ron Paul was invited to seek the nomination of the Libertarian Party should his attempt to get the Republican one fail. While I am privy to the conversation amongst LNC members, I can openly say that Bob does not get down into the nitty gritty issues of management, nor do I think he should. There is a certain element of elder statesman with regard to Bob and that is to be respected regardless of your position in the political or moral spectrum. I also understand why my colleagues did this, yes even Angela, my fellow anarchist on the board.