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		<title>By: Scott Nolan Smith</title>
		<link>http://formerbeltwaywonk.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/why-the-orange-line-fears-libertarians/#comment-147</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott Nolan Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ironically Ron Paul&#039;s campaign HQ was in Virginia on the Orange line, near the VA Square station.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ironically Ron Paul&#8217;s campaign HQ was in Virginia on the Orange line, near the VA Square station.</p>
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		<title>By: frmad</title>
		<link>http://formerbeltwaywonk.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/why-the-orange-line-fears-libertarians/#comment-65</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is very hot, it is high ranked at our site (daily weblog, weblog post ranking site). See <a href="http://indirect3.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://indirect3.blogspot.com/</a> for more infomation</p>
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		<title>By: scraped</title>
		<link>http://formerbeltwaywonk.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/why-the-orange-line-fears-libertarians/#comment-63</link>
		<dc:creator>scraped</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jesus Christ, do I know you?  I&#039;m still living this shit.   You definitely know your praxeology.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jesus Christ, do I know you?  I&#8217;m still living this shit.   You definitely know your praxeology.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Allen</title>
		<link>http://formerbeltwaywonk.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/why-the-orange-line-fears-libertarians/#comment-62</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe Allen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, that last post was kind of jumbled. Let&#039;s try again:

Americans as a people are a group so diverse that it is hard to say what it is we have in common.
We don&#039;t all live near each other. We don&#039;t all have the same skin tones, we don&#039;t all share the same religion. So what is it exactly that makes us Americans? It&#039;s not where we are born or who our parents are, or even what language we speak.  I believe that what makes us American is our mutual love, desire for, and defense of freedom.

There&#039;s not a whole lot of America left in the United Staes.  There&#039;s not even much unity unless you call conformity &quot;unity&quot;.  In these times it has become controversial to say that, as long as we are not harming others, we should have the right to be left alone. The establishment thought police would have us believe that endless meddling in the lives of everybody everywhere is not only permissable by government, but obligatory. The state would also have us believe that the numerous and increasing encroachments on personal and national sovereignty visited upon us are in our best interest. I disagree. 

I take the position that the jungle of Liberty, messy as it is, is preferable to guilded cage of the State.  I agree with Thomas Paine when he said &quot;government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.&quot;  History rightfully treats Paine as a hero and a patriot , but today those same sentiments get one labled a &quot;radical&quot; or a &quot;kook.&quot; So be it. I will not surrender to  the bovine conformity of the herd just to avoid the whips and cattle prods of those who think themselves our masters.

Ponder this: just a few years ago, a person could wakeup, turn on the light, use the john and go to work before ever even considering the government&#039;s role in his life.  But now come back to the present and you are in a different world entirely. What if the stimulant you use to help you wake up is controlled or prohibited? What if the light you turn on is incandescent and not a compact flourescent? What if the toilet is five gallon flush? What if your job (such as nail painting or fortune telling) requires a licence that you don&#039;t have?  You could be guilty of four crimes before ever punching the timeclock ! God help you if you forgot your seatbelt or motorcycle helmet. So after you clock in, you work until about 11:00 to pay your income and social security  taxes, buy a lunch and pay a sales tax on it, work until five or six to pay for your other obligations, get back in your car that you paid a registration tax on, burn gasoline you paid a fuel tax on, get to your house that you pay property tax on, go inside, turn on the TV and watch news coverage of the war your tax dollars pay for.


And ...now for the best part...Bush comes on andtells us those people that we are bombing hate us for our freedom!

freeatlast2008.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, that last post was kind of jumbled. Let&#8217;s try again:</p>
<p>Americans as a people are a group so diverse that it is hard to say what it is we have in common.<br />
We don&#8217;t all live near each other. We don&#8217;t all have the same skin tones, we don&#8217;t all share the same religion. So what is it exactly that makes us Americans? It&#8217;s not where we are born or who our parents are, or even what language we speak.  I believe that what makes us American is our mutual love, desire for, and defense of freedom.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s not a whole lot of America left in the United Staes.  There&#8217;s not even much unity unless you call conformity &#8220;unity&#8221;.  In these times it has become controversial to say that, as long as we are not harming others, we should have the right to be left alone. The establishment thought police would have us believe that endless meddling in the lives of everybody everywhere is not only permissable by government, but obligatory. The state would also have us believe that the numerous and increasing encroachments on personal and national sovereignty visited upon us are in our best interest. I disagree. </p>
<p>I take the position that the jungle of Liberty, messy as it is, is preferable to guilded cage of the State.  I agree with Thomas Paine when he said &#8220;government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.&#8221;  History rightfully treats Paine as a hero and a patriot , but today those same sentiments get one labled a &#8220;radical&#8221; or a &#8220;kook.&#8221; So be it. I will not surrender to  the bovine conformity of the herd just to avoid the whips and cattle prods of those who think themselves our masters.</p>
<p>Ponder this: just a few years ago, a person could wakeup, turn on the light, use the john and go to work before ever even considering the government&#8217;s role in his life.  But now come back to the present and you are in a different world entirely. What if the stimulant you use to help you wake up is controlled or prohibited? What if the light you turn on is incandescent and not a compact flourescent? What if the toilet is five gallon flush? What if your job (such as nail painting or fortune telling) requires a licence that you don&#8217;t have?  You could be guilty of four crimes before ever punching the timeclock ! God help you if you forgot your seatbelt or motorcycle helmet. So after you clock in, you work until about 11:00 to pay your income and social security  taxes, buy a lunch and pay a sales tax on it, work until five or six to pay for your other obligations, get back in your car that you paid a registration tax on, burn gasoline you paid a fuel tax on, get to your house that you pay property tax on, go inside, turn on the TV and watch news coverage of the war your tax dollars pay for.</p>
<p>And &#8230;now for the best part&#8230;Bush comes on andtells us those people that we are bombing hate us for our freedom!</p>
<p>freeatlast2008.com</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Allen</title>
		<link>http://formerbeltwaywonk.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/why-the-orange-line-fears-libertarians/#comment-61</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe Allen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Americans as a people are a group so diverse that it is hard to say what it is we have in common.
We don&#039;t all live near each other. We don&#039;t all have the same skin tones, we don&#039;t all share the same religion. So what is it exactly that makes us Americans? It&#039;s not where we are born or who our parents are, or even what language we speak.  I believe that what makes us American is our mutual love, desire for, and defense of freedom.

There&#039;s not a whole lot of America left in the United Staes.  There&#039;s not even much unity unless you call conformity &quot;unity&quot;.  In these times it has become controversial to say that, as long as we are not harming others, we should have the right to be left alone. The establishment thought police would have us believe that endless meddling in the lives of everybody everywhere is not only permissable by government, but obligatory. The state would also have us believe that the numerous and increasing encroachments on personal and national sovereignty visited upon us are in our best interest. I disagree. 

I take the position that the jungle of Liberty, messy as it is, is preferable to guilded cage of the State.  I agree with Thomas Paine when he said &quot;government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.&quot;  History rightfully treats Paine as a hero and a patriot , but today those same sentiments get one labled a &quot;radical&quot; or a &quot;kook.&quot; So be it. I will not surrender to ! God help you if you forgot your seatbelt or motorcycle helmet. So after you clock in, you work until about 11:00 to pay your income and social security  taxes, buy a lunch and pay a sales tax on it, work until five or six to pay for your other obligations, get back in your car that you paid a registration tax on, burn gasoline you paid a fuel tax on, get to your house that you pay property tax on, go inside, turn on the TV and watch news coverage of the war your tax dollars pay for.

And ...now for the best part...Bush comes on andthe bovine conformity of the herd just to avoid the whips and cattle prods of those who think themselves our masters.

Ponder this: just a few years ago, a person could wakeup, turn on the light, use the john and go to work before ever even considering the government&#039;s role in his life.  But now come back to the present and you are in a different world entirely. What if the stimulant you use to help you wake up is controlled or prohibited? What if the light you turn on is incandescent and not a compact flourescent? What if the toilet is five gallon flush? What if your job (such as nail painting or fortune telling) requires a licence that you don&#039;t have?  You could be guilty of four crimes before ever punching the timeclock tells us those people that we are bombing hate us for our freedom!

freeatlast2008.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Americans as a people are a group so diverse that it is hard to say what it is we have in common.<br />
We don&#8217;t all live near each other. We don&#8217;t all have the same skin tones, we don&#8217;t all share the same religion. So what is it exactly that makes us Americans? It&#8217;s not where we are born or who our parents are, or even what language we speak.  I believe that what makes us American is our mutual love, desire for, and defense of freedom.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s not a whole lot of America left in the United Staes.  There&#8217;s not even much unity unless you call conformity &#8220;unity&#8221;.  In these times it has become controversial to say that, as long as we are not harming others, we should have the right to be left alone. The establishment thought police would have us believe that endless meddling in the lives of everybody everywhere is not only permissable by government, but obligatory. The state would also have us believe that the numerous and increasing encroachments on personal and national sovereignty visited upon us are in our best interest. I disagree. </p>
<p>I take the position that the jungle of Liberty, messy as it is, is preferable to guilded cage of the State.  I agree with Thomas Paine when he said &#8220;government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.&#8221;  History rightfully treats Paine as a hero and a patriot , but today those same sentiments get one labled a &#8220;radical&#8221; or a &#8220;kook.&#8221; So be it. I will not surrender to ! God help you if you forgot your seatbelt or motorcycle helmet. So after you clock in, you work until about 11:00 to pay your income and social security  taxes, buy a lunch and pay a sales tax on it, work until five or six to pay for your other obligations, get back in your car that you paid a registration tax on, burn gasoline you paid a fuel tax on, get to your house that you pay property tax on, go inside, turn on the TV and watch news coverage of the war your tax dollars pay for.</p>
<p>And &#8230;now for the best part&#8230;Bush comes on andthe bovine conformity of the herd just to avoid the whips and cattle prods of those who think themselves our masters.</p>
<p>Ponder this: just a few years ago, a person could wakeup, turn on the light, use the john and go to work before ever even considering the government&#8217;s role in his life.  But now come back to the present and you are in a different world entirely. What if the stimulant you use to help you wake up is controlled or prohibited? What if the light you turn on is incandescent and not a compact flourescent? What if the toilet is five gallon flush? What if your job (such as nail painting or fortune telling) requires a licence that you don&#8217;t have?  You could be guilty of four crimes before ever punching the timeclock tells us those people that we are bombing hate us for our freedom!</p>
<p>freeatlast2008.com</p>
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		<title>By: formerbeltwaywonk</title>
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		<dc:creator>formerbeltwaywonk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mencius, those are my feelings exactly, and thanks for the blog pump.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mencius, those are my feelings exactly, and thanks for the blog pump.</p>
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		<title>By: Mencius</title>
		<link>http://formerbeltwaywonk.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/why-the-orange-line-fears-libertarians/#comment-56</link>
		<dc:creator>Mencius</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FBW, congratulations on your defection.  I&#039;ll bet it feels good, like a really long and solid bowel movement.

I pump your blog &lt;a href=&quot;http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2008/01/questions-for-arnold-kling-megan.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.

You might want to consider turning off the snap.com preview - I find it really distracting.  I think I&#039;m not alone in this...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FBW, congratulations on your defection.  I&#8217;ll bet it feels good, like a really long and solid bowel movement.</p>
<p>I pump your blog <a href="http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2008/01/questions-for-arnold-kling-megan.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
<p>You might want to consider turning off the snap.com preview &#8211; I find it really distracting.  I think I&#8217;m not alone in this&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Ron Paul &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Why the Orange Line fears libertarians</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ron Paul &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Why the Orange Line fears libertarians</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Jason wrote an interesting post today onHere&#8217;s a quick excerptHow does the Ron Paul candidacy threaten the journalists, think tankers, and academics who live and work along the Orange Line in Washington, D.C.? The answer is straightforward analysis of economic incentives, with some common cultural patterns thrown in. Familiarize yourself with the main economic plank of Paul&#8217;s platform: eliminating the income tax with no replacement. If it succeeded, most of the friends, fellow partiers, sources, and sex partners of the Orange Line journalists and think tankers would be out of work. Even partial success (for example influencing other candidates into advocating deeper tax cuts to win Paul supporters, or motivating more Congressional candidates to run on an anti-tax and anti-war platform and thus creating a libertarian base in Congress) would harm economic interests in their social circles. Furthermore, there would be far fewer spoils for the lobbyists to lobby over, and fewer important articles for the journalists to [&#8230;] [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Jason wrote an interesting post today onHere&#8217;s a quick excerptHow does the Ron Paul candidacy threaten the journalists, think tankers, and academics who live and work along the Orange Line in Washington, D.C.? The answer is straightforward analysis of economic incentives, with some common cultural patterns thrown in. Familiarize yourself with the main economic plank of Paul&#8217;s platform: eliminating the income tax with no replacement. If it succeeded, most of the friends, fellow partiers, sources, and sex partners of the Orange Line journalists and think tankers would be out of work. Even partial success (for example influencing other candidates into advocating deeper tax cuts to win Paul supporters, or motivating more Congressional candidates to run on an anti-tax and anti-war platform and thus creating a libertarian base in Congress) would harm economic interests in their social circles. Furthermore, there would be far fewer spoils for the lobbyists to lobby over, and fewer important articles for the journalists to [&#8230;] [...]</p>
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		<title>By: jomama</title>
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		<dc:creator>jomama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whether or not the Orange Line supports Ron is irrelevant.

http://djomama.blogspot.com/2006/12/first-world-government-junk-bonds-on.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whether or not the Orange Line supports Ron is irrelevant.</p>
<p><a href="http://djomama.blogspot.com/2006/12/first-world-government-junk-bonds-on.html" rel="nofollow">http://djomama.blogspot.com/2006/12/first-world-government-junk-bonds-on.html</a></p>
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