http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/27/william-f-buckley-jr-and-the-libertarians/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/27/william-f-buckley-jr-and-the-libertarians/#comment-53085 Nitroadict Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:02:17 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/27/william-f-buckley-jr-and-the-libertarians/#comment-53085 I never believed in reincarnation before, but I do believe Benjamin Rand has made me a true believer.

]]> http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/27/william-f-buckley-jr-and-the-libertarians/#comment-53083 Benjamin Kuipers Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:46:39 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/27/william-f-buckley-jr-and-the-libertarians/#comment-53083 Buckley, in the numerous speeches I attended at Hillsdale, projected a wonderfully statist view of what our government should consist of… remember, it was he who advocated Republicans embrace the Bismarkian model of the administrative state decades ago… When at the foundation for economic education I saw a marvelous punch bowl with his, Hayek’s, Mises’, Rothbard’s, Meyer’s, Read’s and many other names inscribed on it, I wondered what truly went astray in such a powerful intellect to convert him into a later-apologist for leviathan.

]]> http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/27/william-f-buckley-jr-and-the-libertarians/#comment-53079 oilnwater Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:09:02 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/02/27/william-f-buckley-jr-and-the-libertarians/#comment-53079 when he was alive, i never looked at him as any sort of great man whatsoever. courage? he sailed his fucking yacht out to sea and smoked pot. who owes this man homage?

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