Thoughts, essays, and writings on Liberty. Written by the heirs of Patrick Henry.

February 1, 2010

Is The Free Market Democratic?

In my post on whether America is ungovernable, one comment from CJS stuck out. It illustrates what I think is a common misconception of the average consumer, who sees a Starbucks on every corner, chooses between Microsoft and Apple for their operating system, and chooses whether to shop at the Super Wal-Mart or Costco [...]

Posted By: Brad Warbiany @ 10:28 pm || Permalink || Comments (11) || TrackBack URI || Categories: Business, Comment Of The Day, Economics
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July 1, 2009

Comment of the Day

Taken from a comment from SWilliams in a discussion following Brad’s Quote of the Day post (posted June 29, 2009) concerning John Edwards’ sex tape:
“You can feel sorry for the first few sheep slaughtered but then you must start to question the others for staying in line.”

Posted By: Stephen Littau @ 10:24 am || Permalink || Comments Off || TrackBack URI || Categories: Blog Discussions, Comment Of The Day, Theory and Ideas
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June 5, 2009

Comment of the Day: A Welcome Voice from Liberty Papers Past

Re: Mancow gets waterboarded
It’s always a treat to hear from Eric, the founder of The Liberty Papers. Its comments like this one which make me miss his “grumbles.” This comment was in response to a discussion sparked by Stephen Gordon’s post concerning waterboarding:
Interesting discussion. Chris has a very valid point about altering the meaning of [...]

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May 19, 2009

Comment of the Day : “So I’m an Ass” Edition

Re: Presenting the Latest Nominees for the Ramos-Compean Medal of Valor
You are a real piece of work. Keep drinking the Kool-aid. Do you even know what you are speaking about? Apparently you enjoy your drugs and despise anyone who would delay your supply from reaching. That is the only logical reason why you would come [...]

Posted By: Stephen Littau @ 5:07 pm || Permalink || Comments (8) || TrackBack URI || Categories: Comment Of The Day
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April 22, 2009

Comment Of The Day

Yesterday, I linked an article about Obama “challenging” his cabinet to find $100M to cut from the budget. I suggested it would have to grow considerably to even be a drop in the bucket. One commenter named John suggested that he should do that every day for the rest of his term, and [...]

Posted By: Brad Warbiany @ 7:25 am || Permalink || Comments (2) || TrackBack URI || Categories: Comment Of The Day, Fiscal Policy, Government Waste
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