So it’s cool for you out-of-staters to praise Christie because the only people in New Jersey who like him are welfare recipients, urban Mayors and those few Republicans who’ve actually gotten jobs from him (his Attorney General and the majority of his other appointed cabinet members are liberal Democrats.) Oh, and you know Christie also opposes Arizona SB1070 and supports Amnesty. And he opposes any form of offshore drilling — even for natural gas. That’s even more radical than Obama.

Concerning the oil infrastructure that was nationalized by middle eastern dictators–
if we tolerate that, we allow subsidy to those who plot our destruction. That does not
mean we should simply “give” the infrastructure to just any American company. The previous
owners have rightful title to the property. For this to be recognized de facto,
military force is necessary; and of course the military has a right to charge for
the service (like any other legitimate business).

Now the US military protects oil tankers on the high seas. Or at least prevents large
naval vessels from arbitrarily seizing merchant ships. Against pirates they are less
effective, due to unresponsiveness of our statist US military to novel threats. But at
least they are trying; this shows there is a connection between the US military and
protection of “private” property. We should recognize the reality and adapt to it,
if we wish to have in the future some semblance of the American standard of living
which we now take for granted.

Also, Ryan and most of the others are still involved. Some have decided to spend more
time in the GOP than the LP. Others prefer the LP, and it’s hard to say there should
be only one vehicle. Our destination is in the same general direction.

Here is the LDC statement on Afghanistan:

The Bush/Obama strategy of nation-building and subsidy has
failed in Afghanistan and is placing an unnecessary burden on
US taxpayers.

As the cornerstone of our proposed strategy of grass-roots liberty,
we call for an end to prohibition in Afghanistan and the United States.

This prohibition provides the largest single source of funds for the Taliban
and Al Qaeda based in Afghanistan and Pakistan. When we forcefully
intervene in the free market, we make criminals of willing participants.
Thus we alienate the rural population, while simultaneously providing
aid and comfort to our enemies. We could easily outbid the Taliban,
and buy the entire poppy and pot crops, for a fraction of our current
costs of interdicting drugs en route to American consumers.

1. Legal sale of the opium and cannabis to medical doctors and
dispensaries would provide a profit with which to finance our fight
against Jihadists.

2. US operations in Afghanistan should focus on fighting the enemy
offensively. Defensive positions and non-military expenditures should
be limited as much as possible.

Again, I’ve got nothing against anyone pulling for Munisteri, but it doesn’t help him or anyone to go making stuff up about other candidates. You might want to go have a look at Tom’s website (www.tommechler.com), and check your facts, before you go trying to make people look bad. I’d say you owe Tom, and your readers, an apology.

Good Luck.

This song was from WNNX-FM (Atlanta, GA) and is entitled “Rush to Judgment”.

Thom Hartmann also played a clip of this song as a bumper, a week or so ago.