An Open Letter to Ron Paul

It Is Time to Shatter the Hegemony of the Two Party System

Tom Blanton, chair of the Boston Tea Party, in a comment posted on Liberty for All, wrote the following: "The piece opens and ends with quotes from America’s best known anarchist, Henry David Thoreau. I also find it interesting the author believes it is possible to be both a conservative and a libertarian at the same time. Does this mean there is no difference between these two philosophies in the author’s opinion?" [...] "Is it also possible to be a libertarian and an anarchist? Or a conservative and a liberal?" (I was tempted to quote the comment in full, I think it's scrumptious, so don't miss it.)

I can answer this gentleman's questions:

1. It must be possible to be a conservative and a libertarian at the same time. Can't you observe such a simple fact? If all those many conservatives who think they are libertarians, n'est-ce-pas, Ilana, would suddenly sink in the ground, two thirds of the libertarian movement would have disappeared... With their money...

2. A libertarian and an anarchist? That is not only possible, but a necessity: if one is not an anarchist, one is not a libertarian. Even though some, n'est-ce-pas, Wendy, are advertised as anarchists and write and act like conservatives.

I could quote more examples maybe, but I really do not want to be so politically correct as to give women such a quota.

3. Conservative and liberal? Blind? Neo-con Bush!

One single for all of the above. I am in the entertainment business today, so that you may grin a bit, as the news of today may not make you laugh. A few excerpts only:

1. Today about a 100 Neo-Nazis, in spite of a court order forbidding their demonstration, marched through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, simply pushing the police away. There were not enough of the latter. They were in Scheinheiligendamm [heilig=holy, scheinheilig=hypocritical] instead, for the G8 Summit. The union of the cops complains that Georgie's security requirements were too difficult to fulfill, that they were not free to act according to their best judgment. It therefore came to a confrontation between police and demonstrators that was not at all to the liking of the Germans. Dubya again messing things up. Even larger numbers of Neo-Nazis marched in other German cities, while violence near Heiligendamm escalated.

2. G8. Isn't that bad news enough? Purest Statism!

4. Today is the 40th anniversary of student Benno Ohnesorg having been shot dead by a policeman during a demonstration in Berlin against the visit of the Shah of Iran. This was very bad, but also, had those extreme left wing demonstrators plus the American government have had some brains, we maybe would not have the mullahs in Iran today. Oh, there was the French governemnt very much involved here too. Government anyone?

I had to write this in a hurry, as I wanted it online on June 2. It's a quarter to midnight. I may edit this post later.