From: billibek@ix.netcom.com (Billy Beck)
Subject: Re: Libertarians aren't Patriots (was Re: Growing political E-journal seeks help...)
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1995 02:03:33 GMT

mahababs@ios.com (Barbara O'Brien) wrote:

>I've been flaming with an ardent libertarian in another part of 
>Cyberspace. All of his arguments sound just like the old "states' rights" 
>theories, with states having complete sovereignty and the federal 
>government reduced to being just an agent of the states. Further, this 
>guy wants to repeal the 14th Amendment so that states can establish 
>religions, practice censorship, etc. Pretty scary stuff.

     He is not an "ardent libertarian".  On the other hand, I would
point out that getting libertarians together on anything is like
trying to herd cats.  For my own part, I would say that any
libertarian who would stop the dismantling of government at a state
level is no friend of mine.

     Robert LeFerve once said, "In your quest for liberty and the
reduction of government, aim for *zero*.  Believe me: if you ever
reach that point and discover that you don't like what you find, you
can simply pick up the nearest phone and have another one installed
almost overnight."

     Since you referred to the Bill of Rights, I would state my own
view of that document.

     It should have stopped, its work done, after the first five words
of the First Amendment.


Billy