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Sunday, May 29, 2016

Miscellany: 5/29/16

Quote of the Day
There is no greater impotence in all the world like 
knowing you are right and that 
the wave of the world is wrong, yet 
the wave crashes upon you.
Norman Mailer

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 Can Republicans Find a Home in the Libertarian Party?



Facebook Corner

(Catholic Libertarians). Pro-Life Republican: "Killing an unborn child is always wrong, no exceptions. Even in difficult situations like rape and incest, an innocent life should never be sentenced to death due to the crimes of another, no matter how heinous."
Pro-Life libertarian: "I agree. What about all the preborn babies (not to mention everyone else) in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945?"
Inconsistently-Pro-Life-Republican: "That's different."
The ends never justify the means. ‪#‎ConsistentProLifeEthic‬
It's sad to see so much rubbish comments in this thread by misguided apologists over the war crimes of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings. I've been flamed on Twitter for pushing back on patriotically correct decisions. These wackos are just reinforcing the propaganda they were taught in public schools. The only thing I might add is that it wasn't just the nuclear attacks: the Allies' firebombing of Dresden and Tokyo were also unconscionable terror acts against civilians. Over a million Japanese civilians were made homeless; dozens of cities were bombed to rubble. And then there was an actual "Operation Starvation" in 1945 where imports of food were stopped and the average Japanese had maybe 80% of life-sustaining calories. 

 The Japanese were aware that the tide of the war had turned against them by 1944, and there is serious evidence that FDR was presented for an offer of surrender before Yalta by MacArthur very much like the actual terms. It seems the main stumbling block was the Japanese wanted to retain their monarchy, and bloodlust Americans wanted nothing less than "unconditional surrender". How many lives were destroyed, including American casualties, by an unnecessarily extended war?

 It's not just Catholic prelates condemned the bombings. Conservative publications like the Chicago Tribune, Human Events and National Review sharply disagreed with the nuke bombings. I find it ironic now we see National Review, after Buckley's passing, turn out conventional defenses of the bombings.

 And to wrap this comment, Gary Johnson, the libertarian in name only, not only wants to compel sales of Nazi cakes by Jewish bakers, but is okay with the Hiroshima bombing, to the point Tom Woods himself tweeted on the topic (I think it was yesterday, but I read it yesterday on a Johnson hashtag.)

(Pro-Life Libertarians). Personally, I had hoped that Austin Petersen would win the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination this time around. He was the only candidate who articulated even marginally pro-life views when it comes to abortion, and while he was far from perfect (I vehemently disagree with his views on the atomic bombings), I still believe that he would have been the best vehicle for our cause this election cycle.
Some have argued that Petersen would have won the nomination had he toned down the personal attacks on other libertarians, pledged his fidelity to the non-aggression principle, and acted less like an Internet troll. What are your thoughts on these allegations?
Pro-Life Libertarians At this point, I'm going to write in Ron Paul. I know he's not running, but that's the beauty of a protest vote.
I'm leaning to writing in Tom Coburn because of his fiscal conservatism and focus on entitlements. I cannot support Johnson because of deviations from the right of contract (Nazi cakes), Hiroshima, Civil Rights Statism.

Choose Life: Daddies Sing To/With Daughters

I love this video... She is so adorable






Sad, but beautiful


Political Cartoon
Courtesy of the original artist via Campaign For Liberty
Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists

Whitney Houston, "Saving All My Love For You". Her first #1 and the single which really caught my attention. I still consider this song her signature song.

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