Wow... Is this supposed to be an interview??? This extreme libertarian rant makes em look bad. I really like the greats (Thomas Sowell, Milton Friedman etc.) but the Ron Pauls, and whoever this guy is really distort the views of Libertarianism. IN MY OPINION. If you have an opinion concerning my comment, please respond, but don't try to label my political affiliation or anything stupid, we are all in the same country at the end of the day trying to figure this thing out.
i'm kind of pissed that he didn't mention Ron Paul.....i like Chris Christie............i have family that lives in Jersey and i think he's awesome but i want a president that will follow the Constitution 100% and can prove it based on record and thats Ron Paul!
The answer is not a new PARTY but new CANDIDATES. New IDEAS. I don't want three parties of CRAP...I want better candidates. These better candidates can run for whatever party they want...but if we focus more on party than candidates then we will STILL lose.
He probably should read more about political science, because, all around the world, In Europe,Latin America and other places, fiscally conservatism is called "liberalism". Free market was defended by people called liberals, and conservatives stood against it on the XIX century. This idea of "fiscally conservatism" as free-market is especifically north-american and from the XX century.
Demint is an idiot but its impossible for 1 man to cause a recession. I agree with the guest though. Demint does not represent a majority of Americans and Obama has no chance of a second term. "And thats a good thing" as Martha would say.
It is quite a coincidence that more people are turning back to the church, aka God, AND the Republicans are starting to gain power. Remember that shellacking in November 2010???!!! Just wait until 2012!!!!
@whatukno1975 well you simply have no knowledge on how the free market regulates. as long as there's no gov't inhibition of competition corporations cant be doing what they're currently doing in a free market. libertarians give control to the people, not gov't not corporations. to the people. you have it twisted.
by the way, 95+% of all businesses are small business. quit acting like most of business is evil. the 1-2% get away with it because they're pals with gov't.
@tmac9938 Oh please, if libertarians had their way we all would be property of one megacorp or another, with no rights other than what the almighty corporations deem our level dictates we should have.
@ih8ronpaulh8ers Libertarians want giant megacorps to control everything that's why they beat off to Ann Rand. When they talk about "free market economy" that's just code for destroying anit monopoly laws. Libertarians were the ones that came up with the term "too big to fail"
@whatukno1975 Every Austrian economist(all of which are libertarian) screamed about how "TBTF" is nonsense and all of the institutions should have failed. You can't have have a free market when the government is bailing out failed companies. Corporations use the force of government to create monopolies and oligopolies. Big Biz loves big government because they always control it. Libertarians oppose subsidies and bailouts that Big Biz thrives on. Wall St lives off the Fed which liberts oppose.
@ih8ronpaulh8ers That would be true except that every Libertarian was screaming FOR the bailouts and wanted MORE.
You can't have it both ways, you cant beg for the bailouts and then in the very next administration curse them. Libertarians won't be satisfied till there are only a handful of giant megacorps, enslaving every citizen while charging them the entire time.
Those of us who really understand the Libertarian agenda know that it's all about complete corp control.
@whatukno1975 Read any article from Peter Schiff, Robert Murphy, Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, (basically anyone associated with the Mises Instisitute and you will notice that every single one of them said they should fail.) Many libertarians are anarchists and don't believe corporations should exist because they are a creation of the state. Those that support the basic idea of corporations despise corporatism/fascism which big biz relies on. You clearly have misunderstanding of libertarianism.
@ih8ronpaulh8ers If they are anarchists they are anarchists and so aren't libertarians. Anarchists believe in chaos and disorder and no control whatsoever, while libertarians believe in an oligarchy.
@whatukno1975 Are you trying to screw with me, or do you actually believe that. Anarcho-capitalists are libertarians but libertarians are not necessarily anarcho-capitalists. Fascism is based on oligarchy, and libertarians oppose fascism. Fascism is top-down, liberts are all about ground up. Why is that so hard to understand?
@ih8ronpaulh8ers Because the simple fact that if you remove all regulation on business, then monopolies form. This is what libertarians want, giant huge corporations that rule over us all. They want a very small, weak government, and they want NO regulations on businesses so that giant huge multinational megacorps can rule the world. This is the libertarian agenda.
@whatukno1975 Well its sad to see that you are missing the point. You are arguing the opposite of what libertarians are trying accomplish. There is a reason why Big Biz hates people like Ron Paul. They want the big government that they feed off of. They want massive regulations that they can afford to comply with because they know the little guy can't. Big Biz wants higher taxes that are enforced on the little guy. Big Biz gets all of the major subsidies. That is what creates the monopolies.
@ih8ronpaulh8ers But that is what libertarians are trying to accomplish, a small ineffectual government, with giant multinational monopolies controlling every aspect of a persons life from birth to death. These people think that giant corporations should be left alone, not taxed at all, and worshiped as the magical creators of jobs. They want all regulations gone so that these giant corps can strip mine and drill our planet till it's completely uninhabitable and more people like Bernie Madoff
@whatukno1975 It is unfortunate that you are incapable of comprehending a simple concept such a libertarianism. You are twisting into fascism even though it is basically the opposite of fascism. I feel sad for you can only hope you will realize that you are delusional. Also keep in mind that many libertarians oppose intellectual property rights. Have fun creating a monopoly without intellectual property rights enforced by the monopoly of violence better known as the state.
@whatukno1975 Is it possible for you to stop listening to Fox for a second and look up Libertarianism and Anarchy [and its derivatives] on Wikipedia, you are severely misinformed. This part of the political spectrum is pretty much the exact opposite of what you describe!
@AnArChRiStxseditio Anarchy on paper and Anarchy in practice are two different things. Anarchy in practice can be seen in every single G-20 meeting that is ever held. What anarchy in practice turns out to be are stoner kids who have spent way too much time taking drugs and going to burning man smashing windows and setting dumpsters on fire. This is real anarchy in practice. It's undeniable, it's what happens. The same with libertarianism on paper and in practice.
@whatukno1975; so name-calling has started again? I have never met a Libertarian that wanted to do away with government.Some accept the idea of a safety-net as part of the infrastructure the constitution promises. Some accepts the use of a standing army for defense and that sometimes actions need to be pro-active. But the myth continues to show its ugly face.
@whatukno1975, what Libertarian feels our life should be ruled by "multinational monopolies". In fact, most libertarians are more upset about 'corporate welfare' than 'social welfare/medicare?
@whatukno1975 read John Locke's 2nd Treatise. His thoughts on why we need "commonwealths" ("government" today) are prominent in the Libertarian world. He also thought we should be the master and not the slave.
Libertarians would rather see everybody (corps included) taxed on a flat rate. They want to get rid of the tangeray (spelling?) of diff rates, credits, deductions, etc, for everybody!
Have you notices the word "over" in "over regulated"? Some regulation is needed but it is way overdone.
@whatukno1975 Not Ron Paul "bailouts will destroy the dollar". Not Gary Johnson "Reject auto and banking bailouts, state bailouts, corporate welfare, cap-and-trade". Not the Libertarian Party "Bailouts are ALWAYS bad for the taxpayer, for the economy, and for business." I could go on .... in fact, I can't think of any libertarian that was for more bailouts. Please educate me if you know of any.
@whatukno1975 look at Ron Paul who despises corp welfare even more than government over-regulation. His recipe is to cut back on government spending including corp bailouts, military, entitlement progs. Libertarians want to go back to true capitalism, not the cronyism we call capitalism today. Cronyism involves groups that try to control other individuals, corporations are groups of individuals who control the group they are in. Capitalism works best when individuals work together!
Government and religion are competing authoritarian population control systems. Both stem from the projection of unmet needs in early childhood and rely on brute force guised by impressive rhetoric or simply the appeal to magical thinking as their justification.
I agree with DeMint, I need to be disciplined and controlled. Preferably by Alyona in thigh-high leather boots and a whip. Alyona, I've been a bad libertarian and I need to be punished!
There multiple versions of "Big Government" and the Jim DiMint Christian Conservatives of the World represent the Authoritarian Vision of "Big Government" with limited Social Freedom. My screen name just has to with me being a liberal from the Free State of Maryland.
@DyeTyme Most atheists are libertarian for the license. They often have a desire to do immoral things which is why they are disconnected from God.
"None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence." - John Milton
I was an atheist at one point in my life and all I can say is society should be thankful I'm not anymore. You probably hate Him as I did. Atheism itself is illogical. No one can KNOW if God does not exist.
Atheism today, is a form of moral tattoo, a signal to rebel against traditional dogmatic thinking. Libertarianism is highest form of individualistic thinking in respond to coercion and paternalism of government.
"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: (cont)
Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. (cont)
"It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?"
We are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights.
If you don't believe in a Creator, then where do rights come from? The Left believes the government gives them to us. What is the "who-cares-what-George-Washington-thought-about-religion-and-it-being-essential-to-government-keep-it-away-from-me!" brand of libertarian's position on this? If it's just intrinsic to humanity, how so? Any universe conceived through moral relativism cannot have absolute rights.
the "share with thy neighbor" thing you mentioned would be a personal choice under the proper form of government such as giving money to panhandlers. also the founding fathers strongly believed that you either had to have big government or faith in god
Jack Hunter, who is one of the brighter conservative talking heads in America, STILL somehow LOVES Jim Demint. That I'll never understand. He's praised Demint and rarely said an insulting word about the guy in any of his videos or columns.
@whoo689 Ron Paul does as well. On both counts it's always when talking about financial issues. In matters of personal affairs I don't think either would shy away from criticizing DeMint.
You ought to ask him what he means by that statement I think he might be misrepresented.
If he meant "you can't be a fiscal conservative and not be a social conservative" as part of a political reality, then it's debatable, maybe he is correct.
I think a bigger oxymoron is that government ought to be small, but should also regulate a person's private life, particularly what they do in their bedroom.
Oh I wasn't insinuating anything about you; I was just saying that people like Palin and DeMint and Gingrich (and, let's be honest, the last GOP administration) are kind of missing the point.
its funny how the fucktard from reason couldn't get himself to say Ron Paul. Btw Chris Christy doesn't even consider himself a libertarian nor even libertarian leaning. The way these guys are going, they will soon be throwing their support behind Romney.
Christianity is an intolerant religion. Demint is just like his constituents-confused dimwits who "sin" and keep doing it because God already forgave them. So do they really have any true honest intention to be peaceful towards other folks. I think not. If God has already paid for everyone's "sins" by coming down to Earth as His own son, then whatever sin people commit has already been forgive 2010 years ago? These "Christians" are just being haters and control freaks. Period.
@YesEthan It is rather unfortunate you feel that way for my bible says otherwise. Just because someone calls him or herself a christian doesnt make it so and even then, to define a religion by a couple followers is the same as defining a race by a few of the same color. Mainstream christianity is confused and do not follow the bible as they say. most of the doctrines come from pagan Catholicism and have no place in Protestantism. Christianity is exclusive and inclusive.
In my experience you have liberal libertarians who want to legalize it. and conservative libertarians who want to get rid of welfare. I don't see the point in calling them libertarians.
Wow... Is this supposed to be an interview??? This extreme libertarian rant makes em look bad. I really like the greats (Thomas Sowell, Milton Friedman etc.) but the Ron Pauls, and whoever this guy is really distort the views of Libertarianism. IN MY OPINION. If you have an opinion concerning my comment, please respond, but don't try to label my political affiliation or anything stupid, we are all in the same country at the end of the day trying to figure this thing out.
DubCitySpitnNolige 1 month ago
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im a strong agnostic (look it up) and im starting to lean for libertarians...i need to be more decisive. -_-
Personmr 2 months ago
Looking for Libertarian Republicans? Check out Republican Liberty Caucus and the Young Americans for Liberty.
timuwe 3 months ago
This chick is too pretty to be so stupid.
Sistarovat 5 months ago
no wonder why this show has no views.
NavyIST2011 5 months ago
i'm kind of pissed that he didn't mention Ron Paul.....i like Chris Christie............i have family that lives in Jersey and i think he's awesome but i want a president that will follow the Constitution 100% and can prove it based on record and thats Ron Paul!
ajk718 7 months ago 2
I am a libertarian and an atheist, either I exist or i found a way to divide by 0
Felhaven 7 months ago 2
@Felhaven Atheist/libertarian here. I guess I don't exist either.
liOVERLOADil 6 months ago
@liOVERLOADil ahhh! Who said that?!
Felhaven 6 months ago
We can get this type of BS from our own news programs.
clerven 7 months ago
The answer is not a new PARTY but new CANDIDATES. New IDEAS. I don't want three parties of CRAP...I want better candidates. These better candidates can run for whatever party they want...but if we focus more on party than candidates then we will STILL lose.
richarcm 8 months ago 4
He probably should read more about political science, because, all around the world, In Europe,Latin America and other places, fiscally conservatism is called "liberalism". Free market was defended by people called liberals, and conservatives stood against it on the XIX century. This idea of "fiscally conservatism" as free-market is especifically north-american and from the XX century.
Yetem1234 8 months ago
Demint is an idiot but its impossible for 1 man to cause a recession. I agree with the guest though. Demint does not represent a majority of Americans and Obama has no chance of a second term. "And thats a good thing" as Martha would say.
raininginhell 9 months ago
It is quite a coincidence that more people are turning back to the church, aka God, AND the Republicans are starting to gain power. Remember that shellacking in November 2010???!!! Just wait until 2012!!!!
ladylordess 9 months ago
"the Jim Demint types aren't long for this world"
agree 100%, republicans must change. no alternative.
s0beit 10 months ago
Democrats = Government Control
Republicans = Church Control
Libertarians = Corporate Control
That's basically how it breaks down.
whatukno1975 10 months ago
@whatukno1975 Corporations do not exist in a free market, they are parasites of state law.
Adlasyn 10 months ago
@Adlasyn You are correct about that. They are parasites.
whatukno1975 10 months ago
@whatukno1975 uhhh libertarians = people control
tmac9938 10 months ago
@tmac9938 Really Libertarians want corporations to have absolute control over everyone, they want this through zero regulations on corporations.
whatukno1975 10 months ago
@whatukno1975 well you simply have no knowledge on how the free market regulates. as long as there's no gov't inhibition of competition corporations cant be doing what they're currently doing in a free market. libertarians give control to the people, not gov't not corporations. to the people. you have it twisted.
by the way, 95+% of all businesses are small business. quit acting like most of business is evil. the 1-2% get away with it because they're pals with gov't.
tmac9938 10 months ago
@tmac9938 Oh please, if libertarians had their way we all would be property of one megacorp or another, with no rights other than what the almighty corporations deem our level dictates we should have.
whatukno1975 10 months ago
@whatukno1975 back to my original point. you have a lack of understanding on how the free market works or what it stands for. have a nice day.
tmac9938 10 months ago
@whatukno1975 Democrats = Corporate Control, Republicans = Corporate Control, Libertarians = free people in control of their lives and not others.
ih8ronpaulh8ers 9 months ago 2
@ih8ronpaulh8ers Libertarians want giant megacorps to control everything that's why they beat off to Ann Rand. When they talk about "free market economy" that's just code for destroying anit monopoly laws. Libertarians were the ones that came up with the term "too big to fail"
whatukno1975 9 months ago
@whatukno1975 Every Austrian economist(all of which are libertarian) screamed about how "TBTF" is nonsense and all of the institutions should have failed. You can't have have a free market when the government is bailing out failed companies. Corporations use the force of government to create monopolies and oligopolies. Big Biz loves big government because they always control it. Libertarians oppose subsidies and bailouts that Big Biz thrives on. Wall St lives off the Fed which liberts oppose.
ih8ronpaulh8ers 9 months ago 2
@ih8ronpaulh8ers That would be true except that every Libertarian was screaming FOR the bailouts and wanted MORE.
You can't have it both ways, you cant beg for the bailouts and then in the very next administration curse them. Libertarians won't be satisfied till there are only a handful of giant megacorps, enslaving every citizen while charging them the entire time.
Those of us who really understand the Libertarian agenda know that it's all about complete corp control.
whatukno1975 9 months ago
@whatukno1975 Read any article from Peter Schiff, Robert Murphy, Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, (basically anyone associated with the Mises Instisitute and you will notice that every single one of them said they should fail.) Many libertarians are anarchists and don't believe corporations should exist because they are a creation of the state. Those that support the basic idea of corporations despise corporatism/fascism which big biz relies on. You clearly have misunderstanding of libertarianism.
ih8ronpaulh8ers 9 months ago 2
@ih8ronpaulh8ers If they are anarchists they are anarchists and so aren't libertarians. Anarchists believe in chaos and disorder and no control whatsoever, while libertarians believe in an oligarchy.
whatukno1975 9 months ago
@whatukno1975 Are you trying to screw with me, or do you actually believe that. Anarcho-capitalists are libertarians but libertarians are not necessarily anarcho-capitalists. Fascism is based on oligarchy, and libertarians oppose fascism. Fascism is top-down, liberts are all about ground up. Why is that so hard to understand?
ih8ronpaulh8ers 9 months ago
@ih8ronpaulh8ers Because the simple fact that if you remove all regulation on business, then monopolies form. This is what libertarians want, giant huge corporations that rule over us all. They want a very small, weak government, and they want NO regulations on businesses so that giant huge multinational megacorps can rule the world. This is the libertarian agenda.
whatukno1975 9 months ago
@whatukno1975 Well its sad to see that you are missing the point. You are arguing the opposite of what libertarians are trying accomplish. There is a reason why Big Biz hates people like Ron Paul. They want the big government that they feed off of. They want massive regulations that they can afford to comply with because they know the little guy can't. Big Biz wants higher taxes that are enforced on the little guy. Big Biz gets all of the major subsidies. That is what creates the monopolies.
ih8ronpaulh8ers 9 months ago 2
@ih8ronpaulh8ers But that is what libertarians are trying to accomplish, a small ineffectual government, with giant multinational monopolies controlling every aspect of a persons life from birth to death. These people think that giant corporations should be left alone, not taxed at all, and worshiped as the magical creators of jobs. They want all regulations gone so that these giant corps can strip mine and drill our planet till it's completely uninhabitable and more people like Bernie Madoff
whatukno1975 9 months ago
@whatukno1975 It is unfortunate that you are incapable of comprehending a simple concept such a libertarianism. You are twisting into fascism even though it is basically the opposite of fascism. I feel sad for you can only hope you will realize that you are delusional. Also keep in mind that many libertarians oppose intellectual property rights. Have fun creating a monopoly without intellectual property rights enforced by the monopoly of violence better known as the state.
ih8ronpaulh8ers 9 months ago
@whatukno1975 Is it possible for you to stop listening to Fox for a second and look up Libertarianism and Anarchy [and its derivatives] on Wikipedia, you are severely misinformed. This part of the political spectrum is pretty much the exact opposite of what you describe!
AnArChRiStxseditio 9 months ago 2
@AnArChRiStxseditio Anarchy on paper and Anarchy in practice are two different things. Anarchy in practice can be seen in every single G-20 meeting that is ever held. What anarchy in practice turns out to be are stoner kids who have spent way too much time taking drugs and going to burning man smashing windows and setting dumpsters on fire. This is real anarchy in practice. It's undeniable, it's what happens. The same with libertarianism on paper and in practice.
whatukno1975 9 months ago
@whatukno1975; so name-calling has started again? I have never met a Libertarian that wanted to do away with government.Some accept the idea of a safety-net as part of the infrastructure the constitution promises. Some accepts the use of a standing army for defense and that sometimes actions need to be pro-active. But the myth continues to show its ugly face.
davekeays 7 months ago
@davekeays That's because a a libertarian who wants to do away with all government is an anarchist.
liOVERLOADil 6 months ago
@liOVERLOADil And is that a bad thing? It says government, not rule of law.
Logicjbr 6 months ago
@Logicjbr So who/what is supposed to enforce laws?
liOVERLOADil 5 months ago
@whatukno1975, what Libertarian feels our life should be ruled by "multinational monopolies". In fact, most libertarians are more upset about 'corporate welfare' than 'social welfare/medicare?
davekeays 7 months ago
@whatukno1975 read John Locke's 2nd Treatise. His thoughts on why we need "commonwealths" ("government" today) are prominent in the Libertarian world. He also thought we should be the master and not the slave.
Libertarians would rather see everybody (corps included) taxed on a flat rate. They want to get rid of the tangeray (spelling?) of diff rates, credits, deductions, etc, for everybody!
Have you notices the word "over" in "over regulated"? Some regulation is needed but it is way overdone.
davekeays 6 months ago
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davekeays 6 months ago
@whatukno1975 You are wrong about anarchy and libertarianism. You must have been "educated" in public schools.
PissedFechtmeister 6 months ago
@PissedFechtmeister what a smug thing to say.
thedailyblazer 4 months ago
@whatukno1975 Not Ron Paul "bailouts will destroy the dollar". Not Gary Johnson "Reject auto and banking bailouts, state bailouts, corporate welfare, cap-and-trade". Not the Libertarian Party "Bailouts are ALWAYS bad for the taxpayer, for the economy, and for business." I could go on .... in fact, I can't think of any libertarian that was for more bailouts. Please educate me if you know of any.
davekeays 6 months ago
@whatukno1975 No Libertarian supported the bailouts at any point. You are either insane, ignorant, or lying; which one is it?
PissedFechtmeister 6 months ago
@whatukno1975 When did libertarians support MegaCorps? When did libertarians invent the term TBTF?
Please back up such preposterous ideas with references- assuming this isn't all in your head.
davekeays 6 months ago
@whatukno1975 look at Ron Paul who despises corp welfare even more than government over-regulation. His recipe is to cut back on government spending including corp bailouts, military, entitlement progs. Libertarians want to go back to true capitalism, not the cronyism we call capitalism today. Cronyism involves groups that try to control other individuals, corporations are groups of individuals who control the group they are in. Capitalism works best when individuals work together!
davekeays 6 months ago
Government and religion are competing authoritarian population control systems. Both stem from the projection of unmet needs in early childhood and rely on brute force guised by impressive rhetoric or simply the appeal to magical thinking as their justification.
Fathoms2004 11 months ago
Well this is a load of shit....
jtizz711 1 year ago
If anybody can give me an example of how the tea party is not like the Republican party, I'll recognize them as a movement separate from the R party.
Norway2011 1 year ago
I agree with DeMint, I need to be disciplined and controlled. Preferably by Alyona in thigh-high leather boots and a whip. Alyona, I've been a bad libertarian and I need to be punished!
TreachMarkets 1 year ago
Its like Back to the Future!! I...I'm VANISHING! I DON'T EXIST!!! NOOOOOOOoooooooo o o oo.....
oldstyleliberal 1 year ago 2
@shadowgeyser
There multiple versions of "Big Government" and the Jim DiMint Christian Conservatives of the World represent the Authoritarian Vision of "Big Government" with limited Social Freedom. My screen name just has to with me being a liberal from the Free State of Maryland.
FRSFreeStateNow 1 year ago
Here's some evidence that the Tea Party movement is not a Libertarian movement. And they're really just part of the Christian Conservative movement.
FRSFreeStateNow 1 year ago
I am an Atheist and a Libertarian.
DyeTyme 1 year ago 12
@DyeTyme Most atheists are libertarian for the license. They often have a desire to do immoral things which is why they are disconnected from God.
"None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence." - John Milton
I was an atheist at one point in my life and all I can say is society should be thankful I'm not anymore. You probably hate Him as I did. Atheism itself is illogical. No one can KNOW if God does not exist.
Smarter people say Agnostic.
Cyrus255 4 weeks ago
@Cyrus255
Atheism today, is a form of moral tattoo, a signal to rebel against traditional dogmatic thinking. Libertarianism is highest form of individualistic thinking in respond to coercion and paternalism of government.
flynn2008 2 days ago
Knowing my limitations? Magnum Force. No offence gun lobby.
It matters not that Senator Jim DeMint
Is determined to keep me and mine skint
What does cause me grief
It seems part of his brief
To keep me acting like “Clint”
RaleighDawlishRaynar 1 year ago
Great video! Jim Demint is a scumbag, and he also started the recession.
kurd55 1 year ago
"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked: (cont)
canofsand 1 year ago
Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. (cont)
canofsand 1 year ago
"It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?"
- George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
canofsand 1 year ago
We are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights.
If you don't believe in a Creator, then where do rights come from? The Left believes the government gives them to us. What is the "who-cares-what-George-Washington-thought-about-religion-and-it-being-essential-to-government-keep-it-away-from-me!" brand of libertarian's position on this? If it's just intrinsic to humanity, how so? Any universe conceived through moral relativism cannot have absolute rights.
canofsand 1 year ago
DeMint had better check himself before he wrecks himself. Libertarianism is the future.
Nonoyawns 1 year ago
the "share with thy neighbor" thing you mentioned would be a personal choice under the proper form of government such as giving money to panhandlers. also the founding fathers strongly believed that you either had to have big government or faith in god
sk8rdude140 1 year ago
Just think, if we had bigger government, the recession would smaller!!!
Blastfimus777 1 year ago
@Blastfimus777 lolwut
NefariousBanana 1 year ago
@NefariousBanana Just kidding
Blastfimus777 1 year ago
Jack Hunter, who is one of the brighter conservative talking heads in America, STILL somehow LOVES Jim Demint. That I'll never understand. He's praised Demint and rarely said an insulting word about the guy in any of his videos or columns.
whoo689 1 year ago
@whoo689 Ron Paul does as well. On both counts it's always when talking about financial issues. In matters of personal affairs I don't think either would shy away from criticizing DeMint.
yojimbo81 1 year ago
We don't need the state or god.
InTheEndIWasRight 1 year ago
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Reckless3057 1 year ago
This is a underrated libertarian show. I'm definitely going to be looking out for this show in the future subscribed!
jjmdirector 1 year ago
Demint must have "big" God-like abilities to be able to start the recession.
intercourseman69 1 year ago
DeMint: Both a herp and derp.
InfernalApocalypse 1 year ago
You ought to ask him what he means by that statement I think he might be misrepresented.
If he meant "you can't be a fiscal conservative and not be a social conservative" as part of a political reality, then it's debatable, maybe he is correct.
Wcoltd 1 year ago
I'm a LIBERTARIAN SOCIALIST, and there are lots of us.
Libertarian socialists are more commonly known as anarchists, look it up.
tangent272 1 year ago
@tangent272 Isn't that an oxymoron? Socialism, by nature, advocates force of government.
yojimbo81 1 year ago 3
@yojimbo81
I think a bigger oxymoron is that government ought to be small, but should also regulate a person's private life, particularly what they do in their bedroom.
InfernalApocalypse 1 year ago
@InfernalApocalypse Most republicans are small government for financial reasons. That's why I'm libertarian...and we are not socialist by any means.
yojimbo81 1 year ago
@yojimbo81
Oh I wasn't insinuating anything about you; I was just saying that people like Palin and DeMint and Gingrich (and, let's be honest, the last GOP administration) are kind of missing the point.
InfernalApocalypse 1 year ago
@tangent272 and you're complete morons.
Vitaminous 1 year ago
its funny how the fucktard from reason couldn't get himself to say Ron Paul. Btw Chris Christy doesn't even consider himself a libertarian nor even libertarian leaning. The way these guys are going, they will soon be throwing their support behind Romney.
uche007us 1 year ago 2
God needs to be big. Government just needs to go away.
DJTripleThreat78 1 year ago
@DJTripleThreat78 They can both go away as far as I am concerned or at least smaller.
nadeau 1 year ago
Jim Demint DID start the recession
NerdyLiberal 1 year ago
@NerdyLiberal TYT FTW!!!
iKnowWhoIamWhoRu 1 year ago
Jim Demint started the recession.
NavidZady 1 year ago
Jim Demint started the recession.
Tounushi 1 year ago 13
Great Piece!
benympls 1 year ago
Is Jim DeMint fiscaly conservative when it comes to fighting neverending wars and bailing out his vampoire bats buddies in Wall Street?
Or does he just hate it when the poorest and the unemployed to have food on the table while having sex and not being married?
bohemianwriter1 1 year ago
There is no doubt that Jim Demint started the recession and now he is trying all means to deepen the recession.
billybobhobnob101 1 year ago
Regular, working class Americans are getting the big shaft...How about a "reach-around"!!!
godawefulll 1 year ago
Christianity is an intolerant religion. Demint is just like his constituents-confused dimwits who "sin" and keep doing it because God already forgave them. So do they really have any true honest intention to be peaceful towards other folks. I think not. If God has already paid for everyone's "sins" by coming down to Earth as His own son, then whatever sin people commit has already been forgive 2010 years ago? These "Christians" are just being haters and control freaks. Period.
YesEthan 1 year ago
@YesEthan It is rather unfortunate you feel that way for my bible says otherwise. Just because someone calls him or herself a christian doesnt make it so and even then, to define a religion by a couple followers is the same as defining a race by a few of the same color. Mainstream christianity is confused and do not follow the bible as they say. most of the doctrines come from pagan Catholicism and have no place in Protestantism. Christianity is exclusive and inclusive.
Martyrbell 1 year ago
In my experience you have liberal libertarians who want to legalize it. and conservative libertarians who want to get rid of welfare. I don't see the point in calling them libertarians.
Justwosweet 1 year ago
I wish real Constitutionalists would get elected Congress. Those for small government, non-regulation of peoples private lives, and no war mongering.
lsl70 1 year ago
demint started the recession!
Lhaw06 1 year ago 14