gdp's Comments

The Tea Party Economist : 73% Loss on Bitcoins

Wed, 19 Feb 2014 06:21:29 +0000

Bitcoins are as real as US Dollars. Whether they are any more or less volatile than any given fiat currency is for the buyer to judge. I am rather surprised to read Gary North stating that "Dollars are money." If North chooses to define US Dollars as fiat money maybe the statement is not quite wrong. Neither can I swallow such a sentence without the needful modifier of fiat. Caveat emptor folks. That will always be good advice.

Wonkette : Toby Keith Will Not Allow Guns In His Fancy Eatin' Restaurant So The Terrorists Have Already Won

Mon, 30 Dec 2013 02:57:15 +0000

Yup, liability is where it is at.

WordPress blog at damnstraightpolitics.com : The False Narrative of Immigration Reform

Sun, 5 May 2013 04:53:47 +0000

Immigrating to the US is neither easy nor cheap. I know of one Canadian that spend $10,000 to complete her immigration here. Other countries may have more difficult and more expensive systems to those established by US lawmakers. Difficulty doesn't necessarily mean better. I would hope that like many things that are made in America that it might be made better, faster and cheaper than items made overseas but perhaps the overhead of Obamacare precludes that from happening.

Dirty Sex & Politics : Shooting Blanks

Mon, 8 Apr 2013 19:46:26 +0000

I look forward to hearing either via print or video when someone with the power to get answers asks this question of someone with the ability to provide a (hopefully honest) answer.

Center for a Stateless Society : How to Reach the Left - Roderick T. Long

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:23:08 +0000

Mr. Long seems like a nice and friendly chap but I found his video a bit of a drag after 9 minutes. After 12 minutes and 4 seconds (the half way mark) I pressed the stop button.

Center for a Stateless Society : The Perils of Non-Voting

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:56:59 +0000

Does the driver being pregnant change the story?

Right Condition : America and the 2012 elections, what did the elections tell us? Winners and losers.

Fri, 9 Nov 2012 21:34:41 +0000

Here in Arizona there were four choices for President on the ballot (plus 6 write-in choices). Three advocates of big government to a greater or greater degree. One advocate of a 43% reduction in spending. Did Americans get a real choice? I rather believe that they did. Based on your closing sentences I would begin to worry. I have this feeling that the future is so bright I should start wearing shades.

Right Condition : Live blogging the 3rd party debate

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:56:03 +0000

I was happy to have watched this. I liked audience participation. I thought Larry King did a fine job of moderating. I favor Gary Johnson but having other alternatives was interesting.

Right Condition : Live blogging the 2012 Vice President debate; Paul Ryan and Joe Biden.

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:07:49 +0000

I am glad I read your column instead of watching this debate.

Right Condition : Live blog coverage of the first 2012 presidential debate: Romney vs Obama!

Sun, 7 Oct 2012 03:15:43 +0000

I will be interested to see how much commentary there is on the Stewart/O'Reilly "debate".

Center for a Stateless Society : Media Coordinator Update, 09/14/12

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:06:35 +0000

I enjoyed reading “Election 2012: The Banality of Hyperbole”. It being another Presidential election cycle I have friends who believe that Candidate X is SOOO much worse than Candidate Y. I hope that this article catches the eye of many other Americans.

Right Condition : Politics, the fringe and FaceBook.

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:44:47 +0000

I have a hard time wondering what it is that the WTC skeptics want to accomplish. BTW, I am far too old to read the FB thread you posted. It seems to me that Joe either doesn't want to accept fault for putting out a bad JFK quote or is too invested in the idea that there is an evil conspiracy behind the banking cabal (or the WTC building collapse). I always tell people that relative to WTC that there are several possibilities, one: the official story was true, two: the government was in on it, three: the government either looked the other way while some party did evil deeds, four: some combination of possibility two and three. I have a hard time believing that any of the four possibilities are provable at this date but I usually further ask, if you were to convince me that possibility 2, 3 or 4 was correct, then what? Oddly I have few people that have a desire to pursue "then what?"

The Humble Libertarian : RON PAUL IN-IT-TO-WIN-IT IN TEXAS AND BEYOND

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:44:35 +0000

Nice article.

The Humble Libertarian : Congressman Ron Paul is one of Time Magazine\'s \'100 Most Influential People\'

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:00:31 +0000

Time Magazine ain't that worthless. It scored Ron Paul three notches up from Jan Brewer.

The Humble Libertarian : Ron Paul Shocks Campaign Staff With New Position On Israel

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:45:52 +0000

Why is Iran prohibited from developing or possessing nuclear weapons but Israel is allowed to?

Big Government : The Last Pre-Tuesday Debate Collapses

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:04:49 +0000

No.

Big Government : The Last Pre-Tuesday Debate Collapses

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:12:55 +0000

You are attempting to avoid the question.

Big Government : The Last Pre-Tuesday Debate Collapses

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:01:17 +0000

"Ron Paul would rather spend time fundraising and wearing tinfoil hats." Really? You had to use a smear like the left do. I am disappointed.

Big Government : The Last Pre-Tuesday Debate Collapses

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:57:58 +0000

Should any critical comments of any given person avoid the use of a term just because the new age Nazis also use it?

Big Government : The Last Pre-Tuesday Debate Collapses

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:54:32 +0000

If Ron Paul were to attain the nomination would you vote for Barack Obama because he is a realist?