Libertarian Healthcare

elkpark · Oct 5, 2015

Yeeeeah, I could have phrased that more effectively. I came back here to post this link though:
Florida senate candidate admits sacrificing goat, drinking its blood.
It came up on my Facebook feed, and I am presenting it without further comment.

The article is a hoot!

So, new question for the OP (if you're still even around, and hoping to answer questions, as you originally stated): Have you ever killed a goat and drank its blood while on a "vision quest" in the desert?

AcuteHD · Oct 5, 2015

Florida senate candidate admits sacrificing goat, drinking its blood.
It came up on my Facebook feed, and I am presenting it without further comment.

OMG! Mr Rogers is a goat killing, blood drinking libertarian?!?

AcuteHD · Oct 5, 2015

Oh, now it all makes sense, there's no Wi-Fi in the Mojave Desert. OP will return once he gets his tummy full.

Dogen · Oct 5, 2015

Yeeeeah, I could have phrased that more effectively. I came back here to post this link though:
Florida senate candidate admits sacrificing goat, drinking its blood.
It came up on my Facebook feed, and I am presenting it without further comment.

A right-leaning state with a large population of Medicare beneficiaries that elected a guy who ran a company that was convicted of 14 felony counts of defrauding Medicare and forced to pay a record-setting fine could do anything.

Sacrificing a goat isn't even that weird for Florida. He didn't eat a man's face or anything. But it might still be a little much for an elected official.

bunnysanford · Oct 5, 2015

A right-leaning state with a large population of Medicare beneficiaries that elected a guy who ran a company that was convicted of 14 felony counts of defrauding Medicare and forced to pay a record-setting fine could do anything.
Sacrificing a goat isn't even that weird for Florida. He didn't eat a man's face or anything. But it might still be a little much for an elected official.

All the best headlines start with "Florida man..." or "Florida woman..."

elkpark · Oct 5, 2015

All the best headlines start with "Florida man..." or "Florida woman..."

Well, yes, but "Florida senate candidate ..."?? That's bit much, even for Florida. (And ya gotta love his adopted name! And the fact that the article noted that's not his given name -- really? His parents didn't name him Augustus Sol Invictus??)

toomuchbaloney · Oct 9, 2015

Love your picture and name. Ever notice the similariy between SSI/DMV workers and the Weeping Angels? They don't move when you watch them.

You win

beautiful reference.

toomuchbaloney · Oct 9, 2015

When I hear "libertarian healthcare" I am harkened back to the Republican debates when Ron Paul (the only Libertarian in the debate) was asked about a young man in a coma without insurance requiring life saving treatment. The Tea Party/Libertarians in the room voiced loudly that the fellow should just be allowed to die.

1edwood79 · Oct 10, 2015

I don't believe there is a conspiracy, just ignorance.

1edwood79 · Oct 10, 2015

The key part of that simplistic phrase being "...hurt anyone else."

The basic ideal for many libertarians is the Non or Zero Aggression Principle. Random violence is aggression, and should not be tolerated.

Science Says, your concerns about violence in media are unwarranted. Violence in the West, including the US has been on a downward cycle for a long time. If it, violence in media, truly was causing aggression then I'd go along with some kind of action.

1edwood79 · Oct 10, 2015

It's tough. It's a compromise I make based on the fact that I live in a relatively liberal democracy. I do fear other nation states and believe we need a well equipped modern armed forces to defend us. However, I do not want politicians using that power willy-nilly, hence my preference for a limited government.

I'd also prefer that the liberal democracy I live in not become an authoritarian state.

1edwood79 · Oct 10, 2015

Ooh! A true raving neocon. I so seldom see those in the wild.