[NMLUG] Michael Badnarik vs. the Lizards

[havoc at harrisdev.com (Jody Harris)]

Michael Badnarik is just Libertarian lizard.

I'm reading _The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and 
Abroad_ by Fareed Zakaria.  Great read, prescient, and appropriate to 
this post (i.e. "Why does our democracy become increasingly illiberal 
over time?").

Here's TFoF at amazon: 
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393324877/shootersbookshel/ref=nosim
It's available in paperback, now, as well.

I've been slashdot free for a couple of years now.  You can kick the 
habit, too!

jody

Don Wilde wrote:
> geeks with great questions!
> 
>  > At slashdot.org - probably the biggest blog on the internet. Lots of 
> comments too.
>  >
>  > 
> http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/20/1423219&tid=11&tid=219
>  >
> 
> The following is  a .sig of a Libertarian friend of mine. Appropriate!
>  > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  >  "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
>  >  "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
>  >  "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he
>  >  wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the
>  >  people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't
>  >  occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all
>  >  pretty much assume that the government they've voted
>  >  in more or less approximates the government they want."
>  >  "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes,"
>  >  said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur,
>  >  going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they  didn't
>  >  vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might  get in."
>  >
>  >  Douglas Adams - "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish"
>  >  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 

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