"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:34:13 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Ed Huntress" wrote in message news:...

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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My moralist leanings intertwine with my libertarian leanings, Ed.
It produces a rough sense of sanity at times. I'm oh-so-sorry that I
shocked you.

I'm not shocked. Real libertarians are too weird to be around. I'm just
having a hard time following you around the track. d8-)

Let me make sure this is not misunderstood, Larry. I'm saying that I don't
think you're a real libertarian. I'm also saying, "thank God for that."
d8-)

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And then I'm saying, it's not easy following what parts of the libertarian
idea you really buy into. It's like Euell Gibbons used to say about pine
trees: Some parts are edible.

I have trouble following your being a Republican (or is it RINO?),
too, Ed, so don't feel like the Lone Ranger.

Again, my Republican affiliation is based on NJ's state politics. In fact,
you'll read about it in _Richochet_ sooner or later. I was one of the guys
that the state NRA affiliate asked to become a delegate to my county
Republican convention. But I was already opposed to what was going on in
Democratic politics in New Jersey and I had switched my registration in the
early '80s, in order to vote for some Repubs who favored revamping welfare.
The Dems are (or were) our old machine, which I still oppose. As far as
national politics go, I'm philosophically an independent.


P.S: Why are you eating my posts? goofy grinne

P.P.S: When you called me a moralist, I'm praying you weren't
confusing me with the likes of the Moral Majority. If you were, I'll
whup ya upside the haid, foo.

No, not at all. I mean a moralist in the strict sense, not the
religious-nutball sense. I mean it as a good thing.

--
Ed Huntress