sigh.

Ray; you are correct about what many people think. However, you said that Imperato “promotes a practical approach to libertarianism”. Well, no, he doesn’t. He promotes a (very lightly) libertarian-flavored approach to socialism. And yes, I’m aware that makes no sense. Welcome to Imperato.

Also, I’ve seen this guy in person – I find it difficult to beleive that anyone who spends more than five minutes with him would come up with the word ‘appealing’. Lastly, that’s the sort of rhetoric (‘make government leaner, but still get lots of stuff!’) that candidates of the major parties offer, so Imperato really has no edge over them in that.

A Libertarian candidate has to – above all – promote libertarianism – the idea that freedom is the highest political value and that government force is never the correct answer to any of our problems. And that is true whether or not the government in question is behaving ‘constitutionally’. When and if the US has a government that stays within the constitution, the job will by no means be over – it will be just beginning.

Imperato would support shrinking the size of the Department of Education and making it effective as opposed to getting rid of it immediately as well as other Government Departments.

If that fails I’d support a McKinney/Root Unity ‘08 ticket, or a Dondero/Boortz duo for the LP.

Imperato promotes a practical approach to libertarianism that people will find appealing

I guess he’s dusted it off again for Iraq-based reasons.

observation, nothing more. if I wanted to say anything further, I would have. There are not too many people I hate, but Hannity is right up there with Big Dick Cheney, Wolfowitz, the Puppet Bush, and the enablers of such monsters.

Here’s “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan. It expresses my feelings towards the Neo Cons quite well.

“Masters Of War”

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build all the bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks.

You that never done nothin’
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly.

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain.

You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion’
As young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud.

You’ve thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain’t worth the blood
That runs in your veins.

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I’m young
You might say I’m unlearned
But there’s one thing I know
Though I’m younger than you
That even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do.

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul.

And I hope that you die
And your death’ll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I’ll watch while you’re lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I’ll stand over your grave
‘Til I’m sure that you’re dead.