TitaniumTeddyBear

My excuse for not staying on "libertarian" infested discussion boards any more.

What is a “libertarian” anyway?

If you look up what the word means you will find that it means someone who has a passionate respect for the importance of individual rights and freedom.

This is something that damn near everyone can get behind. It’s common sense to anyone in a democracy that one’s rights and freedom are vitally important.

So then why has “libertarian” become such a dirty word?

Well you see friends it’s because many of the people who call themselves “libertarians” are actually nothing of the sort.

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Friends, what amuses me most about the debate over Occupy Wall Street is how many people have come out to attack the movement because they mistakenly feel that they are in the top 1%.

There are two problems with this. The first is that the top 1% of American money-makers are far more wealthy than most realise.

The second is that the real problem isn’t the top 1%, it’s the top one hundredth of 1%, and they have more money than god.

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I mean it only affects ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD!

While “markets react favourably” and “disaster is averted” because the Republicans and Democrats have reached a deal that will prevent America defaulting on its debts I feel I need to explain how the “plan” works.

It works like this: Obama bends over and the Republicans give it to him, hard

And I’m not even blowing this out of proportion. This is metaphor, not hyperbole.

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