Comments on: UPDATE V: Atavism On the Streets of America (THE UNIT)

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:47:14 +0000

Sunny,

You’re right. It will take a lot more than killing OBL to get Obama re-elected. I think he has lost 20-25% of the white vote which will cost him the next election.

By: CompassionateFascist

CompassionateFascist — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:10:22 +0000

Good riddance to Bin Laden, also to the Khaddafi clan. Don’t know whether BL had much to do with 9/11, but he orchestrated other massacres and got the death he deserved…as to MK, he ordered the Lockerbie bombing, PanAm 103 I seem to recall. You muder other peoples’ children, you lose your own. Perfect justice in am imperfect world. As to the wars, of course they’ll go on. At this point, they’re little more than violent globalization aimed at propping up the US National Security State and the attendant take-down of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. I have to say that, on a a 100-scale of Presidential Excellence, Zero has risen in my estimation to about a “3”…he’ll soon be up there with Franklin Pierce.

By: Dan Jeffreys

Dan Jeffreys — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:36:05 +0000

One of the things that troubles me is the talk of, “Watch out! Al Qaeda will attack us now for killing Osama!” What, Al Qaeda has been holding back up to this point to avoid escalating the conflict? I’m hoping the stage is not being set for a “terrorist attack” later this year to rally the idiocracy around the flag.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 03 May 2011 04:02:44 +0000

If you want to see just how far away Establishment Conservatism is from the Austro-libertarian, constitutionalist perspective than take a little trip over to National Reviews site and click on today’s editorial. If you happen to be an anti-statist you may need an empty container with which to dispose of your previous meal. “Ten years is not too long to wait for a fitting end.” Oh great! I’m glad that thousands of young Americans could die in pointless, shameful wars and occupations so that NRO could wait around for the killing of one muslem patsy.

By: Michael Marks

Michael Marks — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:27:09 +0000

Ilana,

Thank your for your kindness, care, and concern for the people of Alabama. There have been many good stories of people stepping up and doing the right thing in the middle of this disaster.

By: Contemplationist

Contemplationist — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:51:52 +0000

One of the great underexplored topics in the libertarian blogosphere is the quashing of the privateers by the state navy cartels. Privateers used to hunt pirates, ensure the passage of merchant ships and more far more cheaply and efficiently than modern behemoth state owned navies.

By: William

William — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:01:14 +0000

Emotions run high today, but it won’t take long for five dollar a gallon gas to make Bin Laden’s death as blurry as Lady Gaga’s meat apparel.

By: Sioux

Sioux — Mon, 02 May 2011 17:26:20 +0000

Disagree completely with all of this assessment – our FedGovt is using this bloody street theater to create the continued chaos to rob us of more freedoms — the will of the American people was abrogated a long time ago. This is all BS about Bin Laden. No photos, brain extracted, body thrown out to sea to honor “islamic law” to be buried within 24 hours of death. HAH! IF this was UBL, none of this makes sense. If it was someone else, then this all makes perfect sense.

The treasonous traitor scam artist is at it again, and the Gullibles are sucking it up.

By: Michael Marks

Michael Marks — Mon, 02 May 2011 17:15:05 +0000

First of all greetings from tornado ravaged Alabama. We were truly blessed beyond measure, no injuries and no property damage. Our electric service returned last night a little after midnight CDT, just in time to hear the news about Osama bin Laden. I shed no tears at his death. I wish we would have gotten him sooner.

[So glad you are all okay; I did not know you lived in Alabama. My heart (and a donation) goes out to the people there.]

However, I do not believe that the killing of Osama bin Laden seals the deal for President Obama’s re-election. By all accounts Bush-41 was very popular after Desert Storm. Unfortunately for Mr. Bush his domestic policies kept him from capitalizing on this short lived wave of popularity.

The question will become, in the absence of some horrible terrorist attack or other foreign daliance, what is the unemployment rate and what is the price of gas?

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Mon, 02 May 2011 17:06:37 +0000

Well, now that Osama is dead, do we get to LEAVE Afghanistan and Pakistan???

And while we are in the “leaving” business – how about leaving Iraq (Saddam dead), Italy (Mussolini muerto),
German (Hitler ist kaput), Japan (Tojo
– sayonara).