Registering to vote

[Quantrill]

If you want some sort of government .... I guess you will be voting now and in the future.

This is why I have respect for Russell.  He has his principles and sticks to them.  I do believe in having a government (albeit a small one) so I do now and will in the future be voting every possible chance I get.

I can understand the Anarchy argument.  The thought that basically goes: "I'm my own person, nobody owns me."  But even if the entire U.S. government and all state and local government were disbanded tomorrow.  We would not have "freedom in our lifetime."  Well, maybe for about 2 weeks or so.  Just long enough for China, Russia or a handful of Middle Eastern countries to make sure we really were without government.  Then we would no longer be quasi-free, we would be even worse off...    

[JonM]

so .... if no one in your town voted
would that be a good or bad thing?

This happens: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070405/D8OAGEOG0.html

[d_goddard]

Or maybe me & Russ should just handle this like men and arm wrestle at the MVP meeting.
Naked.

gay

So... if we video tape it, will you buy a copy?

[Russell Kanning]

Or maybe me & Russ should just handle this like men and arm wrestle at the MVP meeting.

If I win .... I let you do whatever you want.
If you win .... ?

[Russell Kanning]

This is why I have respect for Russell.  He has his principles and sticks to them.

haha .... the last few times I voted .... it didn't work. So I was forced to look at reality and change my mind about how to go about things.
Then as I dug deeper it got simpler and made more and more sense.

[Russell Kanning]

Or maybe me & Russ should just handle this like men and arm wrestle at the MVP meeting.
Naked.

gay

So... if we video tape it, will you buy a copy?

So could I do the reverse of the "Emporers New Clothes" and say that I am naked when I am fully clothed?

[Russell Kanning]

What does an arm wrestling match look like with 2 guys that don't want to use force?
I don't want to initiate or return force and Denis probably would only use force defensively.

[Russell Kanning]

look .... all this voting talk has me getting hillary and bill bradley ads. It is like a mirror that shows me my faults.

[Dreepa]

I wonder why they wanted you to vote then. Would they have known to shred it after you voted?

Maybe they were trying to get me for voting twice.

That was my first thought.. and then get you busted for voting 2x.

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I can understand the Anarchy argument.  The thought that basically goes: "I'm my own person, nobody owns me."  But even if the entire U.S. government and all state and local government were disbanded tomorrow.  We would not have "freedom in our lifetime."  Well, maybe for about 2 weeks or so.  Just long enough for China, Russia or a handful of Middle Eastern countries to make sure we really were without government.  Then we would no longer be quasi-free, we would be even worse off...    

How would we be worse off? While any of those could conceivably conquer the U.S. military under the right circumstances, none could conquer a free people. They'd be insane to even try it.

[KBCraig]

maybe I also have a different goal than some of you....
I look forward to a time with no government .... so not voting now and in the future makes sense.
If you want some sort of government .... I guess you will be voting now and in the future.

Alan Weiss, who is an FSP member, won election to a rather pointless local office in Texas, eliminated its functions, and resigned after effectively abolishing it. He partook in the voting process and stopped the government from taking people's money for that particular purpose.

Sounds like a good use of "voting" to me.

[Russell Kanning]

well he should run for president then

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I'd vote for anyone who, upon taking office, abolished the office entirely, never to return.

[KBCraig]

well he should run for president then

Would he have your vote?

[MaineShark]

well he should run for president then

Why don't we elect someone who isn't yet 35?  That would give us a few years without a President.  And if he had a VP who was even younger, all he has to do is resign as soon as he is about to turn 35, and the VP steps in and does nothing, because he isn't 35!

Joe