Why, for god's sake? Until well after the first three cups of coffee, no one can be expected to remember what the heck they did last week (yet), or can quite imagine what horrors this week holds in store.
I figured it out, though. We 'preflect' on the week ahead.
Preflection. I cannot for the life of me understand why corporate America hasn't already embraced this term.
"I feel like the whole country has been polarized by the belief that
there is ONLY two ways of looking at things. It's not popular to
think, in general."
developed into a regular essay, so I'll just link to it here:
Here's the gist:
"So whose votes - and whose loyalty - do we get by sticking to the
term - and the ideas behind the term - 'libertarianism'? The answer
sounds tautologous, but here it is: libertarians, of course!"
--
Susan Hogarth | Get Free!
Libertarian for NC State House 38
http://hogarth4house.com/
Yes!
After sensibly explaining why prohibition doesn't work and creates
more problems than it solves, Palasek finishes off with a true JLF
milquetoast flourish:
"This example is not an argument for less enforcement of statutes that
are already on North Carolina's books. What it does suggest, however,
is that additional statutes may be counterproductive, as the Sudafed
regulation is beginning to suggest, and that in some cases dropping a
prohibition may be the expedient as well as the sensible route to
take."
--
Susan Hogarth | .38 Special
Libertarian for NC State House 38
http://hogarth4house.com/
Please consider issuing some sort of statement regarding US gov't
involvement in Afghanistan. It's becoming painfully obvious to
Americans (even ones who approved the occupation initially) that the
fiasco there is sliding toward the same sort of boondoggle the Soviets
got stuck in, and that American interventionism isn't helping
Americans. With Obama's recent statements about *increasing* troop
levels in Afghanistan, the LP has a wonderful opportunity to
differentiate ourselves from both the DP and RP and to assume a
leadership role in the pro-peace noninterventionism movement.
I have been disappointed in the LP's refusal to confront the
Afghanistan occupation head-on; now we have a perfect opportunity to
make such a confrontation a demonstration of how we differ from both
Republicans and Democrats. I hope that you will consider taking this
opportunity while Obama is still overseas and it could possibly get
more notice than in other contexts.
Thanks for your time and work!
--
Susan Hogarth
In an earlier self-portrait, I was still energized by the work and hadn't yet realized what the day was costing me:
