Political Wisdom: Let the Rand Paul Show Begin – Washington Wire – WSJ

Why, oh why, do Libertarians always have to be such backwards racist rednecks? Actually I’m not sure if that statement is fair to rednecks. Rednecks, at least the ones who actually live in the country, tend to be outdoorspeople and, as such, have some sense of and respect for the environment.

Let me start again. Why, oh why, do Libertarians always have to be such backwards racist hillbillies?

For example Rand Paul is against the Civil Liberties Act because he doesn’t think it’s OK for the government to tell people who they do business with. On the surface that sounds like Freedom and small government. The problem is that legally that would mean it would OK be for Woolworth’s not to let minorities sit at their lunch counter. People put their lives on the line break down those barriers and Rand Paul wants to put them back up. I wonder if he’d feel differently if he wasn’t a rich white guy….

He’s also against the Americans With Disabilities act. Why, what has a person in a wheelchair ever done to him you ask? Simple. Their protective act lead the government to impose another regulation on him. Paul thinks it’s his constitutional right to open up that racist Woolworth’s and skip putting up the wheelchair ramp. fuck those injured vets anyhow. To Rand Paul, making businesses accessible to the handicapped is just another example of the government pushing the little guy around. (I know, what jerks, eh?)

The newest bit of pleasantry that I happened to come across on Paul is this little ditty:

he finds the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent regulatory initiative on greenhouse gas emissions, independent of Congress, “particularly galling.”

“I think that’s a regulatory commission run amok and I think we need to have congressional oversight,” he said. “I don’t think regulatory agencies should write regulations without approval of the people through their representatives. And I stick to that and that’s absolutely my point of view.” ()

Two things about that quote. First off, what kind of idiot thinks the most kind efficient way to do things is to have every government agency decision made by the voters? Isn’t that they whole point of having elected officials in the first place? If every committee and every government body ran things by the voters everytime they did something then they would never get anything done. I guess his logic isn’t that surprising. Paul would rather the government by hobbled than tell anyone what to do.

I realize Rand Paul doesn’t want a government at all but I really don’t think he’s taking into consideration what the environmentalists and minorities might do to his twisted backwards ass without a social contract to stop them. (If he does succeed in abolishing the power of the state I, for one, will start a pool on how long he’ll last and sell tickets to his hour of judgement.)

Secondly, Paul is OK with companies having the ability to poison the public as they fit without any fear of consequence. Admittedly that is an attractive proposition if you are a corporate CEO but not so much if you someone who breathes or drinks water.

Independently minded Yankee that I am, I have more than a few libertarian tendencies but I have never ever come across a libertarian group or candidate that I would consider supporting for even a fraction of a second. What is about that label that attracts all of the selfish asshole white people?