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53
THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE
Number 53, August 15, 1999
"Cletus Berserker"
Letters To The Editor
by Our Readers
Send Letters to [email protected]Mr. Taylor,
Have just caught up on my back issues of TLE, and have enjoyed them. You have quite an edge, and I hope that the trend toward "edginess" continues. My home is suffering under a simulated Y2K emergency, as my water well burned up. This has given me some contemplative time, as I wait for daybreak to repair it. I live near a military base in central Virginia, and after the "tanks" article I certainly feel less safe than if I was living on 14th and U in downtown D.C.! The tone of the several past issues have both depressed and encouraged me about the state of freedom in this country. Has the well of Liberty dried up (like my home well!)? I have come to the conclusion that as long as there are Libertarians as represented in your magazine, the answer is a resounding HELL NO! I hope we will all be ready for Liberties' upcoming challenges, and stand together to be counted as one. Even if we have to stick Neil in the White House for a short stay. (much to his suprise and astonishment!) Thanx for a job done well, and good health to all.(looks like we need it!)
-- Jack Resch [email protected]
Friends,
You're welcome to publish this in Letters to the Editor (edited as you think appropriate):
Your definition of a libertarian [see masthead -- ed.] raises an important question: When I buy gas for my car, some of the money I pay goes to terrocrats (coercive political agents or terrorist bureaucrats); there's little doubt that some of the terrocrats will use some of this money to initiate force against other humans; am I therefore delegating the initiation of force against other humans by buying and paying for gas for my car?
-- Frederick Mann [email protected]
Freedom isn't FreeWho makes the choices in your life?
The gov? Your boss? Your husband/wife?
Just pay the price - you it can be.
Remember, freedom isn't free.A soldier, bleeding in the field.
No friend near, his last words to heed.
He thought, he fought, soon he won't be.
He learned that freedom isn't free.An exile, leaving all behind.
She has just one thing, that's her mind.
She could have stayed, a slave to be.
She'd rather pay, pay and be free.In every time, in every land,
They hope you will not take a stand.
They tell you all OK will be.
Just don't make waves, and don't be free.The price may be to go to war,
Abandon home, and slam the door.
Expensive freedom may well be -
But even more so slavery!
-- Ori Pomerantz [email protected]
Another Libertarian Lesson Learned?"In Chicago, where the heat wave of 1995 contributed to more than 700 area deaths, officials said they've learned many lessons about helping the elderly and other vulnerable residents handle the heat. Mayor Richard M. Daley said people must take responsibility for checking up on loved ones.
"'Why don't family members check on other family members and parents?' he asked. 'Why are they calling the city to do that? That is the most frustrating thing in any crisis.'"
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/heat990802.html
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