Slog - Comments on Give Me The Liberty and No One Gets Hurt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt Were you one of the many, many denizens of the internet who were looking to get a golden Ron Paul Liberty Dollar, only to be thwarted by the unconstitutional reach of the federal government? What if I were to tell you that while you may not have the chance to win the battle for liberty and sound currency, you might be able to at least strike a blow of the libertarian ideals of deliciousness? Enter the Ron Paul Chocolate Currency. The website suggests that the best value would actually be to order 15,000 of the gold coins for the low... Copyright 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:35:22 -0800 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:19:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cdc Damn that tricky Free Market!

]]> cdc http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939866 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939866 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:39:55 -0800 Comment by w7ngman This from a group of people claiming fiscal responsibility...

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939887 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:50:14 -0800 Comment by JC Each coin should be worth a gazillion moon-dollars.

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939907 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939907 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:01:24 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I get the impression that the entire theme of a Ron Paul Presidency would be sentences starting with "Any ideas how we can..." and ending with a plaintive question mark.

They're selling one chocolate a day. That's beautiful. It's like seeing someone who put their retirement fund in Beanie Babies or something.

Do Ron Paul supporters have self-awareness? Do they ever look in the mirror and say, wow, I am really, really stupid?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939908 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939908 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:01:39 -0800 Comment by w7ngman I think this turned out more allegorical of the gold standard than they were hoping.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939919 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:09:07 -0800 Comment by Giffy I have to say though if we are to base on currency on something chocolate is a lot more useful (and tasty!) then gold.

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939923 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939923 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:11:13 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle The bonus part of chocolate currency is it would keep those southern states down, cause their money would melt.

Plus all the sticky chocolate would muck up their keyboards.

And when the fridge broke, you could eat your money.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939934 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939934 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:15:01 -0800 Comment by Dr_Awesome Grumble: The tinfoil-hat loonies behind Ron Paul have peppered my neighborhood and surrounds with their signs. Little ones, and the big 4x8 plywood ones. I really want them gone now.

Unfortunately, it's fuckin' illegal to tear down a campaign sign, innit? Even when the candidate is out of the race?

]]> Dr_Awesome http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939986 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939986 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:48:16 -0800 Comment by K What's really beautiful about all this is that it's Paul's campaign offering an incredibly accurate illustration of exactly the sort of thing we could expect to see tons more of in a Paul-run America.

If only Hillary could, like, start issuing people fines or garnishes for not having health insurance, or start making Iranian casualties of war. I guess she already offered saxophone players earlier this week, but that was more of a reminiscence than a prediction... I hope.

In all fairness, Obama would likewise have to, say, start giving people hope in America.

Oh, wait.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939998 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c939998 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:55:39 -0800 Comment by w7ngman "it's fuckin' illegal to tear down a campaign sign, innit?"

No more or less illegal that it was to put them up in the first place, I would imagine.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940003 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940003 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:00:44 -0800 Comment by JC They should load them all up aboard the Ron Paul blimp and shower them upon the people! Who wouldn't vote for a man who made chocolate rain down from the skies?

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940008 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940008 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:07:40 -0800 Comment by Dr_Awesome I thought campaign signs were legal in the public right-of-way, as opposed to commercial advertising, which must have permits to be legal. Aren't there cases where people were prosecuted for tampering with campaign signs?

In any case, I own a pickup truck and a ninja suit, and I need kindling. A few of the larger Paul signs may mysteriously disappear in the coming weeks...

]]> Dr_Awesome http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940045 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940045 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:30:37 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle But it's not a campaign sign. It's a flyer.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940051 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:34:37 -0800 Comment by RainMan Maybe he can sell them at Hempfest.

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940231 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940231 2008 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:57:41 -0800 Comment by Ted Oh joy! Look at all the neocons attacking Dr. Paul every chance they get! What a wonderful group of gutless a-holes hell-bent on electing pro-war anti-American neocon candidates who seek to destroy this country. It's a wonder so many brainless wonders could all be concentrated on one location online. Now if I could just reach out to all of you through this web site and remove that part of your dysfunctional brains... wouldn't that be wonderful????

]]> Ted http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940614 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940614 2008 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:17:17 -0800 Comment by Techno Only gutless wonders vote for pro-war candidates. Only serious chickenshits live in fear of terrorists so much so they must vote for neocon prowar candidates every chance they get. WEAK!!!!!! WEAK!!!!!! You let the terrorists win, you gutless con-tard wonders.

]]> Techno http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940615 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c940615 2008 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:21:34 -0800 Comment by Gay Seattle How the hell do you guys come up with so many clever titles to posts like this one? Do you have a dedicated post title creator or something? ;)

]]> Gay Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c941226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/give_me_the_liberty_and_no_one_gets_hurt#c941226 2008 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:19:50 -0800