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In response to "Rand! Rand! Do you have any opinions on AT&T or Comcast? What about Massey Energy? -- nm" by Mop (222 lbs)

one thing I'll give him is that we're at least getting the true Rand

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) May 21 '10, 09:46

no one could be so stupid as to say things he's saying for political benefit.

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might as well not bother regulating anything, really. it's an entropic universe. accidents just happen! -- nm - pixman May 21, 09:51 1
- especially when regulators look the other way while companies fake the results of safety tests... -- nm - znufrii May 21, 09:56
Yup. I said as much yesterday. He's a true libertarian and credit to him for sticking to his principles. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 09:48 9
- I really don't think (or at least I hope it's not) a widely held libertarian view that denial of service equals free speech. - pmb May 21, 09:57 5
  - I believe it is the libertarian view that a business can do pretty much what it likes without gov't intervention. - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 10:04
  - I thinks it's a widely held libertarian view that the government should stay out of their business - znufrii May 21, 10:02 3
    - His argument was that it's a free speech right. - pmb May 21, 10:05 2
      - regardless of how they rationalize it, the implications are the same. -- nm - znufrii May 21, 10:10
      - whether it's based on property rights or free speech rights, it boils down to the same thing. -- nm - Reagen May 21, 10:07
- "When does my honeymoon period start. I had a big victory," he said. "I thought I got a honeymoon period from you guys in the media." - Rand, on GMA this morning May 21, 09:55 2
  - Let's ask Howard Dean... -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) May 21, 09:57 1
    - YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!! -- nm - Howard Dean May 21, 10:10

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one thing I'll give him is that we're at least getting the true Rand

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