Entries Tagged as ‘libertarianism’

July 26, 2007

Proof that half-baked satire can never, ever trump reality: Our privatized military

So I thought it would be kinda funny to imagine the Bush Administration’s (and libertarians’) eternal quest to privatize everything as being consummated in something they never talk about privatizing: the military. When I posted that, I was aware that their were many private contractors in Iraq, but I figured they were American civilians wokring to do [...]

July 18, 2007

Because the world, after all, is a business, mr. beale: A modest proposal for solutions to the mess in Iraq

The specter of mass privitization is haunting the continental U.S. Indeed, it’s frightening ghost spilled its forboding shadow over our great state of Ohio last year, when former Ohio Secretary of State/right-wing policy hack/”Patriot Pastor” keynote speaker/election profiteer Ken Blackwell was running for governor of Ohio and touting the free market take-over of all things crucial and [...]