<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><EM><STRONG>Idaho is a red state with a pocket of communists in Moscow. How fitting.<BR><BR>Proud to be a libertarian,<BR><BR>Faul Ottomaticks<BR></STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Proud, apparently, to be an anonymous Libertarian because, my dear sir, if Faul Ottomaticks is the name on your birth certificate, then someone needs to slap your parents.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1) You don't have to be a socialist to be in favor of government intrusion into private matters. Senator Wayne Allard, Republican of Colorado, has just reintroduced a federal amendment banning gay marriage. This is something a bit worse than the so-called socialist "nanny state." This is the opening salvo of the bedroom police: We've got you surrounded. Come out with your p*ck*rs up!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2) That self-professed bedrock conservative, President George W. Bush, has presided over the largest expansion of the federal government since FDR. Under Mr. Bush, government spending has grown by an average of 18% a year. And where has that money gone? To pay for FBI spying on your library records. To pay for secret and extra-judicial phone taps. But not to pay for No Child Left Behind-style unfunded federal mandates, which seek to dictate to the states just what education is or ought to be. (This unpleasant development has put lefties like me in the strange position of arguing for states' rights. Who'd a thunk? Ah well, move over, George Wallace. There's a new dog moving in.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3) You wouldn't know a communist, Faul Ottomaticks, if you tripped over Lenin's tomb. I also suspect that you wouldn't know a true Libertarian. True Libertarians don't spend all of their time looking under the bed for socialists and pinkos. They recognize that these days, all government -- whether liberal, moderate, or conservative -- is not about satisfying individual needs but about feeding large corporate appetites. Quit worrying about Moscow's three remaining IWW Party members and their little dog, Trotsky, and start worrying about Wal-Mart. </DIV> <DIV><BR>BTW, who is Faul Ottomaticks when he's at home? I would suggest that he's my very own blog-stalker and inconsistent theocrat, Dale Courtney. Why, I'd recognize that confused, inconsistent, and hostile writing style anywhere. Listen, Dale -- for your own sake, take my advice. If the Hillcrest Motel ever goes up for sale, don't buy it! The temptation to drill holes in the wall and study the art of taxidermy will be too great! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From my own well-guarded shower,</DIV> <DIV>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS: Pockets of communists? Why would communists need pockets? Certainly not for money or car keys.</DIV></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>