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Joan.,<br>
<br>
It is true that we have had such discussions. Gratifying discussion
too. There is a great deal of common ground between progressives and
libertarians such as the elimination of corporate welfare, the sale of
public resources at below market rates, and privacy issues. Better we
start with the wrestling thing though. That did work for Jesse
Ventura. We can do that while watching the two party system rust away.<br>
<br>
About your secretary. My guess is he did send me the memo, so I advise
you give him a second chance. My dyslexia interfered with my
understanding and was exacerbated by the fact that font was "new times
red crayon." I advise that your entire enterprise switch to "new times
<i>sharp</i> red crayon." <br>
<br>
I'll attempt to read Molly Ivins and Barbara Ehrenreich (again) but
that's contingent upon me being able to find enough Pepcid AC in
Montana to make it though. A tough proposition by any measure.<br>
<br>
See you at the belly-rub (AKA the mixer.)<br>
<br>
db<br>
<br>
Joan Opyr wrote:<br>
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cite="midBAY10-DAV6F75593AD5A13EDBEB973C5450@phx.gbl">
<div>Dave writes:</div>
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<div>"Um... er... Um??? I didn't think we had come quite <i>that</i>
far. We're going to have a hell of time developing a party platform if
we begin on the economic issues. After all, I really <i><b>am</b></i>
very libertarian. Where we can start (where modern political discourse
fails) is to concede that each other's motivations are good. Which I
do. But we're going to have to arm wrestle or play mumbly peg over
entitlements. Which I'm also willing to do."</div>
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<div>What? You didn't get the memo about the Opyr-Budge Progressive
Libertarian Party's official launch on April 3rd, sunset, at the Golden
Gate Bridge? I'll have to speak very sharply to my secretary about
that. Unfortunately, he's only five and has already retired for the
night. But I'll reprimand him sharply when he wakes up tomorrow,
expecting his Frosted Mini-Wheats, his orange juice, and a quiet
half-hour watching Blues Clues, just as if he'd done what he was
supposed to do. I've got to hire better help. Know anyone else who
will work for Playdough? </div>
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<div>Anyhow, sorry to puzzle you, Dave. I was writing in shorthand.
What I meant to say was that I have mentioned to you in some private
correspondence that I acknowledge some merit in taking a libertarian
approach to some issues, particularly vexing social and/or religious
ones, and that I was under the impression that you and I had begun some
kind of preliminary discussion regarding the disintegration of the
two-party system (or, rather, its lingering shell -- this is a
one-party state in which the nominal Ds and Rs at the top agree to
screw the nominal Ds and Rs at the bottom) and that there was the
possibility of a creative dissonance in which I might concede some
of your points, and you might concede some of mine. </div>
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<div>I did propose to you, did I not, the possibility of a
progressive libertarian dance party mix? We needn't be of one mind to
do a kind of hip-hop two-step. I read and enjoy <strong>The Economist</strong>.
All I ask is that you read a little Barbara Ehrenreich and Molly
Ivins. I do think that progressive libertarianism might be possible --
particularly if it includes wrestling, arm, mud, or WWF. That could
really catch on. In fact, now that I think about it,
wasn't progressive libertarianism part of Minnesota Gov. Jesse
Ventura's mass appeal?</div>
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<div>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment</div>
<div><a href="http://www.auntie-establishment.com">www.auntie-establishment.com</a></div>
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<div>PS: I don't want to be party chair. You can have that. I want
to write the manifesto. In rhyming heroic couplets. </div>
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