I Voted
Permalink | November 4, 2008 by John in Jillette, Leykis, Politics
Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller) is fond of saying the only way to waste your vote is to vote for an inferior candidate (in his opinion both Obama and McCain are inferior) or a third party candidate, since there’s no way one of them will win (interesting, since he is a self-proclaimed libertarian like myself). He basically says you shouldn’t vote as a way of demanding better candidates. Interesting, bombastic and deliciously cynical, but not very realistic.
Radio show host Tom Leykis (a libertarian who voted for Obama) is fond of saying that you shouldn’t vote if you don’t know anything about the candidates or issues. That way, he stipulates, his vote counts more because he is intelligent and informed.
John Bedard (of East Helena, MT) is fond of saying if you don’t vote, you can’t complain. So, I did my civic duty.
Penn Shoots Straight
Permalink | September 4, 2008 by John in In the News, Jillette, Politics
Last thing we need now is a great leader:
I don’t want anyone as president who promises to take care of me. I may be stupid, but I want a chance to try to be a grown-up and take care of my family. Freedom means the freedom to be stupid, and that’s what I want. I don’t want anyone to feel my pain or tell me to ask what we can do for our country, or give us all money and take care of us.
I think Ron Paul and Bob Barr mean it when they say they want much smaller government. But the government is already big enough, powerful enough and bipartisan enough (and “bi” means exactly two and no more) that Ron and/or Bob won’t even be in the debates. People won’t even hear someone suggesting that our president should do less and individual citizens should do more for themselves.
Agnostic vs. Atheist
Permalink | June 26, 2008 by John in Jillette, Religion
From Crackle:
Interesting distinction. I like it.
Libertarian Defined
Permalink | April 28, 2007 by John in Carolla, Humor, In the News, Jillette, Leykis
Libertarian (The Devil’s Dictionary X™):
- a political curiosity; a person whose political view consists of knowing what’s right and then closing one’s eyes.
compare with Democrat and Republican.- a Druid; a political kamikaze; a harmlessly unelectable psychopath.
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A Moment of Silence, Please
Permalink | March 5, 2007 by John in Jillette
Last Friday Penn Jillette hung up his headphones and broadcasted the final episode of the Penn Jillette Radio Show on FreeFM. It lasted approximately 14 months. No real reason was given, and during the final show Penn refused to pimp what he has coming up that may or may not be a replacement for this show. Will it be on satellite radio? Will it be on another radio network? Will it be internet-only? Only time will tell.
One thing’s for sure, my podcast lineup will never be the same.
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