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(s)Elections See other (s)Elections Articles Title: The Lesser of Two Evils Apparently, our friend P.J. ORourke is back, to the extent that he ever left, and last night I heard that he dislikes Donald Trump so intenselyP.J. called him a flying monkeythat hes going to vote for the Deathcamp Dolly, instead. I could speculate about what brought P.J. to this unspeakable lapse in judgment, but instead, I want to bring an unprecedented sense of proportion to the concept of voting for the lesser of two evils. If Donald Trump is a bad guyand, given his sticky-fingered habits with other peoples real estate, I have no doubt whatever that he is, at more levels than onethen comparing the New York Mercantilist King to the former Worst Lady is more than a little like comparing Mister Smee (Captain Hooks bumbling henchman) to Hannibal Lecter. If you think I exaggerate, I urge you to consider: Mr. Smee killed nobody, as far as I remember, while Hannibal Lecter killed (and sometimes ate) about three dozen victims. With fava beans, he said, and a nice Chianti. Of course, Lecter was a mostly fictional character if you go in for that sort of thing, strictly eliminating other fictional characters. Now while no deaths that I know of have been attributed to the Donald, Ive seen the Clinton Body Count estimated at about ninety souls (Be aware that Snopes assert that it isnt true, only causing me to have more doubts about the ideologically impaired factoid-finders), making Hannibal a piker, compared to the Woman With One Eyebrow, and, most importantly, she is a living, breathing, albeit evil human being, allegedly responsible for the demise of other actual human beings. If what many observers believe is correct, that means there are hundreds of mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, brothers, sisters, wives, husbands, sons, daughters, girlfriends, and boyfriends out there whose lives have been brutally and irreparably shattered simply because their loved ones knew too much or were otherwise in Hillarys way. Living, breathing human beings robbed of their futures and reduced to compost. Now, add to their number the hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of innocent Third World folk slaughtered by Hillarys serial-philandering co-criminal, simply to drive his childish sexual misbehavior off the nations front pages and evening news broadcasts, and what youve got is a couple of chuckling mass murderers aiming for the White House again. I once opined that William Jefferson Blythe Clinton had given even oral sex a bad name. When Waco Willie was the President, I often referred to him as Caligulito. Unfortunately, I cant begin to think of a female figure from Classical times whose simmering evil matches Hillarys. Perhaps Dr. Sean Gabb or Terence James Mason can help. Of course, I could always be wrong in my view that, compared to Hillary, Trump is essentially harmless. Many a diamondback rattler gets mistaken for a bull snake, If I am, I guess Ill be very sorry. An awful lot of people are comparing him to Hitler Himself. Then again, Im sure that if you looked, you could find somebody who compares Barney the Dinosaur to Hitler. To my admittedly limited knowledge, Donald Trump, the obnoxious orange guy with the weird hair, the National Used Car Salesman, has never sent anybody to an extermination camp. Hillary, on the other hand, if were to credit our nearly thirty years of political experience with her, is a traveling extermination camp all to herself. Some people I know (and even love) try to wriggle out of the moral dilemma this election represents by backing marginal candidates who didnt ever have a chance at altering the mess we live in for the better. Theres Bolshevik Bernie Sanders, for example, busily advocating an antiquated ideology that, historically, has inevitably resulted in a populace dying by the millions. Theres the Green Party candidate, Jill Stein, whose anti-rational, anti-scientific, the anti-capitalist platform makes me
well, green. And then theres Gary Johnson, who wouldnt know a real libertarian if one walked up to him and pissed in his ear. Where is Pat Paulsen when we really need him? And so Ive made my mind up, and I cant say that Im happy about it, but Im voting for survival. Ill refer you to my essay Why Did It Have To Be Guns? Rather than spend the few years I have left in a FEMA camp, Ill take my chances on the used car salesman. Considering that at my age, this could be my last election, and recalling with chagrin that the first time I voted, it was for Tricky Dick Milhous, I guess Ill sleep okay at night. Publisher and Senior Columnist L. Neil Smith is the author of over thirty books, mostly science fiction novels, L. Neil Smith has been a libertarian activist since 1962. His many books and those of other pro-gun libertarians may be found (and ordered) at L. Neil Smith's THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE "Free Radical Book Store" The preceding essays were originally prepared for and appeared in L. Neil Smith's THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE. Use them to fight the continuing war against tyranny. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Ada (#0)
With the inevitable civil collapse coming, it's nice to know exactly whom the predators are by name and even locale.
Snopes is a psyop.
Left wing gatekeepers.
He's got the exact picture. It's a choice between two crooks, one exponentially worse than the other. (Things people do instead of facing the Jue conspiracy, #782415063647085.) _____________________________________________________________ We build but to tear down. Most of our work and resource is squandered. Our onward march is marked by devastation. Everywhere there is an appalling loss of time, effort and life. A cheerless view, but true. - Tesla per FP
Weve been hearing that for years, decades even. Will it happen? Probably, eventually. Will it be this year or even anytime soon? I highly doubt it. Matter of fact, I'll post At the end of next summer, from the beach, that I'm still waiting. Any naysayers want to put a wager on this? :-) "Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
Vote for the one who has not murdered.
Collapse is inevitable. The question, though, is when.
I know things are bad, but some doomsayers get so wrapped up in the hysterical the end is near, the end is imminent . Almost as if their very identity is invested in impending doom. It's very odd and gets old quick. And discredits the overall message when their doom doesn't occur as they predicted, year after year.
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
The Trump body count -- now that could be interesting! Since he's given the Clintoons so much moola in the past, he likely shares the blood on their hands. "Behind every great fortune lies a great crime..." _____________________________________________________________ We build but to tear down. Most of our work and resource is squandered. Our onward march is marked by devastation. Everywhere there is an appalling loss of time, effort and life. A cheerless view, but true. - Tesla per FP
All it would take is to have the electric grid go down.
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