John Perry Barlow 2.0.After reading Brian Doherty's interview with John Perry Barlow John Perry Barlow (born October 3, 1947) is an American poet, essayist, retired Wyoming cattle rancher, political activist and former lyricist for the Grateful Dead. Biography Born in Sublette County, Wyoming, Barlow attended elementary school in a one room schoolhouse. ("John Perry Barlow 2.0," August/September), I was left wondering what Barlow's definition of a libertarian is. He states that "most of the people in the think tanks behind the Bush administration's current policies are libertarians." I would have appreciated some examples; I have seen little but criticism of the Bush administration from the Cato Institute "Cato" redirects here. For Cato, see Cato. The Institute's stated mission is "to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and peace" by striving "to achieve . And where is this "dismantling of government" he refers to? I see only growth of government, at all levels. For this reason, I encourage the "Thomas Jefferson of cyberspace," and others with a similar point of view, to become active in the Libertarian Party The Libertarian party was founded in Colorado in 1971 and held its first convention in Denver in 1972. In 1972 it fielded John Hospers for president and Theodora Nathan for vice president in the U.S. general election. , even if they do not yet see it as credible, as Mr. Barlow mentioned that he did not. John Kerry  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. may be a marginal improvement over George W. Bush in some ways, but switching allegiance back and forth between corrupt Republicans and corrupt Democrats makes as much sense to me as paying off one credit card by borrowing off of another. Scott Frost This article is about a football player and coach. For writer, see Scott Frost (writer). Scott Frost is in his first year as the University of Northern Iowa as linebackers coach. He went to UNI after a year as a graduate assistant football coach at Kansas State. Kenmore, WA John Perry Barlow leaves me with the distinct impression that this aging baby boomer has taken, as they say in scientific circles, "n plus I" tokes too many, For a supposed libertarian to say that "we need something--and I think it's government--to reregulate the market and make it free" is mind-boggling. Peter Skurkiss Stow, OH |
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