Libertarian Think Tank

In response to the Washington Times article, Michael Goldfarb of the Weekly Standard manages to whine about an inferred victimization of his ethnicity and attack Ron Paul supporters in one fell swoop:

…but let me just say to Ron Paul supporters everywhere, and on behalf of the New Right (by which I assume Paul means the Jew Right), get lost.

Get lost? Chump, this is my party. First, God forbid we characterize big government conservatism with a term that rhymes with “Jew”. Sure, it’s your ethnic background we have beef with, as opposed to the more obvious ideoligical differences.

Second, you’re about to find out that conservatives (the definitive kind) aren’t just a wing of the Republican party. We’re the base. I cannot wait to watch your grimacing demogogue straight-talk his way out of a win. We *do* plan to get lost for this election. It’s gonna hurt you.

Third, I enjoy reminding you of this inconvenient fact: Paul is the favorite candidate for military donations and the troops comprise the biggest group of Paul donors. I love watching you Kristolites alienate the military.

Allah didn’t beat you to the punch. He just thought of something you didn’t. In response, I note that aside from his summary descriptions of Paulnut’s motivations (over which he would certainly get his ass handed to him if he engaged us in debate) and his musings over the left calling Paul the most principled Conservative, he forgot that McCain already made the same claim, “you are working for the most honest man in Congress [Ron Paul]” (Yes, it checks out).

Bring it. Both of you.

Thanks to Sully

This is pretty cool. I didn’t know they changed the Navy Jack back to the revolutionary Jack. Observing Colors would have been a lot cooler if I was hoisting a big snake on the ship’s fantail. They changed it in 2002.

The old Jack:

Of course, the number of stars changed as the number of states changed, but the Jack was largely the same for 200+ years. I think the revolutionary jack was inspired by the Gadsden flag:

Seems appropriate that the snake was coiled and ready to strike on the Gadsden flag, whereas the snake is actually striking in the revolutionary one. Turns out that this flag was, itself inspired by a print credited to Benjamin Franklin (Franklin opposed the Bald Eagle as a national symbol because it was a bird of bad moral character):

Note the initials of 8 colonies next to each piece of the snake. This was a plea to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War. Apparently, there was a superstition that snakes could come back to life if their parts were rejoined. I learned as a 6-year-old that doesn’t work with worms.

Seems appropriate to the liberty movement, doesn’t it? The Free State project has something similar, but with a porcupine. I would like to see the coiled snake of the Gadsden flag on the stripes of the Navy Jack. Ideas anyone? Submit your work.