Liberty Activists Call WKBK’s “Talkback” 2009-05-23

4 Comments on Liberty Activists Call WKBK’s “Talkback” 2009-05-23

dan on Fri, 29th May 2009 9:00 pm


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Good lord, What a jerk that host is (not Cynthia)…
I could not believe my ears when he got all pissy at Ian for making a 2 minute (!) long point, and halfway through he was asking in the background if they had another caller to go to.

What an intolerant ass.

PS. Smarmy statist guy is one hell of a smarmy statist.
“blahdiblah blah tapestry!” *condescending chortle*
I’m sure he would have fun with Frank in NY (from FTL)


Ian on Fri, 29th May 2009 9:36 pm


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“Let someone else have a chance”

Like I’m somehow in charge of who get to talk on their show?

Note he said he wanted to say something to my point, but then never did.


Zeus on Sat, 30th May 2009 3:51 am


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I was just listening to the archive and that part really needled me. I certainly had no idea listening to it that he was even trying to say anything. I thought I heard him phlegm it up in the background to clear his throat but I heard no solid indicator he was trying to respond to you, Ian.

Maybe it’s because I’m used to FTL and Free Minds Radio where the hosts take control of the call by interjecting and having a conversation. Talking over one another is one thing, getting all pissy because you don’t have the gumption to step up to the plate as a host is another.

And yes, I appreciate people being respectful if that indeed is what he was trying to do but you’d had your say, he got his turn and instead of saying anything useful he used it to berate you.

As for Smarmy Statist Guy (SSG), he’s always a paradoxical hoot.

“If [Free Staters] want to look at, say a GM car, as being equivalent to, I don’t know, a tapestry that was funded by Lorenzo de Medici, well that says something about their values, doesn’t it?” [condescending smarmy laugh]

Yeah. It says regardless of what we individually think is important, we don’t go around forcing others to support it financially, jackball.

“Where I think the Free Staters tend to fall into the toilet is when they have to put forth an alternative. Complaint is really easy.”

How about not aggressing against others? How’s that for an alternative? You and your other smarmy elitist pals can get together and form the Tapestry Fan Club and fund whatever project you want out of your pocket and whatever voluntary donations you get. Is that so much to ask?

“There are all sorts of things I pay for in my taxes that I don’t like to pay for but to call it stealing is sort of childishly provocative term to use when in fact these government people were voted into office by us, so it’s citizen-sanctioned stealing is it stealing at that.”

Stealing is “the act of taking something from someone without their consent” ergo taxation is theft. And you might have voted for those people, but I didn’t. So get your hand out of my wallet.

“The notion I’m anti-market is silly. I’m a capitalist. I think the market should basically prevail, I’m just advocating that [men with guns interfere with it every now and again]. Just because something makes money doesn’t mean it’s valuable.”

Actually, that’s exactly what it means. Anything someone is willing to trade something else for is valuable to the person who wants it. If enough people want the same thing, a business that provides what they want will flourish and a business that does not will fail.

Forcing people to fund failing businesses does not help the market prevail. It is entirely contrary to it. It this kind of abominable interference with the market that has created the economic depression now in play.


Slim on Sat, 30th May 2009 7:43 am


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During Ian’s call about 1/2 the way through he did pause and that was plenty of time for either of them to hop in and talk. Once Ian paused and heard nothing as a retort he continued.

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