21 thoughts on “The Heart and Soul of Libertarianism

  1. What’s worse? Four Loko or the Tea Party?

    What’s worse? Stuff that I like or stuff that other people like?

    I think we can all agree that the stuff that I like is harmless when used responsibly but the stuff that they like is harmful and ought to be regulated.

  2. Mass hospitalizations from bingeing on cheeseburgers, cigs, scientology?

    Huh. Guess I missed those headlines.
    Must’ve happened while I was in a Four Loko coma.

    1. Of course to listen to those who think we must behave (Neo Puritians) the binging leads to obesity and all of its problems. (They assume like the Puritans that its better not to enjoy life and that life should be all pain)

      1. If I had to opine, I’d come down on the non-banning side of this debate.

        That said, as argument against banning I found the Chef’s false equivalence both glaring and amusing.

  3. Truthfully, I went looking for Four Loko tonight but couldn’t find any. I was disappointed. I’d hoped to blog about it after I’d tried the stuff. (I’m more of a gin martini kind of guy, but in the name of research, I’ll make some sacrifices.)

    If you want alcoholic gummi bears, you can always try any variety of schnapps. Maybe that’s the next thing to be banned?

    Oh wait — that’s not declassé enough to get banned. Fire away, by all means. Don’t let me stop you.

    1. I have, for reasons that now escape me, tried “Joose”.

      It’s a malt liquor energy drink similar (I imagine) to Four Loko.

      Imagine a Monster or Rockstar Energy Drink.

      Now make it taste even more chemically with a tiny bite of alcohol. Now imagine being disappointed because you’re not *THAT* buzzed in either direction.

      That’s pretty much the experience in a nutshell. You’re better off with Jaegerbombs.

      I just read that last sentence again. Think about that.

      1. Well energy drinks are caffeine and sugar, but alcohol itself is a depressant, so biochemically it’d be like strapping on a jetpack and also huge leg weights at the same time.

        1. Alcohol gets classified as a depressant because that is its high-dose toxicology, but the real story is more complicated. For most* people alcohol is a stimulant but has increasingly depressant qualities from the moment a person starts drinking. It’s a very peculiar drug, probably because it’s chemically the simplest safe** intoxicant humans use–with a simple chemical structure it is able to affect lots of different biological systems. Anyway, that first Four Loco is going to be a hyper-blast of stimulant–for people who aren’t already addicted to caffeine, that is.

          *One theory about people with a tendency toward alcoholism is that the gradual reduction in stimulant effect doesn’t kick in for them the way it does for most people.

          **Water can be an intoxicant, too, but at the levels that it inebriates it is always close to deadly levels. Methanol is simpler than ethanol, but it sure ain’t safe.

  4. The two MAIN Rules of Life:

    1. Have as much FUN as possible.

    2. Stay out of jail.

    They seem to converge in Chronic Caffeine Crunk.

    Randy

    What would Fra. Perdurabo say?

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