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Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

Wheylous — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:09:41 GMT

When you put it like that, I really should have made a bigger deal out of it.

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

DD5 — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:29:31 GMT

Wheylous:
he said that he was able to get a few people to testify against some company which had some infrastructure project they wanted to build and were asking for a "tax break subsidy" and they were able to stop it. I'm not a big fan of not cutting taxes, though, so I had some reservations.

Good for you for having "reservations" but next time you should congragulate the "party guy" for suceesfully working against tax cuts. If only we had a few more like him, we really could do away with Obama or Romney.

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

Wheylous — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:20:21 GMT

I'll add those in to the pictures of me with Kokesh, Woods, and Murphy that I will post soon!

Unfortunately, I think I will blur my face, which deprives you of the privilege of seeing Wheylous in his whole glory, but that's life.

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

eliotn — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:03:41 GMT

I would appreciate it if you could provide links to some of these pictures.

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

Wheylous — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:27:35 GMT

I did get good pictures.

Ron Paul was not there.

I was not aware of the Mises handshake - does it involve exploitation?

I am a college student.

As to strategy, the Libertarian party guy was talking about starting up some organization to have libertarians testify at different levels of government to be able to take more direct action to block certain projects. For example, he said that he was able to get a few people to testify against some company which had some infrastructure project they wanted to build and were asking for a "tax break subsidy" and they were able to stop it. I'm not a big fan of not cutting taxes, though, so I had some reservations.

We also discussed the efficiency of giving out signs and fliers, etc. Nothing overly useful, but small bits of knowledge.

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

Willy Truth — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:26:12 GMT

Nice. Are you a college student as well?

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

Michelangelo — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:29:33 GMT

Did you do the Misean handshake with him?

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

eliotn — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:24:08 GMT

Interesting meeting!

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

Kelvin Silva — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:51:48 GMT

was ron paul there?

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

Autolykos — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:12:15 GMT

I wouldn't shake Gary Johnson's hand, but that's just me.

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

gotlucky — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:39:51 GMT

Wheylous:

I talked strategy with the Maryland Libertarian Party organizer (president?) as well.

You can't just leave it at that! What are their strategies? Were they interested in what you had to say? For that matter...what did you say?

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

SkepticalMetal — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:59:14 GMT

Did you get any good pictures?

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

Wheylous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:58:38 GMT

Mostly college students.

It was at some bar in DC. There was a scattering of older people, but mostly just people linked to the campaign. I talked strategy with the Maryland Libertarian Party organizer (president?) as well.

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

SkepticalMetal — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:57:31 GMT

Coooooooooooool.

Re: Guess who Gary Johnson got to meet!

Neodoxy — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:56:03 GMT

I was gonna say something witty but I couldn't think of anything, so good for you anyway.