LIBERTARIANS

           LIBERTARIANS

         

          The Blue Ridge Parkway is a marvel of engineering, construction, recreation and conservation. There is limited signage ... “overlook ahead,” or "Pine knob 3728 ft.", and no stop lights for 469 miles.

         When I got to Doughton Campground, I fell in love with site #77 and stayed for 6 days of a 16 day vacation.  The first four days, I was the only person camping in section C. Fallen trees had closed the Parkway after Hurricane Florence, and I was able to have to have a peaceful time without any other humans.

        

When I first parked there, three choppers roared by at eye level after leaving  the disaster area that was the North Carolina coast after Hurricane Florence, so I was ready to expect the unexpected. There’d been a bear in the park recently too. 

  I was able to set up and get a fire going. A chance to truly relax, I had a moment of Zen listening to the many bird calls and crickets as nightfall approached. Releasing my troubles to the breeze, I closed my eyes.

                 Boom! Boom! Boom! 
          It’s the Balrog! Beezledoom!

 I sat up startled, till I realized was just a drum circle, and it was a welcome addition to the night noise of birds or crickets.

  There was also a squeaky thumping noise that I disregarded at first.

          Later I went to the bathroom to see what they had and didn't have.  There it was again,  gears gnashing…a loud mechanical noise... Invasion from Mars?  Were Robots clambering up the side of the knob I was camping at?  I finally realized it was a pump as I was rinsing off the days dirt.

          It was an excellent bathroom.  No shower, just a water spigot about a foot above the floor, for taking a French shower or whatever cleanup you had to do. No lights in the building, but a light outside so you could see the building on a foggy night. No electricity as far as I could see and that is saving money by not having to run all that wire. I guessed that the light was battery operated. 

Then I got to wonderin' how would a Libertarian get hundreds of gallons of water to this remote bathroom every single day?  A bathroom is a sacred place when you're camping for a couple of days or more, and the answer is, they wouldn’t bother.

          They wouldn’t build a campground that every day working class could afford.  Libertarians are the kind of people who objected to a Postal Service that would deliver to every single house in this country, so people could stay in touch and important communications could happen. 
Before that, they objected to bringing electricity to rural areas, I'm sure. 
The skint bastards that squeeze a penny so hard, it makes Lincoln cry.

          Some years ago, a rich dude built a road to the top of Mount Mitchell which is down the road a piece. Bosses could afford the fee to the top and they were also the first to have automobiles back in 1927 when the road was built. In time, the state of North Carolina came in, and developed the services necessary that would allow everyone to enjoy the views from the Majestic Mt. Mitchell.
               Now I’m not a fan of big government, but I enthusiastically applaud the effort of the Democratic Socialists at that time who built a remarkable road often at heights of 3000 feet or more.  The area is nearly unspoiled, and the Blue Ridge Parkway may be the last hope for the wild things.

           Libertarians don’t think much about “the blessings of Liberty” or “the pursuit of  happiness.” We need a government to cover the basics so there is less suffering among its people, and at least food and shelter for everyone. It wouldn’t cost that much. Just have a moratorium on building new jets or tanks. Sell a couple of embassies in places where the United States doesn’t belong.    

      

           The Park Service needs to double its budget, and you know, sell a tank or something. Reduce the CIA by 25%.  What about supply and demand, GOP? We demand recreation but are supplied with war instead. WTH! A country by the frat boys, for the frat boys, and of the frat boys. 

 There are many ways to starve the beast called Oligarchy. To save America, we have to save the land along with liberty and justice for all.

 Then I got to thinking about Pilot Mountain that I had visited the day before, the first mountain I'd seen in 12 years after living in flat and green Florida. I wondered how the Libertarians would manage that park. 

The sign that says: "hikers below, do not throw rocks." Gone, it’s no fun being careful and courteous. The no alcohol in the Park directive? That's a silly Liberal rule by sissy men of today. “How do you like your steak sir,” the waiter asked. “Next to my other steak” was the reply from the macho posturing pinhead. 

Fences that prevent people from falling down the cliff would never get fixed. There’d be drinking parties  “We have to go kids, the Libertarians are here.”  They’d be shooting the crows that use the mountain for resting after gliding and hunting.  

Learn what is good government, and what is bad government.  

We can certainly reduce our military to 500 billion a year and dramatically increase mass transportation for everyone, and we can have small home villages for the homeless and  the rarely homed or the nearly homeless, and create many more recreation areas, so people can get out of their homes and out into Nature.

I can’t say enough about the Doughton Campground and how it is laid out.  I had 100 acres of mature trees and steep slopes on three sides to enjoy. I didn't need to travel for hiking. I prefer, off the trail stuff where I won't get lost and lose my bearings. For someone stuck in Florida for 12 years, even a nearby naturally flowing streamlet was enjoyed immensely by me. Remarkable preservation along the whole Parkway. Truly the ultimate forest experience for someone like me who doesn't want to hike 6 miles to get a view.

 The Blue Ridge Parkway, is what I’m thinking about when I try to imagine what a large infrastructure project would look like. 

Bloodthirsty libertarian predators ready to buy up the rest of America that isn’t nailed down. They made out with the banking crisis, and they bought many of the 10 million foreclosed homes. That's how Bill O'reilly got his 78 houses. Aside from the vulture capitalists, Libertarians are the actual super predators. Brainwashed by Milton Friedman and others at the Chicago School of Oligarchy.

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