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[Minimalist]

if we let those private military contractors whet their teeth on Somali pirates

I'd worry that those cocksuckers would join the pirates.

[The Grand Nudger]

They already are "the pirates".

[Jaysyn]

This is a guy who suggested letters of marque when asked about somali pirates.

I don't really see the problem with that.

[theVOID]

On the other hand, if he got as much media as Bachmann, it would be equally embarrassing and hilarious. This is a guy who suggested letters of marque when asked about somali pirates.

He's not perfect but compared to the myriad of corporate whores who typically run for office in your country his shit smells like roses - I might disagree with him on a fair few things, namely his stance on "states rights" to decide marriage, abortion etc but out of any of your presidential candidates (aside from Gary Johnson) he's easily the one I agree with the most.

It's the whole "constitutionalist" thing basically, being stringent about an old document is a bit silly and while there are plenty of good things in your constitution there are about as many frankly weird ideas - The whole states thing is a staple of conservative/constitutional libertarians, I frankly don't think it makes a great deal of sense if you're federal government has no business running people's personal lives when all these exceptions are made for states.