Rand Paul sues to stop NSA blanket data gathering….

…and I agree with him, for once. (Click here to go directly to story)

In general I think Libertarianism is a mean-minded 14 yr old’s vision of the world that is completely bereft of any value or even functionality in the modern world and based on the selfish/hypocritical and hysterical ravings of an incredibly bizarre and likely half crazy Ayn Rand….however, every idea should be evaluated on it’s own merits, NOT in the context of who puts the idea out there, and fact is THIS suit needs to happen, and it needs to win.

Paul’s letter explaining why what and how is dead on the money, and his other stances notwithstanding, when someone has a good idea and we agree, then I will support that idea. I firmly believe in moving forward together with anyone that believes as I do on a particular issue, and that it can breed a massive amount of understanding and tolerance in ways that almost nothing else can, regardless of their other views.

The accompanying video is not nearly as interesting as what Paul writes, but it’s there if you care to look….