{"id":2126,"date":"2010-10-19T13:33:05","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T18:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2010-10-19T18:39:23","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T23:39:23","slug":"me-mother-jones-libertarian-or-rapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/19\/me-mother-jones-libertarian-or-rapper\/","title":{"rendered":"Me &#038; Mother Jones: Libertarian or Rapper?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mother Jones <\/strong>has an<a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/media\/2010\/09\/rappers-and-libertarians-quiz\"> <strong>article <\/strong><\/a> in their September\/October issue challenging readers to guess whether one-line quotes (or antics) are from Rappers or from libertarians.<\/p>\n<p>They used the first sentence of the last chapter of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lost-Rights-Destruction-American-Liberty\/dp\/0312123337\"> <strong>Lost Rights<\/strong><\/a>: &#8220;<strong>America<\/strong> <strong>needs fewer laws, not more prisons<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When I wrote that book, I guessed that the above line would be the one most quoted from that chapter.  Missed that one by a country mile&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>fyi &#8211; the first chapter of Lost Rights is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimbovard.com\/Lost%20Rights%20TOC%20Intro%20Chapter.htm\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>H\/T to Radley Balko <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother Jones has an article in their September\/October issue challenging readers to guess whether one-line quotes (or antics) are from Rappers or from libertarians. 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