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Here’s a few outtakes lines from the “Libertarian Hooliganism” speech posted online<\/a> earlier today –<\/p>\n

*Federal agencies in DC think I’m\u00a0 a redneck, but the rednecks in the\u00a0North Carolina mountains thought I was an undercover fed<\/p>\n

* As she raised the knife, I remembered the old saying – “Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.”<\/p>\n

* That 700-page secret U.S. trade document screamed TAKE ME as I walked innocently down the hall in GATT headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n

* If you’re gonna hijack a Massachusetts Turnpike toll booth, don’t try to collect tolls from drivers<\/p>\n

*Wielding a chainsaw on a summer\u00a0 job for Va. Highway Dept. was great training to become a Washington journalist<\/p>\n

* The key to being a respectable govt. worker is to never get caught with both hands in your pockets at the same time.<\/p>\n

And one line from Public Policy Hooligan<\/strong><\/a> that was too long for Twitter –\u00a0 My 1977 move to Boston was akin to the Beverly Hillbillies going to California, except that I didn\u2019t arrive with $80 million in the bank.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SovyCMjmmI8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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