I know a lot of people who like the Libertarian Party because they are anti-war and pro-pot.

Well, I think they’ve been leaning too heavily on the pro-pot part because that wacky-weed has made them doodle in the noodle.

First there was the guy who thought requiring food industry workers to wash their hands after tinkling was way too restrictive to business growth.  Now we’ve got this guy —

Fox Business host John Stossel on Sunday asserted that most government was unnecessary because companies like Walmart would spontaneously provide assistance to disaster victims “in many more ways” than the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) could.

So after Katrina, Wal Mart would have housed the 250,000 evacuees who were brought to Houston?  Well, I wish they’d have held up their hands to let us know about that at the time. And that Hobby Lobby would have been delighted to handle the disposal of hazardous waste material after Hurricane Ike. And that Chick-fil-A will repair levees, handle low interest disaster loans to small businesses, and reconnect downed electricity distributions lines.

Waiting on Walmart.

I love how Libertarians always point to FEMA as not working because FEMA did not work under George W Bush.  It works pretty darn well before Bush and after Bush.  Honey, just because something didn’t work well under Bush, doesn’t mean it doesn’t work well.  Nothing worked well under Bush.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.