Reason on the Tube: Michael C. Moynihan Talks Voting with John Stossel

Tonight on the Fox Business Channel, Reason senior editor Michael C. Moynihan talks with John Stossel about voting, the undereducated American electorate, and the incoherence of the "Vote or Die" campaign. Other, more famous guests include Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and author P.J. O'Rourke, author of the new book Don't Vote: It Just Encourages the Bastards. And if you haven't already, make sure to watch O'Rourke's interview with Reason.tv here.

Stossel airs on Fox Business channel Thursdays at 9 p.m. and midnight, Fridays at 10 p.m., Saturdays at 9 p.m. and 12 midnight, and Sunday at 10 p.m. (all times eastern).

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[MP]

Threadjack

Fisher-Price recalls more than 10M kid products

What the story doesn't say...now, based on current Federal regulations, 10M products just became criminal to resell and must be destroyed instead of sold/donated, all because 30 kids got a bit more hurt than they might have otherwise.

[Fist of Etiquette]

First we have Obama and Biden dissing the electorate, and now we're going to have Stossel telling us how stupid we are? My self-esteem has never been lower.

...the incoherence of the "Vote or Die" campaign.

They used to complain about "Live Free or Die" back in ye olden times, too. So I guess it doesn't matter if you put it on a flag or a t-shirt, there will always be haters.

[Karl]

...the incoherence of the "Vote or Die" campaign.

Vote or Die

[Old Mexican]

In the beginning, only land owners voted, as they had much to lose.

Then, more people were allowed to vote; and these new voters were envious of land owners, so they voted themselves the land of the land owners.

And the end came.

[A. Freeman]

Landowners must have the right to vote on taxation issues where propety value is the basis for a property tax for government sustinence; as in School Taxes for States where schools are supported through local property tax.

All must have the right to vote on taxation issues where income tax is the basis for collection of government sustinence; such as Federal and some State issues (referendums).

All Free Citizens otherwise unencumbered must have the right to vote for representaiton in the Constitutional Republic.

Free Citizens must determine thier governance.

[Sam Grove]

Voting is the process by which voters surrender their power to politicians.

[Cytotoxic]

Not necessarily. It CAN be the process by which they control them for the better-if they choose it. It's all up to the masses. Oh, shit.

[Fiscal Meth]

and now the man who splatters conventional jizzum...

[Fist of Etiquette]

Is this where this is happening?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Pearl Jam, gross.

[Fiscal Meth]

I'm over where you guys were last time

[Fist of Etiquette]

Carrot top seemed intrigued.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Voting should happen on Saturday.

[Fiscal Meth]

Wow semper fi moyney!

[Fist of Etiquette]

P. Diddy is going to kill Moynihan.

[Fiscal Meth]

It's not diddy's fault, moyney had a choice and he chose to DIE!!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Out of the demo because you're a total square.

[Fiscal Meth]

Learn what the fuck's going on before you vote...OR DIE!

[Fist of Etiquette]

LEAVE PARIS ALONE!

[Fiscal Meth]

VOTE TEAM JACOB!!!

[Fist of Etiquette]

They should get the ghost of Betsy Ross to tell people to vote.

[Fiscal Meth]

VOTE (for nader) OR DIE ---Vedder

[Fist of Etiquette]

Vote for the TermiNader if you want to live.

[Fiscal Meth]

I can change the past by voting?!?

[Fiscal Meth]

Or does pizza boy mean the kind of history that's in the future?

[capitol "Rat a Tat Tat" l]

Don't vote, it's for suckers.

[Fiscal Meth]

Don't suck, it's for voters.

[capitol " Rat a Tat Ta t" l]

fucking code demons.

[capitol " Rat a Tat Tat " l]

okay

testes testes 1. 2. hehe

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

we'll go with this then

what did i miss?

[Fiscal Meth]

The target audience of "Rock the Vote" recognize the Situation but not Biden.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Where's RonL that dude was hilarious, lol!

[Ronnelle]

WHo you callin a dude mothafucka!

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Does PJ use Just for Men??

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ladies and gentlemen, veteran character actor Chris Cooper.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Holy shit, I'm a politician!

LOVE ME!!!

[Fiscal Meth]

8.Believe Eddie Vedder know fuckall

[Fiscal Meth]

81/2. know(s)^^

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Clearly I remember voting for the man... seemed a harmless little statist

[Fiscal Meth]

suresure..Until he gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast.

[Fist of Etiquette]

John McCain is going to be on Stossel tonight?

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Say doobie again, peej.

[Fiscal Meth]

The mafia

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

I remember peej being more funny and less crotchety last time that I saw him on the teevee.

[Fiscal Meth]

It was the radio back then

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Am I that old?

[Fiscal Meth]

The free market is calling me fat!!!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ooo, I like the bathroom scale analogy.

[Fist of Etiquette]

She isn't watching.

[Fiscal Meth]

Perv

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Who's Justin Beaver?

Your white so your crazy and that's not fair. Now get down on your knees...and pray

[Fist of Etiquette]

Bottom-dwelling muck feeders.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

fuck breeders bell fellers!

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Feathers in your face fist, feathers in your face voter!

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

That is wrong they are muck feeding bottom dwellers.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Tom brady is down right creepy.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Finally, a commercial addressing personal debt management.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Where do I send my old gold jewelry.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

????

[Fist of Etiquette]

To the Jewry.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Muck Daniels.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Oh you guys are just so fucking chummy ain't you. Get a fucking room.

Why not do some muckraking, Stossel?

[Fist of Etiquette]

He made Indiana smaller?

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Pee on it John!

[Fiscal Meth]

to whom?...Feeding prisoners to whom?

[Fist of Etiquette]

They had that big picture of Daniels so PJ could make out with it.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

All people in the midwest either look like peyton manning or, one of those don't do meth adds.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Oh shit!

Hey indiana, Don't Do Meth...he's got the clap! ha ha

[Fiscal Meth]

Libel..Defamation!!!

[Fiscal Meth]

"HAD" the clap.

[Fiscal Meth]

Propaganda!!!

[Fist of Etiquette]

OMG, I can't listen to John Fund, I can only focus on that insanely small tie knot.

[Fiscal Meth]

yeah but a parasite will necessarrily have an odd perspective

[Fist of Etiquette]

Say it, welfare queens. SAY IT!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Look at the size of the governor's tie knot. That's a winner's knot.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

It's downright gordian...where's my sword.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Waiting for the laughs peej.

Awkward.

[Fist of Etiquette]

It's not his fault you're not drunk yet.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

How the fuck did you know that?

*finishes beer #2*

[Fist of Etiquette]

RACIST!

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Yer vote is statistically insignificant.

Just jerk off in the voting booth, then at least you know all red/blue fuckers have to vote for their buckkneaders in your spooge.

[Fiscal Meth]

Your spooge is statistically insignificant.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

How about I put some on yer cheerios then?

[Fist of Etiquette]

I voted for the Circlejerk/Bukkake ticket.

[Fiscal Meth]

These gorilla commercials are great after smokin some bathtub drugs out of a lightbulb. You guys are really missing out.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Didn't we make you pee in a cup before hiring you to liveblog?

[Fiscal Meth]

I thought I was voting(see below)

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Reverse mortgages are ghoulish.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

American lung association buys airtime on stossel to brag about their statism

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Blame yourfuckingselves I don't vote these fathommuckers into office.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Yeah but you're last name is Fund. YOU CAN'T GET RICHER THAN THAT.

[Fiscal Meth]

just fuck already you two

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

I run my mouth

[Fiscal Meth]

Vonnegut quote...fancy

[Ice Nine]

You rang?

[Fist of Etiquette]

He said church and faith. He knows that's not redundant.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Dude is fucking giant.

don't eat mitch daniels, man!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Quit giving Ellen Degeneres the mic.

[Fiscal Meth]

...before she makes us all dance!

[Fiscal Meth]

2010 Politicians! More Different Than Ever!

[Fist of Etiquette]

HFS, don't give the mic to V.I. Lenin!

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Tellin' like it is buddy!

Whatever.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

The solar generator commercial is for the more fanatical viewership...like us.

[Fiscal Meth]

In a lot of countries you get fined for not voting. Australia and Brazil have an enforced vote or die policy. Suck it Diddy!

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Let's put people in jail for crimes against their own bodies and then not allow them to vote to change these laws.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Everything is a fucking felony now.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

I smoke meph.

[Fist of Etiquette]

SOFT ON CRIME!

I think Willie Horton voted to rape Kitty Dukakis. (Get the reference or GET OUT.)

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

If you have to explain it then it's not funny

I'm no expert though.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Sometimes even if you don't have to explain it.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Are you an expert?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Andy Sutton reference. Nice.

[Fiscal Meth]

Your out? you seem straight

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Jail is fucked up dude.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Yeah, but John Locke became the smoke monster, so we can't trust what he says.

[Fiscal Meth]

Oh really? Locke was around during the Jim Crowe era?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Gee, I wonder who this joker voted for.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Ex slaves didn't rape, until they got their hands on maryjane and cocaine!

It's for Teh White Women!

[Fist of Etiquette]

Blame the CIA.

[Fiscal Meth]

Death rowers should "Vote AND Die"

[Fiscal Meth]

Shock the Vote!

[Fiscal Meth]

Death penalty jokes feel yucky

[Fist of Etiquette]

In both instances you pee on a stick.

[Fiscal Meth]

Absentee ballots must be a bitch

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

I peed on a giant pic of mitch daniels once. It was in manhattan.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

How is possessing marijuana a crime against other people?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Bogarting. Don't do it.

[Fist of Etiquette]

That dildo looked uncomfortable.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

I want heroin.

Which "cart" should I choose, John.

Or, you could choose not to go into that spooge stained booth.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

It's your civic duty to hit that booty.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Don't boo the Biden!

[Fist of Etiquette]

The audience knows Joe.

[Fiscal Meth]

That's Mr. drummond Right?

[Fist of Etiquette]

I was drunk when I sent John that email.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Moynihan in a fake mustache.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

If I am well informed but drunk, should I vote?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Senator Yuengling.

[Fiscal Meth]

Congressman incandescent light bulb.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Off Topic:

Did either of you ever yell at a stranger's devil child and get shat upon because of it?

This happened to me at work today.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I'm generally a mellow dude so I don't do a ton of yelling any given day. How high was the brat factor on the lad or lass?

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

I work in a restaurant and see many white people and their devil children...this kid was a new level of damian like evil.

The mom and her friend were talking and the kid doing some ill shit and bothering the other customers. So, I stopped and looked at him and said sternly and a little bit loud "No, No!", and he went and sat down.

Mumsy went off,and I told her that she wasn't handling the situation so...

Didn't end well.

I too am a mellow person, and have worked with the public for many years without many complaints. This kid was out of fucking control though.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

I like to think that the kid was ronl's and that is what he has to go home to.

[Fiscal Meth]

I prefer to yell at the parents, but only cuz they don't give me any change.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

The only reason that I didn't is that the kid was away from mom and needed to stop what he was doing and get back to his mom.

[capitol squirrel fucker l]

Lord Therrien is running for POTUS, I may have to vote.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ha, nice. But he needs to legally change his name to Michael if he wants my vote.

[Anne Cleveland]

Voting is disguised coercion. Anne Cleveland , octogenariansblog.com