Liberty Maven

On this day 3 years ago the late and great Harry Browne was asked, on his radio show, to look into the possibility that the U.S. government was a participant in the 9/11 attacks. Here is the audio of the caller and his response.

For those that do not know Harry Browne was the Libertarian candidate for president in 1996 and 2000. He passed away from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) in 2006. He is the man responsible for me becoming a libertarian minded individual.

In the first clip the caller builds up to and then asks his question. Harry begins to reply that he thinks there are bigger issues to spend his time on. The clip ends with Harry going to commercial and the caller saying “shame on you” repeatedly.

Listen to clip 1 here.

In the second clip, back from the break, Harry Browne goes into an eloquent talk on the subject for about 8 minutes. I couldn’t agree with him more. Logic and calm always seems to be at his side when making his argument.

He even suggests the possibility of a candidate running in 2008 or 2012 to champion a non-interventionist foreign policy. He believes this is the real issue. He must be smiling from beyond because his wish was granted with the candidacy of Ron Paul.

Listen to clip 2 here.

Oh how I wish Harry Browne were still alive.