Awesome (Penn and Teller on government "logic")

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Jackie Fiest
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Conspirator for: 14 years 7 weeks
Posted on: May 11, 2011 - 9:54pm

I *love* Penn Jilette. I've never seen his magic show but I am a big fan of Bullshit. Not to mention, at like 6'7" and 320-ish pounds, he has to be one of the sexiests Libertarians on the planet. Also, he has an awesome laugh.

He and Teller did a piece on high fructose corn syrup, ethanol and corn that I wanted to share. It's NSFW but wonderful in it's logic and delivery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyZ5hzEWj4w

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LysanderSpooner
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Conspirator for: 16 years 43 weeks
Posted on: May 12, 2011 - 8:46am #1

I *hate* Penn and Teller.  Sure, they're pretty good libertarians but their anti conspiracy theory Bullshit show was bullshit.  Putting aside their ad hominem, they actually try to support the Warren Commission.  They claim to be all rational, scientific and skeptical but then they turn around and parrot the gov't line.

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