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Internet Tech Supervisor by day, die-hard Libertarian by night. Well, I sort of work nights, 12:30-9:00PM, so I guess I'm a Supervisor AND Libertarian by day AND night. I mean I'm technically a tech Supervisor when I'm at work, but a Libertarian all the time. Well, if you want to get REAL technical about it, I'm still a tech Supervisor even when I'm not at work because my profession doesn't stop existing just because I'm not currently at work. I do work a lot at home, too, but that has nothing to do with it. You would think that the whole Libertarian thing would interfere with being a Supervisor, but I'm not an Anarchist. Jeez, why would you even think something like that. You don't understand Libertarianism at all if you don't understand such a simple concept. So let's just say I'm an Internet Tech Supervisor, and a Libertarian all the time. Oh, and a husband and Father of four. Man, I should have listed that first--that's MUCH more important. Oh well, I'll hear it from my wife...

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