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Source link: http://blog.mises.org/9978/the-rothbard-flask-is-it-your-thing/

The Rothbard Flask: is it your thing?

May 19, 2009 by

THIS ITEM IS IN THE STORE

We all have a good feeling about this but before we place an order, we want to gauge the level of interest. What do you think about this item as a way of fighting the new prohibitionism? It says “Enemy of the State.” The size is 8 oz. and it will be in the $18 range.

{ 85 comments }

Dan Spielberg May 19, 2009 at 3:35 pm

I’d buy at least one for sure! I was thinking I needed a flask just the other day.

hailey May 19, 2009 at 3:44 pm

you should have a series of these, with different design options. but for sure i would buy this!

Brad May 19, 2009 at 3:48 pm

I will buy multiple. Send in the order!!!

Libertas est Veritas May 19, 2009 at 4:06 pm

I have to admit that it looks good. I was pretty sure it would turn out to be a horrible idea, but it is actually pretty stylish.

Geoffrey S. May 19, 2009 at 4:14 pm

The flask looks much better than I imagined it looking. If I was more of a drinker than I am now, I would order the flask.

Amy May 19, 2009 at 4:20 pm

I love it and will buy at least five!

(8?» May 19, 2009 at 4:35 pm

Liquor and Anarchy?!?

Count me in.

Richard Nixon May 19, 2009 at 4:36 pm

We need a Mises bong

D Frank May 19, 2009 at 4:43 pm

On the reverse side you could put and arrow pointing to the neck which says, “Secede Here.” Also, I’m working on a camo cover for the flask.

Nick May 19, 2009 at 4:52 pm

I’ll place may order as soon as you make it possible.

D M May 19, 2009 at 4:53 pm

Yes!

John W. Payne May 19, 2009 at 5:18 pm

I will most definitely buy at least one.

Jesse May 19, 2009 at 5:22 pm

Hmm makes me want to start drinking more.

I kind of wish it had a quote on it but I guess I shouldn’t be too picky.

Brad Warbiany May 19, 2009 at 5:55 pm

I like it! Unfortunately, I’m not much of a hard liquor drinker, and likewise don’t transport liquor with me much.

You put that on pint glasses, though, and I’ll buy a set of 4.

Sukrit May 19, 2009 at 5:58 pm

Wouldn’t a Rothbard bong for smoking marijuana have been more appropriate, given that alcohol is already legal?

Calpico May 19, 2009 at 7:32 pm

The most badass flask ever! I want one!

filc May 19, 2009 at 9:17 pm

omg, please do not tease us like this Jeffery. I better be seeing this on the store sooN!

Mark May 19, 2009 at 9:41 pm

I’d buy the mason jar too. ;)

ryanb_a3 May 19, 2009 at 11:06 pm

Can I hide my wealth and liberty in it? That seems to be what the next prohibition will target.

Terry May 20, 2009 at 7:41 am

I want one.

Please.

Leon May 20, 2009 at 7:44 am

I want one.

ajax May 20, 2009 at 8:02 am

How bout a Rothbard revolver with Rothbard ammo.

Bruce May 20, 2009 at 8:06 am

Any plans for a Rothbard bong? Now *that* would make a bold statement.

Robert May 20, 2009 at 8:42 am

I want it.

jacob May 20, 2009 at 8:54 am

I want one badly and I may buy one for my friends whether they are 21 or not

Xander May 20, 2009 at 3:21 pm

I definitely want one.

Alexander S. Peak May 20, 2009 at 5:58 pm

I’m going to go against the grain on this one and say I have no intention whatsoever to buy this. I also would not buy the “Rothbard revolver” or “Hayek bong” or anything else of this nature being suggested by other responders. I have extremely little money as it is, and what little money I do have I wish to spend on books.

With that said, I do think the idea is cool. If there is demand for it, go for it.

Cheers,
Alex Peak

Misesian May 20, 2009 at 9:12 pm

I do think the flask idea is great. I don’t want to sound like a douche…and a party pooper, but some of you guys that are asking for some bizarre items, I don’t think have thought it through…hopefully most you are just kidding. Seriously…A BONG with Rothbard or Mises?

The flask, I think is as far as Mises.org should go.

Vanmind May 20, 2009 at 9:53 pm

Good stuff, and I concur about the bong idea. Also, consider putting Rothbard’s name on this flask.

Eli May 20, 2009 at 10:09 pm

I drink pretty rarely — and have never owned a flask in my life — but I would buy one for those rare occasions when I do want to take some “Virginia Gentleman” bourbon with me to sporting events, especially UVA and Ole Miss football games. And I would buy several for my friends. It would be a great addition to the Mises Institute online store.

Alexander S. Peak May 20, 2009 at 10:27 pm

Let’s think about this for more than five second. As much as I’m sure some of our pot-smoking friends would enjoy a LvMI bong, how would marketing such an item make the Austrian School look to the defenders of Establishment “economics”? They’ll just say, “See? Austrians are a bunch of dope-heads. That’s why they stupidly cling to these antequated concepts of market liberalism. That’s why they fail to recognise that Keynesianism saved us from the Great Depression.”

Now I’ll readily grant that such an argument would be specious, and that one can be both a recreational marijuana consumer and have a top-notch scientific mind. But nevertheless we must all admit that this is the sort of anti-Austrian propoganda we would see emerge. I would never personally reject the Austrian school nor the LvMI for the sale of such an item, but I generally think it a bad idea.

Respectfully,
Alex Peak

Fernando Chiocca May 21, 2009 at 1:06 pm

I will use it to drink while driving!

PMix June 6, 2009 at 9:10 pm

Any updates on when these might be available?

I want to make it my late birthday present to myself.

jeffrey June 6, 2009 at 9:57 pm

Well, after the big reaction here, we went ahead and ordered them and I think they will be in next week! so watch for it.

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