Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Disinformation?

“U.S. Plans Major Offensive Against Al Qaeda"

When, why and possibilities.

Via Google News.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/28 at 05:20 PM
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What's Needed is an Intellectual Revolution

Nicholas Provenzo, at The Rule of Reason, links to and comments on Andrew Sullivan’s recent Time piece which looks at the nanny state we live in.  A commentor on Nicholas’ post, provided a link to an article written by C. Bradley Thompson entitled “The Revolution that Never Was," as it somewhat mirrors Nicholas’ comments.  Thompson’s piece, written in December 1996, casts its eye on the failed “Contract with America” spearheaded by the now out of favor Newt Gingrich.  Thompson’s piece also reminds us that the way things are now, are simply a continuation of the “New Deal,” which H.L. Mencken, adroitly, described this way.

"The money began to pour out on November 16, 1933..."

It hasn’t stopped since.  Has it?

Nicholas’ post also quotes Rand and some of her comments on altruism.  I posted some comments on this back in September 2002 here.

H.L. Mencken quote taken from A Mencken Chrestomathy, The New Deal, pg. 466.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/28 at 12:06 PM
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Definition of an Independent

Just prior to stepping outside this morning, to wield my shovel, I caught a comment emanating from the Today Show, which Melis was watching to catch school closings that were scrawling across the bottom of the screen.  The comment, was something to the effect that independent voters made a marked difference in the New Hampshire primary.

Here’s my definition of an independent voter.  An unprincipled individual, who will pledge their vote to whomever will provide them with what they want.  An independent’s vote can be purchased by whomever offers the independent what the independent needs, at that time.  If the independent’s need changes, and the vote needer’s offers do not suit the independent’s need change, the independent will sell the vote to the next highest bidder.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/28 at 09:45 AM
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A Comment After Listening to NPR

Robert Clayton Dean, from Samizdata, points to a short post at Thought Mesh entitled “Taking vs. making." What follows, are two sentences from the poster’s comment, after listening to a law professor bloviate, on NPR.

"But politics is primarily about taking charge of other people’s lives. It is precisely those in charge of themselves that have no need of politics."

Bold lettering here, replaces italics in the post at Thought Mesh.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/28 at 07:17 AM
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A Letter to Paul Krugman

Tibor Machan has written a letter to Paul Krugman. The first paragraph.

"Taxes are a relic of the feudal monarch’s and lords’ proprietary powers over the people and the realm—the “rent” these charged others for the use of their belongings. Once individual sovereignty, citizenship, replaced the bogus sovereignty of the monarch, taxes became just as anomalous as did serfdom. Some way needs to be found to pay for things that does not involve this immoral, unjust confiscation—e.g., contract fees."

Will Krugman write back?

Via the Mises Economics Blog.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/28 at 07:06 AM
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