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Saturday
February 6, 2010
War for Men's Minds
"A Republic, If You Can Keep It"
by Joseph C. Maurone
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The obvious question to ask is: Did we keep it? The tougher question is, was it ever even possible? (Read more...)
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The Comandante is Annoyed
Posted by Ted Keer on 2/08, 1:20pm
John C. Yoo and Mark Steyn discuss the State of the Union Address and Obama's self-indulgent decline.(Read more...)
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The Secret of the League
The Secret of the League by Ernest Bramah

This precursor of Atlas Shrugged anticipated the election of a Socialist Labour government in the United Kingdom. First published in 1907, action takes place about 1918 and a few years later.  Ernest Bramah Smith wrote adventure and detective books, dime novels.  This work shows many of the those features.  The workmanship is uneven.  The story was... (See the whole review)

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Never lie to a child
Never lie to a child

One bright Sunday morning Cindy and Mark took their eight year old son, Johnny, to church. They sat right in the front so Johnny could get all the benefits from church. But as we know eight year old boys do not like church at all. Especially little Johnny. Halfway through the pastor's sermon Johnny fell asleep. The pastor noticed this, and it ... (Read More)

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Fiorina and Floyd
Fiorina and Floyd

The most talked about campaign ad of this century. (See the video)

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Today's tax system was shaped by sadists who were trying to be nice.
George Will
Charting Our Way to Solvency

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But Abe Foxman thinks Rush Limbaugh is the problem...
Posted by Ted Keer on 2/06, 11:21am
UK: A Jewish man driving an electric wheelchair was rammed by a car after leaving synagogue. The driver shouted ''Jew, Jew'' at him but he escaped with minor injuries. A 12-year-old girl, the only Jew at her school, was attacked by 20 fellow pupils who pulled her hair & chanted: ''death to Jews, kill all Jews.''...(Read more...)
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Buried in an Obama T-Shirt
Posted by Ted Keer on 2/05, 10:20pm
Obama's latest shout out: "She couldn’t afford [insurance], so she had put off having the kind of exams that she needed. And she had fought a tough battle for 4 years. All through the campaign she was fighting it, but finally she succumbed to it. And she insisted she’s going to be buried in an Obama t-shirt."(Read more...)
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Drunk on Our Money
Posted by Ed Hudgins on 2/05, 1:09pm
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"Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
"Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem

The erudition of rap music . . . well that's one way to teach economics! :-) (See the video)

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Obama . . . has apparently confused what people say with what nations do.
Victor Davis Hanson
America Rides Off Into the Sunset

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 Congress Votes To Outsource Presidency
Congress Votes To Outsource Presidency

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/politics/96710-congress-votes-to-outsource-presidency.html (Read More)

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Reason.tv: Obama
Reason.tv: Obama's Doublethink Doubletalk (State of the Union Remix)

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Obama nominates radical union leader for NLRB
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Objectivism Q&A
Philosophy of Time Needed for Objectivist Causation?
(70) Jordan - 2/08, 9:58am - I read Falvey. Falvey defends Dummett who (boiling it down) ...
Did "unethical" behavior help keep Bill Gates rich?
(4) Steve Wolfer - 2/07, 5:57pm - This Objectivist believes that people can behave in unethica...
(5) Jordan - 2/07, 6:33pm - Steve, I agree with you. Would you offer some actual ...
(6) Jay Abbott - 2/07, 8:24pm - I don't think the described situation can be considered unet...
3 Sanctions3 Sanctions3 Sanctions (7) Steve Wolfer - 2/08, 12:01am - Jordan, Jay calls the Microsoft behavior "underhanded...
(8) Ed Thompson - 2/08, 4:43am - Excellent post, Steve. Ed
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (9) James Heaps-Nelson - 2/08, 7:57am - Steve, I'll second Ed's endorsement of your post #7. ...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (10) Steve Wolfer - 2/08, 8:26am - Thank you guys for the kind words. - I like Microsoft...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (11) Philip Coates - 2/08, 9:06am - As a Hewlett-Packard Systems Engineer for a number of years,...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (12) Mike Erickson - 2/08, 9:10am - I admire Microsoft and Bill Gates a great deal for their dec...
(13) James Heaps-Nelson - 2/08, 9:17am - Phil, Exactly. I still remember the bad old days of h...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (14) Steve Wolfer - 2/08, 10:36am - Phil, I spent a decade programming in the IBM 360/370...
(15) Ted Keer - 2/08, 11:04am - Certain systems simply become fixed due to inertia. No one ...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (16) James Heaps-Nelson - 2/08, 11:12am - Steve, I agree with you that open architecture was on...
(17) John Armaos - 2/08, 1:42pm - The average MAC costs twice as much as the average PC. ...
(18) Jay Abbott - 2/08, 3:32pm - What I've read in many articles is that the basic components...
(19) Merlin Jetton - 2/08, 6:16pm - Steve Wolfer wrote: When Gates and Intel went open system...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (20) Steve Wolfer - 2/08, 7:45pm - Merlin, The hardware and software from Intel and Micr...
(21) Phil Osborn - 2/08, 8:34pm - It doesn't require being a former Amiga owner to notice just...
Article Discussions
Who Needs Philosophy
(32) Stephen Boydstun - 2/08, 7:41am - Custom and Reason in Hume: A Kantian Reading from the F...
"A Republic, If You Can Keep It"
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (24) Steve Wolfer - 2/07, 6:12pm - Jim, I'd agree with you about the majoritarian democr...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (25) Jim Henshaw - 2/07, 7:51pm - Steve -- the majority of people voted in Democrats because t...
3 Sanctions3 Sanctions3 Sanctions (26) Jay Abbott - 2/07, 8:32pm - It is not that a Republic form of government that protects u...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (27) Jim Henshaw - 2/08, 6:43am - Jay: It is not that a Republic form of government that prote...
3 Sanctions3 Sanctions3 Sanctions (28) John Armaos - 2/08, 1:30pm - There's also a disturbing trend of continually democratizing...
(29) Steve Wolfer - 2/08, 5:44pm - Majoritarian Democracy (like John's example of voting on bal...
(30) Jim Henshaw - 2/08, 6:53pm - Steve -- totally agree with post 29. John -- if you'r...
News Discussions
But Abe Foxman thinks Rush Limbaugh is the problem...
(4) Steve Wolfer - 2/07, 6:19pm - For a long period of history, the brightest of Christian mal...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (5) Marty Lewinter - 2/08, 1:30am - Let's not forget the evil doctrine blaming the Jews (all Jew...
(6) Peter Reidy - 2/08, 9:26am - Was this Christ-killers notion really the cause?  It looks t...
(7) Teresa Summerlee Isanhart - 2/08, 4:27pm - Let's not forget the evil doctrine blaming the Jews (all Jew...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (8) Steve - 2/08, 9:29pm - I think modern Antisemitism has little to do with Judaism an...
(9) Steve Wolfer - 2/08, 10:48pm - Steve, There is a liberal political bias against Isra...
The Comandante is Annoyed
(0) Ted Keer - 2/08, 6:17pm - Mark Steyn, John Yoo, "Nixon" and host discuss the mistake o...
Books
The Secret of the League
(0) Sam Erica - 2/08, 8:56am - Free download
Videos
Hayek vs. Keynes, The Rap Throwdown
3 Sanctions3 Sanctions3 Sanctions (15) John Armaos - 2/07, 5:24pm - I just thought it was an entertaining video Mike. If Keynes ...
(16) Ted Keer - 2/07, 6:00pm - So, John, your comments to me because I dared say the video ...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (17) John Armaos - 2/07, 6:12pm - You didn't just say it lacked merit, your post was far more ...
(18) Mike Erickson - 2/08, 8:49am - John: I'm unfamiliar with your interactions with Ted other ...
(19) John Armaos - 2/08, 9:25am - Well if they don't care who Hayek or Keynes were then I doub...
"Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
3 Sanctions3 Sanctions3 Sanctions (7) William Dwyer - 2/07, 6:21pm - Are you kidding me? And you expected me to know that? Incr...
(8) Ted Keer - 2/07, 6:39pm - Yes, Bill. Incredibly, yes, I did.
3 Sanctions3 Sanctions3 Sanctions (9) William Dwyer - 2/07, 6:46pm - And, of course, it wasn't intellectually sophisticated "crap...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (10) Ted Keer - 2/07, 7:15pm - Evidently we disagree. The fact that one approves of the me...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (11) robert malcom - 2/07, 9:06pm - http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/02/the-story-behind-t...
(12) Bridget Armozel - 2/08, 9:09am - Nothing personal, Ted, but then you would probably hate nerd...
(13) Ted Keer - 2/08, 10:51am - Hate? Who said anything about hate? This video doesn't ris...
(14) William Dwyer - 2/08, 11:51am - Robert, Thanks for posting the link. Very interestin...
(15) Bridget Armozel - 2/08, 3:14pm - Ted, search for Mc Frontalot's music video: It's pitch dark....
(16) Ted Keer - 2/08, 4:47pm - This is much better, but still works as comedy, not art. My...


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Monday
January 31, 2005
War for Men's Minds
Sicking The Saddamites #3 - They Really Do Hate Freedom!
by Jason Pappas
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The problem is not that Muslims aren’t attracted to life in the West. Just the opposite! Devout Muslims hate that fact. Why is that so hard to understand? The deeply religious have always had problems with freedom. (Read more...)
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