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On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > Tommy is deeply sub-intellectual while sprinkled with that pretentious > pixie dust that keeps hi smugly picked in his own ignorance. So faggoty > intellectually > > The Cold, Crisp Taste of > Koch<http://reason.com/blog/2010/08/31/the-cold-crisp-taste-of-koch> > > Jesse Walker <http://reason.com/people/jesse-walker> | August 31, 2010 > > From Frank Rich's rehash<http://reason.com/blog/2010/08/29/thats-rich-frank> > of > Jane Mayer's recent hit > piece<http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all> > on > the philanthropizin' oilmen Charles and David Koch: > > When David Koch ran to the right of Reagan as vice president on the 1980 > Libertarian ticket (it polled 1 percent), his campaign called for the > abolition not just of Social Security, federal regulatory agencies and > welfare but also of the F.B.I., the C.I.A., and public schools -- in other > words, any government enterprise that would either inhibit his business > profits or increase his taxes. > > You might be wondering why the author thinks a campaign that wanted to > abolish the FBI and CIA was "to the right of Reagan." It looks like Rich is > just recycling Mayer's *New Yorker* story here: Mayer wrote that the Ed > Clark/David Koch ticket "was running against Ronald Reagan from the right." > > [image: The man who beat Barry Commoner.]In fact, Clark is pretty much the > sole Libertarian presidential nominee to have consciously presented himself > as running *from the left*. (The only other case that even arguably comes > close is Michael Badnarik, the party's standard-bearer in 2004, who played > up his antiwar stances and established a friendly > relationship<http://reason.com/blog/2004/08/02/libertarians-and-greens-room-f> > with > Green nominee David Cobb.) Clark told reporters he was a "low-tax liberal" > (which, whatever else you think about it, rolls more trippingly off the > tongue than > "liberaltarian<http://reason.com/blog/2010/08/26/is-liberaltarianism-dead-or-wa>"); > he issued white papers that presented a liberal-friendly, gradualist > approach to shrinking the state; he got Eugene McCarthy to appear in a > campaign ad and to write the intro to Clark's campaign > book<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0898030471/reasonmagazineA/>. > (And then McCarthy turned around and endorsed > Reagan<http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QkMcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Cl0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2943,3225105&dq=eugene-mccarthy+ronald-reagan&hl=en>, > wrecking his lefty street cred. So it goes.) Frank Rich's description of > what the "campaign called for" is drawn from the radical platform adopted by > delegates at the Libertarian convention, not from the Clark/Koch campaign's > own statements. Look at *those* and you'll find calls to reduce government > spending to Kennedy-era levels, a suggestion that welfare need not be cut > until unemployment is eliminated, and an education > plan<http://www.amatecon.com/etext/ecwp/ed/ecwp-ed-toc.html> centered > around the idea of a tax credit for "voluntary educational alternatives." > > That was the Kochs' center-left side. In the Carter years, much of the > brothers' libertarian largess went to projects with a far more left-wing > flavor. Radical intellectuals and investigative journalists contributed to > the Cato Institute's *Inquiry* magazine; Students for a Libertarian > Society devoted most of its energy to opposing conscription and nuclear > power. In June 1979, such activities prompted *National Review* to run its > own contribution to the Koch-conspiracy oeuvre, featuring the immortal cover > line "Anarchists, backed by corporate big money, infiltrate the freedom > movement." Before Mayer was tracing the money trail from the Koch brothers > to global warming skeptics, *NR*'s Lawrence Cott was warning conservatives > that Koch funds were linked to the Campaign to Stop Government Spying, the > leftist Institute for Policy Studies, and members of "the*apparat* that > exposed the American agent who was murdered in > Athens<http://reason.com/archives/2005/07/14/agees-revenge>." > To give you a sense of how excitable Cott could be, that scary-sounding line > about the "apparat" was a reference to some*Inquiry* contributors who had > also written for the anti-CIA magazine *CounterSpy*. > > If you combine the accurate elements of the Cott and Mayer articles, you'll > have the rudiments of a much more interesting story, one that may begin with > the brothers' Bircher background and end with the rise of the Tea Parties > but will take some unexpected detours along the way. The new narrative > wouldn't be so easy to fit into a simple left/right, Red/Blue framework, let > alone the pinko conspiracies of Cott's imagination or the corpo-conservative > cabals of Mayer's. But the tale just might tell you a few things about the > vast world to be found outside the *Crossfire* format. > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:42 PM, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Tommy, Tommy, Tommy, >> >> to say ".... to accuse all >> of us who care about helping others..." >> >> I believe in helping others, I have founded a school, built a non- >> denominational church, fed hundreds and housed hundreds more.... all >> of my own volition >> >> To have the government do this is un-constitutional. No one has a >> right to tell me which insurance policy to buy, or to buy one for >> someone else. Health and or health insurance is not a "Right" nor is >> it an entitlement. I did not approve of nor did anyone I know vote for >> the bailout of the car companies... there is no basis for firing one >> of their executives. >> >> I do not agree that the US has any business building or rebuilding >> Mosques OVERSEAS... (60,000,000 this year..so far) >> >> There are many other things as well. >> >> As to Beck and his rally.....There were several "Politicos" but could >> you please point out that part of their speeches that was indeed >> political or even mentioned the political system in more than abstract >> terms. >> >> I am eagerly awaiting any pointed response to my post. >> >> On Sep 1, 3:24 pm, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: >> > *You and I know that Beck has NO beliefs, religious, social, civil, or >> > otherwise. He is certainly no expert on ANY religion and he certainly >> has >> > no grounds to judge what is in our President's heart. His "I have a >> scheme" >> > rally was beyond bizarre. >> > >> > This whole rant is being brought to us by Karl Rove, Dick Armey, and the >> > Koch Brothers to further divide this country. Glenn Beck claims to be a >> > Mormon, but he changes his demented tune every day. He is getting daily >> > help writing this drivel. First, he used hatred of illegals, then >> Muslims, >> > and he and Palin are working hard to divide this country...now about >> > religion...who believes in what, when. >> > >> > He is totally using real compassionate love of neighbor ideals to accuse >> all >> > of us who care about helping others...to turn us into some kind of enemy >> of >> > "conservatives"....such a bucket of warm spit. He is NO expert on >> > anything...he was lucky to make it through high school. Yes, he is >> > definitely obsessed, but religion has nothing to do with theology, but >> > rather his addiction to power and attention. >> > >> > Thanks for letting me explain what he is really up to...in case anyone >> out >> > there is tempted to latch on to the ravings of a mad man.* >> > >> > On 8/31/10, Robert Morton <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > My problem with Beck is that his concepts are simplistic, indeed, >> including >> > > the chalkboard lectures on this TV show. Also, mixing religion with >> politics >> > > frightens me. If any European leader mentioned religion like our >> politicians >> > > do constantly, they would not be reelected to office. I'm a firm >> believer >> > > in Global Warming from a purely scientific stance, and am very tired >> in the >> > > "tree hugging" accusations from conservatives thapt a conspiracy >> exists to >> > > create a global warming falsehood. Glen Beck attacks Global Warming >> > > scientific community under the guise that he's saving his children and >> > > grandchildren from a liberal global warming hysteria created to >> increase >> > > government power and control. He's wrong and is actually endangering >> the >> > > lives of the next generation. Visit my conservative DECLASSIFIED >> > > SECRETS-2 site at http://declassifiedsecrets2.blogspot.com/ and >> read >> > > the article "*(A-T) **U.S. SPY SATELLITES NEEDED TO "SPY ON POLAR >> BEARS". >> > > *The Joint Chiefs of Staff, Military Advisory Board (MAB- a Pentagon >> think >> > > tank), and various other such groups believe not only does man's >> activities >> > > exacerbate the normal global warming effect, but that man's activities >> and >> > > global warming itself is a National Security Threat to America's >> safety. >> > > If you read the MAB's incredibly detailed and scientifically perused >> report, >> > > you'll question Glen Beck's assertions. Robert >> > >> > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 6:06 PM, greg dog99 <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> While I am not a huge Beck fan, I am reading his book 'Arguing with >> > >> Idiots', and finding myself agreeing with much of what he has to say. >> Very >> > >> much anarcho-libertarian sentiment. The fact the founding fathers >> thought of >> > >> their work as divinely inspired seems to raise the hackles of many >> whom >> > >> otherwise consider themselves Libertarians. >> > >> Greg >> > >> > >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Keith In Tampa < >> [email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > >>> Maybe not your cup of tea Robert, but there was no, "Religious >> > >>> Overtones".....It was a religious rally, period! That was the >> point of the >> > >>> rally, to get closer to God. >> > >> > >>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Robert Morton < >> > >>> [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >>>> I'm a Barry Goldwater, Ronal Reagon Republican and I hated Glenn >> Beck's >> > >>>> rally, especially the religious overtones. Robert >> > >> > >>>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Keith In Tampa < >> > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >>>>> I have read a number of far left extremist blogs and news media >> > >>>>> reports regarding Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally yesterday, >> to >> > >>>>> include the New York Times, the Daily Kos, TruthOut.org, and a >> couple that >> > >>>>> Tommy Tom For News has thrown into the mix this morning. The >> rally, which >> > >>>>> was held at the Lincoln Memorial on the 47th anniversary of Dr. >> King's >> > >>>>> speech was attended by no less than a half a million people, and >> most >> > >>>>> estimates have the crowd at over one million. There were no >> serious >> > >>>>> conflicts; no major arrests, nothing cosequential at all about the >> event, >> > >>>>> but to read the far left's account of what took place yesterday, >> you would >> > >>>>> think it was a great big hate-fest. >> > >> > >>>>> Beck attempted to create a non-political rally, in that he asked >> that >> > >>>>> no one bring protest signs, and for the most part, very few >> individuals >> > >>>>> did. The rally was to be a "Pro-American-Pro-Religious" event, >> and for this >> > >>>>> reason, those on the left, especially the far left Anti-American >> movement in >> > >>>>> this Nation, hated it, and have done everything that they can do, >> to >> > >>>>> discredit the event. >> > >> > >>>>> The attempt by the Left to paint the event as racist and hateful >> > >>>>> was seriously undermined by the appearance and speech by the niece >> of Martin >> > >>>>> Luther King, Alveda King, a noted Black political activist. Then >> came the >> > >>>>> claims that Beck's call for a religious renaissance in the United >> States was >> > >>>>> somehow anti-Constitutional. The First Amendment, as you well >> know, does not >> > >>>>> forbid the mention of God in American life -- even official >> American life. >> > >>>>> In fact, it appears to say just the opposite: "*Congress shall >> make no >> > >>>>> law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the >> free >> > >>>>> exercise thereof*". Geez, the Moonbats really hate that, if only >> they >> > >>>>> could somehow do away with the Constitution!! >> > >> > >>>>> Our Declaration of Independence ends with these words: "*And for >> the >> > >>>>> support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the >> protection of >> > >>>>> Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our >> fortunes >> > >>>>> and our sacred honor*." Renewing our 'reliance on the protection >> of >> > >>>>> Divine Providence' doesn't seem like such a bad idea, even after >> 234 years, >> > >>>>> and despite the hateful yells and derogatory remarks from the >> likes of Tom >> > >>>>> For News, and host of other far left extremist socialist-elitist >> Moonbats. >> > >>>>> It is in fact the far left, socialist-elitist extremist camp that >> is so >> > >>>>> filled with hate and so Anti-American, that is so blinded by their >> hate. >> > >> > >>>>> -- >> > >> > >> -- >> > >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> > >> For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> > >> > >> * Visit our other community >> > >> athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> >> <http://www.politicalforum.com/> >> > >> * It's active and moderated. 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