Re: [CTRL] [OT] Report: President Bush Has Lowest IQ ofallPresidentsofPast ...

2001-07-17 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- thew just a quick note here george w bush was appointed, and not elected MJ Only some Religious Myrmidons chant such absurdity. thew are you saying th4e supreme court didn't appoint bush? MJ The Court has no such Power nor did they usurp such. Regard$, --MJ

Re: [CTRL] [OT] Report: President Bush Has LowestIQofallPresidentsofPast 50 Years

2001-07-17 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- BB But consider, government IS big business, Joshua Yes. In a capitalist society where the wealth of the nation is transferred to private enterprises. It doesn't HAVE to be that way. MJ Not in reality, but we can pretend if it makes you feel better. BB

Re: [CTRL] Agriculture After Global Warming

2001-07-17 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Someone Asks Do you think that it's possible this entire Global Warming thing has been concocted to stampede the people into accepting serious international authority over their lives? Nessie chants We already have serious international authority over their lives.

Re: [CTRL] Fwd: How to Stop Bush Amnesty of 3 Million Illegal Aliens

2001-07-17 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Steve Wilson How about human rights? MJ What 'human rights'? One's like those outlined in the contradictory Declaration of Human Rights? Steve Wilson How about fair wages for everyone and not exploiting a person because hes an illegal facing shit jobs no one else

Re: [CTRL] AP: NYT says Florida accepted flawed overseas ballots

2001-07-15 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Nessie News flash -- it doesn't matter who won. Whoever it is, he's a puppet of the corporations who really rule us. The government is a front. MJ ROTFLMAO The Corporations are simply one of THOUSANDS of factions who the Pull-Peddling Politicians utilize to maintain

[CTRL] Big Brother's New Prohibition

2001-07-13 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] BIG BROTHER'S NEW PROHIBITION Stephen A. Beck NONE OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR STATEMENTS ARE TRUE: But people think they are and that's the real crisis. Last year, 24,000 nationwide lost their lives because

Re: [CTRL] Global Warming Much Worse Than Predicted, Say Scientists

2001-07-12 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder by the year 2000...This is about twice what it would take to put us in an ice age. -- Kenneth E.F. Watt on air pollution and global cooling,

[CTRL] A Layman's Look at the Communist Manifesto

2001-07-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] A Layman's Look at the Communist Manifesto by John Keller Partially Educated The Communist Manifesto is one of those documents I was aware of, but had never taken the time to actually read. As a woefully

Re: [CTRL] The Contradictions of Capitalism

2001-07-04 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Nessie Chanted Capitalism and free markets are inherently contradictory. MJ Bullshit. These two concepts are inherently linked. Nessie Chanted Capitalism can't exist in a free market because capitalism requires the state. MJ Bullshit. Once the STATE sticks it's nose

Re: [CTRL] July 4th! The Birthday of America

2001-07-03 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- July 4th! The Birthday of America by David Barton Q.: What is your opinion of David Barton's book The Myth of Separation? A.: The real myth is that Mr. Barton is an historian. -- Gene Garman Regard$, --MJ The United States of

Re: [CTRL] FDR Unmasked

2001-06-26 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Carl Grow up for Pete sake. I am not an FDR fan in general. But, what he did vis a vis W.W.II was necessary. MJ Aaah that 20/20 hindsight. Regard$, --MJ America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of

Re: [CTRL] How it's done: O-L-I-G-O-P-O-L-Y

2001-06-12 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua ol[i[gop[o[ly n., pl. lies OLIG(O) + (MON)OPOLY control of a commodity or service in a given market by a small number of companies or suppliers This is the corporate model for the New World Economic Order. It is based on the successful models in

[CTRL] Siege At Sagle

2001-06-07 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Siege At Sagle by Jeff Elkins Get the guns! We don't know exactly what alerted 15-year-old Benjamin McGuckin. It could have been one of the family dogs, warning the boy when a jackboot broke a twig. Perhaps one of

[CTRL] Does Democracy Promote Peace?

2001-04-26 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Does Democracy Promote Peace? By James Ostrowski Does democracy promote peace? We are told continually that it does. Let's compare the rhetoric to the reality. Not to be confused with a republic, a democracy is a

Re: [CTRL] Who Benefits from the Free Trade Agreements?

2001-04-21 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua Who Benefits from the Free Trade Agreements? By John W. Warnock snip EVERYONE (in the end) benefits from free trade, unfortunately the trip which is labelled such has nothing to do with free trade. Regard$, --MJ Real free trade would mean no subsidies, no trade

Re: [CTRL] nothing new under the sun.

2001-04-21 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua Who said this, and when? snip MJ This is absurd religious nonsense with little if any basis in reality. Regard$, --MJ Most economic fallacies derive ... from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another.

Re: [CTRL] nothing new under the sun.

2001-04-21 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- MJ This is absurd religious nonsense with little if any basis in reality. Nessie So is the belief that "Everyone (in the end) benefits" from "free trade." This is a belief on your part, nothing more. MJ No. Nessie There are no empirical data to back it up.

Re: [CTRL] Who's in charge here? New Tyranny replaces old tyranny.

2001-04-15 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Learn what concepts mean ... and the words which represent them. The WTO is NOT interested in Free Trade ... nor are they about Free Trade Regard$, --MJ Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate

Re: [CTRL] Capitalism at work: So you think businessmen should control your energy eh?

2001-04-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua forwards PGE Bankruptcy Bombshell Deepens California Energy Crisis MJ WHERE was the demonstration of 'capitalism at work' you claimed in your thread title? Regard$, --MJ Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. --

Re: [CTRL] Anyone Have Any Articles on the Federal Reserve?

2001-04-02 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Does the Fed Fight Inflation? by Frank Shostak The Federal Open Market Committee, the executive arm of the US central bank, has voted to raise the federal funds rate and the discount rate by 0.5%, to 6.5% and 6%

Re: [CTRL] Anyone Have Any Articles on the Federal Reserve?

2001-04-02 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Economic Woes and the Federal Reserve Ron Paul Last week was tumultuous for worldwide stock markets, some of which ended the week at their lowest levels in years. Our own Dow-Jones and NASDAQ market indices both

Re: [CTRL] Anyone Have Any Articles on the Federal Reserve?

2001-04-02 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] The Myth of the 'Independent' Fed by Thomas J. DiLorenzo Ever since its founding in 1913, the Fed has described itself as an 'independent' agency operated by selfless public servants striving to 'fine-tune' the

[CTRL] Mad Government Disease

2001-03-26 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Mad Government Disease by Christopher Westley Farmer Freeman woke up one morning last week to find two dozen armed federal officers on his Vermont farm, gathering up his sheep. They were taking them to Iowa, where

Re: [CTRL] The GOP Thieves, Democrats Losers

2001-03-21 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Prudy forwards ... snip A comprehensive new survey of "undervotes" in Palm snip MJ An UNDERVOTE is one in which there is NO selection. An OVERVOTE is one in which there are more than one selection. How does one determine that these ballots go to a specific candidate?

[CTRL] To Harass and Terrorize

2001-03-10 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] To Harass and Terrorize by Jef Allen In its lead story in the Thursday March 8, 2001, edition of the Forsyth County News, the Georgia newspaper (Motto: Your "Hometown Paper" Since 1908), ran an article under the

Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: Public ownership is the solution to the energy crisis]

2001-03-02 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- socialism (soshe-lzem) noun A social system in which the means of producing and distributing goods are owned collectively and political power is exercised by the whole community. ROTFLMAO Regard$, --MJ The laws of economics are more like the laws of physics than may people

Re: [CTRL] Means-Let's limit tenure of Supreme Court justices

2001-03-02 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- William THOMAS JEFFERSON WORRIED THAT ONE DAY THE SUPREME COURT WOULD BECOME DANGEROUS. YOU WERE RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT. Let's limit tenure of Supreme Court justices by Marianne Means 2/28/01 Miami Herald. Having created a president by distorting its own

[CTRL] Thirteen Lies (and Perhaps a Single Truth)

2001-02-21 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Thirteen Lies (and Perhaps a Single Truth) by Servando Gonzalez Some time ago I found on the Web a joker's site with suggestions about deductions you can legally claim to lower your taxes. One of them was, go watch

[CTRL] Beheading the Great Messiah

2001-02-12 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- In our government-controlled schools we are taught that Lincoln was our greatest president because his war ended slavery and saved the Union. As usual, the other side of the story -- the side that reflects poorly on the government -- somehow gets lost.

Re: [CTRL] How it works: Today North America. Tomorrow the world. _ FTAA pt. 2/3

2001-02-10 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- War is peace; freedom is slavery; ignorance is strength. -- George Orwell A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not

Re: [CTRL] How it works: Today North America. Tomorrow the world. _ FTAA pt. 3/3

2001-02-10 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Real free trade would mean no subsidies, no trade taxes, no loan guarantees, and, for Heaven’s sake, no bailouts of foreign banks and governments. --Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion

[CTRL] California Dreaming

2001-02-07 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] California Dreaming by William Anderson When we last left the Socialist Republic of California, someone had switched off the lights. According to the latest news, someone has switched them on again as the

Re: [CTRL] School Vouchers

2001-01-30 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Is there a particular reason you removed the CONTEXT? This is errant nonsense and statist sophistry. Nessie Who said anything about statism? I don't think the government should run the schools, either. I just don't want to to see them fall into the hands of

Re: [CTRL] School Vouchers

2001-01-29 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Nessie Before public education, literacy was limited to a handful, all rich or in the employ of the church. That was failure. MJ Bullshit. Kindly PROVE your assertion. Regard$, --MJ By preventing a free market in education, a handful of social engineers ... has ensured

Re: [CTRL] BUSH'S 'FAITH-BASED' SOCIAL SERVICE PLAN VIOLATES CONSTITUTION

2001-01-29 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Shannon forwards "The Constitution created a separation between religion and government, not a massive new bureaucracy designed to unite the two," added Lynn, a United Church of Christ minister and an attorney. "The very existence of a federal office whose

Re: [CTRL] DERSHOWITZ: Bush Starts Off by Defying the Constitution

2001-01-27 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ And in a home with so many owners, there can be no official sectarian prayer. That is what the 1st Amendment is all about, and the first act by the new administration was in defiance of our Constitution. MJ Unfortunately, Dershowitz would not

Re: [CTRL] A Question.....

2001-01-23 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- sno0wl Can Bush just cut off funds to international family planning agencies? Doesn't this kind of thing need approvalneed to go through committees? Require congressional approval? Is he some kind of emperor or Czar who can just say "This is how it's gonna

Re: [CTRL] A Question.....

2001-01-23 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. --Thomas Jefferson Bill I agree hence my opposition to funding religious schools through any "voucher" program. MJ What

Re: [CTRL] Corporations ubber alles: Who's in charge here?

2001-01-21 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua The problem is that we " CONSUMERS " ( A BIOLOGICAL ENTITY WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO CONSUME ) are not modifying our behavior well enough to conform to the machinations of the free market and its corporate manipulators. MJ If someone is MANIPULATING a

Re: [CTRL] Capitalism - It's a beautiful thing to watch freemarkets dowhat they do best.

2001-01-21 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua "Why is California short on Electricity ? MJ You should TRULY learn the fucking difference between PRIVATE and GOVERNMENT. Joshua You should TRULY learn to live in the real world. MJ It is you who seeks to hide from reality. Joshua Your

[CTRL] Christ the Culprit?

2001-01-21 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Christ the Culprit? by Joseph Sobran Time magazine has just hailed an intellectual breakthrough: "A new book claims that Christianity, not just bad Christians, is to blame for persecution of the Jews." What an

Re: [CTRL] Corporations ubber alles: Who's in charge here?

2001-01-21 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua The problem is that we " CONSUMERS " ( A BIOLOGICAL ENTITY WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO CONSUME ) are not modifying our behavior well enough to conform to the machinations of the free market and its corporate manipulators. MJ If someone is MANIPULATING a

[CTRL] Tryanny Personified

2001-01-19 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Tryanny Personified by Thomas J. DiLorenzo During the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings for attorney general nominee John Ashcroft, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-O'Shea's Saloon) threw a fit over a perfectly correct

Re: [CTRL] Capitalism - It's a beautiful thing to watch free markets do what they do best.

2001-01-19 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- At 09:41 PM 1/19/01 -0500, you wrote: -Caveat Lector- "Why is California short on Electricity ? You should TRULY learn the fucking difference between PRIVATE and GOVERNMENT. California's Enemy: The

[CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime

2001-01-17 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime Robert Stacy McCain When he was the governor of Arkansas only two decades ago, Bill Clinton routinely issued proclamations, with the usual rhetorical flourishes,

Re: [CTRL] Global warming claims 'based on false data'??

2001-01-14 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua This is obfuscation and drivel. All you need to know is that the ice caps and the worlds glaciers are melting and sea level is rising. No assholes can argue those measurements. MJ Are you describing WHAT you are writing? This 'sky is falling' Global Warming is

Re: [CTRL] Racism And The Fight For Democracy

2001-01-13 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- MJ The LAW won out rather than the mob. Nessie Are you saying that you consider We The People to be a mob? If so, what's that make you? MJ No. Regard$, --MJ Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who

Re: [CTRL] Bus Won Popular Vote - We Shall See j2

2001-01-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua Even after several Florida and national publications paid to have a recount done where Gore came out ahead by several thousand popular votes, MJ Are you CERTAIN you meant to write this? You do realize what you have stated ... which is probably the

Re: [CTRL] Democracy, the election, and the news media

2001-01-07 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Carla Binion For example, Rush Limbaugh repeatedly says the U. S. is a republic instead of a democracy. He and other like-minded media folks often remind us we do not have direct democracy -- meaning, for example, the public does not vote on every

Re: [CTRL] American Anarchism / Libertarianism vs Socialism

2001-01-07 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Nessie Socialism is not a form of government -- it's a relationship between people, one characterized by sharing. MJ In reality, Socialism is a social system in which the means of producing and distributing goods are owned collectively and political power is exercised

Re: [CTRL] License to Kill

2000-12-31 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- c. i ask you again what that 3/5s comment is alluding to. MJ Nothing. It is simply a portion of a formula for determining Representatives. c. the group of people this fraction applies to is not stated. but the fractions (or not) relating to other groups

Re: [CTRL] License to Kill

2000-12-31 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth. -- Bill Clintot Vera Is that supposed to be a joke? MJ My relating it? No. Bill's utterance? Got me. Vera Are we to understand from that statement that Bill Clinton

Re: [CTRL] License to Kill

2000-12-31 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- MJ This is a formula for determining Representation of a State. Nesie Representation of a State is determined by counting the number of human beings who live there. The formula calls for some human beings to counted as a human being, some human beings to be

Re: [CTRL] License to Kill

2000-12-31 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- c. i ask you again what that 3/5s comment is alluding to. MJ Nothing. It is simply a portion of a formula for determining Representatives. c. the group of people this fraction applies to is not stated. but the fractions (or not) relating to

Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: The Invisible Hand: Still Scary After All TheseYears]

2000-12-30 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- MJ If capitalism is NOT an economic system void of Government intervention ... then what 'word' suits this ideal? Capitalism: You hire me to build a fence on your property to a specific specification for a certain compensation. We sign a contract. I

Re: [CTRL] License to Kill

2000-12-30 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- MJ Additionally, there is no declaration, claim, assertion or otherwise that slaves are 3/5 of a human that can be found within the United States Constitution -- yours and others efforts at mental masturbation inclusive. What is referenced is simply a formula for

Re: [CTRL] License to Kill

2000-12-30 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- c. i ask you again what that 3/5s comment is alluding to. MJ Nothing. It is simply a portion of a formula for determining Representatives. Regard$, --MJ It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the

Re: [CTRL] License to Kill

2000-12-28 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- c. since you are condescending to sort out my trouble with basic english- you MJ There is no such thing as 'english' -- basic or otherwise. Additionally, there is no declaration, claim, assertion or otherwise that slaves are 3/5 of a human that can be found within the

Re: [CTRL] License to Kill

2000-12-27 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Nessie They did no such thing. Slaves were considered three-fifths of a human being. MJ Bullshit. Point to the specific article, section and clause. Regard$, --MJ If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. -- Anatole France A

Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: The Invisible Hand: Still Scary After All TheseYears]

2000-12-27 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- flw Capitalism/ Communism/ Socialism/Fascism are all dependent on State Empowerment. Without the police power of statism, none of these systems can exist. MJ If capitalism is NOT an economic system void of Government intervention ... then what 'word' suits this

Re: [CTRL] License to Kill

2000-12-27 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Nessie They did no such thing. Slaves were considered three-fifths of a human being. MJ Bullshit. Point to the specific article, section and clause. Nessie Article 1, Section two of the American Constitution: "The House of Representatives shall be composed

Re: [CTRL] License to Kill

2000-12-27 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Nessie They did no such thing. Slaves were considered three-fifths of a human being. MJ Bullshit. Point to the specific article, section and clause. Nessie Article 1, Section two of the American Constitution: "The House of Representatives shall be

Re: [CTRL] License to Kill

2000-12-27 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- MJ Where are people 'measured'? Where are 'slaves considered three-fifths of a human being'? Nessie If you don't get it, maybe it's because you don't want to. MJ Get what? The words quoted do NOT support this absurdity. The reference is simply a formula for

[CTRL] Will of the People?

2000-12-14 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Will of the People? by Thomas J. DiLorenzo The state needs to invent an endless series of myths about its powers and importance in order to exist, and there is no bigger myth than the notion that democratic

[CTRL] Now the Bad News

2000-12-14 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Now the Bad News by Mark Brandly Eight years of government expansion and political corruption was enough. The good news is that the Clinton-Gore era is coming to a close, and all their political appointees in

[CTRL] A Lesson in Academic Housecleaning

2000-12-12 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Pearl Harbor Historiography: A Lesson in Academic Housecleaning by Gary North Robert Stinnett closes his excellent summary article on Pearl Harbor historiography with these words: "Though the Freedom of Information

[CTRL] December 7, 1941 . . . a Day of Deceit

2000-12-10 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] December 7, 1941 . . . a Day of Deceit by Robert B. Stinnett This week, as Americans remember those 2403 men, women, and children killed and 1178 wounded in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on

[CTRL] Those WTO Protests

2000-12-07 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Those WTO Protests By Ilana Mercer With the anniversary of the WTO protest, the protesters once again descended on the city of Seattle. Like a troop of primates, they hooted, threw rocks and bottles of gasoline,

Re: [CTRL] IF THE VOTE WERE FLAWLESS...

2000-12-03 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- IF THE VOTE WERE FLAWLESS... We would have begun again as 48% of the voters said None of these Putzes compared to the closest Putz at 25%. Regard$, --MJ Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though

Re: [CTRL] Ignorance kills.

2000-12-02 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Learn the difference between private and government. If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. -- Anatole France A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list.

Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: GLOBAL STATISM: Pathologically Amoral Economics]

2000-12-02 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Learn the difference between private and government. If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. -- Anatole France A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list.

Re: [CTRL] Ignorance kills.

2000-12-02 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- MJ Learn the difference between private and government. Joshua Could you please repeat that. Again, and again, and again. MJ Since YOU continuously repeat the same nonsense ... I figure you constantly need reminding. Regard$, --MJ If a million people believe a

[CTRL] Chaos Theory

2000-12-01 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Chaos Theory by Bob Murphy Throughout history, there have been countless arguments advanced to support the State. None of them has been valid. This essay will address a certain class of these arguments, whose

Re: [CTRL] Barry Grey's 3 Principles- Lie, Obfuscate, and Accuse your foe of actions you yourself are guilty

2000-11-16 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Barry Grey With his nationally televised speech Thursday night, Republican Governor George W. Bush became the first candidate in US history to attempt, openly and before the American people, to gain the presidency through the suppression of votes. MJ

Re: [CTRL] 13 Myths About the Results of the 2000 Election

2000-11-13 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Cowan 1) Myth: Al Gore has a responsibility to concede the election. MJ Who claimed this? *IF* the votes are certified by the proper State of Florida gurus and Bush remains the winner ... then ... Cowan 2) Myth: the number of "spoiled ballots" in Palm Beach County

Re: [CTRL] Just a little reminder about American democracy.

2000-11-12 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- flw One should not dare to call this a democracy since it is not a democracy. Joshua You got that right. flw It is supposed to be a Constitutional Republic. Joshua No. It's supposed to be a Plutocratic Oligarchy. Which is exactly what it is. MJ I realize

Re: [CTRL] The REAL conspiracy behind the election farce

2000-11-11 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- How about ... federal control of elections ... including but not limited to a national id? A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed.

Re: [CTRL] Chcken Hawks

2000-10-18 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Wow ... and with this silly attempt at equivocation NONE of those purported 'avoiders' wrote their congresscritter explaining how he LOATHED the military. Go Figure. Regard$, --MJ Where is it written in the Constitution, in what section or clause is it contained, that you may

[CTRL] Remember the Maine! And the Other Ships Sunk To Start a War

2000-10-16 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Remember the Maine! And the Other Ships Sunk To Start a War by Bill Sardi February 15, 1898: "Remember the Maine." Mysterious explosion rocks the battleship MAINE in Havana Harbor, Cuba. 266 men were killed.

[CTRL] When Elephants Fly

2000-10-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ When Elephants Fly by Carole Ward I believe Republicans are going to lose in November, because utopian wolves outnumber the grass eaters. Even if conservatives eke out a victory in November, the battle for a Constitutional Republic is lost.

Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Debate the Constitution

2000-10-04 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Bob Hogwash. Bush and the reactionaries want to enshrine the Constitution, to cast it in stone, to worship it as Holy Writ. The problem with that is that it was never intended to be seen that way. MJ Really? Bob Gore is exactly correct. The

Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: FDA conflicts of interest (USA Today)]

2000-10-03 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Bastiat Property is prior to law; the sole function of the law is to safeguard the right to property wherever it exists, wherever it is formed, in whatever manner the worker produces it, whether individually or in association, provided that he

Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: FDA conflicts of interest (USA Today)]

2000-10-01 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- -Caveat Lector- FDA advisers tied to industry MJ Ever hear of the Public Choice Model? This unconstitutional, oppressive illusion should be abolished. tenebroust I don't think we can go to a system where there is NO regulation, because it

Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: (en) Our globalisation - Fighting Global STATISM]]

2000-09-28 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Please define: a. Government b. Private What is the difference between these two concepts? Regard$, --MJ An acute first-class brain is the finest asset anyone can have- and, if we want to be happy, it is an asset we must exploit to the uttermost. -- Cicero A

Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: FDA conflicts of interest (USA Today)]

2000-09-26 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- FDA advisers tied to industry Ever hear of the Public Choice Model? This unconstitutional, oppressive illusion should be abolished. Regard$, --MJ Regulation - which is based on force and fear - undermines the moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe

Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: The Selling of Free Trade: NAFTA, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy]

2000-09-25 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua, Why would 'free trade' require an agreement? You AGAIN (and continuously) choose to assist in the malignment of the solution. Regard$, --MJ A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of

Re: [CTRL] Only capitalism.

2000-09-25 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Learn the freaking difference between Government and private. Regard$, --MJ A totalitarian state thrives on propaganda, and there is no more effective way to limit thought than to control the language itself. By changing definitions of words through continual association, any

Re: [CTRL] Look for the Union Label

2000-09-18 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua 1) Unlike the pre-WWII unions, they did not want to do away with Capitalism. MJ Learn the difference between PRIVATE and government. Joshua 2) They served as buffers between corporations and their workers. Just as the FDA, FCC, NLRB, and

Re: [CTRL] Corporations ubber alles: Free trade at work.

2000-09-17 Thread M.A. Johnson
Nurev Electing a Free Trader like Gore or Bush will condemn people like those described below to lives of virtual slavery. MJ NEITHER of these Putz's have *ANY* interest in FREE TRADE. You *DO* know the difference between private and government ... don't you? Regard$, --MJ Law

Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: [Fwd: Nader: Empower People vs. Elite Control]]

2000-09-17 Thread M.A. Johnson
Except in the sacred texts of democracy and in the incantations of orators, we hardly take the trouble to pretend that the rule of the majority is not at bottom a rule of force. What other virtue can there be in fifty-one percent except the brute fact that fifty-one is more than forty-nine? The

Re: [CTRL] Awash in Oil-Whine about a 5% rise in taxes, but accept a businessman's 300% raise of the cost of oil.

2000-09-13 Thread M.A. Johnson
Joshua belched Americans deserve to get screwed. They are so brainwashed into deifying " the Market," that it's perfectly OK for businessmen to rip them off to the tune of tripling the price of oil. MJ That this is patently absurd aside (it is the Government's insistence on

[CTRL] Government and High Prices

2000-09-13 Thread M.A. Johnson
~~for educational purposes only~~ Government and High Prices By Thomas J. DiLorenzo The U.S. Congress is holding hearings on why gasoline prices have risen; pundits are beginning to repeat the anti-capitalist oil company bashing of the 1970s; and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban

[CTRL] Why the Price of Oil Is Surging

2000-09-13 Thread M.A. Johnson
~~for educational purposes only~~ Why the Price of Oil Is Surging By George Reisman Over the last year, the price of oil has once again been surging. The most prominent immediate cause has been cutbacks in the production of oil on the part of the member countries of OPEC, such as Saudi Arabia

[CTRL] Hidden Costs of Regulation

2000-09-13 Thread M.A. Johnson
~~for educational purposes only~~ Hidden Costs of Regulation by Christopher Mayer "In many countries interventionism has so undermined the supremacy of the market that it is more advantageous for a businessman to rely upon the aid of those in political office than upon

Re: [CTRL] Why health-care reform hasn't worked.

2000-09-12 Thread M.A. Johnson
snip Remove the Government SOLVE the problem. Chart the relation between government programs and restrictions such as the FDA and Medicare/Medicaid versus increases in costs and the problem and solution are readily apparent. Regard$, --MJ Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution,

Re: [CTRL] Statism at work. Hitman economics.

2000-09-10 Thread M.A. Johnson
Nurev Ind Research wrote: snip more silly nonsense MJ Learn the difference between Government and private. Regard$, --MJ The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth. -- Bill Clinton A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER

Re: [CTRL] An American Dictatorship: Ralph Nader's Vision for America

2000-08-15 Thread M.A. Johnson
Nurev If capitalism continues much longer, we will become the first species to become extinct due to insanity. Bill Amen JACKson! MJ Shouldn't capitalism will FIRST be implemented? You *DO* know the difference between PRIVATE and Government. Regard$, --MJ A totalitarian

[CTRL] CORRECTED Re: [CTRL] An American Dictatorship: Ralph Nader's Vision for America

2000-08-15 Thread M.A. Johnson
Nurev If capitalism continues much longer, we will become the first species to become extinct due to insanity. Bill Amen JACKson! MJ Shouldn't capitalism FIRST be implemented? You *DO* know the difference between PRIVATE and Government. Regard$, --MJ A totalitarian state

[CTRL] A Post-Liberal America

2000-06-17 Thread M.A. Johnson
~~for educational purposes only~~ A Post-Liberal America by Paul Gottfried On all side of contemporary political debate, one key shibboleth is both widely conceded and little examined: that we now decisively have entered a post-liberal phase of American political life. This belief, like all

Re: [CTRL] What a pathetic democracy.

2000-06-07 Thread M.A. Johnson
Joshua2 If we're REAL lucky we can get the biggest, most corrupt government on earth to pass laws that will shut down one of its most lucrative operations. Legalized bribery. How to do this? By encouraging the self same slime to accept ' finance reform ' or some

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