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$,
--MJ
A totalitarian state thri
Nurev
If capitalism continues much longer, we will become the first species to
become extinct due to insanity.
Bill
Amen JACKson!
MJ
Shouldn't capitalism will FIRST be implemented?
You *DO* know the difference between PRIVATE and
Government.
Regard$,
--MJ
A totalitarian state
~~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 ideo
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 water
Eagle 1
Could this mean that the system IS working?
MJ
No.
There is absolutely no possible method for determining whether
or not this Constitutional violation stopped or prohibited *any*
person from obtaining a gun. It might have prevented a person
from purchasing a gun at a 'background
~~for educational purposes only~~
Anti-trust, Anti-truth
By Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Joel Klein, the third-rate lawyer/political hack
who is in charge of the government's Microsoft
persecution, recently tried to rationalize the
lawsuit by saying that it was in keeping with the
long history of consume
Waste your vote! Vote for Patrick Buchanan!
Protectionism and the Destruction of Prosperity
By Murray N. Rothbard
Protectionism, often refuted and seemingly abandoned, has returned,
and with a vengeance. The Japanese, who bounced back from
grievous losses in World War II to astound the world by
MJ
Why not explain WHY Dr. Sowell's piece is 'nonsense' rather
than utilizing Hillary Clinton's tact at diverting attention from
substance and to personalities -- real or imagined.
Bill
Who said it was "nonsense"??
MJ
Note 'nonsense' in quotes ... this was implied.
Bill
OK...5 million posts a day is one thing but now we're subject to every
right-wing republican's editorials too??? Yuck! Please cease the
insanity!
MJ
Why not explain WHY Dr. Sowell's piece is 'nonsense' rather
than utilizing Hillary Clinton's tact at diverting attention from
subst
The Government has been 'monopolizing' and selling this
for years.
Regard$,
--MJ
In ten years all important animal life in the sea will be
extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated
because of the stench of dead fish.
-- Paul Ehrlich, Earth Day 1970
http://www.ctrl.org/">www
~~for educational purposes only~~
Reichstag Fires on Campus
by William Anderson
A recent racial incident at Iowa State
University brought to light what has
been a scandalous trend in U.S. higher
education. For several days, a black
male dental school student received
numerous racist e-mails, and
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/">
-Cui Bono?-
~~for educational purposes only~~
Free Trade, Mercantilism, and Empire
by Joseph R. Stromberg
HOW TO HAVE 'FREE TRADE'
Most people these days outside of certain
left-wing and right-wing populist
circles understand that global trade
tends
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/">
-Cui Bono?-
Nurev:
All of the "acceptable" candidates running for President of the
United States of America are rich, white, Protestant, Capitalist,
Internationalist, Free Traders.
MJ:
Bullshit.
They have NO interest in capitalism OR Free T
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/">
-Cui Bono?-
~~for educational purposes only~~
The Gates-Rockefeller Myth
By Thomas J. DiLorenzo
The judge in the Microsoft antitrust trial,
Thomas Penfield Jackson, recently stated
that he "didn't see a distinction" between
Bill Gates's Microsoft Corpor
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/">
-Cui Bono?-
Spitzer:
Read this and then tell me if there is ANYONE that still thinks
that corporate money and power does not determine policy making
in this country?
MJ:
Power for politicians determine 'policy' in this country -- buying
vo
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/">
-Cui Bono?-
the_extremist:
Jon Utley, a former foreign correspondent in Latin America and a
longtime commentator for the Voice of America, is the Robert A.
Taft
Fellow for Constitutional and International Studies at the Ludwig von
-Caveat Lector-
Joshua forwarded:
The Growth Consensus Unravels
Jonathan Rowe, Dollars and Sense
It was John Maynard Keynes, after all, who devised
the growth-boosting mechanisms of macroeconomic
policy to combat the Depression of the 1930s; it
was Keynesians who emb
-Caveat Lector-
Antitrust and Microsoft
by Dominick Armentano
The Microsoft Corporation's continuing difficulties
with the Department of Justice, even after an appeals
court ruled in the company's favor, reveal the
absurdity of attempting to apply 19th-century
antitrust law to a 21st-century co
-Caveat Lector-
Microsoft and liberty
Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
Is free enterprise legal in America or not?
Joshua
This isn't free enterprise. It's monopoly capitalism. The natural
outcome of of unregulated free enterprise. Monopoly Capitalism is
more destructive than global w
-Caveat Lector-
~~for educational purposes only~~
Microsoft and liberty
Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
Is free enterprise legal in America or not?
That is the fundamental question raised by
federal judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's
207-page "Findings of Fact" against
Microsoft. Here's a judge who has
-Caveat Lector-
A Predatory Monopoly
monopoly
Exclusive possession of the trade in some article
of merchandise; the condition of having no competitor
in the sale of some commodity, or in the exercise
of some trade or business.
Oh, you mean ... The MONOPOLY Federal Judge agrees
the MONOPOLY J
-Caveat Lector-
MICHAEL SPITZER wrote:
Also does anyone know the status of H.J. RES. 17, proposing an
amendment to the Constitution to repeal the twenty-second
amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms
a president may serve?
MJ:
WHAT limitations? By utilizing th
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Prudence L. Kuhn wrote:
If we could just get it back to the policies it used about
forty years ago, it would be fine. That was before it was
sold lock, stock and barrel to the pharmaceutical companies.
MJ:
If this were TRUE, why is it a ten year (on average) $300
mill
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MJ:
What of all the deaths from delays, bloated costs and failure
to approve otherwise legitimate products?
Tenorlove wrote:
Read my previous post again.
MJ:
Funny, the words were ordered in the same manner and related
the SAME meaning.
Regard$,
--MJ
While the Pobb
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Tenorlove wrote:
I don't know about abolish; after all, they refused to approve
thalidomide for morning sickness, saving thousands of U.S. babies from
horrible birth defects.
MJ:
What of all the deaths from delays, bloated costs and failure
to approve otherwise legitimate
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Dave wrote:
By MICHAEL PAULSON Mail Author
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON -- Detailing criticisms likely to form
the basis for much of the protest in Seattle next
The World Trade Organization (WTO)
The World Trade Organizati
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Joshua
America's founding principles were concocted by our
Founding Finaglers who are well described by the
philosophers below. The Founding Finaglers made
damn sure that the institutions of power they
constructed for themselves would never completely
be u
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Sean McDougal forwarded:
There are two kinds of propaganda - rational propaganda
in favor of action that is consonant with the
enlightened self-interest of those who make it and
those to whom it is addressed, and non-rational
propaganda that is not consonant
-Caveat Lector-
~~for educational purposes only~~
The Mythology of Roosevelt and the New Deal
by Robert Higgs
The Great Depression was a watershed in American
history. Soon after Herbert Hoover assumed the
presidency in 1929, the economy began to decline,
and between 1930 and 1933 the contract
-Caveat Lector-
~~for educational purposes only~~
Great Myths of the Great Depression
by Lawrence W. Reed
Many volumes have been written about the Great Depression
and its impact on the lives of millions of Americans.
Historians, economists, and politicians have all combed
the wreckage searchi
-Caveat Lector-
~~for educational purposes only~~
The Central Fallacy of Public Schooling
by Daniel Hager
[Daniel Haer is a writer in Lansing, Michigan]
When World War II ended, Congress authorized a tax
cut to take effect January 1, 1946. YoungAmerica, a
publication distributed through publ
-Caveat Lector-
~~for educational purposes only~~
The Origins of the Public School
by Robert P. Murphy
[Robert Murphy is a recent graduate from
Hillsdale College in Michigan]
Hardly anyone disputes the contention that the
modern public school is seriously flawed. Test
scores continue to be
-Caveat Lector-
MJ:
Capitalism has NEVER existed.
Please explain how forcibly taking from SOME and giving
this to others is moral.
SM:
CAPITALISM has existed for centuries and leaves no room
for truly representative government, be it socialism or
any kind of truly free ma
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Ric Carter:
If it *doesn't* work, it don't
matter diddly-squat what its moral attributes may be -
it's dead. And if the participants *don't* benefit, it
can hardly be considered 'moral'.
Joshua
Not really. Something doesn't have to work to be moral.
What Hi
-Caveat Lector-
~~for educational purposes only~~
Yours and mine
by Walter Williams
TOM BETHELL, a visiting fellow at the Hoover
Institution and Washington correspondent for
"The American Spectator," has just penned an
excellent book titled ""The Noblest Triumph:
Property and Prosperity Throug
-Caveat Lector-
Joshua quoted:
Of all the modern economic theories, the economic system
of Marxism is founded on moral principles, while capitalism
is concerned with only with gain and profitability. Marxism
is concerned with the distribution of wealth on an equal basis
and the e
-Caveat Lector-
Joshua forwarded:
As the United States approaches to the 2000 presidential
race, in which more money will be spent than ever, the
fact must be faced that American has become a plutocracy,
rather than a democracy.
MJ:
America was never intended to be a Democra
-Caveat Lector-
Nurev Ind Research wrote:
Don't be fooled by these oinkres' propaganda.
MJ:
Ad hominem
Joshua:
If the shoe fits...
MJ:
It is your shoe and apparently it fits your foot as you
continue to concentrate on the individual making the
statement rather than the statem
-Caveat Lector-
Nurev Ind Research wrote:
What kind of human being are you really if you can
advocate for this system?
Minimum Wage Workers Unable to
Afford Rent Anywhere in Nation
MJ:
Why do you insist upon calling an orange a banana?
Regard$,
--MJ
I sit on a man's back, choki
-Caveat Lector-
Nurev Ind Research wrote:
Don't be fooled by these oinkres' propaganda.
MJ:
Ad hominem
Nurev Ind Research wrote:
The problem with unequal income distribution is NOT
inequality. The problem is CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH
into the hands of fewer and fewer people. This i
-Caveat Lector-
Federal Government Growth Before the New Deal
by Randall G. Holcombe
Popular opinion holds that most of the credit (or
blame) for the incredible growth of the federal
government should go to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt and his New Deal. While Roosevelt certainly
was a willin
-Caveat Lector-
The Supreme Court of the United States:
Guardians of the Constitution or Watching Out
for Their Own?
by Daniel J. Pilla
By the very terms of the Constitution, all judicial
officers, as well as others in government service,
"shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation" to support
the
-Caveat Lector-
~~for educational purposes only~~
The Rich Get Richer, and the Poor Get...
by Mark Skousen
"The modern market economy accords wealth and distribution
income in a highly unequal, socially adverse and also
functionally damaging fashion." --John Kenneth Galbraith
The allegation i
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>From Sean:
Well. My senior honors government/economics class is
well into the first chapter now, and something's
disturbed me about our textbook. Section 3 of the
book gives a basic run down of different economic
systems and how they work. There is a section fo
-Caveat Lector-
The authority for Executive Order BEYOND the Executive
Department aside ...
The tenth amendment was 'de-toothed' by Chief USURPING
Justice Marshall with McCulloch versus Maryland -- this
complements his declaration that the Court says what the
Law is in Marbury v. Madison, 1803.
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Bill Richer wrote:
The New American magazine just came out with the voting records
of U.S. Congressmen for the first half of 1999. They looked at
20 of the most important bills in each house, then found out how
often the person voted constitutionally. Here are some resu
-Caveat Lector-
T Nohava wrote:
http://www.nypost.com/news/1315.htm
GATE$: MY DOUGH WILL GO BEFORE I LOG OFF
By KIRSTEN DANIS
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Gates Learning Foundation; William H. Gates Foundation
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations Issue Statement
on Returning Their
-Caveat Lector-
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 economy through monetary policy. In reality,
however, a nonpolitic
-Caveat Lector-
MICHAEL SPITZER wrote:
From another list I'm on:
Question: I am not a pilot, or an airplane mechanic, so I ask
this from a position of ignorance and seek responses from those
more expert.
I was reading the accounts of the plane accident, and from what I
-Caveat Lector-
Kris Millegan wrote:
Read what was written and what you posted.
90% control does not mean output.
Dogmatic blindness?
MJ:
Standard Oil's market percentage PEAKED at 88%.
Reaching such a level is NOT a monopoly NOR does it
imply/infer/mean such a level was sustained
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Well my computer has been 'ill' ...
This is total and absolute nonsense:
Das GOAT wrote:
1901
"The Spindletop [oil] gusher in Beaumont, Texas, gives
John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust its first
major competition. The Beaumont Field contains more
oil
-Caveat Lector-
~~for educational purposes~~
Corruption of language
by Walter E. Williams
MANY OF MY YOUTHFUL Saturday afternoons were spent at the
theater watching Tarzan or Jungle Jim fighting in the swamps
and jungles against the forces of evil. There were swamps
and jungles because we sa
-Caveat Lector-
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
Much of the R and D in high tech industries is funded
by the taxpayers... We have NASA, NSA, Livermore, MIT,
the mammoth defense contractors.. Silicon Valley
has had its share of government subsidies..
MJ:
Then it is
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SCIO-LTD wrote:
The subsidies are often indirect through the granting of
minor or major monopolies, (for a good example see the
history of AT&T, and the monopoly they had for well over
a half a century).The government often has a dual
use/dual purpose
-Caveat Lector-
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
... have had articles featuring what I believe is a growing
class division in America.
MJ:
Do NOT 99% of Americans consider themselves 'middle class'?
Is it class division or culture?
It it a PERCEPTION manipulation?
Are you considering
-Caveat Lector-
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
Nice try, Mr. Johnson, but you're in error. Bartlett
and Steele use figures from the OMB, the IRS and the
US Census Bureau... not the House Ways and Means
Committee and NOT the Tax Foundation!
MJ:
So Bartlett & Steele (fallacy of
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William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
The free trade vs. protectionism debate is something of a joke.
MJ:
Yes, especially when ONLY the latter exists in the reality
of today.
Regard$,
--MJ
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of
belief in freedom itself. --
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SCIO-LTD wrote:
The subsidies are often indirect through the granting of
minor or major monopolies, (for a good example see the
history of AT&T, and the monopoly they had for well over
a half a century).The government often has a dual
use/dual purpose agen
-Caveat Lector-
Income, taxes and demagoguery
by Thomas Sowell
William Hugh Tunstall
Mr. Sowell is engaged in a rather clever campaign of
disinformation.
information about some book
Sorry. The facts do not support Sowell's position.
MJ:
The 'facts' in the book you cited?
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Howard R. Davis III wrote:
Life Magazine made a list of the individuals who had the
most effect upon our civilization during the last millenium.
At the top of the list was Thomas Alva Edison. When his
teacher told his mother that he would never amount to anything
-Caveat Lector-
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
Why do you feel the need to play these little, crappy
rhetorical games?
MJ:
I am 'playing' no games.
Let us take the most basic example of late:
libertarian (lîb´er-târ´ê-en) noun
1. One who believes in freedom of action and thought.
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Nurev:
No matter what changes and inovations Capitalism goes through,
there always remains the deadly constants.
1- Private ownership of large amounts of capital ALWAYS
causes concentration of wealth into few hands. With that
ALWAYS comes control and expl
-Caveat Lector-
Income, taxes and demagoguery
by Thomas Sowell
WHEN YOU HEAR POLITICIANS and intellectuals talking -- often
very loudly -- about "the rich," do you ever wonder who they
are talking about and how much money those "rich" people make?
And do you ever wonder why those who are making
-Caveat Lector-
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
A man or woman's character is meaningless in America. It
is the possession of wealth that matters. Of course, you
or I might judge individuals differently; but for the most
part, Americans judge and evaluate one another on the ba
-Caveat Lector-
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
Adam Smith recognized that there were some services which
the "free market" cannot provide for citizens.
MJ:
What has Adam Smith to do with anything?
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
Please clarify your position. Are you against All taxes?
-Caveat Lector-
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 serious
discussion involving the concepts that the words
represents becomes ho
MJ:
Actually, pointing at reality.
If YOU will read my statement below, you will plainly see that
the subject of my comment was NOT you (unless of course you are
trying on shoes for fit).
(snipped for brevity)
On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, M.A. Johnson wrote:
I have never claimed nor am I a Libertarian.
-Caveat Lector-
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
Whenever this government tries to help people, it does a
miserable job. Why? Because in case you haven't noticed,
for the most part, Americans, in general, hate the poor
and the working class.
BULLSHIT.
Regard$,
--MJ
A man receiving c
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William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
I feel sorry for you, MJ, if you equate humanitarian
care for the elderly and the indigent with "stealing."
MJ:
I said no such thing. You confuse words with concepts AND
you also confuse CHARITY with government theft.
William Hugh Tuns
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William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
I find libertarianism to be not only a flawed approach to
political and social issues...but also a dangerous one.
extension of logical fallacy
MJ:
I have never claimed nor am I a Libertarian. I see your use of
ad hominem and the straw man run
-Caveat Lector-
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
I find it interesting that Williams does NOT ask WHY D.C.
is filled with "black thugs."
The blame-game is a tricky affair. First off, we have to
ask ourselves exactly why it is that we live in a country
in which crime is an
-Caveat Lector-
Edward Britton wrote:
There is a saying that both creme and scum rise to the
top, and in that regard, surely this essay is a fine
example of the latter.
MJ:
No problem here -- certainly a legitimate opinion/review.
Edward Britton wrote:
I want to persona
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William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
There's always a certain percentage of the population that
is unable to work for a variety of physical/psychological
reasons...disabilities, mental health problems, etc.
MJ:
Does this provide them with a 'special right' to steal fro
-Caveat Lector-
nessie wrote:
Not all of the "rest of the working class" CAN pay for
their own health care, at least not if they want to
also eat food, wear clothes and live indoors.
Keep their cell phones, two cars, beepers, credit cards ...
MJ:
Pfewww
Government
-Caveat Lector-
Das GOAT wrote:
"Thousands of local police nationwide were trained in the use
of 'racial profiling' by the DEA, as part of its 'Operation
Pipeline,' a federally funded anti-drug program."
Racial profiling
by Walter Williams
NEW JERSEY GOV. CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN fir
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nessie wrote:
Affluent people of all nations get better health care than
the rest of us. This is an atrocity. Health care is a human
right.
MJ:
How so? For this to be true ... others MUST be slaves, victims
of theft and out and out raped so that 'everyone' has healt
-Caveat Lector-
MJ:
For this to be true ... others MUST be slaves, victims
of theft and out and out raped so that 'everyone' has
healthcare -- whatever that may entail.
nessie wrote:
How so?
MJ:
How will doctors, nurses, et al AND supplies be 'paid for'? Will
these people be FORC
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Eagle 1 wrote:
What is it with guns?
Guns don't kill anyone.
nurev wrote:
You are a liar!
MJ:
If you and I sat in a room (or you sat alone) with a gun
on the table ... at what point does the gun shoot you or
I?
Regard$,
--MJ
I am convinced that we can do to guns wh
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A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can
only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves
money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority
always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the
Public T
-Caveat Lector-
nurev wrote:
That's not the point. These people don't like any kind of
democracy because they are essentially elitist and resent
being restricted by society.
MJ:
Straw man, non sequitur, ad hominem ...
Some people favor freedom, liberty and equality
-Caveat Lector-
Bejamin Rush (at the time of ourFounding):
the time
will come when medicine will organize into an undercover
dictatorship to restrict the art of healing to one class of
men and deny equal privileges to others:
Prudence L. Kuhn wrote:
I think this time has already
-Caveat Lector-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Do you want long lines like what they experience in Canada,
under a socialized health care system?
Prudence L. Kuhn wrote:
Yes, yes, yes. Canada's system sounds great to me.
They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal
health car
-Caveat Lector-
nurev wrote:
That's not the point. These people don't like any kind of
democracy because they are essentially elitist and resent
being restricted by society.
MJ:
Straw man, non sequitur, ad hominem ...
Some people favor freedom, liberty and equality over
the whims of t
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Das GOAT wrote:
"A senior member of the Liberal party objected strenuously
that this measure, if passed, would give Dutch citizens
too much power over their government."
Entire Dutch Cabinet Resigns
By ANTHONY DEUTSCH
.c The Associated Press
THE HAGUE
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Ric Carter wrote:
If you believe that "state sovereignty" is a Constitutional
issue, or that the Articles of Confederation deserve standing
as "the supreme Law of the Land", please cite such sections of
the Constitution that I may have missed. Thank you.
If it 'ai
-Caveat Lector-
Mike & Kathy Moxley wrote:
"Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be
based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer
of mankind. It is impossible that it should be
otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent
our civilization and our i
-Caveat Lector-
Mike & Kathy Moxley wrote:
Was George Washington a Christian?
MJ:
In a word, No.
from Franklin Steiner's The Religious Beliefs of Our President's 19
Every public man, every office holder and politician
realizes that organized religion, socially, politically
and ec
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MJ:
Wealth is CREATED, not distributed.
nurev wrote:
I'm talking about on EARTH, Mr. Johnson.
MJ:
I am merely POINTING at REALITY.
Regard$,
--MJ
It is an affront to truth to treat falsehood with
complaisance. -- Thomas Paine
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==
CTRL i
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MJ:
Wealth is CREATED, not distributed.
Das GOAT wrote:
Even ENERGY can be neither created nor destroyed, just
redistributed. 'Twould seem even God has less "power"
than an ideological Capitalist.
MJ:
False analogy. Wealth is NOT energy.
Regard$,
--MJ
Few skills
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MJ:
Wealth is CREATED, not distributed.
Das GOAT wrote:
Even ENERGY can be neither created nor destroyed, just
redistributed. 'Twould seem even God has less "power"
than an ideological Capitalist.
MJ:
False analogy. Wealth is NOT energy.
Regard$,
--MJ
Few skills
-Caveat Lector-
Wealth is CREATED, not distributed.
Regard$,
--MJ
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks
from inquiry. -- Thomas Paine
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==
CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic
screeds are not allowed. Substance
-Caveat Lector-
MJ:
No one is FORCED to purchase *anything* (except Government).
So long as this same entity does not prevent entry into the
marketplace, *anyone* may 'offer' alternatives.
nurev wrote:
That's right. No one is forced to buy food, or shelter,
or transportation, or edu
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von Mises:
Laissez faire does not mean: Let soulless mechanical forces
operate. It means: Let each individual choose how he wants
to cooperate in the social division of labor; let the
consumers determine what the entrepreneurs should produce.
nurev wrote:
This is
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THE CRADLE OF CRIME
What is crime and what are its causes?
by Fulton Huxtable
Unless you can answer these two questions, you will never be
able begin to take the steps necessary to reverse the surge
in crime we have witnessed in the past 50 years. The rise in
crime has been a bu
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MJ:
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has
any right to but himself. The labor of his body and the work
of his hands are properly his. -- John Locke, 1690
Das GOAT wrote:
I'm waiting for someone to claim that the "property" owned
by Capitali
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nurev wrote:
Ah, here is the crux of the problem. This person, and
and capitalists in general would like everyone to take on
their belief system. Individualism, individual rights, and
the ever so lovely PROPERTY IS PRIOR TO LAW. These twisted
apostles of greed
-Caveat Lector-
Ric Carter wrote:
T'ain't so. Capitalism is about acquiring and manipulating
CAPITAL, about owning and controlling the means of production
of material goods. Capitalism is thus about POWER. In
any non-trivial society, many conflicting interests will
co
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Ric Carter wrote:
Meanwhile, all the previous writers in this thread seem to
assume Capitalism is about fee-for-service, then argue whether
a State has a role in resolving disputes between contractor
and contractee.
MJ:
Non sequitur, strawman ... proving this per
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MJ:
I contract with you ... I pay you $20, you paint my front porch.
THIS is capitalism.
Where is the state you were requiring?
Das GOAT wrote:
First off, it's NOT capitalism. It's simply an economic
exchange -- "barter," mediated by money, i.e., a transferable
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Jeff Russo wrote:
I contract with you... I pay you $20. You do NOT paint my
porch. I now have two options:
1) hunt you down and get my money back or kill you.
2) Use some sort of legal recourse, provided by the
state, to solve this dispute.
MJ:
A. I d
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