You said you've read enough of Sowell to have formed a different opinion than Glenn of what Sowell meant by what he wrote in what is quoted by Glenn. Well, the quote from Sowell below that I'm posting is from a speech of his titled Morality vs Sanctimoniousness.

There are organizations whose very names proclaim the self-congratulation of the sanctimonious, the joy of being one-up on those with different opinions. For example, there is an environmentalist organization calling itself "Friends of the Earth," as if people who disagree with its opinions are enemies of the earth. There is another organization calling itself "The Union of Concerned Scientists," as if other scientists with different opinions were calloused and insensitive. There are groups who favor disarmament and call themselves the "Peace" movement, as if those who favor a policy of deterence instead just don't care about the dangers and horrors war.--Thomas Sowell

Ironically, sanctimoniousness seems to be what Sowell reeks of in his speech on that very subject. Quite the assumptions he makes about the "opinions" he creates for the organizations he mentions, simply based on how they choose to title their organizations.

Sowell's sanctimoniousness turns my stomach. The level of his blind hypocrisy is flabbergasting.

Well, if it's any consolation to either or the both of you, I laughed when I read it, Paul, and then I was surprised and dissapointed, Mona, when I saw that you didn't get it. I just figured you would have laughed too. Maybe next time.

"...utter codswallop..."

-- -Mona

What the hell? Is that dopey sounding exclamation part of libertarian speak? I had assumed that B1 was alone in using that silly 'cwallop' thing.

My point

I stand by my point. By cherry picking from Goldsmith's background,

-- nabalzbbfr

Your post was and is absurd. No 'cherry picking' is needed of Goldsmith's background, or his current ground, to conclude what he is about. I repeat, your post is absurd.

@Kitt

Goldsmith's actions speak far louder than his words. He is no conservative.

-- nabalzbbfr

Are you speaking in code, or just in your regular incoherent way? What is Goldsmith...in your opinion? A traitor, cause he's badmouthing some of your loved ones? Or what?

I cannot get any reply.

-- prunes

And I doubt that you ever will get a direct reply, but you have gotten several indirect replies (or indications) as to how they would be with that. They didn't/don't like the "FBI files in the Clinton White House". "Who is Craig Livingstone?!" They used to luuuuv to ask that question everyday on every radio program, on every single morning edition of C-Span Journal, and so on.

Loved your post but you must understand that "infusing We the People with sufficient will and expertise to develope a cure" is not the goal of the commenters here or even Glenn so far as I can tell. They are much more concerned with being "comforted in the thought that voices like Glenn's are part of the solution" (as you put it). They are simply whistling away the hours. It makes them feel better. It makes them feel as though they are doing something. But I think perhaps that is what you were saying all along.

http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1272/135/

-- adnoto

So, let's take a tally, shall we. Chris Floyd (the guy who wrote the post Adnoto refers us to in the link he provided), and Little Brother, who I guess is maybe Chris Floyd...I don't know, and - fergawdsakes, Bob Dylan, who Chris Floyd uses the lyrics from to surround his own theme, and, last but not least, Adnoto. They are the onliest ones that gets it. The rest of us - including Glenn Greenwald - well, we're just a bunch of retarded people keeping each other company by chatting with one another.

Ain't it grand to be gawd's right hand man, Adnoto?

14 months is not enough

Were we to flee today - 14 months till the next election would barely be enough and that would incur some fairly unpleasant losses while getting shot at on exit. So long story short we will be in Iraq till 2009 the earliest regardless of who is President. You really need to reconcile yourselves to that.

-- (~~~~)

"Flee". Your verb to describe moving on to more useful ground in order to improve on the abysmal current circumstances we currently find ourselves mired in? Was that what you meant by "flee"?

"Reconcile". You mean we should fold up our tents and speak only in private until the thieves of our Democracy are, by some miracle, out of office?

@ Kitt

FYI, I'm not Chris Floyd, and am only vaguely familiar with him-- although the site seems interesting, and I appreciate the link. But then, I'm a Dylan fan too.

I realize that your comment referencing my post wasn't directed to me, but unlike our pious trolls, I don't believe in a Creator of the Universe, with or without hands. So I, at least, don't imagine I'm sitting next to It.

-- Little Brother

My post wasn't directly pointed at you. It was directly pointed at Adnoto. Adnoto quoted your post. He then went on to link to someone who calls himself Chris Floyd. I guessed that Floyd might be you. You say no. Fine.

To continue...Chris Floyd tried to use Bob Dylan, (rightly or wrongly, who can tell?), to make his point that Adnoto was stupidly and insultingly trying to make here on this blog. I was calling out the arrogant Adnoto, not you. That's not to say that I agreed with your original post, but I wasn't replying to it. Adnoto was.