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Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:00 AM

How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon's own words

"We develop a core group from within our media analyst list of those that we can count on to carry our water. They become the key go to guys for the networks and it begins to weed out the less reliably friendly analysts by the networks themselves."

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Monday, May 12, 2008 05:27 AM

LWM . interesting to read..... Serious.

You are not a Orthodox rabbi, or a rabid junkyard mutt.

The literal Orthodox rabbi refuses children to use a piggy bank to save money for vanilla ice cream cones dipped in melted chocolate.

A rabid dog sneers with distemper disease. It's normal for people to hush at the sight of a rabid kangaroo who sucker kicks at almost each post.

A lawyer can be skilled at hauling manure out from a barn stall, or the Capital Hill "pig trough" and recommend the fresh grub, and purer water to assimilate.

Drink 3-pints of water per day, or 2-quarts of goat milk. huh.

Monday, May 12, 2008 05:28 AM

lwm and paranoia

lwm wrote:

There is enough to go around. Live and let live is a liberal/libertarian principle but carried to some ridiculous extremes we get the aberrations we are all familiar with.

When I asked him how these "ridiculous extremes" would doom us all, he replied:

I challenge you to come up with any instance where I have ever said that. Live and let live is non-interference in others lives.

It is in the first quote and hundreds of others. You are always telling us that a small government or no government will lead to death, destruction, tyranny and so forth.

Hell, you claimed that a Ron Paul presidency would be a return to having slavery. Blacks beware! Oddly, the chairman of the local NAACP chapter down in Paul's district supports him; have you not warned him?

You have been fighting non-interference, non-intervention, "live and let live", or whatever term you like for at least a year and a half. Now you claim to be in favor of it?

Who stole lwm's account and is posting under his name!?!

Monday, May 12, 2008 05:33 AM

@GC

There is the Ludwig W. guy who Bertram Russell liked

Yet Bertrand Russell reached similar conclusions to those of Henry George. In any case, Von Mises probably wouldn't be affiliated with the institute that bears his name today. I should be an Austrian School economist. I'm really lousy at math and Austrian economists do not use mathematics in their analyses or theories! Works for me.

The mere abolition of rent would not remove injustice, since it would confer a capricious advantage upon the occupiers of the best sites and the most fertile land. It is necessary that there should be rent, but it should be paid to the state or to some body which performs public services; or, if the total rental were more than is required for such purposes, it might be paid into a common fund and divided equally among the population.
Monday, May 12, 2008 05:50 AM

lwm and humor

I am now going to repost Glenn's request from a few days ago and his direct response to you after a question you posed. Read them carefully and then reread your last post. It is the tail end of this thread or I wouldn't do this.

After your day that you had on that topic, you are warning me?

Bwahahaha!

You are a hoot!

Monday, May 12, 2008 06:00 AM

LWM . interesting to read..... thanks.

I'll admit muy brain is mush slow and dull when thinking about policy. I sometimes comment.... Lrt's work together and create a community within the larger government.... It does work.

I think grass-roots, without a reliance on government grants.... vague boast, and worst, the GOP politico's promises to "trust"... is too far fetched...

What works best?

Work well with our own ingenuity. Do honest work. Let's take responsibility for a personal Livelihood in relation to urban dwellers. Fix ourself first, and then use old fashion ingenuity to make what is close and local.... maybe, perhaps, a wonderful Place of communal rural community awareness. A old farmer use to ask me to help with a chore : a broken hay bailer,

a fence post, a barn roof tin blowing off etc., He'd say, "Arthur, this is called ~in`a-new`ity.~

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and it's about fixing a broke hay bailer untilit's better than new."

His name was Tillman C. and he'd use barb wire for almost anything.

The Horrible will creep close, and choke the living-life out of everything.

Of course we need to think critically,

and do it honestly with mutual respect.

I believe Glenn took the highest standard. ref. : The clean up request.

LWM can 'cut the cheese' and 'glue' that periodically, if Glenn don't get peeved.

Monday, May 12, 2008 06:25 AM

Ludwig who?

I think he meant this guy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein

Monday, May 12, 2008 07:05 AM

Barr expected to announce Libertarian White House bid

By BEN EVANS Associated Press Writer

May 12th, 2008 | WASHINGTON -- Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr is expected to announce that he's running for president as a Libertarian.

His candidacy would be a wild card in the White House race that many believe would hurt Republican Sen. John McCain.

Barr had scheduled a news conference Monday. He first must win the Libertarian nomination at the party's national convention that begins May 22. Party officials consider him a front-runner thanks to the national profile he developed as a Georgia congressman from 1995 to 2003.

Barr, 59, helped lead Bill Clinton's impeachment. He quit the Republican Party two years ago, saying he had grown disillusioned with its failure to shrink government and its willingness to scale back civil liberties in fighting terrorism.

Monday, May 12, 2008 07:24 AM

Belatedly @ LWM and quickstrategy re: media links

Thank you so much for these gems. I'm busy adding them to my blogroll and web reader so that they don't get lost in my usual muddle. Much more to chew on and cogitate about.

Monday, May 12, 2008 07:30 AM

That would HELP McCain

Think about it. It would attract the support of people who would otherwise vote Democrat, not people who would otherwise vote Republican. You are blinded by your own ideological fantasies if you think it would attract people who would otherwise vote for McCain - look at what Michelle Malkin's crew say about him and his ACLU buddies:

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/05/12/the-bob-barr-candidacy/

Monday, May 12, 2008 08:08 AM

I mean, this is what Barr looks like to the Malkins

On May 12th, 2008 at 10:18 am, lgm said:

This MM post illustrates the difference between social conservatives and economic conservatives. Libertarians are economic conservatives. They believe in maximal individual freedom (e.g. to engage in homosexual activities and buy and sell drugs). They are against government activities such as wiretapping. They would not want the government to prevent nonviolent people from other countries living in America even if they refuse to learn English and take jobs away from Americans. True libertarians also are against things like public school, social security, welfare, or even government funded road building.

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/05/12/the-bob-barr-candidacy/#comment-318380

-- now, is anyone who would otherwise have voted for McCain as opposed to Obama gonna buy that???

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