May 7th, 2007 by
bkmarcus
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Lew Rockwell writes:
“We would all like to see a world without violence and bloodshed. This hardly distinguishes our generation from any that preceded. What is unique about our moment is that we live under a regime that has come to believe that the government itself can produce this result for us if we only give the government enough power, money, and managerial discretion to accomplish this goal. The worst lie of the Bush administration doesn’t concern WMDs. The big lie is that government can accomplish wonderful things if we give it enough power, money, and discretion. No matter how many times we hear it, or in what context, it is always and everywhere a lie.” FULL ARTICLE
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May 7th, 2007 by
bkmarcus
A story forwarded to me by my Scottish mother:
Bono, the lead singer of the band U2, is famous throughout the entertainment industry for being more than just a little self-righteous.
At a recent U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland, he asked the audience for total quiet. Then, in the silence, he started to slowly clap his hands, once every few seconds. Holding the audience in total silence, he said into the microphone, “Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies.”
A voice with a broad Scottish accent, from the front of the crowd, pierces the quiet…
“Well, foockin stop doin it then!”
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May 7th, 2007 by
bkmarcus
A conservative Christian comrade of mine was working on a free-market web page and needed an image to represent “entrepreneurship.”
(He’s theologically and socially conservative, but not politically conservative: he’s a libertarian anarchist; thus the “comrade”…)
Anyway, he was pleased to find the following image, which he shared with his wife:
She suggested that before he commit to the image, he might want to look up the service being offered.
He emailed me this story last night and I just couldn’t stop laughing.
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