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Here's another editorial

miguelitoh2o — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:56:59 +0000

In reply to Yeah Miguel hit my site with

Here's another editorial outlining some of what we face since Citizen's United/the proliferation of 501c nonprofits as fronts for anonymous political giving DD.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/opinion/06wed1.html?partner=rssnyt&emc...

I'd trust your memory over

we are stardust — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:01:20 +0000

In reply to That was what the Harkonnen

I'd trust your memory over mine, Donal. I thought Jessica taught it to Paul Atreides before the Reverend Helen **** Gaius tested Paul with the Box. It's likely I am confused; I'm used to it. ;o)

Mises.org is the site for

DF — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:55:11 +0000

In reply to Citations of Hayek and Lew

Mises.org is the site for extreme right-wing economic views. It's the home of the "Austrian school of economics," which I put in quotes because essentially no one but the adherents actually consider it a school of economics.

That was what the Harkonnen

Donal — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:19:14 +0000

In reply to Ooooh; you don't happen to

That was what the Harkonnen Mentat Pieter de Vries said before taking sapho juice. I don't recall it having any relation to the gom jabbar.

Hello . . .The Mises

oldenGoldenDecoy — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:14:29 +0000

In reply to Hey, C'Ville --I know nothing

Hello . . .

The Mises Institute is labeled as a libertarian (note small 'l') academic organization. Sure...

Lew Rockwell is the Chairman. Ol' Lew, on the Rodney King affair lost me years ago. That alone is a no-go for me right out of the box...

It all sounds so academic, but...

Buyer beware.

~OGD~

Well; Google is at least your

we are stardust — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:04:44 +0000

In reply to I must not fear. Fear is the

Well; Google is at least your friend, A-train! Thank you for that; I'll tuck it away.

It really is great imagery; even my broken version helped.

I must not fear. Fear is the

Austin Train — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:58:44 +0000

In reply to Ooooh; you don't happen to

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Google is your friend.

Wendy, thanks for the link. I

CVille Dem — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:54:43 +0000

In reply to Hey, C'Ville --I know nothing

Wendy, thanks for the link. I thought it was very thought-provoking, and I agree that the quotes are excellent. I don't know about the Mises Institute either, but using quotations from people of different persuasions doesn't make me think they are right-wing at all. The Mencken quotes were gems, and referencing Maslow's hierarchy of needs brought it all down to the abc's of narcissism, which was my point in the first place.

Ooooh; you don't happen to

we are stardust — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:39:35 +0000

In reply to Citations of Hayek and Lew

Ooooh; you don't happen to remember their mantra that began "Fear is the mind-killer", do you, A-train; I try to reconstruct it when I'm er...terrified, sometimes. I think it was said most often before the apllication of the gom jabbur (spelling?).

Citations of Hayek and Lew

Austin Train — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:31:23 +0000

In reply to Hey, C'Ville --I know nothing

Citations of Hayek and Lew Rockwell (?), among others, point this out to me as something of a right-wing extremist/libertarian site.

I much prefer the simpler version, found in one of the later Frank Herbert "Dune" series, even as the tail was vigorously wagging whatever remained of the dog. A Bene Gesserit maxim, springing outward from Lord Acton's famous "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." held power itself to serve as a magnet for the corruptible.