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Hanson & the Holy Trinity is an article on Uthant, a wonderful break from the Camp X-Ray and Enron sagas. The numerology of Hanson and their song MmmBop is most interesting. Whether you take it seriously, as wonderful satire or just plain lunacy, it is well worth reading.
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Pat Buchanan has lost it this time. In his latest rant he asks
Pat is joining the ranks of authoritarians who believe that libertarians are worse than socialists :
“And if so, is it time for a long, hard look back at the sacred texts
of the classical liberals of the 19th century? Were they perhaps as
utopian, naive and mistaken as the Marxists they opposed?”
One wonders whether this has anything to do with the fact that in the US, Libertarians are making inroads against Republicans in states like Massachusetts and Maine.
Instead of linking to WorldNetDaily I have linked to As Maine Goes where there is an interesting discussion of the article. Shows just how far apart libertarians and Republican (authoritarians) can be at times.
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And so it begins, John Walker, the American Islamic terrorist, is about to go on trial in the US. He arrived at dawn today and already his parents are whineing. It will be interesting to see who gets blamed in this trial, one thing is for sure the Walker kid will be the last to take the rap. It always amuses me to see parents in serious cases, such as this one. giving the “my boy never done nothing wrong” defence.
I wonder if it will ever dawn on them that it might be a good idea for them to apologise for their son’s behaviour. Apologising to the families of all the victims of Al Queda and the Taliban would be a good start.
Lets us all hope that this trial does not turn into the “OJ” trial for the 00’s. It is possible this trial won’t be the same for a few reasons. Walker is white and not black, so he does not have a large percentage of the population thinking he is being stiched up. The guy is a spoiled rich kid, with at least some intelligence not some knucke-dragging football player. He has not been adopted by Hollywood, who protect their own and last but not least the trial is happening on the east coast and not in California.
It was reassuring to see that cameras will not be allowed in to see the drama. It would have been better still if he were tried before a military tribunal.
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The US government is onto a winner, with possible international implications. They are bringing forward legislation to limit the rights of direct phone callers (phone spammers). While the companies involve think it’s their “right” to bother people having their dinner, others disagree. For once, the consumer advocates are actually onto a winner using, ironically, the English adage, “every man to his castle.”
As a libertarian I have thought about this one, and I think that the phone owner is in the right. After all, being left alone is a quintisential right of libertarianism now isn’t it?
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