Re: [CTRL] 9 New Signs Democracy is Dying

2002-10-05 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- MJ What, prey tell, does this nonsense have to do with mob rule? thew Nothing. It has to do with autocratic dismantlement of our country. MJ The 'advertisement' claimed 9 signs Mob Rule is dying. We are now forming a Republican form of government. Real lib

[CTRL] The Limitations of Where one seeks to begin History

2002-10-11 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/10/09/fior ewhoops.DTL http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soa

[CTRL] Worldwide press freedom index

2002-10-26 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Worldwide press freedom index Rank CountryNote 1 Finland0,50 - Iceland0,50 - Norway 0,50 - Netherlands0,50 5 Canada 0,75 6 Ireland1,

[CTRL] The Trial of Lott

2002-12-24 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- EXCELLENT! ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] The Trial of Lott by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Following the media campaign against Lott, many people were astonished by the Senator's willingness to jettison all political principle for the sake of sav

Re: [CTRL] Reinstate the Draft

2003-01-06 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- AMENDMENT XIII Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Regard$, --MJ Where is it written in the Constitution, in

Re: [CTRL] Reinstate the Draft

2003-01-06 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joshua I'm glad we can agree on something here. Unfortunately, because we don't have democracy here, it's not up to us if we want or don't want Empire. MJ Hmmm ... we have (supposedly) a Constitutional Republic which says NOTHING about an Empire ... although if 50%+1 chose

Re: [CTRL] MRC Alert: Bush's Tax Plan 'Gives the Most to the Rich'

2003-01-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Thew Willie - yes any tax reduction plan will obviously benefit the person who earns more than one who earns less. The point is to try to make a plan that at least attempts to help those who need it most, rather than one that barely helps the worst off, and hugely benef

Re: [CTRL] MRC Alert: Bush's Tax Plan 'Gives the Most to the Rich'

2003-01-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Jim Our tax code is based on "From each according to his ability." when it comes tax reductions, some seem to be saying "to each according to his need." When you unmask it, ... you see that taxation is highwaymanry [highway robbery] made respectable by custom, thievery made

Re: [CTRL] MRC Alert: Bush's Tax Plan 'Gives the Most to the Rich'

2003-01-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Thew Willie - yes any tax reduction plan will obviously benefit the person who earns more than one who earns less. The point is to try to make a plan that at least attempts to help those who need it most, rather than one that barely helps the worst off, and hugely benef

Re: [CTRL] MRC Alert: Bush's Tax Plan 'Gives the Most to the Rich'

2003-01-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Thew Thinking society can be more equitable does not make one a communist. MJ There is NOTHING 'equitable' about treating people differently. Regard$, --MJ From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in

Re: [CTRL] MRC Alert: Bush's Tax Plan 'Gives the Most to the Rich'

2003-01-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Thew Thinking society can be more equitable does not make one a communist. MJ There is NOTHING 'equitable' about treating people differently. Thew You mean all people in all situations have the same needs at the same times? What a load of crock. And by crock , I

Re: [CTRL] MRC Alert: Bush's Tax Plan 'Gives the Most to the Rich'

2003-01-10 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- MJ 'Need' -- real or imaginary -- has NOTHING to do with equity. Thew The sad thing is that you don't see that as the problem. MJ That a WORD means what it states and not something else? Regard$, --MJ To COMPEL a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation o

Re: [CTRL] MRC Alert: Bush's Tax Plan 'Gives the Most to the Rich'

2003-01-10 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- MJ 'Need' -- real or imaginary -- has NOTHING to do with equity. Thew The sad thing is that you don't see that as the problem. MJ That a WORD means what it states and not something else? Thew We were not discussing the WORD equitable, until I had to explain to

Re: [CTRL] MRC Alert: Bush's Tax Plan 'Gives the Most to the Rich'

2003-01-13 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- MJ If Joe and Steve pay $1 in taxes, their burden is EQUAL. The Government REQUIRING Joe and Steve pay $1 in taxes is EQUITABLE. If Joe pays $1 and Steve pays $2, their burden is UNequal. The Government REQUIRING Joe to pay $1 and Steve pay $2 in taxes is

[CTRL] Myths of Martin Luther King

2003-01-19 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Myths of Martin Luther King by Marcus Epstein There is probably no greater sacred cow in America than Martin Luther King Jr. The slightest criticism of him or even suggesting that he isn’t deserving of a national hol

Re: [CTRL] Joseph McCarthy's charges 'now accepted as fact'

2000-02-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- the_extremist: Jon Utley, a former foreign correspondent in Latin America and a longtime commentator for the Voice of America, is the Robert A. Taft Fellow for Constitutional and International Studies at the Ludwig von

Re: [CTRL] On Corporate Power (fwd)

2000-02-12 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- Spitzer: Read this and then tell me if there is ANYONE that still thinks that corporate money and power does not determine policy making in this country? MJ: Power for politicians determine 'policy' in this country -- buying vo

Re: [CTRL] How it's done. American politics and the illusion of democracy. #1

2000-02-29 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- Nurev: All of the "acceptable" candidates running for President of the United States of America are rich, white, Protestant, Capitalist, Internationalist, Free Traders. MJ: Bullshit. They have NO interest in capitalism OR Free T

[CTRL] Free Trade, Mercantilism, and Empire

2000-02-29 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- ~~for educational purposes only~~ Free Trade, Mercantilism, and Empire by Joseph R. Stromberg HOW TO HAVE 'FREE TRADE' Most people these days outside of certain left-wing and right-wing populist circles understand that global trade tends

[CTRL] Corruption of language

1999-06-27 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes~~ Corruption of language by Walter E. Williams MANY OF MY YOUTHFUL Saturday afternoons were spent at the theater watching Tarzan or Jungle Jim fighting in the swamps and jungles against the forces of evil. There were swamps and jungles because we sa

Re: [CTRL] Ralph Nader & Public Citizen: WTO is weakening health laws

1999-10-15 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Dave wrote: By MICHAEL PAULSON Mail Author SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON -- Detailing criticisms likely to form the basis for much of the protest in Seattle next The World Trade Organization (WTO) The World Trade Organizati

[CTRL] The noble feat of Nike

2003-06-09 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] The noble feat of Nike Johan Norberg Globalisation otherwise known as 'ruthless international capitalism' is enriching the world's poor, says Johan Norberg Nike. It means victory. It also means a type of expensi

[CTRL] Fibbing It Up at Fox

2003-06-16 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Fibbing It Up at Fox by Dale Steinreich Flat out lies should be confronted ~ Bill O'Reilly; Fox News Channel; May 22, 2003 Since the Iraq conflict began on March 20, Fox News has been on a mission to legitimize it.On

[CTRL] The Political Economy of World Domination

2003-06-16 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] The Political Economy of World Domination by Thomas J. DiLorenzo Inspired by the strange, Eastern European philosophy of Leo Strauss, the neoconservatives who now control the Republican Party (and hence, the federal g

[CTRL] Crude-o-cons

2003-06-16 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Crude-o-cons by Adam Young You have to wonder what's going on with the official conservative movement when one of its leading figures includes homosexual prison rape in a commencement address to a graduating class of a

[CTRL] Justifying War

2003-06-16 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] JUSTIFYING WAR May 29, 2003 by Joe Sobran A few weeks ago, during the Iraq war, I wrote about Ali Abbas, a 12-year-old boy who lost his entire family and both his arms when a U.S. rocket struck his Baghdad home.

[CTRL] The Hillary Bogey

2003-06-18 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] The Hillary Bogey by William L. Anderson Washington, D.C. a.k.a. the "Belly of the Beast" has been a-twitter these past two weeks with the release of Hillary Clinton's new book Living History. Contrary to the hopes o

[CTRL] Slavery, Everyone?

2003-06-22 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Slavery, Everyone? by Paul Hein Someone in Congress has introduced a particularly silly bit of legislation: the National Slave Memorial Act, which would serve to erect a National Slave Memorial on the Mall in Washingto

[CTRL] Eminent Remains: The Buried Legacy of the Original Ground Zero

2003-09-11 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Eminent Remains: The Buried Legacy of the Original Ground Zero by Gary North Which looks proper to you: "twin towers" or "Twin Towers"? For most people, "Twin Towers" looks proper. We rarely see "twin towers" in uncapi

[CTRL] Lifting the Wool: Governments Are Mafias, War Is Their Racket

2003-09-16 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Lifting the Wool: Governments Are Mafias, War Is Their Racket by Alan Bock It is unlikely that the veil will be parted long enough for the great casserole of prejudice, misinformation, partial information and (occasionally) accurate perception that pollsters and political scientist

[CTRL] Land of the Free, Home of the Slave

2003-09-18 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Land of the Free, Home of the Slave by Steven Greenhut America is such a wonderfully free country that I thoroughly understand why the Bush administration, like the Clinton administration before it, is so eager to take

[CTRL] Bush's Budget Betrayal

2003-11-19 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Bush's Budget Betrayal by Christopher Westley [Posted November 19, 2003] The Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman recently scored a front page story about President Bush that would have galvanized D.C. conservatives thre

[CTRL] Unheeded Advice on Saddam

2003-11-20 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Unheeded Advice on Saddam by Ralph R. Reiland "How many additional American lives is Saddam Hussein worth? The answer I would give is not very damn many." That was the answer from Dick Cheney during a May 1992 briefing

[CTRL] To Vote, Or Not To Vote That Is The Question

2004-01-04 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] To Vote, Or Not To Vote That Is The Question by Linda Schrock Taylor My apologies to Shakespeare, but the phrasing so clearly expresses the dilemma that I have faced since the mid-sixties, when my friends and I discuss

[CTRL] Lying for a Living

2004-01-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Lying for a Living by Harry Browne December 31, 2003 The Bush administration lied to the American people about many things in order to drag America into a war against a country that posed no threat whatsoever to it. Th

[CTRL] Is War Necessary?

2004-01-17 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Is War Necessary? by Harry Browne January 16, 2004 I have managed to live on this planet for 70 years without ever striking another human being. There have been a dozen or so times when someone wanted to fight me. I

[CTRL] Fake Crimes

2004-02-03 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Fake Crimes by Paul Craig Roberts Studies show Americans close to being the worst educated and least aware population among first-world countries. Americans easily stumble into war and give up their rights because of e

[CTRL] An Honest Mistake

2004-02-06 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] AN HONEST MISTAKE February 3, 2004 by Joe Sobran "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." I've always loved that ancient saying, whose author seems to be unknown. But in the age of democracy, it

[CTRL] White Hats Waiting

2004-02-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] White Hats Waiting by Paul Hein The problem with being the good guys is that you're always on edge, waiting for the next assault. Nice folks, in other words, are content to go about their affairs minding their own busi

[CTRL] Congress AWOL

2004-02-08 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Congress AWOL by Rep. Ron Paul, MD Before the US House of Representatives, February 4, 2004 There is plenty of blame to go around for the mistakes made by going to war in Iraq, especially now that it is common knowledge Saddam Hussein told the truth about having no weapons of mass

[CTRL] Dadacracy Now, Totalitarianism Next

2004-02-10 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Dadacracy Now, Totalitarianism Next by Eric Englund Our founding fathers gave us a republic, if we could keep it. The United States’ Constitution was crafted to strictly limit government so as not to deprive citizens o

Re: [CTRL] Dadacracy Now, Totalitarianism Next

2004-02-10 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Joy the anti-environmentalism comments approaches soapboxing, because that's screed, not substance.. MJ There were no 'anti-environmentalism' comments. Regard$, --MJ Our doctrine is based on private property. Communism is based on systematic plunder, since it consists in hand

[CTRL] Iraqi Sanctions and American Intentions: Blameless Carnage?

2004-02-11 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Iraqi Sanctions and American Intentions: Blameless Carnage? Part 1 by James Bovard, January 2004 (Posted February 9, 2004) President Bush’s advisors assured Americans that U.S. troops would be greeted as liberators wi

[CTRL] Socialism, Bush Style

2004-02-16 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Socialism, Bush Style by Tibor R. Machan Compassionate conservatism always was a fraud but just how straightforward a fraud it is can be seen from recent statements from Bush Administration officials. Why was it a frau

[CTRL] Government Spending A Tax on the Middle Class

2004-07-09 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Government Spending A Tax on the Middle Class by Rep. Ron Paul, MD All government spending represents a tax. The inflation tax, while largely ignored, hurts middle-class and low-income Americans the most. The never-ending political squabble in Congress over taxing the rich, helping

Re: [CTRL] The 'Conservative' Index

2004-07-10 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Those feigning a difference between Republicans (Rs) and Democrats (Ds) might find the grading efforts of the New American (12 July 2004) entitled Conservative Index http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2004/07-12-2004/108-3.pdf It is well past time to consider ACTION instead of empty

[CTRL] Wilson, Churchill, Roosevelt and Bush: The Banality of Betrayal

2004-09-16 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- Wilson, Churchill, Roosevelt and Bush: The Banality of Betrayal by Morgan Reynolds Poke holes in the government’s ludicrous account of what happened on 9/11 and mention the possibility (likelihood) of it being an inside job, and the first reply is likely to be, "No, that’s impossibl

[CTRL] The ignorant American voter

2004-10-25 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- The ignorant American voter Jeff Jacoby October 25, 2004 Not long after Dr. Johnson's landmark "Dictionary of the English Language" appeared in 1755, a woman demanded to know why he had defined "pastern" as the knee of a horse. Johnson's reply was refreshingly candid: "Ignorance, m

[CTRL] The Most Successful Fraud in American History

2006-03-28 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- The Most Successful Fraud in American History by Gary North 27 March 2006 Before I identify what has to be the most successful fraud in the history of the United States, I should first define my terms. Fraud: A deliberate attempt to deceive a targeted victim, so as to ob

[CTRL] When Conspiracy Theories Induce Paralysis

2006-08-04 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- When Conspiracy Theories Induce Paralysis by Gary North The Christian Right has a problem that afflicts every activist movement: a proliferation of conspiracy theories and theorists. Some of them have better footnotes or videos than others. But they all risk self-destruction. My

[CTRL] The Gates-Rockefeller Myth

2000-02-24 Thread M.A. Johnson (by way of \&quot;M.A. Johnson\" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- ~~for educational purposes only~~ The Gates-Rockefeller Myth By Thomas J. DiLorenzo The judge in the Microsoft antitrust trial, Thomas Penfield Jackson, recently stated that he "didn't see a distinction" between Bill Gates's Microsoft Corpor

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