(BTW, I aplogize for the spelling and grammar -- I was perhaps thinking faster than my fingers can type.) When I first heard this story, I was struck that no-one had thought of embedding refrigeration in the "popsicle". Did they expect that it would not melt so fast as to be a problem? Was there a thermodynamics guy on their team? Inquiring minds want to know...
Alas, thise that fail to learn the lessons of Project Habbakuk are doomed to repeat them.
Larry Brennan - "Lind lost me in the second non-quoted paragraph. Lind: the greatest threat to freedom in America is the left’s ideology of cultural Marxism. Cultural Marxism? Give me a break."
Yes, it's too bad he put that in, but it's not central to his argument. (Honestly, I read right past it the first time, since it seemed prologue to this point anyway.) The concept of abstract nationalism, and the imperialism that it suggests is what I thought was interesting about the piece -- that, and the differentatiation Lind makes between conservatism and his view of W's ideology. Just because one is not a conservative, doesn't mean that one might not have points of agreement with conservatives.
As abstract nationalism and imperialism goes, is it too far a reach to see some parallels in the current situation with the Japanese Empire of the late 30's?
A political conservative with a military history bent, discussing the idea of W's administration being facist. His technical definition of the word doesn't match my understanding, but I found it interesting nonetheless.
Duce? Not To Us by William S. Lind
Y'know, I used to have one of these in the car when I lived in Colorado -- you never know when you might get stuck when you're in the mountains. I'm overdue to rebuild the car kit. Thanks for the reminder.
All interations, phone conversations, etc, by commodities and stock traders are recorded; the SEC mandates this. (In the bank I worked for, there was a secured room with the tape system. A _big_ tape system.) However, the tapes are out of sight, and AFAIK, are never heard by anyone unless there's a federal investigation. It's easy, I suppose, to forget the tape's running.
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