Hi As I pointed out at the time the bogus Lancet "study" appeared, it was not even remotely possible that there were 485 war deaths per day, each and every day...
In a message dated 1/22/2009 3:46:41 PM Central Standard Time, ... Why? MH...
MikeHolmesTX@...
Feb 5, 2009 5:59 am
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Ending the Federal Reserve seems like a worthy goal. Watch the video: http://www.onedollardvdproject.com/DVD-new/Vids10.html Please, come see the changes and...
ronaldneil@...
Feb 6, 2009 2:34 am
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... ____________________________________________ Hi Because war and crime are two entirely different functions. I think that history clearly shows that few,...
... Hash: SHA1 ... What are your criteria for "success" in a "nation"? Can you give some historical examples of "successful nations"? - -C ... Version: GnuPG...
... ___________________________________________ Hi I'm glad you asked. My minimalist criterion for "success" as a nation is simple survival for one century or...
In a message dated 2/6/2009 3:22:38 PM Central Standard Time, ... That is a response but it is non responsive to my question. If one strains to find meaning in...
MikeHolmesTX@...
Feb 7, 2009 6:58 pm
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In a message dated 2/6/2009 5:34:47 PM Central Standard Time, ... It wasn't this MH who wrote that. I asked the question giving rise to that reply. MH...
MikeHolmesTX@...
Feb 7, 2009 6:58 pm
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... Hash: SHA1 ... Do you seriously mean to claim that any "nation" which as survived politically intact for 100 years or more is *therefore* successful as a ...
In a message dated 2/7/2009 12:59:30 PM Central Standard Time, ... I am not a sufficient historian to arrive at any kind of list you suggest. But you miss the...
MikeHolmesTX@...
Feb 7, 2009 10:44 pm
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... Hash: SHA1 ... Right; I wasn't attributing the quote to you.Actually, my e-mail client was attributing it to r-n-h, not to M-H; the initials just look the...
... think ... have used ... give some ... rise to ... client ... the same ... There shouldnt be any confusion, there is a world of difference between RMG and...
... _____________________________________________ Hi There is one central fatal flaw that pure-theory libertarianism shares with communism: If the other...
In a message dated 2/10/2009 12:57:06 PM Central Standard Time, ... Of course you're not a libertarian of any sort. Your Darwinian "survival of the fittest...
MikeHolmesTX@...
Feb 10, 2009 8:02 pm
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Mike, I first met Randy through our mutual defense of Second Amendment rights, which I think you and Neil Smith might agree is a core libertarian value. Randy...
... priori, ... Neil; Of course defense of 2nd amend rights is a core libertarian value, but taking that position (which many if not most Republicans, neo cons...
In a message dated 2/10/2009 2:08:22 PM Central Standard Time, ... Okay, admittedly I was harsh in my post. However I question whether anyone who uses "state...
MikeHolmesTX@...
Feb 10, 2009 9:24 pm
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... Defense of Second Amendment rights is NOT a Neo-con value. One prominent example: "It is simply crazy for a country as modern, industrial, advanced and now...
Mike, It's an argument that Heinlein also made -- that if one's values are self-extinguishing there's not a lot else to talk about. Neil ... central ... ...
... value, ... neo ... make ... I didnt say defense of 2nd amed is a neocon value, I said many neocons are pro-2nd amend, and having a libertarian position on...
A belief that the United States has traditional values worthy of preservation is an idea that long precedes NeoCons. It's a traditional conservative value, and...
In a message dated 2/10/2009 3:37:34 PM Central Standard Time, ... I find it amusing that anarchism is supposedly self extinguishing yet all of the visible...
MikeHolmesTX@...
Feb 10, 2009 11:09 pm
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1. I opposed the Gulf War because I did not feel the invasion of an Emirate by a dictatorship constituted sufficient grounds to send American troops into...
... working towards ... choice in ... practice ... How about "the smallest and most benign form of statism POSSIBLE"? Then we can debate what's actually...
In a message dated 2/10/2009 5:09:24 PM Central Standard Time, ... How is Iran's (eventual) nuclear weaponry a greater threat than say, Pakistan's or Israel's?...
MikeHolmesTX@...
Feb 11, 2009 12:04 am
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In a message dated 2/10/2009 5:11:53 PM Central Standard Time, ... Agreed. MH...
MikeHolmesTX@...
Feb 11, 2009 12:04 am
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In a message dated 2/10/2009 5:15:32 PM Central Standard Time, ... "Possible under the circumstances," yes. MH...
MikeHolmesTX@...
Feb 11, 2009 12:05 am
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... Pakistan's nukes don't make me feel comfortable right now, because that government is so unstable. And the possibility of a preemptive Israeli nuclear...