"So this is How Liberty Dies -With Thunderous Applause"

I just received this message from Jim Crum. I have nothing to add. Of course, I have not watched the Democratic Party's press corps. The health plan is one more nail in the coffin of freedom. Happily, I have no children.

"So this is How Liberty Dies -With Thunderous Applause"
-Doug Mataconis (Below the Beltway) re:a line in Star Wars.

Jim writes:

Folks, I am still sickened by recent events. A press corps so emasculated by PC, that they cannot call another act of terrorism by a Muslim exactly what it is and why it was done. A President with terrific oratorical skill blowing a "gimme" presser as he is unable to distinguish when it is appropriate to be jovial and when it is not. The recent events on the CAP-N-Trade bill- sure to hit most households with a minimum $2000 in taxes. Last night's vote on this monstrosity of a health care bill. The WSJ is now saying that people in the upper middle class can expect to pay 20% of their gross income on this wickedness. Others will be forced to show on their 1040 that they are "paying up" the Pelosi street tax, or be fined and go to jail- except illegal aliens, of course. They don't pay. I feel like a nervous observer outside of a delivery room. Hearing nothing but screaming, I can tell things are not going well. So it is with our nation. What deformed creature has congress given birth to, and just what exactly, am I supposed to do?

Sleep is not coming easy to me lately. Time for a bourbon before bed; I need it.
Stay sharp, events will begin to move quickly.

JJC.

I have nothing to add.

Democratic Party Media A Waste of Time

Rick writes:

"MSM disconnectedness

"Those who seriously follow journalism today, or what passes for it, will not be surprised by what follows but it's something that needs to be discussed and passed on nevertheless.

"Despite reports of Major Nidal Malik Hasan's Muslim devoutness, videos of him in traditional martyr's garb the morning of the shooting, eyewitness reports of his screaming "Allahu Akbar" before murdering and injuring his victims, claims by those present at a professional conference detailing his references to unbelievers needing to be beheaded, burned, etc. according to the Koran, despite all these tell-tale items, members of the media are hell-bent on reporting on anything but the truth, and I do mean anything."

My response:


>The Democratic Party media are so full of lies and bullshit that I'm surprised that you watch it. Incidentally, I have made the argument many times that the phrase "MSM" or "mainstream media" is inappropriate, inaccurate and wrong. The "media" is Democratic Party media, they represent the views of the Democratic Party, so they are partisan, not mainstream. For a while I was grappling with an alternative phrase to use but I do not believe any is necessary. The TV stations other than Fox and many of the newspapers and magazines are, simply, the Democratic Party media or propaganda outlets or PR wing. They are not mainstream. Fox is the Republican media.

Once you've accepted that point of view, your time can be rediverted into creating new ideas that will benefit Republicans, libertarians and conservatives. Why allow the Democratic Media to distract you?

Have Faith in the Federal Reserve Bank--Buy Lots of Gold

http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/usfd/page3.pdf

Hey Everyone: Check out this graph of the growth of the monetary base. Then go out and put your retirement money into the following:

GLD/IAU
DBC
DBA
UDN

And maybe, if you're rich, buy a house in the Bahamas. It ain't gonna be pleasant in these here parts. No sireee.

St. Louis Fed Data Is A Scream--Needs to Be Enjoyed Nation-Wide

I just sent this message to the Webmaster at the St. Louis Fed. Take a look at the monetary base growth numbers. Wow!

http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/mt/page3.pdf

Could you give this to me as an html file? I'd like to put it on my blog at http://www.mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com. You guys are a scream. It needs to be enjoyed nation wide.

Thanks, Mitchell Langbert.