John Hawkins read The Turner Diaries and has a review. Pretty creepy stuff. Really seems like Islamist ideas aren’t too dissimilar.
Archive of entries posted on 18th June 2009
Capitalist Propaganda: “Five Key Reasons to Reject Class-Warfare Tax Policy”
From 2009, a video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity titled “Five Key Reasons to Reject Class-Warfare Tax Policy” (hat tip: Wintery Knight Blog)
Although this piece is very informative, I noticed that it lacks the entertainment quality of the classic propaganda from the 40’s & 50’s. No offense, but if they’re going to make these videos, they should hire a trained actor with a deep, rich, authoritative voice.
You know… like Barack Obama.
Interestingly, at the end of this video, they plug the novel “Atlas Shrugged”, which more and more people are talking about, but nobody really wants to read once they find out that it’s 1200 pages long. That’s a BIG time investment.
If you’re wondering whether it’s worth it, try reading one of the “good parts” – Francisco’s “Money Speech”. If you enjoy reading this, chances are you’ll enjoy the rest of the novel, too.
Here’s a 250-word excerpt, courtesy of Capitalism Magazine. The whole 2500 word speech can be found there.
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“So you think that money is the root of all evil?” said Francisco d’Anconia. “Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?
“When you accept money in payment for your effort, you do so only on the conviction that you will exchange it for the product of the effort of others. It is not the moochers or the looters who give value to money. Not an ocean of tears not all the guns in the world can transform those pieces of paper in your wallet into the bread you will need to survive tomorrow. Those pieces of paper, which should have been gold, are a token of honor–your claim upon the energy of the men who produce. Your wallet is your statement of hope that somewhere in the world around you there are men who will not default on that moral principle which is the root of money, Is this what you consider evil?”
I’m Going to Be Elitist
I’m thinking IMAO should be more elitist. Still conservative, but just more elitist. Basically, the really popular opinions of much of the base I’ll make fun of as being ignorant. Like Palin. Do we really need the representative of the Republican Party to sound like a hillbilly moron? And illegal immigration. I know they look different from you, but stop freaking out about Mexicans taking your jobs. And government spending. Sometimes the government has to extreme measures such as the stimulus, so don’t just mindlessly shake your corn cob pipe at it because Limbaugh said it was bad. And social issues. I know you think you need to press these issues because your invisible sky fairy said their important, but you’re scaring away voters.
Okay, that was pretty elitist, but how am I still conservative? This is more confusing that I thought.
Random Thoughts
If I were president, I’d replace “Hail to the Chief” with the Super Mario Bros. theme song.
If anyone asks, please tell them I was at your house Saturday night not murdering anyone.
Liberals claim to have better senses of humor, but they never laugh when I make fun of their stupid, ugly faces.
If only Obama applied this “I don’t want to appear meddlesome” philosophy to the economy.
If God made a soda, it would be Mountain Dew. But He doesn’t, so instead Pepsi does and they do a horrible job.
Award!
Justin of Guano Loco has honored IMAO with the “Guano Loco’s Promoter of Common Sense” Award.
Promoting common sense?
Well, flattered, to be sure, but in good conscience I must confess that we’re actually just a bunch of pajama-wearing, basement-dwelling goofballs who take malicious pleasure in mocking the absurd, short-sighted, emotion-laden, reason-deficient ideas of the bleeding-heart left wing in the manner best suited to hurting feelings and making blow-hard, stuffed-shirt, power-hungry, appeasement-mad politicians and their squid-spined supporters pop their collective corks.
But then again, to paraphrase Arthur C. Clarke “Any sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from common sense”.
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A Country Can Be Against America And Bad
In my new column for Pajamas Media, I try to explain to liberals why they should direct some of the outrage they usually reserve for beauty queens who speak out against gay marriage towards the government of Iran.