3 posts tagged “neocons”
Scott Horton Interviews Lew Rockwell:
Lew Rockwell, president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and proprietor of LewRockwell.com, discusses how voting propagates the myth of a representative participatory democracy, the virtue of not voting, the continuation of election fraud from ballot stuffing to computerized tampering, voting as sacrament to the state religion, why imposing higher thresholds of voting eligibility would be an improvement and how Ron Paul’s prescience about the economy and his widely heard public criticism of the Federal Reserve has more than compensated for the blame free markets, and by extension libertarianism, are getting for the financial crisis.
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(The Hoppe interview, mentioned by Horton, can be found here [mp3]. Listen to the entire interview and you'll never look at the State the same again. And read Rothbard's "Do You Hate the State?" here.)
Scott Horton Interviews Justin Raimondo:
Justin Raimondo, editorial director of Antiwar.com, discusses the 2008 presidential election, how transitions in government tend toward continuity instead of radical change, the competing policy influences in an Obama administration where Dennis Ross and Anthony Zinni are possible National Security Advisor appointments, how the only difference in foreign intervention between Democratic and Republican administrations is rhetorical, how the neocon parasite feeding on the Republican party will soon leave its shriveled host behind and search for greener pastures, the continuing danger of war with Iran, realist/neocon policy toward Russia, why a vote for Nader is the best medicine in the current corporate-socialist economy, and why the Constitution and Libertarian parties may be one party too many.
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Irony is the first thing lost when one is a neoconservative. While some left-liberals vacuously attack those against affirmative action as "racists" full of hate, neoconservatives attack anyone who does not believe in an internationalist and hegemonic U.S. government foreign policy as "anti-Semitic!" Such is the same kind of mindset that the left-neocon establishment and group of people have. These same "conservatives" go on-and-on about those nasty "politically correct" people, but have PCness of their own. Politics and the rhetoric that goes with it is a funny thing.
The trouble is, statists generally miss the fun and humor it brings. And it certainly goes right pass both the left- liberal and neocon.
Mr. Taki Theodoracopulos at his website suggests Mr. Podhoretz to just call the National Intelligence Estimate "anti-Semitic." That will clear up their recent findings on Iran's nuclear program. He and the rest of the neocons can then go back to beating the drums for another war they are so gung-ho about.
"A Nation of Anti-Semites? Fech!" by Paul Gottfried
"PAT BUCHANAN AND THE MENACE ANTI-ANTI-SEMITISM" by Murray Rothbard
Mr. Sobran is of course brilliant. Read his latest piece available online, "The Nixon I Didn't Know," by clicking here.
"Hey, Neocon": Paleos are winning on the web.
(Plus see A Few More Thoughts)
Paul Gottfired talks about his new book, Conservatism in America: Making Sense of the American Right . . .
--- The Neoconning of the American Right at LRC.
--- Buy Making Sense Of The American Right! at VDARE.
--- My Book at TakiMag.
Lew Rockwell on War Without End.
Justin Raimondo: Vietnam, Again.
War With Iran? It has already started, says Raimondo.
An Acid Trip Gone Bad by Fred Reed.
A Political Theory of Geeks and Wonks by Jeffrey Tucker (Which are you? Geek or Wonk?)
(I did take the time to watch this, despite a slow connection. Great interview! And a very nice look inside the wonderful Mises Institute and its, from all I have seen, delightful atmosphere and, dare I say, culture.)
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