Showing posts with label HL Mencken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HL Mencken. Show all posts
Monday, December 28, 2015

Quote of the Day: The Government Can Not Only Evoke Fear But Also Superstitious Reverence

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The government can not only evoke fear in its victims; it can also evoke a sort of superstitious reverence. It is thus both an army and...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Remembering H.L. Mencken

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Yesterday was the 57th death anniversary of the great libertarian and one of the prolific writers of his time Henry Louis “HL” Mencken .(ha...
Friday, September 28, 2012

How Argentina’s Class Warfare Policies Promotes Poverty

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Argentina’s politics serves as an example of how the minority (political class) exploits the majority (voting poor) to perpetuate themselve...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Will French Politics Swing from Socialism to Fascism?

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Far right Marine Le Pen’s strong showing at the recent Presidential runoff in France may have opened the door for politics of the extreme r...
Saturday, April 07, 2012

The Unraveling Global ‘Earth Hour’ Energy Industry Bubble

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Like the welfare state, the supposedly politically correct environmental position represented by green energy projects are being exposed for...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Politicians Spend Government’s Money to their Benefit

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In the Philippines these are called Pork Barrel. In the US, these are known as earmarks. From an investigative report by the Washington Po...
Monday, November 28, 2011

UK Prepares for Euro Collapse

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From the Telegraph As the Italian government struggled to borrow and Spain considered seeking an international bail-out, British minist...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

Iranian Terror Plot: US Government’s Imaginary Hobgoblins

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From Judge Andrew P. Napolitano (bold emphasis mine) Since the tragedy of 9/11, numerous crazies and low-level copy-cats have engaged ...
Friday, July 01, 2011

President Aquino’s First Term Speech: Everything to get Applause

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President Aquino's speech on his first year in office, as excerpted by the Inquirer , “Before, there was resignation, dejection and...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

US Midterm Elections: Rebalancing Political Power And Possible Implications To The Financial Markets

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``The most enthusiastic supporters of such unlimited powers of the majority are often those very administrators who know best that, once suc...
Friday, August 21, 2009

President Obama's Popularity Falling Back To Reality

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In our January post US Politics: Extrapolating Hope and Change to Presidential Term Realities here is what we said, `` Yet high approval ra...