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Post 20

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 5:43pmSanction this postReply
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Operation: "Objectivist Asylum 2008"

Objective:
-Buy 50-100% of Nova Scotia, by 2008 (both the land, and sovereignty on it)


Major Impediments:
-coming up with somewhere between a billion and -- at the very most! -- a few trillion dollars (to wave at financially-suffering Canada). Heck, what's a trillion bucks -- when it's split 20,000 (sliding-scale) ways, anyway? Here, I'm assuming that 20,000 US citizens -- some of them quite well off -- would be on board from the get-go.

-getting folks to leave warmer places (and friends, etc)

-getting economically fit (after starting from scratch)

-getting along once we're there (mostly a joke, this forum -- which "speaks for" several hundred, if not a thousand, individuals -- is one of THE VERY BEST for "different" folks who STILL get along)


Major Strengths:
-latitude (~45th parellel) is actually not THAT bad. Minnesota and North Dakota are probably colder than Nova Scotia (and I live in Minnesota!)

-lots and lots of shoreline (for those who like a cold ocean!). Bring your wet-suits!

-[tone of Southern Baptist preacher now] FINALLY, it's here folks ... a fully-free country -- WHEW-HEW! Free Market Capitalism, baby! Who can say with me now: "Lassie-fair!"? "Lassie-fair!" Ooooooaaaah, Lassie-fair, Lassie-fair, Lassie-fair! Lowd almighty, it sure sounds fair ta' me! Can I have a: "thank Galt!"? "THANK GALT!" Can I have a: "praaaaaaaaise Galt!"? "Praise GALT!" Can I have a: "Where do I sign?!"? WHERE DO I SIGN?!

Ed
[SOLO Nova Scotia Coordinator (pending)]


(Edited by Ed Thompson
on 10/05, 5:54pm)


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Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 5:58pmSanction this postReply
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Luke Luke Luke!

Surely Malcom's line about the flowcharts is his hint to you that your strong disposition for the literal and analytical. You have no head for nuance! The trouble is that he was telling you so in the very language you are unable to fathom.

You're like that guy in Van Helsing, the side-kick guy (what's his name Landon??) who always has his nose in books and is freaked out as all get out to be doing feild work. You're the Van Helsing Sidekick Guy of SOLO is what you are Luke. You're constantly repairing to your dictionary and Google and reporting the results. You seek facts while others just go by the seat of their pants. I don't see any malice in Malcom. You're just our flow chart guy. It's cool, don't go changin'

By the same token Robert's dry little James-Bond-eulogy-for-the-enemy one-liner wit is most welcome and as much a part of his logic as actual-factualism is a part of yours. It's all good! There's plenty of room, let one thousand flowers bloom, it's makes a SOLO forum diverse and alive.


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Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 7:06pmSanction this postReply
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No specific references. Just general code word type talk from the old movies and things.

Sarah

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Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 8:29pmSanction this postReply
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Yeah Rick - shaken but not stirred...:-)

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Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 11:00pmSanction this postReply
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Adam Reed writes:


Diana Hsieh, whose web site referenced this article, has been very closely associated with ARI for the last two years. The news item is very recent, and the top ARI people, who had to backtrack hastily written pieces a couple of times before, have become more careful and now usually take some time to write about issues. Give them a few weeks.

As for TOC, I do not expect anything.


To begin with, I think TOC under Robert Bidinotto will probably address this issue first and best. But neither organization is likely to do so anytime soon, despite a desperate need.

This is a very old issue. Both Objectivist groups failed massively a long time ago. Right after 9/11, in a very ponderous way, George Bush and others decided very slowly to be exceptionally injust, unconstitutional, and lawless during this low level "war." There were countless "trial ballons" to forego normal legal procedures and rights protections on all kinds of related issues. Thruout, when the world looked for intellectual leadership, and could have been influenced, ARI and TOC were silent.

Even the legal blackholes of Abu Graib and Guantanomo were highly telegraphed -- planned way in advance. The current American federal government is very lawless, but openly and deliberately. In part government officials are quite shameless and malicious, but in large part they just don't know a better alternative.

In my judgement, the major motivation behind the majority of the jihadi insurgents in Iraq is American hypocrisy and injustice. These fiends hate us a lot because we're freedom-loving and virtuous. But they hate us most because we're injust and evil. 




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Thursday, October 6, 2005 - 12:16amSanction this postReply
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Scott,the the remarks about The chair,the door and the prtty girl have gone over my head,could you elaberate?

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Thursday, October 6, 2005 - 4:55amSanction this postReply
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I was picking up Sara's "secret code"--just stuff I 've read or heard in spy movies. I dont know what it means. But since we were being all subversive and stuff, I thought it would be appropriately spy-like and ambiguous. I wish I knew what weird, cool-sounding spy stuff meant!

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