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I am glad someone brought this up. I am a military history junkie, and have been wrapping my brain around the idea of an Objectivist/Value based military organization. My thoughts are still bouncing around in my head, and not fit for publication yet. When they are be sure that I will post them. As for the Boyd fella, I had never heard of him. I did a quick read of the Essential Boyd link you posted, and I must say it looks like a rewrite of Sun Tzu. Sun Tzu, is pretty definetive in my opinion. You have to strip away all the mystical crap in it, but at it's core it is perhaps the usefull book of strategy and tactics that I have found. In fact the first translation into a European language of the "Art of War", was French, and it was pubished, if memory serves shortly before Napolean's rise to power. If you read Napolean's Maxims, you will notice a lot of similarities. I hope this topic brings some discussion, as it is a great interest to me.

If you want to be more controversial, and you have the time to research. You could show that the Koran is a call to death, and that it is the teachings of this, "religon of peace", that encourage the cancer of religous terrorism that contaminates our world. After all, most lefties hate the bible, but are tolerant, (to the point of stupidty), of all other religons.

All I needed to see was the name of Michael Moore in the credits to know what sort of anti-capitalist bullsh*t the movie must be.

If Dr. Peikoff recommended this movie, I am going to have to respectfully disagree with his taste in movies.

Of course by the time they get around to taking away our freedom to speak, they will have already disarmed us. Then what are we to do?

This is off topic, but I think you misunderstand the story of Robin Hood. Many people are under the false impression that he "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor" In fact Robin Hood robbed the tax collector and gave the people their money back.

Howdy all, I like all sorts of music. I sort of follow the idea that if I like a song, I like it. Regardless of what type of music it is, or the popularity of the band. Having said that, after discovering Objectivisim, I began to evaluate why I like the music I like. I found myself no longer listening to many songs. I began to really listen to the lyrics of songs, and found that many of them had a looter/collectivist/defeatist leaning to them. Those that did I quit listening too. This editing of my own "playlist", is stictly done on a song by song basis. Most bands have songs that I like, and songs that I dislike. (Although I must say that I have yet to find a Beatles song that I do not like, but that is more sentimentality than anything else. ) One band that has a lot of what I consider good songs, and as such I have been listening to them a lot recently is the Dropkick Murphys. I enjoy good, loud punk music, and I also enjoy traditonal Celtic music. The Dropkick's are a little of both, and have a lot of enjoyable songs. When I listen to them it makes me want to slam-dance a jig!

Here is some more enviro-insanity for the grist mill. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...cow_pollution_1

Great Photo. I will be seeing scenes not dissimilar to that when I hike the Appalachian Trail next year. Makes me even more excited to get start my long a**ed walk from GA to ME.

I don't know about the rest of y'all but I am pretty damn sick and tired of hearing the word democracy. I for one know that if we had true democracy in America, we would be screwed. The looters are way too good at getting the uninformed/uneducated mobs to vote. On a daily basis, I think of the wisdom of the Founders. They gave us a Constitutional Republic, based on the rights of individuals and not a democracy.

To plagerize from Matt Groening. "mmmm.....Ann Coulter" Talk about brains and beauty. Too bad her philisophical foundations are flawed.

Hey now! I hope you are not suggesting that there is something wrong with wearing Chuck Taylors. As far as I can figure all my Chuck's represent is good value for a comfortable and durable knock-around shoe. As for "I, Robot.", I read the book many years ago, and have not yet seen the movie. I think I am going to have to go back and reread the book before I see it. Having said that, I really liked the movie "Blade Runner", both the theatrical release, and the director's cut. The film is "based" on Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids dream of Electronic sheep." The film is similar to the book, but the underlying themes, I think are dissimilar. In fact I think that the movie has much more of a sense of life, then the books. Course it has been a long time since I watched the movie or read the book. I expect Looterwood to put out films that pervert or destroy any sort of sense of life in a book when it is presented to the big screen.

You are correct, it is the libs that are pushing for it. I think you are also correct in that it is a scare tactic. However I also think it is in the looters interest if Iraq were to turn into another Vietnam. Look at what Vietnam did to the morale of the military, let alone the country as a whole. The looters thrive when Americans and most importantly the American military feels defeated and impotent.

I think it is troublesome if the government is calling people back to active duty that have been out for many years. Than at the same time the government tells us that the military is meeting it's recruiting, training and retention goals. It appears to me that something is going on. I think it is indicative along with the other things I mentioned in my first post to a military that is stretched very thin. It also tells to me that the military is getting desperate to fill the ranks. Neither one of these are very good signs. I hope I am wrong.

There has indeed been some talk of starting up the draft. Although to be sure any such moves will not go forth until after the presidential election. One thing along these lines that makes me nervous is the current stop loss measures that the military is using. They are retaining people past their retirement dates, not allowing people to be discharged when their contracts are up, and scariest of all they are activating personel in the Inactive Ready Reserves. When active duty personel seperate from the service either at the end of a contract or retirement, they are enrolled into the IRR for eight? years. That person is a civilian but for the time they are IRR they may be called back by the government to active duty no questions asked. The need to bring people back after they have left the military, despite the fact that the military is meeting it's "recruitment" goals, is troubling to me. On the other hand it is not as if they are recalling the IRR en masse at the moment, they are bring back people very selectively. If you want some interesting info on the current status of the American military check out: www.hackworth.com www.sftt.org

That is why I am in favor of amnio centesis, genetic testing and abortion. I for one would never want to bring such a child into the world.

Isn't one of the tenets of Marxism to replace religon with itself? Or at least worship of the state? Been a while since I read up on what the Marxists say about themselves.

I bet the real truth lies somewhere in between the two stories. Afterall one is from a freelance reporter, and the other if from government stories. These days is it so hard to dig through the bullsh*t.

Well there is also Stargate, Stargate: Atlantis, and Farscape if you have the Sci Fi channel. Oh! Comming next year also on the Sci Fi channel, Battlestar Galactica!

Howdy all, Maybe I am simple, but the way I see it all television has a looter/collectivist tinge to it. I would add to that 99% of TV is worthless bullsh*t, at least in my opinion. That being said Star Trek in all it's varieties is part of that rare 1% of television that is worth spending the time to watch. Unless of course it is the 420th time you saw the episode. In which case maybe you should pick up a book or look to see if another channel is showing an episode you have only see half a dozen times.

I agree completely with your first post Betsy, but I must take exception to this. That would make the minutemen at Lexington Green anarchists, wouldn't it? The fact that they stood up to the British army made them, (according to the law of the time.), traitors, and rebels. They were criminals in the eyes of their own government.

You should have offered your friend an antacid, and a copy of Atlas Shrugged.

I think you may be right on this.

Howdy all, I am a military history buff, and a War Between the States junkie. I say junkie, because at times my passion for the American Civil War borders on addiction. I have come across many poems in my reading that pertain to war, soldiers, or battle. The following is a poem written after the War of Northern Aggression, and it is about the Texas Brigade in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. As an aside the Texans that served under Lee in the Texas Brigade, (As well as members of the 18th GA, and 3rd Ark who served with the brigade at different times.), were the only enlisted men that were allowed to meet with Lee after the war when he was President of Washington College in Lexington, VA. In fact he often knew the men by name. Today is the 228th Anniversary of the Declaration of Indepedance, (Or F**K King George Day as I like to call it. Three Cheers for the Founders!) The 141st Anniversary of the Surrender of Vicksburg, (An event which spelled certain doom for the South. Damn Yankees! ), and yesterday was the 141st Anniversary of Lee's Final Assault at Gettysburg. (That's "Pickett's Charge" to y'all Yankee types. Damn Yankees! ) So I figured I would share it with you. I cannot remember the authors name, and I will be doing if from memory, so if anybody looks it up and finds I am wrong, I apologize ahead of time. Anyway, here goes nothing. Hood's Old Brigade. Twas midnight when we built our fires We marched at half past three We know not when our march shall end Nor care we follow Lee The starlight gleams on many a crest And many a well trod blade This handle marching on the left This line is our brigade. Our line is short because it's famed so lavishly have bled The missing stretch the countless plains who's battles it has led The are those Georgians on the right their ranks are thinning too How in one company they say they now can count but two. There is not much talking down the line Nor shouting down the gloom For when the night is round us Then we're thinking most of home. I saw young soldier startle when we passed an open glade Where the low starlight leaping baugh a faiery picture made Nor has he uttered a word since then My heart can whisper why Twas like the spot in Texas where he bade his love goodbye. And when beyond us carelessly some soldier saying adieu My comrade here across his eyes his coarse sleeve roughly drew So scarcely sound save trampling feet Is echoed through the gloom Because when stars are brightest Then were thinking most of home Hush what an echo startles up around this rocky hill Wasn't shell half buried struck my foot No Stay Tis a human skull This ridge I surely seem to know By light of yon rising moon How we battled here three mortal hours One sunday afternoon Last spring You see where my Captain stands his head drooped on his breast At his feet that heap of bones and earth You know now why his rest is broke off and why his sword was so bitter in the fray Tis the grave of his only brother who was killed that awful day Hush for in front I heard a shot and then a well known cry It is the foe see where the flames mount upward to the sky It is the foe Halt rest we here we wait the coming sun And ere the stars may shine again the field is lost or won Is won it is the Old Brigade this line of stalwart men The long roll how it thrills my heart to hear that sound again God shield us boys here breaks the day The stars begin to fade Now steady here fall in, fall in Forward the Old Brigade What can I say? I like it.

I must be part of the ten percent than. Not only did I read the entire speech, but when I was done I read it again. Oh, I read Anthem, then The Fountainhead, and then Atlas Shrugged. Please don't ask me to pick favorites. I love them all.