INTERESTING: once someone makes a decision

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

http://www.intuitive.com/blog/end_of_year_movie_tally_89100.html

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The Shawshank Redemption (#72)

“redemption in prison”

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With all do respect, I think you may have miscategorized or mislabled this gem. Maybe whoever gave you this opinion missed the point. It’s more about liberty. Like Viktor Frankl’s 1946 book Man’s Search for Meaning or maybe Robinson Crusoe, it’s more about a man deciding that while one can be in “prison”, you can really be free. And, that once someone makes a decision, they’re no stopping them unless you kill them. As the young elephant is “trained”, so so do we build our own “jails”. Personally, I’d bump this up a few notches on the “2do” list. imho, fjohn

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RANT: disguise the immense costs by the use of inflation

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

http://www.lewrockwell.com/gordon/gordon32.html

Freedom Under Siege
by David Gordon

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If we had a sound monetary system, aggressive wars of this sort would be rendered difficult, if not outright impossible, to undertake. If the government wanted to launch an aggressive war, it would have to obtain the money to do so through tax increases or borrowing. It could not disguise the immense costs by the use of inflation, as it does now.

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And quoting Laurel and Hardy, “this is another fine mess you’ve gotten us into”!

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