Posted on 07/04/2009 10:32:05 AM PDT by GoodDay
As a man of similar sentiments, I urge you to put on your flame suit.
” . . . introduced me to the world of conservative ideas and authors: Ludwig von Mises, Henry Hazlitt, Milton Friedman, Isabel Paterson, and many others”
It is a tragedy that Austrian economics is not taught anywhere and that Ludwig von Mises is not a household name.
I also read AS about 4 times. She was under-rated as a philosopher. But she is just dead wrong about things. Human beings are part of a society of other humans and we are not islands.
Plus, if the leading “capitalists” in our country go on strike, HALLELUJAH!!!!! Worthless bunch of overpaid parasites. Plus they could not live on beans and hamburger meat. Heck, most of what they do is for the appearance anyway.
parsy, who just found out Baron Von Steuben was gay.
Baron Von Steuben was gay. NO!
Let the Statists flame away.
Oh yes. I had the History channel on and they said something about him being too familiar with young men, or something like that. So I googled it. Yep. He was “gay as a goose.”
parsy, who is 55 and still learning
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4 later
Are geese gay? Who knew? lol
I read something about Prussian officer life a few years ago. It was a bio of some Prussian king and the Prussian officers were all bonded more with each other and their military carrers than they were with their wives and families. Their careers were their lives.
I also take pronouncements of homosexuality against someone long dead who can not speak for themselves with a large grain of salt. Did the History Channel offer any proof? Letter, court papers, etc? Homosexuals have a bad habit of using the reputations of pothers to try to elevate themselves and their lifestyle.
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I went to web and googled it. Seems pretty solid to me. Oh, well, I guess they didn’t ask in those days and he didn’t tell.
parsy, who is still shaking his head
“But she is just dead wrong about things. Human beings are part of a society of other humans and we are not islands.”
It’s precisely because human beings are NOT islands and ARE part of a society of other humans that we must deal with one another as VOLUNTARY TRADERS and not (as she would say) as MOOCHERS and LOOTERS.
In fact, it is the tyranny of socialism that forces human beings to operate as economically autistic islands. She was “dead right” about all of that.
“It is a tragedy that Austrian economics is not taught anywhere and that Ludwig von Mises is not a household name.”
The Mises Institute (www.mises.org) has excellent self-study materials: DVDs, MP3s, study guides, etc. I also recommend a visit to www.capitalism.net, economist George Reisman’s site, and purchasing his 10 CD set of lectures on economics. Reisman was a student of Mises at NYU.
I started the book yesterday. I read that paragraph that you mention and pulled out my highlighter and began highlighting there! What a book!
Did some more reading. One site said it was inconclusive. Most say otherwise. Now Benedict Arnold is messing around with a chick in Philly.
parsy, who will keep an open mind about it
Our country does not exist so that some among us can pile up huge fortunes, often at the expense of others. Gov’t is a necessary evil and if granted too much power, will always trend toward absolute power. That doesn’t equate into a no-limit poker game being the best alternative.
But if you like the idea of a country of haves and have nots, go south to Mexico or some other 3rd world country. Our soldiers are dying for “freedom”, not just the freedom of a few to make piles of money
parsy, who thinks Rand is smart but lacks common sense
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It's not the statists you have to worry about; it's the Objectivist Wannabes and Libertarians.
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