http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog Anti-State, Anti-War, Pro-Market Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:29:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here, Charles, is a brilliant talk by Hans-Hermann Hoppe on Austrian and Marxist class analysis, in 1988. Listen. Here also, at that same Mises Institute conference, is another brilliant talk, this one by Ralph Raico, on the classical-liberal roots of Marxist class analysis. Listen. http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43390.html Lew is precisely on-target emphasizing the importance of libertarian class analysis (or power elite analysis) when examining the Fed and the catastrophic debacle it has created.  This is exactly the course of action I urged last Thursday evening in a panel interview program with Sandra Crosnoe, Ryan Underwood, and Bobby Kessler on RepublicMedia.TV concerning Sunday's ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43376.html They even have a poll, which the Paulians are winning, of course. (Thanks to Rob Esposito) http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43383.html Writes Ryan Grim: In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with an overwhelming and bipartisan 43-26 vote on Thursday afternoon despite harried last-minute lobbying from top Fed officials and the surprise opposition of Chairman Barney ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43377.html "The decision to try the 9/11 defendants in a civilian court opens up the likelihood that the defendant's right to what is called `discovery' will require providing the defense team with intelligence that will surely make its way back to terrorist allies," insisted one of the contributors to the November ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43366.html Good for Ron for stirring these two establishment mullahs to oppose him. But forget their official arguments, which are always a smokescreen in the state-bankster world. Remember that  Greenspan was a J.P. Morgan (i.e., Rockefeller) economist before he ascended to the Fed. Now he works for hedge funds and big ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43333.html Just for your record, here is the list of representatives who voted on the Paul-Grayson amendment and how they voted. If you are someone who votes, you might want to remember this if one of the "nays" is your representative. Democrats MA-04 Rep. Barney Frank nay PA-11 Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski nay CA-35 Rep. Maxine Waters nay NY-14 Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney nay IL-04 Rep. ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43334.html At 2:02 in this video, he declares: "The climate conference in Copenhagen is another step towards the global management of our planet." http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43328.html Writes Glenn Greenwald: Something quite amazing happened yesterday in Congress:  the House Finance Committee -- in a truly bipartisan and even trans-ideological vote -- defied the banking industry, the Federal Reserve, the Democratic leadership, and mainstream Beltway opinion in order to pass an amendment, sponsored by GOP Rep. Ron Paul and ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43321.html Watch this animation of unemployment rates going up since January 2007. By the time you get to the end with all the black counties, counties with 10% or greater unemployment according to official (understated) figures, it is pretty hard to see those green shoots. [Thanks Daring Fireball] http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43315.html The federal senator from Michigan warns us that he and the rest of the gang of thieves will have to loot our incomes even more thoroughly, so as to keep murdering Muslims in Afghanistan. After all, the war department spends $1 million per year per private on the merchants of ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43302.html The three best-read were: Mark Thornton on Lou Dobbs; Marc Faber on the biggest bust, then war, by Ryan Huang; and John Rubino loves Charles Goyette's book. http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43303.html On his website, he describes his fundraising for John McDonogh High School in New Orleans as "raising awareness for volunteerism!" So, an institution founded on a threat to jail the parents if they fail to enroll their children is a model of voluntarism. John McDonogh High has an interesting history. From ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43304.html Writes a friend: Here is a fascinating vignette from Reason TV: Whole Foods entrepreneur John Mackey seems to surprise Welch when he tries to explain why he sells products his customers want to buy, even though he doesn't personally like such products. More important, when asked to list his libertarian influences, ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43296.html She is 26-years-old, and lost a leg from a bomb in that horrific holocaust known as the Great War, when the West tried collectively to commit suicide. The suffering of war continues long after peace is declared -- in this case, 90 years later. Is there any doubt that the ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43293.html Shortly before 8:00 Tuesday morning, a concerned parent visited the elementary school at West-Mont Christian Academy in North Coventry, Pennsylvania. After checking in at the desk, the teacher was escorted to the lobby to wait for his child's kindergarten teacher. At some point, the parent made the "mistake" of walking upstairs ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43281.html Maybe this is why he was dropped from the prolefeed box. Check out his petition to Bring The Troops Home Now! http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43280.html This morning, Joe Scarborough helped to raise $125,000 to help repair a leaky roof in a government school indoctrination center in New Orleans. As I explain in my book, it's basic Austrian economics that governments tend to ignore capital expenses in favor of income. Joe, if you want to know ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43277.html [Thanks to Christopher Kalabus] http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43273.html I must not be representative of the typical American woman. 'Cuz I just don't get it. When Hollywood molded men into girly men to make them "attractive" and "sexy," I must've missed the orientation session (or the magic pill). The decrepit Johnny Depp was once again voted the "Sexiest Man Alive" ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43269.html Ron Paul's Audit the Fed bill makes the pages of the Financial Times, and the article even discusses Paul's ultimate goal of ending the Fed. The draft legislation instructs the GAO to conduct a thorough audit within a year of the law passing. Mr Paul and his supporters want to examine every ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43264.html His new book, The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments, will debut on Sunday at #10 on the NY Times bestseller list at #10. http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43258.html Writes Toby J. Clarkson, Sr.: There was a Saturday morning t.v. show when I was a kid in the late 70's called Wonderbug about the adventures of 3 teenagers and an anthropomorphic beat-up, old dune-buggy named SCHLEP that would transform into the Wonderful Wonderbug, a magical supercar that would come to ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43246.html Congratulations to Ron Paul! His amendment, coauthored by Alan Grayson, to audit the Fed was just passed 43-26, kicking out the evil Mel Watt version, in the financial services committee. Still to come, the vote on the whole bill, and much can happen, but this is great news. Bernanke and ... http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43238.html Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/43232.html