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 LeRoi Moore from Dave Matthews Band Died
LeRoi Moore, the saxophonist for the Dave Matthews Band, died of complications from an ATV accident. My first reaction was, oh well, I guess Dave is the songwriter, so they'll just replace LeRoi. Then I remembered the song Proudest Monkey off the Crash album and I started crying. If you haven't heard it, go buy... (Read the entire blog entry) (Added by Laure Chipman on 8/20, 8:03am)
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 Louis Armstrong's killer trumpet in an unusual song.
The video is crap (nothing more than you see now) and the sound quality isn't that good (its taken from a 78 rpm vinyl), but what a triumph of happiness in musical form it is! The melody is from an old South African tune - Armstrong used to tour Africa - the words were made up decades later by someone in New York I think (the vocals don't come in t... (See the video) (Added by Steve Wolfer on 8/18, 5:36am)
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 Q. What do you think of the Libertarian Party? AR: I’d rather vote for Bob Hope, the Marx Brothers, or Jerry Lewis. I don’t think they’re as funny as Professor Hospers and the Libertarian Party. If, at a time like this, John Hospers takes ten votes away from Nixon (which I doubt he’ll do), it would be a moral crime. I don’t care about Nixon, and I care even less about Hospers. But this is no time to engage in publicity seeking, which all these crank political parties are doing. If you want to spread your ideas, do it through education. But don’t run for President—or even dogcatcher—if you’re going to help McGovern.
Ayn Rand
http://rebirthofreason.com/Forum/NewsDiscussions/2126_2.shtml#52
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Henry David Thoreau
http://www.strike-the-root.com/
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A recurring head-in-the-sandism of isolationists is the premise that every threat is best dealt with by ‘leaving it alone in its cage.’ The unstated premise is that the dog can’t or won’t get out, and the only way to get hurt is by mucking in his business. Of course, the dog can get out. The only question is: Should we let him see us picking up a big stick, or stringing up our sneakers?
Jon Letendre
http://rebirthofreason.com/Forum/NewsDiscussions/2128.shtml#12
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If McCain has appeared "presidential" in this crisis, by contrast, it is because he has provided real moral leadership when no one else was doing it—and his statements of encouragement to Georgia may well have changed the course of events for the better. I am no fan of McCain, and I fought vigorously against his nomination by the Republican Party. But if anything can make me vote for the bastard, this will be it.
Robert Tracinski
TIA Daily
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Blog Entry:
 5k and broken window
News from the life of Dean Michael Gores on August 14th, 2008: I ran the 2008 CIGNA Elliot Corporate Road Race (5k) in 22 minutes 20 seconds. Which is a healthy speed but not anything extraordinary. I beat the other 9 participants from the company I work for. My car was broken into for the second time i... (Read the entire blog entry) (Added by Dean Michael Gores on 8/14, 10:43pm)
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Michael has his goals and I have mine... I don't think anyone should get in the way of what I want. I'm not going to feel bad if I go out and race my heart out and end up winning.
Ian Crocker
Washington Post: August 14, 2008
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Article:
 The Scope of Public Choice Theory
by Tibor R. Machan
Prague, Czech Republic. In October 1985 (I think it was) Professor James Buchanan, now at George Mason University's Department of Economics, received the Nobel Prize in his discipline for his pioneering work—in collaboration with Professor Gordon Tullock—in what came to be called public choice theory. The gist of this theory is that those who work in government, often referred to in the honorific terms as doing "public service," are, contrary to widespread impression, just as much motivated by personal or self-interest as are people in the market place. In other words, politicians and bureaucrats pursue their own agendas, not those of "the public," just as people in business do. And from this a number of interesting insights follow about the nature of government policy. (Read more...)
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