Gods and Generals

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:00:00 GMT
I saw Gods and Generals yesterday afternoon. Well-done film. Good look at the characters of the southern officers. A bit slow in a few places, but worth sitting through. This was part one of a planned trilogy of Civil War films.

Red Thomas at The Sight - A Soldier's Viewpoint on Surviving Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Attacks - a retired Seargent tells you how little you have to worry about from chemical and biological weapons, and how, unless you're in the blast radius, you have a good chance of surviving a nuclear attack. [huntersagainstterrorists]

L. Neil Smith at The Libertarian Enterprise - If I Ran The Circus - an idea for a presidential race that could win a million true libertarian votes. it wouldn't win the election, but it might make some of the BOYN party folk worry that their hold on power isn't as strong as they used to think. [tle]

I would write and record at least one address a week, taking on all the issues that are important to freedom-loving people. I'd also make sure that at least one new photo of me a week got circulated, not the usual campaign garbage, but candid shots of me at my computer, out at the shooting range with my family, at the rink where my daughter skates and my wife teaches, or simply playing my guitar or banjo, holding my cat, joshing with my dog, or standing proudly beside my SUV.

I can hear you moderates and gradualists out there whimpering just like Beaker at Muppet Labs. Try to hold on to yourselves. Yes, I mean to be photographed with guns and gas guzzlers and I almost wish I were still a smoker. For the first time in LP history, we'll be going after our voters -- all we need is a million -- and forget about the ones who will never vote our way no matter what we do or refrain from doing.

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I've always said that, in terms of actually changing things, one third party vote has the power of any ten of the other kind. Instead of playing games 200 years obsolete, I'd concentrate on shocking the political system with a million votes -- antiwar, pro-gun, antitax, pro-freedom votes -- that cannot be overinterpreted or analyzed away. And I'd do it by the easiest, cheapest, and most modern medium available.

Bob Wallace at The Libertarian Enterprise - America, 2084 - silly, but an entertaining romp through the logical conclusion of the Amerikan Sekurity state. [tle]

William Stone, III at The Libertarian Enterprise - Defending A Free Society - a simplified view of defense in an anarcho-capitalist world. [tle]

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