Alfonso Jones

Pass the word around - - - DON'T GIVE HER A SURPRISE PARTY!!! Bill P

The making of U.S. Federal Budget projections: Evidence of possession of a rich fantasy life... Bill P

Yes. Bill P

Norman - Welcome to OL! Make yourself at home, read away, and post as you are intrigued. Bill P

Adam - Thanks for the kind words. These are not the best of times to have the likes of Obama in the Oval Office. Bill P

Love that American sense of life. Push us hard and we eventually rebel. Bill P

That was my impression also, but I was hoping to get it on record. It would be good to get the actual total sales count (or print run) on record. Bill P

Adam - Does the phrase "battle of wits with an unarmed person" ring a bell, perchance? For me, at least, Xray's whining has become boring. For a while, it was amusing in a bizarre sort of way. Now, it is soporific. Bill P

153,000 copies. --Brant inside info--honest! the bonfire of the vanity Brant - Seriously? Could that be total copies printed? Is it really SURPLUS INVENTORY? Bill P

Hogwash. It does not always say that. I saw the message without "more" many more times than I saw it with "more". Hogwash again. No. You are hopelessly wrong. More hogwash. However, you try to make a mountain out of a mole hill. You harp about messages or labels and refuse to admit that enforcing the limit and counting the top 20 posters work exactly like I said and flawlessly. Merlin - Good luck. So many have tried to communicate with Xray. She either doesn't want to understand or is incapable. I incline to the former interpretation. THis extends, of course, not only to the discussion of how her number of posts is limited, but to most of her other discussions on OL. Bill P

Agreed, Michael. I think it's entirely possible the questioner was looking for information to use to argue with his philosophy professors. If so, I would consider his question to be asked in a clumsy fashion, but hardly insulting. Bill P

Adan quotes Obama saying: He is presumably struggling not to omit the one, superfluous, protective word in that sentence? (Echo of AS deliberate...) Bill P

I'm saving my copy as a souvenir. It's a low point all right. Ranks down there with "To Whom It May Concern..." (Saved my copy of that issue of The Objectivist, also...) Bill P

Ted Keer's claim about my intention is also wide of the mark. My point was clearly that this has been done before. These scenes have been shown before. Other produces have sold this idea before. As it turns out, I was right. Not only was much of this rehashed -- some original; I had no idea that Che Guevara made racist generalizations -- but Glenn Beck's website does not credit these sources. Also, to take the matter at hand directly, Beck glossed over some fundamentals in order to make points that his neo-con viewers were pre-disposed to accept. The segment about the Cuban general who was executed begged a few questions. His family claimed that he was a patriot and against Batista. So, where was he during the revolution? How did he remain a general opposed to the dictator? His father was also a general. Unless we have a special case, it seems that the guy was executed for either of two reasons: he failed to support the revolution; or, opposing it, he failed to mount an effective defense. Mike M. You refer to "Beck and his neo-con viewers." Data, please? I know you refer to Beck's VIEWERS as neo-cons, not Beck. Got data showing Beck's viewers are neo-con in higher proportion than the population of the USA at large? Or do you mean to imply that Beck is neo-con? I've be very interested in hearing your characterization of the neo-con movement, and how you see Beck fits into it - in terms of the positions he takes. He has hardly been a friend to the neo-cons. Regards, Bill P

PARC = Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics, an execrable book which purports to be an expose of the Brandens. Poorly written and researched by James Valliant. Not recommended except as an example of poor writing and research. Thomas Sowell - interesting economist. Formerly a Marxist, now broadly an advocate of economic freedom. Fairly libertarian in outlook. Bill P

Thanks to Peter, Reidy, Adam, Jeffrey, Ninth Doctor, and Ed for most helpful responses! Bill P

Merlin - It sounds exactly as has been explained to Xray, painstakingly and repeatedly. As I posted earlier - the notices could be more clear, but it is obvious even when reading them what they must mean. (When you post and it says you can post 5 more "that day" it should be clear that day is not defined by local time in the poster's location, but by a 24 hour time window. And that the 5 includes the current post, so it's really 4 more. Nothing too complex or confusing about that.) Bill P

Exactly, Adam. I don't know of any corporation which requires that 100% of the shareholders agree in order to permit a given corporate action. Regards, BIll P

Michael - Clearly something in the combination of program and Xray is failing, consistently. I think it's pretty obvious to most of us that it's not the software. Regards, Bill P Speaking as someone who writes software I wouldn't discount that it has a few bugs. I have written software, also, GS. But if you're wondering about this, read Xray's descriptions of the "software problems" she is encountering. That will make it clear that she is either confused, or attempting to confuse. Bill P Remember the discussion on the other thread where you it became clear that you had not understood the algorithm at work here? I does have bugs, and believe me if it was possible I'd invite both you and MSK over here so you can see for yourself that one part of the software obviously does not know what the other is doing. Xray - Correction - - - you made it clear that YOU did not understand how the algorithm works. These things seem so hard for you. Bill P

A fast response: Your thinking runs up against the nature of a corporation. Would you argue that a corporation cannot make any decision except "to a limited degree" because a minority of shareholders may object? The structure of a corporation is that the shareholders do not have day to day, line-by-line budgetary control of the decisions made. Bill P

Michael - Clearly something in the combination of program and Xray is failing, consistently. I think it's pretty obvious to most of us that it's not the software. Regards, Bill P Speaking as someone who writes software I wouldn't discount that it has a few bugs. I have written software, also, GS. But if you're wondering about this, read Xray's descriptions of the "software problems" she is encountering. That will make it clear that she is either confused, or attempting to confuse. Bill P

Well put on the accusations of "psychologizing" - in this case, and so many others which have preceded it, made by so many over the years. As Rand said, in "The Psychology of Psychologizing," . . . "Psychologizing consists in condemning or excusing specific inividuals on the grounds of their psychological problems, real or invented, in the absence of or contrary to factual evidence." The last clause is vital. The introduction of the concept was never intended by Rand to give a free pass to those who would inflict their psychological problems on others. It has turned out to be a pretty slippery concept, witness Philip's recent post... Bill P

Michael - Clearly something in the combination of program and Xray is failing, consistently. I think it's pretty obvious to most of us that it's not the software. Regards, Bill P

Exacatly. While there was no actual fraud proposed in "Operation Chaos," the howling reached a high level. Imagine if Rush had advocated voting multiple times to magnify the effect... Bill P