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		<title>By: Of Tea Parties, Tyrants and the American Spirit, revisited&#8230; 2009 &#171; Valentine Bonnaire</title>
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		<dc:creator>Of Tea Parties, Tyrants and the American Spirit, revisited&#8230; 2009 &#171; Valentine Bonnaire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Interview: Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift &#8220;&#8230;Not only did we discuss Rahe’s book, we also discussed the differences between the French and American revolutions, and how elitism replaced aristocracy there — and how it threatens to replace federalism and self-government here. Rahe offers suggestions for reversing a century-old trend towards soft despotism, and predicts that momentum may develop for such action sooner rather than later. More Tea Parties, anyone?&#8230;&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Interview: Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift &#8220;&#8230;Not only did we discuss Rahe’s book, we also discussed the differences between the French and American revolutions, and how elitism replaced aristocracy there — and how it threatens to replace federalism and self-government here. Rahe offers suggestions for reversing a century-old trend towards soft despotism, and predicts that momentum may develop for such action sooner rather than later. More Tea Parties, anyone?&#8230;&#8221; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: CORRUPT.org: Remaking Modern Society</title>
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		<dc:creator>CORRUPT.org: Remaking Modern Society</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Plato, Where Are Thou?...&lt;/strong&gt;

There&#039;s so much garbage information on libertarian blogs I want to cry. Mostly it&#039;s old information rehashed in new forms, critical of everything that has to do with government, until it becomes neurotic (remember Ron Paul calling Obama a &quot;Fascist&quot;...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Plato, Where Are Thou?&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>There&#8217;s so much garbage information on libertarian blogs I want to cry. Mostly it&#8217;s old information rehashed in new forms, critical of everything that has to do with government, until it becomes neurotic (remember Ron Paul calling Obama a &#8220;Fascist&#8221;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; York: Look for Tea Party meaning in the small towns</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hot Air &#187; Blog Archive &#187; York: Look for Tea Party meaning in the small towns</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] resonance of these protests go beyond the actual fiscal policies that prompted them.  In fact, as Professor Paul Rahe would appreciate, the real disaffection comes from a governing power that grows increasingly remote and autocratic, [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] resonance of these protests go beyond the actual fiscal policies that prompted them.  In fact, as Professor Paul Rahe would appreciate, the real disaffection comes from a governing power that grows increasingly remote and autocratic, [...]</p>
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		<title>By: gh</title>
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		<dc:creator>gh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After listening to this interview, I am definitely going to get the book.  I was thinking about it after John Miller&#039;s interview, which was quite similar.

This looks to be the &lt;em&gt;serious&lt;/em&gt; version of Jonah Goldberg&#039;s Liberal Fascism and Mark Levin&#039;s Liberty and Tyranny (both of which I own but neither of which I have finished yet).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After listening to this interview, I am definitely going to get the book.  I was thinking about it after John Miller&#8217;s interview, which was quite similar.</p>
<p>This looks to be the <em>serious</em> version of Jonah Goldberg&#8217;s Liberal Fascism and Mark Levin&#8217;s Liberty and Tyranny (both of which I own but neither of which I have finished yet).</p>
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		<title>By: SeniorD</title>
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		<dc:creator>SeniorD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One thing differentiates the American Republic from past &#039;&lt;em&gt;republics&lt;/em&gt;&#039; - we did not start off with a royal monarch or aristocracy (although the Congresstitutes, &#039;celebrities&#039; and uber-rich Sorosians beg to differ on the latter).

Even the Athenian republic did not permit women any status and slavery was rampant.  No way were they truly egalitarian.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One thing differentiates the American Republic from past &#8216;<em>republics</em>&#8216; &#8211; we did not start off with a royal monarch or aristocracy (although the Congresstitutes, &#8216;celebrities&#8217; and uber-rich Sorosians beg to differ on the latter).</p>
<p>Even the Athenian republic did not permit women any status and slavery was rampant.  No way were they truly egalitarian.</p>
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		<title>By: gh</title>
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		<dc:creator>gh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John Miller at NRO has another interview up this morning.  It&#039;s under NRO radio, &quot;Between the Covers&quot;.  John publishes 2 interviews per week with (mostly) conservative authors and has been doing so for more than a year now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John Miller at NRO has another interview up this morning.  It&#8217;s under NRO radio, &#8220;Between the Covers&#8221;.  John publishes 2 interviews per week with (mostly) conservative authors and has been doing so for more than a year now.</p>
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		<title>By: profitsbeard</title>
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		<dc:creator>profitsbeard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The French Revolution rose against long centuries of despotic tyranny and never had the spine of our &lt;em&gt;Constitution and Bill of Rights&lt;/em&gt; to secure their revolt and thus could descend to mob rule and bloodthirsty vendetta.  

&lt;strong&gt;Payback&lt;/strong&gt; over-ruled Liberty, and the social structures that were hardened over a millennia did not vanish, but reappeared with new &lt;em&gt;egalitarian&lt;/em&gt; names.

America was starting on fresh, open ground, without the &lt;em&gt;de facto &lt;strong&gt;castes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; that petrified Europe (&lt;em&gt;except for the polarized &lt;strong&gt;slave caste&lt;/strong&gt;, which was solved by the second, infra-revolution, or &quot;Civil War&quot;&lt;/em&gt;), so our ancestors could move forward without the chains of &lt;em&gt;too much History&lt;/em&gt;.

America, therefore, did not have the temptation of a &quot;Terror&quot; once its Liberty from England was won, because the Tories had either emigrated, if they were high-profile, or joined, with quiet resignation, in their newfound freedom, had they kept their royalist sympathies &lt;em&gt;quieter&lt;/em&gt;.

Now, though, allowing the influx of those who do not support our Constitutional system of laws (&lt;em&gt;and not of men&lt;/em&gt;), is slowly morphing our nation into a fragmenting and Balkinizing gang of anti-Consitutional, anti-law &lt;em&gt;self-interest groups&lt;/em&gt;.

This failure to defend our very &lt;strong&gt;skin&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;borders&lt;/em&gt;) is undermining the success of our system and it enfdangers our nation&#039;s future.

Until this flow of encouraged chaos is stopped, the finer points of these arguments are like spending great efforts to preserve the original documents of the Declaration and Constitution... as the building burns down around them.


Thanks for the stimulating interview, Ed!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The French Revolution rose against long centuries of despotic tyranny and never had the spine of our <em>Constitution and Bill of Rights</em> to secure their revolt and thus could descend to mob rule and bloodthirsty vendetta.  </p>
<p><strong>Payback</strong> over-ruled Liberty, and the social structures that were hardened over a millennia did not vanish, but reappeared with new <em>egalitarian</em> names.</p>
<p>America was starting on fresh, open ground, without the <em>de facto <strong>castes</strong></em> that petrified Europe (<em>except for the polarized <strong>slave caste</strong>, which was solved by the second, infra-revolution, or &#8220;Civil War&#8221;</em>), so our ancestors could move forward without the chains of <em>too much History</em>.</p>
<p>America, therefore, did not have the temptation of a &#8220;Terror&#8221; once its Liberty from England was won, because the Tories had either emigrated, if they were high-profile, or joined, with quiet resignation, in their newfound freedom, had they kept their royalist sympathies <em>quieter</em>.</p>
<p>Now, though, allowing the influx of those who do not support our Constitutional system of laws (<em>and not of men</em>), is slowly morphing our nation into a fragmenting and Balkinizing gang of anti-Consitutional, anti-law <em>self-interest groups</em>.</p>
<p>This failure to defend our very <strong>skin</strong> (<em>borders</em>) is undermining the success of our system and it enfdangers our nation&#8217;s future.</p>
<p>Until this flow of encouraged chaos is stopped, the finer points of these arguments are like spending great efforts to preserve the original documents of the Declaration and Constitution&#8230; as the building burns down around them.</p>
<p>Thanks for the stimulating interview, Ed!</p>
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		<title>By: Puddleglum</title>
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		<dc:creator>Puddleglum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Really informative interview, Ed.  I love the fact that the author actually proposes a plan by which to combat the all-encompassing control of the federal government by bypassing D.C. altogether. Now, we just need some state leadership to emerge and then onward to the Constitutional Convention! Can&#039;t wait to read the book.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really informative interview, Ed.  I love the fact that the author actually proposes a plan by which to combat the all-encompassing control of the federal government by bypassing D.C. altogether. Now, we just need some state leadership to emerge and then onward to the Constitutional Convention! Can&#8217;t wait to read the book.</p>
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		<title>By: Daemonocracy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Daemonocracy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the recommendation, this looks good.  People who haven&#039;t already probably would want to read Burke and Paine&#039;s different takes on the French Revolution for some background.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the recommendation, this looks good.  People who haven&#8217;t already probably would want to read Burke and Paine&#8217;s different takes on the French Revolution for some background.</p>
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		<title>By: Browncoatone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Browncoatone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe I need to pack up the family and move to Texas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe I need to pack up the family and move to Texas.</p>
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		<title>By: PappaMac</title>
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		<dc:creator>PappaMac</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Only if Texas takes me with it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only if Texas takes me with it.</p>
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		<title>By: Enoxo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Enoxo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Threadjack!

Drudge has a flashing siren, Gov. Perry says Texas can leave union if it wants.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Threadjack!</p>
<p>Drudge has a flashing siren, Gov. Perry says Texas can leave union if it wants.</p>
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		<title>By: johnsteele</title>
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		<dc:creator>johnsteele</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama bought this book, but he thinks its a how-to manual.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama bought this book, but he thinks its a how-to manual.</p>
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