Originally Posted By Darkbeer Very interesting new book coming out... <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/11/3/150518.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.newsmax.com/archive s/articles/2005/11/3/150518.shtml</a> >>In his blockbuster new book "Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy," Hoover Fellow Schweizer reveals the glaring contradictions between the public stances and real-life behavior of prominent liberals including Al Franken, Ralph Nader, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi. But he reserves some of his sharpest barbs for Moore.<< Then he talks about all the stock he owns (though he claims he doesn't own stock), and a lot of the companies are the same ones he talks about..... Then ends with >>In "Stupid White Men," he proclaimed his plans to "hire only black people." But when Schweizer checked the senior credits for Moore's latest film "Fahrenheit 911," he found that of the movie's 14 producers, three editors, production manager and production coordinator, all 19 were white. So were all three cameramen and the two people who did the original music. On "Bowling for Columbine," 13 of the 14 producers were white, as were the two executives in charge of production, the cameramen, the film editor and the music composer. His show "TV Nation" had 13 producers, four film editors and 10 writers – but not a single African-American among them. And as for Moore's insistence on portraying himself as "working class" and an "average Joe," Schweizer recounts this anecdote: "When Moore flew to London to visit people at the BBC or promote a film, he took the Concorde and stayed at the Ritz. But he also allegedly booked a room at a cheap hotel down the street where he could meet with journalists and pose as a ‘man of humble circumstances.'" That's hypocrisy with a capital H!<<
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Wasn't there a book out like this a few years ago? And really isn't Michael Moore yesterday's news. I wish people wouldn't given anymore fuel.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper To attack Moore is akin to attacking Hitler. You don't need to make a case for what a bum he is and only legitimize him by even paying attention at all.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Lo and behold a book was done on this subject a few years ago: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060763957/qid=1131133677/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5718084-8398467?v=glance&s=books" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi dos/tg/detail/-/0060763957/qid=1131133677/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5718084-8398467?v=glance&s=books</a>
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The new book doesn't just look at Michael Moore, but with Liberal Hypocrisy in general.....
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder BIG NEWS! THE SUN ROSE IN THE EAST THIS MORNING! RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE SUN WILL SET YET AGAIN IN THE WEST LATER ON TODAY!! AND GENERALISSIMO FRANCISCO FRANCO IS STILL DEAD!!
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder Hey Darkbeer, does someone pay you by the google? I DON'T get paid for googling, but I can google the phrase "conservative hypocrisy" too and start tons of threads, but what's the point? Nonetheless, here are a few links in the interest of equal time. <a href="http://www.oneandfour.org/archives/2005/10/conservative_hy.html" target="_blank">http://www.oneandfour.org/arch ives/2005/10/conservative_hy.html</a> <a href="http://www.juliansanchez.com/notes/archives/2003/03/more_conservati.php" target="_blank">http://www.juliansanchez.com/n otes/archives/2003/03/more_conservati.php</a> <a href="http://pbahq.smartcampaigns.com/node/843" target="_blank">http://pbahq.smartcampaigns.co m/node/843</a> <a href="http://neovox.cortland.edu/wire/wire_100/wire_100.html" target="_blank">http://neovox.cortland.edu/wir e/wire_100/wire_100.html</a> etc etc etc etc etc etc
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "I take it that would be the Garret Morris version of the news." Chevy Chase, actually.
Originally Posted By itsme <a href="http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm" target="_blank">http://www.eyewitnesstohistory .com/columbus.htm</a> "Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited. His first stop was the Canary Islands where the lack of wind left his expedition becalmed until September 6." " Columbus's journal of his first voyage to America has been lost. However, we do have an accurate abstract of the journal written by Bartolome de las Casas in the 1530s. Las Casas was an historian and Columbus's biographer who had access to the original journal of the voyage. We join Columbus's account as his expedition approaches the islands of the Bahamas. Throughout the account, Columbus refers to himself in the third person as the "Admiral": " ""Thursday October 11 The course was W.S.W., and there was more sea than there had been during the whole of the voyage. They saw sand-pipers, and a green reed near the ship. Those of the caravel Pinta saw a cane and a pole, and they took up another small pole which appeared to have been worked with iron; also another bit of cane, a land-plant, and a small board. The crew of the caravel Niña also saw signs of land, and a small branch covered with berries. Everyone breathed afresh and rejoiced at these signs. The run until sunset was 27 leagues. After sunset the Admiral returned to his original west course, and they went along at the rate of 12 miles an hour. Up to two hours after midnight they had gone 90 miles, equal to 22 1/2 leagues. As the caravel Pinta was a better sailer, and went ahead of the Admiral, she found the land, and made the signals ordered by the Admiral. The land was first seen by a sailor named Rodrigo de Triana. But the Admiral, at ten o'clock, being on the castle of the poop, saw a light, though it was so uncertain that he could not affirm it was land. He called Pero Gutierrez, a gentleman of the King's bedchamber, and said that there seemed to be a light, and that he should look at it. He did so, and saw it. The Admiral said the same to Rodrigo Sanchez of Segovia, whom the King and Queen had sent with the fleet as inspector, but he could see nothing, because he was not in a place whence anything could be seen. After the Admiral had spoken he saw the light once or twice, and it was like a wax candle rising and failing. It seemed to few to be an indication of land; but the Admiral made certain that land was close. When they said the Salve, (Salve Regina) which all the sailors were accustomed to sing in their way, the Admiral asked and admonished the men to keep a good look-out on the forecastle, and to watch well for land; and to him who should first cry out that he saw land, he would give a silk doublet, besides the other rewards promised by the Sovereigns, which were 10,000 maravedis to him who should first saw it. At two hours after midnight the land was sighted at a distance of two leagues."
Originally Posted By Disneyman55 Who's Michael Moore? Why should I care about Goebbels-wannabe? Everytime you post something Darkbeer, STPH comes up behind you and blast on you for doing it. It's really funny. (Nothing personal STPH, but if you step back and look at it, it really is kinda humerous).
Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385513496/qid=1131136012/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-6991704-8896031?v=glance&s=books" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi dos/tg/detail/-/0385513496/qid=1131136012/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-6991704-8896031?v=glance&s=books</a> >>Book Description Members of the liberal/left exude an air of moral certitude. They pride themselves on being committed and selfless and seem particularly confident of the purity of their motives and the evil nature of their opponents. To correct economic and social injustice, liberals support a whole litany of policies and principles: progressive taxes, affirmative action, greater regulation of corporations, raising the inheritance tax, strict environmental regulations, children’s rights, consumer rights, and more. But do they actually live by these beliefs? Peter Schweizer decided to investigate in depth the private lives of prominent liberals. Politicians like the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, the Kennedys, and Ralph Nader; commentators Michael Moore, Al Franken, Noam Chomsky, and Cornel West; entertainers or philanthropists Barbra Streisand and George Soros. Using everything from real estate records, IRS records, court depositions, and their own statements, he sought to examine whether they lived by the principles they so forcefully advocate. What he found was a long list of contradictions. All these proponents of organized labor had developed various methods to sidestep paying union wages or avoid employing unions altogether. They were adept at avoiding taxes; invested heavily in corporations they had denounced; took advantage of foreign tax credits to use non-American labor overseas; espoused environmental causes while opposing those that might affect their own property rights; hid their investments in trusts to avoid paying estate tax; denounced oil companies but quietly owned them. The same applied to causes like affirmative action, civil liberties for accused criminals, and expanded rights for minor children. Schweizer’s conclusion is simple: liberalism in the end forces its adherents to become hypocrites. They adopt one pose in public, but when it comes to what matters most in their own lives–their property, their privacy, and their children--they jettison their liberal principles and adopt conservative ones. Schweizer’s book thus exposes the contradiction at the core of liberalism: If these ideas don’t work for the very individuals who promote them, how can they work for the country?<<
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder (Nothing personal STPH, but if you step back and look at it, it really is kinda humerous). Then it's working.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I just have this picture of Darkbeer surrounded by a bank of computer monitors all with ready made links to LP.
Originally Posted By Disneyman55 Kinda like Batman in the batcave. Thanks DDMan. Now I will always have that visual.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I thought he must be getting a newsletter w/all of these links and stories.
Originally Posted By Disneyman55 Darkbeer, why didn't you tell us about your membership in the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Society? And why haven't I received my latest Talking Points and Various Nefarious Links newsletter? Come on Dark, don't keep me in the dark.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I miss reading Darkbeer's comments. Many of you kids may be too young to remember that there was a time when he, himself, offered actual comments. Come back to us, Darkbeer! We miss you!
