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The first of our new entries to the field guide is Allie Duzett who is now blogging at Accuracy in Media.
I shot this interview just before the meet and greet with congressional staffers on Thursday, I was shocked with she gave me an 
autographed copy of her new book How to Save America. I’m about a third of the way through it, so far it looks like an excellent read (I’ll write a proper Amazon review when I’ve finished it).
The New Democrat by Loren Spivack
In this parody we have a know it all (aided by Dem 1 and Dem 2) trying to show the country the best was to prosperity. With predictable results.
The book is not yet available on Amazon but you can get it directly from the Free Market Warrior site here.
At the end of the Seminar that he gave to the Twin City Tea Party he read us this book, we were laughing very loud. I suspect if you get this book you will too.
If you’ve never heard of Loren Spivack here is the video I shot at the Twin City Tea Party:
He is available to speak anywhere about Capitalism and it’s fruit. Get the book if you want to laugh, arrange the seminar if you want to learn.
In 1941 Governor Lee “Pappy” McDaniel ran in a special election for an open Senate seat created by the death of Senator John Sheppard (an interesting fact is that a son of Sam Houston the 1st president of Texas born in 1793 was appointed as a “placeholder” senator during the time between the death and the election). His primary opponent was Lyndon Johnson then a congressman from the 10th district. The two primary candidates fought it out and both were involved in some underhanded tactics however at the end of the day it looked like Johnson had the game won until (According to Robert Caro in his book The Years of Lyndon Johnson the Path to Power) O’Daniel’s enemies contrived to steal the election FOR him to get him out of the governors office.
It turned out that Pappy although corrupt had one “virtue” and that was dislike for alcohol. Convinced it was the devil’s brew he was prepared to keep “dry” zones around military bases and his foes in the liquor industry wanted him out.
I thought of Pappy O’Daniel when I read this surprising quote from Jeffrey Goldberg’s interview with Fidel Castro:
Over the course of this first, five-hour discussion, Castro repeatedly returned to his excoriation of anti-Semitism. He criticized Ahmadinejad for denying the Holocaust and explained why the Iranian government would better serve the cause of peace by acknowledging the “unique” history of anti-Semitism and trying to understand why Israelis fear for their existence.
It was quite a shock to hear one of the monsters of the 20th century excoriating a modern monster for antisemitism and going on about the long history of Jewish suffering, that’s when I remembered Pappy.
Pappy was an opponent of the dangers of drinking, but it didn’t make him any less a corrupt pol.
Castro if this interview is to be believed believes that antisemitism is a centuries long disgrace and that Israel has a right to exist, that doesn’t make him any less of a murderous thug. I’m not going to fall for his pap any more that the Babliu blog guys will.
As the Doctor once told Margaret the Slitheen it doesn’t matter, you can oppress millions because every now and again you can speak up against an injustice that has nothing to do with you.
memeorandum thread here
My review of the Volume Where did Jesus Die by J. D. Shams is available at Amazon.com here
This is written from the perspective of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and was given to be to read by the Imam of the local Mosque. It would appear to be long out of print.
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