Patriots – Convenient & Otherwise

Monday, 23. April 2012

Posted in Bill Bergman- Follow the Money with Bergman by Bill Bergman

8 Responses to “Patriots – Convenient & Otherwise”

  1. April 23rd, 2012 at 6:57 pm
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    Sibel Edmonds Says:

    Thank you for this great post, Bill.

    Our move to a new hosting company (and a dedicated server!!): Done! We were getting so frustrated with Blue Host-very slow.

    Also, now that I am back we’ll have our nightly news (starting tonight with a brief one).

    I’ll have more updates soon. Thank you for your patience during the site mow. I see my ‘site move notice’ disappeared (during transition), and a few other comments got lost, and Xicha’s comments were placed under hold (our spam control is set to withold/stop comments with multiple links) … BUT, we are back to normal (whatever that is;-)

  2. April 23rd, 2012 at 7:34 pm
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    Xicha Says:

    That’s good news. And thanks for letting us know about the spam control. I thought maybe you were trying to calm me down or something ;) Too bad about losing some, but it’s nice to know we got an upgrade. Good work!

  3. April 23rd, 2012 at 7:37 pm
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    Xicha Says:

    And, yes, good post Bill. One patriotic quote, from a recent podcast, comes to mind:

    “You’ve got to challenge the psy-op!”
    -Classified Woman

  4. April 23rd, 2012 at 8:03 pm
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    jcorbett Says:

    “He loves his country best who strives to make it best.”
    -Robert G. Ingersoll

  5. April 24th, 2012 at 3:25 am
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    Ishmael Says:

    For me Patriotism comes down to the support and advocacy of the Rule of Law. As one who really CAN trace his ancestry back to the Mayflower, I have a 391-year history in this land and nowhere else to go if it goes down. As ourrights are not just eroded, but abrogated while the powerful break laws with impunity, I come back to this clip from “A Man for All Seasons”, Give the Devil Benefit of Law.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-nJR15e0F4&feature=related

    I give the Devil benefit of law for my OWN safety’s sake.

  6. April 24th, 2012 at 8:53 am
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    Bill Bergman Says:

    Thanks for clip, Ishmael. That’s one of the favorite movies of a good friend of mine, a person with significant experience with law and financial markets.

    And re: selective application of the law, well, that’s one of the ways the rule of law is undermined in one of its most important roles. In theory, law is a check on tyranny, but in practice, increasingly, law has become a tool of tyranny.

  7. April 24th, 2012 at 7:09 pm
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    dutchbradt Says:

    I enjoyed the quotes and guessing the authors, thanks! Two of the individuals I had never heard of. But you really threw me a curve when you showed a picture of Bertrand Russell below the quote from G.B. Shaw. That’s not fair!

  8. April 25th, 2012 at 9:29 am
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    Bill Bergman Says:

    Sibel, I think we just found that site editor.

    My humblest apologies, especially to my Irish ancestors. Will fix shortly.

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