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Letters to the Editor
from Mike Blessing, Jim Davidson, and A.X. Perez
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Chewing the Fat
by L. Neil Smith
I received an indignant e-mail message yesterday from a group whose mailing list I stay on because their utter stupidity, insanity, and corruption—expressed in a nearly infinite variety of manners—provides me with an endless supply of ideas for articles like this one. It's the same reason I used to listen to Rush Limbaugh.
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Life in FRONA
by Russell D. Longcore
In many articles that I have written about secession, I have referred to a state that secedes and becomes a new nation. Many times I've called it New Texas for want of a better name. But from this moment forward, when I talk about the perfect example of secession, the new nation will have a new name... The Free Republic of North America. Its acronym will be FRONA.
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To Hell with Big Bird!
by Eric Oppen
Once again, the usual suspects are squealing like hogs on butchering day at the thought of, the gods forbid, PBS losing its federal funding. And, once again, they're putting it all in terms of losing Sesame Street. "The evil pinchpennies want to kill Big Bird!" they howl. Unfortunately, the evil pinchpennies have some pretty good arguments on their side.
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Be Optimistic
by Kent McManigal
Last week Mike Pomper asked how optimistic he should be, so I'll tell him: Very. Here's why. The US government is NOT America. America will survive- and probably thrive- after the US government completes its suicide. Don't bother trying to stop them. They wouldn't listen anyway. Just don't let them take you down with them.
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Bravely Bombing the Boche:
The Morality of Killing Civilians
by Sean Gabb
I have just read a story in The Daily Mail about Bomber Command—that is, the RAF unit responsible for levelling much of Germany in the second world war. Apparently, the surviving veterans aren't able to pay for the monument they put up this year to commemorate their efforts. The members of the relevant committee may be personally liable to cover these costs. It that doesn't get us shouting for taxpayer funding, the newspaper article tells us that "[t]he bravery of Bomber Command can be summed up by a single, miserable statistic: almost half did not survive the war. No other unit could claim such a deplorable life expectancy. They'd have been safer sitting at home playing Russian roulette with a loaded pistol." Well, I'm sick of this endless war porn.
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Atlantea The Beautiful No. 198
by L. Neil Smith and Rex May
Number 198 of a weekly cartoon series.
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