Brian’s Column: 9/11 Truth-Letter Closure Campaign, Part 1 of 3

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Brian Wright

Hastening the inevitable via personal, written appeals to action

Last week I wrote a column entitled “After 9/11 Truth” with the intent to show how quickly the facts of reality are coming down the pike on the Big Lie of 9/11. The truth is manifest, simply ‘intuitively obvious to the casual observer,’ to use a phrase from my days in the engineering world. By characterizing one’s ideas or statements as inevitable, one gets an edge over the resistance, especially if one’s ideas are consistent with reality. [I mentioned on my Facebook page how Leon Louw and Frances Kendall of South Africa accelerated the end of apartheid thru their 1987 book, After Apartheid.]

Note: As I got into the meat of this idea, it is becoming apparent that its full layout will be a longer undertaking than one column; indeed, I am now envisioning a short how-to booklet following from two to three columns. Part 1 is the preliminary setup, and I shall sketch a very simple basic request letter in Part 2.

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Book Review: The Rise of the Creative Class (2002)

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Brian Wright

by Dr. Richard Florida

2002, Basic Books, 325 pages

“If America continues to make it harder for some of the world’s most talented students and workers to come here, they’ll go to other countries eager to tap into their creative capabilities—as will American citizens fed up with what they view as an increasingly repressive environment.”
— Dr. Richard Florida,
The Flight of the Creative Class

From this quote you can see immediately the sort of society Dr. Florida wants. Me, too. What’s puzzling is he doesn’t explicitly attach his shiny new cart of creativity to the thoroughbred of peace and political liberty.

In particular, you’d expect him to lambaste the Neocon Usurpers for launching expensive wars for isolated benefit of the Carlyle Group. Is he pulling his punches so Rush Bimbaugh won’t accuse him of Bush-bashing? In general, why doesn’t Florida boldly oppose the bonecrushing machinery of government per se? Continue reading →

Movie Review: Harold and Maude

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Brian Wright

An unconventional lesson in joyful life ___ 10/10

Harold: What were you fighting for?
Maude: Oh, big issues. Liberty. Rights. Justice. Kings died, kingdoms fell. I don’t regret the kingdoms – what sense in borders and nations and patriotism? But I miss the kings.

This one-of-a-kind creation was one I did see back in the day, back when movies like Harold and Maude were mostly only seen at “art” theaters—in the burbs around Kansas City and, later, Detroit, where I was hanging out in my late teens, early 20s. The film was an interesting juxtaposition for my early Objectivism[1], because it did represent a side channel of the hippie experience, where love is the answer… in all its varieties. Continue reading →

Guest Column: All That Matters Now

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Brian Wright

On December 10, the good guys come together…

… or a final nail goes into the rule of law’s coffin. By Pete Hendrickson

LET IT BE SAID PLAINLY: Forcing someone to declare herself indebted to another party– whether by court order or threat of penalty for not making such a declaration– is not a legitimate, lawful act of any organ of the state. Instead, it is a corrupt, tyrannical act, and prohibited by the United States Constitution’s speech, due process and equal protection provisions.

LET IT BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD: Compelling someone to declare a belief that her earnings are “income” taxable by the United States is compelling her to declare herself indebted to the United States (or to declare her agreement with material facts under which the tax debt then arises as a matter of law). Compelling someone to declare her earnings on a line in the “income” section of a testimonial document like a 1040— whether by direct command or by threat of a penalty for not doing so– is compelling her to declare a belief that those earnings are “income” and subject to the tax. Continue reading →

Brian’s Column: After 9/11 Truth

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Brian Wright

Moment of truth is near, let’s start planning for the aftermath

Yes, one should never assume victory in the middle of a fight, because then you can let your guard down and lose it. But in regard to learning the truth about the 9/11 attacks, we’re at the tail end of the fight and the Big Lie has run to the corner of the ring all bloodied and waiting for the official decision. It’s really all over but the shouting… and the forces of the truth movement stand at the threshold of a major, species-saving victory. There’s just so much evidence now, and the books, studies, and videos keep on truckin’. Let me name only a few—from my own little part of the ring:

Anatomy of a Great Deception, watershed by Detroit entrepreneur David Hooper.
Experts Speak Out, still the most complete video of evidence from AE911truth.
Behind the Smoke Curtain, talk w/Satyagraha line, by Barbara Honegger, M.S.
Quantum Trek, book on the spiritual essence of 9/11 Truth, by Pamela Senzee
The New Pearl Harbor, debunks debunkers, thorough film by Massimo Mazzucco
RT Network story, near mainstream assertion of 9/11 as false-flag state terror
Solving 9/11, book showing unmistakable Israeli role, by Christopher Bollyn
Black 9/11, video montage of insider crimes, with narration by physicist Jeremy Rys
Another 19, book on legitimate 9/11 suspects (for real grand jury) by Kevin Ryan
“Demystifying 9/11,” article whodunit trilogy in Veterans Today by Dr. Alan Sabrosky
“9/11: Let’s Get Empirical,” best yet complete written summary, Dr. David Ray Griffin

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Book Review: A Cat Named Darwin (2002)

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Brian Wright

How a stray cat changed a man into a human being
by William Jordan

2002, Houghton Mifflin, 187 pages

This book caught my attention as a loaner from a special lady friend via my mom, both cat lovers. I thought it would make a nice change of pace from works on political morality or economy, and I was right.

Like the author, Bill Jordan, I have a long history of relative disconnection from animal planet, whether the wide variety of wild fauna or domesticated pets. (My dear late brother Forrest was the true animal lover in the family; he possessed a rare sensitivity to all living things. He provided the family with the impetus to acquire dogs, cats, goldfish, and so on, and the inclination to care for them.) Continue reading →

Movie Review: Religulous (2008)

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Brian Wright

Thanks a bunch, Bill, it needed to be said __ 8/10

Written by Bill Maher
Directed by Larry Charles

Bill Maher … Himself
Several: Including his sister and mother

Bill Maher: It seems, people, that this is the very spot … [Megiddo, Israel] … where a lot of Christians believe life on earth will end. The irony of religion is that because of its power to divert man to destructive courses, the world actually could come to an end.

Based on the trailers, I didn’t encounter anything too unexpected with Religulous: it’s a essentially a home movie about a man in the public eye, Bill Maher (comedian, political gadfly) who questions the standard Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, Mohammedism (Islam)—not as a theologian or philosopher might, rather as a conscientious Joe Lunchbucket might. He starts out with his remaining family, simply sitting down in a room with his sister and mother. I believe his ancestors professed Judaism, but he was raised to believe in the Catholic religion. Continue reading →