Note: The Coffee Coaster Beaniegram contains synopses of writings—columns and book/movie reviews—of the week. It normally is posted and emailed on Sunday mid day. Toward the end of each week, a more journalistic newsletter, "Percolations," is emailed commenting on news and issues of the week. Last week's issue of Percolations is located here. — bw

My Column-Article
"...Destructive of these Ends..."
What's the threshold for 'Independence Redo?'
by Brian Wright

Obviously, at the time Jefferson—with slight editing by the Congress—was conveying the message that the British Monarchy had become destructive of the ends of 'life, liberty, and property under popular consent.' Further, the colonists had decided to fire the king and institute their own government based on the inalienable rights of the people. In his message, Jefferson lists several imperial crimes against humanity that 'impel the colonists to separation.' And these Brit crimes were biggies, too: disbanding legislatures, deprivation of trial by jury, quartering of troops, taxation without representation, military attacks against the citizenry, and so on. Fast forward to 2012 and the relationship between the people and the imperial Government of the United States (GOTUS)[1].

Today, GOTUS stands in the same relation to Americans as British Tyranny did to the American colonies of 1776: the chief difference lying in official documentation: Jefferson had no founding charter against which to identify English-government violations; we do. It's called the Constitution. How many of its provisions have been raped and pillaged thru 2012 by GOTUS Gone Wild?... [Full Column]

Excerpt of Review

Lion of the Desert (1981):
An unforgettable, sooo relevant, heroic movie...
that few people have even HEARD of ___ 10/10

For this one-of-a-kind cinematic experience and for the review, I have Dean Hazel to thank. He's been after me for a while to sling some ink at Lion of the Desert, and I'm terribly sad I hadn't watched this 1981 movie many years ago. Why is this movie an 'Essential?' So many reasons. But in a nutshell, it treats Arabs as human beings while showing how the Italian fascist colonial power of the early 20th century committed a full-frontal holocaust—complete with concentration camps, torture, rape, terror bombing, and WMDs—on the indigenous people of Libya.[1]

Moreover, the movie treats Arabs as heroic, rational, civilized beings that we can look up to and find inspiration from. Particularly, the person of Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn), who was born in a small town near Tobruk, Libya, in 1862, and was working as a spiritual teacher of the Quran when the Italians came to conquer Libya in 1911. At the age of 49, Mukhtar became the resistance leader of a desert force that inflicted loss after loss upon the Italian forces who came to subdue him; he knew the terrain and used it to his advantage over the often young and ill-prepared Italians. [Full Review]

Book Review
The Revolution: A Manifesto:
The undisguised truth about liberty in America
by Ron Paul

I've given my pros and cons for the Good Doctor on these pages[1], and I admire him greatly... as a human being and as a political leader. The reservations I've expressed mostly pertain to what I see as limitations engendered by his 'supernatural Christianity' and neglecting to initiate impeachment George W. Bush for treason (then later neglecting to stand up for the valiant apostles of the Liberty Dollar).  But the positives are so extraordinary—a Republican opposing empire, supporting the Bill of Rights and an end to the drug war, ending the continuous looting of the American people by the Federal Reserve system and the income tax, and seeking all manner of libertarian solutions inflicted on us by the 'Kleptocons'—any libertarian worth his salt has to stand up and be counted. This is a watershed book for a watershed time, by a doctor who is reigniting the passion of youth for saving our dying country. [Full Review]

Guest Column

Michigan Prime
Ron Paul 2012 primary result propels us forward
by Ron Paul 2012 Campaign Team—Michigan

The third-place total, at 12%, for the Good Doctor in the Michigan Presidential Primary on February 28, 2012, was discouraging but still double the 2008 number. As a late-in-the-game coordinator for a well-designed direct voter engagement system, I was ineffective in bringing volunteers online for the last two weeks. But I did put in several hours of solo street time in my region (Novi, Walled Lake, Commerce, Wixom). An adjoining district, coordinated by a Mr. Go-Getter-Can-Do, Dennis Marburger, had a motivated bunch out in the precincts for weeks. I thought sure his district/region would win it for the Gipper. Not so. The percentages seemed to land in the 12% range regardless of district. We comiserated this morning...

What's exciting about the Ron Paul campaign—and what I especially realized sitting in that MSU Auditorium, with 4,000 other 'kids,' getting tears and goosebumps—is how the Freedom Philosophy is reigniting the spirit of the young. When the leader of Youth for Ron Paul stepped up to the podium and conveyed his heartfelt hero-respect for Dr. Paul I remembered the same love and passion I felt for Rand and Rothbard and other moral/intellectual icons of the Freedom Philosophy in my day.... [Full Column]

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