BAGELS,BARRY BONDS, AND ROTTEN POLITICIANS - BURTON S. BLUMERT potx

[...]... doesn’t mean a twit It’s the rush you experience xiii xiv — Bagels, Barry Bonds, and Rotten Politicians when editor Rockwell advises that your submission meets his demanding standards, and that you’ve made the LRC page Look, we all know that Lew Rockwell stands alone as a libertarian thinker and writer His prose is crisp, clear, and he never wavers on principle A wag once wryly observed that Murray N... Studies and the Austrian Economics Newsletter, and the benefactor—materially and in friendship—to many libertarian intellectuals His offices were a kind of home base for thinkers in the movement He also became the chairman of the Mises Institute, succeeding Margit von Mises, and then the publisher of the Rothbard-Rockwell Burton S Blumert xi Report and its successor, LewRockwell.com, where these funny and. .. He and Pat Buchanan are friends, and he vigorously defended Buchanan against false charges that neo-conservative war hawks like Norman Podhoretz brought against him “The neocons are smart The ugly campaign they orchestrate against Pat simply reveals how much they fear him But that is no excuse.” xvii xviii — Bagels, Barry Bonds, and Rotten Politicians Politics is a matter of friends and enemies; and. .. powerless, yet, never loses her xx — Bagels, Barry Bonds, and Rotten Politicians grace Finally, Helen Mirren’s Elizabeth realizes what we knew all along We live in a ‘Pop Culture’ and even tradition is fading fast.” Book and movie reviewing, and even writing on politics, are just avocations for Burt He is by profession a dealer in coins and precious metals, and he offers readers the advice of a genuine... Burt Blumert has been charitable, far-seeing, and steadfast in his role as Misesian-Rothbardian entrepreneur As a man, he is funny, charming, decent, and generous As a writer, as you will see from this book, he is a talented satirist who can teach the truths of liberty and life while making you laugh out loud Most of all, he has shown how the Mises-Rothbard dream of drawing together commerce and ideas... Bagels, Barry Bonds, and Rotten Politicians Burt was transferred to California, and then entered the coin and precious metals business, eventually establishing the Camino Coin Company and running it for almost fifty years Burt always felt blessed to be dealing in collector coins, a hobby he had enjoyed his whole life Camino, while always important, was central to monetary affairs in the 1960s and 1970s,... great Gorney and Harburg, 1932, depression song, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” 3 4 — Bagels, Barry Bonds, and Rotten Politicians recorded by Bing Crosby But, Al did remind me that we had downed a few Coor’s 50 years earlier at an Air Force base in Colorado He insisted we share the afternoon and suggested the following choices: • • • • We can sit and watch the stock prices at Merrill Lynch and the coffee... tired ham and cheese sandwich as everybody else, only mine was in a wrapper with Golda Meir’s picture on it Burton S Blumert — 13 The fellow next to me had ordered vegetarian His ham and cheese sandwich wrapper had a picture of a cauliflower We all munched in silence The reality of air travel these days is hardly less absurd than the above Southwest and America West may be the only money-making airlines... been stamped out 14 — Bagels, Barry Bonds, and Rotten Politicians Going through Security used to engender outrage and archives filled with horror stories A genre of gallows humor developed and we laughed while we shared our humiliations at the hands of the security buffoons “I can top that,” said the office comedian “I had to explain why I wasn’t wearing underwear and the security clerk hardly spoke... support and friendship through the years Without your counsel and encouragement, this volume would not exist If there are any errors of commission, omission, or anything really stupid in the pages ahead, I would love to place the blame elsewhere, but I alone bear the responsibility BURTON S BLUMERT AUGUST 15, 2008 INTRODUCTION B urt Blumert was one of the closest friends of Murray and Joey Rothbard, and . inquires, “How is it that Chinese cuisine successfully cuts across all borders and cultures? The answer is simple: Most Chinese restaurants maintain an unusually. industry. Burt s buy-sell spreads consistently beat the competition, his attention to the consumer was famous—his long-term customers became his friends and he