Political Advice from Robert Heinlein
UrbanGrounds (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Glenn Reynolds posts this still-timely political advice from my favorite author, Robert Heinlein:
Robert Heinlein
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FROM 1952: POPULAR MECHANICS looks at Robert Heinlein’s new house. (Via reader Robert Racansky, wh…
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
FROM 1952: POPULAR MECHANICS looks at Robert Heinlein’s new house. (Via reader Robert Racansky, who saw it at Jerry Pournelle’s.).
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POLITICAL ADVICE FROM ROBERT HEINLEIN: Your object… is to win elections, not arguments. If …
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
POLITICAL ADVICE FROM ROBERT HEINLEIN: Your object… is to win elections, not arguments. If you will always remember that, you can’t go far wrong. The second thing to remember is that elections are won with votes; those votes are out in the precincts, not down in the politico-financial district, [...]
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BREAKING! If we want state parks, we have to fund them!
Blue Hampshire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
It took months of study and some false starts, but the state group looking into the gradual collapse of the state park system has had a Eureka! moment. It's a revolutionary free market idea. Robert Heinlein is saying "TANSTAAFL, dammit!" (You can pronounce that anagram of 'There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch' in heaven.) If we want to have state parks - to hike in, kayak...
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Zenescope's 'Agon' given January release
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... to say that his primary influence for the project is the work of sci-fi authors Ray Bradbury and Robert Heinlein. He also explained that its ultimate goal is to "examine the nature of humanity... and whether you have to be human to possess it".Agon is to be released as a five-issue series, preceded by a special prequel. It will debut in January next year.
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On the folly of youth.
Verbosity (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... All men, gods, and planets in this story are imaginary. Any coincidence of names is regretted – Robert A Heinlein. Does History record any case where the majority was right? L Long. What is particularly worrying is that you distinctly remember that you had another pair of cutoffs, similarly embroidered. With quotations of the sort that someone studying history might have come across...
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THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS WEEKEND: The Insta-Wife On New Trends Among College Women. …
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... changer. Chris Dodd slips through the back door to avoid protesters. Political advice from Robert Heinlein. Rewards for prosecutors who do wrong. Charlie Martin explains the unfolding ClimateGate scandal. And Saturday Night Live parodies Obama in China.