The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Celebrating The Crowd At CPAC, iii
The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds

by Smitty Writing in the late 1800’s, and looking back to the French Revolution, Le Bon sees a spontaneous crowd as a truly dumb beast: The creation of the legends which so easily obtain circulation in crowds is not solely the consequence of their extreme credulity. It is also the result of the prodigious perversions […]

Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Goes Worldwide: Meets With Japanese Tea Party Leaders

Left to right: Yuya Watase of the Tokyo Tea Party and Jikido “Jay” Aeba of HRP wait while Herman Cain listens to translator Yuki Oikana. WASHINGTON, D.C. Yesterday afternoon I got a phone call from one of Herman Cain’s aides, asking if I could attend a meeting at 5 p.m. Well, sure, of course, but […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 02.10.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS West Offers Only Words As Syria Killing Rages On Assad, bolstered by Russian support, ignores calls to halt the slaughter U.S. Looks To Turkey To Take Point On Supporting Syrian Rebels $25 Billion Pact Reached With Five Banks Settlement doesn’t apply to 50% of mortgages Cardinal George Throws Down […]

First Daniel Hannan Pic!

by Smitty I won CPAC, albeit rather early: And that’s without even making the Blogger Bash, which I skipped for the World’s Youngest Blogger:

CPAC: Too Much Fun to Describe

WASHINGTON, D.C. As is well-known, I have difficulty with the concept of “schedules,” and I’m now scheduled for a meeting with Herman Cain in half an hour. The house WiFi at the Marriott Wardman Park is suck-tastic, which makes it difficult to upload video and photos. However, I have been able to get a few […]

Celebrating The Crowd At CPAC, ii
General Characteristics of Crowds

by Smitty Le Bon, emphasis original: The sentiments and ideas of all the persons in the gathering take on the same direction, and their conscious personality vanishes. A collective mind is formed, doubtless transitory, but presenting clearly defined characteristics. The gathering has thus become what, in the absence of a better expression, I will call […]

Stacy’s CPAC Tour

by Smitty Stacy and the BarbieCam in near-real time:

Celebrating The Crowd At CPAC, i

by Smitty Gustav Le Bon’s 1895 book The Crowd heavily informed Ann Coulter’s book Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America. Thanks to Ann for the hat tip. Rather than take her route of showing the specific evil effects of the Democrat party, and then quoting Le Bon, it seems needful to go back […]

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