Simple lies, distortions and urban legends propagated about conservatives and libertarians all pale in comparison to what is the most coveted of all libelous popular-culture mechanisms. I refer, of course, to the study. A “study,” no matter how it is produced and, more importantly, no matter how ineptly it is analyzed, is repeated without question in the popular media if that study furthers a left-wing political perspective. Such studies are presented with pious credulity as liberal holy writ, from which absurd, illogical and irrational pronouncements are foisted on the public.

Read the entire column here at WorldNetDaily.

Far from being motivated by fear, students of self-defense who train with weapons do so out of a sense of responsibility. To borrow a phrase of which Mr. Thomas is so fond, it’s common knowledge that developing competency in self-defense mitigates fear. Those training to wield weapons in self-defense do so because they take responsibility for their loved ones and themselves. They are the opposite of afraid; they are empowered and they are devoted to the ideal of the citizen-defender.

Read the full column here at WorldNetDaily.

Benjamin B. Woodford <benjamin.b.woodford@sherwin.com> 
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:13 AM 
To: Phil Elmore

No, Phil, nothing that exists only in the mind is property.

Ideas are not property, and never have been.

But, when ideas are hidden, they do seem somewhat like property… those are called “secrets”.

Anything that has been broadcast or unveiled is not property.  

If a man hides a lamp under a bushel, then yes he gets to keep all the light.  

If he takes the bushel away, then the light and any benefit derived from the light, belong to all who see the light.

“Property rights” — yes!  Thou shalt not steal.

“Intellectual property” — fiction.   

I wrote back, “Saying, ‘No it doesn’t!’ doesn’t constitute a persuasive argument.  For the reasons I cited in my column, intellectual property clear does exist, and must exist, or we consign ourselves to economic ruin while dismissing the talents, abilities, and labors of countless human beings.

Benjamin B. Woodford <benjamin.b.woodford@sherwin.com> 
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:26 AM 
To: Phil Elmore

No, sir, saying that “we consign ourselves to economic ruin while dismissing the talents, abilities, and labors of countless human beings”, also does not constitute a persuasive argument.

There is no basis nor precedent, historical nor religious,  for the notion that people own ideas or music, or any such non-property things.

Instead, we are experiencing economic ruin because of government-created notions such as “intellectual property”, which is part and parcel of the same scam as “fractional reserve banks” and “limited liability corporations”.

All of those scams are designed and enforced by governments of recent centuries, in order to “juice” the economy… which only leads to economic ruin for the many (plus continuous warfare).

A people who live free and straight will prosper and grow, while know-how will diffuse gradually throughout the people.  (read the scriptures)

The scam of intellectual property exists to make one nation run ahead in military advancements (which will be copied anyway), the the ruin of us all.  (please see the last 250-400 years)

Benjamin Woodford
Sherwin Williams Co.
216-566-1834

I wrote back, “People who believe intellectual property is a “scam” are dismissing the talents and labors of countless Americans. They’re basically no different than the communists who would like to abolish property out of envy and avarice, in order to take what they have not earned.
 
“Sorry, Ben, but you fail to convince me by citing scriptures, which have nothing to do with this issue.  Also, I suggest you stop using your employer’s e-mail address to pester me.  I don’t think Sherwin Williams would appreciate how you’re using company resources.”

Benjamin B. Woodford <benjamin.b.woodford@sherwin.com> 
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:37 AM 
To: Phil Elmore

Phil:

Pester you?  You are referring to a response to an article that you freely broadcast, and for which you solicited responses (see your WND web-page).

Secondly, nothing could be much more absurd that to suggest that the scriptures are not germane to the topic of property.  They define the topic… not some intellectual construct of ideas that men build up for their pleasure.

Lastly, you need not worry over my use of my company’s resources… I am a share-holder, you see… I’m the owner.

Benjamin Woodford
Sherwin Williams Co.
216-566-1834

I wrote back, “If you really are the owner of the company, Ben, you really ought to recognize the importance of intellectual property.  It worries me that you don’t.  It should worry any other shareholders as well.”

Benjamin B. Woodford <benjamin.b.woodford@sherwin.com> 
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:44 AM 
To: Phil Elmore

By the way, Phil:

It is the Communists/socialists who believe that “the end justifies the means”… which is your whole argument about “intellectual property”  

By pointing out that you think we would end up ruining ourselves or dismissing people’s talents, you argue about the right or wrong of an issue, based on its consequences (which you imagine), rather than by looking at whether it is right or wrong.

Benjamin Woodford
Sherwin Williams Co.
216-566-1834

I wrote back, “That’s the problem, Ben — this isn’t an “end justifying the means” argument at all.  Rather, I’m pointing out the *logical contradiction* that occurs when we declare such labors to have no value, when clearly this is not the case in theory or practice.
 
“Truly logical arguments don’t reference religious dictates.  They fail automatically because of the subjective nature of religion.  If you want to persuade people of things, you’ve got to do so with logic using axiomatic premises.  That’s what my column does.”

Benjamin B. Woodford <benjamin.b.woodford@sherwin.com> 
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:48 AM 
To: Phil Elmore

Au contraire, sir, I am the lead programmer and system architect  for our Lab Systems team.  

I am charged, at least as much as anyone else in the company, with maintaining “intellectual property”, since we house all of our secret formulae.

We do that by keeping them secret.  So does Coca-Cola.

Does that mean that the company does not leverage the government’s willing complicity, when secrets leak out?  Oh no, our legal department goes right to court.

But, that doesn’t make the litigation right.

Benjamin Woodford
Sherwin Williams Co.
216-566-1834

I wrote back, “So you’re charged with protecting something you don’t believe exists?  That sounds like a conflict of interest.  It also sounds immoral.”

Benjamin B. Woodford <benjamin.b.woodford@sherwin.com> 
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:51 AM 
To: Phil Elmore

Mr Elmore:

All logical or deductive arguments begin with the following preface:  “Given …”

That is to say, they start with details that pre-exist the logical portion of the argument.  For the duration of the logical argument, those original conditions are un-questionable.

In issues of property, and all morality, those “givens” come from the commandments in the scripture.

Many men have taken it upon themselves to invent their own original conditions, for such discussions.  That behaviour leads to the very ruin that you have been preaching to me about.

Regards,

Benjamin Woodford 

Phil Elmore
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:49 AM 
To: “Benjamin B. Woodford” <benjamin.b.woodford@sherwin.com> 

You’ve just told me that you’re responsible for protecting something you don’t believe exists, and that your company — a company you’ve said you own — pursues legal action to protect this same product you don’t believe exists.  Presumably this is done because it protects your profits (and rightly so) — yet you’ve indicated you don’t think intellectual property is morally right.
 
That makes you a hypocrite who is engaged in activities he believes are morally wrong because it profits him or the entity he owns.  That’s the very definition of the end justifying the means.

Benjamin B. Woodford <benjamin.b.woodford@sherwin.com> 
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:54 AM 
To: Phil Elmore

Phil:

As I pointed out to you, what we actually do is keep things secret.  

People can say that we are protecting intellectual property, but we are not.  We could say that we are jumping up and down on one foot.  But we aren’t.  What we’re really doing is just keeping information secreted from others.

If we broadcast our formulae on the radio, like musicians do, then they will cease to be secret, and everyone will be able to use them.  Honest and serious men will not claim then that we have a “property” right to them.

Benjamin Woodford
Sherwin Williams Co.
216-566-1834 

I wrote back, “You’re rationalizing knowingly doing something you’ve said you believe to be morally wrong.”

Benjamin B. Woodford <benjamin.b.woodford@sherwin.com> 
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:58 AM 
To: Phil Elmore

No sir, it doesn’t make me a hypocrite, but it might be argued to make me two-faced.

I am one of the owners of a corporation, and you’ll recall that I wrote that those fictions also should not exist.

I am also a real estate property-taxpayer… and those ought not to exist, too.

I also have a credit card from a fractional reserve banker, which ought not to exist.

However, in the real world, you must admit, it takes time to de-couple from these falsehoods.

Don’t worry, I am working on it.

I hope you will turn back from them, too.

Benjamin Woodford
Sherwin Williams Co.
216-566-1834 

I wrote back, “By definition, admitting that you do something you’ve also said you think is wrong is being a hypocrite.”  I did not bother to point out that “two-faced” and “hypocrite” bespeak the same thing.

Benjamin B. Woodford <benjamin.b.woodford@sherwin.com> 
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:02 PM 
To: Phil Elmore

No, sir… “hypocrite” is a greek word that means “actor”, like Pearce Brosnan, for example.

If I intentionally pretended to be one thing, but in fact was another, that would be hypocrisy.

However, many folks forced into slavery probably think that enslavement is wrong.  That doesn’t make them hypocrites for slaving away.

If I tell you that I have no dealings with these evil governments and their institution, but was a simple peasant hermit in the catskills, that would be hypocrisy, since I am actually immersed in the matrix to this day.

Benjamin Woodford
Sherwin Williams Co.
216-566-1834 

I wrote back, finally, “Before you can live the morality you espouse to others, you’re going to have to come to terms with the fact that you’re knowingly doing something you believe to be morally wrong — because it profits you to do so.”

Mercifully, he stopped writing to me after that.

You can’t eat admiration; you can’t spend applause. If we say there is no intellectual property, we’re saying that the author of a book, the composer of a song and the director of a movie aren’t adding any effort. Their work has no value; their labor has no worth; their skills have no significance. If these things are true, anyone can do what these artists, intellectuals, authors, actors, inventors, composers, engineers and innovators do. That is the definition of something without value, after all: something that anyone can do, or something that nobody wants. Neither case is true in reality where intellectual property is concerned, for if it had no value it would not be worth protecting … and so many people would not be so eager to steal it. If there is no intellectual property, there is no property, period.

Read the entire article here at WorldNetDaily.

from:     Bob Krebsbach <sayhey@inebraska.com>
to:            Phil Elmore
date:       Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:37 PM
subject: Your latest fear mongering

Your  ‘He is also a brittle, arrogant, pompous and autocratic would-be tyrant who lives and breathes a sense of entitlement. He believes he is entitled to rule. He believes he is entitled to take anything from you that he wishes in order to further that rule. He believes that anyone who disagrees with him is his enemy and that his enemies must be destroyed. He believes that the destruction of such unbelievers is justified whenever and wherever an American citizen, a member of the political opposition or even a member of his own political party dares to stand in his way and thwart his impulsive and ill-conceived demands.’  is pure bullshit, but why am I not surprised to find this crap at this wingnut site?  What you wrote fits your hero, bush, to a t!

from:     Phil Elmore
to:             Bob Krebsbach <sayhey@inebraska.com>
date:        Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:40 PM
subject: Re: Your latest fear mongering

Sooner or later you angry little commie-libs are going to have to recognize that Dubya isn’t president anymore.

from:      Bob Krebsbach <sayhey@inebraska.com>
to:             Phil Elmore
date:        Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:37 PM
subject: Re: Your latest fear mongering

What’s the matter?  Got your panties in a bunch, prick. Nice try with the commie-lib bullshit! Yeah, I’m angry with jerkoffs like you and the rest of the wingnuts who write the lies and bullshit without any facts.

from:     Phil Elmore
to:             Bob Krebsbach <sayhey@inebraska.com>
date:        Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:04 PM
subject: Re: Your latest fear mongering

Given that you’re the one sending vulgar, unsolicited hate mail, Bob, I don’t imagine I’m the one with knots in his underwear — but calling people “prick” is the highest standard of intellectual discourse one can expect from an Obama supporter.

Despite whatever muddled bureaucratic maneuvering and political posturing may take place, President Barack Hussein Obama is motivated by one overarching goal: the gradual but ultimately total destruction of the American people’s civil rights. Whether his minions are arrogantly proclaiming that the American people should have “no expectation of privacy” in their comings and goings because Glorious Leader Obama says so, dramatically expanding the power of the National Security Council (to make it more “elastic” – never a good sign in federal agencies), or trying to turn the Department of Homeland Security into a brownshirted domestic federal police force that can round up the American people and place them in camps, Obama’s policies inevitably, inexorably and invariably lead to more government control and less freedom. The opposite is never the case.

Read the full column here at WorldNetDaily.

from:      Mercer King <drmercerking@comcast.net>
to:             Phil Elmore
date:        Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:00 AM
subject: Knowledge base?

“Increased outbreaks of preventable childhood diseases will continue to rise accordingly.  The purpose of vaccines is to encourage a “herd immunity” that creates a hostile climate for a given disease.  Releasing into a vaccinated population a sub-population of unvaccinated individuals helps those diseases take root once more.  Once established, they are more likely to mutate, endangering the entire community.

The irresponsible parents who harm their own children – and their neighbors’ kids – through this negligence will continue to do so regardless of the truth. We must conclude they care more about their opinions than they do about facts.”

What statistical facts support your statements above? Is this conjecture or fact? Both sides of these arguments have their zealots. Put the “science of vaccines” aside in your research for a moment and look at the statistical proof of immunization being effective. Sorry sir, it is not there. Myth. The risk factor to any individual with forced vaccine is statistical however to the individual. You may play Russian roulette with yours if you wish.

As to my rights as a parent, I have fought forced immunization and won every year. The law currently protects my freedom from the insanity of poor and risky science. As a free man you may do as you wish, but do not force your limited and misinformed view on the rest of us. With knowledge and true understanding, you might find it is you who are irresponsible and negligent. Sorry sir these words are blunt but they are your words.

Lastly, it is with fertile natural circumstances into which pathogens breed. Yes, they are more likely to mutate, endangering entire communities. Vaccine however, is not the answer to these conditions. Change or avoid this fertile field and you have no need of weird science.

It is said the truth will set you free…keep an open mind… truth is out there.
Please do not enslave me or mine with half truths and limited knowledge.

Regards,
Mercer King

I’m sorry, Mercer, I can’t hear you.  I’m too busy “enslaving” people with things like scientific method and honesty.

from:      Jason Ramsey <libertydefense@yahoo.com>
to:             Phil Elmore
date:        Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:27 PM
subject: Vaccines, Autism.. No link?

Thanks for the nice bullshit propaganda piece on WND about vaccines. I guess it’ll take your own kids or grandkids having their lives destroyed before assclowns like you wake up!

What’s your favorite vaccine ingredient? Formaldehyde, aborted fetal tissue, aluminum, MSG, pig blood?? Which one will your kids and grandkids enjoy the most when it’s unnaturally injected into their bodies!?
 
http://www.informedchoice.info/cocktail.html
 
If you can show me ONE single study proving that vaccinated children are healthier than unvaccinated children, I will completely change my view on this issue. Truth is, you can’t. But I can show you other studies that prove just the opposite.

http://www.generationrescue.org/survey.html

This is what makes vaccine conspiracy theorists so much fun — the self-righteous indignation mixed with the typical vulgarity.

from:      Mark in Idaho <MarkGMID@cableone.net>
to:             Phil Elmore
date:        Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:59 AM
subject: Autism

Phil,

You make as strong an argument against vaccines causing autism as those who claim vaccines do. Your objections have too much reliance on the studies done by parties with skin in the game.

There are many other issues that are not addressed in each of the studies that disprove the vaccine-autism link. The “infants expel more mercury than we thought” claim misses the point that some people have a difficulty expelling mercury. The study of infants expelling mercury needs to be longitudinally studied to determine if those that expelled mercury ever develop autism.

The MMR link needs further study as there is evidence that it may cause immune deficiency. There is a correlation to the  introduction of the MMR vaccine and the increase in STD’s, and many auto-immune diseases. Is this a coincidence or does it have a scientific connection. The H1N1 flu virus impacted those under 40 years old much more than those over 40, even the elderly. Those under 40 were vaccinated with MMR. Those over 40 were not, except in unusual circumstances.

Look for the ratio of lives saved from measles, mumps and rubella compared to the lives impacted by autism. The statistics are easy to find without relying on a biased source.

There is evidence that seniors who have had the seasonal flu vaccine five or more times have a statistically significant increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease.

Look at the stats for tetanus. Those without tetanus vaccine histories do better that those with, unless those without have compromised immune systems already. Again, the stats are easy to find. The explanation might be harder because is speaks against the mainstream ( money) view.

There are many studies that show how our immune systems are negatively effected by “preventative efforts.” Children raised as an only child with a private bathroom have far weaker immune systems that those raised in families with multiple siblings sharing a common bathroom. The widespread use of anti-bacterial cleaning solutions has not improved health. Some studies suggest the opposite.

Personally, I am a plumber. I work in the filthiest environments with no protection from harmful bacteria, yet my health is better that the rest of my family regarding all of the seasonal illnesses, flu, cold, sinus infections, etc. I have even inhaled drain mists and developed a short term sinus reaction that is over within 24 hours.

We have the best FDA that money can buy. Why should we trust them. They brought us aspartame. Check out the FDA approval process for aspartame.

If you want a good subject to look at technically, check out sucralose. Why are we feeding organic chlorine to our children to keep them from getting fat? How long will it be before sucralose is pulled from the market like aspartame?

Follow the money and you will find the problem.

Mark in Idaho
healthy and unvaccinated since 1963

We’ll all chip in and get Mark something nice when he ends up in the hospital.

from:      Jack Livingston <starfire1@embarqmail.com>
to:             Phil Elmore
date:        Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 9:39 AM
subject: RE:

Phil,
 
    Have you seen the overwhelming evidence that 9/11 was an Israeli-dominated operation with the help of some American Jews? Millions of people all around the world have now learned about this due to the internet. You can see this evidence for yourself at www.erichufschmid.net. That website also has many articles exposing Zionist Jewish crimes against the USA and other countries around the world. 
 
 Jack Livingston

I wrote Jack and told him that there was no such evidence, and that anyone who thinks so is a racist fool.  I got this response:

from:      Jack Livingston <starfire1@embarqmail.com>
to:             Phil Elmore
date:        Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 12:01 AM
subject: Re: Re:

Phil,
 
    You should seriously consider going to the police or military right now and tell them all that you know concerning your fellow Zioinist friends and colleagues. That way, when the “trials” begin, they may cut you a break. Maybe you will only have to serve five to seven years instead of 10 to 15 years in a federal prison somewhere.
     Who knows, if you are lucky, the police may throw in a Mr. Coffee and free supply of diapers for however long your prison sentence is. Think about it. Why waste your life on defending a failed criminal political ideology. Do something useful with your life.
 
      Jack Livingston

I think I speak for everyone reading this, Jack, when I say that you need serious psychological help.