Chat with Justin Raimondo

I hope that you'll take the time to read the pieces I do over the next couple of months regarding the project, its viability and necessity, even if you don't think highly of me

2:05 AM I believe that you may have gotten the wrong impression about my sentiments regarding the Palestinians, and obviously that's caused you to not respect me, but I hope that in the future I can make it clear to you that we're basically on the same page

2:25 AM Justin: Any friend of Jeremy's is a friend of mine.

2:26 AM We simply disagree about charles johnson. But you'll soon see that any cooperation with him is ... difficult

2:27 AM me: Well, as I've been telling a few other folks who've gotten in touch, there isn't going to be a great deal of cooperation. At some point, the project, which is driven in part by some extraordinary software that's being written by a fellow

will be out of our hands and driven by the collective talents of many people, coupled with the software's AI

but if charles is involved, it must have SOME evil aspect. hahahaha

2:29 AM me: Incidentally, I'd appreciate it if you could give some thought to the problem at hand regarding getting rid of the major columnists and so forth and let me know if you have any ideas on that front

is that one of the things that irks me is the manner in which certain topics are off-limits in the media at large

2:30 AM is a good example. Clearly a story of potential significance but won't get covered by the prominent commentators

that dynamic prevents important stories from being investigated and disseminated

Justin: the only way to get rid of the "majors" is to supplant them. that's what the internet is leading to. perhaps not fast enuff for your and my tastes

I'm going to send you a couple of papers by McLuhan

2:31 AM as well as on the transition from orality to literacy

me: these are connected to my assertions regarding what can be accomplished and how

I'm also sending you the epilogue to my upcoming book

Justin: we're accomplishing it at antiwar.com every day.

me: as it makes the case, I think, regarding the viability of overturning the system by way of the nature of our medium

I know, that's another reason I was hoping to get your input

2:33 AM Justin: the nytimes is putting up a pay wall. That means that I'll soon have more readers than (ugh) david brooks.

2:34 AM the system is being overturned. Let's hope the internets aren't coopted by the Huffpost fakes

2:35 AM the reaction thus far has been better than I expected, and when I've had the chance to make my case further, I believe that more people will realize that my proposition is totally doable

yes, the pay walls work in our favor, I hadn't even thought of that

2:36 AM Justin: the only way to do that is to build the reach of sites like antiwar.com, lewrockwell.com (a bit spicey for u), and whatever.

me: anyway, I must attend to my girl, will send you those materials now. Let's talk soon

me: See, that's what I keep trying to tell everyone.

me: Anyway, give it all some thought, I'd like to have you working with us on this.

2:38 AM me: I'm a good diplomat, and I can convince Charles that he's wrong about Paul and related matters.

2:39 AM me: Very well, have a good evening. Fight the power, etc.

Justin: he hates anything that is "kooky", i.e. populist, anti-authoritarian, and most of all libertarian.

2:40 AM the ones that can be convinced they're wrong are the ones I want on my side

Justin: okay. well i'm off to bed. keep in touch and good luck with charles