The Children Of The Revolution

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Look, I may want to agree with you in the large, b...

2010-01-28T07:41:48.976+02:00

Look, I may want to agree with you in the large, but this argument strikes me as disingenuous; you're fallaciously claiming that blaming the deficit on Bush would also require behavior that would not add to the deficit, if I am correct in reading your argument that voting for the stimulus packages is 'bad'. Is it not possible that some of the claims made about the culpability of the Bush administration for the soaring deficit stem not from their immediate behaviors that would have increased the deficit, but are condemnations of policies that led to the perceived need to 'stimulate' the economy in the first place ? When you say that the Democrats are worse than the Republicans in regards to fiscal matters, I need more than just the gaping mouth and the pointed finger- I want coherent and substantial criticisms as to why the Health Care bill is ineffective garbage (I'll settle on its failure to properly control health care costs), as to why the stimulus bills were failures (specifically address the 275 billion in tax credits as being ineffective or at large address how these 'stimulants' were liking shocking a recently deceased dinosaurs tail rather than its heart), or at least offer me something substantial in the way of recovery that isn't a hodge podge of bland homilies about constitutional originalism and Austrian school aphorisms.

Now, this is not to defend any of the actions taken by Congress regarding the economy, nor is it an attempt to defend the Obama administration. I am merely compelled to say pro forma that you're making the same kind of substanceless knee-jerk criticism you claim 'liberals' make when blaming the deficit on Bush. It does a great disservice to your intelligence to have to dismiss some of your more salient points since they're tainted by your politicized nonsense.

I agree on the family point: The conservative (tr...

2009-12-16T22:20:58.321+02:00

I agree on the family point: The conservative (traditional) family is one where mom stays home and raises the kids. The liberal (progressive) is that mom goes out and works, and has others tend to the children. I don't know that one or the other displays nurture per se, but I'd lean toward the traditional family purely based on time availability. Also, you can have structure and discipline along with nurture... they are not mutually exclusive.

This is just a diversionary tactic by the Adminstr...

2009-10-25T19:59:52.029+02:00

This is just a diversionary tactic by the Adminstration to keep the focus off his failures.

The award came in nine months after election, but ...

2009-10-23T16:48:52.752+03:00

The award came in nine months after election, but when did the selection happen? Therein is the larger laugh.

Cincinnatus - great post, I particularly enjoyed t...

2009-10-03T16:40:20.462+03:00

Cincinnatus - great post, I particularly enjoyed the historical comparisons and quotes. Good to see that some people retain an interest in history (of the non-Marxist variant).

Well, he went big, went home, and most intelligent...

2009-09-14T21:08:43.459+03:00

Well, he went big, went home, and most intelligent people went to bed scratching their heads trying to figure what substance he added...

I recently came accross your blog and have been re...

2009-09-10T13:56:14.849+03:00

I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Betty

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Are any of us really surprised that a person that ...

2009-08-18T20:30:04.998+03:00

Are any of us really surprised that a person that attained office, not through track record and accomplishment, but through words and hype might have to spin things and break promisses?

The Statists play on the emotions of the Sheeple. ...

2009-08-06T14:23:01.070+03:00

The Statists play on the emotions of the Sheeple. This is how they can cram crap down our throats.

I have a fundamental problem with the government t...

2009-07-23T22:51:04.104+03:00

I have a fundamental problem with the government trying (I said trying) to offer a competitive model to what the private industry already does. My major issue is that the entity that makes the laws should not be competing with the entity that must follow them. This allows for too much waste and corruption.

Waste and corruption... remind you of the government at all?

May Freedom forever reign

2009-07-05T02:46:10.811+03:00

May Freedom forever reign

The government-prescribed minimum amount for the m...

2009-06-30T20:29:52.993+03:00

The government-prescribed minimum amount for the monitoring of cash traffic is $10,000, and is tracked at the point of withdrawal or deposit. Trust me, the 'Currency Transaction Report' (or CTR, for short) is a pain to fill out, and requires a lot of information. If leaving the country, the carrier is required to file notice with customs.

But I'm willing to bet that there will be a lawsuit for unlawful detention (a civil tort that pays big and legally falls under the umbrella of kidnapping), especially if this story gains media traction.

I don't have a problem with a politician havin...

2009-06-30T19:29:45.845+03:00

I don't have a problem with a politician having an affair -- as long is does not interfere with his/her job.

In this case, however, he used taxpayer money to perpetuate it, and then lied to aides about his whereabouts -- potentially putting the state in jeopardy. Big no no.

Off with his head! Well, OK... get him out of office.

That makes me sick.... Just wait for the late nig...

2009-06-24T00:17:07.667+03:00

That makes me sick.... Just wait for the late night knock on your door.

I was pretty shocked by this poll's results. ...

2009-06-18T23:02:51.954+03:00

I was pretty shocked by this poll's results. But then I realized that this is what people considered themselves, not what they actually are. I'm betting a lot of self-proclaimed conservatives are actually moderates, moderates are liberals, and liberals are off-the-chart communists. I'd be interested in a poll that actually determines what people are.

Remember, today's conservative in many ways was yesteryear's liberal...

Re: your questions, 1. Not only will businesses b...

2009-06-17T22:30:35.471+03:00

Re: your questions,

1. Not only will businesses be priced out of private health care, the likely first flight will be individuals, whose costs will raise exponentially (private insurance already subsidizes public health in the form of hospitals recouping lost costs).

2. This won't happen. What will happen is a hyper extreme version of current trends - the specialization of doctors in dermatology and plastic surgery ("cosmetic" medicines) instead of obstetrics and gynecology (for which there is a huge shortage) or even worse, internal medicine/general practice, and a decline in medical school enrollment generally.

3. European plans don't involve indebting their children to the chinese.

4. See answer to #3.

It used to be that watching the news was simple an...

2009-06-15T18:53:57.650+03:00

It used to be that watching the news was simple and informative. Now you have to watch it with a grain of salt to weed out opinion and senationalism. Makes it very tiring.

I once thought of backing a start-up news organization that focused on just the facts, and neutrality. Unfortunately, I quickly realized the majority of today's society doesn't want that. So I went back to being tired and frustrated at the "news"

For a man with little track-record of qualificatio...

2009-06-04T18:00:49.536+03:00

For a man with little track-record of qualification to get elected, you can't expect the media to change gears to substance now, can you?

How many of those news out lets are owned by the s...

2009-06-01T20:59:04.052+03:00

How many of those news out lets are owned by the same organizations or individuals? I've been told before that most of our primary news out lets are owned by less than a hand few of people, and I just don't know if thats right, or not, and if it is does this coverage of our president reflect a personal view?

Attention United States of America Airlines passen...

2009-05-19T21:32:00.000+03:00

Attention United States of America Airlines passengers, we are flying straight into the side of a mountain, so place your head firmly between your knees and kiss your sweet asses goodbye. But don't worry, only the people our administration perceive as rich will feel anything, the rest of you, just relax.

Maybe create a secondary system, while at the same...

2009-05-18T22:21:00.000+03:00

Maybe create a secondary system, while at the same time trying to reform what has been degraded...?

My taxes last year came to a bit over 44% of my ea...

2009-05-18T22:00:00.000+03:00

My taxes last year came to a bit over 44% of my earnings. Do the math, if 81% of 44% is equal to 35.64%, then that means that if my taxes get hiked to pay for this ridiculous spending that from here on out, I will be forced to give ruffly 79.64% of my earning to help cover his ass?! I can hardly live on what I make as it is, this is messed up.

Being a strong minded conservative, I found this p...

2009-05-12T19:37:00.000+03:00

Being a strong minded conservative, I found this post nearly offensive. And as far as some of the solutions proposed in these responses, my main concern is time frame. Extreme amounts of irreconcilable damage, even damage that is too costly to rectify, can be done in the time that it would take to enact such things, not to mentions measures that would be developed to slow or stop such change.

Is there another way?

One question that has been left unanswered is how ...

2009-05-07T16:53:00.000+03:00

One question that has been left unanswered is how the democrats managed to pull moderate conservatives out from beneath the republican banner. The GOP embraced too passionately the party’s extreme end? In part, but this cannot be the whole story. By all accounts, the President (while somewhat moderate in his rhetoric) is as polarizing a figure in his political realities as any we have had in recent history. Hypothetically, the movement of moderates across party lines should have looked a little more even, expressly in an election like our last one, in which the Republican candidate (while not emblematic of the party as a whole) was by far the more moderate of the two.

The problem lies in perceptions. Certainly Republican hypocrisy, poor decisions by the Bush administration, and an unpopular war have all had a role to play in the downfall of the GOP, but these causes are proximate in nature. The true nature of this coup has been long planned, and is structural in nature.

The Left in the United States, and indeed around the world, have suffered over the last hundred years from a deficit of results. Leftist agenda's have failed throughout modern history to provide social and economic benefits to the constituencies they portend to serve, often times proving to be massively destructive instead (look at Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward, the last 50 years of Cuba, or even England's woefully unproductive public healthcare system). Failure does not breed confidence, and without confidence, the Left cannot maintain power.

For my entire lifetime and before, the Left has set about to obtain legitimacy by alternative means. Radical progressives have gradually taken control of public education, universities and the media, and as such are allowed to define the basis of public debate in their terms. In fewer words, they have redefined what "middle of the road" means by teaching generations of Americans that their view is the middle ground. The Left defines the debate in this country, performance of past policy be damned.

While I do not doubt there is an honest discussion to be had about what policy actions and platforms can and should be developed to redefine our party system, ultimately the debate is moot without addressing the structural problems as well. We need a new generation of thinkers to take back the intelligencia in this country. We need teachers and professors who educate, instead of indoctrinate. We need a media that once again embraces journalistic integrity. Our schools and news currently preach the intentions of past Leftists, experimenting to make social improvements. They never share the results, the failure of these experiments: The mediocrity of public healthcare, the subjugation of private liberties for the supposed common good, and even mass starvation in the direst of examples.

This is one of the reasons why I personally want to reenter academia. If anyone out there reading this experienced the same educational system I did, if you were taught a point of view, instead of being given facts so you might form your own opinion, I would be honored if you join me. The Left flourishes in the current climate of intellectual stagnation. The ideology and policies of small government and personal responsibility are clearly superior morally and pragmatically, but will continue to be an uphill battle to implement until our populace is once again filled with freethinkers.