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Hail King Henry

9.24.08 @ 12:01AM

Adopt his plan -- or else! Reiland flunks Barack. Joe Biden, patriot. George Soros, suspect. Quin Hillyer regains Ryder Cup. Plus more.

p> I'LL GLADLY PAY YOU TUESDAY... br> Re: Philip Klein's Paulson's Instant Gratification : /p> p>In the midst of the debate, "Paulson's Instant Gratification" is the best and most accurate explanation of what's going on. Many thanks for the article, and I hope it is read far and wide. br> -- Lydia Brownback /p>

I doubt anyone will address this outrage any better than Philip Klein has done in this article. The selfish, self-centered, reckless, irresponsible and hypocritical attitudes and policies of baby-boomer liberals are now manifesting themselves in this particular crisis, the Social Security entitlement mess and others. Ever since these spoiled brats screamed and pouted their way to power starting in the 1960s they have been rigging things so they can take, take, take. Now, those in the next generation(s) who work for a living are going to once again pay for their social experiments while they feel none of the pain because, like Social Security, they will be sure to prop things up with our money just long enough for them to take what's "theirs" while they laugh behind the backs of the rubes like me who don't have the power to stop them.

p>At one basic level conservatism is about first behaving responsibly as an individual, then taking personal responsibility for your actions and decisions, and dare I say it, having due regard for how your actions and decisions may affect others and our nation/community at large. If I wasn't so angry about this mountain of cash we are about to throw into the money burning furnace that is the federal government I'd be weeping over how selfishness, instant gratification and irresponsibility seem to have become the norm under the "leadership" of these people. br> -- Esteban br> Bolivia

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Letter to the Editor View all comments (2) | Leave a comment

Chris Moraghan| 7.20.10 @ 8:21PM

Don Parnell writes that "anti-English vitriol seemed to donimate radio waves" on one occasion when he turned in to BBC Radio Scotland. The BBC observes strict standards would not allow the kind of thing that he describes. I would also point out that Rob Johnston's letter did not deny that there is a certain amount of Anglophobia in Scottish society: he merely pointed out that such prejudice is not prevalent and that a certain amount of anti-Scottish sentiment exists in England. I am an Englishman who has lived in Scotland for the last 14 years and I can assure Mr. Parnell that if he has "friends in Scotland who have a common hatred of England", then he should chose his friends more carefully. The propagators of xenophobic hatred are a small idiot minority on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish Border. Most people in Britain are not like that.

Bill Kyler| 8.24.10 @ 9:09PM

Re: Don Parnell’s letter (under “I Say, My Dear Fellow” in Reader Mail’s ‘Hail King Henry’, in which he takes issue with Rob Johnston’s letter (under “Finding Scotland” in Reader Mail’s ‘Panic City’).
As an American citizen who has lived for a number of years in England, I agree with Chris Moraghan’s remarks on this matter.
First off, (with all due respect to Mr. Parnell) I cannot help but think that Mr. Johnson (as a Scotsman who lived in England) is better qualified to judge the extent of anti-Scottish prejudice in England than a visiting American: especially since he appears to have been in direct receipt of more than a little of it himself.
Second thing. Mr. Parnell seems to equate “talk of Scottish secession” with Anglophobia. Does this mean he reckons anyone who doesn’t want their country to be ruled by England necessarily hates the English people? Where does that analysis leave George Washington and Mahatma Gandhi? Does Mr. Parnell think the U.S.A. should return to English rule? I know what most Americans would say to that proposition – and it would not be fit to print! But does that really make us England-hating racists?