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PRESIDENT IS POLICY
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s Robust Weakness:
As I look ahead for some prospects for a better future, my concern is not so much for Obama’s misguided policies as for the ignorance of all those feckless voters who were taken in by his glib air of superiority. This folly will not be undone until an ignorant electorate finally see what they have wrought.
Obama’s flaws are quite visible to many rational voters but apparently not so much to the many emotional voters who elected him. Severe criticisms of him, fully justified though they may be, will likely be brushed off as ad hominem attacks by his followers and it is they who need to be educated. Fiscal conservatives and libertarians are already on board. We always have been.
Criticism is necessary of course but it is only a start. Misguided voters will recognize the folly of complacency and appeasement only if they realize there is a more promising way. Feel-good policies that are so appealing seem always to be short term and apparently easy, whereas rational policies that are more likely to be successful are typically longer term and more complex and difficult, requiring serious thought and commitment.
But democratic solutions always start with voters. It was their
choices that account for today’s bad policies and we will not
recover until a lot of voters learn to make better choices.
— William Best
You do a disservice to your readers by painting Chairman Zero as some sort of incompetent boob, a la Jimmeh Cahtah. The Chairman is neither incompetent nor stupid. Rather, he is a shrewd, vicious, angry Marxist who hates this country and all it stands for. He has nothing but contempt for the producers of wealth. He doesn’t want the economy to “recover.” He wants it destroyed.
Understand that The Chairman has an agenda and he is carrying it out with great precision. He intends to destroy the economic engine of this country. That is his plan. In no other way can he make all sectors of this country totally dependent on the Central Government, or Politburo, with him at the head.
Cap and Trade and Single Payer Health plans are not innocent and benign. Their purpose is to bring power to Washington.
Don’t make the mistake of believing that Chairman Zero actually believes that carbon dioxide is a danger to this planet. Cap and Trade has nothing to do with carbon dioxide in his mind. It has to do with centralization of power. Do you think he actually believes that private insurance companies who have to make a profit have nothing to fear from the taxpayer funded “government option”? Puleeez! The objective is to have the Central Government take over the health care system.
Please recognize this man for the malignant vermin that he is.
Think Robert Mugabe. That’s who we’re dealing with. Not the
Peanut Farmer from Plains.
— Keith Kunzler
NOT A PROBLEM, UNLESS YOU CARE ABOUT
CIVILIZATION
Re: George H. Wittman’s Conventional Wisdom
on North Korea:
It is important for the world to stand off and let North Korea develop hundreds of longer-range missiles and higher-yield warheads.
After all, we’ve hesitated before while tyrants armed and it always proved to be the right strategy in the long run.
Besides, in the worse case, a few of the survivors might be able
to make new children and paint their likenesses on the walls of
their caves.
— David Govett
Davis, California
BUT HE WOULD HAVE PUT IT BETTER
Re: W. James Antle, III’s Lights Out:
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resveratrol ultra | 6.29.09 @ 8:21AM
How can the black man rise up and overcome?
The chains of oppression and slavery are still holding us down, every day.
Look upon this page, people. Do you not see the black letters upon the WHITE page here? Do you not see this with EVERY book you read?
This is just one way that the white man subliminally controls us and enslaves us. If you don't see this, you are simply brainwashed by the white man.
What can we do to rise up and overcome against oppression such as this?
IMKessel| 6.29.09 @ 10:27AM
When reading a post such as this, my responses are varied.
1. Ignore it: the statement is baseless hyperbole baiting anyone foolish enough to engage it. (Its qualities are equal to posts by Dave Matthews.)
2. Ignoring the gut feeling stated in #1, answer it briefly and directly: President Obama is a black man. ‘Nuff said.
3. Question would any self-respecting black man make such a ludicrous post?
4. Point out that I find great harmony between the black and white of every page, the two colors working together to bring words to life. (See the wonderful “Black and White” by Three Dog Night for a beautiful rendering of this idea.)
5. Further point out the writings of W.E.B. Dubios, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, Justice Clarence Thomas and a continuous list of notables who have raised and answered your point numerous times without sounding like a petulant child.
6. Note that I work with students, most of whom happen to be black, which is incidental to my teaching, and that some choose to do wondrous work and some do not, which is also incidental to their skin color.
7. Note not all WHITE people share the same culture nor do all BLACK people.
Overall, while no longer viable, #1 is the sanest course of action.
Eddie Kovacs| 6.29.09 @ 3:05PM
Uh, with all due respect, I think that the post is sarcastic. That it's not altogether easy to distinguish between this bit of comedy and an actual race-obsessed rant (in the style of Jeremiah Wright) is a bit of a sad commentary on the culture, but the main point is to make us laugh.
Incidentally, I sometimes configure my browser for night work (making it easier on my eyes) by having it change the background on web-pages to black and the letters to white. Do you not see the WHITE letters oppressing the black page? Well no, I guess you don't.
IMKessel| 6.29.09 @ 4:28PM
Mr. Kovacks,
You make a strong case. The post may have been sarcastic, but I have been reading posts for so long that I sometimes can't distinguish between sincerely and sarcastic. Have you not read more disturbing and sincere posts here?
I thank you for your post. I may have erred.
Resveratrol Ultra pure | 6.30.09 @ 12:41AM
Will Pakistan man up and defend the integrity of their borders?
The continual violation of borders by certain entities cannot be allowed to continue. It encourages others to follow suit. Pakistan has recently acquired JF-17, they no longer need F-16. Is Pakistan going to man up and defend their borders with these new aircraft or continue to cry about it on international news?
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