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The Country Party Rules!
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The best thing I ever read. Should be required as a
prerequisite for graduation from high school.
— Joe Bissin
Mr. Codevilla’s article was absolutely brilliant. However, many of my conservative friends live extremely busy lives, with work, children, church, etc. While they would be inclined to read the article, I doubt it only because they rarely have time to read anything, even their e-mails.
Respectfully, I think this important article would get more attention (and perhaps more readers) if there was a 1 pager that laid out the essence of the article. It could also include a teaser(s) for folks to read the base article and include a web link .
Thanks again for an excellent article.
— Bill Taylor, LTC (USA-Retired)
Put more succinctly:
THE RULING CLASS IS TRAMPLING ALL OVER THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
— Doug Hensler
The article was terrific…
I have one question though:
Nothing was mentioned about our immigration policies, legal and illegal now in place and what role they play if any?
Thanks for your work.
— George Fuller
Thank you for this brilliant treatise. I will make sure as
many people read this as I possibly can.
— Dave Jochum
San Anselmo,
California
This is the best piece explaining the current state of the
State that I have ever read. I have forwarded it to all of my
friends and to a few who are not. I look forward to hearing more
from the author.
— Lloyd Hendrix, lifetime member of the Country
Party
An amazing and insightful article.
I’m a small business owner in California and one of my partners put it best. What is the fun of doing business and being successful if there are too many roadblocks of taxes and regulations that will cause more health concerns than company Christmas parties.
It’s a very sad and distressful state right now in America. I’m a libertarian (former Republican converted rightly cause of George Bush) and I’m starting to feel the negative energy coming from this administrations that is effecting the everyday joys of my own personal life. I’m tired of being so angry but I can’t run away from the realities.
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Brian Mc| 7.23.10 @ 7:48AM
I'm not very computer-savvy but suffice to say, this was the first article I've saved to my documents.
Let us pray that the revolution can now begin and that there is no blood shed as we move toward the country of our founding.
S. Ruger| 7.23.10 @ 8:51AM
Brian Heffron writes, "Pure, uncut lies and falsehoods: Utter nonsense from a dictatorial right wing POV," regarding Prof. Codevilla's essay on what he calls the ruling class.
Mr. Heffron, please elaborate. In this forum you won't be voted off the island for engaging in honest debate (as one will be on Kos or -- in the near future -- Salon.com). I'd like to hear what you have to say.
Radegunda| 7.23.10 @ 4:16PM
Don't hold your breath. I doubt that he read much of the article anyway.
But he might start by explaining what he means by "dictatorial right wing.
Louis Jenkins| 7.23.10 @ 8:57AM
It was a great article. Even the radio talk show hosts are talking about. The clarion's call to the masses in fly over country.
Will Turner| 7.23.10 @ 10:23AM
I agree that our country is divided in the way Prof. Codevilla describes. There is another dimension about which people seem afraid to speak. The world views of the ruling class and the citizen class are hopelessly irreconcilable. But even more ominous is the # of Americans who continue to support the same ruling class officials; and the juggernaut of entitlements continues to grow the burgeoning dependent class upon whom the ruling class itself depends. Let's be realistic: our republic will not be retaken by voting (I'm for voting, but it's no longer enough). Let's recognize that we are just steps away from civil war. With that sobering cloud hanging over us let us redouble our efforts to make our voices heard. Don't be an American Spectator; be a participant. With heart and soul engage now in the turbulent war of ideas. As for me, I'm also prepared for the war of violence that may be inevitable.
S. Ruger| 7.23.10 @ 12:36PM
I think you'll be able to leave that AR in the safe, Mr. Turner. The economic violence that is being done -- and will continue with a vengeance in 2011 -- will be enough to upset the apple cart of the ruling class without physical violence. State governors, with the backing of their legislatures, will be a major source of the push-back.
Kurt| 7.23.10 @ 10:43AM
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them"
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government"
"Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, To wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.
Thomas Jefferson we need you now to change our 2010 path to destruction!!! Can the sheeple be awoken in time!!! My personal hope is Texas secedes before the mother load hits the fan!!!
Clinton nee Publius | 7.23.10 @ 11:43AM
The only real solution is to create an economic society that renders the political class irrelevant. This economic society would have to be self-sustaining and self-regulating in nature, as all government regulation is, by definition, a corruption of the market's natural outcome.
Think about it...
Steve Gruber| 7.23.10 @ 12:44PM
This article is a class act: if there is but one article that best describes the divide between the elitists who have ruled the academy and politics for the past half century, and ordinary Americans, this article is it. Print it, save it, share it with your children.
Leo| 7.23.10 @ 2:57PM
This article should be read by everybody in America. I send it to everybody I know.
PCC| 7.24.10 @ 9:46AM
Terrific diagnosis! A pity about the prescription.
Minuteman| 7.24.10 @ 10:29AM
Rare insight. Keen analysis which takes this topic to another level of understanding. An opened window on American politics.
Dan McKay| 7.24.10 @ 9:11PM
Magnificent writing by all. A Thomas Paine is surely among us.
Ken Roberts| 7.25.10 @ 9:09PM
I was wanting to read this and missed it but I found it in previous week and I copied and pasted it into word it took about 4 minutes but I am sure it will be worth the read when I have about two hours to sit down without interruption and read it all. I think we have a bigger problem then the two parties as they are both laced with corruption and crime. I will find out when I read this, I will call it a book, a short book but a book just the same .
Kevin S.| 7.26.10 @ 2:03PM
The article on the whole is excellent, but fails to address some relevant points. Points that have been covered extensively by Prof. G. William Domhoff for decades (Who Rules America). The ruling class is directed and controlled by the major shareholders of income producing properties. The very interests that - some - conservatives wish to further strengthen. The "Ruling Class" is a combination of the social upper class and high level managers of major corporations, foundation heads, government officials, university heads, to name a few. These people compromise a power elite, i.e. a ruling class. The article seems to dismiss the role of mutli-national corporations and regional business interests, who in actuality are the driving force behind the Ruling Class.