So resentful
I have noticed a consistent thread going through both my Republican friends ( I live in Texas) and Tea Baggers I read interviews of. They have so much resentment. They must hate their jobs. If I like...
View ArticleBritish riots and conservatism
The London riots offer a clear window into one aspect of the Great Divide; does understanding the motivations of rioters encourages them and that the rioters are all just criminals. I would not want to...
View ArticleKeynes and Obama and BushII
Polls show that a majority of Americans still blame Bush for the economy, but are becoming fed up with Obama. The Tea Baggers whine about deficits even though they said nothing in the early 00's about...
View Articlerefuting the libertarian
A popular argument by Tea party/ smarty libertarian wing is that Universal health care enslaves doctors. I suppose taking a English doctor and a victim of chattel slavery one might find some...
View ArticleEntitlements
In this new found outrage over the deficit a recurring theme is "reforming entitlements". This means Soc Sec and Medicare , which are for everyone ( not only low income) and medicaid ( for low...
View ArticleObama and Bush II
Why have our last few Presidents been not just wrong but repulsive to half the electorate. I think I understand the revulsion some feel for Obama because I felt such a total revulsion about George W...
View Articlehatred of the other
A phrase I would like to see these days, have not heard it since 9/11/01, is :there by the grace of God go I. The Right's fundamental idea is inequality of position; aristocracy and serfs. Different...
View Articleancient and modern times
t is instructive that Israel is exchanging hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for one Israeli. Every action they take makes a similar calculus. Of course every nation prefers its own but one Israeli...
View Articlethe "Right people"
e a correlation between tightening regulations and reduced access particularly among those the program is designed to help while people misrepresenting to "get" something they do not qualify for still...
View Articlea theory of eligiblity screening
I have been developing a theory on entitlement screening. As budgets get cut and conservatism continues as a major governing philosophy, ever more intrusive, abusive and Robe Goldbergian screenings,...
View Articleuse of force
We are devolving into a post-law semi-feudal system of rank and relation. The reign of Bush II made trying to hide this tendency passe'. When BP flat out refused to obey a White House injunction...
View Articlebeen there, done that
We can refute the whole Rightist program with one sentence; We tried that already. It was called the 19th century and it failed. The extreme devotion to laissez faire, the one that thought feeding the...
View Articlerefute conservatism itself
One thing the Progressive resurgence has not done is attack conservatism itself. We think tactically, or in small reforms. Many of our leaders seem to buy the notion that our country is "Center-Right"....
View ArticleFirst three words of the 2nd
One obvious retort to the Second amendment absolutists is that the first three words are 'A Well regulated...'. Thus it is spelled out explicitly that the Federal government has the power to regulate...
View Articleenvy
What fascinates me about the gun/mental health, public massacres debate is the need of some people to believe there is a bright lines between Good people and Bad people.' Responsible gun owners 'and'...
View ArticleThe Hawks and Russia
Does anyone else notice that the US stance on Russia is very similar to its stance on the USSR? In the 90's I would hear anti-Russian statements from Ann Coulter, among others. I remember hearing that...
View ArticleBallots or bullets
I just left a message with my new insane senator ( in Texas this is not uncommon with legislators) that ballots have to count. Sen Cruz is saying basically that the House should rebel and not follow...
View Articleempire and responsibility
IAfter WWII, the US more or less inherited Britain's place in the world. Britain was being forcibly divested of their colonies, so decided to not be an empire any longer. brilliant timing. The problem...
View Articlefirst three words
This will be short because it is so obvious I am in disbelief no one has mentioned this. What are the first three words of the second amendment;" a Well Regulated "... Case closed. I am a gun owner but...
View ArticleRush and the Pope.
I find Rush Limbaugh's about 'where would the Catholic Church be without capitalism" The Church existed long before capitalism and was in a position of much greater power politically and culturally....
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