tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post5599088398951423670..comments2023-10-31T03:18:26.963-07:00Comments on Great Guys Weblog: Common Genius: episode ##,###,###Brethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-4996364808193908332015-01-19T06:09:40.221-08:002015-01-19T06:09:40.221-08:00Drawing more lines in the sand.
(Red lines, of co...Drawing more lines in the sand.<br /><br />(Red lines, of course; except that this time---fighting against the real enemy---Obama means it.)<br /><br />http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/pfeiffer-presidents-state-union-plan-will-absolutely-not-pass_823928.html<br /><br />File under: Playing chicken with the US of A.Barry Meislinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795125774426217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-7839888574482563592015-01-14T12:40:09.677-08:002015-01-14T12:40:09.677-08:00Not to worry, though. It's all for your own go...Not to worry, though. It's all for your own good.<br /><br />Really, it is.<br /><br />https://www.commentarymagazine.com/2015/01/13/wellness-else-obamacares-fine-print/<br /><br />The proof? Nobody in North Korea is fat. Well, almost nobody.Barry Meislinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795125774426217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-75896979614588375552015-01-14T03:59:25.506-08:002015-01-14T03:59:25.506-08:00Yep, back to the future:
http://www.nationalrevie...Yep, back to the future:<br /><br />http://www.nationalreview.com/article/396328/dems-pull-race-card-education-again-frederick-m-hess-michael-j-petrilli<br /><br />File under: "I can't be wrong because my heart's in the right place...."Barry Meislinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795125774426217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-70083846862697643862015-01-13T09:28:40.884-08:002015-01-13T09:28:40.884-08:00The Community College gambit is make work for more...The Community College gambit is make work for more teachers and buildings paid for by us and will do nothing to help poor people join the mainstream society. Community colleges already offer countless programs to help those in financial need. <br /><br />If anyone is interested in educating our children, they would be kicking out the unions and go back to teaching basics, identifying the best students and putting them in accelerated classes to prepare them for advanced study – but why would lefties want to cut off the source of their power base?<br /><br />Wall Street bill just another chance for the media to remind voters that the rich are republicans when in reality the rich are predominately leftwing.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-5762669240228206422015-01-13T09:19:28.879-08:002015-01-13T09:19:28.879-08:00Congress has a lot of power, but RINO's have n...Congress has a lot of power, but RINO's have no interest in exercising it in a way contrary to their lefty colleagues, while the president has far more limited power, but he's grabbing more and more without congressional restraints. <br /><br /><br />As for the details as to who brings home more money for their party -- that outcome is known.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-54382503445973918082015-01-13T09:08:13.120-08:002015-01-13T09:08:13.120-08:00AOG,
I don't want to flood the thread with a ...AOG,<br /><br />I don't want to flood the thread with a "I said, you said" drama, I'll just end this by saying your paraphrase looks alien to anything I'd write.<br /><br />Think: I am not pro "100% ultra completely pure small government", so how come I'd use that as a measure to how corrupted is any party? That's only your own view and interpretation.<br /><br />And your reading of the Congress as powerless makes no sense at all.<br /><br /><br />Erp,<br /><br />RINOs or not, I give zero chances for the wall street tax to pass, and very limited chances for the community college stuff to remain unchallenged by some measure to dry funds for it. (Or maybe they accept it in exchange of some other measure that cut costs)<br /><br />Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-16048318811600596332015-01-13T08:39:06.779-08:002015-01-13T08:39:06.779-08:00Clovis;
I'll take that as "your paraphra...Clovis;<br /><br />I'll take that as "your paraphrase was exactly what I meant but I won't admit it".<br /><br />As for Congress stopping Obama, that only works if Obama changes his style and starts obeying Constitutional limits. Otherwise, he can just spend the money. Who can stop him? He can't be impeached so there's no downside for him to just flaunt the law and the Constitution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-4411801306863931382015-01-13T07:54:16.554-08:002015-01-13T07:54:16.554-08:00Clovis, both houses of congress are controlled by ...Clovis, both houses of congress are controlled by RINO's, so I don't know to whom the "you" in the comment above refers????erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-41440590829187287722015-01-13T04:26:47.221-08:002015-01-13T04:26:47.221-08:00AOG,
Well, I'll take that answer as a "n...AOG,<br /><br />Well, I'll take that answer as a "no, I can't provide that quote".<br /><br /><br />Barry,<br /><br />Hey, the Cavalry has the majority in both houses, doesn't it? Both the Wall Street tax you posted above and this free-College stuff look all very easy to repel if you control both houses, doesn't it?Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-70105718103408179012015-01-13T00:25:26.645-08:002015-01-13T00:25:26.645-08:00Well, it looks like we've just been graced wit...Well, it looks like we've just been graced with the latest "unilateral presidential provocation of the moment".<br /><br />http://neoneocon.com/2015/01/12/obamas-community-college-plan/#comments<br /><br />(Heh, that didn't take long, did it?)<br /><br />Let's see now:<br />* Empty the increasingly empty treasury? Check!!<br />* More taxes on the middle class (aka "redistribution of wealth"---aka, relieving people of their money)? Check!!<br />* More government control of education? Check!!<br />* All for the good of the masses? Check!!<br />* Useful for tarring and feathering all those who might be against this oh-so-altruistic, not to mention practical, scheme (for whatever reason)? Check!!<br /><br />Indeed, we'll soon be able to savor the prospect of all those evil Republicans (aka the "cavalry") being accused of trying to prevent poor inner city kids from getting an education!!<br /><br />File under: US CalvaryBarry Meislinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795125774426217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-78159776338661645792015-01-12T19:23:29.685-08:002015-01-12T19:23:29.685-08:00Clovis;
For the quote, I give you your response o...Clovis;<br /><br />For the quote, I give you your response on neo-feudalism and your "I do see them as equally wicked". The only reason you've provided is that "I've meant it [is] coming from Repulicans too". So, not 100% pure, therefore equally wicked. What did I miss, if that's not what you meant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-67231785698441751412015-01-12T14:41:06.659-08:002015-01-12T14:41:06.659-08:00AOG,
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You seem to have this overriding need to...AOG,<br /><br />---<br />You seem to have this overriding need to avoid any positive differentiation of the GOP vs. the Democratic Party. <br />---<br />You are right, I do see them as equally wicked. <br /><br />Were I in a liberal blog full of Dem supporters, I'd be arguing how the Dems are in no way better. Believe me, I've been there, I know how people look to you when you argue that Sarah Palin is not the looney they think she is.<br /><br />---<br />I say there is a difference because we can see it at the state level of governance.<br />---<br />Good point. You may be right. I don't live and barely see the state level of governance within your country, and that ignorance may well be a fatal flaw in my views. Are you satisfied enough with that admission?<br /><br />---<br />You say there's not because the GOP is not 100% ultra completely pure small government. Which of those do you find more reasonable?<br />---<br />Wow. Did I say that? I'd like to see that quote.Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-86013143681460049352015-01-12T14:06:11.860-08:002015-01-12T14:06:11.860-08:00aog, I sure wish Cheney had thousands, even millio...aog, I sure wish Cheney had thousands, even millions, of clones because there are so many fools afoot on the landscape, he couldn't possibly eat them all by himself.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-43214187782365061802015-01-12T13:53:51.486-08:002015-01-12T13:53:51.486-08:00Clovis;
(on neo-feudalism), I've meant it is ...Clovis;<br /><br /><i>(on neo-feudalism), I've meant it is coming from Republicans too</i><br /><br />You seem to have this overriding need to avoid any positive differentiation of the GOP vs. the Democratic Party. If this is coming from 1% of the GOP and 99% of the Democratic Party, your statement would remain true. So magnitude doesn't matter, unless it's someone else "zooming in on the Y-axis". Then it matters a lot. But I guess you were zooming out on the Y-axis until any difference looks negligible.<br /><br />I say there is a difference because we can see it at the state level of governance. You say there's not because the GOP is not 100% ultra completely pure small government. Which of those do you find more reasonable?<br /><br /><i>A pity we don't have a video so you can learn who are those fools</i><br /><br />Actually we have plenty of such videoes. <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/dick-cheney-obama-un-speech-ferguson-react-111314.html" rel="nofollow">Here's one</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-54261194146934003722015-01-12T13:29:36.619-08:002015-01-12T13:29:36.619-08:00I didn't take anything from your link because,...I didn't take anything from your link because, and again, I hate to keep repeating myself, but as you know, I take information from whence it comes, and if comes from the NYT, I assume it's lies and spin, so I don't waste my senile eyesight on it.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-11144686285223861152015-01-12T11:43:38.417-08:002015-01-12T11:43:38.417-08:00Erp,
If that's all you understood fom Bush...Erp,<br /><br />If that's all you understood fom Bush's answer, given all the previous context, I am done here. <br /><br />Cheney doesn't suffer fools, he eats them for breakfast. A pity we don't have a video so you can learn who are those fools.<br />Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-30971205554905295102015-01-12T11:38:12.933-08:002015-01-12T11:38:12.933-08:00Clovis, so your argument is: If you work with some...Clovis, so your argument is: If you work with someone, even as a close colleague in perfect cordiality, and then retire to city over a 1,000 miles away, if you don't keep up an intimate friendship with that person, it's because he/she is a liar?<br /><br />BTW - I also like Cheney quite a lot and don't think he lied, but I think the media is afraid of him because he's a lot smarter than all of them put together, and orders of magnitude smarter than our boy king.<br /><br />He also doesn't suffer fools gladly and isn't afraid to say so.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-41934222368443708112015-01-12T11:27:02.357-08:002015-01-12T11:27:02.357-08:00Erp,
See, you guys keep repeating Bush's name...Erp,<br /><br />See, you guys keep repeating Bush's name, while ignoring I've always used "Bush administration" in my arguments.<br /><br />I guess "Bush admnistration misled, people bled" wouldn't make such a great slogan, but it'd be my choice.<br /><br />To this day I don't have a final opinon about G.W. Bush's role on this all - yes, I can even believe he was acting in earnest sometimes. If so, at some point though he also got the opinion that something was not right...<br /><br />If you so admire Bush and thinks he was a truly honest man, Erp, ask yourself why that honest man got all that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/magazine/the-final-insult-in-the-bush-cheney-marriage.html?pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">distance</a> from Cheney. If you need a tip, here it <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/george-bush-on-dick-cheney-its-been-cordial-90545.html" rel="nofollow">goes</a>:<br /><br />- Journalist: "“What has your relationship been like between you two since you left the White House?”<br /><br />- W.: “You know it’s been cordial — but he lives in Washington and we live in Dallas,”<br />[...]<br />So while we’ve got friends in Washington I’m not all that friendly to Washington,” <br /><br />Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-27128693772669241082015-01-12T10:54:57.283-08:002015-01-12T10:54:57.283-08:00Clovis, I've pointed this out before, but you ...Clovis, I've pointed this out before, but you obviously didn't take note of it. <br /><br />Republicans, excepting of course RINO’s repeating lefty cant, can't tell lies even if they want to because anything the media can pounce on coming from non-members of the left will be immediately put at the top of the news and relentlessly repeated until the end of time. The alleged culprits trash sifted, their kindergarten drawings analyzed (this actually happened -- I've forgotten who got that treatment) -- no statute of limitations and nothing too trivial.<br /><br />So your statement to the effect, “they all do it,” is not factually correct even though the same media which repeats obvious bold-faced lies coming from their colleagues on the left as gospel (and routinely makes things up out of whole cloth themselves) might have repeated slogans like, “Bush lied, people died,” and other non-truths relentlessly, it still doesn’t make them true.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-54939952805629175972015-01-12T10:49:17.593-08:002015-01-12T10:49:17.593-08:00Oh, that's entertaining indeed. The classical ...Oh, that's entertaining indeed. The classical technique of zooming in the y-axis... a gift that keeps on giving.Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-18752371724343079882015-01-12T10:10:06.668-08:002015-01-12T10:10:06.668-08:00Related (some more entertainment just in from the ...Related (some more entertainment just in from the wire):<br /><br />http://www.aei.org/publication/chart-help-explain-democrats-want-hit-wall-street-trillion-dollar-tax/<br /><br />File under: von Papen (revisited)....Barry Meislinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795125774426217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-59898793934020898882015-01-12T08:06:28.168-08:002015-01-12T08:06:28.168-08:00AOG,
To answer your second point (on neo-feudalis...AOG,<br /><br />To answer your second point (on neo-feudalism), I've meant it is coming from Republicans too. It is more general than your political parties. It can be ultimately traced, IMHO, to a loss of honesty and values of the overall population, of which the Republican base takes part too - it aims at different ends, but operates through deceitful means no less.<br /><br />Concerning mislead x lie, you can mislead without ever uttering an objective lie. In a large complex system (such as the govt. of the USA) it is easy to take an action and ground it in very many things - none of which an objective lie - that are nonetheless not at all the reason you took that action.Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-12482759299239653842015-01-12T05:53:23.464-08:002015-01-12T05:53:23.464-08:00Clovis;
It's not question of teaching a langu...Clovis;<br /><br />It's not question of teaching a language but explaining what you, yourself, meant.<br /><br />As for the success of the neo-feudalism project, I am quite aware that it's been moving forward for decades. Obama is the culmination, not the origination, of all of that. You see it most clearly by looking at the states / cities most heavily controlled by the Democratic Party where the trend is even more advanced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-27810859653439401232015-01-12T03:18:43.314-08:002015-01-12T03:18:43.314-08:00AOG,
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Apparently not. What was it again? Not s...AOG,<br /><br />---<br />Apparently not. What was it again? Not something irrelevant, I hope.<br />---<br />It'd be preposterous for a foreigner to teach English for a native, so I'll let that as an exercize for the reader.<br /><br />---<br />As for Gruber vs. Powell, perhaps you could find me a quote from Powell where he admits he was stating falsehoods and that the Bush Administration policy were based on those falsehoods.<br />---<br />Please notive how I phrased my initial statement on Cheney up above, initiating this sorry disussion. If you bother to answer that question, I'd be happy enough.<br /><br />You also stated up above that the MAL would like to turn your politics into a more South American model. Take it from someone living in that model (and maybe has a "deceit detector from pols" a bit more trained): yours was already getting more like ours before with Bush too. <br /><br />Clovishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921327103613284595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-83324469159773609982015-01-11T17:52:43.301-08:002015-01-11T17:52:43.301-08:00Clovis;
Hmmm. Permit me to quote - "I did no...Clovis;<br /><br />Hmmm. Permit me to quote - "I did not use the word "lie", but "mislead". Do you see the difference?".<br /><br />Apparently not. What was it again? Not something irrelevant, I hope.<br /><br />As for Gruber vs. Powell, perhaps you could find me a quote from Powell where he admits he was stating falsehoods and that the Bush Administration policy were based on those falsehoods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com