Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
And although I’m not sure whether the good “Republican” knows what exactly it is he did here, the liberal side of the blogosphere is now abuzz and who in the world can blame them? What a motherlode.
“The question has been raised about whether or not our president is a socialist,” Paul said. “I am sure there are some people here who believe it. But in the technical sense, in the economic definition of a what a socialist is, no, he’s not a socialist.”
“He’s a corporatist,” Paul continued. “And unfortunately we have corporatists inside the Republican party and that means you take care of corporations and corporations take over and run the country.”
Paul said examples of President Obama’s “corporatism” were evident in the heath care reform bill he signed into law last month. He said the mandate in the bill put the power over health care in the hands of corporations rather than private citizens.
:
He said the only hope Republicans have is to change the bill for the better. Paul said he will introduce his own legislative fix when the Congress returns from recess next week.“There’s one piece of legislation that I’m going to introduce, it’s going to be one page long,” he said. “It will be to remove the mandate so you don’t have to participate if you don’t want to.”
His speech, which touched on his oft-repeated calls to close down American military bases overseas and shift toward libertarian-style social policy, drew cheers from the Paul fans in the crowd and what sounded like boos from others in the room.
What incredible, staggering ineptitude. Folks, this is why Palin’s screw-up in front of Katie Couric means so little to me, right here. Couric never had her for lunch quite as scrumptiously as did the liberals just now feast on Dr. Paul’s bleached bones. He dug his own hole and walked right into it. Their only out, thus far, has been to carefully avoid any & all discussion of this “economic definition of a what a socialist is” and make fun of anyone & everyone who’d call President Soetoro a socialist.
And they got a so-called “Republican” now helping them with that. To the best of my knowledge, Congressman Paul never did take on my favorite question about this: So if ya wanna be called a socialist, what exactly do ya gotta do??
I wonder what Ron Paul would say about what blogger friend Phil wrote on this subject:
[I]f Socialized Medicine isn’t socialism … if nationalizing companies isn’t socialism … if redistribution of wealth isn’t socialism … maybe we have diffferent [sic] dictionaries.
He Who Walks On Water told Joe the Plumber “I just think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” Is there some credible reason why that cannot be the very definition of socialism? If it isn’t, then exactly what use does this word provide to us, why should it be part of the language at all?
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Control the language, and you control the way people think.
Didn’t some writer by the name of Orwell have something to say about that?
- pdwalker | 04/11/2010 @ 08:02oh, I forgot to add http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOy5xGS3UQg
- pdwalker | 04/11/2010 @ 08:04(grr… that link was supposed to show up as “doubleplusungood”. That’s what happens when you don’t read simple instructions)
- pdwalker | 04/11/2010 @ 08:04In Nevada we had them (Paultards) running loose in the last Republican primary election cycle. Paultards give off exactly the vibe I get from Scientologist–they know something that no one else does.
- jamzw | 04/11/2010 @ 08:49A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A little important knowledge is a really dangerous thing.
This is what hardcore libertarians ultimately do: they enable the left. How many of them have told us that “there´s not a dime´s worth of difference between the parties”? In fact the difference is a couple of trillions, but hey, there are principles at stake.
- El Gordo | 04/11/2010 @ 09:42So Obama’s going to tell Geithner to sell the 61% of GM that Treasury owns? Sweet.
Folks, if the US Government holding a super-majority stake in one of the country’s largest companies is not socialism, there is no such thing.
- Rich Fader | 04/11/2010 @ 11:43Ron Paul: Like Ross Perot but without the money, charm, or intelligence.
- vanderleun | 04/11/2010 @ 19:56As if we needed any more proof that Paul is a certified loon.
- cylarz | 04/12/2010 @ 01:45Here’s hoping his constituients decide to elect someone to represent their interests, as opposed to ranting like a nutcase off their meds.
Oh, and pursuing Quiotxic campaigns for president. I mean, doesn’t a congressman have actual work to do?
- HoundOfDoom | 04/12/2010 @ 08:37