One more example of how the “progressive” mind works.

The problem is too much of our nation’s precious resources are in the wrong hands. We will take them, because our hands are the right hands.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

And the most surreal part is, they believe that after being stripped of their property by government fiat, the oil companies, workers, shareholders, and all, will still work to make money, not for themselves, but for the government.

And also believe that having been stripped of the assets that pay for the equipment, they’ll still be able to operate effectively.

In Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, Hank Rearden’s conversation with Dr. Ferris sums up their beliefs;

“How do you expect me to produce after I go bankrupt?”

“You won’t go bankrupt. You’ll always produce,” said Dr. Ferris, neither in praise nor in blame, merely in the tone of stating a fact of nature, as he would have said to another man: You’ll always be a bum. “You can’t help it. It’s in your blood. Or, to be more scientific: you’re conditioned that way.”

This would be laughable if the subject weren’t so serious. Whatever state this fool is from, his constituents should begin a recall petition immediately. Not just because he’s an idiot, but because in calling for a patently illegal action under the Constitution, he has violated the oath of office he took, which specifically calls upon him to “preserve, protect, and defend” said Constitution.

He needs to find out what it’s like to be Gray Davis. Now.

clear ether

eon

eon on June 18, 2008 at 6:58 PM

Romeo13 on June 18, 2008 at 6:59 PM

No, prices will be allowed to rise until they reach what Obama & Co. consider the “proper level”- defined as the level at which most people cannot afford to run their own automobiles, and are forced onto public transportation.

At which point, of course, the automobile industry implodes. Taking the rest of our national economy with it.

The United Auto Workers, of course, are 100% behind the Democrats. As are the United Mine Workers, the Teamsters, and every other single transportation/energy industry union whose members will be unemployed after the Democrats’ grand plans reach their fruition.

At which point, they will no doubt find the only employment they can get will be in the New Model Army the Dems are going to need. Because once they’ve wrecked our economic base, there will be only one way to keep what’s left of the economy afloat- and their own heads out of a collective noose. Namely the same way revolutionary France did it under that notable military and political dimwit, Napoleon Bonaparte’.

They’ll have to take what they need from other countries. By force.

And since our existing military will not do it for them, they’ll need one that will. One that will not be taking any oaths to the Constitution.

They love to slander our military, by claiming that it is “imperialistic”. Believe me, if these Marxist morons succeed at their psychotic dreams, it will launch an era of aggressive warfare the likes of which hasn’t been seen on this planet since that little argument between the English, the French, and the Spanish over who had the biggest set of cojones’ in Europe- the one that lasted about a century. Except this one won’t be confined to Europe.

Call me alarmist, but as John W. Campbell said, “work out the implications”.

And they are not pleasant to contemplate.

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eon

eon on June 18, 2008 at 7:14 PM

thirteen28 on June 18, 2008 at 7:21 PM

The Royal Army always had a saying;

It doesn’t matter how many battles you lose, as long as you win the last one.

I’d recommend that the GOP start planning for that one. In fact, they should have begun planning yesterday at the latest.

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eon

eon on June 18, 2008 at 7:26 PM