It’s even deeper than that. There’s a pernicious idea on the left, derived from Marxism, known as “false consciousness“. It means that the proletariat have been brainwashed by the capitalists and deceived into thinking the capitalist status quo is good for them.

This is the “What is wrong with Iowa” conceit.(Or whatever that book was called; you know the one I’m talking about.) It’s a very convenient dogma for leftists, because it means that they can ignore cases where the majority oppose them. See, the majority don’t know what’s best for them, because they’ve been deceived by lies from the capitalists (e.g. the insurance companies) and demagogues (e.g. the Republicans).

So good and well-meaning leftists have an obligation to force the right programs through anyway despite the objections of the majority. And to use any tactic at all to make it happen. It’s for their own good, donchaknow?

Neat, huh?

And don’t get me started on Alexander…

You don’t sit in Wright’s pew for twenty years and walk out of church liking white folks. Meet their inspiration, James Cone.

Watch this three minute video and then tell me Obama accidentally played the race card when he got involved with Crowley vs Gates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plRkc7_a4EM

If you want to get ill watch this 20 minute video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1X5sZ6Q4Fw&NR=1

Reparations are next…

Are you from The Volunteer State?

I have heard Corker speak on more than one occasion and I got the impression that he thinks this government really is out of control. I don’t think it is fair to call him a RINO at all. And what is more I have not heard McCain out there singing the praises of a government option either.

To be honest, I am kind of tired of people who are always attacking their own side and accusing them of not being conservative enough, or being a RINO or whatever. I think that one of the reasons we are stuck with people like Obama and Pelosi right now, is all the complaining from people who are more interested in trashing the GOP than fighting the Democrats.

I must be a very color-blind racist. And can you be racist toward lazy family members, or is there a different word for that?

j_galt on August 18, 2009 at 3:41 PM

I believe the word you are looking for would be “bigot.”

For instance, I know a young man who suffered a spinal cord injury in an accident years ago. He is trying to go back to school online. He has limited function and needs help to get dressed, or get up out of bed or just about anything. His meds costs a lot of money because he has to take a lot of anti spasm medication. He has to cath himself everyday. It would take a huge income to pay for all this himself. But he hopes someday to do that, so that he can tell the government people to buzz off.

For someone like this, limited help would be good. But the government has to take over and run everything. He either has to be completely dependent or completely independent. And independent is not easy when you have shattered some vertebrae.

He’s a punk, folks.

There. Pile on then, oh yea delightfully fierce pioneers.

bour3 on August 18, 2009 at 4:00 PM

Yep, the principle of specialization has been noted in every economics textbook I have ever read and is accepted as a part of the efficient marketplace. There is no doubt that living in a 12th Century society like Afghanistan would kill most of us a lot earlier than we now die.

Specialization also means that we can charge more for services and thus spend time discussing, investing, socializing, brainstorming, inventing, challenging, researching, learning, exploring and in general having the “intellectually curious” society the liberals are always so enamored of creating amongst themselves. Specialization promotes social benefits beyond the more division of labor and enables equal opportunity for all in the society.

The virtues of self-reliance and independence have to do with the knowledge, perhaps gained externally to oneself by relying on God and Country, that a citizen or inhabitant of the US of A can specialize in just about anything without regard to class, social status, race, place of birth, or gender. Independence of thought, action and decision-making are practiced without regard to the needs of government, the demands of government or the directional control (command) of government.

Thus, while I can’t build my own house, I can make lots of money by evaluating and analyzing the financial statements of corporations, partnerships, and associations and suggesting strategies and tactics for maximizing profit as well as raising the level of respect within the community and then buy the house that Peter, Paul and Mary built. (They had a hammer).

The longest journey begins with but a single step.

Oldnuke on August 18, 2009 at 3:46 PM

Someone mentioned that their relative (so who knows) works there and the figure is more like 132,000 counting the non renewals, and the no sign-ups.
The fact is, every month should be a major gain, since the baby boomers are reaching that age at a record pace.
I just wanted to put it in perspective, that we have a long way to go…