tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post1651860091818821833..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Bizarro World.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76357153607136514292011-12-17T21:42:58.584-05:002011-12-17T21:42:58.584-05:00"...the idea...that one person...elected to t..."...the idea...that one person...elected to the presidency, can make everything OK. Or the converse, that removing the current president will right all wrongs."<br /><br />It does seem absurd on the face of it, that a gov of, by, and for hinges on some individual piper.<br /><br />But the parallels from more than thirty years ago are striking, and that simplistic phrasing ignores the lessons of history and the exponential power and promise of perception.<br /><br />But did I say piper? I meant gipper, and I don't see one among the six-foot children in this round. So yeah, Chris, the vote ain't bailing us out of this one.the pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76803139506555861932011-12-17T19:53:25.302-05:002011-12-17T19:53:25.302-05:00Oh, yeah, Buzz. I could only take about a page and...Oh, yeah, Buzz. I could only take about a page and a half of the comments.<br /><br /> Some people do not seem to understand the concept of "fightin' words", use lots of them, and then accuse the polite, reasonable people of harboring evil violent thoughts. Makes my brain hurt a bit, it does.<br /><br />Joe, fortunately for me, I am so poor and socially disconnected that I cannot be said to have any interests in the system. Therefore, I am free to vote my conscience.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23587839399185552172011-12-17T19:18:58.834-05:002011-12-17T19:18:58.834-05:00Government is a symptom, not a cause. The reason ...Government is a symptom, not a cause. The reason we have tax and spend Big Government is because a lot of people want to get lots of stuff, and want other people to pay for it. They see something that bothers them (usually by someone else), and Want Something To Be Done Now!<br /><br />So, if we were to happen that <i>"hard-core libertarians were elected to the White House and a majority of both houses of Congress"</i>, as Chris said, it is likely that the people voting that way would themselves be asking for less. If only!Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77149385605610252442011-12-17T15:36:48.767-05:002011-12-17T15:36:48.767-05:00Borepatch, one of the things about the 'net I ...Borepatch, one of the things about the 'net I like is that it affords me the opportunity to correspond with people who are smarter than I am and/or know more than I do. A lot of them are quite indulgent of me, too.<br /><br />WV: awbelted. "Aw, another stupid belted-rim cartridge!"Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24591958687565342352011-12-17T15:18:10.275-05:002011-12-17T15:18:10.275-05:00"I believe this government cannot endure, per..."I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free."Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682072668997410668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28271039575892859582011-12-17T15:11:48.285-05:002011-12-17T15:11:48.285-05:00I'm more likely to say, "I know I am, but...I'm more likely to say, "I know I am, but what are you?" I think I've learned a little humility, after all these years.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-228942931218841352011-12-17T14:09:10.329-05:002011-12-17T14:09:10.329-05:00I feel dirty after having been there, kinda like p...I feel dirty after having been there, kinda like passing by an "occupy" slum.<br />Is TPM another one of those Soros ventures?Buzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66917510534969748862011-12-17T13:34:38.294-05:002011-12-17T13:34:38.294-05:00Yup. Two six foot tall third graders with billion ...Yup. Two six foot tall third graders with billion dollar megaphones.RLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480404738796721705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58748740329645347852011-12-17T11:59:57.821-05:002011-12-17T11:59:57.821-05:00I have to take exception to what you've writte...I have to take exception to what you've written, Tam. I find it highly offensive that you would make such a scurrilous and unfair comparison.<br /><br />My daughter's in third grade. She uses much more logic and reasoning than any of these people...Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6472011992012235742011-12-17T09:21:37.957-05:002011-12-17T09:21:37.957-05:00What's so very tiresome is the assumption that...What's so very tiresome is the assumption that she's smarter than everyone else.<br /><br />I think her comment is use as an example under "Irony" as well.<br /><br />Ambrose Bierce said it best:<br /><br /><i>HYPOCRITE, n. One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises.</i><br /><br />WV: grating. Sure is. Boy, I'm grumpy today.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39384561885262891412011-12-17T08:46:30.305-05:002011-12-17T08:46:30.305-05:00"Isn't it called Projection when a person..."Isn't it called Projection when a person suffering from delusions tries to pin his delusions on others;.......blames all of the problems in this country or in the world, now and back to the days of Adam and Eve?<br /><br />So it isn't Bush's Fault?Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54447236870709870172011-12-17T08:13:32.134-05:002011-12-17T08:13:32.134-05:00Heck, even if (for a true fantasy example) hard-co...<i>Heck, even if (for a true fantasy example) hard-core libertarians were elected to the White House and a majority of both houses of Congress, the unelected and entrenched bureaucracy would move along with hardly a blip.</i><br /><br />Y'know, they may be unelected and entrenched, but I refuse to believe they are unfireable.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89131694139815525432011-12-17T07:13:52.346-05:002011-12-17T07:13:52.346-05:00{This is what it's come to: All politics in Am...{This is what it's come to: All politics in America is reduced to a pair of six-foot-tall third graders standing in a sandbox and chanting "I know you are but what am I?"}<br /><br />For ever and ever A-frickin'-MEN!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896718673192738974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7353773830262462682011-12-17T06:43:59.437-05:002011-12-17T06:43:59.437-05:00There's a lot of projection from each (all?) o...There's a lot of projection from each (all?) of the extremes of the political spectrum. We've all seen that. I'm more frustrated with the idea so many people have, that one person, usually to be elected to the presidency, can make everything OK. Or the converse, that removing the current president will right all wrongs. <br /><br />Heck, even if (for a true fantasy example) hard-core libertarians were elected to the White House and a majority of both houses of Congress, the unelected and entrenched bureaucracy would move along with hardly a blip. <br /><br />As has been said before, and by more than one or two, we're not going to vote our way out of this mess.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015544320906146949noreply@blogger.com