tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post831309400843173838..comments2023-08-05T07:24:04.413-05:00Comments on Hope n' Change Cartoons: Tear Down This LawUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-62314572216029628962014-07-24T18:55:37.160-05:002014-07-24T18:55:37.160-05:00Karnak has that study you mention linked above.
T...Karnak has that study you mention linked above.<br /><br />That is a good Quote from Stilton. I missed that. Hypocrites. Yeah it's real patriotic to hand over my hard earned money to people who squander it. <br /><br />Somebody else, I think, made mention of debt. There is a very good piece in the current issue of NR about that. VERY GOOD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-15541112854205895562014-07-24T18:30:19.609-05:002014-07-24T18:30:19.609-05:00"The longer individuals were exposed to socia...<i>"The longer individuals were exposed to socialism, the more likely they were to cheat on our task," according to a new study, "The (True) Legacy of Two Really Existing Economic Systems," from Duke University and the University of Munich.</i><br /><br />Interesting, and hardly a surprise. Just look at what welfare, especially after generations of it in single blood-lines, does to people, morally and spiritually.<br /><br />@Stilton, I didn't see that one, but it is a brilliant observation. Indeed, and it's amusing as to how the left will argue that corporations are mindless, soulless mechanisms, and yet they'll insist that the biggest corporation of all, the government of the United States should be solely entrusted with the care of us all.<br /><br />A rhetorical question for any visiting leftists: <i><b>Now that we've cheapened the meaning of "citizenship" to near nothingness with our de-facto open borders and freebies for everyone as long as they're a "correct" demographic at the expense of those who actually create the means for it all, exactly what weight is left for a concept of "patriotism"?</b></i><br /><br />@Dodger Blues, that's nothing compared to nonsense like this: <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/five-economic-reforms-millennials-should-be-fighting-for-20140103" rel="nofollow">Youthful Idiots: Five Economic Reforms Millennials Should Be Fighting For Guaranteed jobs, universal basic incomes, public finance and more</a><br /><br />Here's some interesting reading for you:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/04/the_poverty_hoax.html" rel="nofollow"><br />The Poverty Hoax</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/07/what-is-poverty" rel="nofollow">Air Conditioning, Cable TV, and an Xbox: What is Poverty in the United States Today?</a><br /><br />Much of the problem with any discussion of "income inequality" is that most of those engaging in the debate rely upon ill-or-non-defined terms to quantify their point. What we too frequently call "poverty" in the US would be a nominal middle-class existence in most of the developed world, and downright luxurious anywhere else. And this relativity isn't just about place, but time. People we today call "poor" have access to goods and services that not even the extremely wealthy had but little more than a generation ago. The debate is more emotion than reality.John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-69575141683442092182014-07-24T18:00:50.622-05:002014-07-24T18:00:50.622-05:00Obstructionists!
OK, just kidding. Giggle-snort.<a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/383667/thesaurus-synonyms-obstructionist-include-right-winger-rightist-tory-andrew-johnson" rel="nofollow">Obstructionists!</a><br /><br />OK, just kidding. Giggle-snort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-39619408481009535272014-07-24T13:44:08.184-05:002014-07-24T13:44:08.184-05:00Correction: Is anyone out there familiar ... with ...Correction: Is anyone out there <b><i>familiar</i></b> ... with a current study ...Dodger Bluesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-11280631431769134262014-07-24T13:33:07.501-05:002014-07-24T13:33:07.501-05:00Oh brother.
I don't know what he means by mov...<a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/07/why-am-i-moving-left-109241.html#.U9FNxVa3BVh" rel="nofollow">Oh brother.</a><br /><br />I don't know what he means by moving left. I basically agree with his points but they make me move <i>LIBERTARIAN.</i> Why they would make him move left (bigger government), I have no idea. Bigger government is the source of these ills.<br /><br />Is anyone out there (I am sure that Mr. Econ is) with a current study from a reputable source about this so-called income inequality? I have seen studies in the past that couple it with <i>income mobility</i> and it is important to keep those two concepts together. In the past, it has been easy to argue that there is a lot of income mobility (rich today, poor tomorrow, so to speak) even when the "rich get richer" sort of thing. It is obviously true that if you are rich, you are likely to get richer because of the investment opportunities - but you can get poorer too. But those investments also help grow the economy for all. All of this tripe just gets my goat - there is a lot of sloganeering and little thoughtful analysis of data. <br /><br />Of course, I have read that if you work for the government, you <b>are</b> getting richer - at taxpayer expense. <br /><br />And for that, the only cure is ..... A DOUBLE-DOUBLE! Later, dudes.Dodger Bluesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-3694305492951312252014-07-24T10:14:36.734-05:002014-07-24T10:14:36.734-05:00@John the Econ- I saw a brilliant letter in the Wa...@John the Econ- I saw a brilliant letter in the Wall Street Journal which asked "if corporations aren't people and can't have religious convictions, then how can they be expected to feel emotions like patriotism?"<br /><br />Actually, I think the letter writer put it better than that. But he may have had the unfair advantage of being cold sober.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-56507886307603356862014-07-24T08:54:06.263-05:002014-07-24T08:54:06.263-05:00Snort, giggle - who woulda thunk? Eh? Socialist ar...<a href="http://reason.com/blog/2014/07/22/socialists-are-cheaters-says-new-study" rel="nofollow">Snort, giggle - who woulda thunk? Eh?</a> Socialist are sooooo pure though? Like the driven snow! That piece CANNOT be true!<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.marketwatch.com/capitolreport/2014/07/24/obama-companies-that-avoid-taxes-are-renouncing-citizenship/" rel="nofollow">And speaking of which ....</a> Hey, wouldn't it be way cool if Obama renounced his citizenship? Too cool. MarketWatch is VERY lefty so you have to take that with a grain of salt. <br /><br />"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss ..."Karnaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-51170328274570025892014-07-24T08:10:15.106-05:002014-07-24T08:10:15.106-05:00@John the Econ: Just think what he can do with th...@John the Econ: Just think what he can do with the 2 1/2 years left. I pray for our country.Grumpy Curmudgeonhttp://grumpy52.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-71505837294628660752014-07-24T07:49:53.299-05:002014-07-24T07:49:53.299-05:00Anyone else catching on to the Democrat's &quo...Anyone else catching on to the Democrat's "new" meme? <b>Economic Patriotism"</b>.<br /><br />Got that? The left's only defense to our screwed-up tax code is that it's "patriotic" to put up with it.<br /><br />Of course, this is in response to the new trend of "tax inversions", where America's multinational corporations are moving their HQs overseas to avoid America's singularly excessive double-taxation of foreign-derived profits. Leftist intellectuals deride this trend by denying that US corporate taxes really aren't higher than anyone else's. <i>But that's simply illogical in that if that was the case, these corporations wouldn't be doing it.</i> And how embarrassing is it that supposedly free-wheeling-out-of-control-capitalist America has higher corporate tax rates than the staid socialist democracies of Europe?<br /><br />Since any meaningful tax reform (meaning anything that doesn't raises taxes on the enemies of progressivism) is DOA at the Senate and White House, the left is only left with rhetoric, hence the "Economic Patriotism" meme.<br /><br /><b>Except even that's not new.</b> Over 20 years ago, shortly after Bill Clinton took office in 1993, the Clintons floated "Economic Patriotism" as justification for all of the taxes they wanted to impose to fund their expansionist fantasies.<br /><br />I can't remember who originally said this at the time, but it was concise as to the redefinition of "patriotism": <i><b>"The Democrats have turned bleeding for your country into being bled dry by your country."</b></i><br /><br />This morning, the Obama Administration said that although any relevant or comprehensive tax reform (which is what we really need) is still off-the-table, "anti-inversion" legislation is not.<br /><br />What exactly would "anti-inversion" legislation be? Are we actually going to make it illegal for people to invest their money freely internationally? Are we going to force companies to stay within our borders? <b>Is the Obama Administration actually considering building an economic "Iron Curtain"?</b><br /><br />What kind of countries build iron curtains? Certainly not free ones. People are drawn to free and great countries. Free and great countries do not need to build fences to keep people and capital in. <b>Only unfree and oppressive countries do that.</b>John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-27799495387674724932014-07-24T05:45:00.745-05:002014-07-24T05:45:00.745-05:00@Grumpy Curmudgeon: Self-appointed nutrition czar ...@Grumpy Curmudgeon: Self-appointed nutrition czar Mooch'el is probably suffering from meat hunger...specifically the lack of man meat in her diet.Wahoonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-35576274190928025482014-07-24T00:41:07.763-05:002014-07-24T00:41:07.763-05:00@Honcho: Gotta wonder if that luxury home in Ranch...@Honcho: Gotta wonder if that luxury home in Ranch Mirage was one of Moore's. Perfect place for Obama, Rancho Mirage, since he's the king of smoke and mirrors!<br /><br />Ya hafta wonder if that's Moochie's 'home away from home' since you now never see her with Obama, 'specially since he's gone down hill (rather than 'Over <b>to</b> the Hill' which even Clinton had to do). Me thinks trouble in paradise? Enquiring minds want to know.Grumpy Curmudgeonhttp://grumpy52.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-28121696263834987032014-07-23T20:42:16.163-05:002014-07-23T20:42:16.163-05:00Honcho here again,
Whoa! "Anonymous" ju...Honcho here again,<br /><br />Whoa! "Anonymous" just disappeared. Dang! Creeps.Honchonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-53688035722052937312014-07-23T20:41:02.201-05:002014-07-23T20:41:02.201-05:00Honcho here.
Not sure what that 'anonymous...Honcho here.<br /><br />Not sure what that 'anonymous' is. <br /><br />JJG - you are too correct. The rich politicians put on this dog-and-pony show for their idiot followers - "Tax the rich! Not me! I'm poor!" Hillary - dirt poor. Elizabeth Warren - dirt poor. Michael Moore - only nine houses. Saw that last one today, sport. Obama - in escrow for a luxury home in Rancho Mirage. George Soros, Steyer, Gates, Buffet, and on and on.<br /><br />Yeah, Mr. Sympathy - I can guess yer name!Honchonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-21203786139386985482014-07-23T19:58:09.133-05:002014-07-23T19:58:09.133-05:00@Sympathy for a progressive,
You have "some...@Sympathy for a progressive, <br /><br />You have "some money" NOW. Just wait until Barack Hussein's "class war" hits. Then, if you have 25 cents more than the next guy, YOU will be the "rich", and your 25 cents will be re-distributed with glee. It's the same thing that happened in the former Soviet Union during the terror famine of the early 1930s. Anyone who had a garden of his own was a kulak and therefore an enemy of the people. His garden was re-distributed forthwith. Sadly though, people like, say, the Kennedys will never get their stuff re-distributed. Remember when Ted "the hero of Chappaquiddick" Kennedy gave a speech before the U.S. Senate and stated that the "ultra wealthy" needed to pay more in taxes? I always thought the Kennedys were "ultra wealthy", but apparently "ultra" wealth starts at 25 cents more than the Kennedys.... JustaJeepGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-9483718359941360822014-07-23T18:30:01.827-05:002014-07-23T18:30:01.827-05:00Jim Hlavac,
Well, I am certainly glad that you ar...Jim Hlavac,<br /><br />Well, I am certainly glad that you are optimistic. Me? I have to keep telling myself that these are the best times - when poor people are not poor by historical standards. But therein lies the rub. Human nature is an ugly thing, not being very far removed from the jungle environment it was bred in. And while we live in miraculous times, we are NEVER far from the medieval, from another dark ages. There is a very thin line of culture that keeps us here and not there. It is this that the progressives are truly trying to destroy. <br /><br />There is some hope that the younger generation, that of my cousins-once-removed, that they realize, once they get older and fed up with what they will have to deal with, will return to the notions of freedom in the original sense, not the "progressive" sense. But the "progressive" stranglehold on things is almost complete. <br /><br />I personally hold no hope for anything good arising from the ashes of "progressive" actions in my lifetime. Inflation is coming back with a vengeance. Debt is spiraling out of control and the politicians and their enablers just fiddle. People hate the rich to the point that I can only believe a class warfare is imminent. It's not like that never happened before. Maybe not in my lifetime but ...<br /><br />Oh well, I have food, a place to live, and some money, until the progressives inflate it into oblivion to get rid of the debt they have been creating since WWII. It's a structural debt like we have NEVER seen before. And I am not even considering the debt of states and municipalities. My cousins-once-removed can't find jobs despite spending thousands on college education. How can this end anywhere near "good"?<br /><br />And Obama does have the missiles ...<br /><br />"I stuck around St. Petersburg<br />When I saw it was a time for a change<br />Killed the czar and his ministers<br />Anastasia screamed in vain<br />I rode a tank<br />Held a general's rank<br />When the blitzkrieg raged<br />And the bodies stank<br />Pleased to meet you<br />Hope you guess my name"Sympathy for a progressivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-85686767426917455002014-07-23T15:24:45.890-05:002014-07-23T15:24:45.890-05:00Well, boys n girls, now we kinda know what a leaf ...Well, boys n girls, now we kinda know what a leaf in the wind feels like!PRYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-15110778656645544672014-07-23T15:20:02.454-05:002014-07-23T15:20:02.454-05:00@ Froaderick Barbarossa:
@ Schmaltzer Cronkite:
re...@ Froaderick Barbarossa:<br />@ Schmaltzer Cronkite:<br />re: links<br /><br />I guess that The One's Criminal Defense lawyer saw the writing on the wall regarding the tapes - trying to hide the tapes? Good try - no cigar. <br /><br />Why else would their wonderfulnesses be in escrow on a home 2+ years out from EOP? Maybe Tony Rezko got them another 'for you, such a deal!'? But, but, I thought he was from Chicago - Rahm's good buddy - why is he forsaking the city of loud noises at night? The homies are outraged - one even said she was gonna throw way her ObamaPhone (D**n thing never worked anyway-kept calling OFA (Organization of Frothing A**holes)!).<br /><br />Wait until September, when the rate adjustments for 2015 will be coming out - not gonna be pretty. The company my wife works for has said that (like we didn't know) because of all the long term sick signing up, and a small 'well' base, average premium increases are going to be in the 20% range for the ACA policies, and in the one state where the feds begged them to enter the market because no one else would, it's going to be about twice that. Spin that Pelosi!Grumpy Curmudgeonhttp://grumpy52.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-18944868584751130682014-07-23T13:11:29.651-05:002014-07-23T13:11:29.651-05:00Ooppsss - correction.
"...as our experiment ...Ooppsss - correction.<br /><br />"...as <b><i>our</i></b> experiment fails."Froaderick Barbarossanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-59060283614820543562014-07-23T12:34:22.716-05:002014-07-23T12:34:22.716-05:00Anonymous -
He was just confused by Heinz 57, hi...Anonymous - <br /><br />He was just confused by Heinz 57, his secretary of state.... give a slob a break, puleez.Anonymousesesesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-28147947691422348812014-07-23T12:29:43.400-05:002014-07-23T12:29:43.400-05:00That still leaves 21 states to get to 57!That still leaves 21 states to get to 57!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-12142843001337919682014-07-23T10:57:42.528-05:002014-07-23T10:57:42.528-05:00And this just in ...
I wonder why he just doesn&#...And this just in ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/Former-New-York-mayor-Bloomberg-defies-FAA-ban-flies-to-Israel-on-El-Al-368562" rel="nofollow">I wonder why he just doesn't make it illegal for Hamas to have weapons?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/265158/speedreads-man-builds-biggest-fart-machine-ever-plans-to-aim-it-at-france" rel="nofollow">But would the French even notice it?</a>Schmaltzer Cronkitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-87393686490701469042014-07-23T09:56:54.835-05:002014-07-23T09:56:54.835-05:00Whatever happened to the the "Rule Of Law&quo...Whatever happened to the the "Rule Of Law"? We rely on judges now, who are for the most part these days school in the activist-progressive-Stalinist tradition, to provide law making. <br /><br />Honestly - I feel like giving up. What the Founders created (The Constitution and the notions of Classical Liberty that go along with it) has for over a century now been going down the toilet because of central-planning fetishists, elitists conspirators (aka "progressives"), and poorly-educated, leftist-indoctrinated infantile masses. The ones in power are rich people who play up the moronic emotions of the LoFo's in the streets. Callous bastards. It's the same old, same old. <br /><br />And the RINOs like Boehner just play with their navels and don't do their jobs. Sometimes I think the Republican Party is WORSE than the Democrats (aka the Progressive Workers CPUSA Rich Folk K Street Cocktail Party Elite Party Party Party Or Sumthin') because the Republicans are not a true opposition party. The Republicans are derelict in their duty - because the make money at it. <br /><br />$18T in debt - whimsical borders - strong men oversees eyeing us with glee - Muslims licking their chops to behead us all or exact their medieval tributes.... What happened to Modernity? A Canticle For Leibowitz in slow motion ...β male #1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-41641334329404665982014-07-23T09:18:14.091-05:002014-07-23T09:18:14.091-05:00@Frankie- Justice may be blind, but it can still s...@Frankie- Justice may be blind, but it can still smell. And the 11 member, majority democrat Appeals Court smells to high heaven.<br /><br />@TrickyRicky- There's a <i>reason</i> they say "ignorance is bliss."<br /><br />@Chuck Baker- As Firesign Theater once said, Benjamin Franklin was the greatest American president who was never president.<br /><br />@John the Econ- Producing regs out of "thin air" is right. The main argument I'm hearing for ignoring the plain language of the law is that it doesn't represent "the intent of Congress." But since when does the rule of intent trump the rule of law?<br /><br />And if Congress (or at least the Democrats in Congress) had such strong intent, why didn't they bother to read the law to see if it <i>codified</i> their intent?<br /><br />And the golden phrase of the day is your quote <i>The real reason we have laws isn't necessarily to make things "fair", but to make then predictable.</i> <br /><br />Absolutely.<br /><br />@Grumpy Curmudgeon- Thank you for the clarification. In point of fact, I've slightly rewritten today's commentary because I initially got it wrong; I said that the second finding "overruled" the first, which was not the case. As you point out, there are now two equal but conflicting legal opinions, which is why the matter will be rushed to a Democrat-led kangaroo court for further "disambiguation."<br /><br />@Geoff King- I agree that Obamacare is doing exactly what it was meant to do- wreck the medical system, redistribute wealth, and foster greater dependence on an intrusive government.<br /><br />Regarding your pandemic scenario, I've got to say that it would explain a lot...<br /><br />@Jim Hlavac- Trust me, I'm sympathetic to the legal discrimination that Gays have endured. And thanks to Obamacare, everyone is getting a taste of what it feels like to be criminalized just for existing (ie, fined if you commit the crime of being alive but not having health insurance). <br /><br />Unfortunately, my inclination is to think that court decisions will, over the long term, be positive for matters of civil rights, but negative in terms of cutting down on "big government" abuses.<br /><br />@Grumpy Curmudgeon- It's great to hear the quote from the <i>real</i> Dirty Harry, and not Reid.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-84674492685982295792014-07-23T08:49:53.697-05:002014-07-23T08:49:53.697-05:00It really seems likely that the next "decree&...It really seems likely that the next "decree" that comes from this White House is that "lamont shits chocolate ice cream and the sun shines out of his ass". How much more ludicrous could this situation be?<br />That sound emanating from D.C., and getting louder, is the Founding Fathers spinning in their graves!!!<br />Hold on... a black helicopter just landed in my front yard... (well, we don't have ROADS in Colorado, according to Michael Bloomturd, so the black Suburbans can't get here!).Bruce Bleunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-81347700504834592922014-07-23T08:15:03.853-05:002014-07-23T08:15:03.853-05:00@Geoff King: To quote Dirty Harry back in ~2011 &...@Geoff King: To quote Dirty Harry back in ~2011 "It was never supposed to work!" One does have to remember the tenet of Cloward-Piven "Overwhelm the welfare System" so that the 'gimmes' would demand that a socialistic system be put in it's place.<br /><br />Pandemic - coming to a community near you.Grumpy Curmudgeonhttp://grumpy52.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com