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| 2006-05-31 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Feelers vs. thinkers man, feelers vs. thinkers. Why, for example does a conservative do well on radio, and not so well on TV, while a liberal does well on TV, but not so well on radio? TV is a far more passive medium and doesn't usually require much thought. Radio requires the engagement of your brain. A liberal's ideas are exposed for the lunacy that they are when the audience is used to thinking. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-05-31 12:59 |
| #3 Recently there was an article at TCS about why the left keeps appealing to people. The author concluded that the mythos of liberalism was more exciting and sexy than the mythos of capitalism, and that facts about the success of one relative to the other didn't really enter into things. Sowell seems to agree with this. Leftism isn't a cancer - it's more like herpes, a condition which pops up when the body politic is stressed. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2006-05-31 06:04 |
| #2 Good article as allways from Sowell. Is it any suprise that theft increases when the state acts as proxy for theft (redistribution). Is it any suprise that people take less responsibility when the state rewards them for doing so (welfare state)? Is it any suprise people work less when you are fined for working(income tax)? Is it any suprise when people stop saving when you become ineligible for benefits because you were prudent (means testing)? Death to Socialism. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2006-05-31 05:25 |
| #1 Now, now, is no longer any so-called "Liberal" vision, as many dedicated Lefties are now using "Leftist" andor "Liberal" synonymously wid SOCIALIST, ergo proving once again 9-11 and the GWOT for the Failed/Angry Left is NOT about forcing Failed and Failing Socialism and eventualy COMMUNISM upon an unsuspecting America. THE LEFTIES, LIKE SAINT BILL, WANNA TELL THE TRUTH , D*** YOU, ERGO IS WHY THEY ARE RINOS AND CINOS!? *"America under Dubya is a SOCIALIST country moving towards Communism, Totalitarianism, and Global Govt and, God help us all, American Lefties, Socialists, Anarchists, and Communists don't know how to stop it, to stop Dubya and only Dubya, America and only Amerikkka, the USA and only the USSA". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-05-31 01:08 |