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| Mark Steyn: Road to ruin getting shorter |
| 2011-04-23 |
| I don't claim absolute certainty about what the world will be like in 2023, but I know what our governing class is telling us. At Tufts University, Nancy Pelosi urged her "Republican friends" to "take back your party, so that it doesn't matter so much who wins the election – because we have shared values about the education of our children, the growth of our economy, how we defend our country, our security and civil liberties, how we respect our seniors. Elections shouldn't matter as much as they do." The last line attracted a bit of attention, but the "shared values" - i.e., the fetid bromides of conventional wisdom – are worth decoding, too: "Education of our children" means more spending on an abusive and wasteful unionized educrat monopoly; "growth of our economy" means more spending on stimulus funding for community-organizer grant applications; "how we defend our country" means more spending on defense welfare for wealthy allies; "our security and civil liberties" means more spending on legions of crack TSA crotch fondlers; "how we respect our seniors" means more spending on entitlements for an ever more dependent citizenry whose sense of entitlement endures long after the entitlement has ceased to make any sense. Nancy Pelosi fleshed out the Obama plan: More spending. More more. Now and forever. That's what S&P understands. The road to hell is paved with stimulus funding. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #18 And you probably know what the meaning of "is" is. But then, you probably don't have a JD And your point -besides the top of your head- would be? |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2011-04-23 22:35 |
| #17 A pretty good example of rent-seeking. |
| Posted by: tipper 2011-04-23 22:06 |
| #16 It seemed obvious to me. And you probably know what the meaning of "is" is. But then, you probably don't have a JD |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-04-23 21:46 |
| #15 It is a widely-known term - I was just interested in what you mean when you use it. Was there something about the context of her usage that was confusing you? What did you think she meant? It seemed obvious to me. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2011-04-23 20:01 |
| #14 "Abusing Government to earn money without FTFY, BP. At least as far as the current crop of |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-23 19:01 |
| #13 Abusing Government to earn money without fully working for it. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-04-23 18:48 |
| #12 It is a widely-known term - I was just interested in what you mean when you use it. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2011-04-23 18:40 |
| #11 Sorry. I thought it was a widely known term... It's certainly the right one for our governments. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-04-23 17:38 |
| #10 "Looters" That certainly sums up this Administration. And their |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-23 17:07 |
| #9 Ayn, you sly devil |
| Posted by: Fi 2011-04-23 17:04 |
| #8 I think Ann called them 'Looters' in Atlas Shrugged. Very apt IMHO. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-04-23 16:56 |
| #7 BP, you drop the term "rent-seeking" in almost every comment, as if it is the premises, the argument, and the conclusion all wrapped up in one. Could you please define it? Here ya go. Money graf from the above: Rent-seeking generally implies the extraction of uncompensated value from others without making any contribution to productivity, such as by gaining control of land and other pre-existing natural resources, or by imposing burdensome regulations or other government decisions that may affect consumers or businesses. |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2011-04-23 16:53 |
| #6 Nancy "You got to pass it before you can read it" Pelosi. I would not vote for any Pub who would listen the likes of Pelosi. I recall Obomb stating we won the election (so we don't have to listen to the Republicans). Take no prisoners! |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-04-23 16:51 |
| #5 BP, you drop the term "rent-seeking" in almost every comment, as if it is the premises, the argument, and the conclusion all wrapped up in one. Could you please define it? -- RandomJD (although I do like "Omelet, Dark Lord of the Lutherans"! LOL Fred.) |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2011-04-23 15:19 |
| #4 Both parties are run by rent-seeking scumbags. IMHO of course. It's the same over here in Former Blairistan. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-04-23 13:31 |
| #3 Nancy Pelosi urged her "Republican friends" aka RINO aka Outer Party not to be confused with the proles [like those who attend Tea Party meetings]. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-04-23 11:49 |
| #2 This may be the "Man Made" disaster Big Sis was talking about. |
| Posted by: jack salami 2011-04-23 11:40 |
| #1 If I wanted to be a Democrat I'd quit working and join the party... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-04-23 11:18 |