tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post4174320850435517707..comments2024-03-29T00:24:13.128-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : Put Not Your Trust in PoliticiansDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-20117404493819773792013-05-19T04:57:07.871-04:002013-05-19T04:57:07.871-04:00*thirst
keliata*thirst<br /><br />keliataAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-60849231040794709482013-05-15T21:16:03.604-04:002013-05-15T21:16:03.604-04:00Milton Friedman: "I do not believe that the s...Milton Friedman: "I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political climate of opinion which will make it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing. Unless it is politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing, the right people will not do the right thing either, or it they try, they will shortly be out of office."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-73083763967254740382013-05-15T12:27:20.811-04:002013-05-15T12:27:20.811-04:00The big obstacle standing in the way of organizing...The big obstacle standing in the way of organizing true conservatives is that they are overwhelmingly White. Whites have now been demonized by the Left so thoroughly that any effective organization of Whites is doing to be attacked in the treasonous media as being racist. <br /><br />One of the sources of the Republican Party's impotence has been the fact that the GOP IS the party of White people. That is simply a fact. Since this is almost illegal in today's Leftist tyranny, the GOP spends a huge amount of time and resources trying to appear to NOT be what it is. That means that it is impossible for the GOP to do anything about our biggest problem, third-world immigration or any other problem for that matter because a lying, traitorous Left has defined every issue in terms of race. <br /><br />In order for conservatives to be effectively organized, we are going to have to openly organize as Whites. Openly and unapologetically, we must once again be who we are: The most successful people in history and the inventors of the modern world. Compared to White civilization no one else even comes close. We must rediscover that fact and act accordingly.Claude O.L. Greenleenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-88372007069713383452013-05-14T12:26:30.870-04:002013-05-14T12:26:30.870-04:00Over two centuries ago, Edmund Burke described our...Over two centuries ago, Edmund Burke described our current state--"The parties are the gamesters, but government owns the tables."<br /><br />The solution is to remove government from the tables from which it became so attached in 1933. Otherwise we are doomed to, at best, send the next batch of reforming ministers to the whorehouse only to become new customers. james wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423091782308888563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-20041015022457037232013-05-14T02:36:22.432-04:002013-05-14T02:36:22.432-04:00The further ethics, morality and honest accountabi...The further ethics, morality and honest accountability are pushed back through a lack of introspection thanks to increased secularization the dirtier the job of politician shall become and the less politicians shall be interested in the common good. mindRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160934421830568737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-8859036189835129652013-05-14T02:07:55.423-04:002013-05-14T02:07:55.423-04:00What you've described is essentially the think...What you've described is essentially the thinking of the Federalist Papers. It is the elevation of process over ideology. For some bizarre reason, American "conservatives" have got themselves trapped into this idea that we have to find conservative ideological heroes to lead us to the Promised Land. This tendency to form cults of personality would have offended the thinking of a Madison. <br /><br />Instead we have to find decent men who will participate in the political process the way the electorate wants them to, and we have to organize ourselves in a way that will make the will of the electorate reflect our interests.Naresh Krishnamoortinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-72266092016925689242013-05-13T23:28:40.308-04:002013-05-13T23:28:40.308-04:00The Constitution would have been quite a tool if p...The Constitution would have been quite a tool if politicians were kept honest by the diligent application of a tall tree and a short rope.<br /><br />Instead of watching the Supreme Court umm and ahh while Rome burns, let a patriot answer to the murder of a tyrant, saying "by rights, he was committing treason."<br />Whether convicted or not, the message to traitors remains clear. <br /><br />Presently the only punishment for de-constructing the Constitution is a delay of that destruction by the Supreme Court. That's like deterring an invader by paving your driveway with treadmills.<br /><br />There is no deterrent to malfeasance stronger than having to clean blood off of the sash your predecessor wore.<br /><br />Just the observations of an Aussie on the other side of the world. Wombatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-57541039854274611802013-05-13T20:25:43.082-04:002013-05-13T20:25:43.082-04:00I agree, you haven't been hard enough on Repub...I agree, you haven't been hard enough on Republicans. It is any easy trap to fall into, because the DemoKKKrats are so much worse. But the Republicans aren't that much betterAGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-33048819714863283842013-05-13T17:24:56.869-04:002013-05-13T17:24:56.869-04:00These are all good points, but the problem is that...These are all good points, but the problem is that progressives are, almost by definition, people who take a great interest in promoting political causes. Conservatives, on the other hand, generally just want to be left alone to work and raise their families. I'm not sure what's to be done about that, except perhaps getting over the fear of "imposing your values," particularly values derived from religious belief. This is something the left does all the time, except they use Marx and Freud instead of Moses and Jesus. Patrick https://www.blogger.com/profile/05255276399870325008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-56306395053991904892013-05-13T16:38:47.965-04:002013-05-13T16:38:47.965-04:00I like these insights. This is something to chew...I like these insights. This is something to chew over.<br /><br />In my personal life I've noticed something similar, my brother and I were talking and we realized that the only time we get blessing from Heaven on our work is when we are doing it directly. I think relying on whiz kids, some know it all, whether in business or politics is clearly a mistake. One has to roll up one's sleaves and make something happen.<br /><br />To put it another way, if it's not important enough for me to be active, then why would anyone else find it important enough to risk their career over it?Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05349024830056532674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-79809877752521817872013-05-13T16:14:19.931-04:002013-05-13T16:14:19.931-04:00Ron Paul is a pro, just like the rest, and knows h...Ron Paul is a pro, just like the rest, and knows how to play the game. He inserts pork into bills and then votes against it.<br /><br />The professional politician's greatest trick is pretending to be an amateur. Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-32438848121899873852013-05-13T15:19:13.713-04:002013-05-13T15:19:13.713-04:00Wondering where you would put Ron Paul in this mat...Wondering where you would put Ron Paul in this matrix. Seems to me he's pretty principled and doesn't play the political waffling game...Rod Freemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-86671736144986551372013-05-13T13:34:56.473-04:002013-05-13T13:34:56.473-04:00Of course it's just as possible that voters do...Of course it's just as possible that voters don't care in the least for morality, values or integrity either. As if every voter has become a politician. They vote by brand and that's it. Sanford won because no voters, GOP or Democrat value those qualities we used to worry about. And since it's simply a matter of numbers, the candidate with the biggest base wins. This is why 98% of Congress is incumbent until they voluntarily don't run the next time. This is why all or nearly all elections are decided not by voters but by redistricting. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-81673089110851176512013-05-13T12:39:30.195-04:002013-05-13T12:39:30.195-04:00Everyone it seems is waiting for the knight on the...Everyone it seems is waiting for the knight on the white horse. Or a leader to rally the people. The problem with the leader is that leaders do get stuck inside the system and become drunk with power. It might start out at the common council level (big fish in a small bowl) but that thurst for power can never be quenched.<br /><br />I don't know of any low level politicians that are willing to go back to their regular jobs after completing his or her first term in office.<br /><br /><br />KeliataAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-39459838131247369752013-05-13T12:38:24.798-04:002013-05-13T12:38:24.798-04:00Very insightful.
There is one reality that unifie...Very insightful.<br /><br />There is one reality that unifies both politicians and those who would organize the grass roots: there have to be people, figureheads or otherwise, who say the right things and can explain them well, sometimes spontaneously and sometimes under trying circumstances. As you point out, it's not all THAT important what they believe in, but what is important that they know enough about them and believe in them ENOUGH so that they can explain them without seeming fake.<br /><br />We can all have pet theories about why Romney didn't win, but it's hard to argue that his inability to articulate conservative principles well enough so that real grass-roots conservatives didn't see his efforts as attempting to speak a foreign language didn't contribute to his loss. The flip side is that this is what makes Marco Rubio so dangerous: he can articulate conservative principles pretty well, enough to either fool or at least keep as non-antagonistic people like Limbaugh, Levine and many others.<br /><br />But in any case: to win the top posts, conservatives (unlike liberals who have the media) HAVE to have people who can get in front of a crowd, excite the conservative in it and move the moderates in the conservative direction. This takes talent, and that talent has to be located, supported, and preserved along with setting up the organization to keep the pressure up on ALL politicians along the lines you describe.IgorRhttp://www.gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-22858669361205938302013-05-13T12:29:29.695-04:002013-05-13T12:29:29.695-04:00In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul is primaril...In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul is primarily addressing personal holiness when he writes in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ---<br /><br />"...You are not your own; you were bought at a price...."<br /><br />It has broader applications as well.<br /><br />Just like old-school (or more astute current) stewards understood that those things with which they were entrusted were not THEIRS, but that for which they would have to give a personal accounting.<br /><br />If I personally believe that "I'm my own man/woman(/thing?)" then I answer to no one else. It's a dangerous pedestal on which to stand. (Re: Shelley's "Ozymandias", from whence I have referred to Obama as "Ozymandias-on-the-Potomac" ever since his "ready to rule from day one" ascension to the Throne)<br /><br />It's a long-lost perspective on those who now think of themselves as part of the anointed, eternal Ruling Overlord Class.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10988194376723420616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-12155567342508960122013-05-13T12:24:54.878-04:002013-05-13T12:24:54.878-04:00Humans, especially modern American humans, have be...Humans, especially modern American humans, have been successfully conditioned to like and expect tidy stories. We have been groomed to live in a type of fictional formula where there is always a protagonist, an antagonist, other minor characters to flesh out the story evolution through conflict, tension, crisis and then resolution. We think in terms of everything in the context of the hero against the villain, the white hat against the black hat. But we also never doubt, even when all looks bleak, that the story will end well, the good guy will win. And then we’ll go on to the next exciting episode.<br /><br />But real life is not a made-for-tv movie or an ongoing soap opera. In real life, as history testifies, more often than not the struggle is a black hat against another black hat and the minor characters are just collateral damage. <br /><br />In the Matrix, the population at large is made up of expendable minor characters in the greater struggle of evil vs evil, power broker vs power broker, psychopath vs psychopath. Nothing is real, everything is virtual, changeable and a big fat lie. meemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104303592278897991noreply@blogger.com