tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post6955063354295879461..comments2024-03-28T17:49:27.846-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : The Limits of Government PowerDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-58215854298283840042012-10-29T23:10:33.422-04:002012-10-29T23:10:33.422-04:00So many words, so little time.So many words, so little time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-40052342160775835122012-10-16T18:54:37.420-04:002012-10-16T18:54:37.420-04:00Great article, Daniel! I like your point about how...Great article, Daniel! I like your point about how people living outside the cities go their own way. Wisdom does come easier to people who live closer to reality, closer to nature and nature's law, than those people cloistered in cities.Joseph Dooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07666206705317908951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-62058601886763064492012-10-16T10:37:44.732-04:002012-10-16T10:37:44.732-04:00Much as I hate the heavy handed Gamaliel Foundatio...Much as I hate the heavy handed Gamaliel Foundation tactics that Obama learned, I must admit they're on to something in asking for commitments to action. What is a person willing to DO.<br /><br />Strange..their two week training courses and manual focus much attention on biblical strategies to come up with a plan of action.<br /><br />Ot again--it's interesting that in the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn the Volturi (enforcers of the law) are beaten by the Cullens through mental strength, which is why the book cover shows a chess board. <br /><br />In the film they'll defeat the Volturi in a physical confrontation.<br /><br />Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-61009391299848611932012-10-16T10:29:00.020-04:002012-10-16T10:29:00.020-04:00Simplistic but it's a place to start. Voting a...Simplistic but it's a place to start. Voting and lobbying are at least actionable.<br /><br />LOL not actionable in the legal sense of filing a class action lawsuit against politicians.Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-58011423542349981952012-10-16T10:26:33.263-04:002012-10-16T10:26:33.263-04:00Gunslinger--I think the only way to fight this is ...Gunslinger--I think the only way to fight this is by 1. asserting our rights as Americans and 2. lobbying. Most politicians from the city councilman to the president need money from big lobbyists. But what they need even more are voters.<br /><br />A politician doesn't start out being a politician. He/she starts out as a public servant and from there a politician addicted to power. We can take the power away by simply voting the bad ones out of office and showing that we mean what we say by lobbying.<br /><br />Politicians need to become public servants again or given the royal boot.Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-87913148046990019652012-10-15T23:34:38.606-04:002012-10-15T23:34:38.606-04:00You have effectively said nothing new. What is you...You have effectively said nothing new. What is your point big government vs. Big business? So? They both have major downsides. What model would you suggest to help move the country forward? This reeks of your own arrogance. With labels and your form egotistical authoritarianism language that is afraid to honestly admit that is equally divisive offering nothing. You are stretching your intellect for another "puppet to master" relationship of your own flavor.<br />The orientation of your work lacks humility and as unbalanced as those you critique.<br />As a Jew I am embarrassed by your arrogance and pseudo-intellectual approach that offers no solutions cloaking anger,racism and false pride.<br />You are the same.<br />Milliondollarshotguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13677216631536418554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-6291785900807567822012-10-15T20:38:00.451-04:002012-10-15T20:38:00.451-04:00Dan, this is a great piece, but the ideas did not ...Dan, this is a great piece, but the ideas did not come fully blown out of your own specific head.<br /><br />I am reading you as a liberal critic of the progressive-left and that means I need some guidance, some orientation, to your work.<br /><br />I don't expect footnotes, for chrissake, but I want scholarly references to orient me in your thinking.<br /><br />Mike L.<br /><br />http://israel-thrives.blogspot.com/Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-48519235602583450782012-10-15T20:12:13.468-04:002012-10-15T20:12:13.468-04:00yes that's a great addition, thank youyes that's a great addition, thank youDaniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-87796036222729666002012-10-15T18:40:58.796-04:002012-10-15T18:40:58.796-04:00The cyberneticists have a saying, "It takes v...The cyberneticists have a saying, "It takes variety to control variety." By "variety," they mean the number of states that a system can take on. Put in longer terms, a control system must be able to take on as many states as can the system to be controlled. Otherwise the system to be controlled can get into states the controlling system cannot reach. I think this cybernetic axiom exemplifies the point you're trying to make. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16000913983020423078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-88962791913612191292012-10-15T17:43:24.622-04:002012-10-15T17:43:24.622-04:00"Economies can be rebuilt, armies can be repo..."Economies can be rebuilt, armies can be repopulated, but once a nation’s pride is gone it can almost never be restored. The loss of a nation’s honor is something not even centuries can repair."<br />––Michael Savage, Trickle Down Tyranny: Crushing Obama’s Dream Of The Socialist States Of America<br /><br />Says the man who would ban "drum magazines" after the colorado theatre shooting. A man who gave up his ar-15 when it was banned in California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-48840370224591978682012-10-15T13:41:45.590-04:002012-10-15T13:41:45.590-04:00Dude! I hope you are planning to write a book beca...Dude! I hope you are planning to write a book because your writings are head and tail above almost anyone else out there. You are digging down under the surface phenomena and getting to the root causes of our dilemma. Blogs are great. I love them for the freedom they allow the writer but books still have the highest prestige so I hope you are thinking of writing one.P. Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387686146605563165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-66475630127074479682012-10-15T13:41:05.829-04:002012-10-15T13:41:05.829-04:00Dude! I hope you are planning to write a book beca...Dude! I hope you are planning to write a book because your writings are head and tail above almost anyone else out there. You are digging down under the surface phenomena and getting to the root causes of our dilemma. Blogs are great. I love them for the freedom they allow the writer but books still have the highest prestige so I hope you are thinking of writing one.P. Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387686146605563165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-16768989552705647512012-10-15T12:28:28.596-04:002012-10-15T12:28:28.596-04:00The political power Ponzi is alluring to certain c...The political power Ponzi is alluring to certain control-freak ego's but always intrinsically self-destructive as more and more control requiers more and more non-productives to be fed from revenues (taxes) the controlled have to produce but these can no longer be expected to do so due to the ever more production stifling regulations. Only if the trend to the enlargement of the reversed pyramide gets broken before reaching it's critical mass can society survive and be restored so America beware and elect wisely!mindRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160934421830568737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-51970608992816164452012-10-15T11:44:19.455-04:002012-10-15T11:44:19.455-04:00Brilliant. Now the question is....How do we fight ...Brilliant. Now the question is....How do we fight it...or at least survive it.<br /><br />It seems like the answer might be in the idea that the urban centers are the most under control...perphaps the Enemies of the Imperial State can find a base in rural America...The Gunslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09875467049527347640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-18703204735960026392012-10-15T08:07:43.370-04:002012-10-15T08:07:43.370-04:00Psychopaths often rise to power because they are f...Psychopaths often rise to power because they are fiercely driven to dominate. The rest of us, who make up the majority and who are not psychotic, generally adhere to a passive live and let live philosophy which makes us easy prey. Those who are compelled to dominate are like addicts, who must consume until there is nothing left to consume but each other. Not in all of human history has mindless, overreaching control of the masses ever ended well for anyone, neither the dominated nor the dominators. But no one ever chooses to learn from history. Pity.meemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104303592278897991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-48054091097965777952012-10-15T07:48:53.222-04:002012-10-15T07:48:53.222-04:00*correction*
A country and a people can be measur...*correction*<br /><br />A country and a people can be measured in its brea*d*th and its depth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-88858467722804196192012-10-15T07:09:24.241-04:002012-10-15T07:09:24.241-04:00"Only by escaping the tombs of government, ca..."Only by escaping the tombs of government, can a nation and a people come alive again."<br /><br />Sounds wonderful, until you come to realize that people never climb out of the rubble of the failed societal system unscathed, the damage and impact upon them has been severe, crippling and long lasting (in case of doubt, just take a look at disastrous spiritual state of peoples of the former USSR).<br /><br />They would probably be happy to become alive again - they just don't now how anymore.<br /><br />"Economies can be rebuilt, armies can be repopulated, but once a nation’s pride is gone it can almost never be restored. The loss of a nation’s honor is something not even centuries can repair."<br />––Michael Savage, Trickle Down Tyranny: Crushing Obama’s Dream Of The Socialist States Of AmericaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-11874032697286390482012-10-15T04:13:37.510-04:002012-10-15T04:13:37.510-04:00*correction*
Depth of control governments activel...*correction*<br /><br />Depth of control governments actively or passively disrupt the codes of the old society, modern systems in the West even deliberately *import* large numbers of exotic and foreign cultures and religions to make any of the old social or ethnic codes outdated and unworkable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-68014209466983010232012-10-15T03:28:22.000-04:002012-10-15T03:28:22.000-04:00The Government does believe that it can manage all...The Government does believe that it can manage all of our lives far better than we can on our own. They believe that with just enough regulations, TSA and Homeland Security Agents and drones they will have everyone falling in line and finally create their great centralized Utopia. I think they will meet with enough success to make the lives of your average citizen sheer misery, but will eventually collapse own their bloated weight and power-play infighting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-6930565898721551782012-10-14T23:29:57.901-04:002012-10-14T23:29:57.901-04:00The bigger government grows the more it wants to c...The bigger government grows the more it wants to control everything.<br />Sad world.Chana @ Lemon Lime Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656854855385193867noreply@blogger.com