tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post8448575723068556330..comments2024-03-29T08:36:39.917-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : An Earthquake Comes to WashingtonDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-91449379727105780432011-08-25T10:47:25.803-04:002011-08-25T10:47:25.803-04:00All the current politicking is besides the point. ...All the current politicking is besides the point. And you've touched on that point: it's the change brought in by digital technology. Empowerment of the individual is the true goal and highest value. Not "capitalism" which is nothing but a meaningless label.<br /><br />Capitalism has its own poison in it: it is the enlargement process. Success brings growth brings monopolies and cartelization of markets. Not to mention coalescence with the state.<br /><br />Here's the fixer: vote every day. We have computers now, we can do it. Vote on every issue; or if you rather don't, delegate your vote: entrust others to use your vote as per their understanding. That's what we do now, with no recompense for the misuse of our votes by cheaters politicians. Why wait 4 years to put them out of office? Do it right away. <br /><br />Anti-oscillation dampening is very simple: you need 85% majority to overturn a gov't (or a certain decision) in its first 3 months; 65% after 1st year; normal 50%+1 after four. <br /><br />Simple. Just. At any point in time true will of the population is known and is exactly represented. No more cheats in office. No more broken trust.<br /><br />Earmark your taxes. Let every taxpayer decide how their money gets spent.<br /><br />Simple. Just. <br /><br /><b>No coercion</b> (freedom of the choice)<br /><b>Freedom to Think</b> (to reason, hence to know, speak, etc.)<br /><b>Do No Harm</b> (except to guard the first two, and in (self-)defense)Will48http://reasonresponsibilityandchoice.blogspot.com/2008/12/anthem.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-41806518503037651752011-08-25T04:57:37.056-04:002011-08-25T04:57:37.056-04:00Well, nothing is written in stone, and we can only...Well, nothing is written in stone, and we can only sense what's coming down the pike. We do live in interesting times. What remains to be seen is whether the American people will stand up to all those nameless and faceless bureaucrats who will be enforcing the new and draconian regulations, or will they grab pipes, rakes, guns and pitchforks and make paste of those who come to issue citations and collect the fines?Jewelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766356570958377494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-74702114332676111112011-08-25T00:28:43.846-04:002011-08-25T00:28:43.846-04:00Mark, I agree that once there's more than one ...Mark, I agree that once there's more than one annonymous poster it gets confusing and can seem suspicious, as well.<br /><br />sigh<br /><br />From,<br />Annonymous posts 1 and 5<br />(Happy to have another person, albeit someone annonymous - oy - championing part of my original point/s)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-33944587703015140052011-08-24T23:36:00.978-04:002011-08-24T23:36:00.978-04:00I have observed that Americans are very proud of t...I have observed that Americans are very proud of their<br />system of government. American history provides the<br />reasons. But it has and has always had grave problems,<br />as was understood by John Adams and, later, by<br />Henry Adams. These problems have now come to the<br />fore, and the government which made America a <br />great country now threatens to bring it to ruin.<br /><br />A complete rethink is necessary, in my view. It will<br />be very difficult; but I think that Americans are up to<br />it.<br /><br />I use "Anonymous" because the other options sometimes fail. My name is John Lewis and I<br />live in Newfoundland, Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-66117890483099188782011-08-24T23:31:42.288-04:002011-08-24T23:31:42.288-04:00You need a program to tell one anonymous from anot...You need a program to tell one anonymous from another. <br />Its probably all the same person playing games.Mark Tuccinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-75920224849033786812011-08-24T22:43:57.455-04:002011-08-24T22:43:57.455-04:00The Election of 2010 was just a warm up for the Te...The Election of 2010 was just a warm up for the Tea Party. I don't think the Dems really comprehend that they have awoken a sleeping giant. And a freshly awoken giant does not appreciate the buzzing flies that call them terrorists and hostage takers. It's gonna be ugly. For Them.JimKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-61799423392495879562011-08-24T18:21:16.353-04:002011-08-24T18:21:16.353-04:00It must make you laugh when commenters use "o...It must make you laugh when commenters use "old way think" that you convincingly debunk in your essay.<br /><br />Maybe they don't understand earthquakes. Dynamic tectonic shifts that forever change the landscape.<br /><br />The pathetic obama saga is the first rumbling of the coming storm. The scattered splattering raindrops signaling a frightful downpour fell in November, 2010.Charming Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-31745572084632007962011-08-24T16:05:44.293-04:002011-08-24T16:05:44.293-04:00This is the first "annonymous" posted ag...This is the first "annonymous" posted again: One more comment: The Tea Party has one enormous weakness in that it doesn't address national security at all. We've got conservative upon conservative talking the usual talking points (lower taxes, smaller government) without taking about the biggest issue that is threatening our nation. It's pathetic. End of rant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-66795134032087853892011-08-24T15:10:00.806-04:002011-08-24T15:10:00.806-04:00This analysis is spot on as to the rise and fall o...This analysis is spot on as to the rise and fall of progressivism and the growing recognition of its failure. I only hope the cleansing rain falls in the form of an electoral rout. I fear, however, that - as Madison feared when he successfully argued against the federal power to tax income - the less productive majority will continue to vote for an ongoing raid on the "public fisc" (Madison's term), funded by a heretofore very productive and now deeply-resented, minority. The progressive educational system has seen to it that the difference between wealth creation (economics) and paper claims against value created by economic activity (finance) is not at all understood by the resentful, entitled public.<br /><br />The alternative to the hoped-for electoral remedy, and I believe this is already underway, is a refusal of the productive to continue creating wealth when government taxation at all levels redistributes 60% or so of that wealth to the oh-so-entitled. In short, an economic collapse may well precede any meaningful electoral accountability. I am sorry to say that I firmly believe this is imminent.civil westmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-67656151112951254422011-08-24T14:55:50.870-04:002011-08-24T14:55:50.870-04:00There is no "Tea Party", no organization...There is no "Tea Party", no organizational program, no headquarters, no phone banks or place on the ballot.<br />The tea party was a spontenous uprising of like-minded voters from every part of America whose original objection was the passage of the federal mess known now as Obamacare.<br />While some politicians have wrapped a 'tea party' banner over their shoulders, it is still a grass roots movement.<br /><br />Yes, the established politicos and their minions underestimated the scope of this movement to undermine their big-government programs and to un-elect(?) some of the worst office holders. <br />Today, the Left has started an unprecedented attack on the very ciitizens it hopes to convince to vote their way. The accusations of terrorists, racists, and enemies of America are directed, not at a nefarious person or entity, but at the wishes of the people for a smaller, less intrusive government.srdem65https://www.blogger.com/profile/01592086000021856665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-59186524472386814232011-08-24T14:17:40.130-04:002011-08-24T14:17:40.130-04:00This post is ideological dross smacking of propaga...This post is ideological dross smacking of propaganda. One of your weakest. You have totally missed the root of the problem.<br />I am in complete agreement with the previous comment - it's just not that simple. Unfortunately, the Tea Party has no long term, graduated program of well-reasoned reform and will most likely fall prey to the fixed political system, as you eloquently described in one of you previous posts (can't remember the title). Our Muslim "friends" have plans going out for a hundred years. Our politicians, including the Tea Party, are operating on 2/4 year soundbite driven election cycles. Catchy slogans are not enough. Elections to get rid of someone, whether its Obama or Bush, will not get it done. The "earthquakes" amount to nothing - we are just alternating between different flavors of feces. US problems and those around the world are much, much deeper than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-54712033425502240072011-08-24T00:30:57.338-04:002011-08-24T00:30:57.338-04:00There are plenty of people who are not members of ...There are plenty of people who are not members of the Tea Party, who strongly oppose the Tea Party, who still support Obama, or at the very least, would vote for him because they would want to vote against the Tea Party and conservative ideas. I see an awful lot of what I view as overly confident assessments of what's going on in America right now. Yes, the Tea Party is real and has not gone away. But that's a long way from feeling confident about an "electoral rain." You simply cannot say "the American public has lost faith...." The American public is an enomrous swath of humanity and while some of that group have lost faith, there are plenty who are still loyal Democrats, liberals, progressives, socialists, communists, what have you. We cannot afford to feel too confident. But that's just me. Pessimism Central. I hope the conservative writers I'm reading of late who seem to feel a major tide is shifting prove to be correct on election day. And even then, given the GOP field at the moment, there will be little reason to feel too inspired, except to be able to say, at the very least, that we defeated Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com