tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post5773103329778736232..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Pondering the FallJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-52465815891224881672008-07-02T18:04:00.000-10:002008-07-02T18:04:00.000-10:00Very true. That's why I don't want to be compelle...Very true. That's why I don't want to be compelled to give up anything this capitalist society has done for me.<BR/><BR/>Being compelled means haveing to do something you don't want to do. That has never happend to me. <BR/><BR/>I'm happy as a clam to have paid $70K in taxes/year. It means I've made a ton! I don't care how they spend it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-26630964736586890902008-07-02T17:35:00.000-10:002008-07-02T17:35:00.000-10:00Someone compelling me to do something I don't want...Someone compelling me to do something I don't want to do never worked for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-4466362902221160862008-07-02T15:24:00.000-10:002008-07-02T15:24:00.000-10:00I don't think so. It works for me more so than an...I don't think so. It works for me more so than any alternative the leftists are suggesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-30067214770916362922008-06-30T10:17:00.000-10:002008-06-30T10:17:00.000-10:00All authority must be challenged for legitimacy an...All authority must be challenged for legitimacy and if found to be illegitimate must be removed. By Who? By you! Never miss an opportunity not to go along with an illegitimate regime, and try to undermine it daily.Ed Collhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478789139917889309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-62197780965129869292008-06-29T21:35:00.000-10:002008-06-29T21:35:00.000-10:00To anonymouses: suggestion, could you each possibl...To anonymouses: suggestion, could you each possibly pick some identifying anonymous name so that it would be easier to differentiate between you, heap praise, throw darts, etc.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742098296808508617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-23759650177654694422008-06-29T21:33:00.000-10:002008-06-29T21:33:00.000-10:00Only the poor think we have a democracy. The rich ...Only the poor think we have a democracy. The rich know better.<BR/><BR/>Democracy is certainly one of the "values" we can talk about, and there is even a song about bringing democracy to the USA. So we can sing about it, too.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742098296808508617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-5712854208753806642008-06-29T21:20:00.000-10:002008-06-29T21:20:00.000-10:00Allrighty then. I'll opt for the one that secures ...Allrighty then. I'll opt for the one that secures personal freedom then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-10264300298693102752008-06-29T21:07:00.000-10:002008-06-29T21:07:00.000-10:00Well, rather than engaging in a pissing match over...Well, rather than engaging in a pissing match over who can claim the worst authoritarian creeps, why not talk about what values are important to you in a social system, and offer some ideas about we could realize them?<BR/><BR/>The scary problem isn't "left" or "right" but a history of ceding power to an authority.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145011324294730195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-56826252480474155612008-06-29T20:09:00.000-10:002008-06-29T20:09:00.000-10:00Who's the right tyrant the scares you more than St...Who's the right tyrant the scares you more than Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot, Maximilien Robespierre, the Jacobins, etc? Bush? Don't be pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-65961804836776434222008-06-29T19:40:00.000-10:002008-06-29T19:40:00.000-10:00whereas the right just goes straight to the tyrant...whereas the right just goes straight to the tyrant. No need to apologize. <BR/><BR/>The right scares me much much more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-33001882127219750442008-06-29T19:17:00.000-10:002008-06-29T19:17:00.000-10:00The scary thing about the left is that they "are s...The scary thing about the left is that they "are still trying to find the perfect political system" and they so often turn out like Milton and become apologists for deadly tyrants, looking past the tyrant's cruelty because the of the tyrant's "enlightened" politics. Or else, more frighteningly, they end up like Pol Pot, and become deadly tyrants themselves. The left scares me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-55061796811558381392008-06-29T18:18:00.000-10:002008-06-29T18:18:00.000-10:00No, it's because he's a shit-bird. I read the art...No, it's because he's a shit-bird. I read the article about him that Joan refers to, and I had to take a shower afterwards.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145011324294730195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-55315187701895750232008-06-29T18:00:00.000-10:002008-06-29T18:00:00.000-10:00Stone is my hero. He took down that would-be dicta...Stone is my hero. He took down that would-be dictator Eliot Spitzer.<BR/><BR/>The reason you libs hate Roger Stone is because he is ....effective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-49069720422968797252008-06-29T15:21:00.000-10:002008-06-29T15:21:00.000-10:00"the court-sanctioned ballot recount"You mean "the..."the court-sanctioned ballot recount"<BR/><BR/>You mean "the court-sanctioned ballot recount" that the U.S. Supreme Court found by a vote of 7-2 was unconstitutional? <BR/><BR/>When you say "court-sanctioned" you make it sound so legal. But in fact seven justices found that the Florida Supreme Court's method for recounting the ballots was quite illegal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-5726891029027572212008-06-29T13:07:00.000-10:002008-06-29T13:07:00.000-10:00Don't forget scale. Keep it small. No political sy...Don't forget scale. Keep it small. No political system can function at a scale the size of the U.S. or the U.S.S.R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-33685312406524446002008-06-29T09:09:00.000-10:002008-06-29T09:09:00.000-10:00I think it's important first to shed the idea that...I think it's important first to shed the idea that capitalism equals democracy and vice versa. We should remember that one is an economic system and one is a political system, and that they can (and some say, should) be uncoupled.<BR/><BR/>What I wonder is whether capitalism by its nature corrupts democracy.<BR/><BR/>Also, does hierarchy corrupt democracy? As someone who believes that hierarchy is inherently oppressive, I tend to believe that yes, it does.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145011324294730195noreply@blogger.com