"In a democracy (‘rule by mob’), those who refuse to learn from history will be the majority and will dictate that everyone else suffer for their ignorance."
Lovely Daughter took the following pic while on the road the other day (I need to talk w/her about her driving behavior, eh? ;-)). My only mods to it were some cropping and some quick-and-dirty (and very sloppy) cloning to cover some names and phone numbers.
*heh* In comments, Nicole suggests the jackasses are running away from D.C. You know, she’s probably right on… more than one level.
Think Bugs Bunny’s infamous “What a maroon… “
Well, Woody was the first one to clue me in on the latest from that conspiracy of dunces, posting this,
This is the new logo for the Party of Voting Dead, Illegals and Felons? Oh, well. Woody then posted a number of more reasonable representations of the party’s real agenda and nature, even adding one based on a comment I made. I took that graphic representation and modified it as below:
Yeh, yeh, I didn’t do a really close color match to the original, but in my defense, it’s about 3:30 a.m. here… *yawn*
Obviously, Jerry Pournelle will not be welcome in D.C. with commonsense thoughts like this:
We can legitimately argue over the desirability of government building programs and whether all that ought to be left to the market; but it seems to me that if government is going to borrow money and spend it, the end result ought to be something useful, not just spent money… Just spending borrowed money doesn’t seem to work well.
It certainly doesn’t for private citizens. It may well make sense for a man who has landed a job as a carpenter to borrow money to buy his basic tool kit, or even to buy a car for transportation to and from work. It makes little to no sense to borrow money to take a trip across country for vacation and relaxation, or to buy frivolities. Everyone knows this, or certainly used to. Apparently the government doesn’t really know it. And now we borrow money to fund entitlements, to build demonstration projects, local museums that no one is going to visit, increase salaries of government workers and to hire new government workers whose funding will then fall on the local community, and other such horrors. Spending borrowed money without a very specific [and useful to the general public–ed] purpose is nonsense.
Of course, “common sense” is anathema to the ignorant, preening, over-credentialed ruling class. “Ignorant”? What, aren’t they mostly products of “elite” colleges and universities? Yep, for the most part they are, and that’s one of the linchpins of their unassailable ignorance and institutionalized stupidity. I’m not by any means anti-intellectual; I highly approve of thoughtful consideration of issues and genuinely intellectual pursuits that enlighten, broaden horizons and improve the conditions of those who pursue them, as well as benefit society at large. But. That sort of intellectual behavior is the antithesis of what goes on in most colleges and universities nowadays–and especially “elite” schools.
Any soi disant Academia Nut Fruitcake Bakery “intellectuals” want to argue the point with me? Hmmm? See my Comments Policy for fair warning.
In a very Common Man’s vein, here is my summation of a Declaration of Independence From D.C. Political Sluts:
(Thank you, Monty Python.)
Come to the USA, the country whose leaders have it in for citizens and welcome alien invaders with open arms…
It’s no wonder more and more folks feel this way:
Obama and his co-conspirators have one story, but the facts on the ground call them liars:
Its seems, given evidence from D.C., that the Republic has devolved from republic to democracy to kleptocratic kakistocracy.
No. No links. I’d have had to do one per letter in each sentence in this post. Just read the “news” and weep.
(Of course, such a devolution was assured once our “feddle gummint” started down the road into a more and more democratic reality. See this blogs header for but one of the reasons… )
Maybe it’s time for anorexic politicians to be pushed out of national politics?
Gov Christie calls S-L columnist thin-skinned for inquiring about his “confrontational tone”.
“Now, I could say it really nicely. I could say it in the way that you all might be more comfortable with. Maybe we could go back to the last administration where I could say it in a way you wouldn’t even understand it. . . . When you ask me questions, I’m going to answer them directly, straightly, bluntly, and nobody in New Jersey is going to have to wonder where I am on an issue. . . .”
We need more of this from politicians *spit* in general. No more bullshit.
All of ’em have to take this oath, but few, it seems, mean anything by it when they do.
I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
That is, some comedy is neither humorous nor funny. This TEA Party attendee illustrates:
(Stolen and modded from GM’s Place)