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Friday, October 1. 2010

The abyss

From VDH's From the Unbelievable to the Passé:



Statism versus free markets is about as easy to understand as the difference between Singapore and Greece, and yet here we go again. This weird suicidal statist impulse seems for Obama to trump almost every other consideration: he may well destroy the Democratic Party for a decade just when it was recovering; he has so terrified private enterprise that trillions of dollars in capital are simply sitting out his first two years, waiting for the end of his congressional majorities, and hence his agenda to implode.


All this goes on as Obama sees the EU running away from precisely what he wishes to implement, while at home a high-tax, high-entitlement, redistributive economy like California has managed to destroy the most richly endowed human and natural landscape — agriculture, tourism, high-tech, oil and gas, Hollywood, Napa Valley, Silicon Valley — in the nation. And yet here we continue down into the abyss.


Posted by The Barrister in Politics at 13:58 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Well, at least we're making progress --no longer wondering 'if' we're heading down an abyss. A question that took awhile to answer, and led to the next question, 'why are we heading down an abyss?', which answered itself as 'our leaders want to head down an abyss'.

Which brings us to the current question, 'why do they want to?'

Which come to think of it, is irrelevant --the real question is "how do we kick their presumptuous, arrogant ass, and is there any such thing as 'too hard'?"
#1 buddy larsen on 2010-10-01 14:51 (Reply)
No, but there is such a thing as "too late."
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2010-10-01 15:01 (Reply)
"...too late" without profound disruption --but otherwise, ''never too late''.
#1.1.1 buddy larsen on 2010-10-01 15:05 (Reply)
http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/107170/

Instapundit in an elegant little triptych, sheds light --esp the third piece, the Claire Berlinski:

The Khmer Rouge: They Did It Because They Were Communists
#2 buddy larsen on 2010-10-01 15:01 (Reply)
Grab a deep seat and hold on tight and pull the rudder hard for Republicans, is what i tell me daughter when she starts with her evangelical wanna-be church inspired woe is US.

USA is bigger and badder than Hussein0 and the whole of Islam which is his political ideal.

Yes, lesser folks call it communism and Islam isn't all that far removed but the enemy is Islam.

Communist conspiracy is but booger man from Buddy's past.

I take cafe once while with yankee who despises Muslims.

I ask him why he votes for the evil son's of burqas.

Him be yankee so, it takes awhile before the light goes on at back of his brain---he voted for the abyss bound bastard.

Him be a proud socialist, after all and certain his god is same as Islam's.
#3 Leag on 2010-10-01 16:18 (Reply)
Leag, it's a booger in these folks' past, too:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=khmer+rouge&qpvt=khmer+rouge&FORM=Z7FD1#
#3.1 buddy larsen on 2010-10-01 22:51 (Reply)
Mighty white of yall to call booger a booger from the past, Buddy.

St. Raphael can help yall with those night sweats and the commies are comin' night mares.

Hussein0 gets his orders from Islamic hierarchy not the politburo, matey.
#3.1.1 Leag on 2010-10-03 14:56 (Reply)
...And yet here we continue down into the abyss....

But the weather is fine this time of the year for a fast drive with the top down toward the abyss. Have a drink on the house when you get there......
#4 Dorf on 2010-10-01 17:24 (Reply)

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