Comments on: Duly Noted http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/07/13/duly-noted-72/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sedonaman http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/07/13/duly-noted-72/comment-page-1/#comment-78936 sedonaman Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:17:25 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=6370#comment-78936 Re: "He must bring home something that can be spun as success." This is nothing more than negotiation for negotiation's sake. Re: “He must bring home something that can be spun as success.”

This is nothing more than negotiation for negotiation’s sake.

]]> By: LI Mike http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/07/13/duly-noted-72/comment-page-1/#comment-78890 LI Mike Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:45:36 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=6370#comment-78890 "In the case of such conflicts, the provoked instinct for self-preservation leads to the emphasis of a defining trait that differentiates native and intruder most clearly. In this case, this factor is Islam. Since hardly any country is willing to support the Uighur's cause, Islamism, as a movement without a state, lends growing support and ideology while it also underscores identity." Once a concentration of power in just about any setting reaches some level of critical mass it must move to a monopoly or risk effective competition from more flexible offerings. Once a nation gets in the business of ideology, as is the case with communism, they have to eliminate any competition. Religion is an effective competitive ideology. I think that's an additional factor. The US has just about reached critical mass with health care (medicare, medicaid) and pensions (social security) for example. It's just a matter of time before those who are practical will undoubtedly eliminate any competition for those as we have done with public education. It's also a natural move to work against private philanthropic social service organizations since they do a whole lot better than our welfare system. Just in terms of administration to programs, it costs about 80 cents to deliver 20 cents to a welfare recipient. I'm guessing the first strike isn't far off which will be elimination of tax deductibility. It can't stop; it's human nature! Since FDR, the walls have been breached and it's just a matter of time. “In the case of such conflicts, the provoked instinct for self-preservation leads to the emphasis of a defining trait that differentiates native and intruder most clearly. In this case, this factor is Islam. Since hardly any country is willing to support the Uighur’s cause, Islamism, as a movement without a state, lends growing support and ideology while it also underscores identity.”

Once a concentration of power in just about any setting reaches some level of critical mass it must move to a monopoly or risk effective competition from more flexible offerings.

Once a nation gets in the business of ideology, as is the case with communism, they have to eliminate any competition. Religion is an effective competitive ideology. I think that’s an additional factor.

The US has just about reached critical mass with health care (medicare, medicaid) and pensions (social security) for example. It’s just a matter of time before those who are practical will undoubtedly eliminate any competition for those as we have done with public education.

It’s also a natural move to work against private philanthropic social service organizations since they do a whole lot better than our welfare system. Just in terms of administration to programs, it costs about 80 cents to deliver 20 cents to a welfare recipient. I’m guessing the first strike isn’t far off which will be elimination of tax deductibility.

It can’t stop; it’s human nature! Since FDR, the walls have been breached and it’s just a matter of time.

]]> By: Ivan Ivanovich http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/07/13/duly-noted-72/comment-page-1/#comment-78888 Ivan Ivanovich Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:59:19 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=6370#comment-78888 George "Man's systems are as fallible as are the thinkers that conjure them up. To state the full truth about everything, and to be accordingly totally right, is not given to us." So very true and so easily forgotten. My ex-wife once had a wall plaque with the business cards of famous people like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin, etc. and at the bottom she placed her card. I suppose we could make a plaque with Napoleon Bonaparte, Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, Adolph Schickelgruber, and then put Barrack Hussein Obama at the bottom. In hindsight, we know that these men were monsters, but we should remember when they were adored and try to prevent the power grab. I hope, for the sake of the world, that I am wrong. George

“Man’s systems are as fallible as are the thinkers that conjure them up. To state the full truth about everything, and to be accordingly totally right, is not given to us.”

So very true and so easily forgotten.

My ex-wife once had a wall plaque with the business cards of famous people like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin, etc. and at the bottom she placed her card. I suppose we could make a plaque with Napoleon Bonaparte, Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, Adolph Schickelgruber, and then put Barrack Hussein Obama at the bottom. In hindsight, we know that these men were monsters, but we should remember when they were adored and try to prevent the power grab.

I hope, for the sake of the world, that I am wrong.

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