Acknowledging The Truth

Conservatism and capitalism are both ideas that have worked amazingly well for one reason: they do not pretend that human nature is something it is not. Leftism of any stripe fails miserably and catastrophically because they routinely pretend that human nature can be changed and perfected.

God help us from their ministrations, as the moldering bodies of the millions upon millions they have destroyed with their perfectionist techniques.

via Dr. Sanity

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Word Of The Day:

Id-i-ot [id-ee-uht] -noun: See Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski




From the al-Qaeda Times:

Ted Kulongoski, the governor of Oregon, thinks that Americans will need to scale back their consumerism because it is harming the environment.

“There’s a lifestyle issue involved in this, about our penchant for consumerism and consumption,” he said, while discussing his support for a state emissions cap-and-trade scheme during a recent interview in Portland.

Interesting idea. To curb all that consumerism goin' on, I suggest that anybody with plans for business or personal trips to Oregon ought to cancel them. I can see the chamber of commerce and travel board ads now:

"Oregon: We Don't Need Your Stinkin' Money!"

No wonder Oregon's yet another failed state. Maybe Chairman Obama can take over and drive them into bankruptcy.

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He Ain't No Capitalist

A "Professor" Alan Blinder had a piece in the WSJ on Friday asserting that Obama Is No Socialist.

Feeling dumber for having read it, and thanking God I didn't attend any of his classes, I wondered what kind of president he thinks Obama is. One doesn't have to pour through stacks of economic data or the numerous books on the subject to conclude that Obama is no Capitalist. So far in just over 100 days:

*He's done nothing to encourage economic growth preferring to tell us constantly how much the economy sucks.

*He's done nothing to encourage confidence in the markets or the businesses that drive them

*He's encouraged anger over a measley $165 million while the people are getting stiffed for trillions more.

*Has the audacity to demand accountability from companies while demanding none from his congress.

*Has taken partial ownership of many financial institutions.

*Is proposing government imposed limits on how much private companies pay the people who work for them.

*He's inciting anger and rage at private citizens.

*His congress is proposing punitive taxes on a few private citizens to cover up for their own mistakes.

Etc. etc. etc.

Clearly we don't have a leader in Washington and certainly not one who favors capitalism.

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