Comments on: “We could still blow this thing”: A Tocsin From Andrew McCarthy http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/21/we-could-still-blow-this-thing-a-tocsin-from-andrew-mccarthy/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Talleos http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/21/we-could-still-blow-this-thing-a-tocsin-from-andrew-mccarthy/#comment-29722 John Talleos Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:18:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1409#comment-29722 If there is a silver lining here it's this. Conservative principles are achieve in two ways: first in debate or in elucidating ideas in media. Second is in the implications of our lost freedoms through social programs that even the apolitical cannot tolerate. The health care proposal is propelling the latter. If the left rams this through the goal here must be to do away with the maxim that once in place, socialism is here to stay. If the left could do away with free markets why do we accept that we can't do the same with policies that shackle freedom? If there is a silver lining here it’s this. Conservative principles are achieve in two ways: first in debate or in elucidating ideas in media. Second is in the implications of our lost freedoms through social programs that even the apolitical cannot tolerate. The health care proposal is propelling the latter. If the left rams this through the goal here must be to do away with the maxim that once in place, socialism is here to stay. If the left could do away with free markets why do we accept that we can’t do the same with policies that shackle freedom?

]]> By: Roy Lofquist http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/21/we-could-still-blow-this-thing-a-tocsin-from-andrew-mccarthy/#comment-29526 Roy Lofquist Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:18:00 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1409#comment-29526 Dear Mr Kimball, You make a salient observation that Eric Hoffer is also very influential in the grass roots conservative movement. I was there. Hoffer was a contemporary of Ayn Rand. All who read her works for political guidance also read and discussed "The True Believer". It served as the Yin to Rand's Yang. It gave real world reinforcement to the admittedly "science fantasy" nature of her novels. Regards, Roy Dear Mr Kimball,

You make a salient observation that Eric Hoffer is also very influential in the grass roots conservative movement. I was there. Hoffer was a contemporary of Ayn Rand. All who read her works for political guidance also read and discussed “The True Believer”. It served as the Yin to Rand’s Yang. It gave real world reinforcement to the admittedly “science fantasy” nature of her novels.

Regards,
Roy

]]> By: Harris Tweed http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/21/we-could-still-blow-this-thing-a-tocsin-from-andrew-mccarthy/#comment-29522 Harris Tweed Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:06:04 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1409#comment-29522 The Left's hatred of Sarah Palin has been rightly called by Andrew Breitbart (?) "Bush-Derangement-Syndrome-by-Proxy." The Left NEEDS a focus for their hate; they NEED someone to whom they can feel superior, even if they aren't. They are morally, intellectually, and even emotionally bankrupt, and they know it. The Left’s hatred of Sarah Palin has been rightly called by Andrew Breitbart (?) “Bush-Derangement-Syndrome-by-Proxy.”

The Left NEEDS a focus for their hate; they NEED someone to whom they can feel superior, even if they aren’t. They are morally, intellectually, and even emotionally bankrupt, and they know it.

]]> By: bibio44 http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/21/we-could-still-blow-this-thing-a-tocsin-from-andrew-mccarthy/#comment-29465 bibio44 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:52:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1409#comment-29465 "The combination of fury and contempt Governor Palin elicits is something I am not sure I fully understand. Snobbery plays a role, I am sure, but there are other, hard-to-fathom forces at work, too. It is less what she says, I believe, than what she is." A softball right over the plate from a pitcher who's lost his juice. But I'm not gonna swing; it's just too sad. “The combination of fury and contempt Governor Palin elicits is something I am not sure I fully understand. Snobbery plays a role, I am sure, but there are other, hard-to-fathom forces at work, too. It is less what she says, I believe, than what she is.”

A softball right over the plate from a pitcher who’s lost his juice. But I’m not gonna swing; it’s just too sad.

]]> By: runbei http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/08/21/we-could-still-blow-this-thing-a-tocsin-from-andrew-mccarthy/#comment-29462 runbei Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:48:19 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/?p=1409#comment-29462 Thanks, Roger. If you want a taste of liberal imperialism in action, check the current boycott of WholeFoods by libs reacting to the WF CEO's sensible editorial on Obamacare in WSJ. Yup, they want to put thousands of WF's highly diverse labor force out of work. Now, that's reasoned debate! Freedom of speech! The new, open society! Thanks, Roger. If you want a taste of liberal imperialism in action, check the current boycott of WholeFoods by libs reacting to the WF CEO’s sensible editorial on Obamacare in WSJ. Yup, they want to put thousands of WF’s highly diverse labor force out of work. Now, that’s reasoned debate! Freedom of speech! The new, open society!

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