Posted on 04/12/2009 7:29:21 AM PDT by kellynla
Edited on 04/12/2009 7:34:58 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON -- Rampant redistribution of wealth by government is now the norm. So is this: It inflames government's natural rapaciousness and subverts the rule of law. This degeneration of governance is illustrated by the Illinois Legislature's transfer of income from some disfavored riverboat casinos to racetracks.
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The public schools here are very good and turn out good citizens. My kids went to CCD classes for religion and all are very conservative just like the old man.
So it really does depend on two things, where you live and the involvement of the parents.
And rust never sleeps. As wintertime notes, schools come under federal and state regulation. Some districts may be more accountable to regional preferences, but the meaning of public is not just that you come out OK. What is the meaning of "public education." Carefully consider what winterime said: "there is never a religious vacuum." This doesn't mean private or parochial education is sufficient to restore educational health. Very often mere ambition to counter is emotion without knowledge, fist-fighting without a head. For any forms of resistance there will ever be a temptation to seize the seats of power. Ask Frodo what it means to carry the ring.
Exactly, Will is a Vichy Republican, let us not also forget that he was among the select group of ersatz “Conservative Columnists” who had dinner with Obama and no one spoke about what was said at the meeting.
Will, Noonan, Brooks...Vichy Republicans one and all.
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I don't know. He seems part of the less than special group of apparent conservatives that couldn't see the most obvious thing last fall; that Obama is a radical leftist. He spent his whole life acting smart, but he gave in to the fashion of the day. His behavior was no different than the teenage girl that sucks up to the popular but deranged popular girl just to fit in. One of a kind? More like dime a dozen.
You're following the crowd.
It's Mr. Will that abandoned his stated principles and followed the crowd. Obviously, his damn-near endorsement of Obama didn't make the difference by itself. Still, his actions were deeply demoralizing; allowing the left to say "See, even George Will thinks Obama is the coollest". Unforgivable.
Have I argued this before with you?
When matters are considered, one should realize what led to the events at the time of the writing....the time of the Articles of Confederation. Our nation was failing.
Madison argued well on the Cod Fisheries issue; and won. If the Constitution were faulty, he would have lost.
The AntiFeds had points, but they never offered a good alternative government; they just complained about the lack of perfection and the problems that would have arisen from what was really any government. Human nature never changes.
More later....I’m going to the Laker’s game....4th row, center court. :^O
Public schools are **not** religiously neutral.
**No** school is religiously neutral. I know that is hard for many to wrap their heads around. A religiously neutral school can not exist. It is axiomatic.
There is no such thing as a religious vacuum. Everyone ( and **all** schools) have a religious worldview. There are only 2 choices: godless or God-centered.
Both religious worldviews ( godless or God-centered) have non-neutral religious, political, and cultural consequences.
That is why government schools must be abolished. Government should never be in the business of **establishing** one religious worldview over another. It a First Amendment Right as well as human right.
If parents want an atheistic, secular humanist, Marxist oriented religious worldview for their children, then they should send their kid to a private atheistic school. They shouldn't expect taxpayers to pay for it. Neither should those wanting a God-centered education.
The problem you run into with religion and public schools is WHOSE RELIGION do you advocate? Protestant? Catholic? Jewish? Muslim? You can’t win here. I have no problem with voluntary (no coerced) school prayer or vanilla references to God (like in the Pledge of Allegiance). Beyond that, you’re treading on very thin ice. Any demonination is going to feel slighted if they feel they are in any way subsidizing someone else’s religion being pushed down their kids throats.
Same thing goes with ideology.
Could Kennedy make atonement for his idiocy in Kelo?
The problem you run into with religion and public schools is WHOSE RELIGION do you advocate? Protestant? Catholic? Jewish? Muslim? You can’t win here.
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You forgot atheism.
And,....I agree with you. It is impossible to win. That is why government schools must be shut down.
to clarify;
The Chicago machine is getting a bigger cut from the ponies than they were getting from the casinos.
Or as it is sometimes known, scientific materialism. Some of these materialist atheists like to refer to themselves as "Brights" (as a way of slandering theists) and do engage in polemic.
If scientists are going to declare themselves foursquare materialists and polemicists in metaphysics, then that creates a problem with the ubiquity of scientism in schools under the Establishment Clause.
Might be good but "Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty" is a better book.
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Rampant redistribution of wealth by government is now the norm. So is this: It inflames government's natural rapaciousness and subverts the rule of law.Thanks neverdem.
I’ve never thought of George Will as a constitutional scholar, but he nails this one. Perhaps the SCOTUS may finally dredge up the courage to put a bit of restraint on government picking winners and losers in the private sector.
I guess I understand about excerpting from the Washinton Post, but how would one know that George Will is a so-called "Wash Post syndicate writer" from the article posted at Townhall? If Townhall doesn't have to give obeisance to the Washington Post, why is FreeRepublic required to?
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