Posted on 04/27/2015 12:53:11 PM PDT by jazusamo
We all make mistakes and some of us learn from them. What is even better is to learn from other people's mistakes, where they pay for those mistakes while we learn free of charge.
Many Americans who say that we should learn from other people, especially Europeans, mean that we should imitate what they did. That may make those who talk this way feel superior to other Americans. But let us never forget that the most disastrous ideologies of the 20th century — Communism, Fascism and Nazism — all originated in Europe. So did both World Wars.
More recently, Europe has been belatedly discovering how unbelievably stupid it was to import millions of people from cultures that despise Western values, and which often promote hatred toward Western people.
Maybe that is a mistake that we can think about when Congress finally decides to do something about our open borders and our immigration laws that we refuse to enforce.
European anti-trust regulators are giving us another free lesson in confused thinking by filing anti-trust charges against Google, on grounds that its searching facilities give preferential treatment to Google's own searching services over other competing searching services.
The European Union's commissioner for competition explained the basis for the complaint against Google: "We have a focus on a certain conduct, a certain behavior which, if our doubts are going to be proven, we would like to change because we believe that it hampers competition."
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Whew! Good thing we didn't do that, right Thomas?
” More recently, Europe has been belatedly discovering how unbelievably stupid it was to import millions of people from cultures that despise Western values, and which often promote hatred toward Western people.”
And while Europe is wizing up, and halting both legal and illegal immigration, the Democrats AND GOPe doubles down on both.
You’re dead on the mark. We desperately need a conservative in the WH to wake Americans up about Dems and the GOPe.
Have they?? they dont seem to be.
“Law is too serious to be subordinated to fashionable notions or political expediency.”
BANGED that one right out of the park he did. Makes me ponder the seriousness of those we entrusted our Nation’s stewardship over the many years. So obvious they worked for party, and themselves. We the people are out in the cold.
You’re so right my friend. The present administration is the result of years of lawlessness slowly building up, hopefully it’s not too late for it to be turned around.
Another priceless Sowell line:
“But let us never forget that the most disastrous ideologies of the 20th century — Communism, Fascism and Nazism — all originated in Europe. So did both World Wars. “
Next time you’re talking with a bloviating Leftist Europhile, slam them with the foregoing Sowell quote and watch them stutter and falter...
"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
--Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957
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