[RosieCotton]

I honestly think the war against competition and excellence is a conscious effort on the part of the Left to destroy excellence in America and perhaps Western Civilization.

Without competition and / or hard work, there can be no excellence, IMO. Only a middling mediocrity.

[msdrby]

RE: your tagline. My dad used to joke about the saying "If it is worth doing, it is worth doing well"

He would switch up the words, "If is not worth doing well, it is not worth doing."

[Sam Cree]

I was just visiting an artist neighbor this morning, to admire some of her very good painting.

She made the point that in painting, too much planning can stifle the painting, which is true.

I responded by pointing out the obvious parallel in government: central planning, as practiced and preached by the Left results in poverty and mediocrity, while the random efforts of a free market with competition result in excellence and wealth.

Needless to say, as she is a leftist, like most artists, this got me an unappreciative look.

However, she is a nice lady anyway, not to mention a good artist.