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The Death of the American Idea (Mark Steyn)
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| 10/10/2009
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 11/10/2008 8:12:24 AM PST by Uncledave
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To: sarasota
I see no current reason to be optimistic during my lifetime that our nation will return to its status as a democracy as I once knew it. ...let alone return to being a republic.
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posted on
11/10/2008 4:35:01 PM PST
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: Uncledave
[...] he proposed that the federal government buy up all these junk mortgages so that people would be able to stay in “their” homes. Those quotation marks nail it.
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posted on
11/10/2008 4:35:40 PM PST
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: Uncledave
Steyn is right. McCain was doomed by being McCain. As I said earlier today, yhe GOP and the Democrats are all socialists. Both parties have been infiltated. Both want the one world government.
Now what do we do about it? Heh, not much.
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posted on
11/10/2008 4:42:24 PM PST
by
dforest
(Is there any good idea out there that Obama doesn't lay claim to anymore?)
To: NathanR; Teacher317; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Is this book “Atlas Shrugged”? It sounds like it. I think the answer is "yes." :-)
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posted on
11/10/2008 4:45:22 PM PST
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: Gondring
Hey, maybe I was referring to “Anna Karenina” or something. ;^)
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posted on
11/10/2008 4:47:47 PM PST
by
Teacher317
(Well, at least we know Obama isn't the anti-Christ. Satan would have more class.)
To: Teacher317
Speaking of the love scenes, why is everyone of them in Rand’s books come off as just almost rape. Sometimes outright rape.
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posted on
11/10/2008 4:50:56 PM PST
by
Mr. Blonde
(You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
To: JusPasenThru
The coffee to make the cappuccino has to be delivered by the producers.
We will be all out of producers, so maybe they will squeeze out their dish rags and make you believe it is cappuccino.
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posted on
11/10/2008 5:02:41 PM PST
by
listenhillary
(That giant sucking sound? It's only the government consuming the fruits of our labor.)
To: MrB
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posted on
11/10/2008 5:05:40 PM PST
by
listenhillary
(No representation without taxation! ~~ Mark Steyn)
To: Mr. Blonde
Yeah, but it’s tough to advocate for a phenomenal book with such crappy love scenes, so I tried to soft-shoe it. =^/
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posted on
11/10/2008 5:37:42 PM PST
by
Teacher317
(Well, at least we know Obama isn't the anti-Christ. Satan would have more class.)
To: Uncledave; All
This criticism of the Dear Leader must stop. It's counterproductive and hurtful. Let's join hands & sing!
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posted on
11/10/2008 5:46:34 PM PST
by
4Liberty
(Discount window +fractional reserve banking = moral hazard + bank corporate welfare + Inflation tax)
To: Teacher317
I like Atlas Shrugged a lot. I prefer The Fountainhead though. I’m actually about due to read Atlas Shrugged Again.
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posted on
11/10/2008 5:48:29 PM PST
by
Mr. Blonde
(You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
To: blam
did you yell them they’re idiots?
To: Deo volente
The Nanny Train may be picking up momentum, but it's soon going to run smack into a $70 trillion mountain of unfunded Social Security and Medicare liabilities. The resulting crash will be absolutely dreadful. Why do you think they want to confiscate all 401-Ks and meld them into the Social Security system?
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posted on
11/10/2008 6:07:35 PM PST
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
To: Gondring
I think the answer is "yes." :-) Well, I knew it was either that, or else maybe "The Pokey Little Puppy." ;)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
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posted on
11/10/2008 6:22:25 PM PST
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: Teacher317
I loved “Anna Karenina” - it’s one of my all time favorites. But I don’t remember ol’ Leo being an immigrant or a 60-page soliloquy. Sounds like a different Ann (Ayn).
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posted on
11/10/2008 6:34:06 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(America has proved it's not racist. Now it needs to prove it's not suicidal.)
To: Mr. Blonde
By all accounts she was not a very nice person, which does not diminish her brilliance. She left her husband for a protege 20 years her junior. She had a few personal issues.
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posted on
11/10/2008 6:36:12 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(America has proved it's not racist. Now it needs to prove it's not suicidal.)
To: Gondring
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