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Sowell: Oust Dems to Halt Obama Before 'Point of No Return'
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| August 30, 2010
| Jim Meyers/Thomas Sowell
Posted on 08/30/2010 3:17:20 PM PDT by jazusamo
Influential economist Thomas Sowell tells Newsmax that voters must oust Democrats from their majorities in Congress to stop the Obama administration from continuing to take the country toward the point of no return.
Professor Sowell, a senior fellow at Stanford Universitys Hoover Institution, also says it is madness to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire at the end of the, year as Obama and the Democrats appear intent on doing.
Sowell is also a syndicated columnist and prolific author whose latest book is Dismantling America: and Other Controversial Essays.
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, Sowell says he is pessimistic about the future.
Story continues below video.
VIDEO 9:47 min.
Part of it is due to the continuation of a long set of trends. But much of it is also due to the fact that the current administration is really escalating these trends that are going in the wrong direction.
One of those trends is the notion that theres some elite out there who ought to be taking decisions out of our hands and concentrating them in the hands of politicians, bureaucrats, and judges. Thats the big domestic problem.
The huge international problem is our doing nothing while Iran is developing nuclear weapons, given that Iran is the largest sponsor of international terrorism in the world.
Another trend is the notion that people have rights for which there is no basis in any law, in any constitution, or in any organized philosophical or religious tradition.
I saw a photograph recently of someone sitting on a corner with a sign saying, I have a right to a job. I have no idea where that right comes from, and it can only be sustained if other people dont have a right...
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To: rlmorel
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08/30/2010 4:33:01 PM PDT
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jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
Did you hear him on the Rush Limbaugh Show with Walter Williams last week? Great discourse...
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08/30/2010 4:50:00 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(America: Why should a product be deemed a failure if you ignore assembly and operation instructions?)
To: rlmorel
I missed it, darn it. I was pinged to it but by the time I tuned in he was signing off.
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posted on
08/30/2010 4:55:12 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
08/30/2010 4:56:09 PM PDT
by
Dante3
To: jazusamo
Thanks for the ping jaz. Dr. Sowell is right, but you knew that didn’t you.
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08/30/2010 8:54:49 PM PDT
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rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, Call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: jazusamo; potlatch; ntnychik
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08/30/2010 9:09:26 PM PDT
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PhilDragoo
(Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
To: South40
Thomas Sowell = 5000 times smarter than Barry Soetoro. That number needs a lot more zeroes.
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08/31/2010 5:34:28 AM PDT
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nina0113
To: PhilDragoo
Great graphic, I missed this one!
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08/31/2010 9:06:05 PM PDT
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potlatch
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