Posted on 10/25/2005 2:24:39 AM PDT by RWR8189
Funny. For years, I was somewhat mystified over the actions and behavior of the left. I thought to myself, even a child can see this specific course of action is wrong. I came to realize they care nothing for the country - past, present, or future. It is just about them!
Yes, he's that good.
I became acquainted with Steyn way back when he was the movie reviewer and media critic for the old American Spectator, but he really shot up in my esteem around 1997 or '98, with an article in the WSJ titled "In defense of Tabloid Sleaze."
Naturally, it was about Little Big Fraud and his "can't keep it in his pants" scandals of the time.
BTTT
He makes you think.
I also like Dr. Walter Williams, who makes a point of trying to educate his audience.
Pharmboy wrote:
"Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm -- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves."
Sowell even quotes people better than anyone else.
You might have something there. Maybe that's why today's pacifists are so violent -- verbally, physically, and in attitude.
They don't go bonkers b/c we are for (fill in the blank), but b/c they perceive our opposition to (fill in the blank) as an attack, first and foremost, against them. And that, in turn, spurs a kind of aristrocrtatic/"the anointed" outrage calvery-to-infantry sort of thing. And also, maybe, just maybe, in their heart of hearts, opposition may stir the fitfully slumbering genie of doubt.
He writes with the precision of a scalpel. Sometimes though I see or feel the impact of a more powerful tools or implements. Sowell is indeed a weapon of mass instruction.
I agree. "Why didn't I think of that?" is a common reaction to his writings.
What he has described is a cult "belief" system (on the left) currently hiding under a political identity.
Recurrent over past 10 years? Whether or not churches should have their tax exempt status removed. Other argument: Whether religions CAN or CAN NOT speak politics.
What if a political identity group forms under such a "religious" filing? (and they have, and currently continue to do so.)
I know he sees where all this is heading. IMHO, of course.
One of the definitions I heard of "genius" many years ago was "the art of taking something hard or complex, and making it look easy." He does that, and does it very well.
Wow
BTTT
It is almost a form of religious fanaticism with the left. (Some fanatics blow themselves up on buses others martyr themselves by voting for Howard Dean and Ted Kennedy.)
I had never thought of the aspect of self elevation, however. It makes sense, though, if you think about it.
In their view: If the government represents the people and you are the people and the government becomes more powerful, then you have become more powerful even though you have relinquished your individuality to the government.
Thanks- I'll use that link.
Only Jesus christ will bring peace, and it will necessarily be preceeded by the destruction predicted in Revelation.
We are in for a very rough ride.
Be prepared: Acts 2:38, Mark 16:16
"...they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves."
....By dint of having first placed THEMSELVES at the center of the universe
You WILL serve Heaven or Hell, but you WILL NOT sit it out.
:-) He is a favorite. Would that he had been in charge of the Fed for the past 18 or so years instead of Alan Greenspan.
Alan Greenspan, who hiked up interest rates three hundred basis points in 2000. Yeah, that's brilliant.
Then after 9/11, he realized that he had to start lowering interest rates to get the economy going. And he raised it by how much? You guessed it. Three hundred basis points.
And who would throw things at the television set if anyone dared to say anything about the Fed that he didn't like.
Sort of off topic, but I saw Andrea Mitchell yesterday, and then later saw Greenspan when the Bernanke appointment was announced and I realized the truth again of how some couples come to resemble each other. I wonder how Andrea feels about that?
LOL! You are right! They do resemble each other!
Do you remember the fit that Mrs. Greenspan had when she was given a hard time in the Middle East (following Condi Rice)? But instead of giving the new Secretary of State her due for standing up for Mrs. Greenspan, we heard editorial commentary in news that it wasn't enough.
So the Greenspans are well suited, as both do not work well with others.
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