Random Thoughts (Thomas Sowell)

GOPUSA ^ | October 7, 2009 | Thomas Sowell

[elizabethgrace]

I love this:

“Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Muammar Qaddafi and Vladimir Putin have all praised Barack Obama. When enemies of freedom and democracy praise your president, what are you to think? When you add to this Barack Obama’s many previous years of associations and alliances with people who hate America— Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Father Pfleger, etc.— at what point do you stop denying the obvious and start to connect the dots?”

[Finny]

Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Think things, not words." In words, many see a need for "social justice" to override "the dictates of the market." In reality, what is called "the market" consists of human beings making their own choices at their own cost. What is called "social justice" is government imposition of the notions of third parties, who pay no price for being wrong.

A gem of truth from Thomas Sowell.

[Finny]

RE baseball:

If you're a fan of classic Warner Bros. cartoons, you may remember Foghorn Leghorn and his attempts to get in cozy with the Widder Hen by befriending her nerd bookworm son. He figures the best way to the kid's heart is to play a bit of baseball with him. Turns out the kid hasn't the faintest notion of the game. Foghorn looks at the camera and confides:

"There's somethin' kinda yeeeeeeahhhhheeewww about a boy who don't like baseball."

Wise words, and I find myself thinking of Barack Obama. You KNOW he never liked or played baseball as an American kid, probably because he never was an American kid. Somethin' kinda yeeeeeeeahhhhheeewwww.

[jazusamo]

I haven’t thought about Foghorn for years, always called the kid son, he was funny.

You’re probably right about Obama not playing or being interested in baseball.

[rockinqsranch]

Thanks for the ping to words of wisdom from Dr. Sowell jaz.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Loved the last one.

The first one scares me.

[SupplySider]

...many see a need for "social justice" to override "the dictates of the market." In reality, what is called "the market" consists of human beings making their own choices at their own cost. What is called "social justice" is government imposition of the notions of third parties, who pay no price for being wrong.

I might add that the government imposition is by force of arms. Don't pay the taxes that fund the politicians's latest scheme, take your money from the bank (where it would be confiscated) and keep it at your house, resist giving it when they come for it, see what happens...

[FreedomPoster]

The sad part is that so many here on FR did so before he was even the Dem nominee, let alone Pres__ent, while the media still hasn’t drawn one line.

[Tax-chick]

When enemies of freedom and democracy praise your president, what are you to think?

I think, "Thomas Sowell for Global Dictator!"

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

What is most frightening about the political left is that they seem to have no sense of the tragedy of the human condition. All problems seem to them to be due to other people not being as wise or as noble as they are.

[skikvt]

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[stephenjohnbanker]

“After political crusades for “affordable housing” ended up ruining the housing market and much of the economy with it, many of the same politicians are now carrying on a crusade for “affordable health care.” “

Sowell once again sums up in one sentence what the rest of us attempt in 20 pages ;-)

[loveliberty2]

"Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Think things, not words." In words, many see a need for "social justice" to override "the dictates of the market." In reality, what is called "the market" consists of human beings making their own choices at their own cost. What is called "social justice" is government imposition of the notions of third parties, who pay no price for being wrong."

And those who advocate the misnomer of "social justice" overlook the fact that although the individual "human beings" who make up the "market" are imperfect and apt to make bad choices, those "third parties" in their scheme are, themselves, likewise imperfect human beings who, when in positions of power in government, are just as apt to make bad choices, except on a massive scale affecting the lives of millions.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Muammar Qaddafi and Vladimir Putin have all praised Barack Obama. When enemies of freedom and democracy praise your president, what are you to think? When you add to this Barack Obama’s many previous years of associations and alliances with people who hate America— Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Father Pfleger, etc.— at what point do you stop denying the obvious and start to connect the dots?”

Obama: “ Judge me by the company I keep”

[stephenjohnbanker]

Foghorn : “ I tell ya son, you gotta pay more attention, or ya not gonna learn nuthin...you listenin to me son?, ah seah, son, you got a great memory, but it’s very short, know what ah mean?”

[Gritty]

Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Muammar Qaddafi and Vladimir Putin have all praised Barack Obama... at what point do you stop denying the obvious and start to connect the dots?

Precisely.

Most people on this forum have done that. We are waiting for the rest of America to catch up.

[Still Thinking]

His random thoughts are better than my organized ones.

[jazusamo]

I’m sure that would include most of us, always am looking forward to his next ones.

[oldbrowser]

And those who advocate the misnomer of "social justice"..., those "third parties" in their scheme are, themselves, likewise imperfect human beings who, when in positions of power in government, are just as apt to make bad choices, except on a massive scale affecting the lives of millions.

What was that phrase that Obama used? "Distributive justice"? This reminds me of Zimbabwe and Mugabe returning the country to it's "rightful owners".

[potlatch]

[“At what point do you stop denying the obvious and start to connect the dots?”]

We all tend to want to avoid unpleasant conclusions until it's no longer possible. Human nature.