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The author is an economist and the President of the Czech Republic.
1 posted on 09/08/2012 1:01:57 AM PDT by No One Special
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To: No One Special; mickie; flaglady47
Someone should hold Bill O'Reilly's neck in a vise and force him to read this article.

TV punditry's greatest fence-sitter, O'Reilly has brought fame and fortune to successions of under-educated (in freedom) but glib leftist professors and pseudo-intellectuals by featuring them over and over again on his show.....and giving them free rein to spout their marxist ideologies.

O'Reilly, who has no grounding in those conservative and free economy things we all know by heart, is another glib huckster who is important only because he has such a wide audience. And this is what makes him dangerous. And I think that in his small mind he loves being considered dangerous....thi$ help$ bring the dollar$ in so he can live like a capitalist while he promotes and furthers both capitalism and communism at the same time.

Nice gig if you can get it.

Leni

32 posted on 09/08/2012 5:38:40 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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A good read.

This is why we have to utterly defeat the Marxist in two months, then turn our efforts towards continually pushing our RINO squish candidate to the right, continually pushing to remove the statists in the GOP leadership. The left never stops, nor should we.

If we only do the one without the other, it will not be good enough, and we will eventually fail.

34 posted on 09/08/2012 5:40:47 AM PDT by Lakeshark (I don't care for Mitt; the alternative is unthinkable)
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He’s Czech, so it’s no surprise he “gets it”. I have many Eastern European friends (and some Western European “refugees”) who make the argument for conservatism very well. Once you’ve seen the other side of the political spectrum up close, when you’ve seen neighbors starving, when you’ve waited in 8 hour lines for healthcare, when all sense of cultural identity is wiped out in the name of some “multi-cultural utopia” nonsense, you become a card-carrying conservative for life. In fact, every time the two Latvians at my place of work see Obanjo on T.V., they give an entertaining, mock Soviet allegiance pledge to “Black Lenin”, or “Comrade Zero”. Drives the libs nuts ;)


35 posted on 09/08/2012 5:41:04 AM PDT by Viennacon
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1. We knew that socialism, or socialdemocratism, or "soziale Marktwirtschaft" is here, is here to stay and - due to its internal dynamics - will expand.

A very true but discouraging observation. Once you create that collective culture of dependency, it is very difficult to wean the people off of Big Government. People will give up liberty for security.

36 posted on 09/08/2012 6:47:14 AM PDT by kabar
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Ping for reference


37 posted on 09/08/2012 6:47:47 AM PDT by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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Bookmark


38 posted on 09/08/2012 6:58:07 AM PDT by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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A keeper!


40 posted on 09/08/2012 7:23:24 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: STARWISE; penelopesire; hoosiermama; Dog; holdonnow; onyx; AliVeritas; Miss Didi

This is an extraordinary speech and oh so timely.

It’s not short, and it will not fit on a bumper sticker.

We are well served to have such a fine mind speaking for the cause of liberty...pass it on to your friends, lists, everyone!!!!


44 posted on 09/08/2012 4:36:51 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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49 posted on 09/09/2012 7:36:00 AM PDT by MEG33 (O Lord, Guide Our Nation)
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BFLR


53 posted on 09/09/2012 11:13:56 AM PDT by 2111USMC (aim small, miss small)
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