Jonah "nevertrumper" Goldberg
Posted on 01/15/2017 7:48:45 AM PST by Mean Daddy
George Will is largely responsible for my career as a pundit, largely because he called me an idiot.
The year was 1990. A man named Mappelthorpe became famous because some people thought we needed a pictures-of-a-bullwhip-in-the-tushy subsidy. A man named Noriega surrendered to American forces when told by priests he’d have to fold nun underwear for the rest of his life if he wanted sanctuary, and a fellow named Marion Barry was convicted of cocaine possession, which might have permanently hampered his political career if he didn’t have such a strong following in the “ex-offender community.”
Meanwhile a lad named Jonah Goldberg was attending Goucher College in Baltimore. World famous Tory columnist George Will visited Goucher for a lecture and a dinner at the president’s house. Goldberg, invited as a token conservative, struck up a conversation with Mr. Will. All was going swimmingly as they discussed mutual family friends and the like. Then, as the conversation moved to New York City, Goldberg mentioned that he had walked in Central Park at night from time to time with friends. Mr. Will responded, “well, that makes you an idiot” and walked away (he might have said “fool” it all happened so fast).
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/204822/george-will-called-me-idiot-jonah-goldberg
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I agree that We-The-People lack representation, that’s why they are a bunch of do-nothings ...and also the fact that they took State Legislatures’ power away by allowing the uninformed voters to elect Senators
Great book, and prophetic, in the way that it portrays the bureaucracy in opposition to the church and promoting euthanasia and other anti-life stances.
“idiot”
It takes one to know one, Jonah.
Will could use that as a tagline of sorts:
"I'm George Will. Pomposity is my co-pilot."
Kewl, I would be interested in seeing it if you are willing to share.
I’ve never given this idea any thought, but the law of unintended consequences makes me suspicious of it from the outset.
The House of Representatives is an anachronism. Representatives should only craft the legislation. The people themselves can vote on it. End a lot of lobbying problems. Would make the news report on actual legislation instead of secret dossiers...
You’re both idiots.
The only thing I like about her website is her snarky opening bullets. The comments section is nothing like FR! And isn’t she also a Never Trumper??
...the American Enterprise Institute, whose purpose is akin to that of Christian monasteries in the Dark Ages — to keep the flame of civilization alive — until the universities are hospitable to reason again.
If we want to make it more representative we could make a law - with criminal penalties - against groups pretending to be private citizens writing letters to congressmen. Democrat War rooms do that all the time... pretend to be conservatives writing ‘heartfelt’ letters to our reps - trying to throw off our guys.
Outlaw dirty tricks and democrats are finished as a party.
Good afternoon.
I won’t say that Jonah is an idiot in deference to his mother, but I will say George should stick to baseball.
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Jonah "nevertrumper" Goldberg
That would not be an awful idea if Representative were a part-time job and Congress weren't in session most of the time.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is 400 members, the third largest in the English-speaking world, and members get $200 (and free use of state toll roads) for their two year term. Nobody thinks of State Representative as a full-time job.
Of course, in a country the size of the United States, that wouldn't be possible. Hotel bills for when Congress was in session would be enormous.
This would only work if we had a virtual Congress doing business via the Internet, and the congressmen stayed home in their districts all the time.
>>members get $200 (and free use of state toll roads) for their two year term. Nobody thinks of State Representative as a full-time job.
Of course, in a country the size of the United States, that wouldn’t be possible. Hotel bills for when Congress was in session would be enormous.<<
You may be onto something there. Today there is no reason that ANYONE go to Washington. I just finished an engagement with a Federal entity in Washington DC — it was very intense and I went there exactly once, for final implementation weekend.
Reduce the salaries to like $1000/year and pay for one week trip to DC (no paid family members).
We should do this no matter what we do with the size of the House.
I’ve supported this idea for decades. I think it will make it extremely difficult for lobbyists to significantly buy votes and I think it will allow the creation of additional political parties which will dampen the ability of the current two parties to drain the blood from the people.
I’m not sure I’m for electronic voting because making their asses report to a stadium sized facility and vote seems a good thing to me.
Limit the days in session, limit their staff size and most of all limit the number of terms they can serve.
We’ll never drain the swamp completely, but this will assure much smaller alligators.
Given the above, I am hoping and praying these wordsmiths who cannot do anything else but get hired to string words together get meaningful employment. Translate that to, I did NOT read baby Jona’s latest whine.
George Will, Jonah Goldberg - no winner in that pair.
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