tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post9090662829243493250..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Our Hereditary Political AristocracyStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-4298406252698941382019-10-19T18:05:47.492-07:002019-10-19T18:05:47.492-07:00@Ignatius
"what would you like us to take fr...@Ignatius<br /><br /><i>"what would you like us to take from your comment?"</i><br /><br />That it is strange to wish Republicans were more like Democrats. They don't share the same values. Now maybe the "good thought" mentioned in the OP is that Republicans should live <i>their</i> values. If so, then I agree: fat chance of that happening. But even if they did, it wouldn't look the same as the Democrats living their own values.<br /><br />I suspect many Democrats would strongly dislike it if Republicans lived out their values more strongly (and vice versa). For example, imagine how Democrats would have reacted if Republicans had been serious about their stated values regarding immigration/border policies when they fully controlled the executive and legislative branches.<br /><br />This pertains to the OP directly: consistently living out their values is a threat to hereditary political aristocracy.<br /><br /><i>"What’s “enough” charitable giving?"</i><br /><br />How should I know? Ask Stuart. While discussing Republicans and Democrats "living their values", when the rubber meets the road, we know that Republicans (sometimes) value charitable giving more than Democrats. The OP states that giving money to the poor is a good thought, but "fat chance it’s going to happen." The only way this makes sense if neither group does enough. So what is enough?<br /><br /><i>"How many Republicans do you know?"</i><br /><br />What kind of irrelevant question is that? Half the people I know are Democrats and the other half are Republicans. I myself am neither.Derek Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732999916006370814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-36773230979013383362019-10-17T16:48:09.846-07:002019-10-17T16:48:09.846-07:00Derek, what would you like us to take from your co...Derek, what would you like us to take from your comment?<br /><br />What’s “enough” charitable giving? <br /><br />How many Republicans do you know?Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76417730505699014012019-10-17T09:36:28.133-07:002019-10-17T09:36:28.133-07:00Media = Leftist. Leftist = Media.
Mr. Nolan? Th...Media = Leftist. Leftist = Media.<br /><br />Mr. Nolan? There's a dumptruck, well, a convoy of dumptrucks, now arriving at your house and property. It ain't pretty!<br /><br />Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-49688940103762818642019-10-17T07:24:10.952-07:002019-10-17T07:24:10.952-07:00"I want Democrats to demonstrate that we live..."I want Democrats to demonstrate that we live our values. I want Democrats to send their kids to public school, unionize their workplaces and give money to the poor. [..] Republicans should do the same. Fat chance it’s going to happen."<br /><br />It is fair and <b>consistent</b> to criticize both—or neither—Biden and Trump types for corruption, but not just one or the other. American politics is rife with hereditary aristocracy and hypocrisy. If both parties lived by their stated values, certainly we would be a lot better for it.<br /><br />However, Republicans who push private school vouchers and fight against forced participation in unions would be horribly <b>inconsistent</b> if they sent their kids to public school or unionized their workplaces. As per "How Political Ideology Influences Charitable Giving" in the NYT, the data also shows that Republicans do more charitable giving than Democrats. Not enough, perhaps, but still more.Derek Ramseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732999916006370814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-15923934930294640222019-10-17T05:12:59.264-07:002019-10-17T05:12:59.264-07:00C’mon, man...what about the Medici, they put all t...C’mon, man...what about the Medici, they put all their kids on the board, and so did the that Albizzi bunch and the Sforzas.<br /><br />And if you thought Ukraine was bad (and the story is not Hunter Biden, the story is Alexandra Chalupa, her sisters, the DNC, the server, Crowdstrike, and the various shells and front groups created by the Democratic Party to use the money pouring into a corrupt Ukraine to put a hit of Trump via Manafort) wait until the links to China with our rotten, ruling oligarchy begin to trickle in. <br /><br />And no, I’m not sending my kids to public school or giving money to the poor, either. I’m going to get my own seat on the board of a ChiCom company and build a drone army around my estate.UbuMaccabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237833458790876775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-49830837991805766672019-10-17T04:24:44.136-07:002019-10-17T04:24:44.136-07:00Whitney,
Do you mean like this?
https://www.bloo...Whitney,<br /><br />Do you mean like this?<br /><br />https://www.bloombergquint.com/global-economics/dershowitz-must-face-epstein-accuser-s-defamation-lawsuit<br /><br />Yes — THAT Alan Dershowitz.<br /><br />I’m sure everyone will admire his principles. Especially when he has a principled tryst with an underage prostitute his friend Epstein arranged for him.<br /><br />Sick.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-1732207548946401782019-10-17T04:08:06.794-07:002019-10-17T04:08:06.794-07:00So it's pretty clear that Hollywood is nothing...So it's pretty clear that Hollywood is nothing but a bunch of degenerate sex perverts and pedophiles and I think our Elite Class is the same. The worldwide child sex trafficking starts with them. The lower-level people just have pictures on the computers but the high-level people have the actual children. That's why Epstein was not that big a deal to these people because that was post-adolescent women which would be considered vanilla by these people. This also explains why they hate Trump so viscerally. He's not into it. He's a horny guy but he likes women, maybe younger women but adult women. It's also the reason for four years they've been researching them and they can't bring him down because he's not corrupt in the same way they are corrupt and they don't understand.whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01339343160301118530noreply@blogger.com