Monday, February 7, 2011

Re: I Think, Therefore I am Not

Well, around here, it's sort of all part of the vast
evangelical-church-Republican-politics-"America"-first rightwing
thing. People learn from their ministers that God tolerates only
Republican politics and FOX News, and that "America" is exceptional,
so it's fully equipped--nay, required--to protect Israel so that Jesus
can return and they can be raptured before the really bad stuff
happens; then, they get to come back with Jesus and throw all the
"unperfected" Jews into the pit of fire, along with all the rest of us
who tolerated and cared for our fellow humans. I could go on, but I
already feel bad just for writing that much, and all it is is the
truth. But people who watch it believe FOX because they want to, and
because they believe it's the right thing to do.

On 2/6/11, MJ <michaelj@america.net> wrote:
>
> And yet MORE fallacy.
> Whether or not the Author is this, that or the other is MEANINGLESS as far
> as the veracity of his claim.
> Similarly, with what group he may or may not be aligned (or purported so) is
> equally MEANINGLESS.
>
> Regard$,
> --MJ
>
> Since World War II, and especially since the 1950s, the function of the
> Republican Party has been to be the "loyal, . . . . moderate,"
> "bi-partisan," pseudo-opposition to the collectivist and leftist program of
> the Democratic Party. Unlike the more apocalyptic and impatient Bolsheviks,
> the Mensheviks (or social democrats, or corporate liberals, or "responsible"
> liberals, or "responsible" conservatives, or neo-conservatives -- the labels
> change, but the reality remains the same) try to preserve an illusion of
> free choice for the American public, including a two-party system, and at
> least marginal freedom of speech and expression.
>
> The goal of these "responsible" or "enlightened" moderates has been to
> participate in the march to statism, while replacing the older American
> ideals of free markets, private property, and limited government with cloudy
> and noisy rhetoric about the glories of "democracy," as opposed to the
> one-party dictatorship of the Soviet Union.
>
> -- Murray Rothbard, Making Economic Sense
>
>
> At 08:49 AM 2/6/2011, you wrote:
>>
>> Here's a little about the author, Jonathan Kantrowitz, from which Tom
>> cites his purported "poll":
>>
>>
>> Founder, Chief Executive Officer. Queue, Inc., an educational publisher.
>> 1981-present; Assistant General Counsel. Touche Ross & Co. 1977-1981;
>> Coordinator, Fairfield Over-30 Men's Soccer, 1987-present; Member,
>> Fairfield Board of Education, 1992-1994; Member, Fairfield Board of
>> Recreation, 1998-1999; Member, Fairfield TV Access Committee, 2008-2009,
>> Economic Development Administrator, Town of Fairfield (consultant) 2002;
>> Chairman, Fairfield Temporary Pool Committee, 2004, Chairman, Fairfield TV
>> Access Committee, 2008; Member, Fairfield Democratic Town Committee,
>> 1972-2002; Vice-Chairman, Fairfield Democratic Town Committee, 1994-2000;
>> Democratic Candidate, U.S. Congress, 1994, 1998, State Senate 1972, 1984;
>> Education:; Brown University: B.A. Economics (1966); Harvard Law School:
>> JD (1969).
>>
>>
>>
>> A couple of thoughts come to mind. First, Kantrowitz is a prime example
>> of an "Academian" and the reason that our schools and universites are in
>> such a mess. I would bet that Kantrowitz is a socialist also, but there
>> can be no doubt that Kantrowitz has posted a hate filled prevaricate
>> rhetorical post, and this is an example of what he teaches his pupils.
>>
>> Who took this poll? Who were the participants of the poll? Note that
>> Kantrowitz does not reference any of these most important aspects. The
>> poll is basically not at all reliable and is another example of the hate
>> coming from the far left extremist Anti-American socialistic movement that
>> is very vocal, but still nevertheless a small minority of our Nation.
>> They should not be in charge of our schools and universities of higher
>> education.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 6:15 AM, frankg <frankg2@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Tommy,
>>
>> Change the names of the talking heads and politicians, replace ACORN
>> stealing the election to simply stealing the election, replace
>> socialist with communist, impeached can stay in there, replace "wants
>> the terrorists to win" with "9/11 was an inside job", etc., and we
>> could be discussing what the Democrats were saying about Bush a few
>> years ago. This type of hateful rhetoric solves nothing, is not unique
>> to either party and generally just proves there are a lot of
>> intolerant idiots in both political parties.
>>
>> On Feb 4, 8:40 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I Think, Therefore I am Not
>> > Glenn Beck.......Sarah Palin.....Ann Coulter....Rush
>> > Limbaugh....Michelle Bachmann.....Christine O`Donnell....John
>> > McCain....John Boehner.......Newt Gingrich.......Ron Paul.........Mitt
>> > Romney..........Mitch McConnell.........The Tea Party Sheeple......A
>> > Faux Noise Pundit.....A Republican Obstructionist......A Libertarian
>> > Loon..etc.
>> >
>> > Republican Intelligence – an Oxymoron?
>> >
>> > by Jonathan Kantrowitz
>> >
>> > A new poll of self-identified Republicans released Tuesday shows a
>> > large slice of the GOP believes President Barack Obama is a
>> > "socialist" who was not born in this country, should be impeached,
>> > wants the terrorists to win and only won the 2008 election because
>> > ACORN "stole" it for him.
>> >
>> > According to the poll, 63 percent of Republicans believe Obama is a
>> > socialist; 39 percent think Obama should be impeached; 24 percent said
>> > Obama wants "the terrorists to win"; and 31 percent agreed with the
>> > statement that Obama is "a racist who hates white people."
>> >
>> > According to the survey, 36 percent of respondents do not believe the
>> > president was born in this country, and 21 percent think the liberal
>> > advocacy group ACORN stole the election for Obama.
>> >
>> > Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of the Republicans polled, 23 percent,
>> > want their state to secede from the union.
>> >
>> > Fifty-one percent of those polled believe sex education should not be
>> > taught in schools; 77 percent want creationism taught in schools; 31
>> > percent want contraception outlawed; and 34 percent believe birth
>> > control is "abortion."
>> >
>> > More:
>> > http://blog.ctnews.com/kantrowitz/2010/02/04/republican-intelligence-.
>> > ..
>> >
>> > --
>> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
>> > Have a great day,
>> > Tommy
>>
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Have a great day,
Tommy

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