"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
"“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
Plato
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant" Robespierre
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular posts
-
It's not as if there isn't substrate. Daily, many times over, in every medium, there are noteworthy items which range from amusing t...
-
I have nothing to say about the murder of Dr Tiller that hasn't been said and responded to at all levels of rhetoric, on both sides. To ...
-
Joe’s running. It’s not his age that’s of concern; it’s concern about his age, the perfect distraction from what’s important. President Bi...
-
It’s widely accepted -- common knowledge, really -- that Trump has been chosen by God to save America. I’m not personally privy to the Patri...
-
Well, well. Satan is coming to a street near me. Or, at least, a nationally televised discussion about his existence will be taped at a nea...
First thing I thought of after reading those articles was this:
ReplyDeletehttp://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/stimulus-even-republicans-can-support-2/
It sounds like a Romney style stimulus is in the works...a Romulus? a Stimuney?
Seems like we're all Keynesians now.
Regards,
PT
Hadn't seen that, but, yeah, I'd been wondering when someone was gonna point out the military-spending-as-stimulus hypocrisy of the Rs.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I liked this quote of his.
P.S: I should have complemented you on your "Romulus" cleverness. Worthy of this blog. Of course, if you know your Roman legends, it's another way of saying Romney sucks.
ReplyDeleteComplimented. Not complemented.
ReplyDelete