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From: Kommienezuspadt on 19 Oct 2009 19:38 "The moderator" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote in message news:4adc7da6$0$23760$bbae4d71(a)news.suddenlink.net... > > "Howard Brazee" <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote in message > news:aromd51mbn0g89ccbk958pf45guf77mtrg(a)4ax.com... >> On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:06:31 -0400, "Frank Ketchum" >> <nospam(a)thanksanyway.com> wrote: >> >>>Why does this matter so much? Republicans have no power to stop any of >>>this >>>legislation in the house, senate, or white house. Why does the left care >>>so >>>much about what Republicans are doing when they don't need a single >>>Republican vote to implement their policies? >> >> In politics, perception is very important. > > That is how we ended up with Obama. > yes -- the voters were very perceptive -- they took one look at Bailin' Palin and knew there was NO WAY.
From: assimilate on 19 Oct 2009 23:32 On 19-Oct-2009, "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> wrote: > When you have lobbyists and special interest > legislation there will be no free market. Libertarian > ideas are just that, ideas. Not pragmatic. Perfection > that gets in the way of the doable. Escapism, imo. > They do need to be heard,though, but not treated as > a realistic possibility, imo. Like any ideals, they are goals to strive for. But you are right, man will never have totally free markets. -- bill-o
From: gray asphalt on 20 Oct 2009 19:19 <assimilate(a)borg.org> wrote in message news:4add2f38$0$32471$882e0bbb(a)news.ThunderNews.com... > > On 19-Oct-2009, "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> When you have lobbyists and special interest >> legislation there will be no free market. Libertarian >> ideas are just that, ideas. Not pragmatic. Perfection >> that gets in the way of the doable. Escapism, imo. >> They do need to be heard,though, but not treated as >> a realistic possibility, imo. > > Like any ideals, they are goals to strive for. But you are right, man will > never have totally free markets. > > -- > bill-o The markets are getting less free, no?
From: Jack Hollis on 20 Oct 2009 20:18 On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:55:42 -0700 (PDT), Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2002(a)att.net> wrote: >Good points, at least IMHO. One of the benefits of democracy is that >you can get rid of govts if they get too corrupt. Not perfect, but >better than any alternative. Or, as Al Smith said, "The cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy."
From: Jack Hollis on 20 Oct 2009 20:30
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:28:07 GMT, john <john(a)somewhere.net> wrote: >If you want to know where to start, try this: think about it. How to >get an honest legislature and executive elected? Step 1, ban all political contributions from any source. |