miles120's Comments (92)

“"When you have been smiled at by Bill Buckley... You have been well and truly smiled at."

Has there ever been a more ridiculous sentence composed in the English language?”

“Delightful. You can snigger like little girls at the neanderthals.”

“Oh wouldn't that be great? Mencken and Twain would be having a blast with Palin.”

“One thing is certain - the big/small dichotomy does stymie much of the dialogue. I you talked to a lot of the people on the "inside" I think you'd hear the same refrain - it's difficult under the present structure to make many changes. Until that structure is changed, the natural tendency is to frame everything in a big/small context. Frankly, just taking the existing programs and trying to frame them in an efficient/­dysfunctio­nal or efficient/­nonefficie­nt context would be more helpful.

Alas, we were at one time talking about the lack of civility in the dialogue on Facebook and Twitter. We've just proven that at least in this case, I'm wrong!”

“What do you consider corporate media?”

“Amen to that!”

“Agreed.”

“sure is

look who has #1 book on Amazon and Borders and it is not even out!

Pitiful- just pitiful!”

“Name calling? didn't know calling someone "selfish" was name calling! I thought it was more of an "observation" or "objective­"(descript­ive word) which clearly hit a nerve.”

“By the way I was not comparing the systems, only your logic”

“What you did was "justify the ends to make the means" without thought of anyone else in this world who "capitalism" exploit! It's called being "selfish"”

“There's nothing wrong with being a capitalist? That's like saying "there's nothing wrong with 'communism". The basic principle of "Capitalism" is to make money above all else. The system worked AND failed, not due to just policy but also "theory". Is 'money' the most important thing is life? NO , Does 'capitalism' in theory take that into account ? NO. We need a total rethink on what life is about and what success REALLY is”

“Yes, if you had roads and highways but no traffic laws would it be safe.”

“well said. fanned.”

“The truth Americans have yet to comprehend, much less embrace, is that true capitalism can not flourish without some socialistic elements. Someone has to have the discretionary income to buy all those things the capitalists have for sale. The true "failure" of Republican ideology is that the country can prosper with all the wealth in the pockets of 1% of the population. Stupid.”

“In this day and age those would be considered leftist ideals.”

“The principle of perfect competition. It worked at one point, it is now a distant memory. I was glad to hear President Obama today, in Pittsbirgh, mention how very important small businesses are to an economy.

It is like a textlile..­...if it is made of many threads, tighly woven, it is more likely to survive a tear and hadle a small repair. A textile with few, large, loose threads will unravel.”

“The problem with the republicans is that they ran all of the real conservatives out of their party in favor of ideologues.”

“Thank you for reminding us of that very important fact. It is so often forgotten.”

“Well said Miles. PATRIOT Act seems to have been quickly forgotten by the right.”

“or that you wont have to cut off your nose to spite your face if the job market is sh*t and that is the look your employer wants.”

“1 The address itself is irrelevant. After the uproar only a fool would say anything controversial. The issue that parents objected to is the Ed. Dept.'s study guide and lesson plan which implied that there would be something for students to "help" with - something that these parents would likely find objectionable.

2 re-read 2 above. Just because socialism has degenerated into social-democracy doesn't dilute its attack on freedom. Moreover, capitalism, like democracy, is merely a tool useful for the preservation of freedom. When and to the extent that it fails in this, it is just as expendable in whole or part. More specifically, rent seekers are expendable, whether capitalists or socialists.

3 the notion that a free people need be bound to a nation flies in the face of our nation's founding. The notion that social-democracy can require that unwilling Americans continue to fund their utopian asperations is, in itself, unAmerican and, one way or another, will not stand. I'm sure that I needn't remind you of our founding fathers views on the subject. "When in the course of human events ..."”

“1 “calling” pre-K through elementary school children “to action” to “help” an activist president smacks of propagandizing and attempted indoctrination of innocents who take what their teachers say at face value. Recognition of this transparent fact by parents forced withdrawal of the “study guide” and “lesson plan”, probably leaving us with the benign address it should have been from the beginning.

2 you may not like the term “socialist”, but it bluntly illustrates the Euro-socia­l-democrat­ic direction Obama and Democrats are taking America, a direction the left lacks the guts to admit. The only difference between socialists and social-democrats is that the latter realize that a century of failure has demonstrated that socialism can only survive as a leech on capitalism in the form of social democracy. This fact strikes unquenchable fear deep in the souls of social democrats, forcing them into a need/hate relationship with their meal tickets - one they cannot afford to risk giving up.

3 precisely because socialism cannot survive on its own, its proponents will resist separation of America into two separate countries. This refusal to grant freedom to those who demand it will precipitate any civil war that may arise. While those of us who value freedom are more than willing to grant our socialists the freedom to live under their chosen ideology, social-democrats cannot allow us the same freedom.”