Author Topic: Really Good Short Essay by Geo Will (Read 473 times)

Hap · « **on:** February 12, 2007, 01:48:06 AM »

George Will's short essay is trenchant says I.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/02/the_limits_of_sunniness.html

Goergie Boy.

Regards,

hap

p.s. it is also very topical. I root for the best the Republicans can do. They seem generally more amenable to Will's conclusion and premises than Democrats.

I also root for the Democrats also . . . no man is an island like it or not.

Debonair · « **Reply #1 on:** February 12, 2007, 11:52:30 AM »

george will...id like to see hit take batting practice or just THROW THE BALL:rofl

Hap · « **Reply #2 on:** February 12, 2007, 12:19:42 PM »

lazs2 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 12, 2007, 02:29:47 PM »

the ones I am nostalgic for are Jefferson and Teddy Roosevelt.

lazs

storch · « **Reply #4 on:** February 12, 2007, 02:42:58 PM »

you mean the same teddy roosevelt who brought us income tax and legislation like the sherman anti trust act?

Charon · « **Reply #5 on:** February 12, 2007, 02:47:55 PM »

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the sherman anti trust act?

There's nothing wrong with that. Monopolies hurt captialism by using their market power to artificially limit competition.

Charon

Maverick · « **Reply #6 on:** February 12, 2007, 03:08:47 PM »

You mean like macroshaft??

Charon · « **Reply #7 on:** February 12, 2007, 03:22:02 PM »

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You mean like macroshaft??

From what I've read they would seem to apply. I give MS all sorts of credit for leaping beyond Apple and IBM in the beginning. That changes once they start using their monopoly position to maintain their dominance.

It was even clearer with Standard Oil.

Charon

storch · « **Reply #8 on:** February 12, 2007, 03:40:24 PM »

except if consider this administration to be the first to take a jack-booted tromp on our civil liberties.

lazs2 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 13, 2007, 09:01:59 AM »

How did TR bring us income tax? Are you thinking about FDR?

lazs

storch · « **Reply #10 on:** February 13, 2007, 09:43:47 AM »

the 16th amendment to the constitution is a by product of all the social engineering done by the ultra liberal TR administration. FDR may have been a democrat but he was baby latched onto a tit compared to the wildly liberal TR.

http://www.wealth4freedom.com/16thHistory.htm

is a pretty neat read and goes a long way to explaining the social machinations behind the national mood which caused our citizen's to vote confiscatory taxation into existence.

I'm not opposed to taxes and I gladly pay my share each and every year but the history behind this law is interesting to me.

midnight Target · « **Reply #11 on:** February 13, 2007, 09:44:04 AM »

TR was a proponent of the 16th amendment. It didn't pass until after he left office, but he helped it along.

Halo · « **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2007, 10:14:51 AM »

The credit goes to John Diggins' book quoted throughout the piece.

Yeager · « **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2007, 12:21:15 PM »

Who are the leading conservatives of today, those that are active in politics?

Debonair · « **Reply #14 on:** February 13, 2007, 12:35:57 PM »

boosh

Author Topic: Really Good Short Essay by Geo Will (Read 473 times)

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