tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8830206413520822360..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-46339169894922273882014-02-18T12:14:41.077-05:002014-02-18T12:14:41.077-05:00"Also, of course, the entire Republican Party..."Also, of course, the entire Republican Party definition of the country is that we are *not* all part of a single family."<br /><br />Ha, true. And that's before you get to the deeply ingrained racism and xenophobia that prevent that sort of inclusiveness.<br /><br />However, I do think they would like to be the country's husband/daddy. The abusive kind who maintains total mental, physical and economic control over the rest of the family. Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17390791792685104671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-60299470486428024752014-02-18T11:49:07.838-05:002014-02-18T11:49:07.838-05:00The shorter version of David Brooks.
The rich go...The shorter version of David Brooks. <br /><br />The rich got their money the old-fashioned way: they earned it. <br /><br />The poor are poor because they are foolish slackers.<br /><br />Who do you think is paying him to disseminate this message in the nation's major media?Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-31684320924375533672014-02-18T10:49:53.344-05:002014-02-18T10:49:53.344-05:00Good point, Julia.
Also, of course, the entire Re...Good point, Julia.<br /><br />Also, of course, the entire Republican Party definition of the country is that we are *not* all part of a single family. We are a concatenation of randian individualists--on the libertarian fringe of the Republican party no person owes any duty to any other and on the racist/tribalist fringe no person who doesn't share an ethnic identity/racial classification with another person shares any duty to any other person.<br /><br />This kind of "we are all family" talk, which is frequently used by the President, is *explicitly* rejected as immoral, communistic, and destructive by the right wing.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-23914128509905630172014-02-18T10:42:03.784-05:002014-02-18T10:42:03.784-05:00In common with many idiots who cite this parable, ...In common with many idiots who cite this parable, he leaves out the part where the son spends time as a swineherd (which would have been lower than low for a nice Jewish boy) before he finally returns home.<br /><br />Acknowledging the younger son's suffering would interfere with his ability to get his scold on because he can't claim the poor haven't suffered and he has just enough sense not to claim the rich have suffered. <br /><br /><br /><br />Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17390791792685104671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-53502153586600998142014-02-18T09:28:47.763-05:002014-02-18T09:28:47.763-05:00Welcome back, Steve!
I trust all is well. :-)
Po...Welcome back, Steve!<br />I trust all is well. :-)<br /><br />Poor, poor, Bobo - all of that pontificating, and no chance to be the Pope!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com