[the invisib1e hand]

not being contrary, but I will say that governments and corporations are only as beneficial as the people who run them.

[underground]

So true that it works in buying votes, so sad at the same time. Its the government subsidies and scandalous deals with student loan companies that create tuition inflation. Its the taxes on corporations that drain pension accounts.

The ivy-league is boosting its credibility with the welfare class by offering free rides to a few exceptionally hard-working and gifted students in low-incomes, but really regardless of income its the family that prepares those students to succeed.

[Greg F]

It’s not hard to see why Republicans have lost the Congress, the Senate, and are well on their way to losing the Presidency, when “populism” is a dirty word. The voters are “the regular joes.” And the same guy that will movement conservative that will rail against the “party elites that stuck us with John McCain” has been so spun by those elites that he then turns and condemns populism . . .

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Show me their charitable contributions. Show me one person they have intervened to assist during a financial catastrophe.

[Tolik]

    Victor Davis Hanson Ping ! 

       Let me know if you want in or out.

Links:    FR Index of his articles:  http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=victordavishanson
                His website: http://victorhanson.com/
                NRO archive: http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson-archive.asp
                Pajamasmedia:   http://victordavishanson.pajamasmedia.com/

Also discussed in these posts: here and here

[wizr]

GREAT article! Thanks.

Can anyone explain why most “po’ folks” go into tantrums over educated blacks like Alan Keyes, yet accept the vapid wordsmithing of a black lawyer (Obama) as gospel.

We are all brothers and sisters here. Some people just don’t seem to see that the deliberate lies bred by the Democrats do not hold water.

White people are voting for a black candidate. Men are voting for a female candidate. Republicans are voting for a RINO.

What we need is a real patriot and statesman, not someone looking for more power.

[maica]

An excellent article, which as a result of the subpar reading skills of many, will never be understood by them.

[Thoro]

To the extent that we have any social and legal problems from unchecked illegal immigration, it has nothing to do with the cynicism and corruption of the Mexican government that deliberately exports, exploits and profits off its own people. The problem is not the fondness for low-paid, off-the-books illegal labor among the upper-middle classes, nor the disdain for the law of illegal immigrants themselves, who crowd to the front of the immigration line. Instead, America’s xenophobia, blame-casting and insensitive government have made it needlessly rough on 11 million arrivals who otherwise did us a favor by coming.

Yeowzer, talk about nailing it. Short, concise, and completely on point eloquence in satire. I really wish a *leader* would step forward and put forth the same sentiment and put the blame where it really belongs.