Posted on 07/26/2011 8:14:19 AM PDT by markomalley
“South Africa has NOT evolved into a peaceful, multi-racial capitalist country as a result of the end of apartheid.”
No one saw that coming /sarc
I’ve only seen Matthews on youtube, but whenever I do see him, or read anything that comes from his brain, I immediately think of Rush’s spot-on analysis - “liberalism is a mental disorder” - so true.
Orwell (Eric Blair) wrote that in the `30s and `40s socialists used the word `fascist’ to describe so many things they found objectionable that eventually it changed from a noun describing the enemy into a pejorative adjective, e.g. the neighbor’s fascist dog woke me with his barking this morning.
21st century socialists: apartheid, Nazis, fascists, Same thing.
They have become just swear words for them. They don’t shock anymore.
Chrissy didn't say that... Howard Fineman did. And, on that point... I agree.
Chrissy didn't say that... Howard Fineman did. And, on that point... I agree.
CHris AMtthews, and his entire family, his entire hometown, his entire home region, and the entire working class (mostly white) population in his home region all suffer from Stockholm syndrome, and even at these last moments of the hostage takers control of the coin flip between Matthews life or death, Matthews still clings to the hostage takers belief system in a hyper-rationalized escapist fantasy that will allow him to wear his chains gently when the final bullet of US Federal Default comes smashing through his psyche.
I say this with compassion, a quarter of my family are from the region and every single one of them suffer the same Stockholm syndrome. I don’t talk about politics or finances with them, afraid they’ll pull back in revulsion if made to hear the truth, so I stick to subjects that Matthews loves to take refuge in a safe little box, like baseball and the good old days, and the Kennedy clan mystique, and golf , boating , fishing etc.
It’s a sad sight to see a guy with true ambition a what was once pure potential just waste away on the small screen night after night.
Fineman said this, not Matthews. Matthews is too stupid to have an interesting insight like that.
I hope Fineman’s right, but I’m not sure the GOP is that smart.
But I think the Beast may have finally starved itself. The GOP just needs to hold the line.
I'm not one to jump on the paranoia train, but this is the third or fourth time (in the past day) I have read or heard that our "system" is incapable of handling this. This is a talking point, and it's freaking terrifying.
We have people who claim to be responsible adults and arbiters of national discourse stating that the American institutions of governance are now out of their league, on a matter as simple as spending money.
For 200+ years, this beautifully crafted system of government solved and/or survived problems of such greater magnitude, that statements of its inefficacy can only be mocked or feared. Because if this "system" is incapable of dealing with this, that means someone is going to start advocating for another one, know what I mean?
I know - I was just a lttle over-caffienated this morning........
What I think is going on here is a kind of halting to the slow motion occupation of the those who broke the national covenant (The Constitution) with a social(ist) compact. By slowly retreating form the vision of the framers, liberty was clandestinely replaced by the mirage of security. The secession is really a revolt against the usurping of the law that was to be second only to God's.
Kipling understood ... Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew ...
...I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all, By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
- Rudyard Kipling from Gods of the copybook headings
“The Race Card is now a punchline.”
When it’s all you have, what the hell..... Now, with chrissy, it’s nothing but pandering to his pimp.
LOL Better drink that caffeine while you can, they’ll be TAXING it soon!
Yes, and Rhodesia was in the same much better situation before the anti-apartheid thugs forced it to become Zimbabwe. Does Chrissie know any history at all?
Yes, and Rhodesia was in the same much better situation before the anti-apartheid thugs forced it to become Zimbabwe. Does Chrissie know any history at all?
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