http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/elitism/ en-us Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:46:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279131/posts Elites often propose health care solutions that limit options for the general public, secure in the knowledge that if they or their loves ones get sick, they will be able to afford the best care available, even if it's not provided by insurance. Devinsky asked the president pointedly if he would be willing to promise that he wouldn't seek such extraordinary help for his wife or daughters if they became sick and the public plan he's proposing limited the tests or treatment they can get. The president refused to make such a pledge, though he allowed that if "it's my... Vanity comments on this ABC article http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279131/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:46:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254117/posts Reuters Via Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254117/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 19:29:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253099/posts Jon Meacham admits it is hard to explain, even to his own people, why chopping Newsweek's circulation in half is a good thing. 'It's hugely counterintuitive,' the magazine's editor says. 'The staff doesn't understand it.' That step -- along with a redesigned, revamped publication that hits newsstands today -- may well determine whether the 76-year-old newsmagazine survives. Newsweek will concentrate on two things -- reporting and argument -- while kissing off any recap of the week's developments. Time has been gravitating in that direction as well. But Newsweek, owned by The Washington Post Co., is accelerating the process because it... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253099/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 10:47:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230589/posts Praise G_d!!! Today we have one of the first of many signs to come that the liberal media will soon be dead. CNN, except for their i-report section had no mention of yesterday's tea parties. Amazingly on their main web page they failed to even mention the word tea. This is not speculation!! It is my informed opinion that the American media is irreversibly polarizing ala European Latin American media. The reason this is so important is, soon the last vestiges of a monolithic media in the US will be forever gone. It is wonderful news. I can't explain everything... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230589/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:23:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2227256/posts The urgency I’ve felt about the possible closure of the Boston Globe was put into stark contrast yesterday morning. As I walked home after accompanying my daughter to her elementary school, I was joined by another parent who had just completed the same duty. As we strolled up the street, I mentioned the story that I’ve been obsessing over the last few days. Cadbury, put the Boston Globe next to the champagne and cavier. And send a check to some orphans. Cadbury put the Boston Globe next to the champagne. And send a check to some orphans. It was news... High Talk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2227256/posts#comment Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:59:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2225352/posts New viral video star and Harvard Grad student Joel Pollak joins EC to talk about how the video of Joel asking Frank a simple, direct question and Barney Frank's hysterical and intimidating response has become an instant symbol of the government's heavy-handed elitism, and what light his prior experience writing speeches for the opposition party in South Africa sheds on this conflict. Get the LAST WORD on the day's news and events direct from EC every night. The hottest grass-roots radio show in America delivers the last word on politics and news straight from the streets of New York City... Evil Conservative Radio on BlogTalkRadio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2225352/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2009 03:19:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196176/posts This is the Democratic Party's moment, its power now greater than any time since the mid-1960s. But do not expect smooth sailing. The party is a fractious group divided by competing interests, factions and constituencies that could explode into a civil war, especially when it comes to energy and the environment. Broadly speaking, there is a long-standing conflict inside the Democratic Party between gentry liberals and populists. This division is not the same as in the 1960s, when the major conflicts revolved around culture and race as well as on foreign policy. Today the emerging fault-lines follow mostly regional, geographical... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196176/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:07:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195190/posts The problem I have with Barack is not his intelligence. It's not even his naiveness about the way the business world works versus the Harvard Law School world or Illinois.. Those differences are just about perspective and someone can give him that over time if he doesn't figure it out. The real problem I have with Barack is his arrogance and a sort of smugness that comes across as an intellectuall elitism about almost every issue from global warming to polar bear stem cell research. The mannerism that irritates me the most I that when I hear him speak I... The Uncommon Sense Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195190/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:45:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187424/posts The Alexandra Pelosi (daughter of Nancy) documentary, "Right America: Feeling Wronged," premeried on HBO last night. One word perfectly describes it: "tedious." Over and over and over again, Pelosi tries to hammer home the point that conservatives are angry because they just don't know what is best for them. And what is best is Obama...at least in Pelosi's opinion. Overall, her documentary offers very little insight except for the fact that Pelosi thinks socialism is misunderstood by the "unenlightened" yahoos. However, a Salon.Com interview with her about the documentary reveals quite a lot of insight into the incredible elitism of... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187424/posts#comment Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:41:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2184127/posts 02.10.09MARINE VETERAN KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL FOR POSSESSING FIREARMS WOU STUDENT TRIED, CONVICTED AND SENTENCED.The WOU student who was falsely arrested and charged with possession of a firearm in a public building, had all his criminal charges dropped by the Polk County DA tonight.The DA admitted no wrongdoing on his part, or on the part of the police who arrested Jeff Maxwell for a "crime" that does not exist.In a statement released to OFF's attorney, the DA said "I believe the Monmouth Police Department issued the citation in good faith and that there was an arguable violation. However, a careful... Oregon Firearms Federation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2184127/posts#comment Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:50:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2183348/posts And let me say this to aaaall of the chattering class that focuses on those little, tiny—yes, porky—amendments. The American peope really don’t care.That, my friends, is the sound of elitism. That is the sound of the drunkenness of government power. That is the sound of the detestable smarmy Chucky Schmucky Schumer of NY telling us what he thinks of the American people. In 10 seconds, Chuck Schumer illustrated what your government thinks of you. You are either the “chattering class,” merely a bunch of insignificant rabble-rousers. You are simply nuisances, like flies annoyingly buzzing around his nose. Or you’re... Vocal Minority http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2183348/posts#comment Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:21:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171164/posts It seems like a classic “do as I say, not as I do” scenario. Last August, when Republican presidential nominee John McCain couldn’t answer a reporter when asked how many houses he owned (“I’m not sure, I’ll have to check with my staff” was McCain’s response), candidate Obama and his fellow Democrats were quick to seize the moment. Portraying McCain‘s foible as evidence that his lifestyle was “out of touch“ with “everyday Americans,” Obama said before an audience in Virginia: “….Now think about that….There’s just a fundamental gap of understanding between John McCain’s world, and what people are going through... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171164/posts#comment Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:45:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159156/posts ...I fear that one element in Obama's well-intentioned infrastructure plan—his goal of providing all Americans with broadband Internet access—might one day be seen as inadvertently laying the foundations for a return to fascism, the political catastrophe of the 1930's.... The 1930s fascists were expert at using all the most technologically sophisticated communications technologies—the cinema, radio, newspapers, advertising—to spew their destructive, hate-filled message. What they excelled at was removing the the traditional middlemen like religion, media, and politics, and using these modern technologies of mass communications to speak with reassuring familiarity to the disorientated masses. Imagine if today's radically unregulated Internet,... The Daily Beast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159156/posts#comment Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:46:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2146159/posts "The nation’s elite universities disdain honest intellectual inquiry, which is by its nature distrustful of authority, fiercely independent and often subversive. They organize learning around minutely specialized disciplines, narrow answers and rigid structures that are designed to produce certain answers." ~ Chris Hedges This is an excellent piece about the state of higher education in America, the elites who run it, and what it's producing. Hedges, a self-proclaimed atheist who holds a seminary degree from Harvard, brilliantly diagnoses the elitist attitude in higher education and its rotten fruit. . . Old Virginia Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2146159/posts#comment Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:41:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2143813/posts President-Elect Barack Obama’s two daughters will be attending the same Sidwell Friends School that former first daughter Chelsea Clinton did. The price tag: $29,000-a-head. Obama brushed aside the “elitist” implications. “Am I saying that the DC public schools are unfit?” Obama asked. “You’re damned right I am. I’m not going to sacrifice the education of my children just because some might think it looks bad politically. Not when I can afford to do otherwise.” This decision has been described as “highly personal” and is not expected to influence the administration’s position on controversial issues like school vouchers or school choice.... Semi-News/Semi-Satire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2143813/posts#comment Sat, 6 Dec 2008 01:43:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135110/posts "The View" co-host Joy Behar is well on her way to unhinged, if not already there. Earlier today, NB's Justin McCarthy noted that Behar, in mentioning GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, said that "we all know that the woman is an airhead." Michelle Malkin noted this evening that Behar also took an uncalled-for cheap shot at those who are involved in an important and growing alternative not only to the public schools, but also to traditional brick-and-mortar classroom education (video is at link): Behar show(ed) .... her contempt for both homeschooled students and parents: “A lot of them are... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2135110/posts#comment Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:14:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133458/posts To listen to some Republicans, not to mention, the braying of media outlets such as MSNBC, and even, here and there, a few economic libertarians, you would think that traditional conservatives, the defenders of the unborn and the integrity of marriage as a venerable and ancient institution, were responsible for two wars gone sour, over-spending at a level to embarrass Lyndon Johnson, the largest expansion of entitlement spending since the Great Society, numerous cases of GOP corruption and betrayal of the public trust centering around earmarks and political favors and the miserable results in the presidential and congressional elections just... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133458/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:43:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129806/posts Among the many wonders to be expected from an Obama administration, if Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times is to be believed, is ending "the anti-intellectualism that has long been a strain in American life." He cited Adlai Stevenson, the suave and debonair governor of Illinois, who twice ran for president against Eisenhower in the 1950s, as an example of an intellectual in politics. Intellectuals, according to Mr. Kristof, are people who are "interested in ideas and comfortable with complexity," people who "read the classics." It is hard to know whether to laugh or cry. Adlai Stevenson was... Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129806/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:47:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124078/posts During a roundtable discussion on Monday’s Newsroom program with conservative talk show host Martha Zoller and her left-wing colleague Mike Malloy, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez strangely differentiated between "intellectual" conservatives who are "not so crazy" about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and social conservatives who "love" her. Sanchez then described Zoller as a "mix" of the two. Later in the segment, Malloy opined that Sarah Palin "brought out the crazy people. That's what the Republican base is. The Republican base are people who don't want the queers to get married. They don't want a woman to have a right... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124078/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 23:34:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122868/posts On Saturday's Religion page in The Washington Post, they highlighted the latest hot item from their On Faith website, which really should be called On Doubt, since it so heavily promotes atheism and liberalism. This time, it was New Age guru Deepak Chopra, denouncing the allegedly ridiculous idea that God should play a role in the voting booth: There never will be, and never should be, a religious reason to pick one candidate over another. God hasn't personally voted in an American election, but he keeps voting by proxy. In an ideal world that would never happen. Supernatural beings aren't... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122868/posts#comment Sun, 2 Nov 2008 23:05:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120588/posts George F. Will, Ken Adelman, Frank Fukuyama, David Brooks -- these are just a few names on the list of eminent experts who have declared that Sarah Palin is what's wrong with the Republican Party. Even if we were to add all their prestigious names to the list, however, it wouldn't be nearly as long as the line of people who stood in the cold wind of Pennsylvania to see Palin this week. The line outside the Heiges Field House at Shippensburg University was already growing long by noon, more than two hours before the doors opened for a Tuesday... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120588/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:41:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118154/posts OBAMA SAID… “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times… and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.” - Barack Hussein Obama , May, 17 2008. "Obama said… Obama said… Let’s talk about arrogance. Let’s talk about elitism. Let’s talk about Socialism. Let’s talk about Barack Hussein Obama." About one week until the general election for the President of the United States. I'd like to revisit the above quote by Obama. There has been... fracturedrepublic.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118154/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:39:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115828/posts We at American Thinker have covered the first shots in the conflict between traditional conservatives and what many are referring to as conservative "elites." Just this week, we've featured several excellent articles on our front page including "Betting Against the Elites on Sarah Palin by J. Robert Smith and "Noonan's Slipped a Peg" by Jan LaRue. We will continue to follow this ideological struggle closely because we believe it to be the most important story of this young century. Who is a conservative? Who gets to decide that question? Has conservatism "failed?" These and other questions will no doubt roil... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115828/posts#comment Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:00:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114300/posts Financial Times reporter Edward Luce has found another sign of trouble for the McCain campaign: he's turning up the noses of the "cocktail party circuit" inside Washington, D.C., which is "swelling with disaffected Republicans." I kid you not. From Luce's page 4 October 24 article, "McCain's troubles highlight party rift": The more trouble John McCain's campaign encounters, the more it highlights the cultural divide between the "real America" the Republican candidate says he represents and the Washington "cocktail party circuit" that largely disdains it. That circuit is swelling with disaffected Republicans. Some complain about Mr McCain's selection of Sarah Palin,... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114300/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:01:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113445/posts When Politico revealed the Republican National Committee spent $150,000 outfitting Sarah Palin and her family after she was picked as John McCain's running mate, one would assume it would be worthy of a brief, snarky story buried on the New York Times's "Caucus" page, filled mostly with anonymous Republicans griping about campaign spending priorities. But Patrick Healy and Michael Luo's "$150,000 Wardrobe for Palin May Alter Tailor-Made Image" made the front page Thursday morning. (The other major papers had more self-control.) The Times played up what they saw as the hypocritical disconnect between Palin's "Joe-six-pack" appeal and the posh wardrobe... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113445/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:20:08 GMT