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Great history lesson from an upstate NY editor that gets it!

First post in a while, hope I got it right.

Wilum

1 posted on 02/02/2009 5:36:40 AM PST by Wilum

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2 posted on 02/02/2009 5:39:46 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama dozed.....people froze.)

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The dems will replace Marie Antoinette’s famous phrase
will a modern one- Mrs. Blago-F-—’em!

4 posted on 02/02/2009 5:45:19 AM PST by Dr. Ursus

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“Lobbying and palace intrigue became the primary means to special favors”

I’ve often thought that Washington had certain similarities to the Old Regime.

6 posted on 02/02/2009 5:54:56 AM PST by popdonnelly (The problem with Obama is that he believes his own hype.)

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Instead of the next FDR, I fear that Oh Bummer is “a Chamberlain for our times.”

Perhaps more like “a chamberpot for our times.”

9 posted on 02/02/2009 6:20:55 AM PST by Rembrandt

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re: Great history lesson from an upstate NY editor that gets it!

I agree. Just curious. Does this NY editor typically “get it”?

15 posted on 02/02/2009 7:32:12 AM PST by Nevadan

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This is a great analysis.

It seems as if socialism is simply a rebrand of mercantilism.

18 posted on 02/02/2009 9:29:48 AM PST by dbz77

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bttt

19 posted on 02/02/2009 1:25:24 PM PST by BipolarBob (Even the earth is bipolar.)

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