Comments on: The Far Left On the Cusp of Total Success http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-is-on-the-cusp-of-total-success/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:54:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: usafirst http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-is-on-the-cusp-of-total-success/comment-page-3/#comment-337231 usafirst Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:10:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=61081#comment-337231 What is it with you bible thumpers? You are no more an American than a Jew, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Atheist, agnostic, etc. We are NOT a "Christian" country. We are secular. The Constitution grants us freedom of religion, clearly stating that no particular religion is to be sanctioned by the state. It is the only way to guaranty that everyone has the right to worship or not as they choose. So there you go, a SECULAR country. You have the right to read your bible, I have the right not to have it shoved down my throat. This is just as much MY country as it is YOURS. Deal with it. What is it with you bible thumpers? You are no more an American than a Jew, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Atheist, agnostic, etc.
We are NOT a “Christian” country. We are secular. The Constitution grants us freedom of religion, clearly stating that no particular religion is to be sanctioned by the state. It is the only way to guaranty that everyone has the right to worship or not as they choose. So there you go, a SECULAR country.
You have the right to read your bible, I have the right not to have it shoved down my throat. This is just as much MY country as it is YOURS.
Deal with it.

]]> By: Robert O. Lopez http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-is-on-the-cusp-of-total-success/comment-page-3/#comment-337139 Robert O. Lopez Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:44:15 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=61081#comment-337139 Good article. You're right to focus immediately on the academy. As a professor and Army reservist, I am pursuing a dual career in the academy and military. One tragedy is that scholarship and military service parted ways in Western life, beginning in the Romantic Era (William Blake had a crazy idea that art could not go hand in hand with soldiering), but accelerating in the US after the 1960s. The problem is that universities did a lot of expansion and hiring in the 1960s and 1970s, right around the time that many pacifists stayed in grad programs to avoid going to Vietnam... The original sin was that 1960s generation, which took control of academic departments all over the country, then got tenure and controlled who else could get into the professoriate. They picked other liberals, of course. But I do not share the dreary pessimism in all this. As a young professor, yet an older Army recruit, I can tell you, both the military and the academy are evolving. The schism of the 1960s is, I think, abating somewhat, especially because many young academics today are not as rabidly leftist while lots of Soldiers are more moderate in their views. Give it time, there will be a common ground. When there is common ground, conservative values tend to win. That's because conservative values are common sense values, if they are truly conservative. Best wishes to all! Good article. You’re right to focus immediately on the academy. As a professor and Army reservist, I am pursuing a dual career in the academy and military. One tragedy is that scholarship and military service parted ways in Western life, beginning in the Romantic Era (William Blake had a crazy idea that art could not go hand in hand with soldiering), but accelerating in the US after the 1960s. The problem is that universities did a lot of expansion and hiring in the 1960s and 1970s, right around the time that many pacifists stayed in grad programs to avoid going to Vietnam… The original sin was that 1960s generation, which took control of academic departments all over the country, then got tenure and controlled who else could get into the professoriate. They picked other liberals, of course.

But I do not share the dreary pessimism in all this. As a young professor, yet an older Army recruit, I can tell you, both the military and the academy are evolving. The schism of the 1960s is, I think, abating somewhat, especially because many young academics today are not as rabidly leftist while lots of Soldiers are more moderate in their views.

Give it time, there will be a common ground. When there is common ground, conservative values tend to win. That’s because conservative values are common sense values, if they are truly conservative. Best wishes to all!

]]> By: Marc Malone http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-is-on-the-cusp-of-total-success/comment-page-3/#comment-334836 Marc Malone Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:23:52 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=61081#comment-334836 #98 Richard - Great point. #98 Richard – Great point.

]]> By: Banned by Huffpo http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-is-on-the-cusp-of-total-success/comment-page-3/#comment-334763 Banned by Huffpo Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:26:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=61081#comment-334763 #38 Moogie: The Cloward-Piven Strategy The sad part is, it worked! Up to a point, anyway. Thanks for the links. . . . #38 Moogie:

The Cloward-Piven Strategy

The sad part is, it worked! Up to a point, anyway.

Thanks for the links. . . .

]]> By: sheesh http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-is-on-the-cusp-of-total-success/comment-page-2/#comment-334129 sheesh Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:41:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=61081#comment-334129 91. Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons . . . "Sheesh are you a girl?" No, but i know a lot of lesbians. Is that why you were asking? 91. Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons . . . “Sheesh are you a girl?”

No, but i know a lot of lesbians. Is that why you were asking?

]]> By: vivo http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-is-on-the-cusp-of-total-success/comment-page-2/#comment-334064 vivo Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:49:37 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=61081#comment-334064 75. Conservative Mom: "6 Vivo is the classic example of our socially educated youth who will one day learn all he needs to about “limiting constraints”." ? ? ? ? ? 75. Conservative Mom:

“6 Vivo is the classic example of our socially educated youth who will one day learn all he needs to about “limiting constraints”.”

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]]> By: Richard http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-is-on-the-cusp-of-total-success/comment-page-2/#comment-333164 Richard Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:49:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=61081#comment-333164 Well, you got half of it. You missed the other half. The other half is what so-called "conservatives" and so-called "republicans" have done to help this gravy train of State Power hum along smoothly. People think that someone like Orrin Hatch is a defender of liberty as a "staunch conservative", but he's a Statist of the right just as much as Obama is a Statist of the left. Its funny how all the conservatives and republicans have suddenly discovered the virtues of liberty and freedom since Obama got put in charge. Where the hell were you over the past 60 years? Republicans and democrats alike have gotten us to where we are. Until the republicans/conservatives start owning up to their part in getting us into this mess, their cries of liberty and freedom will ring hollow. Well, you got half of it.

You missed the other half.

The other half is what so-called “conservatives” and so-called “republicans” have done to help this gravy train of State Power hum along smoothly. People think that someone like Orrin Hatch is a defender of liberty as a “staunch conservative”, but he’s a Statist of the right just as much as Obama is a Statist of the left.

Its funny how all the conservatives and republicans have suddenly discovered the virtues of liberty and freedom since Obama got put in charge. Where the hell were you over the past 60 years? Republicans and democrats alike have gotten us to where we are. Until the republicans/conservatives start owning up to their part in getting us into this mess, their cries of liberty and freedom will ring hollow.

]]> By: Marc Malone http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-is-on-the-cusp-of-total-success/comment-page-2/#comment-333162 Marc Malone Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:45:43 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=61081#comment-333162 #95 Pat J - Usual Dem trope: I'd prefer less abortions, but I respect a woman's right to make that choice. My response: I'd prefer less murders, but I respect a person's right to make that choice. Ask anyone if they wish they'd been aborted. Unless they are depressed, the answer is no. Abortion for others is okay, though. It's the ultimate hypocrisy. "I got mine: to hell with you!", but applied to the very basic of sheer existence. Incredible. Indefensible. #95 Pat J – Usual Dem trope: I’d prefer less abortions, but I respect a woman’s right to make that choice.

My response: I’d prefer less murders, but I respect a person’s right to make that choice.

Ask anyone if they wish they’d been aborted. Unless they are depressed, the answer is no. Abortion for others is okay, though. It’s the ultimate hypocrisy. “I got mine: to hell with you!”, but applied to the very basic of sheer existence. Incredible. Indefensible.

]]> By: Ruebacca http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-is-on-the-cusp-of-total-success/comment-page-2/#comment-333022 Ruebacca Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:07:16 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=61081#comment-333022 To GA Knight We are a Banana Republic and will soon need the officer corp to preserve the consition. None of our other instuitions will. To GA Knight

We are a Banana Republic and will soon need the officer corp to preserve the consition. None of our other instuitions will.

]]> By: Pat J http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-left-is-on-the-cusp-of-total-success/comment-page-2/#comment-332954 Pat J Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:10:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=61081#comment-332954 Hey Joe. First of all I'm a he. My God doesn't have a name but he has a Son. I would prefer there not be any abortions. But I respect a woman's right to have that choice. You talk about 20,000,000 murdered fetuses. Well, how about the once that are actually born? Don't you think they deserve a world free from pollution, disease, hunger and war?. Yeah, the womb is a nice safe place, but I kind of wish more people would stick up for children from prenatal until the grave. So I guess that makes me a liberal. Why not. I had a good role model. His nme was Jesus. Hey Joe.

First of all I’m a he. My God doesn’t have a name but he has a Son. I would prefer there not be any abortions. But I respect a woman’s right to have that choice. You talk about 20,000,000 murdered fetuses. Well, how about the once that are actually born? Don’t you think they deserve a world free from pollution, disease, hunger and war?. Yeah, the womb is a nice safe place, but I kind of wish more people would stick up for children from prenatal until the grave. So I guess that makes me a liberal. Why not. I had a good role model. His nme was Jesus.

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