…for our little experiment in freedom, now so clearly moribund.
I feel like digging up Saul Alinsky and dumping his corpse on the doorstep of Mr Berg’s finely appointed townhouse.
So he can really see the rot for himself.
Of course, what would make it perfect would be to leave moldering carcass on a day when Mr Berg just happened to be having Mr Lakoff over for cocktail weenies and a little apparatchik table talk.
But now I’m just pushing the metaphor too far, I suspect.
(thanks to Comrade Carin; see also David Freddoso. More here.)
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update: Nannystate knows best.
Fortunately, this works out in my favor. My being a male gigolo and all…
Why do you fear control by a good man?
I suppose its good to see this viewpoint expressed openly and unabashedly if for no other reason than because its presents an excellent target for focused rebuttal. Still, its rather bracing and disturbing to read statements like these, written without apparent shame or expectation of being considered a fool:
“Given that even the wealthiest benefit greatly from this modern “public commons,” it is wrong to give them unilateral power to decide whether their taxpayer-subsidized donations should go to, say, well-heeled operas or lavish care of pets rather than to organizations that meet more pressing communal needs.”
Wow.
I’m rethinking that drive to the bank today, lest I cede every aspect of my once-free will to the Central State for having the temerity to use a road it may have paid for in part.
Don’t forget to sign up for Pajamas TV before tomorrow, when my contract ends and their advertising is gone.
Else you’ll miss out on such tv shows as Top Conservatives on Twitter, a show that reads Twitter so that you don’t have to! — and tells you just who IS a top conservative, so that you don’t have to make that choice for yourselves, either!
Two, two, two mints in one!
And, you know, all those government programs are so much more efficient. So there is that.
Well New Zealand will be a nice place to retire in 20 years. That is if I am allowed to leave at that point.
But does PJ teevee have retsyn? Because if not, I won’t bother.
I don’t know who Joel Berg is, but I bet he likes him a good ball gag, and black socks.
You can make whiskey in New Zealand if you want to. However, I think they are notso hotso on the gun thingy.
I denounce myself. Can I now leave the country?
This needs to stop. This whole Soros bullshit thing our weak-minded foolish fuck president is rubber-stamping. He’s Chicago street trash what knelt at the altar of marxist piece of shit Jeremiah Wright for 20+ years. He truly doesn’t know any better. But people that do know better need to speak the fuck up, and they don’t need to be polite about it.
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If I do not have some whiney pussy with his hand in my pocket while at the same time he is telling me I am evil and racist we can count that as a fair tradeoff.
Too bad in 20 years the dollar won’t be worth shit so I will retire there penniless.
Sorry, but New Zealand is farther gone than Canada.
Where is Saul planted? I’d like to go and piss on his grave.
We won’t be allowed to retire, because some idiot somewhere needs us to work to support his lazy ass.
Those community organizers…whaddaya gonna do with ’em?
Well then WTF. If New Zealand is out, I just looked it up they have a double taxation aggreement with the US, then were the hell is there left?
This is just their way of getting our adrenaline flowing. Shift, crank, pull.
Mr Pink, there is nowhere left to go, except to the Alaskan wilderness or something.
The moon maybe, Mr. Pink?
Because it isn’t charity if we take it from you at gunpoint. Now pay up, bitches. Or else.
The whole thing reeks of amateurism. Somebody who understands Gramsci needs to sit Obama down and tell him that this is not how you boil frogs.
“then were the hell is there left?”
At this rate Zimbabwe might have a lower inflation rate but if you’re a person of pallor that may not be an optimal place to live out your golden years.
Of course, that whole frog-boiling thing is just an urban legend. Best way to boil frogs is to kill, skin and gut them first.
is it okay to say i hate this fucking fuck emperor urkel and everything he is doing and attempting to do yet? out loud i mean.
also, PJTV. LULz. i’d rather watch a test pattern than any of their fluff. and i am mystified as to who they think their target demographic is? also, their ‘funny guy’: not funny. i guess after tomorrow the only person i will be reading at PJM is wretchard.
In America, the government is the most legitimate voice of the entire community.
There’s your money quote right there. Because when something becomes the “most legitimate” voice, drowning out other voices is a virtue, not a vice.
kurdistan bitches
i think they have a university
hey- look at me…i’m a scholar!
You keep using that phrase. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I know that most of the stuff about moving elsewhere is done in grim jest in lieu of screaming, I do, but still, it is goddamn depressing to hear it in a place populated with good people like you all. Why wouldn’t fighting words be more to be expected? Or more your natural reaction, so to speak? If anyone in the country knows what it is that is being lost and what it has meant and what it is worth, it’s you guys. Being pissed is appropriate, it is right. Really. Just look to happyfeet.
I do not care if my tax dollars go toward legitimate expenses but is there still a country out there that will not take money away from me and give it to the lazy in order to establish an permanent voting majority?
It is all good Jeff, Roger Simon sayz so.
This drooling cocksucker Berg can find nowhere in his preening screed to mention that his miserable foundation, which pays his excessive salary, gets over half its funds from… the point of a gun. From government, which takes money from us by force. I hope Berg trips on a nickel and falls into a wood chipper. I’d even give him a push.
Can someone answer me a question. Obama keeps denying he is a socialist but yet I do not see ANY difference. Uh can someone point out WTF he would be doing differently if he actually was a socialist?
“Uh can someone point out WTF he would be doing differently if he actually was a socialist?”
Make the trains run on time?
In America, the government is the most legitimate voice of the entire community.
I caught that too. I wonder if he felt that way when Bush was in power. Or the GOP had the majority in Congress.
Naw.
Cocksucker.
That word,”foundation”, is the one missing from the whole piece. Why? Could be that certain types of “charitable” activities and their contributions will end up as still being tax havens. Havens that nurture community organizers. Bet on it. This will not defund any Leftist activity.
geoffb, that is a good catch. I suspect you are entirely correct.
Geoffb, some animals being more equal than others…
I think back to Ric’s rules, the one about the government not controlling the market, only changing the nature of the currency. Why they want to return to the favor trading of medieval Europe, I can’t imagine. Perhaps it ties into the hairshirt mentaility somehow. I wonder what Michelle’s opinion is on selling her daughters to English royalty for a treaty.
“…total charitable contributions are likely to decline by only about 1.3 percent if the proposal is enacted…”
And that’s a net plus, how? Oh, right – instead of the people MAKING the contributions deciding where the money goes, the government gets to. Which I think is the whole socialist argument in a nutshell.
I’m good at stating the obvious, I know.
I’m not moving. The only place I’d consider moving to is Luxembourg, becaue it’s such a pocket-toy of a country, and they don’t allow “foreigners” to move in.
So, I guess I’m just not going to decide what to do with my money at all, ever. It’s better for me not to have to make those big decisions, anyway. Someone just pat me on the head and take my wallet, m’kay?
stare into the vacumn of his eyes
and say
do you want to make a deal?
i’m gone
bye
If Jeff G is a gigolo, will he do the gigolo dance like Richard Gere did in the movie? Or is he Just a Gigolo?
“I’m sure we can pull together.”
“Oh, I hope not. I really hope not. Pulling together is the instrument of oppression and tyranny. Free men pull in all sorts of directions.”
–From The Truth, by Sir Terry Pratchett
pull my finger
no..really
Winners and Losers
Social Distortion
Winners and losers, turn the pages of my life
We’re beggars and choosers, with all the struggles and the strife
I got no reason to turn my head and look the other way
We’re good and we’re evil, which one will I be today?
There’s saints and sinners
Life’s a gamble and you might lose
There’s cowards and heroes
Both have been known now to break the rules
There’s lovers and haters
The strong and the weak will all have their day
We’re devils and angels
Which one will I be today?
Chorus:
Are you happy now with all the choices you’ve made?
Are there times in life when you know you should’ve stayed?
Will you compromise and then realize the price is too much to pay?
Winners and losers, which one will you be today?
There’s a light and a dark side
Standing at the crossroads, there we’ll meet
There’s prophets and fools there
The lies and the truth, will be at our feet
I got a reason to turn my head and look the other way
Its heaven and hell here, which one will I live today?
Chorus:
Are you happy now with all the choices you’ve made?
Are there times in life when you know you should’ve stayed?
Did you compromise and then realize the price was too much to pay?
Winners and losers, which one will you be today?
Which one will you be today?
Which one will I be today?
The great part about this Brave New World is that you don’t have to choose for yourself anymore. Guys like Joel Berg and Barack Obama choose for you.
Because they believe they will always be the ones granting (and denying) the favors.
Liberal Fascism the blog has returned to action.
whats the best social d album?
i limewired born to lose but it was live and it sucked
so i kinda off em
but i hear [ha] they’re groovy
thanks
Indeed this is how freedom dies — by taking charitable deduction policy back to where it was during the reagan years. Eat your heart out Bob Jones!
nice talking point memo
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more
Because they believe they will always be the ones granting (and denying) the favors.
And if they knew the first thing about history, they’d know just how wrong they are.
I had no idea she would digest the talking points so quickly!!
…then were the hell is there left?
I am thinking China. Cheap cost of living and they are at least heading in the right direction.
kurdistan
social d
i will kinda not almost kinda be iggy pop ignored
#50
Progress isn’t measured in steps backward, maya. Even you should understand this. It would also help if you understood what the word ‘charity, meant.
Allow me to suggest something that involves tar, feathers, and a nice, splintery rail..
I mean really! I got an education, I’ve worked hard, paid my bills, bought a house I could afford, even saved a little money (or so I thought). As a reward for all that I will now get to support a bureaucrat and two welfare queens, while dining on dog food. Boy, do I feel like a sucker!
[BTW, I didn’t know there was such a thing as a female gigolo. Do they advertise in the yellow pages? :D
It’s now 5am April oneth and PJ-f’ing-TV is still here. And it’s still the stupidest format evah, unless you’re trying to reach the unwashed masses who can’t read and don’t care, some of whom may even have computers. I suppose those few might be tempted to take a break from watching porn and playing video games, but when they do will they watch some dorky old guy pontificate? I wish ’em luck, but they’ll need a lot of it..
Wyoming and west Texas still look pretty good (and the weather is not nearly so brutal as Alaska). Neither has a state income tax and IRS auditors consider them both hardship duty. Guns are celebrated, bureaucrats are frowned on, the air is clean, unemployment and the cost of living are low, the infrastructure is in good shape, and their telecommunications systems are good (Wyoming’s is among the best in the nation, although Verizon doesn’t appear to have discovered west Texas). Neither has much in the way of a welfare system to attract riffraff, so you don’t have squeegee men or street people crapping in the parking lot.
On the down side, the Californicators have discovered the mountains of Wyoming and were busy throwing up McMansions everywhere you looked until the the housing bubble burst — every cloud does have a silver lining — wherever they go they drive up the cost of everything and try to take over local government from the benighted hillbillies.
[I mean really! Raising cattle? The smell is just too, too much. And they drive pickup trucks with gun racks that have actual guns in them! Right in town!! They shouldn’t have guns because they just bother the wildlife, which are so cute and adorable — well, except for that mountain lion that came right into the back yard and ate Fifi. What is the matter with those people letting monsters like that run around? /inner californicator]
Health care is also a sometimes thing and it’s not unusual to make a 400-mile round trip to the dentist, a real downside to living in any remote area. On the up-side, Wyoming at least has air ambulances so they can whisk you to Denver or Salt Lake or Billings in an emergency. West Texas, I’m afraid, not so much. You’ll wear yourself out getting back and forth to a clinic if you have any sort of chronic health problem. The up-side, those small west Texas towns are close-knit communities and all your friends will take turns driving you to the city if need be, and knowing damn well their turn to need help will come. You know, just like it used to be everywhere before the govymint took over such community organizin’.
I particularly dislike the current situation and all the talk about “where will we go?” Because I already went and there really isn’t any place any farther that’s any better or I’d already be there and I’m afraid where I am isn’t nearly far enough..
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Can someone answer me a question. Obama keeps denying he is a socialist but yet I do not see ANY difference. Uh can someone point out WTF he would be doing differently if he actually was a socialist?Followed by:
By Jove, I think you’ve almost got it! Obama isn’t a socialist. Fear not the Godwin, but rather consider once again: Socialists want the government to own all the businesses. Fascists don’t care who owns the businesses so long as they follow orders from the government. Like making the trains run on time, or resigning your position as CEO of GM when Dear Leader tells you to..
Preview would be our friend. But we are so fucked anyway it hardly seems to matter any more.
On your 61, that is a fine and gleaming post right there Swen, I gotta thank you for it.
Wisdom of the sort the American founders displayed is rare indeed. Rarer still that so many should happen to be brought to the same moment in time, prepared to think how human life ought to be ordered best while remaining open to the awesome reach of that self-same thought into the unknown lives of their fellows, standing aside to acknowledge they could, in prudence, only sketch an outline, yet understanding that they must account for the pitfalls they saw in themselves, thus drawing hard, uncrossable lines where such lines had to be. But nothing concomitant to genius forces any such person to achieve the founders’ depth of self-examination. To this day it remains a unique and startling deed.
#58
Quite so, Rusty.
All we may have now are Great Patriotic Leaps Forward!