A National Review commentator is blasting an attack ad from GOP presidential contender Gov. John Kasich that links front-running rival Donald Trump to Nazi Germany.
The 60-second spot, titled "Trump's Dangerous Rhetoric," features retired Air Force Col. Tom Moe, a prisoner of war in Vietnam, paraphrasing Protestant pastor Martin Niemöller, who spoke out against the Nazi regime and spent years in Nazi concentration camps, as images of Trump's controversial remarks flash on screen.
Conservative blogger Jim Geraghty writes in his National Review newsletter "Morning Jolt" that there are more indications "the country is sliding into a fascistic direction" elsewhere.
"We can argue about whether Trump and his style are good for American politics, but it's not like he's appearing out of nothing," Geraghty writes. "If you fear the country is sliding into a fascistic direction, cast your gaze wider."
"If you really fear the leader of an angry mob roughing up reporters, suppressing all dissent, and making far-reaching, unrealistic demands that their ideology rule everywhere... don't look to a Trump rally," Geraghty warns. "Look to a college campus."
Geraghty argues Trump "never directly proposed" wanting to register Muslims with the government in what could be "a deliberate strategy." Special: Barbara Walters Refuses to Return to the View, Due to This Secret "When the media writes denunciatory headlines about his comments, Trump wins over the support of the Americans who think a national registry of Muslims would be a good idea," he writes. "But he also has plausible deniability, as he's never actually proposed it or explicitly said he supported it."
Geraghty adds Moe also "engages frustrating verbal slipperiness" himself, claiming Trump says he's 'going to round up all the Hispanic immigrants' when he's done nothing of the sort."
"We deport illegal immigrants every year a policy that is Constitutional, legal, and morally justifiable. Trump is proposing an expansion of existing law -- nothing Nazi-ish about that."
To descriptions of a Trump comment about a crowd roughing up a Black Lives Matter protester, Geraghty notes "Moe unfairly attributes a racist hatred to the motivations of Trump and the protesters." And, Geraghty writes, "limiting press access to crowds of supporters is bad policy, but hardly fascistic," citing examples during past events for both George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton.
We all know that Trump is a corporatist. The Nazis were corporatists since they believed that corporations could do a better job than individuals. The United States has been a corporation since 1871.
""""So go ahead GOP, make my day. I so want to break up with you. You are weak. You are anemic. You lie. You break promises. And you no longer stand for conservative American values. You are a disgrace.""""
Everyone here who votes, will vote Trump if he's on their ballot. There's no other option for US.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
Two decent men who meant the country no harm; unlike the grifters and scammers of late.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
John Howard says: There are 4 schools of economics: Marxism: steal everything Keynesianism: steal by counterfeiting whenever needed Chicago school (Milton Friedman): steal by counterfeiting at a steady, predictable rate Austrians: don't steal
Since you all are being so wonderful today, I won't burst either bubble this time...... even though I did just watch a great Military Blunders VHS about the, um, Battle of Kasserine Pass. And BTW, I've just (again) urged the Nationalist Times editor to jump in with us here.
Status report: Went to the free TG feed again for the 1st time since our great leader Dr. Robert Clarkson died. This time, bleaaagghh, they directed us to the gym of nabering Worst Presyterian Church. They sat me at a table with two no-count reggins I recognized from the soup kitchen. A white guy brought me my drink order and said "Thank you, sir!" So I jadedly said "you're welcome".
Now a chance for a little creative subversion arose -- I got my fellow diners agreeing the sodas were lukecold. The help started bringing us ice in cups, but suddenly the Spirit of Clarkson came upon me and I remembered to utter his immortal line.....
We need a better class of do-gooders around here!
They used to have the absolute best dressing at the old place -- not with the sanctimonious Presbies. It was better in the two take-home plates I got. (They don't even ask how many sick you've got at home anymore.) Gravy seems realer in the box. Oh -- waiting in line for 'em, a white guy with teenage son in front of me said "Gee, I guess we have to be thankful for something like this, huh!"
Me: Well, that's a two-edged sword.
Him: Well I mean on Thanksgiving and everything.
Me: Well, the soup kitchen for instance is a form of private sector socialism -- a blight on the economy. They're giving people food they'd otherwise be buying in local stores.
Him; I was just thinking of the people who really need it, who have no place to go.
Me: Very few -- very, VERY few.
He didn't report me or disagree. This was always our main point in bedeviling such places -- preaching the free market gospel over the gimme mentality. And having riotous fun! "Raiding the New World Order," we used to rightly call it.
Don't worry, he and his boy didn't look homeless. The takeout lady told him "I remember you from last year!"
They're giving people food they'd otherwise be buying in local stores.
Him; I was just thinking of the people who really need it, who have no place to go.
Me: Very few -- very, VERY few.
He didn't report me or disagree. This was always our main point in bedeviling such places -- preaching the free market gospel over the gimme mentality. And having riotous fun! "Raiding the New World Order," we used to rightly call it.
Don't worry, he and his boy didn't look homeless.
I walked three miles to the Baptist Church out here. They put on a great feed for us. And a bunch of them there surely were NOT homeless. I am not homeless, but I do not have the money to buy the food I ate there.
Maybe I'll get lucky like last year and find a 12 pound turkey in the trash. It was right on top and was still chilled and good. I cooked it in my neighbor's oven.
I can hardly believe how much food people throw in the trash here. I found three boxes of 18 ct medium eggs just lying on top of the trash in the dumpster, and once I found 4 dozen eggs in there. I guess people just have too much food here. Think of all out there who are on the verge of starvation. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
I guess people just have too much food here. Think of all out there who are on the verge of starvation.
You're right. I'm guessing that this country throws away at least as much food as we consume.
That's wrong on every count.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
Me: Well, the soup kitchen for instance is a form of private sector socialism -- a blight on the economy. They're giving people food they'd otherwise be buying in local stores.
I don't see how giving away food constitutes a blight on the economy, as the food undoubtedly had to be purchased before it could be given away.
There's pressure on corporations to donate it, and donate it they do. I used to walk in there and there'd be a big blow-up of a check on display for $1000 Walmart had donated.
I'd walk out of there with 8 or 10 different Pepperidge Farm loaves for the troops. Robert once told me it was fresh, not day-old stuff. I scoffed but soon checked -- he was right, of course. Baked that same morning. He knew from reading the paper.
Curse #2: they just spoil people. Never ask them to so much as stay and push a broom afterwards. Of course this could have been complicated: every day after hours the staff sat down and picnicked on the donated food. They always saved enough for this even during years of their stingy "no seconds" rule.
I don't see how giving away food constitutes a blight on the economy, as the food undoubtedly had to be purchased before it could be given away.
I know you are right about this, but NN is talking about "soup kitchens" such as those found during the depression in the 1930s. That was a far cry from those we find today at the local churches, where people that turn up to eat are well fed and are not homeless. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
I walked three miles to the Baptist Church out here. They put on a great feed for us...
That all sounds good, BTP. Good for you.
About 25 years ago I was hospitalized very sick and had major surgery. Went a total of 9 consecutive days without eating. No feeding tube and no real nutrition -- just electrolytes and sucrose in a clear IV. I got unbelievably hungry, and the intense hunger had major emotional and psychological effects.
When I could finally eat again, I was extremely thankful. Ever since then, I hate to be hungry, and I hate to see someone else hungry.
I can't feed the whole world, but if my neighbor (or a stranger I meet) is hungry, I'll help him if I can. Of course, I take care of my own family first.
I see your your point about spoiling people, and agree with you 100% on that.
But I'm still not sold on the idea that giveaway = blight on the economy. Somebody pays for everything that is produced and consumed. WalMart had to buy the bread from Pepperidge Farm before they could donate it. And presumably the people who got the free food will take the money they saved and use it to purchase other stuff.
Maybe our definition of "blight" differs? If I replace the alternator on my neighbor's truck for $75, thus saving him from having to spend $300 at the local repair shop, is my action a blight on the economy?
If I replace the alternator on my neighbor's truck for $75, thus saving him from having to spend $300 at the local repair shop, is my action a blight on the economy?
Absolutely not; your neighbor now has $225 to spend on his other needs. It's not a zero-sum game at all.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
You're not being paid to be black like so many I used to see there. One of the staff told me the vast majority of the attendees didn't need the help.
I once asked The Great One (as we called him) what they should do differently. He suggested, for one, they give everybody a card and require that after it's been punched 10 times make them stay to wash dishes, pick up trash or whatever. That would have halved the clientele and work load or better. Of course the real fix would be to shut down everything un- Constitutional (starting with the Fed* and IRS) and go back to real money so life would organically affordable for a very high percentage of people.
A few years ago they announced setting up a free haircut and shower station elsewhere so local barbers could enjoy being undercut too
If I replace the alternator on my neighbor's truck for $75, thus saving him from having to spend $300 at the local repair shop, is my action a blight on the economy?
You are being logical, that has nothing to do with political passions. How much of that dough are you using to support midnight basketball, for instance?
"Besides, I was anxious to take the wheel, the man in pink pyjamas showing himself a hopeless duffer at the business." - Marlow
Plus witch, I don't think the bread was coming via Wal-Mart but directly from the bakers. And what are these hoodlums spending the money they save on? Have heard drug dealers talking shop there.
Anybody interested, try visiting such a place and let us know what attitudes and atmosphere you find there. You may be in for a shock.
Politics is the biggest shakedown racket of them all. Create an enemy out of thin air and rally the troops. All lies, of course, but it reminds everyone who is really in charge.
"Besides, I was anxious to take the wheel, the man in pink pyjamas showing himself a hopeless duffer at the business." - Marlow
LOL, he's kidding...... but isn't the great benefit of our truth quest having the strength of one's convictions and joyfully mowing down wrongth right and left? I remember being only a cornsoyvative -- was fair game for humiliation in any argument. No longer. There comes a time when you finally see how threadbare and profoundly idiotic gliberalism really is, and that's a turning point.
And this is a department of that make-work mentality. Habitat for Humanity is another -- I'd venture to say it exists solely to give Presbyterian pew- sitters a chance to (falsely) assuage their feelings of moral uselessness.
Since you mentioned it on an earlier thread, I'm beginning to notice that gliberals just love to use the word "human" or "humanity". I'd bet that the "huMANE" society is a modified manifestation of that.
When I starting designing industrial control systems many years ago, the control panel with its knobs and switches and such was called the "control panel". Later it came to be called the "operator interface", then the "Man- Machine Interface" (MMI). Finally, a few years ago, the politically correct parlance became the "Human-Machine Interface", or HMI. I'm not kidding.
But I've been out of that business for several years; maybe it's called the "LGBTQ-Machine Interface" by now?
I can't listen to anyone who is preaching, it just strikes me as cloying. It's not a believer vs athiest, muslim vs christian, racial, socioeconomic, post reconstruction regionalism, nor particular antipathy toward faith in general. It's all about demeanor, we can read poetry without the spin, but that doesn't occur to most people.
"Besides, I was anxious to take the wheel, the man in pink pyjamas showing himself a hopeless duffer at the business." - Marlow
The cloying euphemisms are beyond tiresome and annoying.
Stoppit! dammit. We don't need it.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
Landing the title of Special Agent in charge of Diversity has always been a dream of mine, and of which I feel I am being denied this opportunity which is directly linked to disparate impact doctrine, and shall seek redress and remuneration forthwith.
"Besides, I was anxious to take the wheel, the man in pink pyjamas showing himself a hopeless duffer at the business." - Marlow
Anyone needing credentials for your being installed as Chief Pud-Knocker in Charge, should immediately be referred to me for validation.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken
It's been over fifty years since I've seen a gerund put into play.
Well done!
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ~ H. L. Mencken