tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post2686371966311584320..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Keep Talking, PinkoRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-740785251371571342015-10-27T16:08:22.469-04:002015-10-27T16:08:22.469-04:00The free college idea is so terrible. First, to a...The free college idea is so terrible. First, to accommodate everybody, you have to water the courses down to participation trophy levels- you don't have the profs, TA's, or campuses available for everyone. That gives us Socialism's favorite thing- long, long waits for services.<br /><br />Or, we go the way of other countries with "free college" and get really selective on who gets to go.<br /><br />Meanwhile, we're already so overrun with grads holding useless degrees and massive student debts that the DNR is going to have a cull.Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-73231084281697679002015-10-27T15:49:33.405-04:002015-10-27T15:49:33.405-04:00One hundred years of socialism's failures prov...One hundred years of socialism's failures prove nothing! <br /><br />They simply didn't have the right people in charge. How the socialists can pick the wrong person every time is simply astounding.<br />rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-14128150049943468242015-10-27T13:22:23.902-04:002015-10-27T13:22:23.902-04:00Bernie's a communist plain and simple. Some da...Bernie's a communist plain and simple. Some day in the future, he will be a good communist.Robert Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475193874676131196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-63503235626659434632015-10-27T10:04:35.312-04:002015-10-27T10:04:35.312-04:00From Rand's forward to "Anthem", 194...From Rand's forward to "Anthem", 1946:<br /><br />"Some might think -- though I don't -- that nine years ago there was some excuse for men not to see the direction in which the world was going. Today, the evidence is so blatant that no excuse can be claimed by anyone any longer. Those who refuse to see it now are neither blind nor innocent.<br /> The greatest guilt today is that of people who accept collectivism by moral default; the people who seek protection from the necessity of taking a stand, by refusing to admit to themselves the nature of that which they are accepting; the people who support plans specifically designed to achieve serfdom, but hide behind the empty assertion that they are lovers of freedom, with no concrete meaning attached to the word; the people who believe that the content of ideas need not be examined, that principles need not be defined, and that facts can be eliminated by keeping one's eyes shut. They expect, when they find themselves in a world of bloody ruins and concentration camps, to escape moral responsibility by wailing: "But I didn't mean this!"<br /> Those who want slavery should have the grace to name it by its proper name. They must face the full meaning of that which they are advocating or condoning; the full, exact, specific meaning of collectivism, of its logical implications, of the principles upon which it is based, and of the ultimate consequences to which these principles will lead.<br /> They must face it, then decide whether this is what they want or not."<br /><br />Terrifyingly prescient, wasn't she? "Neither blind nor innocent". We can no longer give them the benefit of thinking that "they had good intentions". No, they don't. They're simply evil.Blackwing1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-83932323166720214632015-10-27T08:32:05.098-04:002015-10-27T08:32:05.098-04:00Actually, I think the red/blue tradition, pre-2000...Actually, I think the red/blue tradition, pre-2000, was that the incumbent used blue and the challenger used red. But that was 15 years ago and I've slept since then, so there's a distinct possibility that I'm wrong. I do remember Reagan stuff being red in 1976 and 1980 and blue in 1984, and I'm fairly sure that Bush 41 used blue in '88 and '92. Again: Sleep has interfered with memory.<br /><br />Anyway, someone needs to go to Bernie Sanders rallies and fly a big "TANSTAAFL" banner.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.com