Is it any wonder that Congress takes better care of the rich than the poor and middle class?
Monthly Archives: December 2011 - Page 2
Where Are the Rich People? Oh, There You Are!
Posted by Robert M. Brown
on December 27, 2011
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The Big Lie
Posted by Robert M. Brown
on December 30, 2011
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Michael Thomas makes some good points, but he misuses a couple of words. A ‘fusillade’ refers to small arms (a ‘fusil’ was a musket), not artillery. He means ‘cannonade.’ He also uses the term ‘anticommunitarian moral opacity’ as a euphemism for sociopathy.
Yes, They Are
Posted by Robert M. Brown
on December 30, 2011
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They are indeed as bad as you think. Inept, indecisive, corrupt, out of touch.
It Was The Worst Of Times
Posted by Robert M. Brown
on December 30, 2011
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Brown’s Law of History: History doesn’t repeat itself. It just gives pop quizzes to see if you were paying attention.
This article by Dominic Sandbrook is perhaps a bit alarmist, but it’s not outside the realm of possibility. Anyone who has studied much history knows that the most terrible, unthinkable things do sometimes actually happen. Citizens of the West today are fat and complacent, but not immune to the same tragedies that have befallen fat and complacent civilizations many, many times before.