tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post3488629919277271548..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: If it walks like a duck...Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-41785919629883038282008-10-22T18:27:00.000-04:002008-10-22T18:27:00.000-04:00Maggie,Parsing the language doesn't change the pri...Maggie,<BR/><BR/>Parsing the language doesn't change the principle. Government checks for money not earned is welfare. Distribution of such monies is "redistribution of wealth", and hence socialism.<BR/><BR/>"...each according to his need."Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-48663144454837684422008-10-22T17:40:00.000-04:002008-10-22T17:40:00.000-04:00From each according to his ability, to each accord...From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs...<BR/>--KMHooda Thunkit (Dave Zawodny)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13176392380086227377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-5714979322373859472008-10-22T14:38:00.000-04:002008-10-22T14:38:00.000-04:00Here's the thing. Obama and his campaign keep try...Here's the thing. Obama and his campaign keep trying to link McCain with George Bush and his "failed policies." <BR/><BR/>Like a broken record, Obama keeps hammering away on the point that, voting for McCain is exactly the same as voting for Bush and his so-called "failed policies."<BR/><BR/>Suppose Obama is right, I don't think he is, but let's temporarily grant him that and look at what Obama has to offer--Marxist socialism. "From Each according to his means, according to his needs."<BR/><BR/>I think Obama's position is fundamentally wrong on at least these two levels:<BR/><BR/>1. Hypocrisy: According to Obama, it's wrong to say his policies are socialistic, yet it's o.k. to for Obama to tie McCain to Bush.<BR/><BR/>2. Fairness based on natural rights and responsibility, not 19th-century positivism: Historically, socialism has never been fair and it never has "loved it's neighbor as itself" Socialists have usurped that law and replaced it with it's own that it's o.k. to steal from one neighbor to give to another neighbor. This is artifical since it makes people equal by force and by stealing from the "haves" to give to the "have-nots".<BR/><BR/>The bottom line is that we will either end up with a president that will, reverse Reagan's imperative contained in his first inaugral address that Obama seeks solututions that will NOT be equitable, with one group being singled out to pay the higher price.<BR/><BR/>Or, we will end up with a president who believes the fundamental rights of individuals not collective groups--of "life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness."Jay Otthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08170850586783653546noreply@blogger.com