tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post6287540989961258917..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Commands for EveryoneGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-1044610378369352942012-05-23T16:43:00.569-06:002012-05-23T16:43:00.569-06:00C and BB,
My favorite mental nickname for the phe...C and BB,<br /><br />My favorite mental nickname for the phenomenon of people supporting tyranny, and then becoming upset when they get what they ask for is the "dictator fantasy".<br /><br />People who want everyone to be forced to do something always seem to imagine that it will be in accordance to THEIR wishes. <br /><br />GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-22062321448350256172012-05-23T13:00:13.174-06:002012-05-23T13:00:13.174-06:00And the Catholic lawsuits against Obama care are p...And the Catholic lawsuits against Obama care are particularly poignant given that leading Catholic institutions championed its passage. The Catholics had no trouble infringing on our economic freedoms. But boy were they put out when Obama infringed on their "moral" freedoms. <br /><br />As Jim points out, freedom is of a piece. If the Republicans had any stones to speak of they'd point out to the Catholics that the best way to avoid such infringements on their own liberty is to stop endorsing such infringements on other peoples' liberty. <br /><br />c andrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-49820739889167955862012-05-23T08:38:54.048-06:002012-05-23T08:38:54.048-06:00I chuckle to myself when I hear these Catholics co...I chuckle to myself when I hear these Catholics complaining about the contraception mandate. I can't help but say to the religious right:"why are you so angry? You got what you always wanted."<br /><br />This is the logical consequence of advocating for nationalized health care. Why would they think they would be exempt from supplying ALL types of health care including birth control, abortions, etc? These people are so unprincipled, they can't even figure out that the ideas they hold would necessarily lead their own institutions being undermined by government. <br /><br />The only group that supports this nightmare of Obamacare are the religious left. Dr. Michael Hurd astutely commented on this last week. And I totally agree with him. They're the most consistent.<br /><br />Bookish BabeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-52130354047359223932012-05-23T04:44:37.600-06:002012-05-23T04:44:37.600-06:00Indeed.Indeed.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-35677645975220491392012-05-23T04:17:10.771-06:002012-05-23T04:17:10.771-06:00This episode exhibits how economic freedom is intr...<i>This episode exhibits how economic freedom is intricately tied to all other liberties.</i><br /><br />This line of Harsanyi's is another clue to his and other mainstreamers' limitations: Economic freedom is not merely "intricately tied" to other liberties, <a href="http://www.newclarion.com/2009/06/one-liberty-indivisible/" rel="nofollow">they are the same damn thing</a>. There is no such thing as "economic" versus " political" liberty; there is just liberty. Individual rights do not cease to exist when a dollar is involved.Jim Maynoreply@blogger.com