tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post6454009316757808121..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Quick Roundup 401Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-19503666819766205422009-02-10T09:38:00.000-06:002009-02-10T09:38:00.000-06:00Ah! So Ellen Goodman's last act of Useful Idiocy h...Ah! So Ellen Goodman's last act of Useful Idiocy has been to identify herself as being in need of a purge!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-39960627022351713882009-02-10T09:06:00.000-06:002009-02-10T09:06:00.000-06:00Comrade Goodman exhibits the disturbing trend of b...Comrade Goodman exhibits the disturbing trend of breakdown in Party Discipline - she thinks she is an independent entity and that it is appropriate for her to formulate policy opinions. <BR/><BR/>The more children born into the welfare state the better - it creates more demand for government programs and helps breed a new generation of Democratic voters who, in turn, will multiply rapidly and become totally dependent upon government programs. Cost of medical care? The answer to that is simple: one just begins to provide the same quality of medical care that Comrade Castro makes available to the average Cuban which consists of little more than a government owned rusting bed and costs the State next to nothing. Suleman ought to be given some sort of medal for being so socially conscious and held up as an example for others. <BR/><BR/>The same breakdown in Party and social discipline is evident in the environmentalists who are concerned about how much carbon babies will generate. Environmentalists are socially useful to the degree that they rationalize more power to the State - but these days they frequently cross the line and think that THEY and not the Party should be the State. <BR/><BR/>Liberals such as Goodman who subscribe to the quaint notion that the welfare state is somehow compatible with things such as prosperity and quality medical care were useful in the early stages of the game in terms of giving our side a broader appeal. But now that the contradictions are starting to manifest themselves, there is the big concern that Comrades such as Goodman might not embrace the socially correct side of the contradiction. <BR/><BR/>Suleman's children will grow up completely unaware of the prosperity and standard of living that once existed and they will know of no alternative to the sort of medical care the State will soon be providing for free to all Comrades. And the government run schools are going to make sure that they don't ever learn what life in this country was once like. The last thing we need is windbags such as Comrade Goodman who might clue them in. <BR/><BR/>Periodic purges within one's own camp are very beneficial and provide the blood which fertilizes Party discipline and ideological purity as was demonstrated by Comrades Stalin and Hitler. We are long overdue for one here. Once we manage to get some version of the Fairness Doctrine in place to once and for all silence the evil reactionaries on the Right and find a way to liquidate them, we will need to turn our focus upon ourselves. There will be fewer but better Leftists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-27880381824621520332009-02-09T18:27:00.000-06:002009-02-09T18:27:00.000-06:00Yes, of course. We had to sit and calculate how mu...Yes, of course. We had to sit and calculate how much we thought we would use and then send in the figures. After they had implemented this rule, they increased the fee every year. It was hard to put this extra charge into our computer system in order to calculate the total purchasing price.Martin Lindeskoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834503189937600260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-32284773511524224372009-02-09T18:20:00.000-06:002009-02-09T18:20:00.000-06:00"We were forced to pay 'packaging' tax..."On top o..."<I>We were forced to pay 'packaging' tax...</I>"<BR/><BR/>On top of all the others, of course, I am sure.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-39551225882690080242009-02-09T16:30:00.000-06:002009-02-09T16:30:00.000-06:00Gus,Burn the plastic bag and you get watervapor! I...Gus,<BR/><BR/>Burn the plastic bag and you get watervapor! I use plastic bags, but feel free to support EGO blog and spread the good word with an <A HREF="http://www.cafepress.com/egoist.210201752" REL="nofollow">EGO tot bag</A> from CafePress! :)<BR/><BR/>I have plenty of horror stories from my time as a purchaser of e.g. cartons and other packaging material for a production facility. We were forced to pay "packaging" tax due to forces from the "Green Point" ("GrĂ¼ne Punkt") legislation.Martin Lindeskoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834503189937600260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-18214788814410072072009-02-09T15:01:00.000-06:002009-02-09T15:01:00.000-06:00Nicely-put!Nicely-put!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-80218324404788246412009-02-09T14:12:00.000-06:002009-02-09T14:12:00.000-06:00Another similar idea that I hear over and over aga...Another similar idea that I hear over and over again is the idea of "licensing parents". I live in screaming-child central (Thousand Oaks, California) so I can see why some people would find that idea appealing.<BR/><BR/>But I would hope that they get disabused of that notion after they nearly get killed on their drive home by idiots with government driving licenses...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-73538571399639746762009-02-09T10:37:00.000-06:002009-02-09T10:37:00.000-06:00You have caused me to make a very interesting conn...You have caused me to make a very interesting connection here.<BR/><BR/>As the implications of altruism become ever more explicit, it <B>can</B> become easier to argue that it's wrong. <BR/><BR/>Your dad may not see that advocating sterilization is "being a jerk" (to put it charitably), but other people, more open to reason might.<BR/><BR/>Use it!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for leaving your comment.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-56127005377691987012009-02-09T10:18:00.000-06:002009-02-09T10:18:00.000-06:00My father basically said the same thing that Goodm...My father basically said the same thing that Goodman. Before that he even advocated the sterilization of people attached to the welfare state. Yet, when I advocate removing welfare and simply prosecuting abusive and neglectful mothers, I'm being an unreasonable jerk.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11669416607724456121noreply@blogger.com