Posts Tagged ‘Socialism’

A Response to Robert Reich’s Wall Street Journal Article

robert_reichI found your March 28th Opinion piece insulting to my intelligence and demeaning to the accomplishments of all American Individuals. The article displayed your conceitedness, thinking you could mischaracterize past events, take facts out of context, and misstate the thoughts and words of individuals to justify your fantasy land. To respond, I’ll start at the beginning of your manifesto.

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Quick! Hide your scales!

Remember the saying “what ever got into kids these days?” Well, I think I found the answer… It’s these enlightened children books that we, parents, give them. The one that bothers me the most is called The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. The book is about a beautiful fish, new to this part of the ocean, that has shiny, colorful scales. Early on in the book, he is approached by a smaller, younger fish who asks for one of his pretty scales.

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  • The Aphorism Drive

    Here is a truism, if not an aphorism. Without death and the certainty of physical finitude, Homo sapiens would never have left the cave. Unhappiness and uncertainty — rather than happiness and certitude — are what get us off our duffs.

    No misery. No Sistine Chapel.

    So what happens to the creative spirit when government steps in to soothe our anxieties? Without unhappiness, what happens to culture? Without adversity, what happens to motivation? Parents know. Suffice to say, the work ethic is not strong among the coddled.

    Most important, with all needs met, what happens to freedom — that human recoil against imposed order?”
    by Kathleen Parker
  • Economic Freedom Is Still the Best Policy


    It is said that the only thing that people learn from history is that people learn nothing from history. Looking at how the world is handling the current economic crisis, this aphorism appears sadly true.”
    by Mart Laar Wall Street Journal Europe
  • What's Elevated, Health-Care Provider?

    The indecipherable language of government has actually become dangerous to the well-being of the nation. As the federal government claims ever greater powers, its language has become vague to the point of meaningless and meaningless to the point of menacing.”
    by Peggy Noonan Wall Street Journal
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