tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post4743828988929065333..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: The Taint of IdeologyLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-45606109138095588572012-12-16T20:04:05.154-05:002012-12-16T20:04:05.154-05:00I think, Beijing, that unless people make an effor...I think, Beijing, that unless people make an effort to become familiar with relatively recent history, the lessons of that history will be lost.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-54811326716889209882012-12-16T19:58:16.257-05:002012-12-16T19:58:16.257-05:00That Troy, Michigan library video is brilliant. Th...That Troy, Michigan library video is brilliant. This insanity has to stop. Prior to taxation, we lived in a Hobbsian scenario where no services or safeguards existed. Good old Tommy Douglas nearly lost a leg and that experience fueled his quest for universal health care. Depending on those with means to take care of those with less is a mugs game. Why can't people understand this?Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-9939236545682707002012-12-16T12:57:21.063-05:002012-12-16T12:57:21.063-05:00if only there were an easy way to dispel that igno...if only there were an easy way to dispel that ignorance, Owen. The road ahead to improving the lives of everyone, I suspect, is indeed a rocky one.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-83695859528559257012012-12-16T11:49:46.882-05:002012-12-16T11:49:46.882-05:00Cohn's piece deals effectively with Flaherty&#...Cohn's piece deals effectively with Flaherty's argument that "we cant afford it," Lorne. It also explains why he and his fellow Conservatives have been successful.<br /><br />Their most reliable ally is public ignorance.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com