tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post5139512077032915883..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: Happy ThanksgivingJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-71238227537441575042010-12-11T13:46:36.768+02:002010-12-11T13:46:36.768+02:00I'm reading Susan Jacoby's "Alger His...I'm reading Susan Jacoby's "Alger Hiss and the Battle for History." I read another book of hers, "The Age of American Unreason," about a year ago and liked it.<br /><br />The Alger Hiss book explains many things about the why's and wherefore's of right and left wing values.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343768762996537750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-63193126989354437322010-11-28T12:51:04.597+02:002010-11-28T12:51:04.597+02:00I just downloaded a sample of Barich's Long Wa...I just downloaded a sample of Barich's Long Way Home. Looks interesting.Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11341915969684349287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-58595458823328112012010-11-28T02:47:24.637+02:002010-11-28T02:47:24.637+02:00Note, too, that ISI stands for the Intercollegiate...Note, too, that ISI stands for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. That's sort of like calling the elba forum the International Institute for Intelligent Political Discourse (IIIPD).avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-66262284488282198182010-11-28T02:44:50.718+02:002010-11-28T02:44:50.718+02:00Sorry Marti! I tried to warn you. It's a ver...Sorry Marti! I tried to warn you. It's a very weird way of looking at the world, but that is the other side's perspective. <br /><br />Bill Barich has a new book out that revisits Steinbeck's America:<br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-bill-barich-20101127,0,1317644.story<br /><br />From the sounds of it, he doesn't like what he sees out there either.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-37596299462938406332010-11-28T01:39:47.573+02:002010-11-28T01:39:47.573+02:00Oh my, that ISI forum! The guy with the last post ...Oh my, that ISI forum! The guy with the last post on the page thinks that humans won't work if they can eat for free. I suppose he also thinks that workers need to be laid off and that those who still have jobs are to be whipped?Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11341915969684349287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-71500530784535034572010-11-26T16:58:56.759+02:002010-11-26T16:58:56.759+02:00And as you were saying....
http://www.nytimes.com...And as you were saying....<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/opinion/26krugman.htmlavrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-70728674144877187992010-11-26T16:07:05.282+02:002010-11-26T16:07:05.282+02:00I was going to try to explain this myself, but it ...I was going to try to explain this myself, but it gives me a stomach ache just thinking about it. This is the argument made by the Limbaugh/Beck crowd. Read at your own peril....<br /><br />http://forum.isi.org/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3830054552/m/1850052092avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-5559403351000411262010-11-26T14:25:32.688+02:002010-11-26T14:25:32.688+02:00I don't know about the Puritans, but how else ...I don't know about the Puritans, but how else to think of religious colonies like the Harmonists and the Shakers.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-27403508518207229052010-11-26T02:25:16.492+02:002010-11-26T02:25:16.492+02:00''Puritans as failed socialists''
...''Puritans as failed socialists''<br /><br />Great comment. But when you think about it, the only time capitalists fail is when they don't get government subsidies. If anything, those companies that fall apart from lack of taxpayer handouts are the true 'failed socialists'.<br /><br />Tell that to a Republican and they walk out of the room.Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-26503009695393285202010-11-25T17:09:44.377+02:002010-11-25T17:09:44.377+02:00I suppose it is more the means in which he funnele...I suppose it is more the means in which he funneled money to state Republican candidates than it is the intent, especially now that the SC ruled that corporations have individual rights just like citizens.<br /><br />I couldn't stand the guy. He is the quintessential corrupt Southern good ol' boy. I would love to see him put away for life, but more likely he will get a reduced sentence.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-78145027348216395572010-11-25T16:57:17.592+02:002010-11-25T16:57:17.592+02:00Yes, every once in awhile, the system works.
When...Yes, every once in awhile, the system works.<br /><br />When I heard his comment about it being political, it reminded me of Helmsley's comment that only the little people pay taxes. I guess in their world, only the little people have to pay for their crimes.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-6591340406113520882010-11-25T16:37:34.582+02:002010-11-25T16:37:34.582+02:00I guess this is one thing to be thankful for,
Jur...I guess this is one thing to be thankful for,<br /><br />Jury convicts Tom DeLay in money laundering trial<br /><br />http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101125/ap_on_re_us/us_delay_trialJames Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-47878965340692461772010-11-24T21:57:41.833+02:002010-11-24T21:57:41.833+02:00Love the image.
Sadly, just when I thought the ...Love the image. <br /><br />Sadly, just when I thought the whole red state/blue state thing may finally be behind us, the country now appears more divided than ever before. Recent polls have shown that Republicans and Democrats differ in opinion on pretty much everything from climate change to their favorite television shows. There seems to be less and less crossover. <br /><br />I thought itJames Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.com