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"Originalism is the "no new taxes" of constitutional theory, as easy to understand as it is insipid."
Ruth Marcus
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Jimmy Carter
The one with the most toys when he dies dies.
EMH
If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don’t.
Jimmy Carter
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder (New York: Crown, 2017
"Both fascism and communism were responses to globalization: to the real and perceived inequalities it created, and the apparent helplessness of the democracies in addressing them. Fascists rejected reason in the name of will, denying objective truth in favor of a glorious myth articulated by leaders who claimed to give voice to the people. They put a face on globalization, arguing that its complex challenges were the result of a conspiracy against the nation.
Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Naziism, or communism in the twentiety century. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so.
"Both fascism and communism were responses to globalization: to the real and perceived inequalities it created, and the apparent helplessness of the democracies in addressing them. Fascists rejected reason in the name of will, denying objective truth in favor of a glorious myth articulated by leaders who claimed to give voice to the people. They put a face on globalization, arguing that its complex challenges were the result of a conspiracy against the nation.
Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Naziism, or communism in the twentiety century. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so.
3 comments:
Actually, I had a different reaction to this letter. If you can set aside the ridiculously large amounts of remuneration involved, this guy was saying two pretty reasonable things: 1) We didn't cause this mess; we signed on to solve it for a salary of $1 a year; and 2) Anyone would be nuts to do such a thing, but you promised to pay us a bonus when it was all done. I did my part and now I'm considered a pariah and a leech and you didn't defend us to Congress. So I quit, and I'm donating my bonus to charities that help the victims of this economic mees we're in.
Seems pretty reasonable to me. At least he was willing to publish his name. I'm cutting him some slack.
Ted from VA
I made it through, and I don't really have a huge problem with what he's saying. I don't know the ins and outs of what exactly went wrong in AIGFP, but credit-default swaps were the real killer by all accounts, so if he didn't have a part in that, he's got a point. I mean, not everybody at AIG can be an evil SOB, so it must be pretty frustrating to get vilified every day for things you didn't do.
I am just stopping by to say thanks for visiting my blog and leaving such an interesting comment. I grew up in the area of Negro Mountain and never did know where the name came from. The Wiki article was news to me. I didn't even know there was so much ado about a mountain's name. I personally never gave the name a seconds thought, I guess when you have heard it called that all your life, it is just another name for a mountain! I will agree that the winters in that area can be very harsh, we just moved out of that area 11 years ago. Again, thanks for your visit and comments, they are always welcome. Ann
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