by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny The race is close, very close, with the momentum shifting to Romney. However, my take is the shift, as significant as it has been, came too late and too little. Progressives no doubt are biting their nails because as much as they prefer not to acknowledge it, this one is a real cliff hanger. Reminiscent of 2000. It is true if Obama loses this one progressives throughout the land will be wailing and gnashing their teeth. For them it will be a great undoing of their greatest hopes and dreams. Of course the other fifty percent of America will view it quite differently. So, as the polls close tomorrow, and the tabulating of the vote goes late into the night, we can be sure of a few thing... The nation will remain polarized, the puppet masters behind the curtains will continue calling the shots, the debt and deficits will continue, no mater who wins. And America will continue to ask why. Tomorrow, as I visit my polli
I got news for you pal. Half of white marriages end in divorce. The "good" news is more people cannot afford the lawyers to get a divorce.
ReplyDeleteI also got history for you. Slave families were broken up at will those conservative Southern aristocrats.
Keep on a thinkin' though.
pal? I know that families were torn apart by slave-owners. But the ones that weren't - THOSE survived. And I understand that it isn't just black families that get divorced (duh). My only point here is that the 60s were supposed to be this great period. And, yes, in certain ways they were (civil rights, landing on the moon, etc.). But a lot of bad things happened back then, too; a lot of good intentions gone askew, permissiveness, etc.. Climb out of the frigging progressive (good guy vs. bad guy) bubble once in a while, will you?
ReplyDeleteBEFORE the civil rights movement, black marriages actually had a higher success rate than white ones. They wanted "equal," and I guess they got it, because now they don't even bother to GET married.
ReplyDeleteWill - This post, in so few words said volumes.
ReplyDeleteProgressives going back to the early 70's when I was in my early twenties {and every since} have shown their inability to consider any views that are outside their range of narrow vision.
Yours is perhaps the most accurate critic of progressives I have read in some time. And from a moderate none the less.
Thank you for your insight.
Georges - Interesting isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI think that one of the worst decisions of the welfare state (which I'm not ENTIRELY opposed to, truth be known) was when they allowed female welfare recipients to live with their boyfriends and still get their entire benefits. While it may have been a well-intentioned policy back then, I think that it also may have fostered more in terms of dependency/a sense of entitlement.......Oh, and, yeah, you're welcome, btw.
ReplyDeleteWill - My comment absolutely extends to your follow up post! And takes it to the next level of objectivity.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, it's all the dirty hippies fault. They are the ones who took the jobs away to create dependency. Sheesh!
ReplyDeleteMy point is this. Vanishing jobs, austerity for the non-elites, more political representation for the elites, less representation for the public interests, etc, all worsened since Reagan, not the sixites. Families, not just black families, have suffered. Black and white families have also survived, but since Reagan, fewer of both have been intact. This is the fact you are missing.
Get it?
No, I'm not missing that point (though, no, I don't necessarily blame Reagan for ALL OF IT - there's also globalization, inertia in the teaching profession, etc.). I understand that things have gotten worse.......You, Dave, are the one who's missing the point. It was during the 60s (you're familiar with the Moynihan Report, right?) that the disintegration of the black family started; a time of the Great Society and strong economic growth - not during the Reagan years. Am I citing an absolute causation here? Of course not. But the correlation is at least somewhat interesting - no?
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