by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth Ever hear of or read Mother Jones ? Well I just did, and as near as I can figure she must be Woodrow Wilson's or Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Mother. I say this because she sure as hell is pro statist and pumped up for growing the government bureaucracy. The article is short so it is being reproduced here in full. This site appreciates Mother Jones candor in expressing the statist credo and the desire on the part of the left for an ever larger and more intrusive presence in our daily affairs and lives. January's job numbers were fairly dismal, but the bad cheer wasn't equally spread. Private sector employment, as usual, increased—by 142,000 jobs last month. At the same time, public sector employment declined. Government employment at all levels was down 29,000 in January. Aside from the brief census blip in early 2010, this has been the usual state of affairs for the past four years, ever since the rece
"The Greater The Adversity Faced, The Greater The Reward When One Succeeds..."
ReplyDeleteTrll that to those who worked their butts off, did succeed, only to be shut down by government and now they are out of business and broke.
Your delusional mind will serve you well in your search for the absurd.
DeleteWe are reminded of Kipling's 'The Man Who Would Be King' and
ReplyDeleteShakespeare's "...but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more." Power must be earned, not
stolen, respected, not trashed. A leader must lead, not
bully and whine. Sic Semper Tryannis.
BB... reminds me of the old understanding of positional "authority" and respect versus earned.
DeleteBased on his or her position, the boss has to be respected, because they are the boss... but that doesn't mean they have earned our personal respect.