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Category Archives: philosophy/life
Area Man opposes tax increase in excessively verbose manner
Around town I’ve been seeing flyers and signs for quite awhile saying the above, with “vote YES on Feb 7th”. At the grocery store, in the parking lots of various banks, restaurants, etc. There were even some in the local … Continue reading
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American liberalism is operationally conservative
There’s a saying among some mainstream liberals that Americans tend to claim conservatism while being “operationally liberal”, which they apparently define as being in favor of tax-funded benefits. Kevin Drum touched on this by name recently during a post about … Continue reading
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Spreading it thin
Coming up so close behind Romney in Iowa he could smell his sweat has former senator Santorum feeling rather cocky and full of himself. As a result, his initial penetration into New Hampshire, seeking to fill the gap in the … Continue reading
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“leave the park, take the public”
On a few cross-currents re: OWS and where to go now: -It sounds like some people are missing the point of the occupations and the parks by conflating the park as the point. The criticism of a rigged system, and … Continue reading
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When all is politics, all else is nothing
With regards to this post from Burt Likko, on the possibility of social backlash from knowledge of ones political activities, I’d like to mention the following: When political control holds such deep importance to our lives as to raise the … Continue reading
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Operational Liberalism & unicorns
E.D. Kain makes the following statement in comparison about his views: I think I’m probably equal parts liberal and libertarian – a sort of progressive libertarian or market liberal or something of that nature. On the one hand, I tend … Continue reading
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The other point
Will Wilkinson observes the organizational method of the OWS crew and notices it carries its own message: OWS is not simply a group of like-minded people gathered together to make a point with a show of collective force, though it … Continue reading
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More on what didn’t need doing
In follow-up to the below re: the guy that got plucked out as representative of the ongoing protests… Turns out the guy has a Twitter account. Having resurrected mine recently, I figured why not directly call him out on the … Continue reading
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How not to do what didn’t need to be done
Found the following pair of quotes interesting. This first one is about the OWS protests, specifically the “general assembly” method adopted by the origin protesters in New York: People are extremely excited about what we are doing. We’re engaging in … Continue reading
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