tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post4744151784856422537..comments2024-01-02T22:01:12.976+00:00Comments on Avedon's Sideshow: Seven stars, Heaven's eyesAvedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-43578235956397005872013-04-26T05:17:00.191+01:002013-04-26T05:17:00.191+01:00No, I'll just belabor the point made by surrou...No, I'll just belabor the point made by surrounding "gun violence" in quotes, which is that it's a "national problem" that has obvious similarities -- especially with respect to the Bill of Rights-- to the "drug epidemic."<br /><br />I won't make an argument for American exceptionalism, but liberalism as an ideological framework has jack-shit to do whether a policy is practiced or not in the rest of the OECD world.stuart_zechmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14817215761981204304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-54568836307970816352013-04-24T04:08:54.090+01:002013-04-24T04:08:54.090+01:00SZ will now make the argument that America is exce...SZ will now make the argument that America is exceptional : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-40052478272548848612013-04-24T01:34:17.183+01:002013-04-24T01:34:17.183+01:00Maybe when that strategy worked in the dozens of o...Maybe when that strategy worked in the dozens of other countries that have tried it.Notorious P.A.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03116305567552784744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-31722815856376507722013-04-22T20:48:16.380+01:002013-04-22T20:48:16.380+01:00"The idea of a government outlawing activitie..."<i>The idea of a government outlawing activities accomplishes only one thing clearly: It tells citizens that government has decided something is Wrong and now outlaws doing it.</i>"<br /><br />When did liberals decide that pursuit of a policy of national prohibition with respect to personal firearms was the solution to "gun violence?"stuart_zechmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14817215761981204304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-82961704966903533462013-04-20T16:06:48.696+01:002013-04-20T16:06:48.696+01:00Good Neighbors.
Unions in El Salvador are on high ...<a href="http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2013/0313goodfriend.html" rel="nofollow">Good Neighbors.</a><br /><i>Unions in El Salvador are on high alert, fighting a privatization scheme that has the full weight of the U.S. government behind it. Led by the Salvadoran Union Front, a militant coalition of public- and private-sector unions, workers are mobilizing against a proposed Public-Private Partnership (P3) Law, drafted by Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes’ office with U.S. Treasury Department assistance.<br />...<br />In recent months, U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Mari Carmen Aponte has launched a pressure campaign for the passage of the P3 Law, warning in national media that the law is a “prerequisite” for a disbursement of over $350 million in development aid, and stating that $50 million of those funds must be reserved for P3 projects.</i><br /><br />And <a href="http://www.right2water.eu/" rel="nofollow">Europe</a> (see FAQs) fights water privatization.ksixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406854618914127269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-84160122225059523492013-04-20T03:53:55.511+01:002013-04-20T03:53:55.511+01:00The powers that be certainly couldn't ask for ...The powers that be certainly couldn't ask for a better distraction as they seek to dismantle the New Deal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-13090242878281586982013-04-19T19:51:02.285+01:002013-04-19T19:51:02.285+01:00For purely bullshit reasons, I'm being investi...For purely bullshit reasons, I'm being <a href="http://welcomebacktopottersville.blogspot.com/2013/04/in-amerika-k-stands-for-kafka.html" rel="nofollow">investigated by Dubai law enforcement</a>, with our government sure to follow, so if I disappear suddenly, this is the explanation why.jurassicporkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673461210301442978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-1370161360117327512013-04-19T14:46:54.571+01:002013-04-19T14:46:54.571+01:00Clearly, there is more than one Confidence Fairy.Clearly, there is more than one Confidence Fairy.Avedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-58364004129768552852013-04-19T14:44:34.554+01:002013-04-19T14:44:34.554+01:00I wonder how much Obamapologists have to struggle ...<i>I wonder how much Obamapologists have to struggle to make themselves believe Obama "has to" keep pushing things so far to the right?</i><br /><br />As long as they can focus their white hot rage on the messengers (IF ONLY Glenn Greenwald would clap louder!!!), they don't have to think about it.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com