31 December 2009 - Granite Grok

December 31, 2009

Headline- New Cabinet Position Created!

With tongue planted  firmly in cheek, I offer this diatribe: From the desk of the Associated Progressive Press International, [APPI].Washington, D.C. Headline- New Cabinet Position Created! In keeping with a more diverse approach to the holiday season, a new Cabinet position has been created; that of The Department of Religious and Social Affairs [DRSA]. The …

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And for something amusingly sad….

From NewsBusters – and they seem to apply with both of them speaking to the idea (ideal?) of "theft".  Socialism is all about the Law taking from the productive and giving to the unproductive.  There seems to be this visceral hatred of people being successful and an absolute love of equal misery. Sigh….  

Paul Rahe – more on Soft Despotism (Part 1)

From Powerline, a continuation of the Paul Rahe discussion on Soft Despotism that I posted on Monday (emphasis mine): Two weeks ago, I posted on Power Line a piece, contending that President Obama’s health care proposals presuppose the administrative state’s assuming a power over our lives and well-being that is nothing less than tyrannical, and …

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