Comments on: Olbermann leaves Kos

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:44:52 +0000

AVI wrote: Artfl – yeah, the first words are “We, the people…”

It’s what the group knows that you don’t know that makes one appear to them a certain way, or to you.

When a person knows something and is with a group that doesn’t, they think that what he knows is wrong, because they don’t know it and they think they would.

When a person doesn’t know something, and is with a group that does, they think that what he knows is wrong, because they do know it and they think he should.

See a heads I win tails you lose paradigm?
(Which favors the collective whether its full of knowlege or dumb as a post?)

So what’s my point?

Warning Labels for The Constitution?
http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/06/warning-labels-for-the-constitution/58066/

Wilder Publications, a small publishing house out of Virginia, has put warning labels on reprints of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Federalist Papers reading:

“This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.”

By: I R A Darth Aggie

I R A Darth Aggie — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:24:10 +0000

Off with his head?

By: SteveH

SteveH — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:29:23 +0000

What the hell is wrong with these mealy mouth focus group obssessed PC republicans making Barton apologise for his apology? God almighty these people have no idea the coordinated effort it will take to bring these commie b*stards down. Failure to do so is not an option.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:03:45 +0000

An excellent article by Mr. Jacobson.

“This is a case where the imperial whim of the President, and the shrewd business acumen of BP, joined forces in the ultimate inside-the-beltway deal.”–quote

So is Obama a part of this inside dealing or merely a useful puppet? If Obama is a puppet, who is doing the dealing?

By: Tatyana

Tatyana — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:29:18 +0000

Neo, thank you for that link to Mr. Jacobson’s blogpost.

By: Assistant Village Idiot

Assistant Village Idiot — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:24:52 +0000

Artfl – yeah, the first words are “We, the people…”

By: armchair pessimist

armchair pessimist — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:22:26 +0000

The Robespierre comparison doesn’t work. He was competent.

By: rickl

rickl — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:40:57 +0000

Also from vanderleun's Wikipedia link:

A well-educated and accomplished young lawyer, he might have acquired a good provincial practice and lived a happy provincial life had it not been for the Revolution. Like thousands of other young Frenchmen, he had read the works of Rousseau and taken them as gospel. Just at the very time in life when this illusion had not been destroyed by the realities of life, and without the experience which might have taught the futility of idle dreams and theories, he was elected to the states-general.

Does that remind anybody else of someone recently elected to high political office?

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:21:41 +0000

Maybe he couldn’t get past the warning lable

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:13:18 +0000

Constitutional scholar? Hah!

I doubt that Obama has ever read the entire Constitution. Looked at the pictures, maybe. Someone should put the Constitution on a teleprompter.