Comments on: Thatcher and “saving” the West

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:13:20 +0000

The British people lost their freedom because their leaders thought the war was over and that now political expression would be the venue of mutual agreement and benefit. How wrong they were. The war… was never over.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:11:30 +0000

I’ll start believing in that “returning power to the people” line when somebody frees a single city that is a Leftist fiefdom.

Atlanta? Detroit? Los Angeles? New York? San Francisco? Chicago? Denver? New Orleans?

There’s an easy mode, you know. Easy mode is too hard though.

By: brooklyn boy

brooklyn boy — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:58:15 +0000

Tammy Bruce put it best

“And the left has reacted as you would expect from scum, which also confirms her enduring legacy. Cancer hates the doctor, never forget that”.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:27:30 +0000

It seems that the time when all social-democratic states are going to spend the last dime of other people’s money is now or fairly close to now. What would happen after that is everybody’s guess. I expect a major discontinuity or even social rupture.

By: Beverly

Beverly — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:42:29 +0000

Thatcher was fabulous. She really pulled Old Blighty’s fat out of the fire — for a while.

But she warned us that the National Health Service was the one insuperable obstacle to restoring freedom in the United Kingdom. Once you have nationalized medicine, she told us, it’s Game Over.

Did anyone ever see the interview with John Cleese where he expresses a completely visceral hatred of Margaret Thatcher? (he was practically retching as he spoke, and he also trashed her “grocer’s daughter” origins and coached diction — much like the Leftoids rubbish Sarah Palin for her “declasse” ways).

By: Mrs Whatsit

Mrs Whatsit — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:11:17 +0000

Oldflyer: I had precisely the same annoying experience with an otherwise entertaining British murder mystery, and I was going to say we must have been reading the same book — but the author in my case was a “she,” not a “he.”

By: sharpie

sharpie — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:00:43 +0000

http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=1995&month=03

The Iron Lady always stressed the importance of moral roots grounded in natural law.

An excerpt:

Christianity is based on the belief in a single God as evolved from Judaism. Most important of all, the faith of America’s founders affirmed the sanctity of each individual. Every human life–man or woman, child or adult, commoner or aristocrat, rich or poor–was equal in the eyes of the Lord. It also affirmed the responsibility of each individual.

This was not a faith that allowed people to do whatever they wished, regardless of the consequences. The Ten Commandments, the injunction of Moses (“Look after your neighbor as yourself”), the Sermon on the Mount, and the Golden Rule made Americans feel precious–and also accountable–for the way in which they used their God-given talents. Thus they shared a deep sense of obligation to one another. And, as the years passed, they not only formed strong communities but devised laws that would protect individual freedom–laws that would eventually be enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

By: Parker

Parker — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:03:29 +0000

While leaders like Reagan and Thatcher are rare, I do not believe we are permanently stuck on the left side of the political spectrum. BHO, as many (neo for example) have noted, has proven to be a unique character on the American political landscape. But he will be dead weight for democrats running in moderate districts and states. The economy will continue to flounder and Obamacare is just beginning to pick everyone’s pocket (except the left’s base) and it will hit the economy like one of BHO’s brick shots come 2014.

Its always darkest just before the dawn. RIP Ronnie and Maggie.

By: n.n

n.n — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:03:16 +0000

The trouble with socialism is that it denies individual dignity and the circumstances of reality. It is a system designed to consolidate capital and control for a minority interest through redistributive change and institutional discrimination. As it marginalizes or eviscerates competing interests, it also engenders progressive corruption. There are better, more sustainable compromises to be made among men and women of equal Rights.

Thatcher was a woman, a wife, a mother, and a leader of the free world. Her tribe will not soon forget her contributions. RIP

By: Oldflyer

Oldflyer — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:21:14 +0000

It is sad, but seemingly true, that you can measure the stature of a Conservative by how quickly and vehemently the small personalities of the Left rush to attack their memories. People who would never dare to face the Duchess in her prime, can now come out from under their rocks.

To my mind she embodied the best of Britain. I doubt that they will ever see another like her. Unfortunately, I doubt that we will either.

Just this weekend I put aside a library book, a mystery written by a fairly well known Brit, because couldn’t resist throwing egregious attacks on Mrs Thatcher’s legacy into his story line. He proved himself not worth the time to read further.