Comments on: Good Peggy Noonan article

By: EliseFB

EliseFB — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:36:42 +0000

Reading Noonan’s description of what is needed in an “Ebola Czar”, all I could think was “Mitt Romney”. That would have been an impressive appointment.

By: Cornhead

Cornhead — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:37:47 +0000

Harvard has imposed a travel ban to West Africa.

Obama should listen to the experts at his alma mater!

If/when Ebola comes to NYC or DC, things will be different.

By: Cornhead

Cornhead — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:19:46 +0000

The Dems “argument” against the travel ban is just so representative of just about all their policies. As with Obamacare, they make a factual statement that they know is false and just stick with it even in light of proof of its falsity.

One would have to be a complete dunce (or syncophant) to agree with the Dems on this.

The travel ban worked on for Nigeria!

By: jfm

jfm — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:01:35 +0000

“Let’s not have a travel ban because a travel ban would not be 100% effective in keeping ebola out of the US.”

By the above logic, I shouldn’t put screens on the windows of my house because the screens won’t be 100% effective in keeping flies out of my house.

By: Exasperated

Exasperated — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:19:49 +0000

I don’t think there is so much a conspiracy as an indifference to the effect of policies on the greater good. It is more like the Joe-six packs and regular folks are beneath notice to those who think in Beltway (corporatist & globalist) terms. Certainly, they are incapable of empathy and are utterly reliant on silly stereotypes, ergo the deep need to “talk down” to the public and the need to “scold” the public with sly accusations of racism or xenophobia.
In any case, they are playing to the “in crowd” where the importance of appearing profound, nuanced, and “compassionate”(albeit selectively), sends the gushy, gassy types over the moon, while the rest of us wonder “huh?”, there are only TWO choices, air travel completely open to anyone from the afflicted countries,…….. or a complete ban on any travel whatsoever……. Really? Apparently, the rest of us should roll over and submit to their pronouncements, because there is “NOTHIN” in between the two extremes.

By: parker

parker — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:29:44 +0000

Peggy is slow to catch on to the train wreck of engineer dear leader. Personally, I find her 6 years and 7 trllion dollars of debt too late. She’s gingerly walking on egg shells in order to keep open invitations to the cocktail parties of the in crowd. Even in flyover country we have heard about the tasty left-right coast in crowd cocktail party hor dourves. Stuff your face peggy, the horses have stampeded from the barn you torched in 2008 with your fawning over the ‘brilliance’ of the narcissistic boychild. You will find no forgiveness from my corner of flyover country. We know you don’t give a damn about our alligence to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, including freedom from the oppression of your in crowd jackasses.

There comes a time. Its not here yet, but it is closer than it appears in the rear view mirror.

By: Oldflyer

Oldflyer — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 04:06:49 +0000

Mike, I simply do not know where you are coming from? You say we should take responsibility for ourselves; is that the message? Fine. I agree.

But, in a society that is so interconnected, like it or not, we are dependent on others in ways that may irritate us, but that we cannot avoid. Become a hermit if you like. Tempting, but the internet connection would be lousy.

Government has certain essential responsibilities. As citizens our task is to hold them accountable; and by that I mean limit them to the appropriate responsibilities, and measure their performance in same. But, even here, assuming the we are lawful citizens of this Republic, we are limited in our individual prerogatives.

Our best hope in my opinion is to hold the line where we can and try to counter the damage being done to our children and grandchildren by Statist propaganda.

BTW, I am not a great admirer of Peggy Noonan, nor most of the Scribbling/babbling class of self-proclaimed conservative punditry. But, on those occasions when she gets it right, she expresses herself effectively.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:07:33 +0000

The Left has their economy up and running. It’s the slave economy so they always feel safe so long as there are livestock to exploit.

By: Exasperated

Exasperated — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:18:09 +0000

Beyond the human cost, can anyone hazard a guess as to the financial losses rippling from just one infected Liberian entering the country, to the hospital, the federal government, to the city of Dallas, the state, the airlines, the cruise line, the bridal shop, the schools……..? In addition, consider the people who say that they are postponing trips and activities until it appears that things are under control. Remember the economy, post 9/11? BTW, who will be liable if it is determined that ebola was transmitted on an airplane? I think that there have been rumblings among insurers that they aren’t going to be left holding the bag. Why wasn’t this thought through? Who doesn’t understand that Americans live in a complicated intertwined world? I doubt a hapless African with ebola could impact so many people, so far apart, so quickly, as the second nurse did. The utopian globalists, of course, expect the USA to pick up the tab for Africa, while simultaneously playing Russian roulette with the economy.

By: blert

blert — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 23:45:08 +0000

How does crippling Americans make Liberians walk?

The tempo of cure is only slowed down when America has to turn inward to control its own ebola nightmare.

What frightens Barry Soetoro is that his anti-American game plan is being throw over by nature.