tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092775041710446078.post3513204343150774142..comments2022-11-14T07:03:49.162-06:00Comments on by a cynical libertarian: Muslim Hysteria. Rant.Kyla Denaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079377672682346142noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092775041710446078.post-5895782507223721072011-09-06T16:53:16.619-05:002011-09-06T16:53:16.619-05:00Hmm. I'd have to say that if you're going ...Hmm. I'd have to say that if you're going to generalise, that's still pretty accurate based on polling data to make both of those claims on a majority basis. The whole "socialism" anti-communist part of the party is a LOT of johnny-come-lately types who paid no attention for 8 years of Bush-GOP spending and their socialist programmes. Who conveniently woke up to these ideas when their party lost the election. <br /><br />In other words, it is generally fake or a false front for other forms of resentment and opposition. Political Party-warfare is fine (if stupid), but there's still plenty of anti-Muslim rhetoric to go around. And it's not like there's been a new wave of Muslim violence to spawn it... so... one should conclude the funny name is involved somewhere and the "anti-socialist" part is mostly for show.Sun Tzuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435848395263035323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092775041710446078.post-80652091701328392002011-09-03T16:23:53.718-05:002011-09-03T16:23:53.718-05:00The first paragraph of my post referenced the Tea ...The first paragraph of my post referenced the Tea Party as the Obama Haters Club. That's what Teresa was rebutting.Kyla Denaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079377672682346142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092775041710446078.post-3809491631664899042011-09-01T14:00:57.667-05:002011-09-01T14:00:57.667-05:00Also, I didn't see where anyone mentioned the ...Also, I didn't see where anyone mentioned the Tea Party or Obama in all that post above or the above comments. <br /><br />Were they related sentiments? Why did they get dragged into the discussion at all?Sun Tzuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435848395263035323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092775041710446078.post-88308156714992217112011-09-01T13:56:45.188-05:002011-09-01T13:56:45.188-05:00As Liberty said, statism is a much bigger and broa...As Liberty said, statism is a much bigger and broader problem than communist sentiments are. <br /><br />The last Communist Party candidate in the US received less than .05% of the vote (1984, they haven't run one since, it's a pretty disorganised mess since the Eastern Bloc died). If this is supposed to be worthy of our attention, I'd have to say you'd have a better witch hunt with the Muslims or secularists. There's at least a couple millions of those. There are tens of thousands of commies. <br /><br />By contrast, there are tens of millions of Americans who fully endorse and support statist economic policies like Medicare, or statist social values like restricted marriage rights. Including many within the Tea Party. It's hardly fair for anybody to claim it (Tea Party) contains and espouses a coherent ideological message. But if it does have one, based on polling of people who claim to be affiliated with it, it's hardly different from garden variety "conservatives", a group which has a troubling record of endorsing all manner of statist interventions, even to the point of meddling with OTHER states with a vigorous foreign policy. <br /><br />One should hardly be impressed or proud of such people simply because they're rhetorically opposed to "communists" as a result.Sun Tzuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435848395263035323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092775041710446078.post-55223521330168582692011-08-29T17:53:07.442-05:002011-08-29T17:53:07.442-05:00Teresa- I shouldn't lump all our tea partiers ...Teresa- I shouldn't lump all our tea partiers together. There are a few of them, though, whose main beef with Obama is that he's supposedly Muslim. At this point, I mainly just roll my eyes and leave them to their business. There's really no point.<br /><br />As to the commies: I don't doubt there are still some here. But the true communists are such a fringe movement anymore that I'd much rather worry about the Statists in general.Kyla Denaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079377672682346142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092775041710446078.post-74330589734981907272011-08-28T21:05:19.328-05:002011-08-28T21:05:19.328-05:00Most Tea Partiers are anti-Obama because of his po...Most Tea Partiers are anti-Obama because of his policies but not because he is of Muslim descent. But, in saying that, the Tea Partiers in your area may be different but I doubt that. <br /><br />Believe it or not there are Commies in America, just take a look at the SEIU and some of their rallies.<br /><br /> Yes, life isn't fair. I see no problem with the EB-5 or there being foreign investors. We do need more revenue in America and this could help to improve revenues.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040553825059591114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092775041710446078.post-53847655249093337152011-08-26T14:10:36.087-05:002011-08-26T14:10:36.087-05:00"How dare those hideous other people get rich...<i>"How dare those hideous other people get rich!"</i><br /><br />Heh, but of course. Only <i>I</i> should be rich, obviously.<br /><br />For our downtown, it's most definitely not a good idea, given how much business /isn't/ moving into our downtown and our city as a whole. We keep losing workers, rather than gaining them, to be honest. It's kind of sad. But ah well. So is the way of life.Kyla Denaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079377672682346142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4092775041710446078.post-28222222655751290542011-08-26T13:27:13.479-05:002011-08-26T13:27:13.479-05:00Similar fury covered the Dubai ports deal, a few t...Similar fury covered the Dubai ports deal, a few toll highways purchased by various Arab governments or businessmen, and so on. But it was all little different than the fury accompanied when Budweiser was bought by a Belgian company or when the Japanese were buying up a ton of real estate in the late 80s and early 90s. Apparently it's impossible for other people in the world to have money and wish to use it here for productive ends. It sounds almost more like class envy than anything relating to xenophobia. How dare those hideous other people get rich!<br /><br />As far as renovating the downtown, that may or may not be sensible. It's usually just a political boondoggle that sounds good to their idiot voters but hasn't a thing to do with economic vibrancy. If the town is likely or already growing, and if it has also made considerable investment over the years in human capital (say a good university or good school systems), and thus it has the prospect of growing in future, then sure. By all means allow for and encourage development. <br /><br />I doubt that's the case. If the town is shrinking, and has little, if any, human capital accumulated, then it's a tremendous waste of money. See: Detroit, Buffalo, New Orleans, St Louis, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Cleveland, etc.Sun Tzuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435848395263035323noreply@blogger.com