Comments on: NRA Take Two http://www.newclarion.com/2009/03/national-recovery-administration-take-two/ Our mission is to combat the unreason and selflessness that are sweeping our culture from the nihilist left to the religious right, and to sound a new ideal of capitalism and individual rights in American politics. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Brown http://www.newclarion.com/2009/03/national-recovery-administration-take-two/#comment-1417 Bill Brown Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:11:17 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/?p=814#comment-1417 We've had some great comment contest Fridays but the last couple have been duds. The problem, of course, is with my selection. Those who participate always bring great insights so I just need to find better fodder. I'm open to suggestions for how to improve it, but at present I'm thinking that I'd like to feature articles that are good in many respects but deficient in some striking way. Or I could find articles that are worth dismissing with one-liners and witty sarcasm—I always enjoy a good smack down. We’ve had some great comment contest Fridays but the last couple have been duds. The problem, of course, is with my selection. Those who participate always bring great insights so I just need to find better fodder.

I’m open to suggestions for how to improve it, but at present I’m thinking that I’d like to feature articles that are good in many respects but deficient in some striking way. Or I could find articles that are worth dismissing with one-liners and witty sarcasm—I always enjoy a good smack down.

]]> By: Michael Labeit http://www.newclarion.com/2009/03/national-recovery-administration-take-two/#comment-1414 Michael Labeit Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:24:10 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/?p=814#comment-1414 I guess Mike N. wins by default. I guess Mike N. wins by default.

]]> By: Mike N http://www.newclarion.com/2009/03/national-recovery-administration-take-two/#comment-1408 Mike N Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:05:50 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/?p=814#comment-1408 "Yingling said one of the administration’s messages was that the bankers “need to understand the public’s anger.” " Instead of trying to educate the public out of their irrational biases, or to defend their rights to freely entered-into contracts, the most productive members of society must cater and give in to it. Or to put it another way, we politicians need to get re-elected, so we're going to take advantage of the public's irrationality towards that end and you will have to be the whipping boys. But don't worry, (wink, wink) we'll take care of you if you just play ball with us. Sad “Yingling said one of the administration’s messages was that the bankers “need to understand the public’s anger.” ”

Instead of trying to educate the public out of their irrational biases, or to defend their rights to freely entered-into contracts, the most productive members of society must cater and give in to it.

Or to put it another way, we politicians need to get re-elected, so we’re going to take advantage of the public’s irrationality towards that end and you will have to be the whipping boys. But don’t worry, (wink, wink) we’ll take care of you if you just play ball with us. Sad

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