Comments on: Christmas in July http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html where orders emerge Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:40:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: vidyohs http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html/comment-page-1#comment-27213 vidyohs Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:14:03 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3197#comment-27213 <p>Good 'ole Gilduck,</p> <p>Duckie, I see this cafe as a wonderful garden of ideas that help my own understanding flower.</p> <p>But, like any garden it needs fertilizer, shit, and that is where your input fits in.</p> <p>Thank you</p> Good 'ole Gilduck,

Duckie, I see this cafe as a wonderful garden of ideas that help my own understanding flower.

But, like any garden it needs fertilizer, shit, and that is where your input fits in.

Thank you

]]> By: Gil http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html/comment-page-1#comment-27221 Gil Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:13:19 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3197#comment-27221 <p>Wow the Townhall site 'where you can get your standard Conservative Conspiracry Claptrap'. Oh I'm sure Conservatives are going to be fine as long as they remember to hold onto their guns and keep making babies and become the supermajority over the Liberals and change the 2nd Amendment to the way it was meant to be (the total unambiguous right for the unregulated individual to freely own whatever armament they want and carry it around town and show it off to pussy Liberals). ;)</p> Wow the Townhall site 'where you can get your standard Conservative Conspiracry Claptrap'. Oh I'm sure Conservatives are going to be fine as long as they remember to hold onto their guns and keep making babies and become the supermajority over the Liberals and change the 2nd Amendment to the way it was meant to be (the total unambiguous right for the unregulated individual to freely own whatever armament they want and carry it around town and show it off to pussy Liberals). ;)

]]> By: vidyohs http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html/comment-page-1#comment-27212 vidyohs Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:42:43 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3197#comment-27212 <p>Are democrats dumber than Dolphins?</p> <p>http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2008/06/15/are_democrats_dumber_than_dolphins</p> <p>Most certainly.</p> <p>That Townhall article is worth the read.</p> Are democrats dumber than Dolphins?

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2008/06/15/are_democrats_dumber_than_dolphins

Most certainly.

That Townhall article is worth the read.

]]> By: David P. Graf http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html/comment-page-1#comment-27220 David P. Graf Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:35:11 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3197#comment-27220 <p>If our politicians have turned into Santas, then we are complicit if we continue to vote for them.</p> If our politicians have turned into Santas, then we are complicit if we continue to vote for them.

]]> By: vidyohs http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html/comment-page-1#comment-27211 vidyohs Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:42:32 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3197#comment-27211 <p>"What I do not understand is why the media for the most part does not see - or perhaps chooses to hide - who the real villains are.<br /> Posted by: John Dewey | Jul 4, 2008 9:59:23 PM"</p> <p>John, 'tis easy enough to see and understand.</p> <p>News sources are owned by large corporations who benefit from effective lobbying, just as Archer Daniels Midland does. It is all part of the game.</p> <p>If the news source gave away the game in words and effort to educate the public then they would loose their position in the game just as Exxon would.</p> <p>On the one hand there is the choice of an educated public: On the other hand there is the choice of holding position in the game.</p> <p>It is obvious which the MSM ownership has taken.</p> <p>You, Bubba, (I tried to think of a name labeling typical of a left leaning intellectual here, and I could not. I guess because there are no socialist intellectuals.), and I lose.</p> <p><br /> </p> "What I do not understand is why the media for the most part does not see – or perhaps chooses to hide – who the real villains are.
Posted by: John Dewey | Jul 4, 2008 9:59:23 PM"

John, 'tis easy enough to see and understand.

News sources are owned by large corporations who benefit from effective lobbying, just as Archer Daniels Midland does. It is all part of the game.

If the news source gave away the game in words and effort to educate the public then they would loose their position in the game just as Exxon would.

On the one hand there is the choice of an educated public: On the other hand there is the choice of holding position in the game.

It is obvious which the MSM ownership has taken.

You, Bubba, (I tried to think of a name labeling typical of a left leaning intellectual here, and I could not. I guess because there are no socialist intellectuals.), and I lose.

]]> By: lowcountyjoe http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html/comment-page-1#comment-27219 lowcountyjoe Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:44:44 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3197#comment-27219 <p><i>But anyway........</p> <p>Enjoy the 4th of July!</i> ~ STRB</p> <p>I prefer to call it Independence Day myself. But, then again, the Internet alias I chose isn't Government,_Please_Save_The_Lowcountry_From_Competition</p> But anyway……..

Enjoy the 4th of July! ~ STRB

I prefer to call it Independence Day myself. But, then again, the Internet alias I chose isn't Government,_Please_Save_The_Lowcountry_From_Competition

]]> By: John Dewey http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html/comment-page-1#comment-27218 John Dewey Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:59:23 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3197#comment-27218 <p>Let's be clear about one thing. It is not the corporate leaders and their lobbyists who are at fault. Their responsibility - by law and by contract - is to act in the interests of the business owners. If obtaining government protection and subsidies benefits the business owners, that's what the corporate leaders and lobbyists are contractually bound to do.</p> <p>Our elected leaders are contractually obligated to act in the interests of all Americans. They are not doing so when they subsidize and protect specific businesses at the expense of taxpayers and consumers.</p> <p>What I do not understand is why the media for the most part does not see - or perhaps chooses to hide - who the real villains are.</p> Let's be clear about one thing. It is not the corporate leaders and their lobbyists who are at fault. Their responsibility – by law and by contract – is to act in the interests of the business owners. If obtaining government protection and subsidies benefits the business owners, that's what the corporate leaders and lobbyists are contractually bound to do.

Our elected leaders are contractually obligated to act in the interests of all Americans. They are not doing so when they subsidize and protect specific businesses at the expense of taxpayers and consumers.

What I do not understand is why the media for the most part does not see – or perhaps chooses to hide – who the real villains are.

]]> By: Greg N. http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html/comment-page-1#comment-27217 Greg N. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:55:01 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3197#comment-27217 <p>Politicians come out even worse when you factor in the fact that Santa can't extract rents from children in the same way politicians can from citizens and businesses subject to their regulation.</p> Politicians come out even worse when you factor in the fact that Santa can't extract rents from children in the same way politicians can from citizens and businesses subject to their regulation.

]]> By: save_the_rustbelt http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html/comment-page-1#comment-27216 save_the_rustbelt Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:05:11 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3197#comment-27216 <p>Isn't GMU a government sponsored organization?</p> <p>And we know that higher education receives considerable direct and indirect subsidies from the government.</p> <p>But anyway........</p> <p>Enjoy the 4th of July!</p> Isn't GMU a government sponsored organization?

And we know that higher education receives considerable direct and indirect subsidies from the government.

But anyway……..

Enjoy the 4th of July!

]]> By: Unit http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html/comment-page-1#comment-27215 Unit Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:10:50 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3197#comment-27215 <p>The Mrs. Claus clip posted by Andrew is fantastic. Now if only we could get one with the lobbyists sitting on Hillary's lap....:-)</p> The Mrs. Claus clip posted by Andrew is fantastic. Now if only we could get one with the lobbyists sitting on Hillary's lap….:-)

]]> By: andrew http://cafehayek.com/2008/07/christmas-in-ju.html/comment-page-1#comment-27214 andrew Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:07:27 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3197#comment-27214 <p>I think this clip pretty much says it all regarding politicians and Santa Claus.</p> <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzBvQ9EeF3k<br /> </p> I think this clip pretty much says it all regarding politicians and Santa Claus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzBvQ9EeF3k

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