tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post1103403138067353351..comments2024-03-28T22:42:45.199-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Bill Crawford: Constructive Conservatism Needed to Stop Rise of SocialismKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-12947671827996734502019-02-13T10:11:58.073-06:002019-02-13T10:11:58.073-06:00February 12, 2019 at 5:00 PM,
Anonymous, I read p...February 12, 2019 at 5:00 PM,<br /><br />Anonymous, I read plenty and I know that Zinn is a Marxist. Nothing from a Marxist is good. Not for me, not for my family, not for my community, and not for this country.Messicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-2518752447729537982019-02-12T17:00:51.012-06:002019-02-12T17:00:51.012-06:0011:09 If you deny that victims exist, then there i...11:09 If you deny that victims exist, then there is no point in attempting rational dialogue with you. If you can except it... like I said, READ SOME MORE. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-63485188203248509822019-02-12T11:09:52.673-06:002019-02-12T11:09:52.673-06:00February 11, 2019 at 9:12 AM,
Oh, the Victimhood!...February 11, 2019 at 9:12 AM,<br /><br />Oh, the Victimhood! Creating victims, ad nauseum, creates division which is the intent of leftists like Zinn. A united people are hard to bring down, but once divided along color, gender, class, etc. it gets easier. Bill Ayers knew that, as did his prized student Barry Soetoro.<br /><br />The goal of the left is not build a thing; merely, they seek to destroy. In this case, it is the entirety of Western Civilization, which they hate because it is so successful and they just “refuse”.<br /><br />Zinn, by the way, is not a historian but merely a polemicist. He also took great liberties (odd word to use, I know, given the subject) with his sources and fabricated much of that garbage you so dearly love. <br /><br />Messicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-18959921465272302662019-02-11T13:12:32.635-06:002019-02-11T13:12:32.635-06:00So I guess that old movie The Matrix may prove pro...So I guess that old movie <i>The Matrix</i> may prove prophetic as I can't imagine any artifical intelligence will waste time serving humanity once it has attained sentience. <br /><br />The real question is do we have a <i>Matrix</i> future or a <i>Terminator</i> future?<br /><br />My guess is we get on the verge of destroying ourselves with advanced machines learning and our sun has a mininova or Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that fries the entire planet's electrical grid and telecom networks. <br /><br />Thus rendering our beloved technology into e-Waste and returning us to the technological level of the early 19th century.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-62078456449653002132019-02-11T12:12:02.026-06:002019-02-11T12:12:02.026-06:0010:59 Damn! You hit the nail on the head. We ar...10:59 Damn! You hit the nail on the head. We are on the verge of an economic shift as profound as the industrial revolution. The so-called middle class will soon find itself a virtual irrelevancy as advanced robots and artificial intelligence take most of their jobs. Most of them. The machines can talk better, add better, subtract better, they don't get tired, they don't retire, they don't get sick, and they don't join unions. What more could a capitalist want. In a few years your children will have a whole different debate on economics. They will laugh at this discussion. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-83829360791392092292019-02-11T11:19:38.159-06:002019-02-11T11:19:38.159-06:00So all of the illegal aliens just need to sneak in...So all of the illegal aliens just need to sneak in and drop anchor before our economy transforms into a socialist utopia of robot butlers and AI medical professionals so that they too can benefit from the society which would never emerge from their backward nations?<br /><br />Does our nation's benevolent philanthropy have no limits?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-25508524695063720092019-02-11T10:59:44.611-06:002019-02-11T10:59:44.611-06:00This entire discussion is going to seem quaint in ...This entire discussion is going to seem quaint in 30 years.<br /><br />Automation and artificial intelligence will --inevitably-- replace 70-90% of all jobs. And unlike the assembly line, it won't lead to new forms of employment. Because whatever new tasks need doing, the AI's and robots will very quickly adapt and do those, too.<br /><br />We're going to have to fundamentally rethink labor as the primary means of welfare distribution. And once we do --through universal basic income, or whatever-- the idea that the rich have "earned" what they have (and thus get to keep most of it) is going to seem very foreign to the vast majority of folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-37114358907659017912019-02-11T09:24:12.771-06:002019-02-11T09:24:12.771-06:00I found this song from some Commie Yankee SOBs who...<br />I found this song from some Commie Yankee SOBs who love socialism. <br /><br />They don't understand that we "job creators" are forced to pay minimum wage, have to sometimes help folks get health insurance, and can barely afford that third beach house. I hope the Koch Brothers and Clinton Globalists can stop them Democrats who want us to pay taxes. It's not easy inheriting wealth, selling out to venture capitalists, or getting some tobacco/baby powder/opioid lawsuit riches!<br /><br /><br />"Well somebody told us Wall Street fell<br />But we were so poor that we couldn't tell<br />Cotton was short and the weeds were tall<br />But Mr. Roosevelt's a gonna save us all<br /><br />Well Momma got sick and Daddy got down<br />The county got the farm and they moved to town<br />Pappa got a job with the TVA<br />He bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet<br /><br />Sing it<br /><br />Song, song of the south"<br /><br />Damn GubMint! More GubMint dependency for lazy folks!!! I hope Trump sells off TVA, and that we can stop high speed Internet. Shut It Down (but make sure my cotton check gets deposited first!) Build the Wall (but make sure my crops get harvested, you know, with some fine imported labor that's cheap)! /sWares MahSSCheck?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-76077451613299541202019-02-11T09:23:34.945-06:002019-02-11T09:23:34.945-06:00Adam Smith would not see our current system as bei...Adam Smith would not see our current system as being capitalistic.<br /><br />He would point out that monopolies( aka " too bid to fail" stifle the opportunity for improved products. He would note that demand and supply are now artificially created. He'd be shocked that government isn't acting to maintain a level playing field for competition. And, he'd be puzzled why we can't see that a nation's wealth in the hands of a few is no different than when those few were called kings, princes, dukes etc. and point out that they had " governments" and "government officials" too.<br /><br />He'd note that consumers were getting less quantity, quality and durability for higher prices rather than driving demand based on quality and quantity. He'd point out that those buying goods and services were as important as those who provide goods and services.<br /><br />And, he'd see that the bastardization of his economic theory by those who seek money and power is again destroying a democracy and a republic.<br /><br />He'd be disappointed we were so easily duped and misled and valued our freedom so little that we didn't demand honesty and hard work from those who were suppose to serve all of us. Instead, we thought is was just about the money. Money was to be the end result of hard work and enterprise and wasn't to create and empower a new privileged class with different names but rather to create a means for man to succeed on his hard work and merit, not by birth.<br /><br /><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-52232150358387762052019-02-11T09:12:12.542-06:002019-02-11T09:12:12.542-06:00With all due respect to Hermit King, I would agree...With all due respect to Hermit King, I would agree that reliance on Zinn for a complete perspective on American history would be inaccurate and perhaps foolish. But any true study of history relies on many sources of information and many different perspectives in order to get a complete picture of events, rather than one version of them. In this light, Zinn's work is truly valuable in cutting through much of the patriotic propaganda taught in most fundamental history texts. The perspective of the victim is seldom researched or documented and throughout American history there are many victims. It is not sacrilege to say that capitalism has victims, socialism has victims. To understand the weaknesses and assets of both systems an expose' of the victims struggle is essential. Without such examination there is no real political science, no need for higher education. Don't burn Zinn's work, read it! Then read some more. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-1977547954421326652019-02-11T07:02:06.046-06:002019-02-11T07:02:06.046-06:00If people need to get a clue on why Mississippi st...If people need to get a clue on why Mississippi stays in last place in regards to standards of living, all they have to do is come read a majority of the comments on Jackson Jambalaya <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-48542193403440742832019-02-11T05:31:39.039-06:002019-02-11T05:31:39.039-06:00Rod Knox speaks in riddles. Don't confuse that...Rod Knox speaks in riddles. Don't confuse that with intelligence. You can observe a lot just by watching {Yogi}.Cam Shaftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-9516041902096273422019-02-10T21:01:39.793-06:002019-02-10T21:01:39.793-06:00@8:11
Howards Zinn's subversive texts are not ...@8:11<br />Howards Zinn's subversive texts are not accurate because they only focus on so called "European colonial" oppression and his work ignores or omits the tribal violence enslavement that was present when Europeans arrived to the various continents of the world. He intends merely to demonize whites ad evil and indigenous people as peaceful harmless innocents which is a lie.<br /><br />@8:30<br />The statement was in reference to the currently popular libel against the founding fathers that their ideals and the framework of our nation's bill of rights and constitution are tainted due to them all being slave owning white males who denied women the right to vote.<br /><br />Your Godwinian tactic of personal attack implying that I am a Nazi shows you lack any credibility or intelligence to debate your beliefs.Hermit Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-14478062012263442432019-02-10T20:30:06.983-06:002019-02-10T20:30:06.983-06:00Mr. Hermit King at 1:44 Who are those "men wh...Mr. Hermit King at 1:44 Who are those "men who built America"? Were there millions of them of every color, creed, and character and maybe even some women too? Or were they a handful of supermen? Maybe Aryan supermen? Please explain. Heil ... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-78907377188704534582019-02-10T20:11:18.519-06:002019-02-10T20:11:18.519-06:00Howard Zinn's works give a very accurate accou...Howard Zinn's works give a very accurate account of history. Many history books cover up the genocide and oppression that was the foundation of this country. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-49033292741521621852019-02-10T20:03:35.039-06:002019-02-10T20:03:35.039-06:00Newton's cradle can demonstrate a great deal m...Newton's cradle can demonstrate a great deal more than the obvious. Rod Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028117522559695331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-91857245306785038472019-02-10T19:45:50.803-06:002019-02-10T19:45:50.803-06:00@6:36
You don't debate someone if you think hi...@6:36<br />You don't debate someone if you think history is bullshit. You should go back to watching cartoons and smoking dope. You don't have the intellect to debate anything more than sports and consumer pop culture.<br /><br />A lot of things happened before you were born in the 90's that you won't hear Don Lemon or Rachel Maddow discuss because they are idiots reading a teleprompter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-83518478088752455212019-02-10T18:36:06.003-06:002019-02-10T18:36:06.003-06:00How do you debate someone who just makes up a bunc...How do you debate someone who just makes up a bunch of bullshit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-39118583599421712682019-02-10T18:31:06.435-06:002019-02-10T18:31:06.435-06:00Most of us who are over sixty grew up listening to...Most of us who are over sixty grew up listening to Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Bob Dillon and Crosby-Stills et all. We were allowing ourselves to be brainwashed. <br /><br />I'm not sure how many of us rejected all that bullshit by age thirty (I did), but there are still millions who are still mired in the much of it like a crippled duck in delta gumbo. And they have raised another generation of themselves who are now producing babies of their own. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-53174867273832466052019-02-10T17:49:49.681-06:002019-02-10T17:49:49.681-06:00I wonder what the message is when voters are laugh...I wonder what the message is when voters are laughing their butts off in line to vote AGAINST Spartacus, Karmella or PokeyHontis (or any other nut trying to coast on Ol' Google eye's twitterfeed) come the 2020 elections.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-30400131182112362412019-02-10T17:35:49.028-06:002019-02-10T17:35:49.028-06:00@3:39
The message is demographics. It's been t...@3:39<br />The message is demographics. It's been the target since Ted Kennedy's attack on European immigration in the 1960's. Now our policy prefers a population who immediately joins the existing Democrat voter base sucking on the tax payer teat.<br /><br />You see, democracy is ultimately flawed in that once a party is able to buy votes using the taxes it takes by force of law, it can use that dependency to ensure an underclass of voters who dare not allow any party to take away their free stuff.<br /><br />We are nearly to the point of financial ruin, or a violent revolution. Perhaps both.Hermit Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-44435685968915992582019-02-10T15:39:57.528-06:002019-02-10T15:39:57.528-06:00I wonder what the message is when the Republicans ...I wonder what the message is when the Republicans lose a historic number of seats in Congress or what will be the message when a Progressive wipes out Trump and helps the Dems retake the Senate in 2020.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-70857917019890047222019-02-10T15:22:57.231-06:002019-02-10T15:22:57.231-06:00I think most readers of this page know that social...I think most readers of this page know that socialism never works, so I will skip that discussion to focus on two things that seem to be lacking in this discussion so far. #1 This country was made great by the combination of capitalism and Christianity. So that the people who did not earn a living were helped by Christian charity (or some other religious charity). Charity of this type does not foster the sense of entitlement that government charity does. The people getting handouts know that it is not guaranteed and they are still responsible for feeding themselves. #2 The rich are getting richer not because they are more greeded but because of economic progress. With the rise of computers, internet, etc. a successful businessman, or manager, can lead and supervise many more people than in days gone by and thus are worth more to the company. Flip side, with improved machinery, computers, etc it is possible to 'dumb down' some jobs more than ever before. So the people on the bottom are easily trained, do less physically demanding work, and are easily replaced. This leads to a larger wage gap. I'm not saying that it's not a problem, just saying that business owners and companies are no more greedy now than in the past, the structure of the workplace has changed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-41572460621501426152019-02-10T15:20:24.194-06:002019-02-10T15:20:24.194-06:00@Hermit King
You are exactly right except for th...@Hermit King <br /><br />You are exactly right except for the dates of Howard Zinn's birth and death. He was born in 1922 and died in 2010. Yes, I saw Dinesh D'Souza's movie also. And Howard Zinn's work has been the basis of subversive public education US History for about 30 years. <br /><br />Tolerance of subversion will be the death of this country. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-65864243001470431542019-02-10T15:01:35.145-06:002019-02-10T15:01:35.145-06:00We’re tired of getting ripped off at every turn an...We’re tired of getting ripped off at every turn and being told it’s the status quo. Generation “snowflake” got screwed and we know it. You can call a different path whatever you want, but we’re going to try something different.<br /><br />E.G.<br />If creating fake bank accounts (Wells Fargo) is part of capitalism, and we’re supposed to rally behind it— then yeah, you can count us out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com