Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Big Gulp

REMY, JURISPRUDENCE, MARTEL


Liberal jurisprudence decrees that thou shalt not drink a Big Gulp soda; but, thou shalt return to stab thy girlfriend to death in front of her daughter, two days after smashing her face into a mirror.  Ask Jennifer Martel's parents and daughter what they think about that.

Liberals don't endorse the United States Constitution.  The liberal's "constitution" is whatever she believes to be good and true at any given moment.  It is not susceptible of proof.  It is the jurisprudence of despotism. When a liberal judge decrees the "constitutionality" of a ruling, she's means that it is right because she says so, and that no appeal to legal precedent, common sense, or human kindness shall move her.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Kennicott's Quandary

AYN RAND, JUNGLE, OPERA NEWS


In the August 2013 Opera News, Philip Kennicott said, "The basic logistics of training an opera singer . . . seem designed to mimic the cruelty of the Ayn Rand jungle:  a few will flourish at the expense of crushing all the rest."  What is he talking about?  Has he ever read anything of Ayn Rand's other than excerpts?  The only jungle in her novels is the one created by collectivism in politics and society, and the only ones doing any crushing are collectivist goons and enforcers.  Capitalism is antithetical to the jungle.  It is identical with civilization, progress, freedom, and humanity.

At some convenient time, I will read the rest of "Life After the Assembly Line," which is Kennicott's Opera News article, but I couldn't get past the Ayn Rand crack without commenting.  Kennicott either knows nothing about Rand's novels, fails to understand the story lines and characters, or purposely misrepresents them.  Being a liberal shill for the Washington Post vouches neither for his perspicacity nor his objectivity.  Is this the best that Yale and Pulitzer can do for us?

Thursday, August 8, 2013

The Golden Egg

 JAY Z, OBAMA, POVERTY


One of the distinguishing characteristics of individual human beings is that some are more commercially capable and financially successful than others. It is not a function of intelligence, knowledge, or skill alone. In some individuals, commerce is innate, intrinsic, driven by aptitude and instinct. Some people excel at making money by delivering goods and services in the marketplace. This instinct includes the ability to assimilate political and cultural obstacles to commerce, to the extent of endorsing contemporaneous political fashion.

The political class has recently advanced its agenda to oppress and exploit working people for financial gain. Politicians have mastered the art of profiting from the labors of others more than any capitalist ever did. No one lusts after profit more, and does less to deserve it, than the politicians. And, be advised, you will never get your fair share by supporting them. They're greedier than you imagine. They will accommodate the accursed capitalist, who lays the golden egg, before sharing their ill-gotten gains with the likes of you and me. After all, there's only so much to go around. That's why there's a conspiracy between the politicians, the poor, and the rich to exploit and diminish middle class working people. It depends on the inability of the middle class to see what is being done to them. The politicians pretend to be going after the rich to help the poor, but they're all actually going after the middle class to help themselves. It's a shell game.

Jay Z, wealthy ally of a powerful politician, wants poor people to believe that there's no middle class, just rich people and poor people. He warns the public that violent disturbances will erupt if the gap between the rich and poor isn't filled in. Do you see what he's doing? Do you think he plans to forfeit his wealth to the poor? He gonna keep his money. But, if you can convince the poor that there are only rich people and poor people, then you give them and their political handlers the green light to go after the middle class's share of the economy. The strategy is to protect the rich, pay the politicians, and subsidize the poor, by taking more from the middle class. And, the middle class is tricked into believing that it is rich, thus enlisting it in the conspiracy against itself.