Jindal Gets Fiery
"I can sense right now a rebellion brewing amongst these United States,"
Jindal said, "where people are ready for a hostile takeover of
Washington, D.C., to preserve the American Dream for our children and
grandchildren."
"I am tired of the left. They say they're for tolerance, they say they
respect diversity. The reality is this: They respect everybody unless
you happen to disagree with them," he said. "The left is trying to
silence us and I'm tired of it, I won't take it anymore."
"The federal government has no role, no right and no place dictating
standards in our local schools across these 50 states of the United
States of America," Jindal said.
"Are we witnessing right now the most radically, extremely liberal,
ideological president of our entire lifetime right here in the United
States of America, or are we witnessing the most incompetent president
of the United States of America in the history of our lifetimes? You
know, it is a difficult question," he said. "I've thought long and hard
about it. Here's the only answer I've come up with, and I'm going to
quote Secretary Clinton: 'What difference does it make?'"
There's a parade.
ReplyDeleteIs he leading it, or did he just rush to the front?
He rushed to the front. Still, I'm heartened that at least one politician has the cojones to say what so many Americans are thinking (and preparing for).
DeleteI am a bit optimistic. One thing with the modern leftist elite: they got their minions by convincing the minions that they would never have to work for anything and that other would provide for them. They might stand up at first, but they will readily collapse once they realize that it will take hard work to fight the revolution -- work being a foreign concept to them.
ReplyDeleteAt least I hope so.
I've thought about that too Matt. When the gov't redistribution scheme collapses, who will be ill-prepared? Our seniors. Many of them are secure without SS, and those that aren't will hopefully be taken in by family/community. We need their wisdom. Children. There are millions upon millions of children whose families depend on the dole. Will communities gather in the children, to feed, clothe, and educate? Some will, some won't. When the crash comes, their "parents" will go from complacency (the gov't won't let us starve) to anger (hey, I'm out of potato chips and soda pop!) to being frozen in place. Some will pull on their Carhartts and find whatever menial job they can, others will sit in their subsidized homes and wait for help that never comes. Still other populations will continue their culture of violence and riot; mobs will form like wild animals on the hunt, and move like locusts to take what they need.
DeleteI hope and pray that none of the above happens.I'm rambling. Time for another cuppa joe to clear the cobwebs.
While it's true that there's a lot of people dependent on the government for survival, I think the "people are lazy" meme is a bit overplayed.
DeleteOnce again, reasonable people may differ, but this is my opinion.
It's not that people aren't willing to work, or don't care about being useful. It's that there's nothing for them to do - nothing useful enough to pay the bills.
This is an over-simplification to be sure, but the trend is definitely in that direction. And it's not just a problem in the US; it's a problem in Britain, the rest of the EU, and most of the developed world. It's a problem in Japan. And it will soon be a problem in China; say within five years or so.
Things might have been different had Mitt Romney been elected - but only at the margin. The secular trend of decreasing GDP, increasing productivity (due to automation), stagnant median wages, and eroding middle class, is just that - secular. The fact that it's happening in virtually all developed economies should tell you something.
We weren't saying that there are not people who want to work -- far from it. What we are saying is that those who have become the base for the left have been bought off by being told that they have a right to things without having to work for them.
DeleteThroughout history, revolutions were fought by hard working people who wanted to enjoy the fruits of their labor. The left's minions feel that they are entitled to the fruits of other people's labours. It is the people who have been feeding the left's minions who are getting tired and are on the verge of revolt. They are hard working. They are tired of being told that they are heartless for not wanting to reward sloth.
What I said was that when the you-know-what hits the fan, the hard working people will have the fortitude to prevail, the minions will be waiting for someone else to do the heavy lifting for them
I don't think the "people are lazy" meme is overplayed at all.
DeleteThe generational welfare phenomenon is widespread and very real. When I was running the moms & babies program for the state (before they pulled the funding) I dealt with it in literally every home I went into. I always keep my ear to the ground on who is hiring, and I pass that information along to the young people. It's very frustrating. They don't have to work, so they don't. Most have I-phones and huge TVs and stereo systems. I also see generational disability, an emerging problem that will have to be addressed at some point. There is an art and an intricate system for getting on disability. Once one family member is on, the rest have learned the ropes. The practice has reached epidemic proportions. It's nothing to find EVERY member of an extended family, stretched over three or four generations, collecting disability. Some are deserving, many more are playing the system.
I don't mean to sound callous. I'm simply stating my findings. I'm sure these practices aren't unique to my area. Meanwhile, others are working their asses off and getting nowhere. Prices go up, and wages stay stagnant. I don't know how young working families are making ends meet. I admire them for staying in the game, and not succumbing to the evil of life-long gov't welfare.
Hmm. I think we're all basically describing the situation that we see around us.
ReplyDeleteMost everyone I know is on the left/progressive spectrum; literally nobody I know is lazy. They schedule breakfast meetings for 8AM and are still returning emails at 10:30 at night. Some coder types are chatting with me at 3:30 AM. One guy I know who is genuinely disabled - a paraplegic - works tirelessly at the charity he founded.
But I'm informed by your observations, lady red. They're just outside my experience.
And Matt, again, I know absolutely nobody who thinks the government owes them anything. The professional types I work with are instead motivated by a kind of nobless oblige; they feel responsible to society. (Which I have no problem with, actually; my beef with them is that they chose to empower the state to discharge their obligations, which, considering the demonstrated fecklessness, self interest and criminal negligence of the modern state, is beyond stupid.)
On the one hand it's dangerous to extrapolate too much from just what you see around you.
On the other hand I tend to distrust all media at this point, left and right, having come to understand their business models and realizing that maximizing rage == maximizing revenue.
But firsthand testimony from people I trust is powerful, so thanks for that.
lewy - I think much of what you are seeing in this regard is very West Coast, and very much due to where you are. You would find a different work culture in Washington DC, Jersey City or Baltimore.
ReplyDeleteJourdan, agreed.
DeleteBut you - and everyone - should also read this.
We live in an age of global production, global capital. Too much aggregate supply and not enough aggregate demand.
In short the global economy has become too successful; we have never produced more stuff at less cost; we now have more stuff than people can afford and prices are too low to pay people adequately to make that stuff.
Return on capital has, to date, been good - but going forward, all the gains of the future decade have probably already been priced in. There are no good investments any more, only less bad ones.
And of course wages... no money to pay anybody.
Meanwhile things like good food become scarcer and higher priced... and things like medical care and college education (which which goods government policies have created artificial scarcities and distorted markets) continue to gouge the old and the young.
I'm entirely certain that Barack Obama has no answers here. Yet it strikes me that George Bush had no answers either (this phenomenon is at least ten years old, if not longer). And Marine Le Pen or Nigel Farage or Bepe Grillo? Ditto. Poor Shinzo Abe thinks he has an answer - he doesn't. Neither does Angela Merkel.
If there is an answer it likely transcends political and economic ideology as we know it; said plainly it would piss everyone off, which is why it goes undiscovered. But I have a sinking feeling that it will involve paying vast swathes of humanity to consume without doing much in return. The horror here is not that we cannot afford this, but that perhaps we can. What this will do to society is scary.
Agreed, and I always did think that Huxley was more likely than Orwell.
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Delete"But I have a sinking feeling that it will involve paying vast swathes of humanity to consume without doing much in return. The horror here is not that we cannot afford this, but that perhaps we can. What this will do to society is scary.
DeleteOMG. Is that what I'm seeing? Has it already begun?
In an effort to avoid gray suits at my door, I have deleted the previous remark, that was truthful as I can get. Sad that I suspect I cannot say what I believe anymore.
ReplyDeleteIt's probably a good idea that you did. You don't need...problems.
DeleteI truly think that this nation's vets are liberty's ace-in-the-hole. Thank you.